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Matthew Macomber

@chumesog.bsky.social
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I work in the IT field. I reshare various interests (i.e. Queer issues, accessibility, video games, weather, politics). Views here are my own. Partner to @alicia-klees.bsky.social! (He/Him)

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Laura Norton-Cruz, LMSW, CLC @lauritadianita.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My daughter is finally old enough for the adult COVID vax, so she & I are getting flu & COVID 💉 at Costco Rx tomorrow. Son got his flu shot last week. I’d been waiting for kids COVID 💉 to come in but our state still doesn’t have it. So I scheduled what I could for now & 🤞 Feds/state get it out.
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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 3h
You guys gotta check out what my buddy made. Without a doubt the best lifesize T. rex head sculpt that exists in the world.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2h
One of the best public servants in the Biden Admin - Dr Nelson actually cared about using science to protect people from COVID, she is a great pick for the fellowship
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Fine. I’ll update with a word count when I start writing again. @legalminimum.bsky.social · 2h
These are the moments when I’m glad to know from my friends who are big Dem donors that even they don’t want him as the nominee because they’re concerned that Kimberley Guilfoyle has an October Surprise in her pocket from back when they were married.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2h
Medicaid pays for a bunch of "community integration" stuff
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2h
States do not have the money to backfill Medicaid.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 2h
"Medicaid work requirements" are above water with the American electorate (net +18). Calling the same policy "Medicaid eligibility cuts" meaningfully decreases support (net -11). I do not understand the insistence on adopting the framing of those trying to destroy Medicaid
Bar chart of polling data from Data For Progress.
Title: Voters Support the Same Medicaid Rules When Called "Work Requirements" and Oppose Them When Called "Eligibility Cuts".
Description: Under new rules, some adults can get or keep Medicaid only if the state confirms that they meet work, school, or volunteer rules. [Split A n=613] Do you support or oppose these Medicaid work requirements? [Split B n=598] Do you support or oppose these Medicaid eligibility cuts?
[Split A] Medicaid work requirements — Support: 57%, Oppose: 39%
[Split B] Medicaid eligibility cuts — Support: 42%, Oppose: 55%

