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writer, teacher, sort-of-mathematician
(Nothing is certain.)
(Nothing is certain.)
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"Ending explained" video for "Moby-Dick" that initially appears to be addressing the luciferan symbolism surrounding Ahab, but by the two-thirds mark it's clear it's circling in on an argument that Ishmael's improbable survival of the penultimate chapter proves he was secretly working for the whale.
January 22, 2026 at 5:48 AM
"Ending explained" video for "Moby-Dick" that initially appears to be addressing the luciferan symbolism surrounding Ahab, but by the two-thirds mark it's clear it's circling in on an argument that Ishmael's improbable survival of the penultimate chapter proves he was secretly working for the whale.
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Pesterquest
January 22, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Pesterquest
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we need to reach some sort of equilibrium with budgets and release schedules where studios can weather flops. we can't live in this "either smash hit or the whole studio goes bust" world, we will never get interesting games ever again. taking risks on weird shit is how we end up with anything good
January 22, 2026 at 2:55 PM
we need to reach some sort of equilibrium with budgets and release schedules where studios can weather flops. we can't live in this "either smash hit or the whole studio goes bust" world, we will never get interesting games ever again. taking risks on weird shit is how we end up with anything good
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Thinking to myself "they can't POSSIBLY have written this entire 20 000 word fic exclusively in 4chan greentext format", like a fool.
January 16, 2026 at 6:11 AM
Thinking to myself "they can't POSSIBLY have written this entire 20 000 word fic exclusively in 4chan greentext format", like a fool.
Rita wasn't designed as a Sinner because she wasn't even originally designed to be herself, and I suppose that as a Sinner she wouldn't have siblings or friends for obvious reasons, or at least she wouldn't be in contact with any of them in a way that would actually matter
January 15, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Rita wasn't designed as a Sinner because she wasn't even originally designed to be herself, and I suppose that as a Sinner she wouldn't have siblings or friends for obvious reasons, or at least she wouldn't be in contact with any of them in a way that would actually matter
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![Comic: Common Sailing Rigs. [18 boats with different sail types, labeled.] Lateen; Bermuda rigged sloop; Ketch, Gaff rigged sloop; yawl; schooner; Ketch-rigged Gaff; Kloop-rigged sketch; bunkbed rig; Flettner rig; Oops, all Spinnakers; keel rig; kite rig; longsail rig; deckhand obliterator; offset rig; mastless rig; unclassifiable chaos rig.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreientc5tredyz4kyj4ifwiiu2diy5zkxze6pnlbtcyxlntwlkg43ku@jpeg)
January 13, 2026 at 11:51 PM
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it’s obviously very evil and corrupt but it’s also funny that it’s a scam catered specifically to racists
Eric Adams, former NYC mayor, launched a memecoin (cryptocurrency) today. He marketed it as an “NYC Token” and used media appearances and his social media to promote it.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
Within hours, Adams then drained its liquidity, apparently having scammed investors out of $3.4 million—a move called a rug pull.
January 14, 2026 at 1:28 AM
it’s obviously very evil and corrupt but it’s also funny that it’s a scam catered specifically to racists
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The problem, as I see it, is this: Any time these bills use the phrase “harmful to minors,” they’re creating a madlib. Fill in the blanks later with what legislators believe is harmful to minors. So today it’s porn — but tomorrow, it might be “material on what it means to be transgender”
January 14, 2026 at 3:56 PM
The problem, as I see it, is this: Any time these bills use the phrase “harmful to minors,” they’re creating a madlib. Fill in the blanks later with what legislators believe is harmful to minors. So today it’s porn — but tomorrow, it might be “material on what it means to be transgender”
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If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
August 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
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Always, always, always communicate with your peers. If you feel pressure from management -- including indie management -- not to communicate with each other except through them, do it yesterday.
along with this letter and its warnings please consider this additional takeaway: if something feels off, if you feel disrespected or stonewalled or exploited--talk to your peers about it. it's very likely you aren't alone. and thank you for reading.
The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at:
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January 12, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Always, always, always communicate with your peers. If you feel pressure from management -- including indie management -- not to communicate with each other except through them, do it yesterday.
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this (re: Stop Killing Games) is rough because while the first half is true in a purist way, it misses the politics that SKG is a rare, powerful step in the right direction and is a necessary stepping stone given our current structures and what kinds of harm are considered real and actionable
January 10, 2026 at 7:50 PM
this (re: Stop Killing Games) is rough because while the first half is true in a purist way, it misses the politics that SKG is a rare, powerful step in the right direction and is a necessary stepping stone given our current structures and what kinds of harm are considered real and actionable
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Hello, followers! My wife just finished a massive project to create a website for gay furry perverts who value their porn and their privacy together. And she has asked me to help share it to the world.
The two of us would greatly appreciate your patronage and/or your reskeets :))
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The two of us would greatly appreciate your patronage and/or your reskeets :))
carrion.chat
January 11, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Hello, followers! My wife just finished a massive project to create a website for gay furry perverts who value their porn and their privacy together. And she has asked me to help share it to the world.
The two of us would greatly appreciate your patronage and/or your reskeets :))
carrion.chat
The two of us would greatly appreciate your patronage and/or your reskeets :))
carrion.chat
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It's very funny to me how Windows has two distinct software ecosystems: whatever mess Microsoft corporate is trying to push on consumers, and then the secret real software people who develop for Windows use
January 10, 2026 at 12:12 AM
It's very funny to me how Windows has two distinct software ecosystems: whatever mess Microsoft corporate is trying to push on consumers, and then the secret real software people who develop for Windows use
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In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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I still mark the abolition of NSFW content on Tumblr as the death knell of the old, good internet. It was the moment when censorship and sanitization became the norm.
