Mike Ferdinando
@mikeferdinando.bsky.social
I'm an GenX IT manager in higher education, whose passion is tabletop role-playing games. I'm also a leftist and antifascist. I'll mostly be posting about gaming and politics. Twitter refugee.
I'm also on Mastodon: [email protected].
I'm also on Mastodon: [email protected].
You just died.
The 6th photo in your phone gallery is what killed you.
...yep!
The 6th photo in your phone gallery is what killed you.
...yep!
November 27, 2025 at 3:12 PM
You just died.
The 6th photo in your phone gallery is what killed you.
...yep!
The 6th photo in your phone gallery is what killed you.
...yep!
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"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
November 27, 2025 at 5:52 AM
"a single person of this demographic may have committed a crime, therefore we must punish the entire demographic" is a policy response you may recognize from fascist governments dedicated to ethnic cleansing elsewhere.
My Pyrex pie plate just fucking exploded in the oven!
November 27, 2025 at 3:50 AM
My Pyrex pie plate just fucking exploded in the oven!
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the decline and fall of the american republic in two headlines
November 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM
the decline and fall of the american republic in two headlines
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Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
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Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Lots of people sharing this clip because it's funny and cathartic but I also genuinely believe it's important.
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
We have to win the narrative battle between "I live in a corrupt society and that's just how it is" and "I live in a corrupt society and we are going to defeat and humiliate these ghouls."
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Man imagine if we punished our criminals.
Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷
November 26, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Man imagine if we punished our criminals.
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They literally say he violated terms of service by committing suicide.
“OpenAI’s court filing argued that the harms in this case were at least partly caused by Raine’s ‘failure to heed warnings, obtain help, or otherwise exercise reasonable care,’ as well as the ‘failure of others to respond to his obvious signs of distress.’”
OpenAI denies allegations that ChatGPT is to blame for a teenager's suicide
Adam Raine's family sued the AI company in August. On Tuesday, OpenAI said in a new court filing that it isn't responsible for the teen's death.
www.nbcnews.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
They literally say he violated terms of service by committing suicide.
This is indeed a sobering read and you should absolutely read it.
By the calculation of this economist, the real-world poverty line for a family of four should be $130,000.
And this fully explains why so many couples are choosing not to have children: They simply cannot afford to raise them.
By the calculation of this economist, the real-world poverty line for a family of four should be $130,000.
And this fully explains why so many couples are choosing not to have children: They simply cannot afford to raise them.
This is a sobering read that starts from a straightforward premise: look at how the poverty threshold is calculated in the US and see how well it holds up as an actual measure.
I expected it to be bad. It’s much worse, in ways it’s hard not to see.
I expected it to be bad. It’s much worse, in ways it’s hard not to see.
Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
This is indeed a sobering read and you should absolutely read it.
By the calculation of this economist, the real-world poverty line for a family of four should be $130,000.
And this fully explains why so many couples are choosing not to have children: They simply cannot afford to raise them.
By the calculation of this economist, the real-world poverty line for a family of four should be $130,000.
And this fully explains why so many couples are choosing not to have children: They simply cannot afford to raise them.
Reposted by Mike Ferdinando
Reposted by Mike Ferdinando
If people want to understand why American politics went bananas in 2012, the reason is that the moderate black President took a modest but consequential step toward decoupling healthcare from employment and every billionaire immediately poured their entire portfolio into race-hate media
November 26, 2025 at 1:37 AM
If people want to understand why American politics went bananas in 2012, the reason is that the moderate black President took a modest but consequential step toward decoupling healthcare from employment and every billionaire immediately poured their entire portfolio into race-hate media
"How did you get into TTRPGs?"
I met her in a club down in old Soho.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, 'Lola.'
I met her in a club down in old Soho.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, 'Lola.'
“How did you get into ttrpgs?”
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down…
Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down…
"How did you get into ttrpgs?"
It was a jump to the left, and then a slide to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight...
It was a jump to the left, and then a slide to the ri-i-i-i-i-ight...
November 26, 2025 at 11:25 AM
"How did you get into TTRPGs?"
I met her in a club down in old Soho.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, 'Lola.'
I met her in a club down in old Soho.
I asked her her name and in a dark brown voice she said, 'Lola.'
"You will be visited by three spirits..."
The three spirits...
The three spirits...
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"You will be visited by three spirits..."
The three spirits...
The three spirits...
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We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
November 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way to get rid of Citizens United. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-get-rid-of-citizens-united
I just learned that my favorite local bar is closing at the end of the year.
