Christopher Buecheler
@cwbuecheler.com
• 🤔 "Beekler"
• 🌍 US expat in Paris
• 📖 SFF Author @ cwbwriting.com (Fox Literary)
• 💻 Dev Relations Engineer @ embeddable.com
• 🚀 Creator of SimpleRSS @ simplerss.dev
• 🦋 Creator of EmbedBsky @ embedbsky.com
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• 💻 Dev Relations Engineer @ embeddable.com
• 🚀 Creator of SimpleRSS @ simplerss.dev
• 🦋 Creator of EmbedBsky @ embedbsky.com
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2026 Goals
📖 Self-publish my fantasy humor novel Possessed
🎸 Release a five song EP
🧑💻 Write my 13th book
🖥️ Get SimpleRSS out of beta
🎨 Resume drawing regularly
🥖 Get to B2 level proficiency in French
Gonna pin this and revisit in a few months!
📖 Self-publish my fantasy humor novel Possessed
🎸 Release a five song EP
🧑💻 Write my 13th book
🖥️ Get SimpleRSS out of beta
🎨 Resume drawing regularly
🥖 Get to B2 level proficiency in French
Gonna pin this and revisit in a few months!
A very niche but spectacular subset of funny internet videos is "person (or dog) drops something containing a slippery liquid, it breaks, and they *immediately* slip on it and eat shit"
December 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A very niche but spectacular subset of funny internet videos is "person (or dog) drops something containing a slippery liquid, it breaks, and they *immediately* slip on it and eat shit"
I remember as a child waiting endlessly every day for the one time Mtv in its very, very early incarnation would play this video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V90...
full 13 minute version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V90...
full 13 minute version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnq...
December 31, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I remember as a child waiting endlessly every day for the one time Mtv in its very, very early incarnation would play this video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V90...
full 13 minute version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4V90...
full 13 minute version: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOnq...
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meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
Wanna see real-life miracles? Fund scientific research.
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
A team of US scientists just cured Alzheimer’s in mice — and there is now hope that the disease can be reversed in humans.
futurism.com/health-medic...
Alzheimer's Fully Reversed in Mice, Scientists Say
A new compound has been shown to reverse late stage Alzheimer's disease in lab mice, which gives millions of sufferers new cause for hope.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:03 AM
meanwhile.... medicine has taken INSANE leaps and bounds in the last 2 years.
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
we're out here curing HIV and leukemia and creating 100% efficacy vaccines against all sorts of cancers, and now this??
between this and renewable energy outstripping fossil fuels in efficiency, the future is bright
This is not the move of a company that's confident in its product's core utility, nor in its ability to ever make more than it costs to run.
It's a real problem that a big chunk of the US and global economy is based on a pyramid scheme.
It's a real problem that a big chunk of the US and global economy is based on a pyramid scheme.
“This could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:53 PM
This is not the move of a company that's confident in its product's core utility, nor in its ability to ever make more than it costs to run.
It's a real problem that a big chunk of the US and global economy is based on a pyramid scheme.
It's a real problem that a big chunk of the US and global economy is based on a pyramid scheme.
I built, launched, and ran the original iteration of GameSpy.com - one of the great gaming websites of the late 90s / early 00s. We pioneered a lot of stuff that's taken for granted now.
I was "shaithis" back then, and if anyone remembers that name, feel free to say hi! ☺️
I was "shaithis" back then, and if anyone remembers that name, feel free to say hi! ☺️
What was your biggest impact on the internet?
New Games Journalism. I ruined videogame discourse for about 5 years.
New Games Journalism. I ruined videogame discourse for about 5 years.
What was your biggest impact on the internet?
Null HypotheCis innit
Null HypotheCis innit
December 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I built, launched, and ran the original iteration of GameSpy.com - one of the great gaming websites of the late 90s / early 00s. We pioneered a lot of stuff that's taken for granted now.
I was "shaithis" back then, and if anyone remembers that name, feel free to say hi! ☺️
I was "shaithis" back then, and if anyone remembers that name, feel free to say hi! ☺️
Extremely difficult to rank the games I played in 2025 because I only play really good games anymore. SIlksong remains my GOTY but I want to shout out these other excellent titles:
Fretless: Wrath of Rickson
Citizen Sleeper
Citizen Sleeper 2
Sunless Seas
Stray
Strange Antiquities
Go play them!
