Ray Winninger
@winningerr.bsky.social
Game Designer | Ex-head of Dungeons & Dragons | Creator of UNDERGROUND RPG | Reformed Technologist
Elmo sorry you have so much hate in your heart.
January 21, 2026 at 2:05 AM
Elmo sorry you have so much hate in your heart.
Trust me. If you’re both a cat owner and a news junkie, this is funny.
CHOTINER: You said you did nothing to provoke the cat. But here it says you —
ME: Moved my foot. Yes.
CHOTINER: While the cat was sleeping.
ME: Yes.
CHOTINER: I see
ME: Moved my foot. Yes.
CHOTINER: While the cat was sleeping.
ME: Yes.
CHOTINER: I see
January 17, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Trust me. If you’re both a cat owner and a news junkie, this is funny.
I wish this was a joke. It’s not.
Trump clearly wants Greenland because he saw it on a Mercator map and thought it really was that big
January 17, 2026 at 8:54 PM
I wish this was a joke. It’s not.
The “seven star hotel” has ”this one goes to eleven” energy.
Starring role for ‘Kardashian jetty’ as Venice visitors seek peeks of Bezos wedding sites
Starring role for ‘Kardashian jetty’ as Venice visitors seek peeks of Bezos wedding sites
Tourists keen to see island where couple exchanged vows, seven-star hotel where they stayed and paths trodden by their celebrity guests
www.theguardian.com
January 17, 2026 at 1:21 AM
The “seven star hotel” has ”this one goes to eleven” energy.
Amen. Walz should welcome this. Bring this clown show to court and see what happens.
Any DoJ attorney who participates in this investigation should suffer professional and social shunning that makes it effectively impossible to continue to work as an attorney.
January 17, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Amen. Walz should welcome this. Bring this clown show to court and see what happens.
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I've increasingly come to view cynicism as the seedbed of totalitarianism, both because it can paralyze the opposition and because it implicitly validates the might-makes-right ethic of the authoritarian.
i have been reading Tom Ricks’ “Fighting the Good War” which is a military analysis of the civil rights movement, and one thing that comes abundantly across is that movement leaders and ordinary people made it a practice to refuse to fall into despair and cynicism.
January 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I've increasingly come to view cynicism as the seedbed of totalitarianism, both because it can paralyze the opposition and because it implicitly validates the might-makes-right ethic of the authoritarian.
Washington Post with the hard-hitting journalism.
Images of Nicolás Maduro in a Nike Tech sweatsuit after his arrest sparked interest in menswear circles. The suit’s popularity surged, with some calling it the “Maduro gray.”
Column | Nicolás Maduro’s Nike Tech sweatsuit and the thirst for notoriety
Nicolás Maduro’s arrest sparks a frenzy over his Nike Tech sweatsuit, a $260 “relaxed fit” outfit that has become a symbol of the deposed Venezuelan leader’s style.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 6, 2026 at 2:31 AM
Washington Post with the hard-hitting journalism.
I really enjoyed this short interview with maestro @vurnt22.bsky.social. www.loudersound.com/bands-artist...
Living Colour's Vernon Reid: The soundtrack of my life
"What guitar meant for everyone, he changed it, and he did it with incredible songs"
www.loudersound.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
I really enjoyed this short interview with maestro @vurnt22.bsky.social. www.loudersound.com/bands-artist...
Well, this is some nightmare fuel.
This is an artificial mouth created by Japanese researchers. It uses artificial vocal cords, a trachea system, and a flexible silicone mouth that moves and shapes sound in real time.
It sounds so human-like!
It sounds so human-like!
December 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Well, this is some nightmare fuel.
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I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules ft.trib.al/TgoG45B
US bars former EU commissioner Breton and others over tech rules
France hits out at visa sanctions as Washington targets what it calls the ‘global censorship-industrial complex’
ft.trib.al
December 24, 2025 at 11:12 AM
I’ll just note that the US didn’t do this to China, which outright bans US social media websites
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Look if we just go around beating the absolute shit out of social media assholes there’s bound to be some sort of long-term theoretical negative externality or something
Anyway be careful out there Nate Silver
Anyway be careful out there Nate Silver
to add to the Jake Paul schadenfreude, Andrew Tate also lost a fight to some reality TV influencer. most analysis of the fight I've read described his opponent as deeply untalented but Andrew lost anyway. Tate's endurance was awful and he was gassed after the first round.
December 21, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Look if we just go around beating the absolute shit out of social media assholes there’s bound to be some sort of long-term theoretical negative externality or something
Anyway be careful out there Nate Silver
Anyway be careful out there Nate Silver
WTF is it with these weirdos?
Dr Oz: "The creation of a penis costs on average in America $150,000 per child ... if you add testicles, that's extra"
December 18, 2025 at 11:49 PM
WTF is it with these weirdos?
