Dan
@schlompkins.bsky.social
gaming producer (job) and indie dev (fun…?), probably retired TV writer, former national news producer. My iMDB is a train wreck. 🇱🇧/🇺🇸
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“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
Israel used weapons in Gaza that made thousands of Palestinians evaporate
US-made thermal weapons burning at 3,500C caused 2,842 people to "evaporate" in Gaza, Al Jazeera investigation finds.
www.aljazeera.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
“Four of my children just evaporated,” Badran said, holding back tears. “I looked for them a million times. Not a piece was left. Where did they go?”
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
There are no words to adequately describe the evil here.
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its been 10+ years of dems shrieking "have you no SHAME sir? sir? have you no DECENCY sir??"
and these freaks just going "no haha :)" and continuing their atrocities completely unopposed as dems pat themselves on the ass for "taking a stand"
and that's all they'll ever do 😌
and these freaks just going "no haha :)" and continuing their atrocities completely unopposed as dems pat themselves on the ass for "taking a stand"
and that's all they'll ever do 😌
Rep. Swalwell: Will you apologize to the family of Renee Good for being called a domestic terrorist by Trump and his leadership?
ICE Chief Todd Lyons: No
ICE Chief Todd Lyons: No
February 10, 2026 at 4:29 PM
its been 10+ years of dems shrieking "have you no SHAME sir? sir? have you no DECENCY sir??"
and these freaks just going "no haha :)" and continuing their atrocities completely unopposed as dems pat themselves on the ass for "taking a stand"
and that's all they'll ever do 😌
and these freaks just going "no haha :)" and continuing their atrocities completely unopposed as dems pat themselves on the ass for "taking a stand"
and that's all they'll ever do 😌
continuing my trend of watching one single episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion every 3 months and mostly kinda remembering what’s going on
February 10, 2026 at 4:56 AM
continuing my trend of watching one single episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion every 3 months and mostly kinda remembering what’s going on
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A better society starts when we decide we will simply discard assholes instead of saying “oh well, what can ya do?” and allowing them in
February 10, 2026 at 4:47 AM
A better society starts when we decide we will simply discard assholes instead of saying “oh well, what can ya do?” and allowing them in
willing to bet whoever said “let’s make a fighting game nobody asked for” wasn’t among those laid off, just the people who said “sure as long as you’re paying me I’ll make whatever dumbass shit you tell me to.” same old story.
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
Riot Games lays off roughly 80 employees from 2XKO team
'Overall momentum hasn’t reached the level needed to support a team of this size long term.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 AM
willing to bet whoever said “let’s make a fighting game nobody asked for” wasn’t among those laid off, just the people who said “sure as long as you’re paying me I’ll make whatever dumbass shit you tell me to.” same old story.
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Sure, you can technically delay a Mars mission that was never going to happen this year, just like I'm delaying my debut as a free soloist, which was DEFINITELY going to happen this year. I have decided I also need to wait for the planets to realign www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Musk Shifts Focus to Moon as Mars Mission Remains Years Away
While most Americans were transfixed by this year’s Super Bowl proceedings on Sunday night, Elon Musk took to X to proclaim that SpaceX would focus on building out a base on the moon before sending hu...
www.bloomberg.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:25 PM
Sure, you can technically delay a Mars mission that was never going to happen this year, just like I'm delaying my debut as a free soloist, which was DEFINITELY going to happen this year. I have decided I also need to wait for the planets to realign www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Helldivers adding millennials as the newest enemy faction
February 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Helldivers adding millennials as the newest enemy faction
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Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Good morning. The President of the United States was in the middle of the most serious child sex trafficking ring of the last quarter century.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
He is referenced not a dozen times in the case files. Not 100 times. Not 1,000 times. He’s referenced 38,000 times.
this is legitimately fucking crazy and I am also certain that nobody with the power to do anything about it will say a single word
Newly released Epstein files include a draft statement attributed to federal prosecutors that is dated the day before Jeffrey Epstein was found dead.
Epstein Files Reveal Prosecutors’ Announcement Dated Before His Death
The file dump includes multiple draft statements from federal prosecutors about the sex trafficker’s death, one of them dated the day before Epstein died.
trib.al
February 8, 2026 at 11:26 PM
this is legitimately fucking crazy and I am also certain that nobody with the power to do anything about it will say a single word
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Once you realize that The Atlantic is a conservative magazine with some token liberals, all of its editors' seemingly erratic behavior makes perfect sense.
Last week the far right started peddling a narrative that the outrage over Epstein is a moral panic. Today, like clockwork, a more polite version of that narrative appears in the Atlantic.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 8, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Once you realize that The Atlantic is a conservative magazine with some token liberals, all of its editors' seemingly erratic behavior makes perfect sense.
