TrooperBari
@trooperbari.bsky.social
Have notebook, will travel. Indie game aficionado, "Asia hand" (whatever that means), too stubborn or cowardly to quit newspapers. He/him
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Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/trooperbari
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trooperbari
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There will be all kinds of people coming out of the woodwork to ensure that the only result of the Epstein files coming out is more restrictions on sex work and more censorship. They can and will use it as an excuse to make sex workers less safe.
#SaveSpeech
if you've seen a video going around of Epstein survivors talking about their abuse, you need to be aware that video is promoting World-Without-Exploitation, an organization whose website supports legislation like KOSA, and advocates for the "Nordic model"
they are not your allies.
if you've seen a video going around of Epstein survivors talking about their abuse, you need to be aware that video is promoting World-Without-Exploitation, an organization whose website supports legislation like KOSA, and advocates for the "Nordic model"
they are not your allies.
November 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
There will be all kinds of people coming out of the woodwork to ensure that the only result of the Epstein files coming out is more restrictions on sex work and more censorship. They can and will use it as an excuse to make sex workers less safe.
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This is exactly what happened.
Kind of feels like the IOC expected for the study to say "yeah trans women are like the hulk somehow" and when it completely undercut the reasoning behind banning us. They have simply elected to ignore their own work.
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This is exactly what happened.
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If you don't welcome in outsiders, you're fucked. If you can't make space for wannabe parents to fall in love and form households, you're fucked. If you can't help shoulder the burdens of raising a family and rearing kids into fully functioning adults, you're fucked.
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
If you don't welcome in outsiders, you're fucked. If you can't make space for wannabe parents to fall in love and form households, you're fucked. If you can't help shoulder the burdens of raising a family and rearing kids into fully functioning adults, you're fucked.
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This is one reason I'm expecting intense natural selection in forms of government and cultural norms returning to the fore.
If you don't have a society that's at least reasonably inclusive towards migrants, children, and parents, your country is gonna literally fucking die.
If you don't have a society that's at least reasonably inclusive towards migrants, children, and parents, your country is gonna literally fucking die.
the actual suicide of the West will be combining a rapidly aging population with hostility to migrants. however we must give credit to East Asia, especially Japan, for pioneering this model.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
This is one reason I'm expecting intense natural selection in forms of government and cultural norms returning to the fore.
If you don't have a society that's at least reasonably inclusive towards migrants, children, and parents, your country is gonna literally fucking die.
If you don't have a society that's at least reasonably inclusive towards migrants, children, and parents, your country is gonna literally fucking die.
Even if they haven't actually read the cherry-picked hit piece that is the Cass Review, imagine seeing the comedically inept and unpopular UK government and thinking "nah, yeah, we need to be more like them!".
Actually, it's Chris "Laser-Focus" Luxon and his government, so it's all too believable.
Actually, it's Chris "Laser-Focus" Luxon and his government, so it's all too believable.
It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
November 19, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Even if they haven't actually read the cherry-picked hit piece that is the Cass Review, imagine seeing the comedically inept and unpopular UK government and thinking "nah, yeah, we need to be more like them!".
Actually, it's Chris "Laser-Focus" Luxon and his government, so it's all too believable.
Actually, it's Chris "Laser-Focus" Luxon and his government, so it's all too believable.
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It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
November 19, 2025 at 4:35 AM
It's being reported that New Zealand has banned puberty blockers for transgender youth. I removed New Zealand from my recommendations to families fleeing a while back after the far right saw a surge in power in the country.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
Sad day for NZ trans youth.
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The male loneliness epidemic is largely driven by a male worthlessness epidemic. 😮💨
Apologies there is no alt text, but the first pic is a smiling Juliet Turner who just got her PhD in ecology. Then there are huge collages of Twitter replies from hateful men degrading her for this accomplishment.
Apologies there is no alt text, but the first pic is a smiling Juliet Turner who just got her PhD in ecology. Then there are huge collages of Twitter replies from hateful men degrading her for this accomplishment.
