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Asa Gray
@the5starman.bsky.social
Host of Nerdiest Part of the Ring
Lover of Pro Wrestling, Video Games, Magic the Gathering, and Action Figures
He/Him
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Sorry guys universe is splitting open starting today
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?

We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Trans day of remembrance, thinking of all those lost and what we can do to help protect those who are here.

Aside from the bigger stuff, call shit out. Normalize being hostile to transphobic "jokes" and comments.
November 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Makes all the people who were fired for commenting negatively about Charlie Kirk seem quaint, don't it
Trump posts again about Democrats, saying their behavior is “punishable by DEATH!”
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Books #10 & #11 of 2025.
When I saw the trailer for the Clown in a Cornfield movie earlier this year I couldn't believe it was real. I was even MORE surprised to learn that it was based on a book! I enjoyed these more than I thought it would. Fun, YA slashers.
November 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need Half Life 3 to be announced because the "Half Life 3 was announced/came out before GTA 6" memes are going to be fantastic
If Half-Life 3 does indeed get announced, what then?

If we do indeed find ourselves face to face with this white whale of video games, will we truly have succeeded? Or will it only pull us into the abyss?

Herein only madness reigns.
November 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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youtu.be/pl67vkOHwE8

OK I've uploaded Botchamania 521 onto a new YouTube account and it hasn't been flagged instantly so I can only assume that the other account is being heavily monitored so I can kiss that goodbye

or not, who knows. fuck it.
Botchamania 521
YouTube video by Botchamania Stuff I Can't Find Anymore
youtu.be
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I forgot to keep up with this list. Whoops.
Book #9 of the year: We Used To Live Here.
This ended up being pretty different than what I was expecting, but ultimately I enjoyed it quite a bit!
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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The first images from the upcoming Legend of Zelda movie have arrived, showing Benjamin Evan Ainsworth in the role of 'DIPSHIT.'
paletteswap.site/dif...
November 17, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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This is bullshit.

"absolutely no genAI in games" is the middle ground.

"how many years in jail should Sam Altman get for knowingly stealing all data ever" is the somewhat more extreme stance I personally adopt.
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.

www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Just going to keep this post up today. Might find some time to give it the mantra treatment if needed.

Oh gaming gods, please give me the strength to channel Ben Pack on this of all days.
Going to start posting this every time I catch myself coming close to wading into video game discourse.
November 17, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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Many people are saying that pedophiles and their enablers should be fed to woodchippers
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Pretty wild that Friday the 13th was on a Thursday this year
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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I really do think, at the end of the day, all this whole thing will expose is that a large amount of Americans are perfectly okay with pedophilia as long as their guy is the one doing it.
November 12, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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"Bowser Jr. will be voiced by Benny Safdie" is the first conversation of like 3 conversations that leads to "The latest Mario movie will be rated R and Wario will be voiced by Steven Ogg"
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie debut trailer

Nintendo and Illumination have released the debut trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, as well as announced that Rosalina will be voiced by Brie Larson and Bowser Jr. will be voiced by Benny Safdie.
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie debut trailer
Nintendo and Illumination have released the debut trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, as well as announced that Rosalina will be voiced by Brie Larson and Bowser Jr. will be voiced by Benny Safdie.
www.gematsu.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees

www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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anyway
sometimes i feel like the republican party is a big tornado that is coming to kill me. and the democratic party is the rickety shed that i'm hiding in. and i say "we should really fix this shed, because it's not doing much." and people say "what? why aren't you criticizing the tornado instead?!"
November 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
Democrats Sick Of Being Blamed For Cowardice On Issues They Actually Just Don’t Care About
WASHINGTON—Having thus far caved on eliminating the filibuster, advancing an adequate climate change agenda, and protecting voting rights, congressional Democrats told reporters Wednesday they were si...
theonion.com
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I got to meet Ernie Reyes Jr (Keno TMNT 2 Secret of the Ooze & Stunt Work for Donatello [the best turtle] in the first movie)! I was very nervous, but he was super nice and he said he liked my tattoo!
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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It's called tearose an' violet cordial. Very nice with snowcream pudding and blackberries—go on, fill your plate.
November 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Because of Tiktok I have had a rock cover of Michael Jackson's They Don't Care About Us stuck in my head for like a week, but I can't stop singing it to the lyrics of The Fairly Odd Parents theme song.
November 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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Now is a great time to go check out that local coffee shop that's maybe a couple blocks away.
BREAKING: After months of stonewalling by Starbucks, unionized baristas just voted 92% to authorize a ULP strike unless Starbucks finalizes fair contracts & stops union busting.

If forced, our baristas will strike in dozens of cities on November 13 – the company's busiest sales day of the year.
Starbucks unionized workers say they'll strike on Nov. 13 if coffee giant doesn't finalize contract
Union members say they are ready to strike on the chain's Red Cup Day if Starbucks doesn't finalize a contract with their union by then.
www.cbsnews.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I think we need to stop calling it empathy and go back to calling it decency. It isn't a favour you're doing someone else, it's you proving that you aren't a fucking ghoul
November 7, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM