Chris Hepler
@theotherhepler.bsky.social
Former Mass Effect writer working at Teyon Games. Less frequently: short stories, novels, TTRPGs, comics, TV. Random jokester, distractible bother, compensates for morbid streak. Some political posts.
A couple of weeks ago, the LA Times revealed that fossil fuel and petrochemical industry executives knew about the harms of microplastic pollution as early as 1974.
Industry executives knew for decades that microplastics were infiltrating the human body
Decades before microplastics were found in human hearts and brains, industry executives privately knew about tiny plastic particles crossing the gut lining, documents from the 1970s and 1980s show.
latimes.com
Makanagee — a term used in Shadowrun for willfully and maliciously stupid. Which was endemic not to a particular political stripe, but plenty of gamers who got to play an elf or troll with an automatic weapon for the first time.
John Pettus@johngpettus.bsky.social · 10h agoToday I learned that this phenomenon which is epidemic on the right is called "amathia", aka willful ignorance. It is considered a moral failing, not an intellectual one, because anyone could correctly inform themselves, but these people choose not to. And they do it over and over across fields.
also dems need to get better at explaining shit, even if it’s seemingly arcane house rules stuff. leaving everyone both mad and confused is a treacherous combo. mamdani the situation and make a quick video explaining what happened.
I really wanted to impeach the drunk in charge of the entire military but I missed the bus. Sorry guys
I give it one (1) NaNoWriMo before we have a new Banging the Billionaire subgenre.
Delbert Grady Seasons@delbertgseasons.bsky.social · 2d agoManic Pixie Dream Spy
Show us who's really running your Bluesky...
🦝 Socks 🐭@socksfur.bsky.social · yesterdayShow us who's really running your Bluesky
ok I need one of you to get on Tucker's podcast and just recite the plot of an entire Delta Green adventure
Media Matters for America@mmfa.bsky.social · yesterdayTucker Carlson’s guest says Marines fought and killed a giant humanoid in 2001 in Afghanistan: "This giant was flown back to the United States by a US Air Force aircraft. I think it was a C-17 aircraft."
This is a key part of spy recruitment. She was an exec at a company similar to but a client of Jensen’s, they had similar interests and backgrounds in addition to the physical looks. That feeling that he’s trading up and She Really Gets Me is the nail in the coffin.
Sasho Todorov@sashotodorov.bsky.social · 2d agoWhen it comes to honeypots I feel like people overindex on the hotness angle and massively underrate just how much a non-practitioner who is genuinely curious about your interests would one shot most guys.
It's not like a woman spy is going to dress like Spy vs Spy, oh, wait.
Pete Hegseth's lawyer: Don't worry, we'll fight this. It's not like you killed someone. You did? Well they still have to prove it. It's not like you posted hype videos bragging about all the killing you were doing
There is writer's block and writer's retreat, but no writer's attack, indicating that they are primarily a tank class
head of Chinese spy agency: did you successfully honeypot the target me: [in a Winnie the Pooh costume] okay so I think there's been a misunderstanding
hello 911 artificial intelligence is actuallying my joke
frovo@frovo.bsky.social · 3d agohow can you tell if a girl is a vegetarian if you’ve never met herbivore
(sees post saying 1/42) (buckles the fuck up)
Dan Alexander@danalexander21.bsky.social · 3d ago1/ I'll explain exactly how this happened because I'm the person at Forbes who calculates these numbers. This is going to take some unraveling, but here's a spoiler: The president's answer here is nonsense.
With Thiel, Musk and now Huang shown to be erratic, fanatical, compromised by hostile powers or all three, you have to wonder whether a collapse of professional and moral standards across the US tech sector will make direct state intervention in its structures unavoidable
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · 3d agoThe Huang scandal, in brief: *had an affair with someone suspected of being a Chinese spy *Trump was warned in May *Trump insisted on keeping Huang as a trusted AI advisor *Huang persuaded Trump to let him sell his chips to China after $25M ballroom donation www.nytimes.com/2026/11/08/u...
Optimist: the glass is half full Pessimist: the glass is half empty Game writer: Glass_OnInteract I can’t do anything with that right now. I don’t need that. That isn’t useful right now. That doesn’t help me right now. That won’t be helpful. I can’t use that. That isn’t helpful to me right now.
Bruno Dias@brunodias.dev · 3mo agoOptimist: the glass is half full Pessimist: the glass is half empty Narrative designer: The glass is half {playerEmotionalState() >= OPTIMISM_THRESHOLD: full | empty}. // FIXME: Tune optimism threshold
I'm reading posts and articles about the Democratic leadership ranging from random Bsky posters to Very Important Pundits and not a one of them has used the phrase "it's time to chuck Schumer." Do I have to make all the jokes around here?
Metalligaddafi. (Okay, there's like 4+ different ways to spell his name in English, but you get the gist.)
General Boles@generalboles.bsky.social · 3d agoRuin a band by adding a famous person Depeche Modi
Fifteen public health experts had a meeting at the CDC to discuss what needed to be done when we officially lose our measles elimination status on Tuesday. They agreed that vaccination is the key. But attendees said they don’t know if CDC Director will be “authorized” to publicly endorse vaccines.
Reposting the latest newsletter on this melancholy #N7Day with my thoughts on BioWare’s importance and impact and what we’ve lost.
Ruckawriter@gregrucka.com · last wk.New newsletter out now! Free! Yes, for real, honestly, it's FREE! front-towards-enemy.ghost.io/p/dd2b8687-d...
“What do we do after we reach 300,000 signatures?” (Omar Little voice) “Get 300,001, I s’spose.”
Mass Effect News@masseffectnews.bsky.social · 4d agoToday is N7 Day. It was supposed to be a celebration of all things Mass Effect. Instead, today we mark the cancellation of the franchise. The #SaveMassEffect petition has reached 300,000 signatures. Sign on to keep it going. 👇 www.change.org/p/savemassef...
