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okay here’s the one about planescape
Over the years, I have taken some commissions to write about various video games. One of those was to write about Planescape: Torment, and…
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New article time!
This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
docseuss.medium.com/okay-heres-t...
This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
docseuss.medium.com/okay-heres-t...
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If you are visiting here from X because the CSAM thing was a bridge too far, welcome.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
January 2, 2026 at 7:15 PM
If you are visiting here from X because the CSAM thing was a bridge too far, welcome.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
I'd encourage you to carefully consider whether the things you heard about Bluesky on X are true or whether they were lies spread by the guy who owns X who controls what posts you see on his site.
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GROK knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective…
January 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
GROK knows where it is at all times. It knows this because it knows where it isn't. By subtracting where it is from where it isn't, or where it isn't from where it is (whichever is greater), it obtains a difference, or deviation. The guidance subsystem uses deviations to generate corrective…
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Obviously Digimon Time Stranger was the best game of 2025. Look at what you can do with my husband, Magnamon.
January 2, 2026 at 8:33 PM
Obviously Digimon Time Stranger was the best game of 2025. Look at what you can do with my husband, Magnamon.
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January 2, 2026 at 3:30 PM
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this is worth reading. a longtime NYT insider confirms that the paper's abrupt turn into seething anti-trans bigotry came directly from the top: AG Sulzberg and his 2 deputies, Joe Kahn and Carolyn Ryan transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
'A directive from above': Former NYT editor lays out how the paper pushes anti-trans bigotry
In this in-depth interview, former New York Times editor Billie Jean Sweeney details how the paper shifted towards openly promoting anti-trans hatred, how some staff tried to stop it, how it's directe...
transnews.network
January 2, 2026 at 3:07 PM
this is worth reading. a longtime NYT insider confirms that the paper's abrupt turn into seething anti-trans bigotry came directly from the top: AG Sulzberg and his 2 deputies, Joe Kahn and Carolyn Ryan transnews.network/p/a-directiv...
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lmao the FT lady blocked me for asking her to use alt text, what a fragile ego
Reposting with alt text. Highlight:
“I'm sure there's a lot of people at Meta…who would like me to not tell the world that LLMs basically are a dead end when it comes to superintelligence," he says. "But I'm not gonna change my mind because some dude thinks I'm wrong. I'm not wrong.”
“I'm sure there's a lot of people at Meta…who would like me to not tell the world that LLMs basically are a dead end when it comes to superintelligence," he says. "But I'm not gonna change my mind because some dude thinks I'm wrong. I'm not wrong.”
January 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
lmao the FT lady blocked me for asking her to use alt text, what a fragile ego
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I wish you all courage in the new year. Courage above all else. And revenge.
December 31, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I wish you all courage in the new year. Courage above all else. And revenge.
introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
the girl reading this😏
the girl reading this😏
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
I'm a patch of black ice on the interstate
I'm a patch of black ice on the interstate
Introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
I'm falling off of a boat
I'm falling off of a boat
January 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
introduce yourself with what almost killed you.
the girl reading this😏
the girl reading this😏
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The officiant informs me that I can’t be sworn in on The Left Hand of Darkness. I open it up to reveal a smaller copy of Foucault's Pendulum inside. Everyone in attendance groans at my shit.
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 4:44 AM
The officiant informs me that I can’t be sworn in on The Left Hand of Darkness. I open it up to reveal a smaller copy of Foucault's Pendulum inside. Everyone in attendance groans at my shit.
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to appeasing the chronic asshole because they're a chronic asshole and they OFTEN don't want the asshole targeting them.
Which is why you have to nip that shit in the bud. And if you don't/can't/didn't, then point out that dynamic and why you're done with dealing with it.
Which is why you have to nip that shit in the bud. And if you don't/can't/didn't, then point out that dynamic and why you're done with dealing with it.
January 2, 2026 at 1:34 AM
to appeasing the chronic asshole because they're a chronic asshole and they OFTEN don't want the asshole targeting them.
Which is why you have to nip that shit in the bud. And if you don't/can't/didn't, then point out that dynamic and why you're done with dealing with it.
Which is why you have to nip that shit in the bud. And if you don't/can't/didn't, then point out that dynamic and why you're done with dealing with it.