September 25–28, 2026 survey of 1,211 U.S. likely voters.
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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 1h
I think “creativity has stagnated” and “this game is good/bad” are two different things some of the greatest games in the world are super derivative, but the problem is *most* games are super derivative right now and this includes indies, which neither dev has drawn a distinction between
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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 2h
I completely get why you’d take this personally if you and all the people you know are working your butts off in games every day, especially if your personal circle is being creative but I always have to ask myself if I’m upset because it’s unfounded or because they’re too correct lol
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TAHK0 @tahk0.bsky.social · 2h
this is more or less the same thing sakurai recently talked about that a lot of people were (understandably) in denial over— but maybe people will start listening as more industry pillars bring it up
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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 6h
Not only are the flat earthers wrong, they are getting wronger by the day.
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 7h
This sucks for many reasons. But I think it's worth emphasizing how selfish and duplicitous it is to go work with a public-facing, community-focused media org like MinnMax without disclosing this part of your past to them. (MinnMax confirmed to me they were not told.) Please support them if you can
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GLITCH @glitchprod.com · 23/09/2026
She's missed you. Knights of Guinevere returns October 9. The season will feature 8 episodes.
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Matthew Cortland (they) @matthewcort.land · 8h
AI is already being used to deny disabled people medically necessary care, and anywhere it costs money to include us is likely next. I've spent most of 2026 on public opinion research with TechTonic Justice about how to fight back, and we're unveiling it tomorrow, Friday, at 1PM ET
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Webinar Invite: Winning Against AI & Economic Injustice | Shouldn't Need to Be a Lawyer by Matthew Cortland
For almost all of 2026 I have been facing a medical crisis. As many of you know all too well, attempting to navigate the American health car
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Cameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 10h
"revenge for Nixon" explains a rather significant amount of GOP skulduggery in the 21st century www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...
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Exclusive | Decades After Watergate, Justice Department Reviews Whether Nixon Got a Raw Deal
A revisionist historian went to the DOJ headquarters to present his case that the former president and his associates weren’t treated fairly.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h
yes there is a very useful book about this. www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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Presidential Campaigns and Presidential Accountability
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10h
"they really believe it"/"they will try to do it"/"the promises are real" are things that most americans refuse to believe about politicians but if you take them seriously will help you predict political behavior more often than not
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Esper Quinn 💠 @esper.bsky.social · 11h
it’s not like i have 300k followers or anything, but any woman working in game journalism or an adjacent field, please reply to this with something you worked on recently that you’re proud of and i’ll repost it. feel free to include cash’pp/payp’l/v’nmo links.
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dave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
(a new object is placed in my enclosure) damn new object just dropped (I glance disparagingly over at yesterday's object) lol y'all still thinking about this huh
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Mirror] @nintendoamericax.bsky.social · 12h
Elysium is waiting for you. The physical version of #XenobladeChronicles2 – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition is available now. Order: ninten.do/6018aMUUp
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Nintendo of America [Twitter/X Mirror] @nintendoamericax.bsky.social · 12h
September 30th vs October 1st
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Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social · 12h
People want to bag on chicks for liking true crime but nobody wants to talk about how we’re drawn to it out of a sense of survival, whether conscious or unconscious.
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Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social · 12h
I’m not moved by social media boasts. Help women by helping women. Speak up for them in actual meat spaces. If that’s not possible, then the least I ask is you don’t get offended if I glance back while you’re walking behind me, but a worrying number of men can’t even do THAT much. “I wouldn’t—“
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Jay Pritchett Sprays Manny Delgado
ALT: Jay Pritchett Sprays Manny Delgado
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Nadia Oxford @nadiaoxford.bsky.social · 12h
I know this is being done with good intentions so I say it with all love: Dudes, when women are expressing fear and disappointment over a predator who was by all outward appearances safe and kind, that’s not the time to, how should I put this, humble-boast about how *you’re* one of the safe ones. ⬇️
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Caspian Whistler @cazwis.bsky.social · 12h
God I am beyond thrilled. The special edition in particular has come out absolutely amazingly. Can’t wait for you all to see this! 🤖💫
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 12h
i suppose i’m not surprised that it is difficult to make people care about something that is low visibility — the vast majority of people have no idea who piker is — and low salience. i think we’re also going to find, for similar reasons, that the anti-trans messaging isn’t working either.
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MinnMax @minnmax.com · 12h
Jacob Geller is no longer a part of MinnMax. He won't be on content moving forward and we won't be publicly airing this week's episode of The MinnMax Show. We're in shock and deeply hurt. Thank you for your patience during this sensitive time.
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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 13h
In Paper Mario, Mayor Penguin is found seemingly dead, with Mario being suspected of his murder. However, if a letter is delivered to him during that time, he will get up, thank Mario, and promptly go back to being dead. Unfortunately, this cannot prove Mario's innocence.
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gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 13h
Hardware Sales sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
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gamedatalibrary.bsky.social @gamedatalibrary.bsky.social · 13h
Game Sales (Sep 21 - Sep 27) 1[SW2] Derby Stallion 2 - 29.336 / NEW 2[SWI] Rhythm Heaven Groove - 27.309 / 1.049.922 3[SW2] Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave - 26.728 / 153.859 sites.google.com/site/gamedat...
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 14h
cannot recommend isles of sea and sky enough if you are remotely someone who likes to push blocks around. i am tempted to get a switch copy just to replay it and then play the free update for the first time instead of just continuing on steam deck
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Kotaku @kotaku.com · 16h
Nerial, the developer behind Reigns, Crush House, and Card Shark, is closing down. kotaku.com/reigns-card-shark-dev-cl…
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Reigns Dev Is Closing Down As Leads Go Independent Again
'At the moment, you feel like you're in the washing machine and it's turned on and you're like, "Well, oh my God, this is going so fast."'
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Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 15h
I just want to write about art and spotlight artists making noteworthy and adventurous work that exists in conversation with our present moment. I don't want to breathlessly launder hype and write listicles until the sun explodes.
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Toussaint Egan @thesaintoftous.bsky.social · 15h
I can tell that games media is in a deeply unhealthy place when I see some of the most talented, experienced, and incisive reporters and critics in the space say they don't know how much longer they can keep on doing the work. The industry is hollowing out and the writing itself is suffering for it.
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pizza @nicanor.bsky.social · 15h
just a real investment in the mutual improvement of a group over really selfish and shallow climbing that happens in so many ranked games.
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pizza @nicanor.bsky.social · 15h
co-op games are sick and i love them but there is something very cool and emergent when you're playing competitive games with people you can talk about anime with or get coffee with afterwards. and unlike randos the lebron james of your server will tell you how to beat them. and i think that's cool
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pizza @nicanor.bsky.social · 15h
i'm not trying to make the league and fuck up lebron, i'm trying to beat david from the discord who is very delightful but is hitting me with the most ambiguous cross ups BUT NOT THIS WEEK.
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pizza @nicanor.bsky.social · 15h
banging the drum: i think everyone, yes even you, should have a local-sized competitive activity in your life. something that you can feel yourself getting better at in relation to the people in your space and not some arbitrary elo fuckshit lmao.
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 14h
man. Android Central was one of the places I came up at. got some good guide writing work over there and some good direction from some good editors that helped train me and stabilize me while I figured out what sort of writer I wanted to be. I'm sorry folks. <3
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 14h
I don't know anything about what this is about but wanted to shout out "I have little time in everyday life for idiocy" as a superb response to racist complaints like this
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Political Poll Bot @pollresults.org · 15h
Recent, high quality Trump approval poll results:
AP-NORC, Quinnipiac, Emerson, Impact Research, American Research Group, Ipsos, CNN/SSRS, Hart Research Associates all showing significantly negative Trump approval
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16h
his average approval is going to remain in the low 30s i think but we are going to hit the high 20s in individual surveys before the year is out
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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 16h
I'm sorry, "Metacritic bonuses" are still a thing?! They should never be a thing! If I play your game and review it and it didn't work for me and I don't think it's good, that doesn't mean the people who made it should get paid any less!
As well as having the life-changing impact of losing a job, imminent layoffs at The Coalition could also lead to another financial loss for current employees. According to Eurogamer, E-Day developers were working under the assumption of receiving a so-called “Metacritic bonus,” a pay-out should the game achieve a given Metacritic score based on critics’ reviews. However, according to the terms, to be eligible for this you still have to be working at the company at the time of the pay-out, which is expected to be “near the end of October.” Anyone let go before that could possibly no longer receive the reward for their work.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 15h
Data center construction has migrated to places of low resistance: poor, often Black areas where corrupt deals are commonplace and the harms to residents invisible. Lowndes County, Alabama, in the heart of the Black Belt, is one of those places. 🧵 prospect.org/2026/10/01/d...
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‘I Know I Couldn’t Live Here’: Standing Up to a Data Center in Alabama’s Black Belt - The American Prospect
Faced with little transparency about a mammoth facility, Lowndes County fights back.
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Jonathan M. Katz @katz.theracket.news · 28/09/2026
Well looky there. Never too early to preorder! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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The Legend of Skokie: A Story of Free Speech and Fascism in America
An eye-opening reckoning with the most mythologized free-speech case in American history—a legend that has shaped politics for half a century.In 1977, neo-Nazis announced plans to demonstrate in Skoki...
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