FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I let the "anarcho-primitivism in my FreeCiv mod" idea percolate for about a month, and this is the best I've got: it's coded as a technology (which I find deeply amusing) that obsoletes almost everything you've been building in the game, and gives nothing in return... 120
Reposted by FriendAtArmsIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 05/10/2026Shocked and saddened to learn that Dennis Hastert had still been alive 492064188
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Consider the following: spheres full of boopable rats. (Unless of course you are frightened by spheres, rats, or the action of booping. Then do *not* consider the spheres full of boopable rats.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wUJ...youtube.comThis sphere is full of rats!YouTube video by Rat Tricks 010
Reposted by FriendAtArmsyaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 04/10/2026me, an idiot: the civ games are so unrealistic. there would never be a scenario where one nation forgot to upgrade one of their units causing them to run medieval warrior monks into platoons of modern soldiers the bespoke consensus reality we all inhibit: 920639
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I went to the local "behavioral healthcare services" clinic last week. Don't worry, it's not an emergency; this appointment was scheduled months in advance. 110
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A lot of people on here (I will refrain from naming names) seem to be treating this woman like a hero for freely admitting to the fascists that she engaged in anti-fascist activity, thus getting herself fired and thrown in jail. www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...reuters.comMichigan nurse charged with helping immigrant flee ICE custodyA Michigan nurse was charged with helping a Mexican national escape from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody at the hospital where she worked, court documents unsealed on Tuesday showed. 452
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Dang, I've got over 200 followers and I'm following over 100 people. How'd that happen? Ughhhhh, I *really* ought to come up with a banner image. Any ideas? 000
Reposted by FriendAtArmsmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 28/09/2026there is only one major kind of business today and it is stripping the copper wiring out of the walls of society to buy more money before the world ends 71015168
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 25/09/2026jorts.horse/@AnarchoNina...jorts.horseAnarchoNinaWrites (@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse)I mean what's so hard to say about "my policy is to put corrupt fascists in jail" unless that isn't your policy? If you wanna throw in some shit about investigations, fine, whatever but we all know th... 000
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 21/09/2026You did it. You made it to another 21st Night of September. I'm proud of you. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gs06...youtube.comEarth, Wind & Fire - September (Official HD Video)YouTube video by EarthWindandFireVEVO 000
Reposted by FriendAtArmsrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 20/09/2026being properly open-minded doesn’t mean shrugging every time you encounter a fucked up viewpoint and saying you guess it takes all kinds. it means interrogating the viewpoints you encounter and deciding whether they’re fucked up. being thoughtful and interested but ultimately making a firm call 349353
Reposted by FriendAtArmsMalevolent Maelstrom @chemicalchaos.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hey its fucking wierd more of the dems platform isnt "we will give you abortion rights back" 11568101526
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I'm not quoting myself to toot my own horn. It's just...cripes, I'm so *disgusted* with these people. They can't even *imagine* someone who gives a damn about other people based on basic moral principle and/or common sense. bsky.app/profile/frie... 032
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Apparently I can still be proud of my birthplace on occasion. As the kids say these days: LFG. 010
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 14/09/2026jorts.horse/@AnarchoNina...jorts.horseAnarchoNinaWrites (@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse)I mean brey what I wanna know is why'd you invite Macklemore if you didn't wanna hear about Palestine? Like let me get this straight - you hired Macklemore as an opening act. You know what Macklemore'... 022
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Well, looks like I gotta make a new rule: If you feel the need to defend James Talarico, the guy who hired a MAGA Republican as his policy director, and has now decided to sabotage his own campaign by cozying up to people who want to inspect middle-schoolers' genitals... 240
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 13/09/2026As I continue to draw tricorne hats 9 pixels wide (because I am clearly insane), please enjoy 21 Savage's crowning masterpiece: Barry Lyndon. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8_t...youtube.comBarry Lyndon × 21 Savage - "a lot"YouTube video by flanthippe 011
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I know that the 25th anniversary of 9/11 is a big deal (insofar as any anniversary of a major historical event can be), and I really ought to express some kind of big emotion about it...but sorry. I got nothin'. 010
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 10/09/2026In the course of a conversation with my mother (a veteran in her 70s), I showed her the famous Burger King Deployment photo. And she's been flabbergasted into shocked near-silence for oh, nearly half an hour now. www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-...gettyimages.comA Burger King trailer is unloaded from a C-17 Globemaster III...A Burger King trailer is unloaded from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft May 19, 2004 at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan. The restaurant, which should be operational in 3-4 weeks, is an Army Air Force... 100
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bad enough that 18th Century armies had such elaborate uniforms, which differed for *every single regiment*...but also they CHANGED THEM ALL THE GODDAMN TIME!? Get your shit squared away, 18th Century! This is very inconvenient for the purposes of turning you into sprite art! 110
