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Joshua

@elvenmonk.bsky.social
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I'm a blogger, ESL teacher, and beginner indie dev. I'm working on a new game, a donation based ESL website, and a new blog.

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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13h
Like I tell every foreigner I meet in China: you forgot why your ass ended up here and are bringing the same shit from you past life here.
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 15h
You think this recent Oneyplays drama is going to get people to revaluate what Dingdong and Julian said and actually listen to them this time?
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Pascal Ampertail 🐇💾 @pascalampertail.bsky.social · 17h
I currently webmaster for a website that has been going through this exact same fucking bullshit and it has been driving me fucking insane. We just get bombed with so many requests that it knocks the fucking database offline and takes the whole site with it. I'm sick it of
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 16h
Someone on here a few days ago said they how how people treat genai use as an inherent sin. Nah this shit is an inherent sin. It's constantly fucking over everyone while wasting resources. Even my blog has been taken offline after Google reindexed me
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 17h
Here's a hard truth no one wants to admit: If Nike hadn't let sneaker scalpers/resellers build up an entire economy then everything being scalped now wouldn't be. Pokemon cards? People who used to scalp shoes are doing it there. GPUs? Same Games? The same. Vinyls? Guess what!
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 22h
I still think the reason the Wii U failed is because Nintendo kept playing it too safe. What 3D Mario did we get? One that's a 2D Mario game in the style of 3D. What Mario Kart did we get? One that's just as stale and bland as 7 & Wii. Paper Mario? You better believe it's sticker star+paint
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I hate that I was called a conspiracy theorist for believing in the cult of "rationalism" after they tried to convert me. I'm sorry to hear about this woman's, and many like her, abuse/torture. There are tons of women, some who are possibly dead, with stories like hers.
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Ira 'Bluebeard Homer' Goldman @kdbyproxy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
FUN FACT: The next president could order a CFIUS review of the $24B(+) Saudi, Qatari, Abu Dhabi investments in the Ellison deal – yes, post merger – which in turn could lead to the president requiring those investments be unwound. Of course, that'd be followed by litigation – but hey, Article II.
Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
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JoGo @mywitsend.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Eight years ago today the Saudi government murdered WaPo columnist Jamaal Khashoggi. Today they own 49.5% of the biggest media/news company in America.
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Paul Scheer @paulscheer.com · 03/10/2026
Just your average mom and pop AI STORE
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Weird nitpick but I hate that things actually talk in the Mario rabids sequel
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The act man situation is so weird. You admitted to apologizing for what you said. You knew why you were banned. Why the fuck did you think no one would speak up?
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My nephew was kind enough to take my new board to be assembled for me so I ride when I land. He then bought a knuckles board so I could teach him to skate. Yes, Big the Cat is my board. Yes I wish i could've gotten purple wheels.
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I've seen this movie and the only thing I remember about is that Max Landis ruined an episode of Best of the Worst to promote it
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Sometimes it's really nice to live near Japan and to get their unsold inventory for cheap
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What a very weird thing to put as your header. Also, Amazon, you'll never guess the growing opinion on golf courses
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andi @andil.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
#TalaricoForTexas #Vote!!!! #Texas turns on Trvmp & Corrupt Ken Paxton! @kendallscudder.bsky.social @texasdemocrats.bsky.social @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social @traviscountydems.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/endlessu...
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Texas TURNS on Trump and Paxton
The midterms are weeks away.
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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
>me secretly copying from sites that use AI and essentially kit bashing AI pages together so they can appear as new websites to be scraped
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Seeing how many of humble bundles books and software bundles being vibe coding based really disappoints me and has me questioning if I should keep buying bundles there
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm back from Guangzhou now and it's crazy to hear people were being stabbed in a mass gang stabbing where only one guy was caught while I was there. Luckily I wasn't near it but a friend and I were talking about going to that area before my trip there.
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
My problem with this is 6/10 means don't buy. If you don't recommend someone buy a game then it's at least a 4/10. 5 should be average. 6 should be above average. You should recommend people buy average things and not buy bad things
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I mean, I live in China and people are more upset about raising cost of electricity, tariffs, and gas than anything else right now. That's why views on the US are declining.
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Every fastfood place in the US: "we're struggling raise prices!" The same exact fucking restaurants in China:" We're struggling launch new menu items and give insane discounts!"
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This is why I try to watch, listen, read, and play indie stuff. "But my childhood IP will be owned by the Saudis!" Sometimes part of growing up is learning when to move on and find new things that interest you.
