TrooperBari
@trooperbari.bsky.social
Have notebook, will travel. Indie game aficionado, "Asia hand" (whatever that means), too stubborn or cowardly to quit newspapers. He/him
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Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/trooperbari
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@trooperbari
Our Nosferatu playthrough of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines continues! We're now headed to Chinatown, where the late-game action and the 2004 edgelordiness both pick up steam. This part of the game is like a very sticky time capsule that also somehow has frosted tips. www.twitch.tv/trooperbari/
Twitch
Twitch is the world
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November 29, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Our Nosferatu playthrough of Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines continues! We're now headed to Chinatown, where the late-game action and the 2004 edgelordiness both pick up steam. This part of the game is like a very sticky time capsule that also somehow has frosted tips. www.twitch.tv/trooperbari/
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I thoroughly reject that generative AI is something we are going to have to accept, it's simply not going to be true even in the wildest dreams of AI evangelists, and we have plenty of examples of games where AI generated elements were removed, so we know for a fact it can be done successfully.
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I thoroughly reject that generative AI is something we are going to have to accept, it's simply not going to be true even in the wildest dreams of AI evangelists, and we have plenty of examples of games where AI generated elements were removed, so we know for a fact it can be done successfully.
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One of the reasons I've never bought into AI doomerism, is that to believe "it's here to stay, get used to it!" you have to buy into the idea that AI generated elements are so hardcoded or integral as to be permanent, when they really aren't.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
One of the reasons I've never bought into AI doomerism, is that to believe "it's here to stay, get used to it!" you have to buy into the idea that AI generated elements are so hardcoded or integral as to be permanent, when they really aren't.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
You can simply remove it, and it's gone just like that.
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Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
www.rawstory.com/alternet-pos...
Alarm as Tennessee libraries shut down for Republican 'book purge'
Public libraries in Tennessee have begun to shut down as they carry out an order from state officials to remove children’s books containing LGBTQ+ themes or characters.For Popular Information, Rebecca...
www.rawstory.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Zero reckoning from any of the elites who credulously parroted the absurd idea that the right wing was in favor of free speech.
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JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
so this is like, one of the biggest free speech infringements by a western democracy in our lifetimes right?
November 28, 2025 at 12:22 AM
JK Rowling got a full *decade* of press as a martyr for being "cancelled" (declared passe by people online) and meanwhile nobody considers it very interesting that a prominent left wing author is basically banned from entering or publishing in the United Kingdom for her politics
Who has time for shopping or feasting when the seedy underbelly of Hollywood is there for the taking? We're continuing our Nosferatu run in Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines NOW at www.twitch.tv/trooperbari/. Brace yourselves for all the edgelordiness 2004 has to offer.
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
November 28, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Who has time for shopping or feasting when the seedy underbelly of Hollywood is there for the taking? We're continuing our Nosferatu run in Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines NOW at www.twitch.tv/trooperbari/. Brace yourselves for all the edgelordiness 2004 has to offer.
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We did it joe
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
We did it joe
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For those that don't know what this is - the government suppressed this expert report on Clinical Guidelines for Transgender Health 24 hours before it was due to go out, and played politics with the lives of young transgender people.
You can now read the report in full.
You can now read the report in full.
Y’ALL. PATHA RELEASED THE NEW GENDER AFFIRMING CARE GUIDELINES. THE ONES THE GOVT SUPPRESSED
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
GET IN IT
patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
For those that don't know what this is - the government suppressed this expert report on Clinical Guidelines for Transgender Health 24 hours before it was due to go out, and played politics with the lives of young transgender people.
You can now read the report in full.
You can now read the report in full.
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Is it herd mentality? The dregs of Orientalism? Lazy journalism? Why do western media orgs just blindly publish ‘the fire started because of the bamboo’ stories? If Hong Kong has bamboo scaffolding for 100 years surely there is a history of fires every other week? www.instagram.com/reel/DRlhAjG...
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Is it herd mentality? The dregs of Orientalism? Lazy journalism? Why do western media orgs just blindly publish ‘the fire started because of the bamboo’ stories? If Hong Kong has bamboo scaffolding for 100 years surely there is a history of fires every other week? www.instagram.com/reel/DRlhAjG...
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Talked about my work in audiobooks with a family member and just found out that he asked my sister if she knows who “Charles Tingle” is
November 28, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Talked about my work in audiobooks with a family member and just found out that he asked my sister if she knows who “Charles Tingle” is
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trans people, especially kids, are a existential threat to the foundation of conservatism because they inherently require allowing your propert, er sorry kids, a degree of autonomy to transition. they’re a threat to them the same way no fault divorce was and is
The universal descent into utter bugfuckery by all these “gender critical” or whatever types seems like there’s something else there and they’re all grasping onto trans shit as a way to do something other than mere out-group hatred, you know?
November 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
trans people, especially kids, are a existential threat to the foundation of conservatism because they inherently require allowing your propert, er sorry kids, a degree of autonomy to transition. they’re a threat to them the same way no fault divorce was and is
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Reading this article made me remember just how much weight we all wake up underneath every day.
Like, holy hell, how did it start feeling *normal* to live in a country where the government announced that I don't exist and that it will take escalating steps to eliminate people like me?
Like, holy hell, how did it start feeling *normal* to live in a country where the government announced that I don't exist and that it will take escalating steps to eliminate people like me?
This is a really good New Republic article about trans people leaving the country. Do some research about getting visas. Start now. It is harder and slower than you think, and there are no opportunities for asylum right now. It also is entirely doable.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
When Is It Time to Flee?
Trans people and their families are facing hard questions and choices as threats to their safety and rights proliferate.
newrepublic.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Reading this article made me remember just how much weight we all wake up underneath every day.
