Daniel Kaszor
@dkaszor.bsky.social
A former journalist and current writer and editor. Used to trick a national newspaper into letting me run a videogames vertical, back when videogames verticals were a thing. Avatar doodled by Chip Zdarsky in 2015.
2 factors behind people holding onto phones longer that go beyond "world is just bad":
- Phone tech slowed. If a phone from 5y ago is in working order, it's utility is not that different from a new phone. Wasn't true 10y ago.
- Battery lifespans MUCH better now, mostly because of better software.
- Phone tech slowed. If a phone from 5y ago is in working order, it's utility is not that different from a new phone. Wasn't true 10y ago.
- Battery lifespans MUCH better now, mostly because of better software.
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 AM
2 factors behind people holding onto phones longer that go beyond "world is just bad":
- Phone tech slowed. If a phone from 5y ago is in working order, it's utility is not that different from a new phone. Wasn't true 10y ago.
- Battery lifespans MUCH better now, mostly because of better software.
- Phone tech slowed. If a phone from 5y ago is in working order, it's utility is not that different from a new phone. Wasn't true 10y ago.
- Battery lifespans MUCH better now, mostly because of better software.
I believe it's still canon in The Matrix universe that Morpheus died in a limited time event in an MMO that's now been shuttered for 16 years.
After "film trilogy that dropped a critical plot point exclusively via timed Fortnite event" and "video game series whose story only makes sense if you're aware of the events of a canon pachinko machine", I feel like there are whole frontiers of user-hostile narrative design waiting to be explored.
November 22, 2025 at 6:40 AM
I believe it's still canon in The Matrix universe that Morpheus died in a limited time event in an MMO that's now been shuttered for 16 years.
Reposted by Daniel Kaszor
As an elder millennial it's pretty chilling to know statistically that someone close to me is almost certainly going to die of cancer because the testing/rollout of mRNA cancer treatments is going to be delayed by 5 years to a decade.
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
As an elder millennial it's pretty chilling to know statistically that someone close to me is almost certainly going to die of cancer because the testing/rollout of mRNA cancer treatments is going to be delayed by 5 years to a decade.
Honestly, I kind of hate that a 4chan term that basically means "hobby-grade masturbation" has made it into the mainstream lexicon.
Young Mormons Built an App to Help Men Quit Gooning
The Relay app allows users to track their porn-free streaks and get group support. Its creators say they’re taking a stand against porn and AI erotica.
www.wired.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Honestly, I kind of hate that a 4chan term that basically means "hobby-grade masturbation" has made it into the mainstream lexicon.
As an elder millennial it's pretty chilling to know statistically that someone close to me is almost certainly going to die of cancer because the testing/rollout of mRNA cancer treatments is going to be delayed by 5 years to a decade.
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
Personalized Cancer Vaccines Are Almost Here—But Federal Funding Cuts Could Derail Them
Vaccines based on mRNA can be tailored to target a cancer patient’s unique tumor mutations. But crumbling support for cancer and mRNA vaccine research has endangered this promising therapy
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 AM
As an elder millennial it's pretty chilling to know statistically that someone close to me is almost certainly going to die of cancer because the testing/rollout of mRNA cancer treatments is going to be delayed by 5 years to a decade.
Doing a Mad Men rewatch: the arc of Pete Campbell is a fascinating one. He's a genuinely better and more seasoned person at the end of the show than he was at the start ... but he gets there without suffering any major consequences for his bad/abhorent behaviour over the course of the show
November 9, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Doing a Mad Men rewatch: the arc of Pete Campbell is a fascinating one. He's a genuinely better and more seasoned person at the end of the show than he was at the start ... but he gets there without suffering any major consequences for his bad/abhorent behaviour over the course of the show
If there is one (1) thing that I wish BlueSky would apply from algorithmic feeds is I wish I had a setting to make it so I don't see a post reposted more than once. If it's been in my feed while I was looking, I don't see it again.
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
If there is one (1) thing that I wish BlueSky would apply from algorithmic feeds is I wish I had a setting to make it so I don't see a post reposted more than once. If it's been in my feed while I was looking, I don't see it again.
I love how you see people posting about their "fail meals" and it's like a 10-step recipe that involves three different fresh ingredients, a bunch of chopping, and 40+ minutes cook time.
November 4, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I love how you see people posting about their "fail meals" and it's like a 10-step recipe that involves three different fresh ingredients, a bunch of chopping, and 40+ minutes cook time.
You don't need to re-share the engagement-farming hate-share. It was written that way to get you to hate share it. You don't need to do it. You don't.
October 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
You don't need to re-share the engagement-farming hate-share. It was written that way to get you to hate share it. You don't need to do it. You don't.
THE CHALLENGE is a fascinating competition reality show. It has 2 seasons a year, and the show is primarily returning cast members, so "winning" is less beating the final challenge and more maintaining your spot on the show's roster. And winning the challenges is only part of being able to do that.
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
THE CHALLENGE is a fascinating competition reality show. It has 2 seasons a year, and the show is primarily returning cast members, so "winning" is less beating the final challenge and more maintaining your spot on the show's roster. And winning the challenges is only part of being able to do that.
