M. Blind
@mdotblind.bsky.social
foundling raised by a feral tribe of sarcastic suburbanites || Hyperfocus for hire · Gamesmith, wordwright, rules wrangler · Fan of scifi & fantasy, lover of books, former bookseller || Interpuctgames.com, personal blog at rocketbomber.com || 52. He/him.
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M. Blind
@mdotblind.bsky.social
· Oct 19
Fire is great. We couldn't have built civilization without it.
Capitalism is great. We couldn't have built civilization without it.
but free market capitalism isn't the solution to everything, just like we don't light everything on fire just because it burns.
Capitalism is great. We couldn't have built civilization without it.
but free market capitalism isn't the solution to everything, just like we don't light everything on fire just because it burns.
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Particularly love the quick sequence of Leo reaction shots near the end (a marvelous example of just how good Dr. Presser is with facial expressions.)
Hey #BookSky look at this AMAZING video narrated by @itsdanicarr.bsky.social !
February 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Particularly love the quick sequence of Leo reaction shots near the end (a marvelous example of just how good Dr. Presser is with facial expressions.)
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Democrats should get behind a voter ID law that only goes into effect when 99.9% of the eligible population has a valid ID and automatically pauses when the number falls below that. The fact that Republicans would never accept this would make clear what the real point of voter ID laws is.
February 16, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Democrats should get behind a voter ID law that only goes into effect when 99.9% of the eligible population has a valid ID and automatically pauses when the number falls below that. The fact that Republicans would never accept this would make clear what the real point of voter ID laws is.
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MLK, Washington and Lincoln Should All Have National Holidays; Boot Columbus Day, which was never about Columbus in the first place, and it all comes togehter. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/in-wh...
In Which Josh Proposes Revising the Federal Holiday Calendar
When I was a little boy in the Southern California school system...
talkingpointsmemo.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:26 PM
MLK, Washington and Lincoln Should All Have National Holidays; Boot Columbus Day, which was never about Columbus in the first place, and it all comes togehter. talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/in-wh...
I don't specifically want to kick a hornet's nest this morning but I will point out
1. the way some of y'all talk it's like either we don't have presidential primaries AT ALL or you are assuming A LOT
2. We have a whole-ass MIDTERM ELECTION between now and Nov 2028. CAN I VOTE IN THAT ONE FIRST
1. the way some of y'all talk it's like either we don't have presidential primaries AT ALL or you are assuming A LOT
2. We have a whole-ass MIDTERM ELECTION between now and Nov 2028. CAN I VOTE IN THAT ONE FIRST
February 16, 2026 at 4:29 PM
I don't specifically want to kick a hornet's nest this morning but I will point out
1. the way some of y'all talk it's like either we don't have presidential primaries AT ALL or you are assuming A LOT
2. We have a whole-ass MIDTERM ELECTION between now and Nov 2028. CAN I VOTE IN THAT ONE FIRST
1. the way some of y'all talk it's like either we don't have presidential primaries AT ALL or you are assuming A LOT
2. We have a whole-ass MIDTERM ELECTION between now and Nov 2028. CAN I VOTE IN THAT ONE FIRST
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they should actually have four olympics bc not everyone has the same seasons
i suggest
- winter olympics
- wet olympics
- dry olympics
- inside olympics
im fully correct you’re welcome
i suggest
- winter olympics
- wet olympics
- dry olympics
- inside olympics
im fully correct you’re welcome
February 16, 2026 at 3:48 PM
they should actually have four olympics bc not everyone has the same seasons
i suggest
- winter olympics
- wet olympics
- dry olympics
- inside olympics
im fully correct you’re welcome
i suggest
- winter olympics
- wet olympics
- dry olympics
- inside olympics
im fully correct you’re welcome
One anecdote to add to the pile of data: Yep. matches my experience, certainly.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Intermittent fasting no better than typical weight loss diets, study finds
Researchers say limited eating approaches such as 5:2 diet not a ‘miracle solution’ amid surge in their popularity
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 3:26 PM
One anecdote to add to the pile of data: Yep. matches my experience, certainly.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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There is a certain urgency in attacking Social Security _now_, while there is still a trust fund they can raid. When they talk about Social Security "going broke", the worry is that we will have spent that $2.7 trillion on the benefits it was always intended to pay for.
