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The Troys Are Back In Town

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the kind of expendable and invulnerable that makes the perfect henchmen

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · Apr 28

I think that "feeling cozy" should be its own hobby. Like you curate an ever growing collection of robes and nightgowns, rotated by season. An assortment of warm beverages and herbal teas. No less than three pairs of slippers. Pillows across the spectrum of textures, with preferred pairings.

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 8h

I have a meeting in four hours.

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Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · 14h

now that i teach i cannot express enough how much i want to read whatever a 19 year old comes up with at 2am on their roommate's vyvanse. that nonsense is worth 100000x any AI output

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 16h

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
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It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 12h

this is 20% of guys in Santee

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 13h

oh no, that's where The Boys have been hanging ever since they got back in town!

Steve Reidell @stevereidell.com · 16h

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 13h

People regularly send me the two funniest things in the world: pictures of tall folks standing next to short folks and videos of dudes getting hit in the nuts.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 1d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 16h

why would we ever turn on her, it's the Sky who suck.

Sabreena Merchant @sabreenajm.bsky.social · 16h

I love how much Sky fans still ride for Kah.

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 16h

What do you even do about A'ja

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 19h

it's just nice to have my skills recognized

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 19h

"girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa" is somehow a dumber lie than 8 year olds on a school bus saying they know about secret pokemon from their uncle who works at Nintendo

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 20h

I don't know what I expected.

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 20h

I'm all for a grindy RPG strong boy fantasy game, I just hate those mechanics in a roguelite. I think the genre is best when it rewards really good gameplay, and would rather see a Casual setting that makes a hard roguelike more accessible than a resource grind blocking progression.

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 21h

Yeah, the right balance point for me is still Dead Cells. Unolocking additional healing and gold to start each run is meaningful, but also, give me a fresh save file and I'll clear the first three difficulties within five runs because good gameplay works and resource grinding doesn't.

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 21h

This is exactly why I grew to resent the first game, nearly skipped the sequel, and wish I had stuck to that conviction.

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The Naked Gambler @nakedgambling.bsky.social · 1d

Largely, you do not beat Hades because you got really good at it. You beat Hades because you played for long enough to unlock most of the permanent upgrades, which is a criticism I'd make about almost any roguelite with hardcore meta progression. And what you're left with is a hundred pointless runs

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 1d

Some bad assumptions were made.

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 1d

I'm not saying Predators is the second best Predator, but if someone wanted to argue that I'd hear them out.

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 1d

It's a gory, r rated Shane Black action comedy. It's fine!

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 1d

There is no such thing as a bad Predator movie.

Maze Rat @mazerat.bsky.social · 1d

Predator? It's had a resurgence lately but there were 30+ years of awful films between Predator 2 and Prey.

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 1d

The Smashing Machine probably flopped on its own merits but you gotta love the hubris of thinking "let's launch this indie drama against a new Paul Thomas Anderson movie" and ALSO "the generic star power of our lead will get mainstream audiences the same weekend as a Taylor Swift album launch"

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 2d

eventually politicians need to start advocating for criminal and civil penalties for people involved in fabricating stories to get citizens incarcerated.

or, put another way: a society that would like to keep functioning has to discourage baldfaced lying, especially by authorities

Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 2d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 1d

I saw someone panicking that advancing AI generated video will be the end of political reality. Didn't want to be rude but like... I wish it was a technology problem and not that people with power willingly choose to evacuate a shared reality.

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 2d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 2d

The best football is when it's really embarrassing.

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 2d

I'd still take my chances instead of dealing with LAX.

Steve Herman @newsguy.bsky.social · 2d

California's governor says Hollywood-Burbank airport has no air traffic controllers this evening due to the federal government shutdown. www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/ne...

Hollywood Burbank Airport without air traffic controllers Monday night due to staffing shortages

The Hollywood Burbank Airport will be operating without air traffic controllers on Monday night, which could create considerable delays for travelers.

www.cbsnews.com

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The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 2d

[visibly drunk Pete Hegseth talking to Jesse Watters]: Troops do Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday. Four times a week. Deadliest force on earth.

[Miller, in front of a mirror with no reflection]: YOU CANNOT WORK OUT EIGHT DAYS IN TWO WEEKS, THE MATH DOES NOT ADD UP TO FOURTEEN WORDS I MEAN DAYS

The Troys Are Back In Town @troyponce.bsky.social · 2d

A potentially useful way to obstruct the worst elements of the Trump administration is goading Hegseth and Miller into an argument about if you should exercise every other day and how many times a week that means you're working out. That'll keep 'em busy for a week.

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