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The male loneliness epidemic is largely driven by a male worthlessness epidemic. 😮💨
Apologies there is no alt text, but the first pic is a smiling Juliet Turner who just got her PhD in ecology. Then there are huge collages of Twitter replies from hateful men degrading her for this accomplishment.
Apologies there is no alt text, but the first pic is a smiling Juliet Turner who just got her PhD in ecology. Then there are huge collages of Twitter replies from hateful men degrading her for this accomplishment.
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For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
I don't know why the "Piggy" thing is bothering me so much. It's one more unforgivable thing in a list of 20,000 unforgivable things, but I've been mad about it for like 12 straight hours.
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 AM
For me it's the way the press pool just quietly went along with it because he's the president
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
The entire point of this country is that we don't have to let some guy do whatever he wants just because of his title. We don't have to respect him or go along with him just because he holds an office
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Honestly, cannot wait to see the cosplays of this character, people just standing outside their convention hall hotel room doors and restroom stalls in overcrowded convention centers, singing lilting gibberish, banging tiny bells
Crying and sobbing and singing and tapping a small bell 🔔 🐛 🥹
I need 20 of these, for my mental health you see
echossecret.com/products/she...
I need 20 of these, for my mental health you see
echossecret.com/products/she...
November 19, 2025 at 1:38 AM
Honestly, cannot wait to see the cosplays of this character, people just standing outside their convention hall hotel room doors and restroom stalls in overcrowded convention centers, singing lilting gibberish, banging tiny bells
HKG: 5
SIN: 4
JPN: 5
UAE: 2
IDN: 3
PRC: 1
NZL: 1
ROK: 1
MDV: 2
KSA: 1
QAT: 1
NED: 1
ENG: 2
SCO: 1
IRE: 1
USA: 7 professional, 5 more if college counts, and that ignores any teams that just use open fields.
Favorite? It's not pretty, but hard to beat Gelora Bung Karno for sheer atmosphere.
SIN: 4
JPN: 5
UAE: 2
IDN: 3
PRC: 1
NZL: 1
ROK: 1
MDV: 2
KSA: 1
QAT: 1
NED: 1
ENG: 2
SCO: 1
IRE: 1
USA: 7 professional, 5 more if college counts, and that ignores any teams that just use open fields.
Favorite? It's not pretty, but hard to beat Gelora Bung Karno for sheer atmosphere.
WAIT
Stop doomscrolling and answer this fun question
How many soccer stadiums have you been to and whats your favorite one?
Stop doomscrolling and answer this fun question
How many soccer stadiums have you been to and whats your favorite one?
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 AM
HKG: 5
SIN: 4
JPN: 5
UAE: 2
IDN: 3
PRC: 1
NZL: 1
ROK: 1
MDV: 2
KSA: 1
QAT: 1
NED: 1
ENG: 2
SCO: 1
IRE: 1
USA: 7 professional, 5 more if college counts, and that ignores any teams that just use open fields.
Favorite? It's not pretty, but hard to beat Gelora Bung Karno for sheer atmosphere.
SIN: 4
JPN: 5
UAE: 2
IDN: 3
PRC: 1
NZL: 1
ROK: 1
MDV: 2
KSA: 1
QAT: 1
NED: 1
ENG: 2
SCO: 1
IRE: 1
USA: 7 professional, 5 more if college counts, and that ignores any teams that just use open fields.
Favorite? It's not pretty, but hard to beat Gelora Bung Karno for sheer atmosphere.
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The judge really lets rip here, at length - the courts have clearly had enough of the Burkes.
He also ruled that criminal contempt proceedings should be taken against Mr Burke as well as his brother Isaac, sister Ammi and mother, Martina for their conduct in court hearings.
He also ruled that criminal contempt proceedings should be taken against Mr Burke as well as his brother Isaac, sister Ammi and mother, Martina for their conduct in court hearings.
