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Joe Köller

@joekllr.bsky.social

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He/him - Ex-critic, reformed poster, recidivist gamer.


Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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It's that time again

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Happy birthday! Complex feelings around it I'm sure, but I hope the milestone can still bring some cheer.

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sure thing, need full participation to keep it sporting

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@shevek.bsky.social don't forget to make a move

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Ahhhhh's avatar Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com
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good news everyone. the liberals in my mentions think if we vote for the lesser evil just one more time the rising tide of fascism will be defeated. lets all take a breath

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Stella's avatar Stella @antlervel.vet
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❌ It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness ✅ shit was mid

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Frankly rude that everything turning into trash heaps might force us to develop better habits.

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Ed Zitron's avatar Ed Zitron @zitron.bsky.social
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i got interviewed in an Austrian magazine and i can't get over this illustration lol

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Sad news. It's a shame to hear Solium Infernum underperformed for them, it's a great game and I'd still encourage anyone remotely interested to give it a try.

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There may be a sea change in the general public, but SEO sickos have always been seething about Google. They produce the same slop as everyone else and then get mad that their awesome content isn't ranking how they feel it should.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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On the production side, yes. On the reception side, I think the problem is made worse by people getting mis/disinformation regurgitated to them by a "trustworthy source" like Google's own AI instead of seeing it's original questionable source.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Interesting nightmare (?) last night about an FMV indie game that deletes your brain, both in its own fiction and in real life. Memory is fuzzy, but I recall: Themes of ocean exploration and jellyfish. A cutscene declaring that "someone else" occupies your mind now.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Hellish diplomacy is only dirty if you do it right

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As a satisfying finish should

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Congrats, you monster! Knew you had that darkness in you <3

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Carli Velocci (👽)'s avatar Carli Velocci (👽) @carlivelocci.com
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Toranaga: yes this is all going according to keikaku Mariko to Blackthorne: Keikaku means plan

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Shutting up is always an option

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Nothing wrong with having the extra layer of separation, but DDG sources its results from Bing (as do most minor search engines). There's no real escape from the Google/Microsoft duopoly right now.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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In Berlin and paid a visit to the Magnus Hirschfeld memorial: A pioneer of gay and trans rights who became an early target of Nazi book burnings and whose name and work remained buried too long. Right-wing chuds like to claim that being trans is a new concept, but trans people have always been here.

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Patrick Monahan's avatar Patrick Monahan @pattymo.com
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LinkedIn is so cool

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melissa~'s avatar melissa~ @melissanarchy.bsky.social
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see the way the developers INTENDED for you to play Hades is to play the first game while being an ill-tempered bisexual boy and then play the second one while being a sweetheart lesbian. that's why they gave you a few years in between to transition

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF LESSER ARCHFIENDS, THIS IS NOW USURPER ACCOUNT. I AM THE ASTAROTH OF LIFE, I AM THE BELIAL OF FOREVER

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ASCII Dracula's avatar ASCII Dracula @robotparking.kvlt.rip
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framing this and putting it next to my bed so I can wake up with the focus only pure seething resentment can bring.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Imagine allowing someone else to win a match. Couldn't be me.

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Timothy's avatar Timothy @herooftim.bsky.social
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Love what google is up to these days

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Playstation Vita means Playstation of Life and I think that's beautiful

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Now there's a boy who likes a music of some kind

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Matt Binder's avatar Matt Binder @mattbinder.bsky.social
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the NYPD, aided by cable news, is trying to further push the “outside agitator” narrative at Columbia the evidence? a bike lock and chain “this is not what students bring to school. this is what professionals bring to campuses.” Columbia literally sells these bike locks and chains to students

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metallic wing pigeon's avatar metallic wing pigeon @joewasfly.bsky.social
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NYPD and Eric Adams are absolutely going to do a press conference with a broken chair leg (that the cops broke), a student's swiss army knife, and a copy of Mein Kampf that some cop brought from home, and anyone who falls for it can safely be dismissed from ever being respected again.

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Existential Comics's avatar Existential Comics @existentialcomics.bsky.social
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What's cool about looking back at the history of college protests is that 19 year old students have been right about every single American war, and the esteemed Harvard educated opinion writers at the New York Times have been wrong about every single American war.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Me when Michael hits Cameron with the classroom technique of "say more"

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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What a cutie! Sorry to hear it wouldn't work with Jason, hope you're both doing okay

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Luke O'Neil's avatar Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social
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We are currently experiencing a period of collective mass hysteria I haven’t seen since the early 2000s where every lever of power in the so-called American liberal order are all laser focused on one single thing: the state of Israel must be allowed to massacre as many Palestinians as they wish.

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CC Kirby's avatar CC Kirby @cckirby.bsky.social
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dril clowned on adam sessler so hard in real time that adam deleted his account like two minutes after this

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Spare us the fucking crybullies who think they should be allowed to bomb civilians in peace and if you say anything about it you need to have your head cracked open by a cop in riot gear.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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You're acting like I tore the guy's head off. Is it me making a big deal out of this? Or the parade of randos jumping in to defend reply guy honor?

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Again, settings are great, but "Either protect yourself or be ready to welcome the entire internet to your mentions" is not a helpful stance! In a healthy online environment, onus is on the recipient to practice restraint.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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I don't think I'm expecting too much awareness when I expect someone to pause, reflect and go "Ah, this post was pulled into a feed because it mentions games, but the author clearly didn't mean to ask all three million bluesky users for input and it would be weird for me to jump in as a stranger"

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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But it's not the way this site or any social media site is intended to function! Same as in offline spaces, interactions can take place in a public setting and it would still be weird for a stranger to inser themself. It's a matter of mores more so than settings.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Sorry for being harsh with you, but I feel this is part of social media mores! Not every public post is calling for your input, even if they're asking a question

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Need you both to learn the difference between seeing a post and being invited to reply. Yes you might see something on a feed that calls for responses. You should still have the good sense to not slide in the mentions of a total stranger.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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I very clearly asked my friends.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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My guy, I don't know you, unhinged for you to pop in here.

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Friends, recommend me some Steam Deck games?

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Sarah J. Jackson's avatar Sarah J. Jackson @sjjphd.bsky.social
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Remember why students are protesting

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Joe Köller's avatar Joe Köller @joekllr.bsky.social
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Puh, ganz schön dicke Luft bei denen.

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