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@brokentoys.social

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aka Scott Jennings. how ya doin'. MMO game dev for too long. Wrote that blog you snorted at in 1999. Now a professional old man yelling at cloud. signal: lum.66

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Lum @brokentoys.social · Jun 11

i mean, you're going to have to face it, i have very strong opinions on constitutional republics, proper doctrine for armor deployments and the meta for damage over time builds

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3h

Can you think of a single movie in which there is a video from the government denouncing its political opponents playing on a loop in public spaces in which that government was the good guy?

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 3h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 3h

crms are not real.

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 3h

this is VERY relevant to my interests

Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 4h

Ah, the demo's live for In The Black - a very Expanse-inspired space combat sim. I figure a few of you might be interested in that!

In The Black on Steam

Nuclear-powered space combat in the 23rd century! In The Black ® is an intense, realistic space combat simulator with a serious respect for science. It is laser focused on the pilot experience and fea...

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 3h

also when has marc benioff not been a weird idiot

Lum @brokentoys.social · 3h

no one knows what salesforce does
no one
NO ONE

it's like oracle, but without the nuisance of actually having to support a real product

Mike Masnick @mmasnick.bsky.social · 3h

Being a billionaire must really fuck with your mind. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 4h

i only have a couple of thousand followers so i'm free to cause widespread panic

china! ai! epstein seen at muslim air base in idaho! booga! BOOGA!

it's great having no responsibility (this is also why i've only had a few lead positions my entire career)

Ed @ed3d.net · 6h

accounts with tens of thousands of followers do not get to "vent" or make shit up to panic their followers. there is no "but" after this sentence.

I do not have tens of thousands of followers but explicitly refuse to sow panic; these people can do likewise

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7h

I don't think there's any better example of leopards eating faces than the Lebanese immigrant who opened a Trump-themed burger restaurant and then got arrested by ICE.

Chron.com @chron.com · 7h

🍔 Houston’s Trump Burger appears to have shut its doors after a brief run on Chimney Rock: bit.ly/46LpQAx

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 7h

did they clue the chinese that an attack was coming that could be monitored for the benefit of china's own practice/planning, sure. but russia doesn't need help with satellite intelligence. for crying out loud they have their own gps system!

Lum @brokentoys.social · 7h

ISW is normally accurate but this speculation seems to ignore the rather obvious fact Russia has no shortage of their own satellites

Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 7h

NEW: The PRC may have provided targeting intelligence via satellite to support a recent, large-scale Russian strike on Ukraine. This support could provide the PLA with some critical operational experience that it currently lacks. (🧵1/2) 

Read more: isw.pub/ChinaTaiwanU...

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 7h

"this is the future leftists want" meme invoked without irony

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

Lum @brokentoys.social · 7h

we have a sizeable expat indian community here so it's sold here as explicitly "goan vindaloo", don't think anyone makes the british version

Lum @brokentoys.social · 7h

i'm pretty sure the football song laid claim to vindaloo forever

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 7h

i'm not a fan of roast beef and meat pies but i don't make it my entire online identity

Lum @brokentoys.social · 7h

the best part of food in the US is the access to nearly every culture's cuisine.

the best native US cuisine is that from ethnic minorities (texmex courtesy of latinos, bbq courtesy of african americans, etc.)

no one wants your hot dish, karen

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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 7h

White nationalists are probably really angry that the left is co-opting frogs

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bort @crushbort.bsky.social · 9h

is it not weird that every day there’s a new video of anonymous masked men having the time of their lives beating/shooting/disappearing people and the dem response from the top down is “republicans want to double your health insurance premiums”

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 9h

none of us can rest until we defeat freedom on the battlefield, conquer freedom comprehensively, occupy all of freedom, and make freedom a safe space to do business. thank you for your attention to this matter!

Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 14h

Love it

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This recognition of the struggle of all Venezuelans is a boost to conclude our task: to conquer Freedom.
We are on the threshold of victory and today, more than ever, we count on President Trump, the people of the United States, the peoples of Latin America, and the democratic nations of the world as our principal allies to achieve Freedom and democracy.
I dedicate this prize to the suffering people of Venezuela and to President Trump for his decisive support of our cause!
8:34 AM • 10/10/25 • 30K Views

Lum @brokentoys.social · 11h

this is the kind of thing that would make me sell my car immediately. do NOT fucking push advertising at me in something *I OWN*

also why i don't own a "smart tv"

Tesla pushes Tron: Ares ad inside its cars, upsetting owners

Tesla has partnered with its recent foe, Disney, to promote its latest movie, Tron: Ares, with an in-car update that...

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 11h

take that, norway, you don't get to pick any more

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h

Rep. Buddy Carter: "Donald Trump deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. That's why I'm introducing a resolution today that will honor him with the Nobel Peace Prize."

(It doesn't work like that lol)

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 11h

it's not even terribly difficult to learn about!

Trail of Tears - Wikipedia

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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 12h

i've got over 70k kills in the "meeting buddha on the road" minigame. it's tough at first but once you master the spin kick you can get the hammer you need to break the wheel of samsara pretty quick

Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 12h

”im addicted to this Buddhism game” —things someone who is good at buddhism would say???

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spooky tim dewey @tjdfotographist.bsky.social · 12h

If I were a DC reporter, I’d consider maybe pressing Johnson on how he reconciles these two statements.

@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "We're so angry about it. I mean, l'm a very patient guy, but l've had it with these people. The theory we have right now -- they have a hate America rally that's scheduled for October 18 on the National Mall. It's the pro-Hamas wing and antifa people ..."

@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson: "People have got to stop framing simple policy disagreements in terms of existential threats to our democracy. You can't call the other side fascists and enemies of the state and not understand that there are some deranged people in our society who will take that as cues to act."

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Lum @brokentoys.social · 12h

takeaway: we're all nuts, but in our own unique way

Lum @brokentoys.social · 12h

i guess it's like body horror but internalized in a weird way? just a sort of "huh, this is fragile and bad things could happen" realization.

Lum @brokentoys.social · 12h

i still remember people gleefully reposting a celebratory meme someone made when the israeli death toll for 10/7 broke 1000.

Michael E. Carter @deckofcarterhist.bsky.social · 12h

If you were online on October 7, 2023, this is no surprise.

Overshadowed by the fact that Israel retaliated with a genocidal war is the reality that amid the attack seemingly professional/moral people spent days praising every report they found of Israelis, including children, being murdered.

Joel S. @joelhs.bsky.social · 1d

This is a person who is still taken seriously and published in left-wing spaces.

To be clear: No, most Israeli Jews are not descended from Polish Jews. And even for the minority who are, it would obviously not be safe for them all to go there now, given the Polish government.