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@omnibalsamic.bsky.social

candy-ass word-style hero / video game & ttrpg knucklehead since old times / social worker / dad / just doing his best

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New parenting goal unlocked for me.

07.03.2026 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Judith Butler Apology Form:

From: Date:

Reason for behaviour:

[ ] The media convinced me that feminism was solved in the 1980s
[ ] I never actually read their work
[ ] I miss not thinking about gender
[ ] I didn’t realize how much of society is built on gender
[ ] I was jealous of their nonbinary swag
[ ] Mercury was in retrograde

[ ] I will hereby respect JUDITH BUTLER and I will not talk down on the best feminist thinker of our lifetimes

Judith Butler Apology Form: From: Date: Reason for behaviour: [ ] The media convinced me that feminism was solved in the 1980s [ ] I never actually read their work [ ] I miss not thinking about gender [ ] I didn’t realize how much of society is built on gender [ ] I was jealous of their nonbinary swag [ ] Mercury was in retrograde [ ] I will hereby respect JUDITH BUTLER and I will not talk down on the best feminist thinker of our lifetimes

05.03.2026 14:46 β€” πŸ‘ 938    πŸ” 201    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 5

I'll always be obsessed with this edit made by @tommchenry.bsky.social

04.03.2026 07:33 β€” πŸ‘ 951    πŸ” 279    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2

At any rate, just to make it clear: it’s a very sharp, well presented, clearly argued video essay by @acheunderscore.bsky.social, and I’m glad to have her work on my radar now.

03.03.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I haven’t played Expedition 33, but seriouslyβ€”has every single critic I follow and generally respect just dropped the ball completely on the cultural antecedents of this game? Or has this been an element of the conversation I just happened to miss?

03.03.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve only watched about 20 minutes of @acheunderscore.bsky.social’s thoughtful exploration of the racist, orientalist elements of Expedition 33, but already I’m deeply disappointed in the extent to which none of it has been part of the conversation I’ve heard from the US/UK critical community.

03.03.2026 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

That mixtape game looks like absolute dog-ass.

03.03.2026 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s

28.02.2026 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6701    πŸ” 1838    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

😲

26.02.2026 18:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

mode is a mood, tbh

25.02.2026 20:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lutnick Family Angling To Make Astronomical Sums Off Court Nixing Tariffs This is not new. But I at least hadn’t heard any of...

Actually the refunds will go to a bunch of Wall Street firms including the one now run by Lutnick's son who have been buying up the refund rights.

talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/lutni...

20.02.2026 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 178    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 9

so we paid the tariffs and now the corporations that passed the costs on to me and you are the ones that are going to be reimbursed, do i have that correct

20.02.2026 15:48 β€” πŸ‘ 4334    πŸ” 1018    πŸ’¬ 160    πŸ“Œ 88

someone is getting a refund of the tariffs they paid but it isn't you. all you did was pay a higher price for something.

20.02.2026 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1047    πŸ” 160    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 10
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AOC’s Munich Stumble Is a Warning to the Left It’s time for progressives to get more sophisticated about national security and foreign policy.

Saying "um, ah, well..." for thirty seconds and then changing the subject has been the literal policy of the united states as regards the defense of Taiwan for decades. The whole point is to avoid giving a straight answer. If you want to critique on FP at least read a Wikipedia first.

18.02.2026 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1297    πŸ” 159    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 66
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'Students Are Being Treated Like Guinea Pigs:' Inside an AI-Powered Private School Leaked documents reveal the inner workings of Alpha School, which both the press and the Trump administration have applauded. The documents show Alpha School's AI is generating faulty lessons that som...

Alpha School, an "AI-powered" private school that costs as much as $65k a year, is generating faulty lesson plans and stealing content from textbooks for training data www.404media.co/students-are...

17.02.2026 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 156    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 23
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Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)
Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022

Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.