June 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
There is a certain urgency in attacking Social Security _now_, while there is still a trust fund they can raid. When they talk about Social Security "going broke", the worry is that we will have spent that $2.7 trillion on the benefits it was always intended to pay for.
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I do think there’s a certain type of Democrat that realizes it’s possible we are dealing with a perfect storm where almost any Democrat will win, and are terrified we might nominate radical candidates who will actually engage in needed change instead of status quo corporate centrist bullshit.
One of the interesting things this time around is just how hollow the whole thing sounds. In the past, people have been able to use the empty concept of electability to anoint and position the person they demanded, but now that Republicans are getting obliterated everywhere, that doesn't work.
If I were a Democrat concerned about winning elections and was hearing that a significant number of voters wouldn’t support Gavin Newsom in 2028, I would simply stop pushing Gavin Newsom in 2026.
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I do think there’s a certain type of Democrat that realizes it’s possible we are dealing with a perfect storm where almost any Democrat will win, and are terrified we might nominate radical candidates who will actually engage in needed change instead of status quo corporate centrist bullshit.
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Since I own zero shares of anything and will work until I die, forever one medical emergency away from penury, why should I care about the Dow?
Something “very important people” never get, likely because it is outside their privileged experience, quite often at our benefit, is that “the economy” isn’t working for most Americans. We are sicker, poorer, not able to send our kids to college, etc. but rich guys and politicians are making bank.
Imagine how the 2024 election might have gone if the coverage of the economy from 2022-24 had been "Joe & Jay stuck the soft landing & the 🇺🇸 economy is running on all cylinders" & if Jeffrey Epstein's buddy hadn't been platformed constantly on every media outlet to convince you it was all sh*t.
February 16, 2026 at 7:46 AM
Since I own zero shares of anything and will work until I die, forever one medical emergency away from penury, why should I care about the Dow?
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this RAM crisis feels like it’s going to ruin consumer electronics over the next decade. Bloomberg reports that Sony is considering pushing the PS6 release to 2028 or even 2029 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
February 16, 2026 at 12:57 PM
this RAM crisis feels like it’s going to ruin consumer electronics over the next decade. Bloomberg reports that Sony is considering pushing the PS6 release to 2028 or even 2029 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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People who think their only political tool is withholding their vote are people who haven’t bothered to engage in politics. It’s not a real tool, it persuades nobody of anything but to ignore you. Almost anything else you did would have a better chance of achieving your ends.
February 16, 2026 at 1:28 PM
People who think their only political tool is withholding their vote are people who haven’t bothered to engage in politics. It’s not a real tool, it persuades nobody of anything but to ignore you. Almost anything else you did would have a better chance of achieving your ends.
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Speaking as someone who has many, many complaints about the Democratic Party, “letting them lose” when they’re in a contest with an actual fascist party isn’t very smart. Nor is it remotely fair to say they’ve adopted far right policies on trans rights, immigration, or abortion (??).
chat is it good or bad if the only defense against fascism is voting for one party forever and never letting them lose no matter how far right they go and how much of the fascist's policies around immigration and trans rights and abortion they start taking on over time?
This. Precisely this. Serious people don’t threaten to vote third party, because it’s a tantrum.
I don’t like Newsom at all, I think he’s an amoral opportunist. But JD Vance is quite literally a man who gets his ideas from neo-Nazis. He’s a white supremacist fascist. It’s an easy, easy choice!
I don’t like Newsom at all, I think he’s an amoral opportunist. But JD Vance is quite literally a man who gets his ideas from neo-Nazis. He’s a white supremacist fascist. It’s an easy, easy choice!
February 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Speaking as someone who has many, many complaints about the Democratic Party, “letting them lose” when they’re in a contest with an actual fascist party isn’t very smart. Nor is it remotely fair to say they’ve adopted far right policies on trans rights, immigration, or abortion (??).