A bad AI vid got posted into my feed as a dunk and I scrolled way down in the comments and couldn't find a single one (of hundreds!) pointing out the video is clearly built intentionally in the uncanny valley to drive hate engagement. How is it 2025 and people still can't clock engagement farming?
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 PM
A bad AI vid got posted into my feed as a dunk and I scrolled way down in the comments and couldn't find a single one (of hundreds!) pointing out the video is clearly built intentionally in the uncanny valley to drive hate engagement. How is it 2025 and people still can't clock engagement farming?
Lots of reasons why Steam has market dominance as a PC games storefront (first-mover advantage most obvious), but I think it gets undersold how much a privately held company simply has more incentives to make customer-friendly decisions over the long term than a publicly traded one does.
October 29, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Lots of reasons why Steam has market dominance as a PC games storefront (first-mover advantage most obvious), but I think it gets undersold how much a privately held company simply has more incentives to make customer-friendly decisions over the long term than a publicly traded one does.
The best part of every Slow Horses finale is always that they give you a little trailer for the next season showing that they've already shot it, and it will be coming at a regular, predictable pace in 11 months.
October 29, 2025 at 4:08 AM
The best part of every Slow Horses finale is always that they give you a little trailer for the next season showing that they've already shot it, and it will be coming at a regular, predictable pace in 11 months.
Unless I'm totally missing the boat on what it says, the new UCP strike-busting law to end the teachers labour action makes collective negotiation essentially illegal full stop (or at least gives the government an avenue to say so). Am I missing something there?
That's ... unideal.
That's ... unideal.
October 28, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Unless I'm totally missing the boat on what it says, the new UCP strike-busting law to end the teachers labour action makes collective negotiation essentially illegal full stop (or at least gives the government an avenue to say so). Am I missing something there?
That's ... unideal.
That's ... unideal.
Buck Martinez very wistfully saying "someone is going to have a broken heart" is sure a mood
October 28, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Buck Martinez very wistfully saying "someone is going to have a broken heart" is sure a mood
Uhgh I have to go to bed.
(Hope I didn't jinx it)
(Hope I didn't jinx it)
October 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Uhgh I have to go to bed.
(Hope I didn't jinx it)
(Hope I didn't jinx it)
I say it every time that the price of videogames is the ~discourse~ but I paid (adjusted for inflation) $200 for Chrono Trigger in 1996, and it was worth it.
October 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I say it every time that the price of videogames is the ~discourse~ but I paid (adjusted for inflation) $200 for Chrono Trigger in 1996, and it was worth it.
I don't know that cinema can ever top this scene from the network TV show </SCORPION>
Scorpion 1x1 "Plane Scene" 1080p
YouTube video by Remember “RTS” TheScenes
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October 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
I don't know that cinema can ever top this scene from the network TV show </SCORPION>
Reposted by Daniel Kaszor
A whole lot of air being used up on the possible moral universe of the nazi tattoo dude when the fact he's just toast from a realpolitik perspective kind of makes the whole thing moot, no?
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A whole lot of air being used up on the possible moral universe of the nazi tattoo dude when the fact he's just toast from a realpolitik perspective kind of makes the whole thing moot, no?
A whole lot of air being used up on the possible moral universe of the nazi tattoo dude when the fact he's just toast from a realpolitik perspective kind of makes the whole thing moot, no?
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A whole lot of air being used up on the possible moral universe of the nazi tattoo dude when the fact he's just toast from a realpolitik perspective kind of makes the whole thing moot, no?
Legit this would be AAA-prestige TV
If anybody wants to fund a prestige television show that starts with a bunch of knuckleheads making gaming magazines and websites and ends a few seasons later with a very conservative gaming industry and a side order of fascism, I’ve got some good ideas.
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Legit this would be AAA-prestige TV
If you are voting in #yeg election today (and probably the #yyc one as well), be ready for some long lines. The fact that voting cards weren't send out has slowed down the overall process considerably. Possible you might be lucky and done in 10 mins but any slowdown is going to cause big delays.
October 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Like, I know this is a dunk on AI or whatnot, but it unfortunately sounds metal as all hell.
you don't understand. as someone who isn't inherently good at art, stealing paintings from the museum is the *only* way i'm able to express myself creatively. i wouldn't be able to paint beautiful portraits. but by breaking into a museum and stealing the paintings, now i am
October 20, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Like, I know this is a dunk on AI or whatnot, but it unfortunately sounds metal as all hell.
I know it's fashionable to dump on the Skydome/Rogers Centre, but I do sort of love how they looked at the Big O and went "let's do the opposite of all of that" and now almost 40 years later it's still going pretty strong.
October 20, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I know it's fashionable to dump on the Skydome/Rogers Centre, but I do sort of love how they looked at the Big O and went "let's do the opposite of all of that" and now almost 40 years later it's still going pretty strong.
I was looking for something that was basically just "DRAGON'S CROWN but 1/3 of the characters aren't cringe waifus" so ABSOLUM is seemingly EXACTLY that game.
Absolum on Steam
Fight as the outcast heroes of Talamh in a fierce battle to retake magic from Sun King Azra’s grasp in Absolum, an original roguelite beat ‘em up by Dotemu.
store.steampowered.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I was looking for something that was basically just "DRAGON'S CROWN but 1/3 of the characters aren't cringe waifus" so ABSOLUM is seemingly EXACTLY that game.