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After reading so many online stories, I see one thing many people seem to miss in one dynamic
When a family group tries to appease the chronic asshole over the non chronic asshole who finally got sick of their shit and called it out...
it's because they want peace not justice and they're used
When a family group tries to appease the chronic asshole over the non chronic asshole who finally got sick of their shit and called it out...
it's because they want peace not justice and they're used
January 2, 2026 at 1:33 AM
After reading so many online stories, I see one thing many people seem to miss in one dynamic
When a family group tries to appease the chronic asshole over the non chronic asshole who finally got sick of their shit and called it out...
it's because they want peace not justice and they're used
When a family group tries to appease the chronic asshole over the non chronic asshole who finally got sick of their shit and called it out...
it's because they want peace not justice and they're used
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People are learning The Full Tewson. Let’s see how that works for them.
"What's your goal here?" is such a powerful way of putting the brakes on an escalating cycle of assholery without backing down.
It works SO well. Just "What do you want to have happen?"
It works SO well. Just "What do you want to have happen?"
Also if Karen starts shit back
I'd probably go with something like
'Okay, what's your goal here. What outcome are you hoping for with your comments. Do you think such things improve my cooking when you say the chicken was dry previously or my baked from SCRATCH CAKE was 'probably a box''
I'd probably go with something like
'Okay, what's your goal here. What outcome are you hoping for with your comments. Do you think such things improve my cooking when you say the chicken was dry previously or my baked from SCRATCH CAKE was 'probably a box''
January 2, 2026 at 2:35 PM
People are learning The Full Tewson. Let’s see how that works for them.
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Reposting with alt text. Highlight:
“I'm sure there's a lot of people at Meta…who would like me to not tell the world that LLMs basically are a dead end when it comes to superintelligence," he says. "But I'm not gonna change my mind because some dude thinks I'm wrong. I'm not wrong.”
“I'm sure there's a lot of people at Meta…who would like me to not tell the world that LLMs basically are a dead end when it comes to superintelligence," he says. "But I'm not gonna change my mind because some dude thinks I'm wrong. I'm not wrong.”
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Reposting with alt text. Highlight:
“I'm sure there's a lot of people at Meta…who would like me to not tell the world that LLMs basically are a dead end when it comes to superintelligence," he says. "But I'm not gonna change my mind because some dude thinks I'm wrong. I'm not wrong.”
“I'm sure there's a lot of people at Meta…who would like me to not tell the world that LLMs basically are a dead end when it comes to superintelligence," he says. "But I'm not gonna change my mind because some dude thinks I'm wrong. I'm not wrong.”
my eyes welling up with tears as i know what must be done. "i'm sorry," i tell him, as the goons advance, restraining him. "you just couldn't stop pronouncing wagyu wrong"
January 2, 2026 at 1:53 PM
my eyes welling up with tears as i know what must be done. "i'm sorry," i tell him, as the goons advance, restraining him. "you just couldn't stop pronouncing wagyu wrong"
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there's a line of thinking that makes sense at first but goes south fast.
"not all polite people are good." true important to know.
"all polite people are bad bc they don't stop injustice." That's a bit of a leap.
"In order to be good I need to be mean." no, you're rationalizing toxic behavior.
"not all polite people are good." true important to know.
"all polite people are bad bc they don't stop injustice." That's a bit of a leap.
"In order to be good I need to be mean." no, you're rationalizing toxic behavior.
December 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
there's a line of thinking that makes sense at first but goes south fast.
"not all polite people are good." true important to know.
"all polite people are bad bc they don't stop injustice." That's a bit of a leap.
"In order to be good I need to be mean." no, you're rationalizing toxic behavior.
"not all polite people are good." true important to know.
"all polite people are bad bc they don't stop injustice." That's a bit of a leap.
"In order to be good I need to be mean." no, you're rationalizing toxic behavior.
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The kinds of JRPGs I really don't like are ones that lean into Final Fantasy's example when it comes to battles (i.e., them essentially being a formality) but then the Build mechanics aren't engaging enough to grab me.
Dragon Quest has always tripped at the gate for me cause of this.
Dragon Quest has always tripped at the gate for me cause of this.
January 2, 2026 at 11:50 AM
The kinds of JRPGs I really don't like are ones that lean into Final Fantasy's example when it comes to battles (i.e., them essentially being a formality) but then the Build mechanics aren't engaging enough to grab me.