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"Facebook had to borrow 100 BN USD the other day in order to finance the investment in data centres. Now what they've tried to do is shift that off balance sheets so we don't see that they've run out of cash and they're borrowing money. That's a sure sign that facebook has overreached itself."
2008 Whistleblower On The Next Big Crash | Ash Sarkar Meets Ann Pettifor
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 10:05 PM
"Facebook had to borrow 100 BN USD the other day in order to finance the investment in data centres. Now what they've tried to do is shift that off balance sheets so we don't see that they've run out of cash and they're borrowing money. That's a sure sign that facebook has overreached itself."
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Also look at this cat. Look at how sleepy. LOOK
February 16, 2026 at 12:08 PM
Also look at this cat. Look at how sleepy. LOOK
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You tell yourself it's the ivy moving against the glass. Tell yourself old, half-abandoned buildings are full of noises you'll never fathom out. Then the voices start and you realise no writhing vegetation, no auditory pareidolia from ancient pipes offers up full sentences.
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 AM
You tell yourself it's the ivy moving against the glass. Tell yourself old, half-abandoned buildings are full of noises you'll never fathom out. Then the voices start and you realise no writhing vegetation, no auditory pareidolia from ancient pipes offers up full sentences.
Oh, what's that? It's 6:17 in the morning on a Monday?
sorry, I'm a little distracted www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Tc...
sorry, I'm a little distracted www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Tc...
Todd Rundgren - Bang The Drum All Day (Official Video)
YouTube video by RHINO
www.youtube.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Oh, what's that? It's 6:17 in the morning on a Monday?
sorry, I'm a little distracted www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Tc...
sorry, I'm a little distracted www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Tc...
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Sometimes you come across something online that perfectly describes one of your core obsessions, even though you hadn't realised it was one
This style of light doesn't really appear in animation anymore. You know it when you see it -- it's bright, hot and almost dangerous.
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
Our new issue explores the tricks behind it, and how one artist has revived the look for the digital age: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/dangerous-...
February 15, 2026 at 7:45 PM
Sometimes you come across something online that perfectly describes one of your core obsessions, even though you hadn't realised it was one
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someone needs to oil him
February 15, 2026 at 10:28 PM
someone needs to oil him
I don't know how much it would cost to license but it feels ideal for a new luxury brand...
February 16, 2026 at 10:49 AM
I don't know how much it would cost to license but it feels ideal for a new luxury brand...
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Fun fact: when I run DEI workshops about trans stuff (it happens occasionally) one of my strategies is to start by getting people to talk about cyclists and their experiences. This usually works to build empathy, but occasionally it turns out that people actually hate cyclists more than trans people
you'd think the worst thing about cycling would be all the people trying to kill you, but it's actually all the insufferable men who insist on telling you that if you don't ride the way they think you should ride then you're no better than a car driver who hits pedestrians
February 16, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Fun fact: when I run DEI workshops about trans stuff (it happens occasionally) one of my strategies is to start by getting people to talk about cyclists and their experiences. This usually works to build empathy, but occasionally it turns out that people actually hate cyclists more than trans people
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
Artisanal to Industrial: The Tragic Evolution of the Star Wars Galaxy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kyq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kyq...
Artisanal to Industrial: The Tragic Evolution of the Star Wars Galaxy
YouTube video by Generation Tech
www.youtube.com
February 15, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Artisanal to Industrial: The Tragic Evolution of the Star Wars Galaxy
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kyq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kyq...
It's not an anti-Criterion, more of an alt-universe upside-down Criterion [You should be following Terry, he does excellent reviews of… Films You Would Otherwise Have Missed. yes. that's the best way to phrase it]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnJQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnJQ...
Introduction to Terry's Movie Closet.
YouTube video by Terry Talks Movies
www.youtube.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
It's not an anti-Criterion, more of an alt-universe upside-down Criterion [You should be following Terry, he does excellent reviews of… Films You Would Otherwise Have Missed. yes. that's the best way to phrase it]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnJQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnJQ...