Matt Chandronait
@talkingorange.bsky.social
Part of AREA 5 (area5.tv), a host on RebelFM rebelfm.libsyn.com . Tetris Forever was nominated for a BAFTA! I guess that means I can put “BAFTA Nominated” in my profile now? He/Him
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i pay reasonably close attention to the news and i still have a hard time understanding why the market is having a mid-bender moment of clarity about the AI bubble now as opposed to months ago (or, like, next year).
November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
i pay reasonably close attention to the news and i still have a hard time understanding why the market is having a mid-bender moment of clarity about the AI bubble now as opposed to months ago (or, like, next year).
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RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
November 18, 2025 at 3:01 AM
RIP to a games industry pioneer and legend, Rebecca Heineman (@burgerbecky.bsky.social) If your unfamiliar, look her up. Her career is like the story of videogames itself.
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"Val" sent us this video of where she would normally be pruning almond trees saying, "The rainy season has arrived in the San Joaquin Valley. This means we aren't able to work. Without this salary we are worried that we won't be able to pay our rent or buy food." #WeFeedYou
November 18, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"Val" sent us this video of where she would normally be pruning almond trees saying, "The rainy season has arrived in the San Joaquin Valley. This means we aren't able to work. Without this salary we are worried that we won't be able to pay our rent or buy food." #WeFeedYou
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My cousin @jeremykohler.bsky.social is doing some incredible work at ProPublica -- a great reporter (and publication) to be paying attention to right now!
NEW: Using his clemency power, Trump has undone prosecutions made by his own DOJ during his first term.
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
Experts say the actions show a broad contempt for the justice system: “He’s rejecting ... the work of people he appointed but didn’t fully control.”
By @jeremykohler.bsky.social
A Tale of Two Terms: How Powerful Figures Were Prosecuted in Trump’s First Term, Then Pardoned in His Second
We found that Donald Trump has granted clemency in at least a dozen criminal cases that originated during his first term. No other president has used clemency to erase his own appointees’ actions on s...
www.propublica.org
November 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My cousin @jeremykohler.bsky.social is doing some incredible work at ProPublica -- a great reporter (and publication) to be paying attention to right now!
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Digital Eclipse just released new DLC for Atari 50, covering Namco ports for Atari platforms. And... hey, what's this?
That's Computer Entertainer, the game magazine we released into the Creative Commons this summer! It's already being used in commercial game history projects
That's Computer Entertainer, the game magazine we released into the Creative Commons this summer! It's already being used in commercial game history projects
November 17, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Digital Eclipse just released new DLC for Atari 50, covering Namco ports for Atari platforms. And... hey, what's this?
That's Computer Entertainer, the game magazine we released into the Creative Commons this summer! It's already being used in commercial game history projects
That's Computer Entertainer, the game magazine we released into the Creative Commons this summer! It's already being used in commercial game history projects
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Farm workers in King City are harvesting lettuce going as fast as possible so they can finish before the rain begins. A strong rain could physically damage the plants and also increase food safety risks. To harvest rapidly, workers are bending down and barely stand up. #WeFeedYou
November 17, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Farm workers in King City are harvesting lettuce going as fast as possible so they can finish before the rain begins. A strong rain could physically damage the plants and also increase food safety risks. To harvest rapidly, workers are bending down and barely stand up. #WeFeedYou
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indiana jones and the great circle deserved to be on the GOTY list and i'm judging a lot of you atm.
November 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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Didn't have "Ken Jeong plays Tetris Time Warp with the Squid Game people" on the ol' bingo card but hey!
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
Netflix Party Games | Official Game Trailer | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix Games
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Didn't have "Ken Jeong plays Tetris Time Warp with the Squid Game people" on the ol' bingo card but hey!
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
“straight up giving the president a bar of gold” is where we’re at now on the “corruption isn’t real” scale
good work, John Roberts
good work, John Roberts
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Sometimes you are just overwhelmed by the sentence, over and over, “This is so gross.”
The emails have Summers reporting to Epstein about his attempts to date a Harvard economics student & to hit on her during a seminar she was giving.
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Sometimes you are just overwhelmed by the sentence, over and over, “This is so gross.”
I need an Enshrouded vacation; just holed up in a cabin with no internet connection and that single game on a PC. I’d emerge a week later with a beautiful village, replete with stream and fishing pond, mild defensive structures, an inn, and lovely, thematic homes for each Survivor. This will fix me.