And it's very important to always point the blame at Apple, because it's a perfect example of how monopolistic tech operates.
And it's very important to always point the blame at Apple, because it's a perfect example of how monopolistic tech operates.
Hello Tim Cook I worked at Tumblr when you gave us 48 hours to get rid of all the consenting, adult boobs. Up all night at your whim, out of the blue. But you're still cool with Twitter and its CSAM and revenge porn and whatever the fuck this is? Why do you even HAVE guidelines?
Previously, several of these companies, like Apple, IBM, and Disney, have paused advertising on X in response to antisemitic content. But antisemitism on X never slowed, sexual abuse imagery increased, and all of these companies quietly resumed advertising anyways.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I still mark the abolition of NSFW content on Tumblr as the death knell of the old, good internet. It was the moment when censorship and sanitization became the norm.
And it's very important to always point the blame at Apple, because it's a perfect example of how monopolistic tech operates.
And it's very important to always point the blame at Apple, because it's a perfect example of how monopolistic tech operates.
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Crucially, it is EXTREMELY difficult and costly to occupy a place with a hostile population that doesn’t want you there.
They don't have capacity to terrorize more than 2-3 cities at a time.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
Which means they rotate teams to new cities without relief.
Which means consistent resistance by fresh activists in each new city will break them over time.
Which means if you're city's not occupied, rest up and get ready.
"The Department of Homeland Security plans to pause operations in Chicago — where Gregory Bovino, a Border Patrol official, has led controversial arrest efforts — to support the immigration enforcement operation in Minnesota."
January 8, 2026 at 11:35 PM
Crucially, it is EXTREMELY difficult and costly to occupy a place with a hostile population that doesn’t want you there.
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(2/2) When you see dumbfuck takes like a comic artist insisting that it's okay to use generative AI to produce a comic's script but not to produce its art, that's not a new brand of dumbfuckery – it's a time-honoured dumbfuckery adapting to the times.
January 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
(2/2) When you see dumbfuck takes like a comic artist insisting that it's okay to use generative AI to produce a comic's script but not to produce its art, that's not a new brand of dumbfuckery – it's a time-honoured dumbfuckery adapting to the times.
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It's also important for ICE to erase that this kind of public execution was entirely avoidable in any reasonable society. There was no need for a deployment like this, no need for the street interaction here, no need for the drawing of weapons, no need for firing, etc...
January 7, 2026 at 8:35 PM
It's also important for ICE to erase that this kind of public execution was entirely avoidable in any reasonable society. There was no need for a deployment like this, no need for the street interaction here, no need for the drawing of weapons, no need for firing, etc...
every single member of this new gestapo needs to be given to a collective of rimworld players hand-picked to be as leftist and unhinged as possible
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 AM
every single member of this new gestapo needs to be given to a collective of rimworld players hand-picked to be as leftist and unhinged as possible
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the most concerning thing about them justifying murdering an obviously completely innocent murder by ICE is if they can justify and defend this, there’s nothing that’s too far for them. anything you can imagine them doing is very likely something they’ll stand behind
January 7, 2026 at 9:54 PM
the most concerning thing about them justifying murdering an obviously completely innocent murder by ICE is if they can justify and defend this, there’s nothing that’s too far for them. anything you can imagine them doing is very likely something they’ll stand behind
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they were always going to defend this. they absolutely fine with the idea of killing anyone who oppose their nazi agenda. they’ve been intentionally advertising to and recruiting far right maniacs in hopes they would escalate this far
Trump: "I have just viewed the clip of the event which took place in Minneapolis. It is a horrible thing to watch. The woman screaming was, obviously, a professional agitator, and the woman driving the car was very disorderly, obstructing and resisting ... "
January 7, 2026 at 9:18 PM
they were always going to defend this. they absolutely fine with the idea of killing anyone who oppose their nazi agenda. they’ve been intentionally advertising to and recruiting far right maniacs in hopes they would escalate this far
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In a strange position where I think there are massive, massive social harms to the proliferation of AI (misinfo, deepfakes, predatory 'companions', surveillance, labour rights) but also feel the mainstream arguments against it range from unconvincing (water) to actively harmful (copyright; "soul")
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
In a strange position where I think there are massive, massive social harms to the proliferation of AI (misinfo, deepfakes, predatory 'companions', surveillance, labour rights) but also feel the mainstream arguments against it range from unconvincing (water) to actively harmful (copyright; "soul")
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this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
As of 12/24/25, USPS changed policy on when they postmark mail. Mail dropped off is no longer guaranteed a same-day postmark. Tax returns & other time-sensitive items are now stamped when they reach a regional processing center, which may be days later. Plan deadlines accordingly to avoid penalties.
USPS Announces Changes to the Postmark Date System
The United States Postal Service (USPS) has adopted a final rule (FR Doc.
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December 29, 2025 at 9:51 PM
this seems specifically designed to break mail-in voting (where deadlines are defined by postmark)
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Level one of understanding Hornet's characterisation in "Silksong" is picking up on the fact that she thinks many of the monsters she faces are cute.
Level two is understanding that this appreciation for their cuteness does not in any way diminish her enthusiasm for killing them with chainsaws.
Level two is understanding that this appreciation for their cuteness does not in any way diminish her enthusiasm for killing them with chainsaws.
December 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Level one of understanding Hornet's characterisation in "Silksong" is picking up on the fact that she thinks many of the monsters she faces are cute.
Level two is understanding that this appreciation for their cuteness does not in any way diminish her enthusiasm for killing them with chainsaws.
Level two is understanding that this appreciation for their cuteness does not in any way diminish her enthusiasm for killing them with chainsaws.