The Watcher

The Watcher

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The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

Interestingly, most of my gaming was centered around the Pallaidum “megaverse” system, starting with my first ttrpg experience. Yes, I was a huge Robotech fanboy already. My first 5 RPGs played: 1. Robotech 2. AD&D (1st ed) 3. Rifts 4. MechWarrior 5. Star Wars (WEG 2nd ed)

The Questionable Authority@questauthority.bsky.social

Also, I know a bunch of people who have/had loads and loads of RIFTS and/or GURPS source books (and have been one of them). Not sure I've met anyone who has played either system.

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

The sad thing is that unless more Californians get their heads out of their asses, this won’t pass. We can be pretty fucking stupid sometimes.

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social

Everything these guys do to avoid the billionaire’s’ tax is going to radicalize people to vote for it www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/t...

nytimes.comHow Mark Zuckerberg Pushed Meta to Shield Him From California’s Proposed Wealth Tax (Gift Article)The billionaire told Meta’s board that he planned to list his Silicon Valley home for sale. The company remade its stock structure to help him pay the tax if voters pass it.
The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

An exemplar of the form.

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

Ya’ll, we’ve got to get Angie out there more. Please like, comment, and repost any Angie Nixon-related content. She needs to be as ubiquitous as El-Sayed, Ossoff, and Mamdani.

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

I read this. You should, too. It will confirm all your misgivings about people with money and power, and it will refute none of them. Tax billionaires into extinction.

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The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

The Trump curse is undefeated.

The Associated Press@apnews.com

BREAKING: Milwaukee Brewers sweep Los Angeles Dodgers to reach the World Series for the first time since 1982.

bit.lyBrewers sweep the Dodgers in the NLCS to reach the World Series for the first time since 1982Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 6-4 comeback win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series.
The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

😊🤘🏼

Barbara Waxer 🌈 @barbara-waxer.bsky.social

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

This thread says it and proves it: Bidenomics was working. I have one thing to add: it was also working because of Congress. The ARPA, the CHIPS Act, the IRA, etc. Two of the three branches just making an absolute difference.

The Editorial Board@editorialboard.bsky.social

1. The new Consumer Price Index was released. You will never guess what it showed – the biggest increase in five months. Prices were 3.7 percent higher than this time last year. Why? You know. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...

nytimes.comSoaring Energy Prices Push Inflation Higher

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David Ho
@davidho.bsky.social

Read this @ktoussaint.bsky.social piece about attribution science, which fossil fuel companies and their shills are trying to undermine because it’s the tool we have for holding fossil fuel companies accountable for climate damage.

fastcompany.comWhat is attribution science? The critical climate research that Big Oil would rather you didn't believe inHow an emerging field of research is fueling a major Supreme Court case that may hold fossil fuel companies liable for climate change.
The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

An unpaid ad for the Democrats.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Mike Johnson threatens us with a good time: "If this group took over, they would turn every committee of Congress into an investigative body. They'd spend every day investigating the president, the first family, the cabinet, donors to the party, leaders of business ... "

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

Honestly, @bsky.app, how is it so hard for y’all to get video playback right? I’ve never seen a site fuck it up so bad for so long.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨 Our DC Chief Scott MacFarlane was INSIDE the courtroom as federal Judge Ana Reyes erupted at Trump's DOJ lawyers. “I've never seen anything like that before.” Scott describes the judge screaming at the top of her lungs after the gov cut down hundreds of trees despite assurances to the court

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Don Moynihan
@donmoyn.bsky.social

Replying to @donmoyn.bsky.social

Like a dumbass, I wrote a thread when I should have written a blog. Anyway, here it is in blog form. If you think others would benefit from a deeper dive on this topic, please repost. bsky.app/profile/donm...

Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social

New from me: Michael Lewis provides a timely reminder that even the heroic federal employees who tried to block DOGE grifters could only do so much. If DOGE could not be stopped at the time, accountability must be on the agenda for the future. 🧵 donmoynihan.substack.com/p/blockers-a...

donmoynihan.substack.comBlockers and GriftersWhat Michael Lewis Reveals About DOGE’s War on Civil Servants
The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

These are the kinds of headlines I can get behind.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com

More damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife on.wsj.com/4yKLe4d

on.wsj.comMore damaging revelations about Ken Paxton: A previously unreported New Year’s Eve 2024 celebration where Paxton partied in Dubai with two fugitives from U.S. justice and a woman who wasn’t his wife
The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

The Ponzi scheme as a graphic.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

Pure dystopia. Something straight out of Neuromancer or Blade Runner.

Sam (ABeardedPanda)@abeardedpanda.bsky.social

The reason why you see a bunch of accounts all suddenly start posting the same phrase at about the same time is because there's a bunch of GRU interns at setups like this and they get a slack notification and start copy/pasting the marching orders given to them

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

This incredible woman needs to be elected.

Angie Nixon@angieforfl.bsky.social

They’re saying that I want to abolish prisons, but that’s crazy. After all, we need somewhere to lock up crooks like Ashley Moody. What kind of person steals $10 millions dollars from sick kids? #AngieForFlorida

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

Parallel topic: when are Apple and Google going to update the titles of their Artificial Intelligence tools to Super Intelligence tools? Gemini SI, anyone?

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

Not only should we introduce penalties and fines for the companies that break important things by designing crappy software, we should introduce regulations and penalties for the media outlets that act as accomplices by shifting responsibility away from the companies that cause these failures

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

No comment necessary.

Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social

22 California billionaires have spent a combined $150 million so far to defeat Prop 40. By spending their fortunes trying to stop California from taxing billionaires, they're making the argument for a billionaire wealth tax more clearly and articulately than anyone else possibly could.

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

Exceptional reporting and a searing indictment of the jackbooted thugs that comprise all branches of DHS. Burn it to the fucking ground.

ProPublica@propublica.org

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

Wins the internet today.

Aaron Fritschner@fritschner.bsky.social

[SENATOR ERIC SCHMITT]: So you’re telling me under oath that you’ve never spoken with an Attorney General nominee? [JACK SMITH]: No, I don’t think— [SCHMITT]: WELL THEN *unveils poster* please explain this picture of you with Matt Gaetz! [SMITH]: That is Media Matters senior fellow Matt Gertz

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

This thread is 🔥

sarah jeong@sarahjeong.bsky.social

lol my flight got diverted because of a medical emergency and they landed us in reykjavik in the middle of the night and deplaned us and sent us through passport control and then the crew vanished and then british airways sent us links to book an overnight hotel room but for a hotel at heathrow

The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

This dude needs the rendition treatment.

DrH@drhaup.bsky.social

Stephen Miller, a.k.a. Trump, is targeting a vulnerable population of undocumented children. Many abruptly find themselves denied access to legal immigration pathways in the US, with their applications fast-tracked, then rejected before being forced out of the US. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comTrump ally Stephen Miller leads sweeping push to accelerate removal of migrant childrenExclusive: key White House loyalist orchestrating multi-agency effort condemned by critics as cruel and racist
The Watcher
@watcheronthehill.bsky.social

This is yet another example of how broken our justice system is. The endless appeals and maneuverings by savvy legal teams delays justice until it denies justice. We saw the same thing with Trump. He should have been tried and convicted within six months for both Jan 6 and and documents case.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

🚨NEW: Todd Blanche has filed an appeal of Judge Emmet Sullivan’s order requiring him to turn over unredacted handwritten FBI notes and take other steps in Katie Phang’s Epstein files lawsuit by September 24. Phang says Blanche is continuing his “Herculean efforts” to avoid turning over the files.

meidasnews.comTodd Blanche Fights Judge’s Order for Unredacted FBI Notes as Deadline LoomsAttorney General Todd Blanche is appealing a federal judge’s latest order in journalist and attorney Katie Phang’s lawsuit over the Justice Department’s