Reposted by NateMorgan Johnson @poormojo.bsky.social · 18hNo joke. I think this is the most important video I have ever seen about mobile games. This guy breaks down how this game psychologically profiles you, and makes the game harder or easier in order to show you ads 157125215204
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 10hJapan, stuck in an unwinnable war with China, famously decided to go Leroy Jenkins in hopes of breaking the attritional stalemate. Authoritarian regimes are really bad at rational strategic thinking. 040
Reposted by NateJames Introcaso @jamesintrocaso.bsky.social · 17hHey! A new CROWS playtest is now available for FREE on Patreon. www.patreon.com/mcdm/posts/c...patreon.comCrows Public Playtest 3 Is Happening Now! | MCDM ProductionsThe third Crows public playtest packet is attached to the bottom of this post! Inside, you'll find tons of new monsters (plants, demons, ang 06918
Reposted by NateBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026continues to be the fucking worst. 2567153
Reposted by NateThe Wall Street Journal @wsj.com · 13/10/2026More 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/4yKLe4don.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 16330921174
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026It’s all fun and games now, but future historians may weep that we lost the Library of Alexandria equivalent of rare ass porn 0110
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 13/10/2026I am not sure whether to laugh or weep that LL Cool J is unironically more qualified to be SecDef than the current occupant 040
Reposted by Natelauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 12/10/2026i guess this is just kind of how judges are trained to think but man after two years i am sick of this song 251194106
Reposted by NateDean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 12/10/2026NYT reports that the Republicans' leading donor is a neo-Nazi www.nytimes.com/2026/10/12/u...nytimes.comInside Elon Musk’s $276 Million Midterm Rescue Mission for RepublicansThe world’s richest person has quietly become by far the biggest known midterm donor, trying to save Republicans’ Senate majority with some of the largest donations in American political history. 10369111
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 12/10/2026One of these days I will learn that if I want to post without typos, I shouldn’t do it while walking the dog, but today is not that day… 000
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Reiner Knizia, Cole Wehrle, Matt Colville, Toby Fox, and Richard Berg. Game would be a Thirty Years War game where the goal wasn’t to win the war but to become a landed noblble / rich mercenary / dynastic founder before being killed by rivals or subordinates 110
Reposted by NateMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 10/10/2026this vastly overstates the difficulty of the problem first meridian isn't doing jack, they're going to write a dumb report that everyone in the building ignores because it's gonna call for banning stealth and developing underground submarines as the future of warfare, also will freak out about EMP 821328
Reposted by Nateone dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 09/10/2026the Catholic Church racking up PR wins by saying shit like “we shouldn’t bring back public executions” and “your Claude app isn’t sentient” 275802966
Reposted by Nate DC Council @councilofdc.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is clearly not acceptable 863100043364
Reposted by NateMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 08/10/2026a thing the mentally ill anxiety ridden high engagement low info 'politics knowers' at this place do not understand is just how much the Senate specifically despises pete right now 823311
Reposted by NateMike Black @mikeblack114.bsky.social · 08/10/2026"The Army must win the first battle forward so strategic mass can arrive" is the biggest [citation needed] I've seen in one of these in a while 9981
Reposted by NateDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 08/10/2026would you like to know more?liberalcurrents.comMeet the DemocratsThe party is not an abstract cabal powered by fever dreams, but a living, breathing coalition held together by a ceaseless grind and people with the will to face it. 212519
Reposted by NateSky Marchini @sky.skymarchini.net · 07/10/2026this is a certified Wrecker moment 957546
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I’ve been getting a bunch of them in Virginia, but I assume that’s because they want Trump to see the ads when he’s watching local TV 030
Reposted by NateNicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Normalization is treating the president stealing from taxpayers to buy campaign ads and offer bribes to voters like it's just another day. Normalization is reacting with "won't work" or "polls poorly," and not "resign immediately or you'll be removed, we exist because of a revolution against that." 11395120
Reposted by NateWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Again, you can always detect some faint embarrassment from Democrats when they talk about the ballroom, but “the president demolished a big part of the White House to build himself a palace with bribes from enemy powers” is, by an order of magnitude, the worst corruption scandal in US historyesquire.comA Wealthy Russian Businessman Is Helping Fund Trump’s Stupid Ballroom. Nothing Sketchy About That, Right?Surely, our president will face consequences for this insanity. 321269374
Reposted by NateBill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 03/10/2026“Originalism is an incoherent doctrine. It allows you to prove anything. Thus what it amounts to is a ritual invocation of the Founders, gesturing at this or that piece of text, before delivering whatever conclusion was approved on Fox News the night before.” www.liberalcurrents.com/we-have-no-s...liberalcurrents.comWe Have No Supreme CourtThe philosophical incoherence of originalism prevents the Court from performing its core functions as a supreme court. 1223002781
