Jonkey Dong Jungle Beat
@kuuga.bsky.social
I'm Jack. Opinionated, moralizing snob. Pedagogy, tabletop, and fighting games. Currently developing MASQUERAIDERS at @red-requiem.itch.io
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I think it's shameful that during a second Trump administration, and after NYC voters rejected a return to moderate, conciliatory governance, that a Democrat would tout the entirety of the Council's Republican caucus as her supporters.
Menin says she'll work with Mamdani "on a shared agenda that makes New York more affordable."
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
GOP members backing Menin, tho, are likely to look to her to be a check on Mamdani. Vickie Paladino said she's with Menin because she "understands all perspectives." www.nydailynews.com/2025/11/26/j...
Julie Menin claims victory in NYC Council speaker race with more than 65 percent support
Manhattan Councilwoman Julie Menin claimed victory Wednesday in the City Council speaker’s race after saying she’s secured commitments of support from a super majority of her colleague…
www.nydailynews.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I think it's shameful that during a second Trump administration, and after NYC voters rejected a return to moderate, conciliatory governance, that a Democrat would tout the entirety of the Council's Republican caucus as her supporters.
I think surface-level fun stuff like "punching Nazis" can overshadow how resonant Kamen Rider really can be for a disabled person. I work with the disabled and I am disabled and that's a huge part of what KR means to me. Wonderful piece.
When faced with a life-changing accident, Jean-Karlo turned to Hiroshi Fujioka's performance as Kamen Rider and the series' enduring story of hope.
How Kamen Rider Helped Me Recover from Trauma
www.animenewsnetwork.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I think surface-level fun stuff like "punching Nazis" can overshadow how resonant Kamen Rider really can be for a disabled person. I work with the disabled and I am disabled and that's a huge part of what KR means to me. Wonderful piece.
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A commissioned illustration for @sjbroadside.bsky.social for her fic "Terms Implied: Wyvern the Kamen Rider, Part II".
I'm really glad I could do the key art for this story, I really enjoy her character and of course her pet motorbatcly.
I'm really glad I could do the key art for this story, I really enjoy her character and of course her pet motorbatcly.
December 4, 2024 at 2:45 AM
A commissioned illustration for @sjbroadside.bsky.social for her fic "Terms Implied: Wyvern the Kamen Rider, Part II".
I'm really glad I could do the key art for this story, I really enjoy her character and of course her pet motorbatcly.
I'm really glad I could do the key art for this story, I really enjoy her character and of course her pet motorbatcly.
We need to find a technical or legal solution to completely banish advertising from public schools. Either we block YouTube at a server level or implement AdBlock or strike a deal with Alphabet. I don't care which. But children should not be exposed to advertisements at school.
November 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
We need to find a technical or legal solution to completely banish advertising from public schools. Either we block YouTube at a server level or implement AdBlock or strike a deal with Alphabet. I don't care which. But children should not be exposed to advertisements at school.
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Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
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defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
November 26, 2025 at 4:25 AM
defunctland videos are great because everyone in charge of disneyland for the past half century have been trying to carry out what they think walt would’ve wanted like they’re the patriots in MGS trying to carry out the boss’s will. coincidentally both involve giant robot dinosaurs
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when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
November 25, 2025 at 10:17 AM
when trying on pants, do this in the store. then tell the sales associate "the menswear guy told me to do this."
IG mr.funkys0ul
IG mr.funkys0ul
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why everything sucks online:
1) online ads used to pay for everything until companies realized that ads didn't work that well
2) the companies that owned the ad systems need something that makes money since ads are working less
3) the people making stuff still needed the money that ads gave them
1) online ads used to pay for everything until companies realized that ads didn't work that well
2) the companies that owned the ad systems need something that makes money since ads are working less
3) the people making stuff still needed the money that ads gave them
March 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
why everything sucks online:
1) online ads used to pay for everything until companies realized that ads didn't work that well
2) the companies that owned the ad systems need something that makes money since ads are working less
3) the people making stuff still needed the money that ads gave them
1) online ads used to pay for everything until companies realized that ads didn't work that well
2) the companies that owned the ad systems need something that makes money since ads are working less
3) the people making stuff still needed the money that ads gave them
I enjoyed a podcast and then I needed a job and used that podcast knowledge to BS my way into a D&D-related gig. Then I learned about *good* games.
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
Oh, I was bitten by a radioactive ttrpg when I was younger.
November 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I enjoyed a podcast and then I needed a job and used that podcast knowledge to BS my way into a D&D-related gig. Then I learned about *good* games.
