Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
Julian Nubaby (2016-2025) I was honored to be your human. Thank for you for being my Nubaby. I will miss you so dearly. Give my love to Miles. Until I see you both again. Run free, kitty.
Roving attorney. Leftist. Gamer. Occasional content creator.
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Julian Nubaby (2016-2025) I was honored to be your human. Thank for you for being my Nubaby. I will miss you so dearly. Give my love to Miles. Until I see you both again. Run free, kitty.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
Julian Nubaby has given us almost nine months on a three-to-six month diagnosis. We've treasured those moments & not taken them for granted. Now staring down the barrel of making the humane call, my inner child has deftly bypassed various mental blocks to remind me how unfair it all is. He's right.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Stop making sense, Becca.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Yep! Progressives (and marginalized groups) are perpetually in a state of being expected to take one for the libs and being blamed when things don't work out for the libs.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Next you'll tell us that our internet activity is being tracked.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
So all that out of the way...You gonna watch True Lies tonight?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
"We met and fell in love while celebrating 'Dead Dobson Day'" would make for a helluva story. Maybe someone will write it/live it. May their union (and hatred for this piece of shit) burn eternal.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
OMG word!
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
I can't be the only VTMB nerd wondering if the rex upstairs has a money clip on his back...
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Nice work if can you get it.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
"You merely adopted the gay. I was born in it, molded by it."
Manning Krull (@manningkrull.bsky.social) reposted
Whoa, people seem pretty upset about the Cracker Barrel logo change, me I think it's pretty cool 🦇
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Think about it all the time. ❤️
Angel Alys (@angelalys.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
it's wild how the most basic ass Mr Roger's position is now considered too far for liberal discourse. No child should go hungry, and ensuring a child goes hungry is evil. That's not a political position, it's an entry level understanding of the world around you
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Game Workers' Bill of Rights. Wow. That's beautiful.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Guaranteed. Anthony Tata will carry of Trump's water and enable all of his delusions.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Same. Enlistment numbers were up last year (which of course Trump took credit for). Wonder if we'll get clean reporting on 2025 enlistment next year. Wouldn't surprise me if there's a bump in enlistment as austerity measures kick in and alternatives diminish. Economic conscription is real.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
"Don't pander to the center like I did" - India Walton Don't plan on it. Being a leftist means being right, but too early. It means being in the minority. It means digging in on the right things, even if they're politically unpopular. Sorry you didn't get that when it counted. Enjoy private life.
The Hell Curve (@thehellcurve.bsky.social) reposted
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Iconic. For me it was just entering Santa Monica. Mecurio & the Voermans & Kilpatrick & Gimble. Thinbloods and Ocean House Hotel. The Asylum and Chiasm. Ugh. I want to go play it again for the first time.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Hell, low/mid/high humanity got you huge story/dialogue variations.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Still overpriced tbh
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
They named him Randall Graves!?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
WHAT? There was a Kickstarter for WC OST on vinyl!? Dammit, I miss all the best Kickstarters.........
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Troika added LGBT characters to a SIERRA game (some got removed due to Sierra's objection, some got through). You think they'd pass on doing the same in a fucking Vampire game?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
I love this notion that VTMB perfectly captures the world of 2004, before things went all woke and gay. We aren't playing the same game. VTMB is gay af and woke for its time. And developed by a company founded by two leftists and a gay man (who may himself also be a leftists).
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 (@chanda.bsky.social) reposted
Video of Columbia Heights residents driving ICE agents out of their area. source: www.instagram.com/reel/DNjkvLQ...
