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Wherever you are on the left, NY democrats nominating a #socialist like #mamdani signals a possible positive shift in the direction of our future. He's a once in a generation public speaking talent, like a new age MLK. More leftist should follow in his footsteps. Workers of America unite.

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#ultima6 is one of my favorite #crpg games of all time, and the #snes port of the game is a surprisingly competent port, with the basic game mostly intact. What's left after somehow fitting this on a cartridge is a vast open world experience on a 16-bit system. Unheard of! #ultima #retrogaming

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Playing Suikoden IV for the very first time. Already, it feels more like a #suikoden title than S3, as much as I love that game as well. The opening scenes are gloriously, cinematically epic. #suikoden4 #ps2 #jrpg

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#capitalism drives people to #homelessness and drug #addiction. We self-medicate because many of us have to fight to survive every day. In a world where we actually took care of each other, no one would be thrown away for feeling sad and lost. The human race needs #socialism. Capitalism = suffering.

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Doing the tablet retro gaming thing - playing a fun Super Mario World #romhack called Mario's Pride Mini Quest, which seems thematic this month. #supermarioworld #smw #pride #pridemonth #retrogaming #mario

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Record of Lodoss War for the Super Famicom acts as a #jRPG side-story to the plot of the #D&D inspired anime of the same name - one of my old-school favorites. The game is a tough but unique jRPG with great #SNES visuals and a tactical grid-based battle system. #recordoflodosswar #retrogaming

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For centuries, fundamental #inequalities in our system have underserved #minorities. #DEI is only a bandage upon a more fundamental problem. We wouldn't need things like DEI or affirmative action if the right would let those with a conscience make more fundamental changes to our country. #socialism

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Did I find a lesbian in Suikoden II? #pride #pridemonth #suikoden #suikoden2 #lgbtq #lesbian #psx #retrogaming

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Luxury gay space #communism, ladies and gents and others as well. As usual, #startrek got it right, all the way back in 1991. You eliminate #poverty, you eliminate despair and hopelessness. #socialism #classconsciousness

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The level of right-wing, anti-protestor polarization in the media today post-Trump is alarming. For decades, the right has riled everyone up, claiming that there has been a left-wing bias in the media, when in fact, it was just more principled reporting. Is this the end of free press in America?

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Demon Child Zenki is one of the best looking Sega Game Gear platformers. Fun gameplay, multiple characters, gorgeous-looking and interesting levels with a fantastic color palette...what a treat. #gamegear #demonchildzenki #retrogaming

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The indirect death toll of this administration is almost unfathomable. I have concerns about #usaid, but don't destroy millions of dollars of medications that could help millions. Give them to other orgs at a premium. Anything other than this. #trump #america #fascism

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Images from #AP News Feed showing military on the streets of Santa Ana, California. #fascism #fascismishere

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#fascism #riseup #organize #socialism #anticapitalism #fightthepower #portlandor #pdx

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Is this a guilty pleasure? My fave #nineties #fmv game is Rebel Assault II: The Hidden Empire. This was the first time official live action #starwars was filmed in any context since the '80s, and as cheesy as it is, it kinda holds up. Still a great rail shooter, IMO. #rebelassault #retrogaming #psx

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This game is interesting. Kirikou for the Game Boy Color is based on, I think, a French animated film. The game itself is a pretty lightweight platformer, quite Euro-style with its open ended levels. The color choices are gorgeous. #kirikou #gbc #gameboycolor #retrogaming

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The Gameboy version of Sagaia (the sequel to Darius) is actually pretty damn good. Controls are tight, all the power-ups are there, and the cart enables extra colors while playing on GBC or Super Gameboy. Also, just in general, for a GB game, it looks stunning. #sagaia #retrogaming #gameboy

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Momotarou Dengeki (Peach Boy Thunderbolt, or Peach Boy Big Bang, which is the funnier translation) for the OG Game Boy is yet another Japan-exclusive featuring the Peach Boy, who throws b̶u̶t̶t̶s̶ peaches at foes, turning them into increasingly bigger peaches. Fun gameplay and complex levels. Love it.