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I need an Enshrouded vacation; just holed up in a cabin with no internet connection and that single game on a PC. I’d emerge a week later with a beautiful village, replete with stream and fishing pond, mild defensive structures, an inn, and lovely, thematic homes for each Survivor. This will fix me.
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please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
November 16, 2025 at 1:37 AM
please don't do this. MAGA hats are made from an acrylic blend, which will release toxic chemicals when set on fire, potentially harming you and downwind woodland creatures
If this were happening to the same degree vs. a Dem President, the drum beat would be so incessant that the nation would be flattened into a single-issue polity in a way that would make the Tunguska Event look like someone had set off a mild firecracker down the street.
Dems. Just, c’mon man. 🤦♂️
Dems. Just, c’mon man. 🤦♂️
made a similar point on the opinions podcast this week in response to the idea that epstein is a dead end. not only are actual voters interested in this but it divides the gop and puts pressure on the president. it would be political malpractice to treat it as a sideshow
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
November 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
If this were happening to the same degree vs. a Dem President, the drum beat would be so incessant that the nation would be flattened into a single-issue polity in a way that would make the Tunguska Event look like someone had set off a mild firecracker down the street.
Dems. Just, c’mon man. 🤦♂️
Dems. Just, c’mon man. 🤦♂️
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NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
November 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
NEW: @propublica.org investigated the Chicago apartment raid where kids were zip-tied and citizens detained for hours. They find:
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
- NONE of the arrested were criminally charged
- NO evidence the building was "filled with TdA terrorists."
- ZERO legitimate reason for DHS to rappel from a Blackhawk.
If only the US wasn’t run by climate liars intent on a scorched-earth campaign of wealth generation.
With current pledges, the world's on track for 2.6°C of warming in 2100 compared to preindustrial levels.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
10 years ago, before the Paris agreement, it was 3.6°C
20+ years ago, we thought it would be 4-5°C
So 2.6°C is better, but the problem is that climate impacts are way worse than we predicted.
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:05 AM
If only the US wasn’t run by climate liars intent on a scorched-earth campaign of wealth generation.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
Epstein Document Search
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 AM
For folks (and journalists) who want to search the Oversight Committee email texts, I made a database for searching the 20k text files:
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
splendorous-chaja-f79791.netlify.app
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Re: Epstein’s emails
November 13, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Re: Epstein’s emails
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if you've got the resources and the need, right now is about as good a time to buy a graphics card as you're likely to see for quite some time (maaaaaybe sales will drive things down for black friday, but most places are already running black friday pricing today). next year looks rough.
November 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
if you've got the resources and the need, right now is about as good a time to buy a graphics card as you're likely to see for quite some time (maaaaaybe sales will drive things down for black friday, but most places are already running black friday pricing today). next year looks rough.
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100%. And I think this is intentional. I'm convinced Valve prefers soft power over hard power. They don't need to make THE hardware. They need the stuff they do create to start a trend. Why take on profound overhead risk when you can goad every other hardware company into doing it for you?
The very important thing to remember when talking Valve and its ceiling compared to, say, Microsoft, is that you can not walk into a Walmart and buy a Steam Deck. You have to be enough of an enthusiast to know what it is and where to find it. That's the #1 thing holding Valve back.
November 12, 2025 at 8:53 PM
100%. And I think this is intentional. I'm convinced Valve prefers soft power over hard power. They don't need to make THE hardware. They need the stuff they do create to start a trend. Why take on profound overhead risk when you can goad every other hardware company into doing it for you?
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Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
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Cannot recommend highly enough @graphicaudio.bsky.social! Yeah, more expensive than traditional audiobooks, but these are full-on S-Tier audio drama productions of novels! Complete voice casts, music, sound effects, and edited appropriately to the format. Personally recommend the Stormlight Archive
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Cannot recommend highly enough @graphicaudio.bsky.social! Yeah, more expensive than traditional audiobooks, but these are full-on S-Tier audio drama productions of novels! Complete voice casts, music, sound effects, and edited appropriately to the format. Personally recommend the Stormlight Archive
Every single thing they do is so fucking amateur. The kerning isn’t even the only technical problem with this.
November 13, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Every single thing they do is so fucking amateur. The kerning isn’t even the only technical problem with this.
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probably something an innocent man would do
November 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
probably something an innocent man would do