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
Paradox Interactive expects you to pay $90 for the Premium Edition of Bloodlines 2 to get all of the clans & other content that should be standard. That is pathetic - by which I mean characteristically Paradox. If I weren't already boycotting them (b/c Brian, b/c BDS), this would be the clincher.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
C.L., you ever notice that when it comes to labourers demanding better wages or improved quality of life, it's somehow NEVER the right time? Funny how that works. Some other time is always better. Never is the unspoken ideal.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
ASL (and anger) interpreter. Love her!
rockhaggis (@rockiewarantz.bsky.social) reposted
Thanks, Terrence Stamp.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
If you're still taking this tack in Q3 2025, please know that you're arguing with Paradox's discord & marketing, and holdouts existing on pure cope. The rest of us moved on. The TCR staff who worked this are gone. HSL's VTMB2 staff are LONG gone. Paradox cares about what you buy, not what you want.
Jess Piper (@piperformissouri.bsky.social) reposted
Throwing a sandwich at a cop: felony. Beating a cop unconscious with a flag pole: tourist behavior.
Juris Doctor Who (@jurisdoctorwho.bsky.social) reposted reply parent
GoBlue (@blu2b4u.bsky.social) reposted
‼️👇WTF 🚨🚨Tom Artiom Alexandrovich was released and returned to Israel after being charged with luring a child for a sex act. - The Guardian
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Yeah. There's a fetishization of troops "sacrificing" for their freedom. Like a Christ surrogate dying for their sins. Coming home (much less coming injured or affected) is a failure to live up to that obligation. You let them down.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
This is what the GOP calls "supporting the troops." Supporting the troops by deploying them places and sending them to fight your ideological enemies.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Ahem. Then comes the betrayal of our allies, the collapse of the current global order, and an awakening of the world's people that eventually removes fascist dictators and brings about a new dawn—where all are free- in a baby carriage.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
Happy birthday, Miles! You would've been 15 today. Julian is enjoying ice cream and treats on your behalf. We love you!
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Come on, Cara. Everyone knows that people buy and play Bloodlines for the combat.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
"Surprise, I've been Kristi Noem all along!" No wonder she kept melting.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes, sadly. Honorees are approached before the list is made public. If they're announcing her, then she already accepted. But no law against hoping! (yet)
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
You right.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Dude wtf is it with NYPD and Candy Crush? Every time I walk by they're on their phones playing that shit.
Public Citizen (@publiccitizen.bsky.social) reposted
Trump will federalize D.C. police, deploy the National Guard, & send the FBI after homeless people to combat a made-up crisis in D.C. But on Jan. 6th when violent insurrectionists stormed the Capitol he couldn't be bothered to call the National Guard. Make it make sense.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Meanwhile, if federalized law enforcement can do "whatever the hell they want" surely that includes rounding-up and beating the shit out of the 1200 insurrectionists who stormed the capitol on Jan 6, 2021....right?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Dems haven't been so great about "flexing" so far, Mark. But now would be a fantastic time to start.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Regardless of whether that's true (it isn't), his shock troops WILL go in with that attitude now. And that's a huge fucking problem.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Hell yes. Let's fucking go.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Just don't take some of the computer stuff too seriously. You'll understand. But it's a fucking classic and you'll love it.
Dean Booth 🦆🐇 (@deanbooth.bsky.social) reposted
Be on the lookout for media describing Trump’s military invasion of D.C. as "controversial," "unorthodox," "unprecedented," and the like. Describing it as unusual rather than horrific glosses over the seriousness of the situation we are in.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Too right, mate.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
You even included a quote from Richard Gill. Nicely done.
Laura E. Hall (@lauraehall.bsky.social) reposted
Today, August 10, in 1988, the front page story of the New York Times is about 11-year-old hacker Dade “Zero Cool” Murphy, who brought down 1,507 computer systems, causing a 7-point drop in the New York Stock Exchange (Hackers, 1995) #HackThePlanet
idrawbangs.bsky.social (@idrawbangs.bsky.social) reposted
Iconic Rivals #vtm #vtmb #vampirethemasquerade #bloodlines #vampire #malkavian #heather #stopsign #art #fanart
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
I'm sorry. Surviving in the face of austerity is also an act of resistance.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Of course! All resistance counts. Large and small, public and private alike. Whether it's organizing an event, changing your spending habits, or just refusing to obey in advance. It all counts.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
I see a thousand posts a day with folks complaining that "people" aren't doing anything. And that "people" need to stand up. Everyone keeps waiting for someone /else/ to do something. You are people, Beth. Organize something.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Most accurate Trump rendering yet. Well captured.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
@meggsomatic.tv Are we going to get a 21st anniversary VTM:B stream in a few months? Bloodlines will be old enough to drink. So a few friends, a little Don't Sue or 666 Proof? Could be fun, right?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
You nasty, Hasan Piker But congrats on lifting the curse, I guess...and French kissing yourself...
