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.
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i laughed out loud
Newly Unsealed Batch Of Epstein Estate Photos Contains Rare Holographic Dershowitz
December 12, 2025 at 9:43 PM
i laughed out loud
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gonna hand it to the NIMBYs this time and this time only
Exclusive: Historic preservation group sues Trump over planned ballroom.
The National Trust, charged by Congress with preserving historical buildings, says lawsuit is “last resort” after Trump officials ignored pleas.
They’re asking for immediate halt to project.
w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
The National Trust, charged by Congress with preserving historical buildings, says lawsuit is “last resort” after Trump officials ignored pleas.
They’re asking for immediate halt to project.
w @jonathanreports.bsky.social
National Trust sues to stop Trump’s ballroom construction
The organization, which is charged by Congress with historic preservation, is seeking to halt construction on one of the president’s priorities.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
gonna hand it to the NIMBYs this time and this time only
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i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
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seriously, foh with this nonsense
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
seriously, foh with this nonsense
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what about the somali customers? good chance they were working class too. do they not deserve to live in a world where they can buy a snack without an assault on their dignity?
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
what about the somali customers? good chance they were working class too. do they not deserve to live in a world where they can buy a snack without an assault on their dignity?
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
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i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
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ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 PM
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
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ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
my read is they were trying to whip up the usual frenzy, but then the effort got blown up by Candace Owens saying The Jews did it
It’s kind of incredible how little has been published about this guy and how little conservatives seem to care. Did people just forget these people were screeching for civil war when they thought he was a liberal?
December 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
ultimately, no one even grieved Charlie Kirk. he was just another thing for the worst people on earth to get outraged over. and when the outrage of real events wasn't enough, they invented new ones.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
not even his wife saw his death as anything other than an opportunity.
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there is a very good book about transatlantic exchange of fascist, eugenicist and racist ideas in the early 20th century and how those ideas shaped the nazi government in its early years. this has been transformed in popular understanding to "the nazis copied jim crow"
If you’ve heard the “the Nazis got their ideas from the US segregationists” I beg you to please stop. This is both false and it minimizes historical European antisemitism in a misguided attempt to emphasize the nature of US anti-Black racism.
It’s horrific without comparison to Nazism.
It’s horrific without comparison to Nazism.
May I politely encourage you to reconsider this framing. It is inaccurately stated and suggests consistent and strong linkages that do not exist.
The Nazis did not “get their ideas” from confederate laws. Antisemitism and anti-Jewish laws existed in Europe long before the Confederacy…
The Nazis did not “get their ideas” from confederate laws. Antisemitism and anti-Jewish laws existed in Europe long before the Confederacy…
December 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
there is a very good book about transatlantic exchange of fascist, eugenicist and racist ideas in the early 20th century and how those ideas shaped the nazi government in its early years. this has been transformed in popular understanding to "the nazis copied jim crow"
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
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I want to re-emphasize, the guy who has made HUNDREDS of videos calling people in the industry slurs, calling for them to be fired, calling all the studios that are showing games "woke and gay" and has harassed multiple journalists covering the show over the years is at the Game Awards.
LOL hey everyone in the industry who is at the Game Awards, the guy who has made countless videos harassing you is there!
December 12, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I want to re-emphasize, the guy who has made HUNDREDS of videos calling people in the industry slurs, calling for them to be fired, calling all the studios that are showing games "woke and gay" and has harassed multiple journalists covering the show over the years is at the Game Awards.
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goddamn, i didn't think we were going to speedrun *all* of the second GWB admin
Explainer: What are credit default swaps and why are investors watching Oracle's? reut.rs/3YkoQOG
Explainer: What are credit default swaps and why are investors watching Oracle's?
The cost of insuring Oracle's debt against the risk of default has shot up after its latest earnings reignited worries about how much the broader corporate sector is spending on AI and the borrowing surge to fund it.
reut.rs
December 12, 2025 at 12:26 AM
goddamn, i didn't think we were going to speedrun *all* of the second GWB admin
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Disabled dad looking for help with a few bills
$115.60 electric bill
$40.20 phone bill
Any repost or help is greatly appreciated.
Paypal: @achilleslastwar
Venmo: @AchillesLastStand
💸💕
$115.60 electric bill
$40.20 phone bill
Any repost or help is greatly appreciated.
