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DW Hartman

DW Hartman

@dwhartman.bsky.social

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Political junkie, PC gaming enthusiast, science fiction nerd.

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DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 29m

Ah yes, the important issues of the day.

Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 32m

Now that the mayoral election is over, New Yorkers can turn their attention back to asking if there actually are tiny shrimp in NYC tap water and if that’s why the bagels are so good

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 1h

"Zohran Mamdani was decisively elected mayor of New York City. So why does it feel like there was a Cuomo victory?"

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 1h

I'm staying away from "X" forever, but it is tempting to go back to drink their sweet, sweet tears.

Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1h

I see Twitter is handling the election results well.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 1h

I would argue that the legend of Count Chocula and his marshmallows has value, and may be more important to society than the historical facts.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 1h

The actors have aged though. So should they recast the main characters? Go with different main characters entirely? Or should they pick up 30 years later "in universe" and explain everything that has happened since the end of S1? 😀

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 11h

It's when you invite the Brady Bunch over to have lunch with you. Right?

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 11h

Fair, but how many of the kind of people we're talking about get their news from reporters?

These days a significant number of them get their news from Facebook, Tik Tok, other social media, and influencers. And the algorithms on those sites tend to favor right wing points of view.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 11h

On top of that, people have a tendency to remember "the good things" and not "the bad things." So their memories tended not to include COVID, etc, but did include the lower prices and relatively good economy of 2019.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 11h

During Trump 1, he did many horrible things, but also still had people on staff who actively stopped him from doing some of the truly bonkers shit. So, to someone who only barely pays attention to the news, in 2024, their thinking was "oh, Trump wasn't as bad as everyone said he'd be." (2)

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 11h

My first instinct is to say this. But I think we underestimate just how much people 1) pay attention to things and 2) remember what actually happened years ago. (1)

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 12h

My left foot used an insecure password so his e-mail got hacked.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 12h

Most of these people probably own multiple homes. Unfortunately, I suspect that "leave town" often means "switch my ID and voter registration from Manhattan to Westchester County and change absolutely nothing else about how I live my life."

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 12h

Now that we've swept VA, NJ, and NYC, when can I expect the hand-wringing editorials calling for Republican compromise?

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 12h

This was such a fun series. Maybe it's time for another playthrough. Playing on a vintage PC would be best, but I'm sure the GOG versions will do in a pinch.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 12h

Man, these screenshots take me back to playing Space Quest 1 with my Dad when I was no older than 6 or 7. We bought our copy of SQ1 at a computer fair - quite possibly the first one Dad ever took me to.

Ben 🏳️‍🌈 @bvigeant.bsky.social · 22h

Today on Quest Quest we're beginning Space Quest Month celebrating 30 years of the Virtual Broomcloset, @decafjedi.com's great fansite. We're talking about the original game. Also, The Big Bopper. Listen here or where ever: zencastr.com/z/pP_WMFZZ

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14h

this is the most successful a CIA officer has been at toppling a government in years.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 14h

Too bad the Wraith was so quickly overshadowed by the Excalibur.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 18h

I think I actually owned a copy of this.

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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 20h

A picture of a sandwich labeled "Armour-piercing discarding sabot projectile with sabot (left), without sabot (center), and without jacket (right)."

Diagram of all the layers of the sandwich, labeled :APFSDS long rod penetrator separating from "double-ramp" sabot."

Diagram showing the operation of a discarding "spindle-shaped" sabot on an APDS-projectile.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 23h

"It was hell, because I'm more of a pickles and mayo guy."

Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · 23h

Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.

The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.

"I could smell the onions and mustard."

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 1d

I've never played Power Poker, but it should have included the option of playing against the Wing Commander II squadmates.

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 1d

That's why I just stick to glasses.

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Ian Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 1d

I am kind of enjoying how the Cuomo vote began by claiming very noisily that he was "the only one who could stand up to Trump" and now, well

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The Nucky Thompson of Going on My Phone @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 1d

I had this piece in the pipeline at Teen Vogue when the news dropped; I'm publishing it to my Substack because I think it's important and I don't want an interview with Adam Hochschild to go to waste.
sufficienttotheday.substack.com/p/the-federa...

The federal government wants to crack down on left organizing. A century ago, it largely succeeded.

Socialist labor leader and presidential candidate Eugene Debs upon his release from federal prison in 1922.

sufficienttotheday.substack.com

DW Hartman @dwhartman.bsky.social · 1d

"I'll still vacation in New York three, maybe four times a year. But I won't be as happy about it."