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Excellent photo of Trump shitting himself.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Thanks Philippa! Yes. Desperate. Cara has teased humans being humane but unpolished (which comports with my observation working the civil rights legal beat) and I'll feast on as much of that as you can provide.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Any idea why the page is down? Eager to hear it and got a 404 at all access points. Still up on your end?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
Not a day goes by I don't miss the internet of the '90s. It was completely opt-in, a place you escaped to rather than being perpetually connected, and it was populated by people who knew a world without it. When I die, I hope that's where I go. Back to AIM, ICQ, Netscape and MUDs.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Dude that Max Payne tribute avvie is cool as f. What's your favorite MP quote?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, and she can sit next to Fapper without vomiting. Impressive by itself.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Thank goodness. We asked for more ways to make the airways less safe and they heard us. I love it when government works for the people.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Because moving forward would (further) demonstrate that you're right, and that revitalizing MTA is achievable. Can't have that.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social)
Another earthquake or am I losing my mind? #Astoria
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Which scene?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Always wondered why Trainspotting wasn't filmed in both Edinburgh AND Glasgow. Why skimp?
Aruna D’Souza 🇨🇦 (@arunadsouza.bsky.social) reposted
Please consider giving to the Astoria Food Pantry, which serves immigrants in Queens, many of whom have been prevented from going to work because of fear of ICE raids. The line of those waiting for food was down the block when I passed by today. www.astoriafoodpantry.com/donate-money...
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Yes! More coordinating without us, please!
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
How many halloumi dms you up to so far?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Kid Starver living up to his name once again.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
The point was to criticize Israel (as indistinct in her mind from Judaism). Not to condemn genocide. Green thinks Jews are Christ Killers who control money and weather. Like other Nazis she supports Israel as a place to send American Jews.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Hey, look at that. CSR sequence breaking.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Good on you for spreading the good halloumi news.
Jaime Cross (@speedyjx.bsky.social) reposted
I hope Jesse Ventura is having a good day today, as a treat.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Please tell your inner 12-year-old that we're grateful she dared to dream.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Thinking that Bluesky is homogenous is a huge tell all by itself, y'know?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Homestar Runner is the callback I didn't know I needed.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
That's what I'm talmbout.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
HACK THE PLANET!
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Baller Trans Rights Park, Dyno. Congrats on the WR.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
So ay carmela/ay manuela is Spain's version of Woody Guthrie's "This Land." You only hear the song's final two verses (revealing the song's true, sardonic purpose) from the likes of Tom Morello.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
Occupying spaces you aren't supposed to occupy as the lowest on the totem pole who has to fight fang and nail to get there...while making critical decisions about how you access, preserve and/or commodify your own humanity. No, Cara, I imagine the rich don't get that feeling.
Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social) reposted
America is beautiful, contradictory, unfinished. I am proud of our country even as we constantly strive to make it better, to protect and deepen our democracy, to fulfill its promise for each and every person who calls it home. Happy Independence Day. No Kings in America.
Charles Johnson (@charles.littlegreenfootballs.com) reposted
can we please not start quibbling about “is the word shylock antisemitic or is it just fine?” who are these people who’ve never heard it used as a slur?
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent
I love when Molly Ringwald adopted her into the Breakfast Club. Don't mind admitting that I'm jealous.
Rational Bassist (@rationalbassist.bsky.social) reply parent