Raptor
Fake gamer; real girl • Social worker • Rogue data archivist • Amateur video game scholar • [E]vent Stuffs
Opinions depicted by this account are, much like the writer, mediocre and redundant
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Occupied Duwamish Lands
Once, there was Eggbug
- Reposted by RaptorI used to love computer it was my friend. Now I have hate in my heart
- Reposted by RaptorHey folks, I've just added VERHO - CURSE OF FACES to my Steam curator page. I've been greatly enjoying this King's Field inspired RPG lately. If you liked the likes of Lunacid and Dread Delusion, this is another excellent addition to the Kingslike subgenre. store.steampowered.com/app/3017330/...
- Reposted by Raptorvery excited to have my response included in the latest Boston Review forum against Democratic moderation! here it is, my best argument for why Dems shouldn't "moderate" on transgender rights & LGBTQ issues more generally (as they are inextricably linked): www.bostonreview.net/forum/how-no...
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- Reposted by Raptorpantone's color of the year makes me upset on too many social, mental, psychological layers to count, but I tried to... do something with it, I guess. (Yes she's mostly blue but that's because I didn't want this girl to be colored with eggshell. Sorry I meant "cloud dancer")
- Reposted by RaptorTeam Haiti has one of the best winter Olympic fits and it's ironic given the country doesn't have snow
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- Reposted by RaptorThis is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm. The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him. Happy Black History Month.
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- Reposted by RaptorHow To Reform ICE With the Power of Accountability and Transparency In Two Easy Steps Step 1: The Power of Accountability and Transparency It is impossible to reform ICE with the power of accountability and transparency. Step 2: The Power of Incredible Violence
- Reposted by Raptorunbelievably grim to see Valve announce a delightful and exciting compact Linux box approximately 15 seconds before RAM became the more expensive material in the known universe.
- Valve’s Steam Machine has been delayed, and the RAM crisis will impact pricing. Valve is now aiming to launch its Steam Machine in the first half of 2026, rather than early 2026. How much will it cost, though? www.theverge.com/games/874196...
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- Sitting here on 0.1PB calling myself an archivist... but also I'm entirely out of pocket on this. Gods even a single petabyte of storage would be a game changer. But also it would cost another ~10k for RAID0, assuming HDD (platter) prices don't also explode. That and solar power by 2030? Maybe.
- Reposted by Raptoras ever: archive.org/donate?origi... The Internet Archive is probably the org I've supported/urged ppl to fundraise for the most, after my own org, #MEAction. Seriously, if you won't miss $5/month, it's always a good time to support the Archive.
- Reposted by RaptorThe Wayback is now so load-bearing we should be protecting it with our actual lives
- You know, it's pretty disheartening that a lot of my recent blocks are in response to me trying to be earnest. Meeting people where they are, treating them like an actual person deserving of understanding. I know, I know, I shouldn't engage. But gods damn it I want so badly for it to work.
- Reposted by RaptorWhat happens when you run everything like a startup
- Reposted by RaptorWaPo's Matt Murray told staff the paper is shuttering sports, moving remaining staff to features, shrinking foreign coverage, restructuring metro, closing books coverage, suspending Post Reports podcast “Whole company now waiting for a live or die email” one staffer said More in tonight’s Status
- Reposted by Raptor...so the video essay is now live, please like & share! btw the photo in the thumbnail is from *1997* during the 2nd Annual National Gender Lobbying Day, where trans people gathered in Washington DC to reach out to members of Congress. trans activism is not in any way "new"! youtu.be/a9VhnoxRj1o
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- I DO wish I could call out specific pieces from @mattesque.bsky.social as he has MANY pieces with fantastic long names, but because they're ambient works I largely just let a playlist with them go and let the vibes wash over. Anyway, calling out great moody ambient: mattesque.bandcamp.com/music
- Reposted by RaptorICE has been holding a disabled double amputee named Rodney Taylor in a camp for a year. He’s been in the US since he was two years old. It’s all he knows. When they detained him, they denied him access to new prosthetic legs. His health is declining.
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View full threadReposted by RaptorIt’s beyond cruel and unusual punishment. It’s ableism and eugenics. Rodney’s health is slipping away and he’s being denied reasonable accommodation and medical care. Never forget that the Nazis also targeted disabled people. They knew that few people would fight for us.
- Reposted by RaptorPlease speak up for Rodney. A year in an ICE camp is beyond comprehension. Public pressure works. If enough people speak up, a life may be saved. Many of the deaths in ICE custody have been due to medical neglect… let’s make sure Rodney isn’t one of them.
- Reposted by RaptorAnyway hey please wishlist The Killing Stone on Steam! I'm very proud of the work we've done and I think you'll enjoy it. store.steampowered.com/app/2781470/...
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- She/Her/Hers - I Think I Finally Love Myself Psynwav - I've Had It With This Name Michael Kamen - From the Earth to the Moon Bear McCreary - The Shape of Things to Come Nai Br.XX & Celeina Ann - Someday I'll Find My Way Home Ludwig Göransson - Why You Here ∕ Before the Sun Went Down
- Reposted by RaptorI know everything is a lot right now but just remind yourself, maybe it will happen today. And if not today, maybe tomorrow; only way to know is to be there, okay? 💜
- Reposted by RaptorIt’s day 64 of the ICE occupation of MSP. Today ICE officers once again arrested observers at gunpoint, caused lockdowns of neighborhood schools, and harassed people on the street simply for their skin color. Nothing has changed, despite the rhetoric from “leaders.”
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- Reposted by Raptori would be overjoyed if the U.S. had a president as ethical and even-tempered as Chancellor Gowron
- Reposted by Raptorps if u want a sense of why people seem so zealously to believe themselves to be pure, just, & right while carrying out acts of unimaginable cruelty, do i have a book for you bookshop.org/p/books/wild...
- Love that Bsky thinks this entirely innocuous cute animation is somehow "sexual."
- Reposted by RaptorCan comfirm from MN, as can anyone who lives here, that not a THING has changed except little Bovino isnt peacocking around the streets anymore. And there hasn’t been a third high-profile murder of a white person yet. But the gestapo attacks haven’t stopped. At all! bsky.app/profile/jyse...
- Reposted by RaptorIt's insane to me that Adobe thought it was a good idea to retire Animate because they couldn't figure out what else to add to it. As if an app has no use unless it's being constantly updated. What an unhinged take on software.
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- Reposted by RaptorOkay, look, I wanna say something about this, because I know a lot of people are like "oh look the weird nerds are having a Day" and yes, we are. But this is not really about 3D printing so much as it is about community.
- Reposted by RaptorAnd I don't just mean a community of weird nerd 3D printers (although I'll talk about us in a second). I mean a community of human beings who are embracing the idea that we are here on earth to love each other and keep each other safe.
- Reposted by RaptorHere is what we are seeing: that every time we have a need, people are leaping to volunteer. To volunteer for admin work. To volunteer to help us get filament. To volunteer to help us pay postage so we can keep sending ABSOLUTELY FREE whistles to anyone who needs them to keep their community safe.
- Reposted by RaptorFascism wants you to believe that you are alone. That you are isolated. That the feelings you have are yours and nobody else has them because everybody is too afraid to speak. But love is stronger than fascism. Community is stronger than fascism.
- Reposted by RaptorWe have shipped a total of 376,067 whistles to 49 states (out of 51, I believe our count is for unique identifiers and so DC counts as a state, AS IT SHOULD).
- Reposted by RaptorSometimes you just have sudden realizations many years later. Like it just yesterday it dawned on me that the game f-zero is called that because of Formula car racing rankings (F3 -> F2 -> F1 -> F-Zero)
