Allan
@allanshoe.bsky.social
17 year QA game dev veteran. Interests in games of all kind and history. These interests often overlap :P
Love that it's signed by Lawrence Krauss, who is not allowed to set foot on campus anymore
Victor Ray@victorerikray.bsky.social · yesterdayI’m going to go out on a limb and say that if you are signing a letter supporting a disgraced eugenicist famous for hounding a Black scholar to death your main concern is not academic freedom. This goes double if you don’t have the same smoke for the Trump administration’s attacks on academia.
canadians are angry and a lot of us have been rooting for this, but make no mistake: people in your community will suffer so stick by them if you have the time or money, give it to the orgs that will help your neighbours when things inevitably get bad food banks clothing banks women's shelters
This came across my feed again, so one thing I must stress--as I do every time this comes across my feed--is just how much of modern transphobia is owed to elites, medical professionals, and psychologists, NOT to lay-folk. Someone told them that this was sick and wrong; and it weren't their neighbor
Dex Anderson@dexanderson.com · 2y ago1952, motherfuckers.
what is it with ex obama people and misreading the room lol? this whole thing sparked a news cycle and endless earned media, feels like a slam dunk to me
if a white supremacist says anything you should assume every single word is a lie unless completely independently verified by an entirely unrelated source. if they say it is thursday you should ask an expert on days of the week. this should be the bare minimum standard in this media landscape
Middle East Eye (Unofficial)@middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 4d agoJason Arday's marathon challenge and football claims found to be true after his death - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/jason-ardays-marathon-challenge-and-football-claims-found-be-true-after-his-death
Argh. Reading up on this makes me even angrier. One dominant athlete had an undefeated season interrupted in 8th Grade because she ran into another dominant athlete that was also undefeated. Someone was going to no longer be undefeated... Their times were all typically close throughout the year.
Allan@allanshoe.bsky.social · 3d agoIt's interesting to see the guy cite a girl that lost a race to a "biological male" when... "She recalled losing a regional championship race in eighth grade to a transgender athlete after recovering from a knee injury and holding the lead until the final lap."
Welp, have to listen to this now that my brain was reminded of it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYI0...
The Ecstasy of Gold - Ennio Morricone ( The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ) [High Quality Audio]
YouTube video by Cinema Hotel Studios
youtube.com
I have been assured by some that this is no big deal, because real incomes are up and therefore people are struggling less now than they were a few years ago.
More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d agoPeople are increasingly relying on “buy now, pay later” loans to pay their utility bills. The lending apps Flex and Zip offer people loans to pay for their broadband, electricity, health insurance, mobile phone service, mortgage, and water bills." /1
Don’t get me wrong, this isn‘t Jon‘s fault, good on him for finding an attack that works. But it’s so incredibly bleak that this is a more effective line of attack than Epstein and Iran simply because the media gets bored easily and always needs a new shiny toy to get their attention.
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 4d agoJon Ossoff tells Lawrence O’Donnell: “It’s been amazing to watch this White House melt down over this all week. And about Natalie Harp, these White House staffers are adults — public officials, paid by the taxpayer, with immense power in positions of public trust… No one cares about their feelings.”
This is confused. You 100% won’t understand the impact of Christianity on western literature and society by reading the Bible. Puritanism and European religious conflict isn’t “in” the Bible. A short selection of key passages would be enough where phrases are important. eg sermon on the mount.
Jonathan Ladd@jonathanmladd.com · 5d agoThis is correct. You can't understand American literature and history without some understanding of the Bible and of American religious history. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
At an invitation-only gathering in Italy, white supremacists mapped out strategies to target rural America while local press coverage vanishes www.confrontthehate.com/p/white-nati...
Hard agree. Intensifying each semester, my students, no matter the class, express at some point that they feel utterly trapped by tech, they resent it, they can't give it up, they can't keep using it. It hurts them.
Amanda Mull@amandamull.bsky.social · 4d agoI got into this a bit in my column last week but I think social platforms' extreme push toward sales, slop and outrage has done a lot to degrade people's attitudes toward tech, even if they're still using them and still buying. People feeling compelled to do things that feel bad breeds resentment!
'Go Woke, Go Broke' is a Myth, New Study Finds Companies that Kept Diversity Initiatives Maintain High Revenue theemancipator.org/2026/08/19/n...
'Go Woke, Go Broke' is a Myth, New Study Finds Companies that Kept Diversity Initiatives Maintain High Revenue
Companies that held steadfast to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programming continued to earn high profits – despite ominous warnings from President Donald Trump that such efforts hurt bottom ...
theemancipator.org
What if a provincial election were the referendum?
Courtney Theriault@ctheriault.bsky.social · 4d agoReady for a referendum in spring 2027? Danielle Smith says Alberta would hold a separation vote *before the provincial election* if the October referendum is successful She adds it would take at least 2.5 months to fulfill their consultation requirements www.westernstandard.news/alberta/smit...
Probably was something that money couldn't fix
Dj@djsoke.bsky.social · 5d agoit’s actually just over lmao
Oh. My. God. One of my all time favourites, and probably one of the games that most set me down the path of loving the ever loving crap out of video games, and also introduced me to Bach, is being rereleased *today* on Steam!?!??! (so is the sequel) store.steampowered.com/app/4706290/...
Dark Castle on Steam
Dark Castle is a faithful re-release of the 1986 precision-platformer that defined the genre. Control Duncan as he combats various enemies and perfectly times jumps in this beautiful, brutal, and dark...
store.steampowered.com
Persona 5 which I feel, especially if I'm not a main character, is probably pretty doable.
Nina Marotta ☢️💙@mrschief7.bsky.social · 6d agoYou're offered $250,000,000 but to claim it you must enter the last video game you've played and stay there for a full year. How are y'all faring in this deal?
This is so obviously not true and it makes me so angry.
Hoodlum 🇺🇸@nothoodlum.bsky.social · 6d agoThis is a very dangerous lunatic. RFK Jr: “The polio vaccine "killed many, many more people" than polio ever did.”
I imagine that any new mine and factory *on Earth* will barely be up and running in 5-7 years if they are just being commissioned now.
David Burbach 🇺🇸@dburbach.bsky.social · 6d agoActual CEO of a space company people actually invest in says "by the early 2030s" -- just 5 to 7 years from now -- there will be mines and factories and large human workforce on the Moon, such that we'll be able to see lights of the lunar city from our front porches fortune.com/2026/08/17/b...
you knew this would happen as soon as we allowed them to have knife guns
Wild story. Apparently, this attacker was a deranged man who was pro-Israel and wanted to convert to Judaism. forward.com/news/845474/...
The Central Synagogue attack had no clear connection to Mamdani. He’s still being blamed.
The suspect’s social media posts show a history of supporting Israel and criticizing Mayor Zohran Mamdani
forward.com
There are four overlapping scandals here: 1. Fundraising spam tactics are hallmarks of elder financial exploitation 2. The Dem establishment is in on it 3. Most of what is raised goes to fundraising consultants 4. Capitulation to legal threats by NYT and The Bulwark on a fully vetted story 🧵👇
Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
data4democracy.substack.com
Rachel Reid, who wrote the popular “Heated Rivalry” novel, has donated $300k to Annapolis Valley Regional Library, “one of the most significant private gifts” in their history. “I credit my local library for being a huge part of the reason I’m a published author today,” Reid said #Halifax #HaliSky
‘Heated Rivalry’ author donates $300,000 to Nova Scotia libraries
Several Nova Scotia libraries that faced possible closures this summer are getting a major cash boost from one of the province’s most famous authors.
ctvnews.ca