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Joseph Petek
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Executive Editor of the Critical Edition of Whitehead at the Whitehead Research Project (https://whiteheadresearch.org/) of Gonzaga University.
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adambonica.bsky.social
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:

America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.

What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
January 12, 2026 at 9:36 PM
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slothropsmap.bsky.social
You have called to mind my favorite meme
January 4, 2026 at 10:55 PM
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strandjunker.com
Number of people who go bankrupt every year because of medical bills or illness-related work loss:

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🇨🇦 0
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🇫🇮 0
🇫🇷 0
🇩🇪 0
🇮🇸 0
🇮🇪 0
🇮🇹 0
🇯🇵 0
🇳🇱 0
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🇺🇸 530,000

There’s a lesson there.
January 1, 2026 at 9:01 PM
atheistpreacher.bsky.social
I was in a restaurant in an airport and The Big Show was sitting at a table nearby with someone else I didn't recognize. I didn't want to bother him and I'm not really a wrestling fan anyway.
paulowengames.bsky.social Paul Owen @paulowengames.bsky.social · 13d
Please quote this from the time you didn't interact with someone famous.

I was visiting with family in New Bedford, Massachusetts, at the same time that Mother Theresa was there visiting her Missionaries of Charity. The bishop held a Mass for her at the church where I was baptized. I didn't go.
jonathanlhoward.bsky.social Jonathan L. Howard @jonathanlhoward.bsky.social · 13d
Catching a train from Bristol Temple Meads, but they shifted the service along the platform because a scene from THE OUTLAWS was being shot where it would usually come in. The scene featured Christopher Walken and Stephen Merchant, but my train came before they shot it so I didn't see either of 'em.
December 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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jjvincent.bsky.social
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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chrisstein.bsky.social
December 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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brunodias.bsky.social
Anyway. This is the gaming industry's consumer base's view on a technology that a bunch of people in the industry insist relentlessly is "here to stay" and we "have to accept"
December 20, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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catvalente.bsky.social
Since yesterday, many people have DM’d to say that they were strongly affected by my essay & wished they could share it.

So I've revised, expanded, & posted it for free on both Substack & Patreon.

Please feel free to share.

www.patreon.com/posts/this-i...

catvalente.substack.com/p/this-is-wh...
December 19, 2025 at 5:24 PM
atheistpreacher.bsky.social
On December 30th, @netflix.com is losing the only K-Drama I've ever liked enough to watch more than once. If you've got time to shotgun all 20 episodes of Misaeng in the next three weeks, you should.

www.netflix.com/title/80165295
Watch Misaeng: Incomplete Life | Netflix
Equipped with nothing more than a GED and strategies for the game of go, an office intern gets thrown into the cold reality of the corporate world.
www.netflix.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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defunctland.bsky.social
This is like paying the guys that robbed your house to also burn it down.
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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gbdudersfeed.bsky.social
If you feel like getting into the GOTY spirit before the @giantbomb.bsky.social lists and podcasts hit, consider dropping by AtheistPreacher’s GOTY 2025 article on the site!

They have games both big and small represented!

User Article: giantbomb.com/users/14479/...

#games #gaming #GOTY #GOTY2025
A screenshot from Road to Empress I (2025). It shows two female characters, one on the left and another on the right, and the player has three possible dialogue options to select from.
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
atheistpreacher.bsky.social
I have the honor of having written the first new "Community Article" to be posted on the newly redesigned @giantbomb.bsky.social website. Check it out if you're interested in my blatherings about my favorite video games of 2025.
giantbomb.com/users/14479/...
Giant Bomb
A website about video games.
giantbomb.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:07 PM
atheistpreacher.bsky.social
@jerf.xyz I recently had to pack a Wii U *back into* its original packaging after many years. I searched for an unboxing video so I could see where everything was supposed to go, and first one I came across... was your CNET one. ;-)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gl1-...
Wii U unboxing
YouTube video by CNET
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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scalzi.com
You know, I'm not sure I ever really read the Pond Rules at our local nature preserve all that closely before
POND RULES: No swimming, jumping or gallivanting. Do not disturb the pond witch. No fishing with dynamite. Sacrifices to water gods on alternate Wednesdays only - NO EXCEPTIONS! Taunt the crows at your own risk. If a hand comes out of the water to beckon you, turn and walk away. Do not feed the weretrout. Is the water burning with cold unholy fire? Report it to the ranger! They’re not ducks. Run. Have fun!
November 25, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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theonion.com
Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/
Claim: Mamdani adheres to an extremist interpretation of Sharia law. False: Mamdani remains honor-bound to the ancient samurai code of Bushidō.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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eyepatchwolf.bsky.social
“0% woke shit”

a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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courtneymilan.com
“My tax dollars are paying for their steak!”

Yeah, well, my tax dollars are paying for ICE to threaten and abduct my neighbors. Steak sounds better.
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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gbdudersfeed.bsky.social
A growing number of Giant Bomb users have joined @tolkoto.com in saying "Yeah... he's not lying, Diablo IV is way better to play now." So much so, that user AtheistPreacher's blog from a year ago about that has been revived!

User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/diablo-iv/30...

#diablo #DiabloIV #diablo4
A screenshot showing two items or pieces of equipment and their stats on Diablo IV. The one on the left is named "Vigorous Archon Armor" and the one on the right is named "Shepherd's Moonlight."
October 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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gbdudersfeed.bsky.social
Here's a fun discussion on the @giantbomb.bsky.social forums:

What's a show you either dislike or are not a fan of that has a pretty good or outright great single episode?

Here's an example from the thread to get you thinking!

Thread: www.giantbomb.com/forums/off-t...

#netflix #tv #amazon
A screenshot of a post from a thread/discussion forum on Giant Bomb where the topic is "Name me an episode of television that is way the hell better than the show in which it appeared" and the poster here has picked Billions and their episode example is the 11th episode from the second season
October 14, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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gbdudersfeed.bsky.social
After an extended hiatus, @giantbomb.bsky.social user AtheistPreacher returns to blogging with an exhaustive look at Zero Escape: The Nonary Games!

What inspired them to give it a show? Read to find out!

User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/zero-escape-...

#games #gaming #zeroescape #nonarygames
A screenshot from the game Zero Escape: The Nonary Games. It shows a character named "Junpei" showing their closed fist and wrist with a red armband around his wrist. The character is asking: "What... How do I take this off?"
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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drewgmackie.bsky.social
A bullshit urban legend would have you believe that Golden Axe’s voice samples come from death row inmates. In reality, two come from Conan the Barbarian and two from Rambo: First Blood.

I want to find the rest!

www.thrillingtalesofoldvideogames.com/blog/golden-...
August 31, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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theonion.com
Hummingbird Feels Like Fucking Idiot After Seeing Other Bird Gliding https://theonion.com/hummingbird-feels-like-fucking-idiot-after-seeing-other-bird-gliding/
Hummingbird Feels Like Fucking Idiot After Seeing Other Bird Gliding
August 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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shoutingboy.bsky.social
I keep coming back to GKC on this
Quote from GK Chesterton‘s THE MAN WHO WAS THURSDAY: “The poor have been rebels, but they have never been anarchists; they have more interest than anyone else in there being some decent government. The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn’t; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all.”
July 20, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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realguldukat.bsky.social
We have certain things in common, Neelix...
#StarTrek #Sisko197 #NeelixFiles
July 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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gbdudersfeed.bsky.social
AtheistPreacher shares their latest effort to check out visual novels they previous skipped or ignored by sharing their blog/review of I Was a Teenage Exocolonist on @giantbomb.bsky.social !

Give it a read!

User Blog: www.giantbomb.com/i-was-a-teen...

#games #gaming #indiegame #visualnovel #VNs
A screenshot from the game I Was a Teenage Exocolonist showing the game's character creation suite and the sliders that impact the physical appearance of the player character.
July 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM