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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 35m

It annoys me greatly how easy it would have been for everything to be okay. Not perfect, not even great, but just 5/10 "I can slog through a day in undisturbed mediocrity without the Health Secretary declaring soap causes autism while the president literally shitposts about his war from the toilet."

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 1h

The meta for Ace Combat 8 single player is pretty clearly just to rush the F-35C, right? Like, even with the bulk discount, the ROI just isn't there to upgrade your squad's planes until the end of the tech tree except for the EA-18G, which you'll get one of anyway rushing the F-35.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 9h

I imagine they would shoot guns at us, detonate explosive devices, and things of that nature.

Rachel Marsden: You’ll never guess how Canada would fight a Trump invasion

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 12h

Honestly nice of Hegseth's stupid purge to gift us a bundle of generals with a grudge against the regime. Need someone we can halfway trust to sort out the "the men with guns have spent four years culturally and institutionally influenced by a far-right authoritarian regime" problem.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Well, I got Ace Combat to run, but the keyboard controls are a bit shit, so I'll have to see if I can get one of the old controllers I have lying around to work. PC is starting to show its age. I might have to content myself with the AC Zero preorder bonus. Pretty sure I can at least run a PS2 port.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Uh... okay? I don't know anything about computers or this guy personally, but I'll be begging for a job soon too enough. So, in the vague hopes of some form of karmic reward, please hire this guy to do computer things if you need computer things and are in the position to hire.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Sometimes it’s better to stretch or break the rules but it requires knowledge of the rules and what they achieve to know when to do so. The rulebook is not the Bible, but it is not a paperweight either. Following it will yield better results than making shit up willy-nilly.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

ME: Indeedee, use Follow Me! INDEEDEE: Why? ME: I need redirection support. INDEEDEE: He's a huge mythical dragon and I'm 2'11". Shouldn't he take the hits? ME: He needs to Dragon Dance. DRAGONITE: Young man, there's no need to feel down. I said young man, pick yourself off the ground. YMCA!

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It is time for the Ace Combat. Let us see if the mute psychopath with 500 missiles can defeat the loathsome forces of Bad Country.

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alves @alves.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

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[Christopher M. Federico] @chrispps.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

astute political gambit, sir

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For this administration? Slowpoke, due to an inability to comprehend instructions and implement them speedily. Just a dopey, go along to get along guy who spends his time slowly waddling to and from the various cafes at the UN headquarters. It's called harm reduction.

a dumb-looking pink goofy guy stares vacantly into space with an empty grin

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Classic Pokémon with staying power that feels both strong and honest.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think it depends on the Flash. I feel like Barry Allen would be a really toxic genwunner. He almost disowned Wally for suggesting Tyranitar was pretty neat.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Superman: Charizard team (the vanilla choice) Batman: Perish trap (obviously) Wonder Woman: copied Cynthia's team cuz girl power Martian Manhunter: Balance (solid grasp of fundamentals) Nightwing: Hyper offense (wants to differentiate himself from Batman) Beast Boy: level 100 starter + 5 Rattatta

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W @cosmicpace.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Basically all Pokémon that are canonically stupid are hits

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I apologize if people who followed for politics are annoyed by the Pokémon posting, but the thing is that I have already made my opinions on politics known, there have been no major changes to them recently, and it feels like a waste of time repeating them over and over again.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

WW3 breaks out in the Pokémon universe after so many people go back in time to catch a Sneasler for VGC, the planet's ecology is destabilized, leading for a mad dash to secure resources and territory in a dying world.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I think Skeledirge is a cool guy. Game Freak said, "For old time's sake, what if we made a Pokémon that looks and plays like an actual Pokémon instead of a furry that's a math problem?" The GOAT of Gen 9 starters, imho.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

You ever think about how between the end of USAID, the Iran War, and whatever horrid plague RFK Jr. unleashes, the backlash to Me Too will probably kill more people than the backlash against the actual literal act of war on 9/11?

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

ME: Alakazam, use Nasty Plot! ALAKAZAM: Okay, I started a war in the Middle East then selectively timed leaks suggesting a ceasefire during certain market hours so we can make bank off insider trading. ME: That's not... God. What's wrong with you? TYRANITAR: You mind if I just knock him out now?

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Ned Resnikoff @resnikoff.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Make Weird Nerds' Sex Parties and Harry Potter Fanfic None Of Our Business Again

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think Dragonite is a cool guy because he’s unpretentious. Like, he can kick your ass if he must because he’s a dragon but unlike Salamence, he doesn’t make his personality. He’d rather have a beer on the porch, you know?