Dragon Quest has always tripped at the gate for me cause of this.
Dragon Quest has always tripped at the gate for me cause of this.
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assume that things "official" accounts like @grok post are "real" in a sense that just does not and cannot apply to AI accounts. It's hard cognitive work to recognize and correct that mental bias every time, which means that most of us, even the best of us, aren't going to get it right every time.
January 2, 2026 at 11:38 AM
assume that things "official" accounts like @grok post are "real" in a sense that just does not and cannot apply to AI accounts. It's hard cognitive work to recognize and correct that mental bias every time, which means that most of us, even the best of us, aren't going to get it right every time.
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Ok, seeing both @normative.bsky.social and @adamserwer.bsky.social (who reposted this) describe this as "having Grok issue an apology," as though this came from the company, is eye opening and disheartening.
That "Grok apology" was a response to a RANDOM USER posting "issue a heartfelt apology"
That "Grok apology" was a response to a RANDOM USER posting "issue a heartfelt apology"
Having Grok issue an “apology” is not just insulting and stupid (obviously Grok cannot actually “regret” anything, deeply or otherwise) but cowardly: It asks us to assign responsibility to an unconscious piece of software rather than the humans and institutions who should actually be blamed.
lmao jfc
January 2, 2026 at 11:29 AM
Ok, seeing both @normative.bsky.social and @adamserwer.bsky.social (who reposted this) describe this as "having Grok issue an apology," as though this came from the company, is eye opening and disheartening.
That "Grok apology" was a response to a RANDOM USER posting "issue a heartfelt apology"
That "Grok apology" was a response to a RANDOM USER posting "issue a heartfelt apology"
you know, digimon got me into jrpgs finally--that's what cracked the whole case open--thanks to cyber sleuth, but I've streamed Final Fantasy 6, Chrono Trigger, a bunch of 9 before my save died, and I've played a bunch of other JRPGs, some of which I'm reviewing in this piece
and I struggle with:
and I struggle with:
January 2, 2026 at 11:09 AM
you know, digimon got me into jrpgs finally--that's what cracked the whole case open--thanks to cyber sleuth, but I've streamed Final Fantasy 6, Chrono Trigger, a bunch of 9 before my save died, and I've played a bunch of other JRPGs, some of which I'm reviewing in this piece
and I struggle with:
and I struggle with:
always fascinates me when I people who think they have taste because they like certain aesthetics but have no concept of how they go together
January 2, 2026 at 10:32 AM
always fascinates me when I people who think they have taste because they like certain aesthetics but have no concept of how they go together
It would be cool if bskys theme could actually change occasionally, so I could log in and the colors would be different lol
January 2, 2026 at 10:25 AM
It would be cool if bskys theme could actually change occasionally, so I could log in and the colors would be different lol
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Yeah I don't think putting responsibility on the mindless machine helps anyone but the sickos that made it able to generate the contents of Nobuhiro Watsuki's hard drive by giving them a bit of obfuscation to hide behind.
January 2, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Yeah I don't think putting responsibility on the mindless machine helps anyone but the sickos that made it able to generate the contents of Nobuhiro Watsuki's hard drive by giving them a bit of obfuscation to hide behind.
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I get so annoyed with posts that are screenshots like “look grok thinks elons stupid!” “Grok disagrees with this right wing stance!” Grok doesn’t think anything grok is code that spits back an output you are statistically likely to want to hear.
January 2, 2026 at 9:54 AM
I get so annoyed with posts that are screenshots like “look grok thinks elons stupid!” “Grok disagrees with this right wing stance!” Grok doesn’t think anything grok is code that spits back an output you are statistically likely to want to hear.
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Doc’s got a new article and that means ya gotta get your reading eyes over to Medium and take a good long swim in the word pool.
New article time!
This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
docseuss.medium.com/okay-heres-t...
This one's about Planescape: Torment. I was commissioned to cover it, so I have. I was... disappointed to find I didn't really like the game. I tried not to be too mean, but I really, really disliked this game's treatment off women.
docseuss.medium.com/okay-heres-t...
okay here’s the one about planescape
Over the years, I have taken some commissions to write about various video games. One of those was to write about Planescape: Torment, and…
docseuss.medium.com
January 2, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Doc’s got a new article and that means ya gotta get your reading eyes over to Medium and take a good long swim in the word pool.