Letterboxd screenshot Star Trek Into Darkness (2013) Watched by Branson Reese 28 Apr 2022 Abrams isn't a man so much as he's an avatar of cultural entropy. If you make something popular enough eventually you will die or sell it off and and a person in thick rimmed glasses whose main artistic vision is that he loves to have meetings will take it and sandblast it until it's nothing. I hate to see this happen here but maybe it's good that this happened. Maybe every franchise should collapse into a version of itself that makes shareholders nod and shake each others' hands. We should learn to speak in a language that rich people who don't dream can't comprehend.

i often think about this review

14.02.2026 03:13 β€” πŸ‘ 12822    πŸ” 3451    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 232

The show has many things to recommend it imo, but among them is the accolade for β€œbest onscreen shrug ever” in the 4th ep

14.02.2026 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Drawing of an ICE agent made of ice being shattered. Features the following text:

Icebreaker (in all caps).
A fundraising marathon for the WFM's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund
twitch.tv/friendsatthetable
2/15 AND 2/16

Drawing of an ICE agent made of ice being shattered. Features the following text: Icebreaker (in all caps). A fundraising marathon for the WFM's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund twitch.tv/friendsatthetable 2/15 AND 2/16

Day One (2/15)
(all times ET)

11.00  Hello!
11.30 β€˜Guilty as Sock’
1.10  β€˜Carry The Glass’
2.45  β€˜Wildermyth’ Returns
4.55   Fishteen Minutes
5.30   Dre Goes to Flegg Hell* 
6.30  β€˜Outward 2’
8.30  β€˜REPO’ 

*unlocked by a donation incentive

Day One (2/15) (all times ET) 11.00 Hello! 11.30 β€˜Guilty as Sock’ 1.10 β€˜Carry The Glass’ 2.45 β€˜Wildermyth’ Returns 4.55 Fishteen Minutes 5.30 Dre Goes to Flegg Hell* 6.30 β€˜Outward 2’ 8.30 β€˜REPO’ *unlocked by a donation incentive

Day Two (2/16)
(all times ET)

11.00  Hello!
11.30 β€˜YAPYAP’
1.10  β€˜Galaxy Princess Zorana’
2.45   Scintillation Fashion Contest 2026
4.30  β€˜Imagination Express’
5.45  β€˜Crusader Kings 3’ Trip to China* 
7.30  β€˜King of the Castle’

*unlocked by a donation incentive

Day Two (2/16) (all times ET) 11.00 Hello! 11.30 β€˜YAPYAP’ 1.10 β€˜Galaxy Princess Zorana’ 2.45 Scintillation Fashion Contest 2026 4.30 β€˜Imagination Express’ 5.45 β€˜Crusader Kings 3’ Trip to China* 7.30 β€˜King of the Castle’ *unlocked by a donation incentive

Here's the schedule for our ICEBREAKER fundraiser on 2/15 and 2/16, a marathon to raise money for the Women's Foundation of Minnesota's Immigrant Rapid Response Fund. Join us then at twitch.tv/friendsatthetable!

14.02.2026 00:45 β€” πŸ‘ 210    πŸ” 126    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 22
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Lost media archivist on tumblr named robindaydream found these screenshots from the canceled NES port of Caves of Qud

12.02.2026 12:42 β€” πŸ‘ 271    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 2

I don’t give a shit about the VO cameos, honestly. It’s just that tacky-ass title.

12.02.2026 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

lrt my wife and I were watching Pluribus with my mother-in-law when the pre-show official podcast ad came on and I think I genuinely shocked everyone when I said, much louder than I even intended,

OVER MY DEAD BODY

12.02.2026 16:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh when i'm done watching your prestige streaming show, should i go listen to the Official Podcast? yeah? do you think i'm stupid? you don't respect me? is that it?

12.02.2026 15:36 β€” πŸ‘ 898    πŸ” 85    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3

exCUSE me, that’s my emotional support hate 😀

09.02.2026 13:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Samuel Johnson is indignant that Scotland has all these smoking craters

07.02.2026 03:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Trump could say the n-word on live TV and the Times’ first reaction would be β€œit was unclear if Mr. Trump was aware of the word’s complicated history”

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columbo but mole

columbo but mole

Molumbo

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