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Alexander Teeple

@canopenerdude.bsky.social

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Former Challenger LoL Coach, Former IT Director, now Game Design Student. Non-Binary. They/Them. Running for something, PA. I collate data sometimes, and occasionally post about games. Trans Rights are Human Rights https://ajteeple1.myportfolio.com/

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Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · Jun 29

Pokemon is well-known for false choices in their dialogue- but in Scarlet/Violet a character asks you if you want to be "Rivals for life" and if you keep saying "No" she keeps asking more and more aggressively until she's just yelling "YOU. ME. RIVALS. YES?". It always gets me for some reason.

Greg R. Buchanan @gregbuchananwriter.com · Jun 29

Ok team — funniest -interactive- moments and jokes in games? Not cutscene based, prompted either by gameplay interaction or a choice

Examples:
- Portal 2’s asking you to press space to speak to confirm you don’t have brain damage, and jumping instead
- Baldur’s Gate 3 Volo Eye extraction

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Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 1m

At the risk of repeating myself:

Chat is it a good idea to piss off and throw away the people who know all your secrets and how to navigate your systems from the inside out?

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 7m

The Trump administration says mass federal layoffs have begun.

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Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 4h

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Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 3h

It was the fastest Milkshake Duck of my life, that's for sure.

I'm positive other people knew about her, but for me it was literally "hey this Venezuelan woman who FIGHTS FOR FREEDOM won the prize" to "She actually loves Trump and Netanyahu and wants to end communism" within 12 hours.

Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 3h

I don't remember the site but a few days ago a big Games Journo site put an article on their front page saying "Oh yeah Persona 4 remake might not be out in time for Persona's 30th anniversary, so they should release PERSONA 6, A GAME NOT EVEN CONFIRMED TO BE IN DEV, in 2026 instead". Like... what?

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 4h

Johnny Cash released his cover of Nine Inch Nails' "Hurt" in 2002, shortly before he died - it was an enormous hit, it's hilarious that some guy writing for the Wall Street Journal is just now realizing he was cool

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Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 3h

From a purely "capitalist" understanding, it is completely sound reasoning. This also shows the incredible idiocy of American Capitalists on the whole that focus so strongly on short-term gains instead of reinvesting in where the wind blows.

I feel dirty even saying that, fuck capitalism.

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 3h

Guaidoism is loser ass ideology for fascists

Catfisher of Men @mormonpartyboat.bsky.social · 4h

The far-right Patriots for Europe party wants to be the new 'normal' in Brussels and across the EU. That's the message its leaders have conveyed in Madrid during its two-day leaders' summit, and it's been mapping out a strategy to take over the Socialists, Liberals and European People's Party to carry it out.

It also seeks to very obviously replicate Trump’s “Make America Great Again” in Europe, adapting policies used in the United States and Latin America to EU member states.

Its "reconquest" of the EU will be under the banner of "Make Europe Great Again," and its leaders say Donald Trump’s recent return to the White House signals it is time for Europe to change.

"We have to do what Trump has told us, fight, fight, fight. We have to reconquer a Europe that is ours and that belongs to us. A Christian Europe," André Ventura, leader of the far-right Chega party in Portugal, said.

Le Pen also stressed that the election of Donald Trump cannot be analysed as a simple shift in a democratic country. "We are facing a truly global turning point (...) Everyone understands that something has changed. Meanwhile, the European Union seems to be in a state of shock," she said.

The PfE says it is founded on national sovereignty, traditional values, and the defence of free speech and security. It consist of Marine Le Pen’s Rassemblement National (France), Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz (Hungary), Matteo Salvini’s Lega (Italy), Geert Wilders(The Netherlands), and Andrej Babiš (Czechia), among other parties.

Ten PfE leaders also discussed strategies for dismantling the Green Deal and the rainbow flag representing LGTBIQ rights, implementing their family and two-gender only policies, and expanding their influence across the EU.

They also hosted Kevin Roberts, president of the American conservative think tank The Heritage Foundation, and aired video messages from Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado and Argentina’s President Javier Milei.

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Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 3h

I swear the world is just going more insane by the day.

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Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 3h

Yeah no I am now extremely confused.

Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 3h

Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 5h

Pristine

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 23h

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots:

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 13h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 5h

The amount of screeching Trump is going to do about this will be glorious.

Reuters @reuters.com · 7h

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 5h

At the very least this is an extremely funny headline.

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Hey, nobody *made* them vote for the host of Wrestlemania 4 @legalminimum.bsky.social · 21h

A comment you've likely seen me make is that I believe the anti-trans "medical inspection" requirements are designed to teach children that they should think it's normal for random adult strangers to require them to take off their clothes.

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Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 1d

They're still both reprehensible human beings, so it would be hard to tell in most cases.

Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 1d

These are not mutually exclusive. Making them aware of the racism of Reform is a key part of educating those voters.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

Just got back from the Antifa leadership council meeting and it was really great, some big stuff coming up soon. We're making Golden Corral woke in time for Thanksgiving

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

My choice for the Nobel Peace Prize this year:

Chef José Andrés and the World Central Kitchen.

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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 1d

Apart from helping Comey's selective prosecution defense, this also means the president of the United States uses direct messages on Truth Social to communicate with cabinet officials.

I didn't know that, but we can be sure intelligence agencies all over the planet already did.

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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 1d

This is a great reminder that the vast number of WWII propaganda posters are government works free of copyright and therefore available to remix!

escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 1d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 1d

This dumbass is 75% of the reason that I want to run for office. We need less of these nepo-baby shitheads pretending to be normal humans taking up seats.

The Intercept @theintercept.com · 1d

Republican Senators, with an assist from Sen. John Fetterman, voted down an attempt to block the Trump administration’s missile strikes on alleged Venezuelan drug boats. interc.pt/4o9CBur

A photo of Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., sits on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Oct. 1, 2025, in Washington, overlaid with the headline, "Fetterman Is Sole Democrat to Vote Against Blocking Caribbean Drug Boat Attacks," and the DEK, "It was the first time members of Congress were put on record about whether they supported or opposed the president’s war in the Caribbean."

Alexander Teeple @canopenerdude.bsky.social · 1d

Source please?

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Evan Dorkin @evandorkin.bsky.social · 1d

Jim Lee openly disparaging AI in no way guarantees anything, no one knows what the future of AI is and no one knows who will be in charge at DC Comics down the line. But I think it's important that a popular artist publicly shot AI down. Fans and artists ignorant of or using AI need to hear this.

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👻 ZH0000GE LIANG 臥龍 / 伏龍 👻 @shuchancellor.online · 1d

Travyon Martin was not a threat. He was an innocent boy who was not allowed to live a prosperous life. Dylann Roof, on the other hand, remains a unrepentant menace in prison and the link between Columbine and Rittenhouse.

Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 1d

A White Christian nationalist pastor argued recently on a right-wing podcast that the Bible--specifically Deuteronomy 21, about how a father must bring his rebellious son to the town square to be stoned--justifies state violence against Black boys and young men.

www.theroot.com/why-this-whi...

Article from "The Root" by Asheea Smith. Published October 8, 2025

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 1d

Benny has long been obsessed with this imagery. He once demanded a co-worker do a photoshoot of him draped in an American flag.

He left the flag on the floor, with zero sense of irony. I folded it with another Eagle Scout.

(also the person he's promoting here is a white supremacist)

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