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TheFourthJesse

@thefourthjesse.bsky.social
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I play board games, write code for a living, and live in Wisconsin.

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Annette Gordon-Reed @agordonreed.bsky.social · 14h
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Matthew Dowd @matthewjdowd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Latest WSJ poll: "63% want to pause AI development 61% want a billionaire wealth tax 59% want Medicare for All 57% want a $20 minimum wage 58% want to end U.S. military aid to Israel" This is the center of the country politically. it is time all adjust to this political spectrum, esp. media.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I work at a company where we have a sci-fi themed building, a mystery themed building, and multiple fantasy themed buildings. I have always said we should have a romance themed building, but I doubt it will ever happen... Also we should have a Barbie themed building...
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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh we're doing Romance novel discourse again?
Fred from Scooby Doo unmasks a ghost in two panels. In the first, the masked ghost is, "HERE'S WHY THIS GENRE I HATE IS BAD." In the second, the ghost is unmasked to turn out to be, "I HAVEN'T READ OF IT BUT"
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
While this is just an Easter egg that references the ending credits to Minecraft, it's super unprofessional for a government website. Don't get me wrong, Easter eggs in websites are cool, but it should be on topic. Like, here, a graph of economic stuff and Reagan's face where it All Went Wrong.
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I really hate looking at the covers of board games and thinking, "Was this AI? It looks kinda overly smooth ... or is this just art direction?"
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Reselsnark @reselsnark.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This thread by @theradr.bsky.social is more leaning on how easy it was to transition to ghost, and about that platform’s positive qualities and values than necessarily negative about substack, but might be useful to demonstrate there are genuine alternatives. bsky.app/profile/ther...
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
A sorta odd request. I’m looking for an artistic cartographer or an illustrator to commission to make a cute, useful street map of an actually existing village. Searching the internet produces a bunch of fantasy map specialists and AI slop, which isn’t quite it. Know anyone? (This is paid, ofc.)
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I am reminded of a scene from Terry Pratchett's Going Postal, which will take at least three posts to show... ------ “Do you understand what I'm saying?" shouted Moist. "You can't just go around killing people!" "Why Not? You Do." The golem lowered his arm.
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
i hate that i can’t enjoy cute animal videos without wondering if they’re AI. i’m getting better at checking, but damn, way to ruin one of the few good things on the internet.
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Paizo @paizo.com · 23/09/2026
Join us in giving a warm bravo, brava, and brave to our wonderful group of freelance authors who put together the Seventh Season of Pathfinder Society Second Edition, Year of Battle’s Spark! Show gratitude for the minds behind the fun in today's blog: bit.ly/4xDL6Cg
The image is of a group of Hellknights in full armor ready for battle in front of a burning building. In the bottom right corner of the image is the "Paizo Organized Play" logo.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 23/09/2026
1868: Let's allow these people to save face so we can move one and get back to work fixing the country. 1974: Let's allow Nixon to save face so we can move on and heal the country. 2021: Let's not convict Trump so we can move on and get back to work fixing and healing the country. 2026: …
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20/09/2026
Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 19/09/2026
The AI industry wants you to say "the AI just did that thing on its own!" Like, United Health's AI that's denying a shitload of claims with a 90% error rate? They wanted you to think it's just the AI.
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Bruno Dias @brunodias.dev · 17/09/2026
Flock was founded in 2017. If they’re still installing cameras with this firmware, this implies they have *never* conducted a security update.
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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
They're going to give kids polio, this is madness.
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Tom Fowler @tomfowler.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I asked ages ago but didn’t get much of a response so I’m taking another swing at it. Does anyone following me either know how to read Cree or know someone who can?
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
In actual democracies, a National Voter Registration Day is completely unnecessary, since access to suffrage is easy, often automatic, & not the subject of endless pitched legal & political battles about its restriction.
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Brian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Reminder: Fuck AI.
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🥧 suzanne 🥧 @425suzanne.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Americans... don't forget to make sure you're registered to vote. Please. And please vote. PLEASE. nationalvoterregistrationday.org
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National Voter Registration Day
National Voter Registration Day is a holiday celebrated on the fourth Tuesday of every September. It's goal is to focus attention on the importance of registering to vote and voting in our democracy d...
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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
An M.I.T. Report Warns A.I. Is Causing ‘Cognitive Surrender.’ Universities Are in a Bind.
nytimes.com
Universities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace It (Gift Article)
As A.I. upends education, university leaders have been all over the map about how to respond. It can be very confusing for students.
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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trans people are not the cause of any of your problems, and only assheads want you to believe they are.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A man rapped with his dog at the Apollo, the stage famous for booing acts off before their first verse, and the crowd went wild for both of them.
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Picard Tips @picardtips.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Picard management tip: Admitting one's failures is a sign of confidence and strength. It reassures others that failing is okay.
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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Some are suggesting you deliberately write inaccurate or confusing alt text, because they say this confuses AI scrapers that are analyzing images. The purpose of alt text is to help people who cannot see the image. Deliberately misrepresenting the image is a gross misuse of alt text. Don't do it.
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Brian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A classic for the Monkey 2600 Entertainment System is now in the d20Monkey Shop! #ttrpg #webcomics d20monkey.dashery.com/products/986...
A colorful ad with a blue t-shirt featuring a homage to old school Atari 2600 box art with a pen tablet, comic strip, d20, and TTRPG notebook with the text "d20Monkey comics, games, and TTRPG cartridge"
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Charles Johnson @charles.littlegreenfootballs.com · 11/09/2026
The real legacy of 9/11 is what we see happening in the US right now. Organizations purportedly formed to combat terrorism are being used by a demented sociopathic president to terrorize the citizens of the US, and turn the nation into a white supremacist dictatorship.
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nora "the tea kobold" rude (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 31/08/2025
why can't the democrat messaging on trans people be "no, we are not going to force children to undergo genital inspections in order to play sports"
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I've wanted to switch off Gmail as my main email provider for many, many, many months. I always got exhausted looking at options. Yesterday, the McDonald's app finally realized that I had deleted my Facebook account years ago. However, my email address was linked to the Facebook account.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 09/09/2026
…So Anthropic leadership not only misunderstood the TV show Person Of Interest *as a whole*, but they actively thought Team Samaritan were the *good guys*? Yikes. Also, so much for "ethical red lines against domestic mass surveillance," amirite?
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Luke Diaz @lukediaz.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Epic's so successful that there are purely MyChart based scams out there - watch yourself. gizmodo.com/that-free-my...
gizmodo.com
That Free MyChart 'Medicare Kit' Is a Scam
Gizmodo obtained consumer complaints from the FTC about the scam.
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Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I am the very model of a modern day typographer A font take on the tune “Modern Major General” by Gilbert & Sullivan #typography #fonts #graphicdesign
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TheFourthJesse @thefourthjesse.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"So, boss, if we don't inspect our cream cheese, people could get listeria. We should do that." "How much does it cost to inspect our cream cheese?" "$1,000,000" "How much does it cost us when someone gets listeria?" "Nothing we can quantify." "Then we don't need to spend that money."
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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
If you have a problem with Mayor Mamdani attending the 9/11 ceremony you’re simply a racist piece of shit, I’m sorry, that’s on you, you’re gonna have to live with that until you figure out how to be a better human being
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Dissent Magazine @dissentmag.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Labor Day was the first national holiday that a social movement both created and persuaded the state and businesses to honor.
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A Demonstration of Working-Class Power - Dissent Magazine
Labor Day was the first national holiday that a social movement both created and persuaded the state and businesses to honor.
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
well fuck this guy and his shit movie
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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Our society's unfathomable cruelty to homeless people is not just morally unjustifiable, but more expensive than housing people would be. Cruelty against the homeless is an unaffordable luxury. Abandoning homeless people to avoid offending the Protestant work ethic is an unaffordable luxury.
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
“I should still get to enjoy the wizard books and their fan community if I support trans people otherwise” and “I actually always knew the books were bad and Rowling was evil, due to my superior mind” are actually both equally exhausting takes
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Louis Southard - Comic Book Writer @louissouthard.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
PAID ART GIG: I’m looking for FIFTEEN (15) artists to draw pinups for a project I’m currently working on. These positions are unavailable to those currently on the team in ANY capacity. All are welcome. Peers especially welcome! Email me at louissouthard(at)gmail(dot)com Thanks!
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Rory Muldoon @rorymuldoon.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If your Kickstarter game has AI art and an AI trailer with AI music, then there’s no way I’m going to believe the game design isn’t AI generated as well.
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Brian F'n Patterson @d20monkey.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
New collections, organizations, and a few tweaks to the page are live. Check it out to support my work. Free memberships are welcome and keeps you up-to-date on what I am working on! #ttrpg #webcomics #battlemaps www.patreon.com/cw/d20monkey
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d20Monkey — Creating webcomics and maps for TTRPG
Get more from d20Monkey on Patreon. Creating webcomics and maps for TTRPG. Support d20Monkey and get exclusive access to their work.
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Charles Pulliam-Moore @charlespulliam.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Seen a lot of people responding to this with “I’m just going to pirate the show,” and I want to gently remind everyone that the central idea in this piece is that there’s no way to engage with the Potter franchise in any capacity that doesn’t benefit Rowling and her bigotry
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 02/09/2026
dems would be well served by ditching the ambiguous "affordability" platitudes and just hammering these clowns on corruption, all day every day. That's what they did to Orban in Hungary
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Record-High 89% in U.S. Say Government Corruption Widespread
Perceptions of government corruption in the U.S. hit a record high in 2026, with broad agreement across partisan lines.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
theverge.com
There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa www.tampabay.com/news/2026/08...
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Cubans living in Florida are being deported to Africa
ICE sent them away under a controversial policy without knowing where they were going or what would happen next.
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🎃Autopsy of Ashley Lynch 🔪🎞️ @ashleylynch.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I would 100% support a law that says if any digital platform removes your access to media you paid for then they are required to refund you the entirety of the original purchase price. That would solve this whole thing in a hurry.
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Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I wrote an essay about why I'm done using AI for coding, even if it costs me my job and career: brettcodes.com/im-done-usin... The basic gist is: AI made me a worse, apathetic programmer. I think it's bad for humanity, the planet, and the craft of software engineering. And I'm done using it.
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I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.
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Sarah Andersen @sarahseeandersen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
The image is of a four panel comic.
The title reads, "Suddenly Finding A New Obsession".
In the first panel we see Sarah, the protagonist, in front of her computer. She has a bored expression on her face.
In the second panel we zoom in on her face. She looks suddenly alert.
In the third panel we zoom in even closer on her face. Her eyes and mouth are wide open in intrigue.
In the fourth panel we zoom out and see Sarah in front of her computer again, but this time she is dressed in a frog costume, surrounded by frog toys, and has an "I heart frogs" poster behind her.
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🎃🧛🏾Vita Ahhhh-yala👻🙀 @definitelyvita.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I genuinely am begging people not to watch the new HP show. Like, also don't buy any branded stuff - she makes money off all that. But especially don't watch the damn show.
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Darla @basicandbizarre.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
The full third season of The Owl House. Dana and co deserved to tell the full story and let it all properly cook instead of being given three TV moviee to tell 22 episodes worth of plot in.
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