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
People keep blaming him but it's not his fault everyone jocked the style of the games he directed. It's not his fault everyone else is creatively bankrupt
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He's lying and has already been caught lying about his prison time. Saying he had no commissary but public records showed he had the most in his commissary account and was eating tons of Snickers
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Every time someone tells me a new fps is "like MAG" it's always a fucking milsim. Mil sims are fucking boring
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Wtf how did someone approve that
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I can't even pinpoint the game because I've seen people say this about every game.
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WumpaGem @wumpagem.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Fine, I'll do it myself.
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'Game Recomps That Aren't Vibe-Coded' a list of games by WumpaGem | Backloggd
With the sheer abundance of game recompilations built with generative AI tools getting unwarranted attention from clickbait news outlets I felt we need some kind of curated database of recompilations ...
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I never understood advertising on a podcast because I just mash skip
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John Boo! 🏳️‍🌈 @jsoo.refl.club · 17/09/2026
The word "probably" appears twice in this 51 post thread
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SE Gyges @segyges.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
There has been a great effort over many years to distance AI Safety discussion and policy from its origins and intellectual center, because its center is a sex cult started by a fan fiction author. If you want to be taken seriously you have to hide that.
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Ms . Penny Oaken @skywitchy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Oh man I'm reading the indictment now, and the indictment says that the FBI knew he was pledged to Abu Bakr al Baghdadi in 2023 and was running a Telegram channel titled "Reddit Shitposting Central", and had solicited CSAM from a minor, was adjudicated as a minor, and released from custody 03/26
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Tak @takgoup.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Omega Super Racist
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I still like how this all happened because Mormons might have been false flagged into going into the Bug's solar system to colonize it. Which caused the bugs to defend themselves and so Earth gov sends bombs starting a fucking war that almost purely takes place in Bug space.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Elon Musk: 20+ years here, hates American culture and most Americans, constantly undermines our multi-racial democracy as part of his obsession to restore the Apartheid of his foreign youth, says non-white people can't assimilate Malala Yousafzai: visits Philly once, instantly adopts local customs
Instagram post from Malala decked out in Eagles dear with text "Go birds!"
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Fuck the cowboy's stadium. My friend's mom lost her home because of it and another friend's mom lost her business because they bought the building she was leasing and increased rent 100 times forcing her, and everyone there, to close down so they could build parking lots that they never built.
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I pray to god Sweet Baby Inc, or one of the consulting firms like it, worked on GTA6. It'll be yummy funniest fucking crash out the internet has ever seen.
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Valentine 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇷🐇 @bunnybelmont.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
before any of you freak out, let this bunny remind you that fortnite has gone full AI for a while now, and the ceo of epic (tim sweeney) fired his staff for it, and has zero shame in it i stopped playing this game a very long time ago, and you can and should too. don’t give in
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
But he said he's sorry
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Everyone I know who was paranoid about their teeth falling out never flossed or even used mouth wash. They just brushed their teeth more often which actually weakens gums.
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Every time someone goes, "DEAD OR ALIVE IS RUINED/DEAD BECAUSE THEY TONED DOWN THE SEXINESS!" I can't help but laugh. Y'all are never beating the dress up sim disguised as a fighter allegations. This is why they had the, heavily mocked, I'm a fighter campaign.
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
You ever think about how Chris Hansen's revival from doing ad reads for scams and the Escobar phone, also a scam, was him chasing down Onision? A man whom he promsied would go to jail? A man who still hasn't been arrested and Chris Hansen has moved on from to promote his streaming service.
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Okay I try not to post stuff from Twitter but this was sent my way and I can't stop laughing
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Here's the truth of the BDS: it's all performative for most people. As I predicted a while back. Palestine will soon turn into another Tibet where everyone will just ignore it. Once something they like it's on the BDS they'll cave. BDS for thee but not for me
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 12/09/2026
And just to clarify, they only accept CREDIT cards as ID, not Debit. And that is the only form of ID they accept. Unfortunately, they're uncommon in the UK and Australia, where it's not normal to be in continual debt all your life. As a 40+ year old games journalist I'm locked out of much of Steam
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
What? Prisons don't determine who is sent to them. They just handle the punishment. The legal system handles people being sent to prison which the private prison system, thankfully, has no say in
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Joshua @elvenmonk.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Need help from weebs: I don't know dick about Rent A Girlfriend. Is it a sexually suggestive manga, a sexual manga, or an awkward romantic manga? I see one of the games is rated CERO B (12+). Would you classify the manga as 17+ the way Schlep is?
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