Reposted by Natedan sinker @dansinker.com · 03/10/2026You'd think that the Democratic party would be making hay over their opposition's biggest donor fighting to let his bot keep making revenge porn. 10244561334
Reposted by NateTeam Talarico @teamtalaricohq.bsky.social · 02/10/2026NEW AD: Are you a data center company looking to take over rural Texas? Are you a crime-loving millionaire looking to throw the FBI off your scent? Are you a child predator looking to get out of jail after just 1 day? Call 844-WHOS-KEN to hear what Ken Paxton can do for you! 10332981255
Reposted by NateJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.) 9753522190
Reposted by NateJay Willis @jaywillis.net · 01/10/2026Man, imagine you're minding your own business, getting kind of drunk with your friends at a picturesque brewery in Maine, when suddenly John Roberts walks by and you get to start heckling him. Must have felt incredible. That's the dream. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/01/u... 1505369810
Reposted by NateDr. Samantha Hancox-Li @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com · 01/10/2026i reiterate: 850873
Reposted by NateVituperative Erb @vituperativeerb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026If we could figure out some quality or feature that was common to all the states where this happened or, conversely, common to all the states where this did not happen, that might help suggest a strategy to correct and/or prevent this 16634123
Reposted by Nateex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 30/09/2026You're losing the war you started for no reason, dumbass. 151069135
Reposted by Natejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 28/09/2026yeah i am reasonably sure that i have a better chance of winning the democratic primary for president than rahm emmanuel 3075076465
Reposted by NateSeanKReynolds at GameHole Con! @seankreynolds.bsky.social · 26/09/2026This "Abortion is for Everyone" (from the Cut channel on YouTube) video is very much worth watching. Perhaps you'll understand things better than you did before. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN3U...youtube.comAbortion is for Everyone | CutYouTube video by Cut 171
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Army CGSC has many flaws but at least the capstone wargame instilled two key lessons: 1. Joint operations are hard 2. Don’t invade Iran 220
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026I know I definitely don’t want a cohort of one-stars convinced they can make critical, time-sensitive operational decisions without a staff! 110
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I don’t think they understand it isn’t a heroic endeavor either - unless they’re also giving the test takers a professional staff, it’s not a real test of how they’ll manage a crisis 110
Reposted by NateFrancesca Baerald @francescabaerald.com · 25/09/2026This is a dark and dangerous place, one not for untrained adventurers! 💀 You'll find this and other maps from Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood in my artbook UNBOUND. 0497
Reposted by NateHeather Massey @heathermassey.com · 25/09/2026It’s the 6th day of early voting in Virginia, and having just voted for Shannon Taylor to flip #VA-01, I’m feeling inspired by @nategm.bsky.social’s effort to educate folks about representative Rob Wittman. Wittman needs to go & here’s why. 🧵 bsky.app/profile/nate... 152
Reposted by Nateteamhamiltonhq.bsky.social @teamhamiltonhq.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Meischa was Roger Marshall's patient. This is her story. 422029748
Reposted by NateMonte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 24/09/2026Have a TTRPG story you've always wanted to tell? An adventure you've been itching to publish and share? The Cypher Open License is FOR YOU! Make the most of Cypher's flexibility, ease of play, narrative focus, and fun gameplay as it brings YOUR creativity to life! www.montecookgames.c... 0187
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The biggest danger, IMO, is that you develop a system where users who are better at understanding the rubric and the rules get artificially high marks for the traits ostensibly being evaluated. Especially so when folks are coming from a speciality background (signal, logistics, etc) 162
Nate @nategm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026The trigger for this outcome is a cleavage within the IRGC or between the IRGC and some entity that can scrape together a viable alternative threat of force. Pezeshkian and Araghchi already hate each other and Khamenei is MIA. 010
Reposted by NateThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 23/09/2026wow, you're telling me a ton of senators and congressmen have been funneling bribes into their personal pacs for years? it's almost like the dissenting opinion in citizens united was right, and that opening the door to super pacs has undermined the integrity of elections! Post: InteractInk.com 10238661163
Reposted by NateB. A. Friedman @bafriedman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’m not opposed to greater scrutiny of officers as they become generals/admirals, American high command certainly has its problems. But evaluating their tactical acumen is folly from the start. That’s neither been the problem nor the role of modern generalship. foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/12/t...foreignpolicy.comThe End of the Fighting GeneralAmerica’s top brass should abandon dreams of battlefield glory—and focus on paperwork instead. 313621