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ae @aelkus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

bsky.app/profile/aelk...

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I would like to know how come both the Christian cultural conservatives and the fuckpile that worships a blasphemous computer god are both against us. It feels grossly unfair. One being against us should definitionally get the other one in our corner.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Starfire announces she will become an astronaut after becoming a supermodel.

Bethesda's next game after Elder Scrolls 6 is now official

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The article is an interesting cultural artifact because it really drives home shifts in media consumption. I have not heard of "Choosin' Texas" because I do not have a TV for TV news or a radio to listen to music somebody else picked. I have a computer and phone instead.

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mattevansc3.bsky.social @mattevansc3.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

*Juliet wakes up and finds Romeo has stabbed himself* Juliet: Fuck

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think the next Pokémon anime should be about competitive doubles format. Not because it's an ELITE GROWNUP way of playing Pokeymans. Rather because each trainer having two pocket monsters on the field at once allows for interaction between the mons and this can allow for team dynamics to develop.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

VGC videos are so funny. Even if you don't know shit about Pokémon, they're hilarious, probably even more so. You have this sports commentary looking and sounding thing only instead of talking about back-to-back NBA MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, they're talking about Raichu.

An ESPN looking graphic of the top 8 Mega Evolutions in competitive Pokémon's European circuit.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh yeah, I remember that now. A baffling take seeing how the dude literally beats his wife on camera for giving him lip. Those are not the actions of a woman respecter.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

He cleared his throat for minutes before this, saying he's just talking competitively in terms of worst ground types and he knows it's a really popular Mon, etc. and I was starting to get annoyed thinking "Dude, who cares?" Then he said Quagsire and I no shit audibly gasped and whispered "You cunt."

Quagsire is listed on Wolfe Glick's top ten worst ground type Pokemon list.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The Discord refuses to acknowledge the correctness of my opinions but by God, I stand by it. HashtagJusticeForShedinja

I was playing casual battles today, ineffectually bouncing off Corviknight as one does and it occurred to me. You know who got screwed? This guy.

I remember when he came out and everyone was freaking out about him and if his 1 HP and ten gajillion weaknesses were enough to balance him and now Arch and Corv exist and it's like...
Poor buddy. He literally dies if he runs into Tyranitar at McDonalds. Tyranitar doesn't even do anything. He just orders his Big Mac and accidentally murders the guy with a stray speck of sand.
Which is unfortunate because Shedinja is reduced to flipping burgers now that he's out of a job so Tyranitar has to go hungry.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have an Eternal Flower Floette in my PC box from completing ZA, but the thought of using it in Pokémon Champions feels vaguely dirty because it's the one Pokémon not everyone gets access to. Might mess around with it in unranked, but using a sixty-dollar mon against F2P players feels unchivalric.

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georgia-lux @georgialux.bsky.social · 17/08/2023

Young man-- there's no need to feel down I said young man-- Pagliacci's in town You can go there-- see the world's greatest clown Now why do- you- wince- so sadly?

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Look, call me a Gen Wunner all you want. I’m sorry, but this is stupid.

Incineroar’s attacks are not very effective in Incineroar

The timer runs out on Incineroar versus Incineroar

Incineroar versus Incineroar is declared a draw

Both trainers shrug in confused dismay. DRAW in all caps is in the center of the screen

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I think what exacerbates the problem is that grace isn't universal. Normies don't get to go to Jedi Heaven. Leia gets to see her biological father in Jedi Heaven but not her real dad.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I suppose Mr. Ardvark is right, but it feels like you're stripping them of their power when you argue they just sorta bumblefucked their way through life rather than having any sort of meaningful agency.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Man, I just don't get this sort of thing. People can be fans of a villainous character and then fight to the death for their right to strip their blorbos of all their aura and turn them into smol beans who apparently just ineffectually stood there for three movies.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The thing about Sino-U.S. relations is that they're the ones using their super-secret oil stash to keep the world economy from blowing up so at this point, China is less our rival and more our bewildered coworker who has to clean up our fuckup.

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Starfire’s Deranged Neocon Foreign Policy Podcast @irhottakes.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Well, I started an account and logged in but was driven off by nonstop pictures of Alf's penis, then went back to the Artist Formerly Known As Twitter for a bit, then concluded that it was even uglier than Alf's penis and came back in time for us to have a collective psychotic break in November '25.

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