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Hbomberguy

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🖥️ Gaming Youtuber, Media Critic, Philosopher King 🤴 💙 Patreon.com/Hbomb 📩 Enquiries to [email protected]

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Owen 🕷 @owenod.bsky.social · 9d

New video! INVASION OF THE MILLENNIUM BUG youtu.be/zT-l6wfDM2A Please enjoy! 🐜

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David Quinn @davidquinn.oideachasmedia.com · 12d

YouTube summary of the comments section :)

YouTube’s ai : Reactions to science vary shows YouTuber Hbomberguy saying Science really had it coming

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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 15d

video www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyU5...

The War on Science

YouTube video by Shaun

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · 14d

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Nandysokar🥚in Fade horny prison @nandysokar.bsky.social · Sep 4

Pyramids
Mummies

2 maps of the world with the text "Tell me where you are from using only 2 words"

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · 16d

What are you doing with those four extra pins??

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scary tall bart @tallbart.com · 23d

What is a scroad? A scroad is a member of a far-right online hate group. They split off from the groinks in 2017 after the Glunt War, which took place on fapchan. One of their members is a U.S. senator

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Keith Stack @keithstack.com · 26d

“leftists have an infighting problem” buddy you should see what they’re doin to each other on the far right

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · 26d

"We have to cancel kristallnacht 2.0 because the guy was one of the people we were grooming to take part in it" is a heck of a twist to be sure

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · 26d

Eventually but I have a lot of stuff to finish first!

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sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · Sep 8

lmfao www.inquirer.com/opinion/lett...

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Iron Circus Comics @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social · Sep 1

Happy Labor Day!

Today we're bringing you The First Union, as told by HBomberguy (@hbomberguy.bsky.social) and illustrated by Skutch (@skutchdraws.bsky.social) It's the dawn of the industrial revolution, and of the way many of us work...

Have you ever heard of the term "Luddite" from an elder?

Stanhill, Lancashire, 1764. Wear and carpenter James Hargreaves invents the Spinning Jenny, the first practical spinning-frame, to make the tedious task of producing cloth a little bit faster. He doesn't know it yet, but this will destroy the world.

Spurred by inventions like his, the industrial revolution will transform everything -- work power, the wealth of nations. Society as we know it began here, and it wasn't great for everyone. But a group of weavers and textile workers saw this future coming. And did their best to prevent it.

"Curse you spinning jenny, you ruined everything!" The standard narrative does that LUDDITES were foolish lunatics who, in fear of technology, decided progress was bad, and started hitting it with sticks. But the truth is entire ways of life were being destroyed.

Previously, skilled craftsmen were respected for the time and effort it took to do their work. The entire family usit would form a cottage industry - creating something valuable, and command a decent living. But when a machine can work 10 times faster its owner can charge less for the prodcts- craftsmen couldn't compete and were left out of work almost overnight.

And as factories became a fixture of the british landscape, these now unemployed labourers often ended up working the factories that had just destroyed their way of life. Britain was the most prosperous nation in history, factory owners became extremely wealthy and influential. But the people doing the actual work saw almost none of it.

Factory work paid little, since "the machines" did "the real work" human labourers were deemed unimportant and replaceable. FUN FACT!: Factory owners preferred to hire ORPHANS since less people would notice if they were maimed or killed on the job!

Now the owners quickly realized the workers might notice they did all the work for almost no pay. If they went on STRIKE or ARGUED FOR HGHER WAGES, this would threaten their tremendous wealth. In 1799, Parliament passed the Combination Act, which made FORMING TRADE UNIONS, COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, AND GOING ON STRIKE ILLEGAL. Organizing against the rich became a crime.

If you were living through it, opposing the industrial revolution wasn't techno-phobia. It was SELF-DEFENSE. The combination act forced unions underground into secret societies. And the greatest secret of all was their leader - Ned Ludd. Ned had been a folk character for years. In one version after being whipped by his master, he smashed two knitting frames in a rage. In more fanciful versions, he then escaped to the Sherwood forest, here he lived among the animals as their king. Some versions specifically call him 'Much Better Than Robin Hood'.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Jul 15

Great stuff

Cuomo said he would make affordability a cornerstone of his general-election campaign but would run on the notion that he will actually be able to make the city more affordable while Mamdani will only talk about it. “It’s about not just connecting with the perception of the problem. It’s finding the real solution and then having the ability to do it. You don’t want someone who just connects. That’s step one. What you really want is the problem-solver, and I can actually do that.”

So what would he do on housing affordability? “There is no real answer,”

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Mike.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ @dumbmike.bsky.social · Jul 8

The review embargo has ended on James Gunn's new "Superman" film, so I can finally say what I've been holding back for weeks: I was beaten in the darkness of the theater by an unidentified assailant!!

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Ritchy, tasty @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social · Jul 8

Listen to I Hate Doctor Who for the big questions.

Spotify's auto generated chapters for I Hate Doctor Who episode 20.
1 - Intro, 2 - Genesis of the Dialects, 3 - Is Davros a Gamer?

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · Jul 7

Second

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dannyodwyer @dannyodwyer.bsky.social · Jul 7

HEY SEVERAL PUBLISHERS, PICK UP ROMERO GAMES' PROJECT AND THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY WILL LIKE YOU. MAYBE SOME YOUTUBER WILL MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT HOW YOU SAVED ONE OF HIS FAVORITE STUDIOS. JUST SAYING.

Romero Games @romerogames.bsky.social · Jul 7

Update (July 7, 2025)

We want to address recent reports regarding the status of Romero Games. These reports have contained inaccuracies, and we feel it's important to set the record straight.
• The funding for our project was pulled, and our game was canceled.
• Due to confidentiality agreements, we cannot disclose the publisher's identity, though some may infer it from public information.
• As a result, we now have to reassess the entire staffing of our studio.
• Romero Games is not closed, and we are doing everything in our power to ensure that it does not come to that. Any suggestion otherwise is factually incorrect. Indeed, we were in the studio today to discuss next steps with the team.
• We've been contacted by several publishers interested in helping us bring the game across the finish line, and we're currently evaluating those opportunities.
We appreciate the outpouring of support and will share further updates as we are able.
Romero Games

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · Jul 6

You Know My Name is like an anime op, I love it

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · Jul 6

Yessssss

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Ritchy, tasty @wretchedmorgan.bsky.social · Jul 4

Tonight’s the night! I Hate Doctor Who live! Join me Owen, Gav and Sean (the Danger Doctor!) as we look at Genesis of the Daleks!
8pm at twitch.tv/wretchedmorgan

An illustration of four guys dressed in different Doctor Who costumes flying around an open footed Tardis in space.

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Owen 🕷 @owenod.bsky.social · Jul 1

New video! E3 2025 youtu.be/cgKyceyprcI Please enjoy! 🚀

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · Jul 3

We'll get 'em

Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · Jul 2

That had been the plan!

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · Jul 2

Maybe we still have a shot!

Video Game History Foundation rep Phil Salvador suggesting 'Maybe you can JUST buy the rights to Game Dogs'

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · Jul 2

Maybe in two years it'll be even cheaper

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Hbomberguy @hbomberguy.bsky.social · Jul 2

Escapist is old enough and legitimate enough that they might have a server or some shelves somewhere filled with interesting stuff they were sent by game companies, I had been hoping to send anything I found to the Video Game History Foundation.

Lots of pie in the sky ideas but hey.

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