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Jason Meaden

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Engineer living that game dev life. Huge geek. Formerly Bungie, Wizards of the Coast, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Collaboration tools expert. He/They

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Rich Raho @richraho.bsky.social · 8h

Chicago priest Fr. Larry Dowling describes procession to ICE facility: “No one had the courage to speak directly to us. No one from Homeland Security could stand in the presence of the Monstrance holding the Blessed Sacrament. No wonder. Evil is repelled, recoils in the presence of Christ.”

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sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 9h

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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AnnaClimbsMtns @annaclimbsmtns.bsky.social · 12h

Is your team no longer in the MLB postseason? Want to hop on the Mariners bandwagon? We will welcome you with open arms! Here are some reasons why you should join us.
- We've never been to the WS, let alone won it.
- Our best player has a nickname celebrating his big ass.

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Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 1d

My entire wife’s family are enormous Mariners fans and the group chat tonight is absolutely insane.

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Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 1d

I tried to get you nominated way back for Ixalan because of Jace x Vraska

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 1d

Washington Supreme Court Justice Mungia has an extraordinary opinion condemning "the underlying racism and prejudices that are woven into the very fabric" of SCOTUS opinions about Native people.

"We must clearly, loudly, and unequivocally state that was wrong.”
www.courts.wa.gov/opinions/pdf...

MUNGIA, J. (concurring)—I concur with the majority’s opinion.1
And yet I
dissent. Not from the majority’s opinion, but I dissent from the racism embedded in the
federal case law that applies to this dispute.
FEDERAL INDIAN LAW IS A PRODUCT OF THE RACIST BELIEFS ENDEMIC IN OUR SOCIETY
AND OUR LEGAL SYSTEM
While it is certainly necessary to follow federal case law on issues involving
Native American tribes and their members, at the same time it is important to call out that
the very foundations of those opinions were based on racism and white supremacy. By
doing this, readers of our opinions will have no doubt that the current court disavows, and
condemns, those racist sentiments, beliefs, and statements.

Since the founding of our country, the federal government has characterized
Native Americans as “savages”: They were “uncivilized.” They had little claim to the
land upon which they lived. At times, the federal government attempted to eradicate
Native Americans through genocidal policies. At other times, the federal government
employed ethnic cleansing by forcibly removing children from their parents’ homes to
strip them from their culture, their language, and their beings.2
Federal Indian case law arises from those racist underpinnings.
The majority correctly cites to Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 30 U.S. (5 Pet.) 1, 8
L. Ed. 25 (1831), which is one of the foundational cases involving tribal sovereignty.
That opinion is rife with racist attitudes toward Native Americans. Chief Justice John
Marshall, writing for the majority, describes a tribe’s relationship to the federal
government as one of “ward to his guardian.” Id. at 17. In effect, the opinion presents
tribal members as children, and the federal government as the adult. That theme would
follow in later opinions by the United States Supreme Court—as would the theme of
white supremacy.
Cherokee Nation began with the premise that Native American tribes, once strong
and powerful, were no match for the white race and so found themselves “gradually
sinking beneath our superior policy, our arts and our arms.” Id. at 15. The white man
was considered the teacher, the Native Americans the pupils:

Meanwhile they are in a state of pupilage. Their relation to the United
States resembles that of a ward to his guardian.
Id. at 17.
This characterization of superior to inferior, teacher to student, guardian to ward,
was repeated in later United States Supreme Court opinions.
In Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, 187 U.S. 553, 23 S. Ct. 216, 47 L. Ed. 299 (1903),
often characterized as the “American Indian Dred Scott,”
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the Court used that rationale to
justify ruling that the United States could break its treaties with Native American tribes.
These Indian tribes are the wards of the nation. They are communities
dependent on the United States. Dependent largely for their daily food.
Dependent for their political rights. . . . From their very weakness and
helplessness . . . there arises the duty of protection, and with it the power.
Id. at 567 (quoting United States v. Kagama, 118 U.S. 375, 383-84, 6 S. Ct. 1109, 30 L.
Ed. 228 (1886)).
Our court also carries the shame of denigrating Native Americans by using that
same characterization: “The Indian was a child, and a dangerous child, of nature, to be
both protected and restrained.” State v. Towessnute, 89 Wash. 478, 482, 154 P. 805
(1916), judgment vacated and opinion repudiated by 197 Wn.2d 574, 486 P.3d 111
(2020).
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Returning to Cherokee Nation, Justice William Johnson’s separate opinion was
less tempered in how he considered the various Native American tribes:
I cannot but think that there are strong reasons for doubting the
applicability of the epithet state, to a people so low in the grade of
organized society as our Indian tribes most generally are.
Cherokee Nation, 30 U.S. at 21. Native Americans were not to be treated as “equals to
equals” but, instead, the United States was the conqueror and Native Americans the
conquered. Id. at 23.
In discussing Native Americans, Justice Johnson employed another racist trope
used by judges both before and after him: Native Americans were uncivilized savages.
[W]e have extended to them the means and inducement to become
agricultural and civilized. . . . Independently of the general influence of
humanity, these people were restless, warlike, and signally cruel.
. . . .
But I think it very clear that the constitution neither speaks of them as states
or foreign states, but as just what they were, Indian tribes . . . which the law
of nations would regard as nothing more than wandering hordes, held
together only by ties of blood and habit, and having neither laws or
government, beyond what is required in a savage state.
Id. at 23, 27-28.
This same characterization was used by Justice Stanley Matthews in Ex parte KanGi-Shun-Ca (otherwise known as Crow Dog), 109 U.S. 556, 3 S. Ct. 396, 27 L. Ed. 1030
(1883). Justice Matthews described Native Americans as leading a savage life.