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Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Reminding everyone for no particular reason that Section 230 is one of the last things standing between free speech online and Trump having control over everything you see and say on the internet
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As a reminder: Trump is rewarded for saying the most insanely hateful things if you, like sheep, simply disseminate it for him even on platforms where is largely blocked.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
December 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
As a reminder: Trump is rewarded for saying the most insanely hateful things if you, like sheep, simply disseminate it for him even on platforms where is largely blocked.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
10 years in and he still plays you all like a fiddle.
This is a very wise move on WotC’s part. @justiceraminarman.bsky.social is great designer and leader. Congrats, my friend!
I’m happy to share that I’m stepping into the role of Game Design Director for the Dungeons & Dragons TRPG. I'm immensely grateful to my team, my mentors, and everyone who has supported my career along the way.
A short 🧵 below!
A short 🧵 below!
December 11, 2025 at 10:39 PM
This is a very wise move on WotC’s part. @justiceraminarman.bsky.social is great designer and leader. Congrats, my friend!
To the woman or the gun?
December 11, 2025 at 1:45 AM
To the woman or the gun?
Next thing you know, he’ll start posting random opinions to Bluesky multiple times a day.
Quentin Tarantino wants to make you aware of every single opinion of his, whether you actually want to or not.
December 7, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Next thing you know, he’ll start posting random opinions to Bluesky multiple times a day.
I co-sign the sentiment, but “bitch” is never ”gender neutral.” Yes, the epithet is applied to males too, but the clear context is *always* “bitches“ are weak and inferior—like women. The insult only works because “bitch” means “female” (or worse, “female dog”). Let’s forget this terrible slur.
In the immortal words of the great 21st century poet Ludacris:
“Move, bitch (gender neutral), get out the way,
Get out the way, bitch (gender neutral), get out the way”
“Move, bitch (gender neutral), get out the way,
Get out the way, bitch (gender neutral), get out the way”
For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.
www.axios.com/2025/12/01/j...
December 2, 2025 at 2:24 AM
I co-sign the sentiment, but “bitch” is never ”gender neutral.” Yes, the epithet is applied to males too, but the clear context is *always* “bitches“ are weak and inferior—like women. The insult only works because “bitch” means “female” (or worse, “female dog”). Let’s forget this terrible slur.
My years at Northwestern University were the happiest of my life. Sad to see a once great institution capitulate to two-bit authoritarians. Removing NU from my will this week.
November 29, 2025 at 2:33 AM
My years at Northwestern University were the happiest of my life. Sad to see a once great institution capitulate to two-bit authoritarians. Removing NU from my will this week.
1. STAR WARS
2. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
3. THE LAST JEDI
4. RETURN OF THE JEDI
5. ROGUE ONE
6. THE FORCE AWAKENS
7. SOLO
8. ATTACK OF THE CLONES
9. PHANTOM MENACE
10. REVENGE OF THE SITH
5-10 are bad; 7-10 are unwatchable.
2. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
3. THE LAST JEDI
4. RETURN OF THE JEDI
5. ROGUE ONE
6. THE FORCE AWAKENS
7. SOLO
8. ATTACK OF THE CLONES
9. PHANTOM MENACE
10. REVENGE OF THE SITH
5-10 are bad; 7-10 are unwatchable.
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
1. STAR WARS
2. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
3. THE LAST JEDI
4. RETURN OF THE JEDI
5. ROGUE ONE
6. THE FORCE AWAKENS
7. SOLO
8. ATTACK OF THE CLONES
9. PHANTOM MENACE
10. REVENGE OF THE SITH
5-10 are bad; 7-10 are unwatchable.
2. EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
3. THE LAST JEDI
4. RETURN OF THE JEDI
5. ROGUE ONE
6. THE FORCE AWAKENS
7. SOLO
8. ATTACK OF THE CLONES
9. PHANTOM MENACE
10. REVENGE OF THE SITH
5-10 are bad; 7-10 are unwatchable.
This is so fucking sad. The world’s richest man spent a fortune to create a robot to bathe him in the specious praise he so obviously needs. He’s such a sociopath that the much cheaper option of hiring a Wormtongue or a JD Vance or a Mike Johnson just wouldn’t cut it.
oh my god i take it back, grok is amazing
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
This is so fucking sad. The world’s richest man spent a fortune to create a robot to bathe him in the specious praise he so obviously needs. He’s such a sociopath that the much cheaper option of hiring a Wormtongue or a JD Vance or a Mike Johnson just wouldn’t cut it.
Killing Bond at the end of the Craig era was a *favor* to these new writers. Now they’re free to start over and not have to pretend they’re connected to the older movies. They have sixty years of Bond villains they can reimagine and reintroduce.
James Bond’s death in No Time to Die is causing a nightmare for the next film. Writers are stuck because Bond “was blown to pieces.”
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
Anthony Horowitz, author of three 007 novels, says:
“You can't have him wake up in shower and saying it was all a dream."
radaronline.com/p/james-bond...
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Killing Bond at the end of the Craig era was a *favor* to these new writers. Now they’re free to start over and not have to pretend they’re connected to the older movies. They have sixty years of Bond villains they can reimagine and reintroduce.
Reposted by Ray Winninger