Kid Rock is the sound of a divorced man punching a hole in the drywall of his studio apartment
February 8, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Kid Rock is the sound of a divorced man punching a hole in the drywall of his studio apartment
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maybe the reason this is happening is that we’ve shackled art to profit
maybe you’d be disinclined to write books with AI if you were getting your income another way.
maybe then, you would only write books because you needed to express something, because whether or not they sold meant nothing
maybe you’d be disinclined to write books with AI if you were getting your income another way.
maybe then, you would only write books because you needed to express something, because whether or not they sold meant nothing
“If I can generate a book in a day, and you need six months to write a book, who’s going to win the race?” God this is bleak
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
maybe the reason this is happening is that we’ve shackled art to profit
maybe you’d be disinclined to write books with AI if you were getting your income another way.
maybe then, you would only write books because you needed to express something, because whether or not they sold meant nothing
maybe you’d be disinclined to write books with AI if you were getting your income another way.
maybe then, you would only write books because you needed to express something, because whether or not they sold meant nothing
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This piece is deeply depressing and also extremely dumb?
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
fuck this lady, fuck the nyt reporter, fuck all of this. fuck amazon for introducing the KU page read model that makes this possible, fuck our tech overlords.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/b...
The New Fabio Is Claude
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:05 PM
This piece is deeply depressing and also extremely dumb?
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
She says she makes six figures because she pumped out hundreds of books with AI. But the books aren’t how she’s making that. She “offers a course” on how to churn out AI slop books and charges people for it.
So, a bog standard grift
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White House Aide Fired After Telling JD Vance About Super Bowl Party
White House Aide Fired After Telling JD Vance About Super Bowl Party
WASHINGTON—Insisting the terminated worker had violated the terms of her employment by leaking highly sensitive information, the White House announced Monday that longtime aide Sandra Wilton had been ...
theonion.com
February 8, 2026 at 7:00 PM
White House Aide Fired After Telling JD Vance About Super Bowl Party
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BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
February 8, 2026 at 5:07 PM
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni
After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni
It’s chilling to watch as Trump and Netanyahu adopt the methods of regimes their countries once condemned, says war correspondent and author Janine di Giovanni
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 6:27 AM
After years spent documenting state terror, I know it when I see it. And I see it now in the US and Israel | Janine di Giovanni
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this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
February 7, 2026 at 2:20 PM
this is so funny, god bless louise lucas, Hero of the Commonwealth
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What’s darkly funny is that there’s an old CIA manual about this, and how if enough people do it, it can destabilize a country. It’s still on their website right now after being declassified in 2008.
February 7, 2026 at 10:32 PM
What’s darkly funny is that there’s an old CIA manual about this, and how if enough people do it, it can destabilize a country. It’s still on their website right now after being declassified in 2008.
god this sucks. watched this entire show with my daughter, one of the truly great and underappreciated animated series, and they’re pulling down for reasons I can’t even fathom. these absolute assholes.
I know we knew it was coming.
But seeing it for real life?
Awful. 0/10. Fuck you Netflix.
But seeing it for real life?
Awful. 0/10. Fuck you Netflix.
February 7, 2026 at 10:28 PM
god this sucks. watched this entire show with my daughter, one of the truly great and underappreciated animated series, and they’re pulling down for reasons I can’t even fathom. these absolute assholes.
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My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
February 7, 2026 at 6:39 PM
My favorite artifact in the "you don't need AI to do art" discourse is, of course, screenwriter Dan O'Bannon's sketch of the facehugger to explain it to Giger.
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"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
Opinion | This Is Just Who Trump Is
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2026 at 4:49 PM
"For years, a cottage industry of political observers has contorted itself to obscure and occlude the obvious. That regardless of what others see in him, Trump’s entire political career...cannot be understood outside the context of his bitter, deep-seated racism." (gift link)
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Damn i remember some big lawsuits of broadcasters over editing of events showing WH figures
February 7, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Damn i remember some big lawsuits of broadcasters over editing of events showing WH figures
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“Talent is a gatekeeping mechanism” yes. you have literally described a meritocracy.
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tired of having these arguments so i'm gonna lay out the STARK reality of Al for some of you privileged fucks:
1. "talent" is a gatekeeping mechanism that has created a culture of professionalism that is no less of an ivory tower than academia, a moralized proxy for access to time, training, money.
ANNOYED GYNOID
@annoyedgynoid.bsky.social • 23h
2. being poor means having to make hard choices like:
[al drawing something yourself in a way society would call "bad" (i.e. unprofessional)
[b] sacrificing resources you don't have to pay a real artist what they're worth (or learn yourself)
[cl not doing it at all, or
[d] using Al.
ANNOYED GYNOID
@annoyedgynoid.bsky.social
"just don't use Al" is a luxury position. when people moralize choices made under scarcity, they're pretending the menu is the same for everyone. it fucking isn't.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:mihigibe3ztrdp4r746oncuo/bafkreifnmfevf6b6fdrbqupnyrsn7643o4fmv4c5veh7mwphwijqilz3xe@jpeg)
February 7, 2026 at 12:56 AM
“Talent is a gatekeeping mechanism” yes. you have literally described a meritocracy.