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November 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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happy ten year anniversary to my favourite fighting game post of all time
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
happy ten year anniversary to my favourite fighting game post of all time
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this happened because ads stopped working, then their work to compromise search results by biasing towards AdWords stopped working, then they realized being able to blame an LLM for both inaccurate placement and inaccurate information was better for ad unit sales than Having Search Work
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 6:46 PM
this happened because ads stopped working, then their work to compromise search results by biasing towards AdWords stopped working, then they realized being able to blame an LLM for both inaccurate placement and inaccurate information was better for ad unit sales than Having Search Work
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The MTA is negligent in making no effort to install these, but massive jury verdicts are the worst way to do cost-benefit analyses. Platform screen doors are complex to retrofit, and the lack of them is tied to political pressure to never cut crew staffing (which are a major benefit of screen doors)
MTA has started to pay the price for procrastinating on the three-station pilot for platform screen doors, first announced in 2022. ny1.com/nyc/brooklyn...
MTA ordered to pay $81.7 million to woman struck by subway in Brooklyn
The jury determined that the MTA had failed to install safety barriers or other protective devices.
ny1.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The MTA is negligent in making no effort to install these, but massive jury verdicts are the worst way to do cost-benefit analyses. Platform screen doors are complex to retrofit, and the lack of them is tied to political pressure to never cut crew staffing (which are a major benefit of screen doors)
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One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
One of my favorite things is getting to tell friends who are new to NYC that the subway "stand clear of the closing doors please" voice is a trans woman named Bernie Wagenblast and she's amazing.
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When the prison guards went on strike, many inmates said they were doing so to preserve their ability to do things like this.
A @nytimes.com investigation has found that state prison guards have been credibly accused of engaging in such behavior — putting inmates in restraints and then assaulting them — far more often than was previously known.
Restrained, Beaten, Asphyxiated: New York Prison Guards’ Brutality Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
When the prison guards went on strike, many inmates said they were doing so to preserve their ability to do things like this.
Every time a cast member in the new Defunctland video did something embarrassing I had to skip ahead a little. Agony.
November 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Every time a cast member in the new Defunctland video did something embarrassing I had to skip ahead a little. Agony.
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Those whom I pass on the trail are known as Trailures. They are likely to hurt themselves and ought stay home reading about trails, not hiking them
Those whom pass me are known as Trailhards. They've sacrificed their humanity to hike marginally better than me. One must imagine them miserable
Those whom pass me are known as Trailhards. They've sacrificed their humanity to hike marginally better than me. One must imagine them miserable
August 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Those whom I pass on the trail are known as Trailures. They are likely to hurt themselves and ought stay home reading about trails, not hiking them
Those whom pass me are known as Trailhards. They've sacrificed their humanity to hike marginally better than me. One must imagine them miserable
Those whom pass me are known as Trailhards. They've sacrificed their humanity to hike marginally better than me. One must imagine them miserable
the ultimate distillation of the median gamer
November 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
the ultimate distillation of the median gamer
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Oh wait I have another one.
For almost my entire adult life I have been under the misapprehension that deviljho can eat its own tail In the Monster Hunter games.
It can't. It has never done this. There's no footage of it happening. It's a myth.
For almost my entire adult life I have been under the misapprehension that deviljho can eat its own tail In the Monster Hunter games.
It can't. It has never done this. There's no footage of it happening. It's a myth.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Oh wait I have another one.
For almost my entire adult life I have been under the misapprehension that deviljho can eat its own tail In the Monster Hunter games.
It can't. It has never done this. There's no footage of it happening. It's a myth.
For almost my entire adult life I have been under the misapprehension that deviljho can eat its own tail In the Monster Hunter games.
It can't. It has never done this. There's no footage of it happening. It's a myth.
The Wii just beeped at me so it's time to put down rock band for a while and rest my hand.
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 AM
The Wii just beeped at me so it's time to put down rock band for a while and rest my hand.
Duck Hunt Dog uses a 5-Bag randomizer for his Down-B in Smash Ultimate. The game shuffles up a list of five Wild Gunmen and deals you one off the top of the deck. When all five Gunmen have been used, the deck reshuffles. You can 'count cards' and predict the 5th gunman in a cycle 100% of the time.
i was going through my X archives and found this by @superpodsaga.com, which I qrt'd at some point years ago
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
so, let me bring the question back: what is the most useless piece of video game knowledge you know?
November 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Duck Hunt Dog uses a 5-Bag randomizer for his Down-B in Smash Ultimate. The game shuffles up a list of five Wild Gunmen and deals you one off the top of the deck. When all five Gunmen have been used, the deck reshuffles. You can 'count cards' and predict the 5th gunman in a cycle 100% of the time.