Reposted by FriendAtArmsBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Instead of remaking Morrowind with better graphics Bethesda should do a total conversion mod where it’s all set in King of the Hill because it would be the single best piece of art ever made 71114
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Second repost. In the evening (local time zone), this time. I wish I could say that was on purpose and I'm being very clever about my timing, but: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 000
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 31/08/2026I'm going to repost this on three successive days, to be as certain as possible that everyone who follows me sees it: 110
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Because of how Freeciv handles "barbarian attacks", I have to come up with a "barbarian leader" sprite. I've decided on the Issyk Golden Man/Cataphract/Warrior, to fit with the general "steppe nomad" theme of the early game barbarians. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issyk_G...en.wikipedia.orgIssyk Golden Cataphract Warrior - Wikipedia 120
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 29/08/2026You can always tell bluechecks you despise them It's always morally correct 110
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Dolly Parton and Tim Curry in the same week, huh? I'm more bummed about Curry, which won't surprise anyone who knows me. But Parton put real work into promoting literacy, and as someone briefly involved in that field, I have to acknowledge that her death makes the world measurably worse. 020
Reposted by FriendAtArmsTim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I would never say clanker because that is giving these things too much credit for having a physical existence with which to make noise 272928
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I'm not sure that enough people have looked at the creature. Good news: this is your opportunity to 👀 observe it. 👀 bsky.app/profile/frie... 110
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 20/08/2026I just got so pissed off at a 5-figure-follower account dog-piling some 40-follower nobody, because he wanted to pretend he didn't understand what "hyperbole" is *or* the point she was making about the state of the U.S. education system, I couldn't even be bothered to grammar-check my posts. 120
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Today is the day I learned that "Our age of bronze is collapsing" is an actual line from the actual Odyssey movie and not a shitpost. As I received the knowledge from @riotliturgist.bsky.social , so I pass it on to you. 241
Reposted by FriendAtArmsdr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 18/08/2026oh are we weighing this? our bases in the gulf are destroyed and we've essentially shown the gulfies we do not give a fuck about them and that having our bases there makes them vulnerable and we can't protect them or ourselves. are we also weighing not going to the bar we just got 86ed from 1244246
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 17/08/2026Hang on: this Mangione guy decided to just roll over to the feds on the first day of the trial? Didn't even bother to get a plea deal out of it? Man, the Powers That Be have decided you're dying in prison whether you're guilty or not; at least make their lackeys earn their paychecks. 120
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Progress on this has been steady, if slow. And it's one of those situations where the longer it takes, the more it's likely to cost. If you can bump the total up by a percentage point or two, please do. 011
Reposted by FriendAtArmsdave @gloomfather.bsky.social · 13/08/2026yeah man "woke 1" sucked ass. I "woke 1" morning from uneasy dreams to find myself transformed into a giant insect 89160183694
Reposted by FriendAtArmsBATLORD @thebatlord.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I will never turn off reposts. I want more reposting dammit 031
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 08/08/2026New Cretaceous cutie just dropped. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doolysa...en.wikipedia.orgDoolysaurus - Wikipedia 100
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 06/08/2026This artist has had a *really* rough time of it over the past couple of months. Hard to take commissions when you're stuck in a tent, or a hospital, or both. Do 'em a solid and throw a few bucks to their Kofi account. 011
Reposted by FriendAtArmsAaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.social · 04/08/2026"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury 231546898
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Cripes, it's taken me 3 days just to select a "color palette" for the pixel art. I've got 76 unit sprites to make, and that's not even counting the building and technology icons. Ouuuuuuuugh. I shall surely perish. 020
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Over four months, and I've only just realized that if I want my Civ-like to do *this* and *that*, I'll need *these* units and *those* buildings, and oh poop now I have to learn how to do basic pixel art. 050
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 26/07/2026I just discovered "polyvagal theory" this week, which *seems* to provide a mechanism for why my brain freezes up at random times...only to find out yesterday that it was definitively debunked, in a paper published this February. 120
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 25/07/2026So let me see if I understand what's going on with this Mamdani guy. One of his *actual campaign promises* last year was that, despite being a mere mayor, he would personally arrest a foreign head-of-state and deliver him to judgment at the Hague. 131
Reposted by FriendAtArmsCalifornia Adderalles 🇵🇸🇺🇦🍞🌹🌻↙️↙️↙️ @caliredandgreen.bsky.social · 23/07/2026"this whole war smacks of Gender", I say as I throw naval mines out of a boat, turning these Straits of Hormuz into Straights of Shit 0998
FriendAtArms @friendatarms.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Trying to earn tomorrow's bus fare by taking surveys online, as has been my practice for some time now. And as far as I can tell, the latest trick is to set a time limit on the survey, and then put so many questions on the survey that it can't possibly be completed within the time limit. 151