“The judge said Mr Burke had not been imprisoned or fined for his views on transgender issues, which he was perfectly entitled to have and to articulate... he had been dismissed from his position for gross misconduct.”
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
High Court orders Enoch Burke to be imprisoned
The High Court has said that Enoch Burke and his family have engaged in the most deliberate, sustained and concerted attack on the civil courts and the rule of law in this country in recent times and ...
www.rte.ie
November 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The judge really lets rip here, at length - the courts have clearly had enough of the Burkes.
He also ruled that criminal contempt proceedings should be taken against Mr Burke as well as his brother Isaac, sister Ammi and mother, Martina for their conduct in court hearings.
He also ruled that criminal contempt proceedings should be taken against Mr Burke as well as his brother Isaac, sister Ammi and mother, Martina for their conduct in court hearings.
I love Subnautica. Second only to The Long Dark in terms of open-world survival games for me. That said, I will not buy or play Subnautica 2. If the only true power we have in this system is voting with our wallets, then I refuse to reward this kind of "leadership" with my money.
Rather than be seen as a "pushover" for paying his staff what he OWED them, this CEO would rather be seen as an incompetent loser who can't even think for himself as he asks an LLM how to scam his employees out of their earned bonuses
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Krafton CEO allegedly asked ChatGPT to help him find a way out of paying Subnautica 2 devs their bonuses because he wanted to avoid the 'professional embarrassment' of being seen as a 'pushover'
A pre-trial brief filed by former Unknown Worlds bosses says Krafton CEO Changham Kim was worried about losing his job for overpaying for the studio.
www.pcgamer.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I love Subnautica. Second only to The Long Dark in terms of open-world survival games for me. That said, I will not buy or play Subnautica 2. If the only true power we have in this system is voting with our wallets, then I refuse to reward this kind of "leadership" with my money.
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When I evacuated from the hurricane in 2005, the Red Cross offered us cash to help with expenses.
The Salvation Army offered us "a hot meal" which was just a smoked sausage soaked in cheap barbecue sauce with a stale slice of white bread we had to say how thankful we were while getting preached at.
The Salvation Army offered us "a hot meal" which was just a smoked sausage soaked in cheap barbecue sauce with a stale slice of white bread we had to say how thankful we were while getting preached at.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 18, 2025 at 4:18 AM
When I evacuated from the hurricane in 2005, the Red Cross offered us cash to help with expenses.
The Salvation Army offered us "a hot meal" which was just a smoked sausage soaked in cheap barbecue sauce with a stale slice of white bread we had to say how thankful we were while getting preached at.
The Salvation Army offered us "a hot meal" which was just a smoked sausage soaked in cheap barbecue sauce with a stale slice of white bread we had to say how thankful we were while getting preached at.
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The "she does not own a car..." part is so telling. They just can't conceive of a politician who isn't already rich. She's not poor, just not one of the wealthy class of people who are allowed to be 'serious' political candidates.
You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.
November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The "she does not own a car..." part is so telling. They just can't conceive of a politician who isn't already rich. She's not poor, just not one of the wealthy class of people who are allowed to be 'serious' political candidates.
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conceding to far right ideas about the structure of society is conceding to a zero sum vision of the world, and more importantly giving voters a choice between two zero sum visions, where one is half hearted and the other is full throated. is it really a surprise then they choose the latter?
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
conceding to far right ideas about the structure of society is conceding to a zero sum vision of the world, and more importantly giving voters a choice between two zero sum visions, where one is half hearted and the other is full throated. is it really a surprise then they choose the latter?
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to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
to be clear, i also do not think it is necessarily true that adopting a laundry list of progressive positions is an instant win either. i think you have to do the work of discovering what it is that voters want in a direct and engaged way. and i think that voters want moral leadership.
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it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
The Danish Social Democrats are currently on course for their worst election result since at least the Second World War, despite their brand of far-right accommodationism being touted as a blueprint for other centre-left parties.
