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Devlin Burgess

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(He/Him) 28 Years Old. Actual Historian (just finished grad school). American (I won't give up on this damn place). Progressive liberal, enemy of bigotry and fascism. Generalized geek and gamer, amateur cook and photographer. New to social media.

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · Jul 9

I don't tend to do this often, but it's a new year, so here's a new self-introduction. #promosky
I'm Devlin Burgess, 28 years old, cis male (he/him), straight, white as a sheet. Recent graduate from Grad School, military historian, new to social media. American, lives in Oregon in the Portland Area.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 5h

If you think that professors exist as repositories of knowledge that students ask for answers, you’re missing the entire point of a college education.

We’re here to teach students how to do research, how to analyze and argue, how to think for themselves — how to find the answers on their own.

Vlad 🐸 Țepeș @porcupunk.bsky.social · 18h

Wow. Just wow.

"Students pay premium prices for information that AI now delivers instantly and for free. A business student can ask ChatGPT to explain supply chain optimization or generate market analysis in seconds. The traditional lecture-and-test model faces its Blockbuster moment."

When Knowledge is Free, What are Professors For?

Higher Education Must Stop Competing with AI on Information and Start Teaching What Machines Can’t Do

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 8h

As we go into No Kings weekend (and with the influx of new followers from x) seems like a good time to resurface this.

It was written in 2020 then focused on George Floyd about the media's antagonistic relationship to protest

It’s time to change the way the media reports on protests. Here are some ideas.

"People kept sharing these videos that were coming up and it was unambiguous what was going on. We weren't looking at a stream of videos of violence erupting or clashes breaking out. We were looking a...

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 2h

"Uh, salvation? That's an odd word choice--"
"I WILL BRING SUPERMAN TO JESUS. OR BUDDHA. I haven't decided yet. BUT ONE OF THOSE."

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, it's a balancing act. You don't want to be blind of a game's faults, but you also don't want to be so negatively focused you become one of those dudebros who make ten minute irony poisoned YouTube videos mocking a game just because they found a minor graphical error.😶

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 2h

I had that just recently with the Silent Hill 2 remake, which I wholeheartedly love, but there's an "um actshully" part of my brain that went "Did they really need to keep the janky ending points system?And what was with that stealth section and the end? And--"
Sometimes I want that voice to scram.😅

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Sarah Churchwell @sarahchurchwell.bsky.social · 12h

Hello to new followers (don’t worry, we welcome refugees).

I made a list to help you find others here who are interested in US politics and history… go.bsky.app/CjCceQU

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 13h

His reputation never recovered from his association with suspected anarchist Boo-Boo.

Betrayed Bear | Harvey Birdman | Adult Swim

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 14h

Just a small Hawkgirl
Living in a lonely Hawkworld

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 17h

Oriana Korol, a clarinetist with the Unpresidented Brass Band, was arrested after a man and federal agents barreled into band members who were standing across the street from the ICE office and playing the theme from “Ghostbusters.”

Read more: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 16h

Without sports we wouldn't have the Tim and Eric Sports song, and that's not a reality I want to live in.

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 17h

Why didn't you tell me that *before* I shanked someone!

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Chris Cantwell @ifyoucantwell.bsky.social · 17h

This is from Iron Man #25, the last issue I wrote. Tony avoids Iron Man Day in New York City but happens upon a man having a heart attack on the empty subway platform.

Most of the issue is just Tony and this guy, Tony trying to save his life however he can.

Art by by my best bud Angel Unzueta.

Comics Outta Context 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @comiccontext.bsky.social · 17h

Iron Man faces the reader we see his face and neck and we see Tony Starks eyes through the helmet as he says, “I’m HERE. I’m RIGHT HERE with you.“

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 18h

Great Charlie, It's The Brown Pumpkin.

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 19h

I don't remember Alfred looking so much like Andrew Ryan, but assuming that's him in the back, clearly I was wrong. The Great Bat of Industry....

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 19h

Good thread on the latest bit of insanity surrounding Taylor Swift on the internet, not her fault this time.
The SS lightning bolts literally look like the letter s, it's the easiest thing in the world to recognize. How is that so hard for people?!?😩

Historian Jen @historianjenfl.bsky.social · 20h

I've been down this rabbit hole for 2 days now. Each video is crazier than the last. First it was the lightning bolts, then it was a fixation on the star, then it was the number 8. Not a single video references a source. It makes the left look absolutely insane to an average person.

ex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 2d

TikTok currently has a ton of videos claiming Taylor Swift is selling a necklace with Nazi imagery because it has lightning bolts in the chain when 1. It is very clearly referencing the chorus of the song Opalite and 2. The SS lightning bolts were not shaped like that.

Everyone please touch grass.

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 20h

Cults generally can't stand women expressing themselves.

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 21h

An album created from BEYOND THE GRAVE! Retroactive spooktacular edition.

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 21h

Manga Number 28: Boy's Abyss
I made a post recently about Haruki Murakami being basically indistinguishable from any number of other writers in manga/VNs/Light Novels, and this is exactly the kind of book I was thinking of at the time. Sex, melodrama, literature, and not much actual substance.

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 21h

Okay, I'll just put all my votes in one post:
Match 1: Yakuza 0
Match 2: Ys Origin
Match 3: Odin Sphere
Match 4: Tough one, but I'll pick Second Son
Match 5: Secret of Mana
Match 6: Mario Odyssey
Match 7: Metroid
Match 8: Fata Morgana (Planning on finishing this one myself)

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 22h

Oh man, that's the Wife Arm one,right?

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 23h

Also, keep in mind none of these games are my least favorite or made me the most angry. I just think that even a truly infuriating, repugnant game is still probably better than one that is so inept you can't even get mad at it.

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 23h

I've got a lot of experience with truly awful games but it's usually second-hand via Let's Plays and the like, so while I *know* Bad Rats or Daikatana are objectively worse, they're not the right answers for a question about games *I've* finished.

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 23h

Quantic Dream's games would absolutely be my pick if I actually played them myself rather than going the LP route.
Just a 100% failure rate. Beyond:Two Souls is genuinely a travesty.

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Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 23h

This one's hard. Most of the real, genuine disasters are ones I haven't personally played.
I'd say mine's probably a three-way tie between Bioshock Infinite (yeah I know, not original😅), Final Fantasy 15 and Yakuza 4, all of which are basically incoherent Frankensteins.

lex luddy (ichiban appreciator) @lexluddy.xyz · 1d

What's the worst game you finished/rolled credits on?

(games media folks, it can't be something you were assigned to review; this has to be something you subjected yourself to of your own free will)

Devlin Burgess @devlinburgess.bsky.social · 23h

Vacuum Cleaner Man!

patrick star from spongebob squarepants has a big mouth

ALT: patrick star from spongebob squarepants has a big mouth

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