The owner has been an advocate for living wages. Our town has an affordability crisis, and it's only gotten worse post-COVID. The living wage in our town is up to $24.85/hr.
www.thedownstairsithaca.com/closing-stat....
The owner has been an advocate for living wages. Our town has an affordability crisis, and it's only gotten worse post-COVID. The living wage in our town is up to $24.85/hr.
www.thedownstairsithaca.com/closing-stat....
Closing Statement to the Public - The Downstairs Ithaca
www.thedownstairsithaca.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I just learned that my favorite local bar is closing at the end of the year.
The owner has been an advocate for living wages. Our town has an affordability crisis, and it's only gotten worse post-COVID. The living wage in our town is up to $24.85/hr.
www.thedownstairsithaca.com/closing-stat....
The owner has been an advocate for living wages. Our town has an affordability crisis, and it's only gotten worse post-COVID. The living wage in our town is up to $24.85/hr.
www.thedownstairsithaca.com/closing-stat....
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Love this.
We think of ourselves as so different and modern, but the essence of human intimacy is timeless.
We think of ourselves as so different and modern, but the essence of human intimacy is timeless.
More than 3,300 years ago, an unknown Egyptian wrote a love poem: clear, pure, mysterious. This translation by Egyptologist John Foster brings it to life in a way that leaves me breathless.
November 22, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Love this.
We think of ourselves as so different and modern, but the essence of human intimacy is timeless.
We think of ourselves as so different and modern, but the essence of human intimacy is timeless.
Question to other BSky users who've been here since the "invite-only" days...
In the past few weeks, I've been getting a whole lot of likes on various seemingly random posts that I made a year ago or more, by people who don't follow me. Is anyone else seeing that?
In the past few weeks, I've been getting a whole lot of likes on various seemingly random posts that I made a year ago or more, by people who don't follow me. Is anyone else seeing that?
November 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Question to other BSky users who've been here since the "invite-only" days...
In the past few weeks, I've been getting a whole lot of likes on various seemingly random posts that I made a year ago or more, by people who don't follow me. Is anyone else seeing that?
In the past few weeks, I've been getting a whole lot of likes on various seemingly random posts that I made a year ago or more, by people who don't follow me. Is anyone else seeing that?
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Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
November 24, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Like, the very first rule of doing anything at all creative is *you have to give a fuck about it*
Using genAI is proof you don't.
Using genAI is proof you don't.
The first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club, Charlie Brown!
Chaos reigns, Charlie Brown
It's Chinatown, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:16 PM
The first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club, Charlie Brown!
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It's so weird how AI is basically custom-designed to feed the confirmation bias of rich folk with Dunning-Kruger Syndrome. Elon Musk is basically King Lear except he built his own Goneril and Regan.
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
It's so weird how AI is basically custom-designed to feed the confirmation bias of rich folk with Dunning-Kruger Syndrome. Elon Musk is basically King Lear except he built his own Goneril and Regan.
Musk here is admitting to the world that he is funamentally unfunny, has no sense of humor at all, and does not even understand the very concept of humor itself. He seemsvto think that he could be funny by outsourcing humor to his mutibillion dollar plagairism machine. The only joke here is on him.
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Musk here is admitting to the world that he is funamentally unfunny, has no sense of humor at all, and does not even understand the very concept of humor itself. He seemsvto think that he could be funny by outsourcing humor to his mutibillion dollar plagairism machine. The only joke here is on him.
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Elon is rigging the Twitter algorithm to shove right wing fever dreams down your throat. If you're a prominent person who's still on Twitter, you're helping him cook people's brains just by being there. Don't take my word for it, he'll tell you himself. @takedowntwitterx.bsky.social #teslatakedown
November 22, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Elon is rigging the Twitter algorithm to shove right wing fever dreams down your throat. If you're a prominent person who's still on Twitter, you're helping him cook people's brains just by being there. Don't take my word for it, he'll tell you himself. @takedowntwitterx.bsky.social #teslatakedown
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remember *earlier today* when the president threatened to kill members of congress?
November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
remember *earlier today* when the president threatened to kill members of congress?
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this is evil
this is fascist
this is racist
this is antisemitic
this is anti-Black
this is hate-mongering
this is dangerous to you and the people you love, whatever your background
this is fascist
this is racist
this is antisemitic
this is anti-Black
this is hate-mongering
this is dangerous to you and the people you love, whatever your background
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM
this is evil
this is fascist
this is racist
this is antisemitic
this is anti-Black
this is hate-mongering
this is dangerous to you and the people you love, whatever your background
this is fascist
this is racist
this is antisemitic
this is anti-Black
this is hate-mongering
this is dangerous to you and the people you love, whatever your background