Paypal: @achilleslastwar
Venmo: @AchillesLastStand
💸💕
December 8, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Disabled dad looking for help with a few bills
$115.60 electric bill
$40.20 phone bill
Any repost or help is greatly appreciated.
Paypal: @achilleslastwar
Venmo: @AchillesLastStand
💸💕
$115.60 electric bill
$40.20 phone bill
Any repost or help is greatly appreciated.
Paypal: @achilleslastwar
Venmo: @AchillesLastStand
💸💕
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if this were truly the case, they’d have kept the shutdown going and we would be reading about tens of thousands of fed workers being evicted and foreclosed on right before christmas
December 11, 2025 at 8:09 PM
if this were truly the case, they’d have kept the shutdown going and we would be reading about tens of thousands of fed workers being evicted and foreclosed on right before christmas
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i think one thing to remember about the republicans trump picked to lead his government is that most of them are below replacement level as politicians
MAGAZINER: Will you thank Mr Brown for his service to our country?
NOEM: Thank you Mr Brown
M: Now what explanation can there be for locking up his wife for months when she has committed no crime other than writing a couple bad checks for $80
NOEM: It's not my job to pick which laws get enforced
NOEM: Thank you Mr Brown
M: Now what explanation can there be for locking up his wife for months when she has committed no crime other than writing a couple bad checks for $80
NOEM: It's not my job to pick which laws get enforced
December 11, 2025 at 7:26 PM
i think one thing to remember about the republicans trump picked to lead his government is that most of them are below replacement level as politicians
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if we take the house next year, we are going to get a pretty devastating drop like this every single day, and it will add up. jesus christ.
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
if we take the house next year, we are going to get a pretty devastating drop like this every single day, and it will add up. jesus christ.
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Cabinet officers hate him! He can turn the Senate from an impotent body to an official-remover with THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK!
“Surely that means nothing for removing people from office, right? You’ll never get two-thirds of the Senate no matter how big your majority. And if we get a majority at all, it is likely to be a slim one.
No, that’s quitter talk. We can do this.” www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-...
No, that’s quitter talk. We can do this.” www.liberalcurrents.com/impeach-and-...
Impeach and Remove the Bastards
A scenario for 2027.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Cabinet officers hate him! He can turn the Senate from an impotent body to an official-remover with THIS ONE WEIRD TRICK!
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"Whatever tepid objections were first raised by the few men and women of conscience within the Protestant and Catholic establishments were eventually nullified by the much more striking and growing commentary of outspoken religious genocidaires." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-devils-b...
The Devil's Bargain
Nazism and the moral collapse of German Christendom.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 11, 2025 at 4:04 AM
"Whatever tepid objections were first raised by the few men and women of conscience within the Protestant and Catholic establishments were eventually nullified by the much more striking and growing commentary of outspoken religious genocidaires." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-devils-b...
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anyways you can tip my ko-fi at ko-fi.com/stompsite and support my writing, which is all posted for free at docseuss.medium.com, whenever you'd like
if someone wants to cover my $360 doctor's bill from earlier this week that'd be swell
if someone wants to cover my $360 doctor's bill from earlier this week that'd be swell
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December 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM
anyways you can tip my ko-fi at ko-fi.com/stompsite and support my writing, which is all posted for free at docseuss.medium.com, whenever you'd like
if someone wants to cover my $360 doctor's bill from earlier this week that'd be swell
if someone wants to cover my $360 doctor's bill from earlier this week that'd be swell
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Re-upping this, since it's only available for two days:
A brief return of the Murderbot Humble Bundle! The charity is still World Central Kitchen.
Unlock and upgrade in the Return to Metroidvania rebundle, read up on exciting Sci-Fi with Matha Wells’ Murderbot & more, and add character to your game environments with the Best of Synty 4 Game Dev Assets rebundles! https://bit.ly/4oxXmjd
December 11, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Re-upping this, since it's only available for two days:
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I'm hoping for more articles on this situation, because we cannot stay quiet: www.gamesradar.com/games/simula...
Publisher says Valve rejected complaint about hateful Steam review: "'Has Muslims, not recommended' is literal racism, so there should be no conversation needed"
"I just don't know what to do about this"
www.gamesradar.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I'm hoping for more articles on this situation, because we cannot stay quiet: www.gamesradar.com/games/simula...