Ian
@brocktoon.bsky.social
Wrote a lot professionally. Write a little now. Adjunct. Doctor of Communication.
https://stuckness.ghost.io/what-this-is-who-i-am-who-i-am-is-what-i-am-is-who-i-am-context-collapse/
https://stuckness.ghost.io/what-this-is-who-i-am-who-i-am-is-what-i-am-is-who-i-am-context-collapse/
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I hope you find the books useful.
February 18, 2026 at 6:30 PM
I hope you find the books useful.
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As Ryan Dancey discourse is crossing the timeline, a reminder of what the OGL was *actually* supposed to achieve. It wasn't some benevolent gift to the community; Dancey was trying to drive system competitors out of the market.
February 18, 2026 at 3:09 PM
As Ryan Dancey discourse is crossing the timeline, a reminder of what the OGL was *actually* supposed to achieve. It wasn't some benevolent gift to the community; Dancey was trying to drive system competitors out of the market.
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is the problem really that lefties aren't enthusiastic about technology, or is the problem that "technology" has broadly lost its valence as an apolitical and universally positive force in public life, and must now be re-justified through a culture war lens?
February 18, 2026 at 2:28 PM
is the problem really that lefties aren't enthusiastic about technology, or is the problem that "technology" has broadly lost its valence as an apolitical and universally positive force in public life, and must now be re-justified through a culture war lens?
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I honestly think this was a wayyyy undertheorized aspect of the Obama coalition—the addition of "technology" to the Democratic party appeal allowed a multiracial, cross-class, multi-faith group to say similar words about "progress" while meaning totally different things
for a minute there a certain popular and universally positive view of "technology" really was a kind of secular religion that held the vestiges of an "American mainstream" together, but the titans on top sold off the goose that lays golden eggs and now they want to believe AI adoption is the problem
February 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I honestly think this was a wayyyy undertheorized aspect of the Obama coalition—the addition of "technology" to the Democratic party appeal allowed a multiracial, cross-class, multi-faith group to say similar words about "progress" while meaning totally different things
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It's postmodernism week in cultural studies, and I use Jameson as sort of the fulcrum of the class, where I talk a lot less after this week and them a lot more. What I love isn't when I get their perfect analysis of Jameson but the imperfect, direct "yeah I feel this" written responses.
February 18, 2026 at 12:45 PM
It's postmodernism week in cultural studies, and I use Jameson as sort of the fulcrum of the class, where I talk a lot less after this week and them a lot more. What I love isn't when I get their perfect analysis of Jameson but the imperfect, direct "yeah I feel this" written responses.
Starting X Files s8 and the kid immediately started yelling Dargit when Doggett showed up
February 18, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Starting X Files s8 and the kid immediately started yelling Dargit when Doggett showed up
Now at skinny puppy shirt number 9 or 10 I'm starting to forget
February 18, 2026 at 12:09 AM
Now at skinny puppy shirt number 9 or 10 I'm starting to forget
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staring at the screen, no ideas, the empty prompt window confronting you with your own mediocrity -- welcome to the work, chump, you loser.
AI filmmaking is completely unserious.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
You've got people with $30k begging the internet for ideas by next week because they have nothing of their own to say, it's just slop for the sake of slop. Embarrassing state of affairs.
February 17, 2026 at 8:01 PM
staring at the screen, no ideas, the empty prompt window confronting you with your own mediocrity -- welcome to the work, chump, you loser.
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if this is gonna happen in under a month to every multiplayer game that has almost a decade in the oven then at the very least it should just be open sourced and left to the laid off devs to do whatever with. literally the least you can do
Highguard's website - "This site is currently unavailable." playhighguard.com
February 17, 2026 at 6:13 PM
if this is gonna happen in under a month to every multiplayer game that has almost a decade in the oven then at the very least it should just be open sourced and left to the laid off devs to do whatever with. literally the least you can do
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Up on the newsletter: the time I got day drunk and tried to buy the rights to the Mitchell score because a bad MMO promised to let you play a cop with your own theme song.
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The time I tried and failed to buy the Mitchell film score
In 2008, I tried to buy the film score to the legendary in some circles (mostly MST3K fans) Joe Don Baker film Mitchell. I was not successful.
A new MMO called All Points Bulletin was in beta. It was...
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February 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Up on the newsletter: the time I got day drunk and tried to buy the rights to the Mitchell score because a bad MMO promised to let you play a cop with your own theme song.
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Much like my annoyance at Hayes last week, which was very different from others', "the left" is engaging substantively with AI.
Like, I don't know what else to say. It's being done. Thoughtful acceptance, thoughtful critique, thoughtful stuff in between.
Like, I don't know what else to say. It's being done. Thoughtful acceptance, thoughtful critique, thoughtful stuff in between.
February 17, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Much like my annoyance at Hayes last week, which was very different from others', "the left" is engaging substantively with AI.