Fretless: Wrath of Rickson
Citizen Sleeper
Citizen Sleeper 2
Sunless Seas
Stray
Strange Antiquities
Go play them!
December 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Extremely difficult to rank the games I played in 2025 because I only play really good games anymore. SIlksong remains my GOTY but I want to shout out these other excellent titles:
Fretless: Wrath of Rickson
Citizen Sleeper
Citizen Sleeper 2
Sunless Seas
Stray
Strange Antiquities
Go play them!
Fretless: Wrath of Rickson
Citizen Sleeper
Citizen Sleeper 2
Sunless Seas
Stray
Strange Antiquities
Go play them!
Well there's some stiff competition but congratulations, Les Galleries Lafayette, you are my least favorite place in Paris!
December 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Well there's some stiff competition but congratulations, Les Galleries Lafayette, you are my least favorite place in Paris!
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
One of the best to ever do it
December 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
One of the best to ever do it
I don't use or support generative AI trained off stolen work (art, models, writing, etc). I do use LLMs, specifically Github copilot, because my job requires it.
I'm curious why if AI is "inevitable" and "only getting better", copilot has not measurably improved in 3 years and is now also slower.
I'm curious why if AI is "inevitable" and "only getting better", copilot has not measurably improved in 3 years and is now also slower.
December 30, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I don't use or support generative AI trained off stolen work (art, models, writing, etc). I do use LLMs, specifically Github copilot, because my job requires it.
I'm curious why if AI is "inevitable" and "only getting better", copilot has not measurably improved in 3 years and is now also slower.
I'm curious why if AI is "inevitable" and "only getting better", copilot has not measurably improved in 3 years and is now also slower.
Making my way through the latest @fallofcivilizations.com video on the Persian Empire, and it's great - so much depth and history. Placing my bets on some combo of "climate change" and "bad rulers propped up by self-interested sycophants" as the reason for its demise.
*side-eyes the US*
*side-eyes the US*
December 30, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Making my way through the latest @fallofcivilizations.com video on the Persian Empire, and it's great - so much depth and history. Placing my bets on some combo of "climate change" and "bad rulers propped up by self-interested sycophants" as the reason for its demise.
*side-eyes the US*
*side-eyes the US*
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
There were two games I really loved this year that I want to draw your attention to.
The first was Citizen Sleeper 2 by @jumpovertheage.com, which was the best written game I played all year.
This game touched me so profoundly, I wrote a 2,000 word essay on it... www.katclay.com/hope-in-the-...
The first was Citizen Sleeper 2 by @jumpovertheage.com, which was the best written game I played all year.
This game touched me so profoundly, I wrote a 2,000 word essay on it... www.katclay.com/hope-in-the-...
December 30, 2025 at 9:19 AM
There were two games I really loved this year that I want to draw your attention to.
The first was Citizen Sleeper 2 by @jumpovertheage.com, which was the best written game I played all year.
This game touched me so profoundly, I wrote a 2,000 word essay on it... www.katclay.com/hope-in-the-...
The first was Citizen Sleeper 2 by @jumpovertheage.com, which was the best written game I played all year.
This game touched me so profoundly, I wrote a 2,000 word essay on it... www.katclay.com/hope-in-the-...
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
Click on the part of the body you need to keep close to you?
December 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Click on the part of the body you need to keep close to you?
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
Hey! You! Do you 🫵 need a pixel artist in 2026? Because I'll be available for work in 2026!
Hi!
I'm Hunter, and I'm a pixel artist! You can see my work in games like the upcoming Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, and Scott Pilgrim EX! And TMNT: Shredder's Revenge! And others!
I'm also available for work! Email and website below
📧 hunter@hrpixelart.com
🎨 www.hrpixelart.com
I'm Hunter, and I'm a pixel artist! You can see my work in games like the upcoming Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound, and Scott Pilgrim EX! And TMNT: Shredder's Revenge! And others!
