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The Ides Of Marx

@underdog-toby.bsky.social
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Musician/writer/pop culture junkie. Probably way too invested in things. May contain traces of socialism.

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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Noch ein, zweimal kapitulieren und dann akzeptieren sie uns bestimmt. 🤡
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arno @helloarno.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Die Linke sollte mal checken dass sie weder von den Funktionären der anderen Parteien noch von den paar Schreibtischtätern in deutschen Medienhäusern gewählt wird sondern von den Leuten und zwar gerade weil die sich erhoffen, dass sie was anders macht.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Terminal AOC brain 😔
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Gianmarco Soresi @gianmarcosoresi.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Man who won’t give his employees piss breaks claims many piss breaks on the horizon
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Funny, as someone who has a relatively high Inarritu tolerance, I hated Digger so much. So all bets are off I guess.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ah whatever. One more round of albums that blew my mind at one point.
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade
Nirvana - Nevermind
Muse - Absolution
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
XTC - Skylarking
The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Electric Ladyland
Van Der Graaf Generator - Pawn Hearts
Björk - Homogenic
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I could have done 100 albums and still kept going, but I had to do at least 1 runners up list.
The Zombies - Odessey & Oracle
Porcupine Tree - In Absentia
Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon
Janelle Monae - The ArchAndroid
Jeff Buckley - Grace
Talk Talk - Spirit Of Eden
Judee Sill - Judee Sill
FKA Twigs - Magdalene
Lili Boulanger - Works Of Lili Boulanger
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I did the thing (in chronological order; most influential doesn't mean absolute favorites, though they're all up there).
Queen - News Of The World
The Beatles - Revolver
Stevie Wonder - Songs In The Key Of Life
And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - Worlds Apart
Elliott Smith - Figure 8
Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly
SOPHIE - Oil Of Every Pearl's Un-Insides
Yellow Magic Orchestra - Solid State Survivor
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Great film, terrible fans
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
90 min: There's a special place in hell for people who said "Don't Look Up" was too smug, but will defend this shit. 100 min: Inarritu, you fucking coward, at least commit to the shitty movie you're making. 115 min: END MOVIE, END!!! 129 min: You almost made a point here. I don't care anymore.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Here's the rough time line of my Digger experience: 30 minutes: This is pretty bad in a Spielberg's "1941" sort of way, but it could be worse 35 min: Ok, maybe this is going somewhere interesting. 40 min: Nevermind, it's actually worse now 60 min: WE'RE NOT EVEN HALFWAY THROUGH!?!
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Well Dweller" is one of those games that doesn't do anything new, but everything it does, it does incredibly well. If you ever wanted a version of "Hollow Knight" that doesn't kick your teeth in every 10 minutes, this is the Metroidvania for you. youtu.be/Yr0aquRZvdY?...
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Well Dweller – Launch Trailer – Nintendo Switch
YouTube video by Nintendo of America
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
iTunes / Apple Music is one of the poster children of enshitification. And with every update it somehow gets worse. If you ever tried to add music to it, that isn't coming from AM streaming, you know what a complete pain in the ass it is on every level. And that used to be iTunes' bread & butter.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Next up: Volkswagen
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
even if it was true, which it is not, you don't get any points for nearly doing the right thing. 'how nearly brave of him. he is nearly deserving of praise.' c'mon
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"biden is sooo mad at netanyahu he's going to stop funding the genocide any day now, probably" is a tactic they tried every couple of weeks while he was in office. there's no rescuing his legacy here sorry
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Funny how today's cinema double feature was made up of one of the best films I have seen all year (NAZA) and one of the worst films I have seen all year (Digger).
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
NAZA One day, when everybody will have always been against this and might ask themselves, how could this have happened, "NAZA" will be an excellent, harrowing starting point. youtu.be/YIBRLEEaueo?...
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NAZA - official trailer
YouTube video by The Guardian
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The demo for the new Castlevania game rules. I still can't believe that Konami might actually pull off a complete comeback after how low they sank. Who would have thought 10 years ago that Capcom & Konami would be the seal of AAA quality in 2026?
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eerie dickgirl @eigenvectrix.northsky.social · 30/09/2026
RFK Jr just coming straight out and admitting that the purpose of genAI is to allow fascists to pretend that inconvenient truths aren't true. Sounds to me like a good reason to ban it at once!
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Endlose hysterische Panikmache in den Medien über nichts und wieder nichts? Elif Eralp ist vielleicht doch die Zohran Mamdani von Berlin.
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Corey Brickley * Blight's Hollow Dot Com @coreybrickley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
squidward in a darkened room, looking out the window at spongebob and his best friend having fun outside
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Silent Hill: Townfall The re-awakened Silent Hill series continues to go strong with this latest entry "Townfall". More focus on stealth and puzzles over combat isn't going to be for everyone, but to me it might actually be the strongest entry in this recent run. youtu.be/RALnTmNg_ss?...
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Silent Hill: Townfall - Launch Trailer | PS5 Games
YouTube video by PlayStation
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm glad that in spite of the sheer avalanche of great games this month, all of them seem to be doing quite well so far. I hope that trend continues.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I like Silent Hill Townfall a lot so far, but one thing in horror games I could do without are invulnerable stalker characters (e.g. Mr. X in RE2). Quicky they stop being scary and start just being annoying. "Would you mind FINALLY getting away from that door, so I can continue playing the game?"