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Can't stop playing Astro Ninja Man DX, an #aftermarket #homebrew for the #NES. It's one of the most addictive and unique shmups I've ever played, especially on an 8-bit system. #astroninjaman #shmup #retrogaming

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"No man can serve both capital and labor at the same time." -Eugene Debs, 1908

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"As it is now the lion’s share goes to the capitalist for which he does nothing, while you get a small fraction to feed, clothe and shelter yourself, and reproduce yourself in the form of labor [...] that is all you get out of it and all you ever will get in [...] [capitalism]." -Eugene Debs, 1908

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One of my fave eighties rarities, Pink World by Planet P Project, the sci-fi prog side project of multi-instrumentalist Tony Carey, formerly of Rainbow. It's basically a futuristic sounding Pink Floyd, right down to Tony's enigmatic, David Gilmour sounding vocals. #classicrock #tonycarey

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Aw, someone's got a case of the Mondays.

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Where did #capitalism get us? A maladapted society where most #students now use #AI to do their work for them, and many graduates lack basic literary and reading comprehension skills. We deserve better. We live in a society where competition is so intense, students must #cheat instead of learn.

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I would love to do a #Suikoden podcast, but I'm sure it would be too niche to have much of an audience. #retrogaming #jrpg

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Suikoden II is more than a simple game. It's a work of narrative art that surpasses almost any other #jRPG of its era. It does everything right. 11/10. I can't remember the last time another game made me cry, besides Chrono Trigger and FF6. Greatest 2D jRPG ever? #suikoden #suikoden2 #ps1

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Nanami of Suikoden II is my favorite video game character of all time. She's both the most authentically funny and compassionate protagonist in any #jRPG, ever. #suikoden #suikoden2 #nanamilives

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For anyone that wants to get into #shmups (shoot-em-ups) for the first time, one of my fave novice games in the genre is Star Parodier for the PC Engine CD. It's easy, visually exciting, and parodies the Star Soldier shmup series, which you can move on to after. #starparodier #pcengine #retrogaming

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Is #AI decimating the current #educational model that has existed for over a century? Yes it is. Part of the problem is that kids, especially those from #poor backgrounds, feel like they can't compete. #Education should be a human right. #socialism #humanrights

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I love my #chihuahua #dog Ginger.

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We need to stop electing senile old men that are manipulated by their ambitious underlings. #Biden was one thing. #Trump is so enfeebled in his recent interviews, he seems to only repeat the last thing he is told by Stephen Miller and believes it implicitly. #fascism #oligarchy #corruption #lies

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#Landstalker is one of my favorite games of all time. It's a classic #sega #genesis Zelda-like with a bold isometric perspective, giving it expansive depth and height that was unheard prior. It's a big game with so many little nooks and areas to explore. I play through it once a year. #retrogaming

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1/] "There is a #cult of #ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life [...]"

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Rewatched the #startrek #tng episode "The Naked Now" recently, and thought about this. When everyone is intoxicated from polywater, which--by the way--insane concept to pull out of episode two of any series, people usually say the crew is drunk. To me, it's more like everyone is on MDMA. Am I wrong?

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My favorite #puzzle #arcade Tetris-like game of all time is Super Puzzle Fighter 2 Turbo. Is this a low-brow choice? In my heart of hearts, I could play this game on repeat, over and over. It's not deep, but it hits the perfect balance of action and strategy, for me. #retrogaming #capcom

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OK, I've reached the final boss of the #Cave #shmup cinematic universe, 2011's Muchi Muchi Pork, which seems to be the first food fetish shoot-em-up I've ever played. Since I don't know Japanese, I'm probably missing some additional body negativity jokes that are probably better left untranslated.

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Mushihime Sama Futari is another hilariously extra #shmup, one with so much superlative eye candy, I almost can't tell if I'm even in direct control of my ship. I kind of love it, though. It's so visually active, it nearly qualifies as some kind of batshit #demoscene demo. #Cave #retrogaming

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