I'm also available for work! Email and website below
📧 hunter@hrpixelart.com
🎨 www.hrpixelart.com
Hunter Russell • Pixel Artist • Animator
www.hrpixelart.com
December 30, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Hey! You! Do you 🫵 need a pixel artist in 2026? Because I'll be available for work in 2026!
Dear software devs - if you're going to force 2FA on me, at least do me the courtesy of working with 2FA apps and not relying on either me having to have your app installed, or SMS.
December 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Dear software devs - if you're going to force 2FA on me, at least do me the courtesy of working with 2FA apps and not relying on either me having to have your app installed, or SMS.
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
you’re so right, comic from 1925
December 29, 2025 at 3:18 PM
you’re so right, comic from 1925
Kind of want to write a cozy sci-fi novel. Is that a thing? Like it's far future and set in space but the stakes are pretty low and there's only maybe five major characters and it's just kind of about them doin' they thang.
December 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Kind of want to write a cozy sci-fi novel. Is that a thing? Like it's far future and set in space but the stakes are pretty low and there's only maybe five major characters and it's just kind of about them doin' they thang.
Windmills I will tilt at for the rest of my life:
1. gas-powered leaf blowers should be illegal (and electric ones should require proof of disability or similar)
2. Glass partitions that only cover half or less of a shower are stupid and terrible
1. gas-powered leaf blowers should be illegal (and electric ones should require proof of disability or similar)
2. Glass partitions that only cover half or less of a shower are stupid and terrible
December 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Windmills I will tilt at for the rest of my life:
1. gas-powered leaf blowers should be illegal (and electric ones should require proof of disability or similar)
2. Glass partitions that only cover half or less of a shower are stupid and terrible
1. gas-powered leaf blowers should be illegal (and electric ones should require proof of disability or similar)
2. Glass partitions that only cover half or less of a shower are stupid and terrible
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Excited to announce GOLLUM, an app that helps you focus on your most precious possession!
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
RIP Brigitte Bardot, a woman about whom I only know because Mad Magazine's staff of writers were all obsessed with her, so she showed up in their comics all the time, even decades after her prime sex symbol years.
December 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
RIP Brigitte Bardot, a woman about whom I only know because Mad Magazine's staff of writers were all obsessed with her, so she showed up in their comics all the time, even decades after her prime sex symbol years.
Not buying this would be a mistake. Meredith is a spectacular writer who populates her worlds with beautifully thought-out, realistic characters. Perfect Tides was an incredible game and I'm excited to replay it before the sequel arrives next month!
Hi new followers! If you don't already know I have a new game coming out on January 22nd! It's a narrative adventure set in the year 2003 where you are a young writer trying to make sense of the world:
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam
A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...
store.steampowered.com
December 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Not buying this would be a mistake. Meredith is a spectacular writer who populates her worlds with beautifully thought-out, realistic characters. Perfect Tides was an incredible game and I'm excited to replay it before the sequel arrives next month!
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
This game had some of the most effusive word-of-mouth, "You gotta try this one!" amongst IGF judges this year, worth sticking on your wishlist! :)
Hi new followers! If you don't already know I have a new game coming out on January 22nd! It's a narrative adventure set in the year 2003 where you are a young writer trying to make sense of the world:
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2088810/...
Perfect Tides: Station to Station on Steam
A point n' click sequel to Perfect Tides about the momentum and whiplash of young adulthood. Explore the big city through 18-year-old Mara's eyes. Collect items, nurture ideas, and experience complex ...
store.steampowered.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This game had some of the most effusive word-of-mouth, "You gotta try this one!" amongst IGF judges this year, worth sticking on your wishlist! :)
Charlotte and I are trying to get back to Rhode Island this summer and while the number one reason is "to see our friends" I will admit that "to have a roast beef sandwich and cherry brownie from Seven Stars" is also very high on my list.
December 27, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Charlotte and I are trying to get back to Rhode Island this summer and while the number one reason is "to see our friends" I will admit that "to have a roast beef sandwich and cherry brownie from Seven Stars" is also very high on my list.
Reposted by Christopher Buecheler
My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail
December 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My whole life we’ve been told that The US is simply too big to have high speed rail