René Martin
@talkandplay.substack.com
He/him writer/game dev. culture/political posting, politics are in all aspects of life, including creative pursuits. #NAFO appreciator #BLM
Writing sporadically @ https://talkandplay.substack.com
Writing sporadically @ https://talkandplay.substack.com
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René Martin
@talkandplay.substack.com
· Oct 23
I just realized I should be clear, since I have AI art in my banner, I am aggressively against GenAI in the creative professions. It’s a plagiarism engine and leads to objectively lesser creations. Actual humans do better work than the word-association machine.
Yeah, this shouldn’t have ever made it to print period.
February 11, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Yeah, this shouldn’t have ever made it to print period.
Environmental Storytelling at its finest
February 11, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Environmental Storytelling at its finest
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Join me in reporting and blocking.
February 11, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Join me in reporting and blocking.
That’s often when people like Vriska from Homestuck and often why they stop
February 11, 2026 at 4:16 AM
That’s often when people like Vriska from Homestuck and often why they stop
Fun fact: me and my sister used to read the chapters out loud in character voices when it was being updated. I voiced the male characters and she voiced the female characters
February 11, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Fun fact: me and my sister used to read the chapters out loud in character voices when it was being updated. I voiced the male characters and she voiced the female characters
Thank you for the trauma flashbacks
February 11, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Thank you for the trauma flashbacks
Holy shit! I’m so sorry man
February 11, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Holy shit! I’m so sorry man
Same thing with Warhammer and arguably most comics
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Same thing with Warhammer and arguably most comics
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1) Abolish ICE & DHS. Prosecute. Shift immigration enforcement to pre-2003 arrangements.
2) Amnesty for all undocumented immigrants in the country for more than 3 months.
3) Decriminalize unauthorized border crossings and visa overstays. That means administrative rather than criminal penalties.
2) Amnesty for all undocumented immigrants in the country for more than 3 months.
3) Decriminalize unauthorized border crossings and visa overstays. That means administrative rather than criminal penalties.
“Abolish ICE” needs to be rhetorically linked to an actual policy program of the sort folks On Here have proposed: return to essentially the 2001 status quo ex ante, shift immigration judges to article iii status, transfer criminal alien removal to grown-up law enforcement, etc.
February 10, 2026 at 6:29 PM
1) Abolish ICE & DHS. Prosecute. Shift immigration enforcement to pre-2003 arrangements.
2) Amnesty for all undocumented immigrants in the country for more than 3 months.
3) Decriminalize unauthorized border crossings and visa overstays. That means administrative rather than criminal penalties.
2) Amnesty for all undocumented immigrants in the country for more than 3 months.
3) Decriminalize unauthorized border crossings and visa overstays. That means administrative rather than criminal penalties.
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That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
That the illegal destruction of USAID will kill more than *20 million people* in the next five years, & has ALREADY KILLED 600,000 in just one year, is a world-historical crime that Americans aren't being told about in the terms & with the repetition necessary for them to believe it.
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Indict for attempted murder
in a text string after the shooting, a fellow agent told Exum he's a "legend"
"Beers on me"
"Beers on me"
February 11, 2026 at 1:23 AM
Indict for attempted murder
We write things like this to help make them real, like that Death Quote from Hogfather
February 11, 2026 at 1:22 AM
We write things like this to help make them real, like that Death Quote from Hogfather
What’s the over/under on him fleeing to Dubai or the UAE?
February 11, 2026 at 1:18 AM
What’s the over/under on him fleeing to Dubai or the UAE?
Steve Rogers School of Political Science and International Affairs
February 11, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Steve Rogers School of Political Science and International Affairs
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S/o to this joke I played on our lab tech in 2019
February 10, 2026 at 2:25 PM
S/o to this joke I played on our lab tech in 2019
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Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
February 11, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Don't give anything an Emmy until it's as good as this.
I guess that checks out, but there was literally no chance of being able to pull that off with the kind of game Paradox specializes in. The scope is just too big and the systems too intricate.
February 11, 2026 at 12:30 AM
I guess that checks out, but there was literally no chance of being able to pull that off with the kind of game Paradox specializes in. The scope is just too big and the systems too intricate.
Like, the Dixiecrats are long dead and especially so with the GOP’s open embrace of neonaziism. We are getting militant social progressivism, no matter how some folks stomp and whine.
February 11, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Like, the Dixiecrats are long dead and especially so with the GOP’s open embrace of neonaziism. We are getting militant social progressivism, no matter how some folks stomp and whine.
Mine is “Death Penalty” (I don’t think it’s right for prisoners to have to be subjected to Dahmer day and night)
February 11, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Mine is “Death Penalty” (I don’t think it’s right for prisoners to have to be subjected to Dahmer day and night)
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lmao this is the guy who called a Ukrainian woman an "ungrateful European Karen" for being mad that Trump and Witkoff are constantly sucking up to the Russians while posting from a bomb shelter
For the love of god, all this account does all day is harass me, accuse me of psychotic stuff, day in, day out. It’s gone on for a year or more. This stuff calling me a fed literally puts me in physical danger. Can we not ban this filth?
February 10, 2026 at 11:29 PM
lmao this is the guy who called a Ukrainian woman an "ungrateful European Karen" for being mad that Trump and Witkoff are constantly sucking up to the Russians while posting from a bomb shelter
No idea why someone would stake their job on the sun not rising but aight
February 11, 2026 at 12:02 AM
No idea why someone would stake their job on the sun not rising but aight
So, same as usual?
February 10, 2026 at 11:55 PM
So, same as usual?
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Stancil is a bad Content Creator because he doesn't follow trends, because he doesn't think he's a content creator. He thinks he's a civil rights lawyer from Minnesota.
February 10, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Stancil is a bad Content Creator because he doesn't follow trends, because he doesn't think he's a content creator. He thinks he's a civil rights lawyer from Minnesota.
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Fuck you, Fascist
Watters: I was walking in my street, a car drives by and I give him a wave. He rolls down the window and says, “F U fascist.” He doesn’t know I’m a fascist!
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
Jessica: Yes, he does. You’re on TV.
February 10, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Fuck you, Fascist