TheWhaleShark
@thewhaleshark.bsky.social
Microbiologist, metalhead, tabletop and video gamer, cat dad, left-leaning progressive, anti-capitalist, medievalist (not Nazi), AI hater, and all-around nerd. He/him.
Also I make games:
https://thewhaleshark.itch.io/
https://shorturl.at/escpL
Also I make games:
https://thewhaleshark.itch.io/
https://shorturl.at/escpL
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Forget the "Happy Holidays" debate.
Let's talk about why the British (& Australians/New Zealanders) say "Happy Christmas", while Americans exclusively say "Merry Christmas."
HAPPY derives from Middle English 'hap' meaning "luck" (as preserved in "hapless").
Happy Birthday = "Lucky birthday!"
Let's talk about why the British (& Australians/New Zealanders) say "Happy Christmas", while Americans exclusively say "Merry Christmas."
HAPPY derives from Middle English 'hap' meaning "luck" (as preserved in "hapless").
Happy Birthday = "Lucky birthday!"
December 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Forget the "Happy Holidays" debate.
Let's talk about why the British (& Australians/New Zealanders) say "Happy Christmas", while Americans exclusively say "Merry Christmas."
HAPPY derives from Middle English 'hap' meaning "luck" (as preserved in "hapless").
Happy Birthday = "Lucky birthday!"
Let's talk about why the British (& Australians/New Zealanders) say "Happy Christmas", while Americans exclusively say "Merry Christmas."
HAPPY derives from Middle English 'hap' meaning "luck" (as preserved in "hapless").
Happy Birthday = "Lucky birthday!"
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Sorry it's just kind of on my mind, but the point is not just to have created, but to create. To be involved in the process of its coming to be. The AI folks see rewards that can come when art is in the world, though actually so much art is not rewarded, & that's all they want. Not to be an artist.
December 21, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Sorry it's just kind of on my mind, but the point is not just to have created, but to create. To be involved in the process of its coming to be. The AI folks see rewards that can come when art is in the world, though actually so much art is not rewarded, & that's all they want. Not to be an artist.
Please enjoy this video of Andrew Tate getting punched in the face.
🚨 Andrew Tate has been BATTERED and comprehensively beaten by a novice boxer, Chase DeMoor
December 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Please enjoy this video of Andrew Tate getting punched in the face.
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DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
December 20, 2025 at 1:00 AM
DOJ broke the law today by refusing to produce all the Epstein files. It also broke the law by redacting information other than to protect victims. Yet, the corporate media is acting that DOJ did us a huge favor.
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
Now, more than ever, help build independent, pro-democracy media. hubs.ly/Q03CbHTt0
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A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
December 15, 2025 at 10:25 PM
A million Muslims live in New York City. We belong here, as does every other New Yorker.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
This is vile Islamophobia from the Councilwoman and it has no place in our city.
So anyway I published a pay-what-you-want RPG today, to go along with my previously-published procedural worldbuilding tool. If you like oldish-school heroic fantasy, you might like this - and hey, "free" is a pretty good price!
thewhaleshark.itch.io/advanced-fan...
thewhaleshark.itch.io/advanced-fan...
Advanced Fantasies & Foemen: 24XX Edition by thewhaleshark
Mid-fi heroic fantasy based on the 24XX SRD, by Peter Olsen
thewhaleshark.itch.io
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
So anyway I published a pay-what-you-want RPG today, to go along with my previously-published procedural worldbuilding tool. If you like oldish-school heroic fantasy, you might like this - and hey, "free" is a pretty good price!
thewhaleshark.itch.io/advanced-fan...
thewhaleshark.itch.io/advanced-fan...
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no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
no one has ever gotten the spirit of our country as right as paul verhoeven making robocop
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While the US continues to regress in public health progress, 🇦🇺 Australia is on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. HPV vaccines 💉 and strong GP-led screening programs cut cases in young women to zero -- showing prevention and early detection really work!
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
newsGP - Australia set for world-first cervical cancer elimination
Vaccination programs have played a key role, and GPs remain ‘instrumental’ in boosting screening rates to reach the 2035 target.
www1.racgp.org.au
December 4, 2025 at 8:08 PM
While the US continues to regress in public health progress, 🇦🇺 Australia is on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035. HPV vaccines 💉 and strong GP-led screening programs cut cases in young women to zero -- showing prevention and early detection really work!
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
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Misinterpreting the most vulnerable and self-defensive attempt to survive as a hostile act? Who do you think you are, a cop?
Q: What did you see in the second strike?
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
Cotton: "I saw two survivors trying to flip a boat -- loaded with drugs, bound for the United States -- back over, so they could stay in the fight."
December 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Misinterpreting the most vulnerable and self-defensive attempt to survive as a hostile act? Who do you think you are, a cop?
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“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 1, 2025 at 11:29 PM
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
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8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
8 years of "What is a woman?" and now it turns out that the comeback was "define a child"
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"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 9:10 AM
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
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True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 5:42 AM
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
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It's increasingly clear that these people portray immigrants, LGBT folks, and trans people as creepy predators who prey on women and children because they themselves are creepy predators who prety on women and children.
November 14, 2025 at 4:03 PM
It's increasingly clear that these people portray immigrants, LGBT folks, and trans people as creepy predators who prey on women and children because they themselves are creepy predators who prety on women and children.
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I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
November 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I'm kind of baffled how the "moderates" have apparently all decided to turn against climate policy at once, just as China reaches green electrostate liftoff mode. I thought these people were all about National Greatness and making Hard Choices
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Also … we do get that Epstein was basically running a cult
The Love bombing
The making people feel special
Collection of high status people
The collection of KOMPROMAT
The demonstration of what happens to disobedience
Thats a cult
The Love bombing
The making people feel special
Collection of high status people
The collection of KOMPROMAT
The demonstration of what happens to disobedience
Thats a cult
November 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Also … we do get that Epstein was basically running a cult
The Love bombing
The making people feel special
Collection of high status people
The collection of KOMPROMAT
The demonstration of what happens to disobedience
Thats a cult
The Love bombing
The making people feel special
Collection of high status people
The collection of KOMPROMAT
The demonstration of what happens to disobedience
Thats a cult
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I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
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As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
November 13, 2025 at 1:07 AM
As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
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The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
The thing about the "I voted against this" position Schumer is taking is that either he is trying to mislead Dem voters by implying he didn't support reopening right now, or he has no control over his caucus.