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laney @saltmalk.in · 23/09/2026
every time I feel the need to make my art more palatable I channel my inner bjork
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Michael Seemann @mspr0.de · 24/09/2026
für die akteure der ampel und der groko ist es psyhologisch essentiell wichtig, daran festzuhalten, in palästinensern keine menschen zu sehen, weil sie sich sonst eingestehen müssten, sich an einem genozid mitschuldig gemacht zu haben. die linke triggert sie, weil sie diesen konsens durchbricht.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
They also thought the civil rights movement was a ploy by the Soviet Union. Same as it ever was.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Xbox' entire "plan" seems to be, that if they just throw enough developers into the volcano, MAYBE the gaming gods will bless their business (that they ran into the ground).
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Resident Evil Zach Cregger's film FEELS like a Resident Evil game. As in PLAYING a Resident Evil game and messing up spectacularly. "After Hours" as directed by Sam Raimi. The best horror film with a comedian's sensibility, this side of Jordan Peele. An absolute riot. youtu.be/mNd1gb19A-c?...
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RESIDENT EVIL – Official Trailer (4K)
YouTube video by Sony Pictures Entertainment
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
"Mank" felt more like a favor to his dad and "The Killer" had big "well, guess I have to do something"-energy. Neither was bad exactly, but I thought both were beneath his capabilities.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I wasn't sure about the whole limited time mechanic in "The Blood Of Dawnwalker", but having played a few hours now, I like it. It forces you to roll with the punches, since some things will inevitably go wrong. And the amount and interconnectivity of these consequences are really impressive.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Anstatt zu ihren Überzeugungen zu stehen, wird herumgedurckst und relativiert - Appeasement für Corpos, die alles Linke hassen und denen kein Mea Culpa jemals genug sein wird. Das Einzige was von diesem Theater beeinflusst wird, ist die Glaubwürdigkeit bei den eigenen Wählern.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Das Problem mit Die Linke ist, dass sie einfach nicht anders kann, als sich permanent selbst im Weg zu stehen. Jeder noch so unsinnige Köder der Medien wird geschluckt. Selbst wenn, wie beim Thema Palestina, die Mehrheit der Bevölkerung eigentlich auf ihrer Seite steht.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The worst part is: The technology itself has so much potential for good, but because it is owned by corporations seeking endless growth, it can never fulfill that potential. Streaming could be a digital library, preserving culture and making easily accessible. But instead it became shitty cable tv.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The biggest development in tech in the past decade has been everything enshittifying itself to the point, where it's now worse than the thing it replaced (in this case physical media, cable tv & media piracy).
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Hanno Hauenstein @hahauenstein.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
In der Tagesspiegel-Elefantenrunde wird „der Antisemitismus in der Linken“ als völlig unhinterfragte und gesetzte Konstante formuliert - und die Parteivertretung beteuert als Antwort das ‚Existenzrecht’ Israels und stellt Parteiausschlüsse in Aussicht. Geht ja gut los.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Witzverein
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Xero now with 100% more 🎃 @artificer-ind.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Still patiently waiting to be "left behind" by AI rather than it chasing me across every damn space like a slasher in a low budget flick.
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merr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 20/09/2026
things could be worse. at least we're not de facto ruled by a sex cult of guys who worship the computer and think its going to make them immortal if they feed enough poor people to it
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gamera obscura october edition @ohrobin.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
incredibly well-done resident evil teaser from a movie theater
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
They showed the first movie at a local cinema this week and the trailer for this played before that. The gulf of quality between the two became instantly apparent. You really need a cynic like Fincher to cut through all the Sorkin bullshit.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
I'm honestly surprised by HOW successful that new Spider-Man movie is. Sure, it's Spider-Man and that alone will print money. And yes, it's an improvement on the previous films, but I've never heard anyone saying it's anything more than pretty good. Certainly doesn't touch the Spiderverse movies.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AI companies: AI is so powerful, it might destroy humanity. Reality: AI is so incompetent, it hallucinates non-existent intel, that might cause the military to start WW3.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Control Resonant sounds fascinating. Shame I'm one of the suckers who bought the physical edition, so I'll have to wait for almost another month. Oh well, more time for Trails In The Sky 2nd Chapter... and Blood Of Dawnwalker... and Silent Hill Townfall... ...I'll never get around to Fire Emblem.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Friedrich Merz warning of "anti-semitism" while describing Jews as foreigners to Germany, might be peak German "memory culture".
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shaunt @shaunvids.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
you just know that posting "i'm just trying to start a polite conversation about who deserves human rights" will not be marked 'toxic,' but anyone responding 'hey fuck off with that' will earn +5 toxic points
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I remember back in 2023 being outspokenly pro-Palestine still felt like a fringe opinion, at least in more mainstream spaces. But after almost 3 years of relentless genocide, the only people still denying what's going on, are a bunch of billionaires, write opinion columns or work for governments.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The whole Ed Sheeran situation really shows the disconnect between the influence of Israel supporters and how few of them actually still exist. They can get people fired, but the wider public, including artists with a spine, will not buy their bs anymore.
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The Ides Of Marx @underdog-toby.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Star Wars: Zero Company I'm not a big strategy game person, so the idea of "X-Com but Star Wars" wasn't peaking my interest. Having played it now, it might actually be my favorite SW video game. Great (if technically a little rough) gameplay and a fun story & characters. youtu.be/Q-pQE8dUV_g?...
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Star Wars Zero Company | Official Final Trailer
YouTube video by Star Wars
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