Like, holy hell, how did it start feeling *normal* to live in a country where the government announced that I don't exist and that it will take escalating steps to eliminate people like me?
Like, holy hell, how did it start feeling *normal* to live in a country where the government announced that I don't exist and that it will take escalating steps to eliminate people like me?
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SCMP has a list of charities and organizations accepting donations to support the people affected by the Tai Po fire, including GovHK's newly established HK$300M fund.
• Beware of fraudsters and use only established charities and organizations
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
• Beware of fraudsters and use only established charities and organizations
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
Want to donate in cash or kind? How to help Hong Kong’s embattled fire victims
Hong Kong community has rallied to support displaced families with organisations establishing collection points for essential supplies.
www.scmp.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:04 AM
SCMP has a list of charities and organizations accepting donations to support the people affected by the Tai Po fire, including GovHK's newly established HK$300M fund.
• Beware of fraudsters and use only established charities and organizations
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
• Beware of fraudsters and use only established charities and organizations
www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
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Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
While work-life balance may give you a sense of happiness and fulfillment, it isn’t always realistic, says Walmart executive vice president and chief people officer Donna Morris.
Walmart exec: ‘I’ve never believed in the term work-life balance’—this is the mantra that made her highly successful instead
Many professionals see work-life balance as a non-negotiable. Walmart CPO Donna Morris says people should practice work-life integration instead. Here's why.
cnb.cx
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Labor gaining just the tiniest amount of power relative to capital a few years back absolutely broke employers' brains
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as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
as always, transphobia consumes your entire personality until there is nothing left but deeply offputting garbage
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Reflexively blaming bamboo with no evidence and no effort to address regulatory failures is journalist malpractice but it doesn’t stop there.
Portraying living in a high-rises as a poor-people-thing, not a choice people gladly make, is the most condescending West-brained thing I’ve read in a while.
Portraying living in a high-rises as a poor-people-thing, not a choice people gladly make, is the most condescending West-brained thing I’ve read in a while.
November 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reflexively blaming bamboo with no evidence and no effort to address regulatory failures is journalist malpractice but it doesn’t stop there.
Portraying living in a high-rises as a poor-people-thing, not a choice people gladly make, is the most condescending West-brained thing I’ve read in a while.
Portraying living in a high-rises as a poor-people-thing, not a choice people gladly make, is the most condescending West-brained thing I’ve read in a while.
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Pro-democracy parties existed to be thorns in the government’s side — true enough. But the official story, that they “politicised” everything while the establishment camp championed livelihood issues, does not match the reality.
See below for an example of how they also pushed back on local issues.
See below for an example of how they also pushed back on local issues.
November 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Pro-democracy parties existed to be thorns in the government’s side — true enough. But the official story, that they “politicised” everything while the establishment camp championed livelihood issues, does not match the reality.
See below for an example of how they also pushed back on local issues.
See below for an example of how they also pushed back on local issues.
Agreed. You can tell who's actually paid attention versus who has parachuted in with no clue. Are they talking about the lack of fireproof netting, Styrofoam, and layers of subcontracting to eke out every cent? Or do they take the "Weird Japan" tack and go with what fits their SEO strategy?
International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Agreed. You can tell who's actually paid attention versus who has parachuted in with no clue. Are they talking about the lack of fireproof netting, Styrofoam, and layers of subcontracting to eke out every cent? Or do they take the "Weird Japan" tack and go with what fits their SEO strategy?
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International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
International media, you can do better than this.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
"Bamboo" is maybe exotic and a compelling hook but it is too easy. The real story here is the growing culture of corruption, including a lack of accountability and oversight, that enabled a chain of human errors that led to this disaster.
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Further political context: In the 2019 District Council elections, all 19 of the elected seats of Tai Po District Council were won by "yellow" (i.e., Hong Kong pro-democracy) candidates. The pro-Beijing camp was completely wiped out bar for the two ex officio members of the 21 person strong body.
This 2024 post from the DAB’s Peggy Wong is quickly becoming infamous.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
November 27, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Further political context: In the 2019 District Council elections, all 19 of the elected seats of Tai Po District Council were won by "yellow" (i.e., Hong Kong pro-democracy) candidates. The pro-Beijing camp was completely wiped out bar for the two ex officio members of the 21 person strong body.
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i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
i take frenzy damage every time i see someone go "well i just use it for the boring stuff". what are you TALKING about? if it's boring or unimportant, why are you putting it in? NPC dialogue is fertile ground for worldbuilding, creating verisimilitude, conveying important information, and hijinks!!
Meanwhile, young women getting cervical cancer remains a "political issue" in the US because conservatives' sincerely held delusions that the HPV vaccine encourages sexual promiscuity are given equal weight to actual science. www.texastribune.org/2011/08/15/f...
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Meanwhile, young women getting cervical cancer remains a "political issue" in the US because conservatives' sincerely held delusions that the HPV vaccine encourages sexual promiscuity are given equal weight to actual science. www.texastribune.org/2011/08/15/f...
Awkward day for one of the "patriots" running Hong Kong to find out that the internet never forgets.
This 2024 post from the DAB’s Peggy Wong is quickly becoming infamous.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
In it, the pro-Beijing district councillor dismisses fire safety concerns about the Wang Fuk work as malicious rumours misleading the public, and accuses the Democratic Party of “provocatively live-streaming “ from the scene.
November 27, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Awkward day for one of the "patriots" running Hong Kong to find out that the internet never forgets.
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speed dating but it’s just a scholastic book fair for adults
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
speed dating but it’s just a scholastic book fair for adults
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“Why does my phone feel hot?”
me, continuing to play Vampire Survivors:
me, continuing to play Vampire Survivors:
November 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
“Why does my phone feel hot?”
me, continuing to play Vampire Survivors:
me, continuing to play Vampire Survivors: