beardyblue
@beardyblue.bsky.social
DC area, he/him. Video/tabletop/card games, soccer, US law and politics, movies and tv. Skeets and likes regularly delete.
PFP credit: @failnaut.bsky.social
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Ms. Rachel is a kind & humane teacher whose offense is speaking up against killing children in Gaza. Cynthia Nixon has Jewish kids, and has never said or done one antisemitic thing.
This is not just gross & offensive – it trivializes real antisemitism. 🧵
This is not just gross & offensive – it trivializes real antisemitism. 🧵
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ms. Rachel is a kind & humane teacher whose offense is speaking up against killing children in Gaza. Cynthia Nixon has Jewish kids, and has never said or done one antisemitic thing.
This is not just gross & offensive – it trivializes real antisemitism. 🧵
This is not just gross & offensive – it trivializes real antisemitism. 🧵
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Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
December 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Attacking pre-school teachers because they don’t think Palestinian kids should be bombed to death? Declaring NYC’s first Muslim mayor “our enemy?” Fomenting hatred, even within the Jewish community?
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
You’re not making anyone safer.🧵
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Reminds me of this Fiona Apple anecdote
December 2, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Reminds me of this Fiona Apple anecdote
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Trump calling Somalis "garbage" en route to a literal militarized purge of the community is a real litmus test for Democratic party politicians. Imagine being so worthless that they can't find time even to speak up about it.
December 3, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Trump calling Somalis "garbage" en route to a literal militarized purge of the community is a real litmus test for Democratic party politicians. Imagine being so worthless that they can't find time even to speak up about it.
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"Trump called Somalis 'garbage' but we can't be seen taking the same side as Ilhan Omar, so we'll let a couple of twin city mayors be the only people talking back to the fascist president describing his desire to do a purge" --Democratic leadership, apparently
December 3, 2025 at 2:37 PM
"Trump called Somalis 'garbage' but we can't be seen taking the same side as Ilhan Omar, so we'll let a couple of twin city mayors be the only people talking back to the fascist president describing his desire to do a purge" --Democratic leadership, apparently
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What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
December 3, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What does it say about this country that that the kind of open, rank bigotry Trump administration officials regularly express towards black immigrants apparently has no social cost because of the number of Americans who quietly agree or don't care.
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My final(?) bit of writing for the year and in an interesting twist of fate it's at Kotaku! I reviewed Octopath Traveler 0.
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
Octopath Traveler 0: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku
A mobile spin-off transforms into the best game in the RPG series
kotaku.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My final(?) bit of writing for the year and in an interesting twist of fate it's at Kotaku! I reviewed Octopath Traveler 0.
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
Wait there's an octopath traveler 0??
My final(?) bit of writing for the year and in an interesting twist of fate it's at Kotaku! I reviewed Octopath Traveler 0.
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
I truly loved this game and it gave me a great deal to this about re: earnest story-telling and giving oneself permission *to love* something.
kotaku.com/octopath-tra...
Octopath Traveler 0: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku
A mobile spin-off transforms into the best game in the RPG series
kotaku.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Wait there's an octopath traveler 0??
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She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil.
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
Sabrina Carpenter slams the White House for using her song ‘Juno’ for a pro-ICE video:
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
“this video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.”
December 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
She has the moral clarity that a lot of elected Dems could use: what is happening today is evil.
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
You don’t need to analyze it much more closely than that
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Like if I buy French fries at Wendy’s they shouldn’t give a fuck about how much ketchup I use but every music service is “no dummy listen to this playlist” “we noticed you haven’t listened to this ad free podcast” “let me email you song suggestions” if Wendy’s emailed me about fries I’d become Amish
December 2, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Like if I buy French fries at Wendy’s they shouldn’t give a fuck about how much ketchup I use but every music service is “no dummy listen to this playlist” “we noticed you haven’t listened to this ad free podcast” “let me email you song suggestions” if Wendy’s emailed me about fries I’d become Amish
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I guess my overall complaint with a lot of tech stuff nowadays is the product constantly telling me I’m wrong in using it in the way that I want to use it
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I guess my overall complaint with a lot of tech stuff nowadays is the product constantly telling me I’m wrong in using it in the way that I want to use it
It's really a shame that musk managed to convince everyone (or at least me) that self driving cars are unbelievably dangerous and inherently unsafe. I hope that Michael is right and that we (or at least I) can let go of the preconceived notions musk created, because this looks incredible.
good piece on Waymo's self driving cars
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
we can reasonably begin to look at self driving as a potential public health breakthrough, Waymo cars are much better and safer drivers than people
the problem is the economics of the technology not the technology itself
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/o...
December 2, 2025 at 12:11 PM
It's really a shame that musk managed to convince everyone (or at least me) that self driving cars are unbelievably dangerous and inherently unsafe. I hope that Michael is right and that we (or at least I) can let go of the preconceived notions musk created, because this looks incredible.
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Pillion won best British independent film at the BIFA awards, and I’m obsessed with this photo of Alexander Skarsgård with his hand down Harry Melling’s shirt 👀
December 2, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Pillion won best British independent film at the BIFA awards, and I’m obsessed with this photo of Alexander Skarsgård with his hand down Harry Melling’s shirt 👀
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Union busting
December 2, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Union busting
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Private Equity
December 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Private Equity
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prison is the moderate position
If a man personally implicated in war crimes can remain atop the Pentagon, why would he stand by and risk his freedom should Vance (or Trump again) lose the 2028 election?
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
And unless Bradley sees the inside of a brig, the message to USSOCOM's chain of command is that no action is impermissible.
Pete Hegseth And Adm. Mitch Bradley Belong In Prison
The South American boat strikes are plainly murders. Now we have the names of the murderers. Do we have the political will to lock them up?
www.forever-wars.com
December 1, 2025 at 8:09 PM
prison is the moderate position
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you can now get trans people fired from academia by just turning in unambiguously garbage work for them to grade, getting a bad grade, and then having the conservative propaganda apparatus take it from there
December 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
you can now get trans people fired from academia by just turning in unambiguously garbage work for them to grade, getting a bad grade, and then having the conservative propaganda apparatus take it from there
The instructors gave clear, thoughtful, detailed, and professional feedback on the paper, even though the paper's author called their trans peers and instructors "demonic." The student was given a bad grade, not silenced. Unbelievably poor analysis from Kreis, who should know better.
December 1, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The instructors gave clear, thoughtful, detailed, and professional feedback on the paper, even though the paper's author called their trans peers and instructors "demonic." The student was given a bad grade, not silenced. Unbelievably poor analysis from Kreis, who should know better.
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Of course the OU thing is about attacking trans people. It's always about attacking trans people. But people don't care about trans people being attacked. They just don't.
December 1, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Of course the OU thing is about attacking trans people. It's always about attacking trans people. But people don't care about trans people being attacked. They just don't.
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AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re-
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
January 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
AD-ROCK: Yo Ebenezer you gotta show re-
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
BEASTIES: MORSE
AD-ROCK: Redemption is not a mere matter of
Beasties: COURSE
MIKE D: We’ll show you Bob Cratchit’s not a lazy
BEASTIES: MOOCHER
MCA: We’re Christmas Past
MIKE D: Christmas Present
BEASTIES: AND CHRISTMAS FUTURE
You can't fool me that's just The End from critically acclaimed stealth action survival game Metal Gear Solid 3
December 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
You can't fool me that's just The End from critically acclaimed stealth action survival game Metal Gear Solid 3
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I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
September 16, 2023 at 10:12 PM
I don't think I've ever talked on Bluesky about why I hate the Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
Don't read any further unless you're prepared for uncomfortable truths about the "Nicest Guy in Rock", and his very substantial body count & subsequent cover-up.
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every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades
December 1, 2025 at 12:04 AM
every trans person i see post about the OU suspension knows that the suspended target is trans & a grad student, & has an innate awareness that this is about purging trans employees. every cis person i see thinks the target is a rando professor & that this is about giving conservatives good grades