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The ManSpyder
@manspyder.bsky.social
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Charmingly irregular. People say I'm funny, but usually I just chat nonsense & hope for the best. I write & edit gaming videos & retrospectives for @RetroHutch.com. I like cats. https://youtube.com/@themanspyder
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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · Aug 23
New video! We all have our miserable little piles of secrets, according to Dracula. But what is The Secret of Shinobi? Herbal Essences? Maybe it's Maybelline? Nope. Turns out, it's a doggo! Here's my retrospective look at Shadow Dancer on the #Sega #MegaDrive.

#ShadowDancer #Shinobi #Doggo #Ninja
Shadow Dancer - Rewind Review
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juux @juux.com · 2h
Local newspaper In Memoriam section HAROLD GODWINSON Last Saxon King of England. Killed 14.10.1066. RIP
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 16h
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1

CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1

Trickle-down economics was always a sham.

Nothing has ever trickled down.
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Lee Harveryscary @valleyguitarist.bsky.social · 5h
The Ting Tings walk into a coffee shop.

Barista: *quits*
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 16h
Look, it’s really straightforward to get a publisher as a new name indie in 2025. Simply do 95% of the work making and marketing your game, and if your metrics are trending towards almost certain success, a publisher will swoop in to promise the remaining 5%, deliver 3%, and collect 75%
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Josh Fairhurst @limitedrunjosh.bsky.social · 22h
Extremely rare b-roll footage of an Electronics Boutique in late 1994 or early 1995. Enjoy it!

I found this among 40TB of files from Digital Pictures' archive.
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 19h
A glitch may occur in Super Mario Galaxy when played on a Nintendo Switch 2 whereby Mario will get stuck in freefall in the tunnel in Gateway Galaxy. The usual failsafe that would kill Mario for falling too long does not activate here, so Mario will tumble forever and never die.
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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 19h
THIS... IS... SPARTA!!!
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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 19h
If he pronounces dough-balls as 'Goebbels', things may have to be addressed Reich now.
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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Mer Francis, PhD, MSW @mwfrancis.bsky.social · 22h
Study after study shows that it's remarkably cheap and easy to solve the problems of homelessness and poverty with low-barrier supportive housing and universal basic income, but our own fear that someone, somewhere will get something they didn't "earn" keeps us looking for other (punitive) options.
brenttoderian.bsky.social Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d
“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”

It costs a lot less to house people.
Finland ends homelessness and provides shelter for all in need - scoop.me
In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Why? The country applies the "Housing First" concept agains homelessness.
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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d
Patrick Macnee
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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d
A bit like my mother. Not the cocoa mass, just classic capitalistic disappointment.
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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d
Mint Club were the best growing up 🙁. Don't think I'll be p-p-picking up Penguins anymore either.
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Ellen Rose @icklenellierose.bsky.social · 1d
“If you like a lot of chocolate flavour coating with cocoa mass on your biscuit, join our Club”

🙃
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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d
Unintentional Demon Chunners #StreetFighter6
Chun-Li standing in an idle pose after landing the final blow on an opponent. In a pure coincidence, she stands directly in front of a trident statue, which lines up with her head *perfectly* so it appears she has demon horns.
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Spooky Scaryshire 🎃 @chrissyd-comedy.bsky.social · 1d
Today's conceptual earworm:

When 'ordinary schoolboy' Eric ate a banana, he turned into Bananaman, an adult. This was in the early-to-mid 80s. I'd estimate him to have been around 10.

He would now be in his 50s. If he eats a banana, he will turn into a geriatric banana person.
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Standard Issue Cell Computing @standardissuecomputing.blog · 1d
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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 1d
They missed a trick not giving him the title The Nonce Previously Known As Prince Andrew.
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Peter Chilvers @peterchilvers.com · 2d
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
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Dr Luke Steubenstein 👹 @lukesteuber.com · 3d
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Robin Williams' daughter, Zelda Williams, also recently slammed people who are making Al-generated videos of her late father, calling the clips "gross." She added, "To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough, just so other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop pup-peteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it."
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The ManSpyder @manspyder.bsky.social · 3d
Oh nice! I loved the first one!
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Korruptor @korruptor.bsky.social · 3d
Out tomorrow! 3pm (or a bit earlier if I decide to slope off to the pub for a celebratory pint)

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Lumo 2 on Steam
Step into the sequel to 2016’s arcade-adventure hit, Lumo. In this metroidvania journey, carve out your own path through handcrafted puzzle rooms, evolving mechanics, shifting perspectives, and deligh...
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Neil Miles (but spooky) @miles-online.co.uk · 3d
- Ian, you're lying in a weather grave. Do you know what's on your headstone?

- Weather?

- Ian, thank you
Michael Buerk Ian McCaskill
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Mind @mind.org.uk · 3d
Today, we launch the annual Big Mental Health Report with a series of worrying findings about the state of the nation’s mental health. www.mind.org.uk/about-us/our...
The Big Mental Health Report
The Big Mental Health Report from Mind is for anyone looking for trusted information on how mental health problems affect people in England and Wales.
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Sean Seanson @seanseanson.bsky.social · 3d
This is doing the rounds again so might as well promote my review of the Xena PS1 game alongside a bunch of other licensed games. (Spoiler: I think it's really cool)

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Silly PS1 Licensed Games | Sean Seanson
YouTube video by Sean Seanson
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