Jaconian
@jaconian.bsky.social
He/Him. I listen to various genres of metal and video game music. I'm an omnivore, a gamer, a drinker of beer & mead, a musician & was the ENFORCER JDub at PAX '08-'10. http://www.StageSelectStart.blogspot.com
Our MIDI Week Single takes us to the outer reaches of space in a gratuitous battle for the future of the galaxy w/ music by Jesse Hopkins from Gratuitous Space Battles. www.stageselectstart.com/2026/08/midi... #MIDIWeekSingles #GratuitousSpaceBattles #JesseHopkins #VideoGameMusic #StageSelectStart
MIDI Week Singles: "Alliance Battle" Gratuitious Space Battles (PC)
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Our Monthly Update for August, 2026 is up. There's some current events (from a couple of weeks ago), there's bits about the (same) games I'm (still) playing. Just go read it. www.stageselectstart.com/2026/08/mont... #MonthlyUpdate #SonyPhysicalDiscProduction #MicrosoftLayoffs #StageSelectStart
Monthly Update: August, 2026
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I love how scalpers act like they own pokemon cards now. like "this isn't a kid's game anymore" like yes it is. it's still a kids game that used to be easily accessible to kids until you ruined it. it's not and never was for you to hoard.
Over the last month, I've been playing Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library!, an organization sim & looking forward to what might interest me in the same genre. www.stageselectstart.com/2026/07/orga... #OrganizationSim #TidyUptheArcaneLibrary #SupermarketChaos #CellarKeeper #StageSelectStart
Organize ALL the Things!?
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Six congressmen bought between $83,000 to $245,000 in SpaceX stock just before its IPO: -Jared Moskowitz -Gil Cisneros -Dan Meuser -John McGuire -William Timmons -John James Five serve on committees whose work impacts SpaceX's business. We must ban members of Congress from trading stock.
The world's first trillionaire received 38 Billion Dollars from the US government. But, no, we won't have enough money to pay for school lunches for your kids. Or give you healthcare. Reposted again... Don't buy Tesla cars etc etc
Great. So now I'm going to have to fight against AI companies with millions of dollars in R&D funds whenever I search for out of print books that were never converted into an eBook or PDF format? That's great. Wonderful. share.google/lipC63VXoQON...
AI companies are reportedly shredding millions of books after using them to train AI models — tech giants outsource to middlemen to secretly buy up books for training material
Buy. Scan. Destroy. Repeat.
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Our MIDI Week Single today comes from the 29-year-old N64 game & pioneer of the Rumble Pack, Star Fox 64, w/ music by Hajime Wakai, being his first ever soundtrack. www.stageselectstart.com/2026/07/midi... #MIDIWeekSingles #StarFox64 #HajimeWakai #Nintendo64 #N64 #StageSelectStart
MIDI Week Singles: "Aquas" - Star Fox 64 (N64)
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our indie game: - hand drawn by Celeste's pixel artist - music by Disasterpeace - made on our own game engine - a slow-burning horror RPG - meet (or date) 10+ charming characters - fast-paced combat - customize your playstyle with crafted items and combat abilities
Why is every former Bungie guy a fucking shithead? No wonder people say the culture fucking sucked over there back in the day.
LA Dodgers owner Mark Walters had a very good reason to corral the players into a WH visit. His company is under investigation by the DOJ & SEC. Private credit, billions in undisclosed loans transferred from his investment firms to his insurance firms. Gift link: www.wsj.com/finance/regu...
Exclusive | Federal Probe Into Dodgers Owner’s Financial Empire Was Sparked by Whistleblower
Authorities are examining about $16 billion in private-credit deals involving Mark Walter’s insurance companies to determine whether fraud occurred.
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We have a new Game EXP article up for the indie walking-sim, Poetic Trio by Tonguç Bodur on the Nintendo Switch. Disc: I rec'd a review code from Keymailer www.stageselectstart.com/2026/07/game... #GameEXP #PoeticTrio #TongucBodur #Keymailer #IndieGames #StageSelectStart
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And the fraudsters (we know them), who say they are looking for fraud, insist fraud only happens in blue states so they can try to extort those states while real, convicted fraudsters get pardons from President Fraudster.
If you're looking for a video of someone playing a video game where they put 50 books on shelves, w/ relaxing fantasy music in the background, and that's it, have I got a playlist for you! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #LibrarianTidyUpTheArcaneLibrary #IndieGames #ArtRising #StageSelectStart
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library [A Stage Select Start First Play Series] - YouTube
Librarian: Tidy Up the Arcane Library Systems: Windows, Steam OS, Linux Release Date: April 30, 2026 Publisher: ArtRising Developer: ArtRising My playthrough...
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It's wild to me that there's an entire insular subcommunity that identifies themselves as "Gamers" but don't actually like games. Rather, they seem to like complaining about games and imagining that they're the victims of some grand conspiracy none of them can even explain the actual goal of.
I posted about judging the Dodgers for visiting the White House and a bunch of people responded with, "Why do you care, they're just athletes, ignore it." This shit is why. We ignore the actions of the rich, famous, and influential at our own peril. I don't give a shit if they're just athletes.
The Contrarian@contrariannews.org · 2w agoAccepting a White House invitation from Trump is no longer just a formality. For a team built on a diverse and immigrant-heavy fan base, it is a disregard for the humanity of their supporters. @carronjphillips.bsky.social goes deeper
I was thinking about all of the Dungeons & Dragons modules and resource books I have for 5E that I haven't played or used and how they're kind of really just interactive novels. www.stageselectstart.com/2026/07/my-s... #DungeonsAndDragons #5E #DnDModules #Ravenloft #StageSelectStart.
My State of Dungeons & Dragons
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The fact that not only are we selling tracts of our beautiful national parks to INTERNATIONAL mining companies, but also bringing back (previously banned) murdering wildlife by cyanide injections hidden in bait to rid said parks of natural wildlife is literally making me nauseous from anger.
A father builds an adapted controller for his daughter to play Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Turning our democratic process into a casino, on a platform advised by the President's son, with an Administration failing to adequately crack down on insider trading - what could go wrong?
CNBC@cnbc.com · 2w agoKalshi launches election hub for prediction markets ahead of midterms
Our MIDI Week Single today is from the 2011 iOS game Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, composed by Jim Guthrie. For when you need some dirge-level battle music, we've got you. www.stageselectstart.com/2026/07/midi... #MIDIWeekSingles #Superbrothers #SwordandSworcery #JimGuthrie #StageSelectStart
MIDI Week Singles: "Unknowable Geometry" - Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP (PC)
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A federal judge has approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about US$3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot.
Judge approves a US$1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot
A federal judge approved a US$1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay authors about US$3,000 per book.
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The news media thinks “defund the police” is some form of gotcha but the truth is that police budgets are way too high and teachers’ salaries are way too low.
It's the Steam summer sale after-party with Zeboyd! All of our RPGs are heavily discounted this week! store.steampowered.com/search?term=...