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Saoirse ☀️ @scratchcarddust.bsky.social · 2d

If you know basic kabbalah it's actually not too hard to make a golem out of a labubu. Don't recommend it though. They have a pre-existing body-dharma. As soon as they wake they run straight for the sea. V hard to counter. Lost the first one. No idea what it's doing out there. Moved like lightning.

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Lux "Nightmare" Alptraum @luxalptraum.com · 3d

TFW you paid $1400 to see Beckett’s most famous work without knowing anything about it

One Star Review of Waiting for Godot on Broadway
I recently attended Waiting for Godot on Broadway and spent over $1,400 for two Row C seats (103 and 104). I'm a longtime admirer of Broadway productions and even hold a season pass for Shea's Performing Arts Theatre, so I came in with genuine enthusiasm and high expectations. Unfortunately, this show was unlike anything ! have ever experienced —and not in a good way.
What I encountered was not the artistry, music, or emotional storytelling I usually associate with Broadway, but instead what felt like an endless cycle of nonsensical conversation between characters who seemed trapped in their own madness. I tried-truly tried-to find meaning, symbolism, or even a thread of emotional resonance. I stayed through the first half hoping the second would offer clarity. But by intermission, it was clear: this was a waste of both time and money.
Keanu Reeves is an actor I respect greatly, but I cannot fathom why he would agree to participate in such a disjointed, inaccessible production. His talent was lost in a performance that defied reason rather than provoked insight.
To anyone considering attending: unless you are drawn to highly abstract, nearly incomprehensible theater, I strongly caution you against this show. For the average, educated, thoughtful theatergoer, it is far more frustrating than fulfilling. In my opinion, this was the single most disappointing Broadway experience I've ever had - an unfortunate waste of money and, more importantly, of time.

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Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 3d

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On top of all that, the book is really good!

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Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 4d

So what, I’ve hired this one to stare at you

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neongrey @neongrey.bsky.social · 5d

all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.

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Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 4d

I’m gonna have to start using Trader Joe’s candles, soon. Do you think the universe cares if my ritual candles are fall apple cider scented?

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🤞

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(I only have regular candles though)

Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 4d

Taking a page from Hazel:

🕯️manifesting🕯️

dr. hazel 🐝 @hazelmonforton.com · 4d

🪔 manifesting 🪔

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Wynnefox @wynnefox.bsky.social · 5d

I don't want to hear any other game designer complain about characters looking too silly during game play ever again. This proves it works.

L @banalplay.bsky.social · 5d

When your custom character appears in a cut scene

The Portland frog backing down an army of jackboots

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𝙹𝚘𝚑𝚗 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚙𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛'𝚜 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐍𝚙𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 @outlawvern.bsky.social · 6d

"Go watch BLADE II again."

CNBC @cnbc.com · 6d

To shut down rude behavior instantly, try a simple yet powerful five-word response.

Use this 5-word phrase when someone is rude to you—it's like 'holding up a mirror,' says public speaking expert

When we encounter a rude person, our first instinct might be to fire back with a snarky comment. But that's not the right move, says public speaking expert John Bowe. Here's the perfect response to instantly shut down rude behavior.

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Satan @thedevil.bsky.social · Jul 13

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Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 8d

Oh God, this made my day

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 9d

Still from The Good Place with the captions edited.

Top half: Eleanor with her arms out, arguing, “I mean… When did Silent Hill become about feminism?”

Bottom half: Chidi in front of a chalkboard for Ethics 101. A screenshot from Silent Hill 1 on the board. Screenshot is of the head cult lady proclaiming, “My daughter will be the mother of god.”

Chidi argues back: “Silent Hill 1”

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Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 9d

🕯️
🕯️ 🕯️
🕯️Manifesting 🕯️
🕯️ 🕯️
🕯️

Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 9d

My ninth grader leveled up as an artist today. I told them it is a rite of passage, and most artists I know hate Adobe products from the depths of their soul.

A text message reading:

I HATE ADOBE PREMIere BC WHAT THE HELL IS THIS CRAP
BRUH IDK WHAT IM
DDOOIIJNNNGGNGGG

Jason Meaden @jasonmeaden.com · 11d

I know it’s one more day until October, but fuck it.

The title card for John Carpenter’s Halloween