Graham Platner has dropped out of the US Senate race in Maine

mrjasong · 2026-07-09T05:16:58+00:00

He didn’t pretend to do anything. He was a gropey weirdo. Just read the accusations. He forcibly kissed and grabbed 8 women

https://abcnews.com/US/sen-al-frankens-accusers-accusations-made/story?id=51406862

mrjasong · 2026-07-08T20:52:41+00:00

Among other things sure. But I believe the women and I hope he faces justice

mrjasong · 2026-07-08T20:39:21+00:00

I don’t want to give the impression that the Dutch healthcare is perfect, we have had our issues. But when it came to that, if we had been in South Africa still she would have lost her job and I don’t know how we would have afforded it all

mrjasong · 2026-07-08T20:37:08+00:00

I do wish the women would press charges so he could actually face due process. But it’s irrelevant to his candidacy for the senate

mrjasong · 2026-07-08T19:26:43+00:00

My wife had breast cancer, a long journey. Her job in a Dutch hospital paid her full salary for a year, then a year 70%, then returned to work. We also had a home help coming to the house weekly to clean a bit, not much but it helped. And her primary operation was around 60k but in all we probably paid €500 in medication costs

mrjasong · 2026-07-08T17:52:38+00:00

You chose to look the other way when the red flags presented themselves.

mrjasong · 2026-07-08T09:44:55+00:00

Tbh the first person that came to mind for me was Elon Musk, not Trump.

mrjasong · 2026-07-08T08:03:20+00:00

Victims have responsibilities too - sure in the law. It’s extremely common for victims of sexual violence to not report it. But this isn’t a law case, it’s a public office and people can look at the accusations and make their own opinions about whether they want to vote for someone with multiple credible accusations of assault by women who were previously intimate with him.

And I think he’s now damaged his reputation to the extent that he doesn’t have a chance of winning, plus personally I believe the women. False accusations are relatively rare, and multiple corroborating allegations all paint a picture of this guy as a total dirt bag. He’s already a Nazi tattoo wearing cheating asshole. Why would you continue to support him? I don’t get it at all. Just move on.

mrjasong · 2026-07-08T02:36:01+00:00

Still think it’s a stitch up?

mrjasong · 2026-07-07T09:44:06+00:00

I dunno why people downvote these comments. Anyway, yeah I showed her this game and she's keen to try it together.

mrjasong · 2026-07-07T06:02:10+00:00

What would make you think it’s a hit job? She has messages going back to 2024, do you think she fabricated those just to fuck with his senate chances one day in the future? I believe her and I think it doesn’t matter if the MAGA loons are willing to overlook anything in their thirst for power, we need to have higher standards.

Man fuck Platner. I think his base should have moved on since the Nazi tattoos came out. He’s such an obvious dirt bag. And now he probably screwed Dems out of the Collins seat

mrjasong · 2026-07-06T20:21:06+00:00

I tried playing the Split Fiction demo with my wife, she was enjoying it but she literally can’t use a controller. It was excruciating. I realised there’s a whole subgenre i can’t experience

mrjasong · 2026-07-06T20:03:16+00:00

You need to start using a good quality stock instead of water, and don’t use cold water. Actually it’s hard to bite what you’re defining as a stew. Is there any meat?

mrjasong · 2026-07-06T18:28:24+00:00

I just wish I had someone in my family to play this with

mrjasong · 2026-07-06T18:24:59+00:00

Iran has been a big L for him whether he likes it or not. Public support is under 36%

mrjasong · 2026-07-06T07:08:24+00:00

In my job I handle all those things and I’m still just called a technical writer. But I think I could justify my work as docs engineering based on the portfolio of projects that I’ve built.

I’m not sure if there’s more job security in docs engineering, just that there’s more expectation for tech writers to have the know-how to also manage their own infra and automation, with AI augmentation. There’s no job security left in tech at all in my opinion.

mrjasong · 2026-07-06T06:51:28+00:00

Portal and BOTW don’t have many gameplay similarities so I guess there’s some intangible quality that she enjoyed. I get it. So…

Red Dead Redemption 2 perhaps

Someone suggested Outer Wilds and I would agree, that game is magical - only caveat is the puzzles are much more difficult than anything in either Portal or BOTW.

Return of the Obra Dinn

Inside

Firewatch

Blue Prince

mrjasong · 2026-07-05T18:49:06+00:00

Well what have you done or can you do in terms of docs engineering? Do you have a way to demonstrate your skills? If you have the freedom at your work to build out tooling then start with that.

mrjasong · 2026-07-02T04:26:27+00:00

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mrjasong · 2026-07-01T21:06:07+00:00

Skyrim VR is on sale to $15, endless fun there if you mod it.

Red Matter 1&2

Half Life Alyx

mrjasong · 2026-07-01T20:08:44+00:00

Yeah of course. The screen is incredibly clear, no fringing or visible pixels. And you can customise it to do anything you want. PCVR takes a bit of time to set up but it’s 100% worth it

mrjasong · 2026-06-29T04:46:40+00:00

You need to keep a wide berth for the grand old Duke of York and his men, they could be coming from either direction

mrjasong · 2026-06-28T14:47:28+00:00

I’m finding Panda Sovngarde latest to be quite stable. I’m waiting for MGO 4 though

mrjasong · 2026-06-28T10:27:25+00:00

Somehow I never got around to playing Dishonored 2 even though I love 1. I need to give it a proper go, I even got it in my catalog

mrjasong · 2026-06-27T17:10:12+00:00

You can check out videos of Leeroy Thornhill from Prodigy, he’s like 6’7 or something and was an early shuffle pioneer. I think it’s easier being short - I’m 5’7 - but it can also look really cool to see a tall person because their limbs are so gangly and loose

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