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Gary Bunker

@andysocial.com

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Computer geek, board gamer, anti-fascism, Army veteran, origami practicioner, paracord knothead He/him

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · May 10

Apparently I was added to some starter pack list, so I have like 1300 followers now. Cool cool. I'm not really trying to engage with the public so much as find a community, but if you dig what I post, please comment and maybe we'll get to know each other.

Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 3h

Games played in October, including games from BGA. Top new-to-me must be Vantage.

BG Stats 4 x 4.
Play count:
15: Can't Stop;
4: Herbaceous;
3: Dice Forge;
3: Pairs;
2: Faraway;
2: Orchard: A 9 card solitaire game;
2: Portents;
2: Vantage;
1: 12 Patrols;
1: Asteroid Miners;
1: The Castles of Burgundy;
1: Chicken!;
1: Clin9ic;
1: River Valley Glassworks;
1: Space Base;
1: Streets.

Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 12h

"[T]he Trump administration designated antifa a domestic terrorist organization, even though there is no centralized antifa organization, no organizational ties have been established to Kirk’s alleged killer, and the category of domestic terrorist organization has no meaning in federal law."

Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 12h

How is this remotely okay? The military is not known for being overly generous with pay, but at least you get housing and food allowances. Now these overpaid and underqualified jackholes are occupying officers' quarters?

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Top Trump Officials Are Moving Onto Military Bases

Stephen Miller, Marco Rubio, Kristi Noem, and others have taken over homes that until recently housed senior officers.

www.theatlantic.com

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Marty Lederman @martylederman.bsky.social · 2d

And without congressional authorization, the strikes would violate the War Powers Act, Article I, and the criminal statutes even if this *were* (as Trump has "determined") an armed conflict--and it's not. [3]

www.justsecurity.org/121844/trump...

Legal Flaws in the Trump Administration’s Notice to Congress on “Armed Conflict” with Drug Cartels

Top legal expert analyzes the Trump administration's notice to Congress of an "armed conflict" with drug cartels.

www.justsecurity.org

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 1d

https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-curious-cbs-tv-boss-bari-weiss-axes-entire-shows-in-jobs-bloodbath/

MAGA-Curious TV Boss Axes Entire Shows in ‘Jobs Bloodbath’

CBS is being reshaped by its new owners.

www.thedailybeast.com

Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 1d

Lina Khan was amazing. We finally started to enforce antitrust laws after 40 years of "whatevs."

Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 1d

"[T]he company has spent decades being acquired by and divested from private equity firms, served as a revolving door for senior leadership."

Private equity firms exist to extract value from profitable companies, leaving behind a pile of debt and destruction.

#VultureCapital

Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down

Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.

www.404media.co

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Asawin Suebsaeng @swin24.bsky.social · 2d

Bitch yes u have

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: Just last week a minister was shot directly in the face with a pepper round by a DHS agent that left his face bloodied. Are you concerned that this is a religious freedom issue?

MIKE JOHNSON: I can't comment on any of those instances. I haven't seen or heard any of those videos

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Welch: "This has nothing to do with the shutdown. The law requires and the funds are available to continue SNAP right now without any interruption. So that is a decision the president is making on his own to allow people to go hungry."

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En Buen Ora - "Hell Çid" 😈 @enbuenora.bsky.social · 2d

'yes I voted for the man who said he would cut the brake lines, but now that I am on this hill, I'm worried I can't stop, what with the brake lines being cut'

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 2d

So much joy in one photo.

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Blue Fairylicious Girl🧚 @bluesnowflake.bsky.social · 2d

If you voted for Trump twice & are now changing your mind, like yea i appreciate you but still, holy fck, go stand over there.

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 2d

The federal criminal justice system is being systematically dismantled and destroyed piece by piece and turned into a mob boss’s network of corrupt consiglieres and thugs, where good people simply doing their jobs are rooted out and eradicated.

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 2d

EV challenges = the federal tax break was murdered by the GOP.

Raymond Norman @raymondnorman.bsky.social · 2d

GM lays off more than 1,700 at sites in Michigan, Ohio, citing EV challenges

www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/g...

GM lays off more than 1,700 at sites in Michigan, Ohio, citing EV challenges

www.cnbc.com

Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 2d

This is the kind of thing that Wall Street *loves*, and this layoff comes after a string of pronouncements from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy about how AI is going to let them fire *tons* of workers."

Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 2d

"Amazon made $35 billion in profit last year, so they're celebrating by laying off 14,000 workers (a number they say will rise to 30,000).

Pluralistic: When AI prophecy fails (29 Oct 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

pluralistic.net

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

You'll put your eye out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKhTBVU3l5M

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.indieweb.social.ap.brid.gy · 2d

The light that says, "I'm filming you" can be disabled by a $60 hack or a small piece of electrical tape.
#meta #surveillance
https://www.404media.co/metas-ray-ban-glasses-users-film-and-harass-massage-parlor-workers/

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 2d

Awesome! Such a great finish to a great story.

Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 2d

You'll never guess how Grokipedia describes "white replacement" theory.

www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

What Elon Musk’s Version of Wikipedia Thinks About Hitler, Putin, and Apartheid

The next step in Musk’s propaganda machine

www.theatlantic.com

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 3d

Redittors are more neurotic than Usenet admins.

Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 3d

If you dig games that are SUPER blinged out and tactile, with a lot of "toy" feel to them, check this out. Cups, fruit, ice cubes - looks like it would attract a lot of attention on the table.
#tabletop #gaming #boardgames

Punch Bowl: An Award-Winning Game of Giant Fruits 🍊🍇🍋🍓

A stunning and strategic game of competitive punch-making with mouthwatering fruit gems, from the makers of Fire Tower

www.kickstarter.com

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 3d

Nice revamp, without losing any of the theme.

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 3d

Stripped-down Canvas, but it's a tableau builder! I can see this being a fun light game for groups - it plays up to 8.
#Tabletop #Gaming #BoardGames #CardGames

Pop Art

Layer transparent cards to blend colors. Create a gallery of silkscreen prints and become the next pop art sensation.

www.kickstarter.com

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Gary Bunker @andysocial.com · 3d

Once upon a time, when I worked at the Joint Interoperability Test Command, one of the other teams worked on ballistic missile defense. The amount of chicanery required to make an interceptor reliably hit a ballistic target was overwhelming.

That physics is just HARD, no matter what Hegseth wants.

The Military’s Missile Defense System Cannot Be as Good as It Says

Kathryn Bigelow’s new movie, A House of Dynamite, is more accurate on this point than the Defense Department itself.