Like, I don't know what else to say. It's being done. Thoughtful acceptance, thoughtful critique, thoughtful stuff in between.
Like, I don't know what else to say. It's being done. Thoughtful acceptance, thoughtful critique, thoughtful stuff in between.
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i don't really have ill will toward anyone trying to find interesting things you can do with new technologies, but it becomes a bit much when you start moralizing my lack of interest in something that empirically animates certain politics i dislike, and only speculatively enables other ones i like.
February 17, 2026 at 5:32 PM
i don't really have ill will toward anyone trying to find interesting things you can do with new technologies, but it becomes a bit much when you start moralizing my lack of interest in something that empirically animates certain politics i dislike, and only speculatively enables other ones i like.
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[pink pony club]
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Joyce Carol Oates
She’s gonna keep on posting ‘cause she’s
Joyce Carol Oates
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Joyce Carol Oates
She’s gonna keep on posting ‘cause she’s
Joyce Carol Oates
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February 17, 2026 at 1:59 PM
[pink pony club]
🎵
Joyce Carol Oates
She’s gonna keep on posting ‘cause she’s
Joyce Carol Oates
🎵
🎵
Joyce Carol Oates
She’s gonna keep on posting ‘cause she’s
Joyce Carol Oates
🎵
The '88 campaign was the first I consciously remember as a thing I paid attention to (I was 10-11) and the things I overheard as a kid in a Southern town were often not great. Not precisely a formative political experience but I remember thinking "wait, that's not something people should say".
February 17, 2026 at 11:44 AM
The '88 campaign was the first I consciously remember as a thing I paid attention to (I was 10-11) and the things I overheard as a kid in a Southern town were often not great. Not precisely a formative political experience but I remember thinking "wait, that's not something people should say".
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This is happening at a far faster pace than we anticipated in the episode. Extremely grim, very enraging
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
February 16, 2026 at 11:32 PM
This is happening at a far faster pace than we anticipated in the episode. Extremely grim, very enraging
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
www.dexerto.com/entertainmen...
I just discovered that Larry Brown, composer of the Mitchell score, has a website which didn't exist in 2008 near as I can tell. I have emailed him.
February 16, 2026 at 11:44 PM
I just discovered that Larry Brown, composer of the Mitchell score, has a website which didn't exist in 2008 near as I can tell. I have emailed him.
In Mitchell they opt for what sounds like a 1970s corporate onboarding video song and it is legit the best song in the movie.
it's not a chase scene without the wakka-jo-wakkas
February 16, 2026 at 11:43 PM
In Mitchell they opt for what sounds like a 1970s corporate onboarding video song and it is legit the best song in the movie.
I am telling you with my full chest: the Mitchell score is a dense text
Damn that’s a lot of 70s score components in a tight bundle.
February 16, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I am telling you with my full chest: the Mitchell score is a dense text
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piggyback off the new mst3k kickstarter to crowdfund an entertainment attorney to track this down imo
February 16, 2026 at 11:34 PM
piggyback off the new mst3k kickstarter to crowdfund an entertainment attorney to track this down imo
Up on the newsletter: the time I got day drunk and tried to buy the rights to the Mitchell score because a bad MMO promised to let you play a cop with your own theme song.
stuckness.ghost.io/the-time-i-t...
stuckness.ghost.io/the-time-i-t...
The time I tried and failed to buy the Mitchell film score
In 2008, I tried to buy the film score to the legendary in some circles (mostly MST3K fans) Joe Don Baker film Mitchell. I was not successful.
A new MMO called All Points Bulletin was in beta. It was...
stuckness.ghost.io
February 16, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Up on the newsletter: the time I got day drunk and tried to buy the rights to the Mitchell score because a bad MMO promised to let you play a cop with your own theme song.
stuckness.ghost.io/the-time-i-t...
stuckness.ghost.io/the-time-i-t...
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the impossible number of games that release on Steam every day has been discourse for years
why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make
why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make
Unity says its AI tech will soon be able to 'prompt full casual games into existence'
Unity says its AI tech will soon be able to 'prompt full casual games into existence'
Company CEO Matt Bromberg claims AI will empower non-coders and seasoned developers alike.
www.gamedeveloper.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:27 PM
the impossible number of games that release on Steam every day has been discourse for years
why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make
why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make
When Microsoft Gamepass went live a lot of friends, some of whom really should've known better, were really excited. Also Google Stadia. The proximate problem was fewer funds to fewer game devs. The more ephemeral problem, not immediately apparent, was that it was prelude to more subscriptions
February 16, 2026 at 10:51 PM
When Microsoft Gamepass went live a lot of friends, some of whom really should've known better, were really excited. Also Google Stadia. The proximate problem was fewer funds to fewer game devs. The more ephemeral problem, not immediately apparent, was that it was prelude to more subscriptions