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Chrome Guardsman

@chromeguardsman.bsky.social

History Nerd, Geek, Gamer, Teacher. He/Him.

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Jessica Price@delafina777.bsky.social · 24h ago

“It’s not ALL men.” None of the 50+ men the Cornell rapists invited to come join them in raping a woman they’d drugged went to the authorities or tried to stop it. Not all men would rape an unconscious woman, but where are the men who’d try to stop it, or EVEN FUCKING OBJECT?

Sinrar@sinrar.bsky.social · 1h ago

A landscape of a large underground rabbit city -- a burrow -- as framed by the return home of a war party. Bit of an attempt at making a big landscape, it had been a long time since I tried that. Not everything is perfect but I'm pretty happy with the overall vibe and composition!

In the rightmost edge of the picture, a party of anthropomorphic rabbits in medieval/fantasy gear comes back from a battle, some wistful, others bandaged, banners high. Sweeping from there is a point of view of a large underground cave system traversed by an underground river looping around a large pillar on which a large city has been carved out, overlooked by giant sculptures of armored rabbits and interspersed with water and waterfalls. All around on the other side of the bank are farms and mines, connected to the central settlement by bridges. The city center itself is diverse, protected by a large fort set on a rock in the water, but also comprized of a richer area surrounding a gold-roofed palace and, on the other side, large beach-side slums. Bridges extend into the rock and far in the distance, hinting at a much larger structure and colossal infrastructure beyond sight.
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 2h ago

There's no real point in arguing with his mouth noises, particularly not when preaching to the Bluesky choir, but this is *noteworthy* nonsense. If the revenue were real (it's not), then it would be revenue *of the United States government,* equally available to a Democratic Congress to spend.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4h ago

Trump: "Because of tariffs, we are taking in hundreds of billions of dollars of profits. It's one of the reasons I can offer, if Republicans win the House and Senate, $5,000 to every adult. We can do it and the Democrats can't, because the Democrats don't have any income."

The Orion@gettheorion.bsky.social · 47m ago

Chicago underestimated Rahm Emanuel and you know what he did? He completely disgraced himself and his office by being involved in a cover-up with CPD for the murder of teenager Laquan McDonald. I agree with the OG poster. Underestimate him at your own risk.

Jake Grumbach@jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 6h ago

Whenever you see a pollster or consultant give a take like this, it’s always worth following the money. In this case, Emanuel has paid Anzalone’s firm nearly $300k (maybe more but that’s what I found so far). A consultant class is devouring the Dem Party www.elections.il.gov/CampaignDisc...

John Anzalone & @JohnAnzo X.com Underestimate @RahmEmanuel at your own risk. He knows how to win. He knows how to fight. And he knows how to message. And no one will out work him. Regardless of whether he wins the Democratic nomination in 2028 he will make an impact on the race. You can be sure of that. Don't take your eyes off of him. At the minimum, learn from him. Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play Rahm Emanuel Makes His 2026 Play From nytimes.com 6:47 AM • 9/26/26 • 274K Views
Rocker_Fox@rockerfox.bsky.social · 9h ago

I remember this creature, how he crawled out of his office at Tech Bro HQ to impart the wisdom of "what if everything was a shitty mmo drop and gaming sucked?" Anyone with half a brain could tell he was speaking directly to the dead eyed AAA CEOs by going "What if a Skinner box but large?"

Chungo Tumpus: Clear Sky@mrfinnmccool.bsky.social · 19h ago

The below is burned into my brain and it's about as appealing a pitch as if video games involved getting shot with an actual gun.

"The year is 2030. It's a rainy Saturday afternoon. You've just finished mining 30 obsidian ore playing Crypto Crush Saga, a match-3 mobile game. You open up The Elder Chains Online and feel a rush of excitement. Your school buddy has spent years becoming a Master Blacksmith, and he has agreed to turn 10 obsidian into an Obsidian Battlestaff, a HUGE upgrade over the Mithril Mace you’ve been wielding for the last months. It’ll take him an hour or so. In the meantime, you log into Clash of Guilds, and use the remaining obsidian to upgrade your town hall to the next level. That should keep your village safe for now. You wish you could fast forward time to tonight. Your Guild has plans to go for a deep run into the wilderness in Old School Rune Chains, and your prospects of a successful run (and great loot) have never been better. All guild members have been spending the past 2 weeks grinding for better weapons, and you’ve agreed (through a vote) to use the Guild treasury to buy everyone a new full set of Red Dragonhide Armor. Tonight’s objective is to kill the level 128 Frost Giant hiding in the Cave of Sorrow. He has a 5% chance of dropping an Immaculate Orb of Brilliance, of which there are currently only 4 in existence. The Orb can be used as a power source in an upcoming space exploration game, and should give your guild a great advantage in reaching distant galaxies first. A 5% drop rate is low, but you’re feeling optimistic. In the distance, you hear a faint 'BloCkChAIn doEsNT bRiNg AnYtHiNg nEW tO gAmES'. You shrug, and join your friends in the Discord voice channel. Life is good."
Casey Explosion@caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 22h ago

The cluelessness of this reminds me a lot of the NFT grift. The thing about NFTs was that it was mainly something finance bros were into, and when they were trying to worm their way into gaming, their pitches were an abyssal trench of bad ideas because they couldn't grasp why people played games.

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · 8h ago

"Musk’s demolition of USAID, and the resulting suffering and death, “is going to be a defining part of his legacy, and I do wonder if that’s why he’s scrambling so hard to rewrite that history now”, Konyndyk said." It's a space race legacy now.

What will define Elon Musk’s legacy? Doge cuts to USAID Ebola programs

Experts say cuts have hindered the response to DRC’s Ebola outbreak and resulted in ‘significant numbers’ of deaths

theguardian.com

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · 9h ago

Almost all—if not all—of the companies that produce the works I cover are problematic in one way or another. But in this case, we’re talking about the head of SpaceX, who let tens of thousands of CHILDREN die, so you might as well call off the space race under these circumstances. Let it sink in.

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · 4mo ago

As passionate as I am about space exploration, I would sacrifice all of SpaceX and its sci-fi rockets in a heartbeat if it could save even one person in a faraway country. Now, all of that is associated with too much cruelty and bloodshed, an indelible stain that has turned the X into a gravestone☠️

Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 20h ago

It really doesn't make sense to attribute those job losses to AI-the-technology, because if that were the case we'd be observing AI outputs displacing conventional entertainment products, and they're clearly not. Rather, the impact of AI is that AI-the-business is crowding out other investment.

Joey Politano🏳️‍🌈@josephpolitano.bsky.social · yesterday

Hollywood has suffered the most in the AI era—with the movie & TV industry losing more than 100k jobs, nearly one-third of the sector’s total employment, over the last four years. Total employment in video production is approaching the fthe lowest levels in 30 years

a graph of US movie & TV production employment
#StupidSuez@diplomatofnight.com · 21h ago

Any analysis of the Iran War that doesn't start and end with the fact that an entire cottage industry of think tankers and lobbyists and their friends in Congress were frothing at the mouth for literal decades for this got exactly what they wanted and it failed immediately and totally is wrong.