Oh
November 18, 2025 at 2:24 PM
it is almost as if accommodating and conceding to far right ideas legitimizes them and signals to voters that the far right is a legitimate choice for governance
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The reason why socialism is no longer taboo in America is that our elites have successfully rebranded it as “any attempt by the state to function beyond semi-random violence“ while trying to combat it.
Everyone has lost their minds
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
November 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The reason why socialism is no longer taboo in America is that our elites have successfully rebranded it as “any attempt by the state to function beyond semi-random violence“ while trying to combat it.
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So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
It’s amazing how this story has gone from 0 to 60 in UK press. There’s been no mainstream coverage to date but this morning the story is leading BBC News site & bulletins.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Google boss Sundar Pichai warns 'no company immune' if AI bubble bursts
Speaking exclusively to BBC News, CEO Sundar Pichai said the artificial intelligence boom had been an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
So if AI succeeds loads of people lose their jobs as they're replaced by AI, and if AI fails, loads of people lose their jobs as the economy crashes?
Values are fake, everything is for sale, just keep the money rolling in. The Grifter Economy World Cup has pockets to line and numbers to hit.
Infantino has to go. He’s sold the game to cozy up to Trump and whatever dictator pats him on the head. Somehow makes Blatter look like a man of courage.
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Values are fake, everything is for sale, just keep the money rolling in. The Grifter Economy World Cup has pockets to line and numbers to hit.
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Infantino has to go. He’s sold the game to cozy up to Trump and whatever dictator pats him on the head. Somehow makes Blatter look like a man of courage.
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Infantino has to go. He’s sold the game to cozy up to Trump and whatever dictator pats him on the head. Somehow makes Blatter look like a man of courage.
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
www.thetimes.com/us/american-...
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Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
IOC edges closer to ban on transgender women in female Olympic events
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Sources expect ban within next six to 12 months
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IOC president wants to protect the female category
The International Olympic Committee is edging closer towards implementing a ban on transgender women competing in the female category in time for the Los Angeles Olympics.
Multiple sources expect such a ban to come into effect over the next six to 12 months with the new IOC president, Kirsty Coventry, making clear she wants to drive through her campaign pledge to protect the female category. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Nothing is a better demonstration of the anti-scientific nature of banning trans women from sports than the fact that the IOC's OWN STUDY found no evidence trans women have any advantage over cis women in sports, but they're planning on going ahead with banning us anyways
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Yes. If you ever think banks should be allowed to cut off financial services for "morality" reasons, just note that neither Epstein's pedophilia, nor Miller's Nazism, nor RFK Jr's eugenics, nor Musk's destruction of USAID caused banks any "moral" concerns whatsoever.
We cannot allow financial institutions which regularly cross the line from amoral to explicitly immoral to hold a dehumanizing line against people who do sex work.
I don't believe for a moment that this debanking effort is because of Ana's sex work rather than her reporting, but also even if that was the reason it shouldn't be allowed.
None of the content Ana has ever made is illegal. There is no justification to cut her off from the banking system.
None of the content Ana has ever made is illegal. There is no justification to cut her off from the banking system.
November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Yes. If you ever think banks should be allowed to cut off financial services for "morality" reasons, just note that neither Epstein's pedophilia, nor Miller's Nazism, nor RFK Jr's eugenics, nor Musk's destruction of USAID caused banks any "moral" concerns whatsoever.
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Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 17, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
I had to give back a T-shirt an organizer gave me while I covered their marathon. Multiple outlets I've worked for had explicit policies on returning angpao and putting any swag in an officewide pool. Not sleeping with sources was taken as a given, but I guess that never reached the US east coast.
I love mess but man this whole thing underlines how much it sucks that all the worst journalists somehow end up with flashy high-paying media jobs
November 18, 2025 at 5:52 AM
I had to give back a T-shirt an organizer gave me while I covered their marathon. Multiple outlets I've worked for had explicit policies on returning angpao and putting any swag in an officewide pool. Not sleeping with sources was taken as a given, but I guess that never reached the US east coast.