Critical Nostalgia
@highway62.bsky.social
Feral writer. Intergenre. Opstmodern. Hedorahgroove. Smogwave. The Hazeland books. Horror fantasy crime on the streets of 80s LA.
No rep. Bad reputation.
California · highway62press.com
No rep. Bad reputation.
California · highway62press.com
Going to turn my UpScrolled account into critique of the three ring circus that is selling books online. I expect to make new friends.
February 12, 2026 at 4:57 AM
Going to turn my UpScrolled account into critique of the three ring circus that is selling books online. I expect to make new friends.
I can hear the music from this screen. Or is that the Forgotten Worlds shop screen music?
black tiger, shop, arcade (1987) www.mobygames.com/game/15075/b...
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I can hear the music from this screen. Or is that the Forgotten Worlds shop screen music?
Right-wing pundits are erased after their deaths and failed martyrdoms because it's never about veneration and hungry wannabe celebrities grabbing a limited audience. There's no intellectual history or continuity because it's pure limbic system screeching.
February 12, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Right-wing pundits are erased after their deaths and failed martyrdoms because it's never about veneration and hungry wannabe celebrities grabbing a limited audience. There's no intellectual history or continuity because it's pure limbic system screeching.
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In London 2009, Gary Numan made a surprise appearance with NIN to play Numan's "Metal" & "Cars." I filmed it in one unbroken shot from the middle of the stage with a handheld DSLR.
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
NIN + Gary Numan: "Metal" / "Cars" Live in London 2009, Single-Shot On-Stage Video by Rob Sheridan
YouTube video by Rob Sheridan
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February 12, 2026 at 2:54 AM
In London 2009, Gary Numan made a surprise appearance with NIN to play Numan's "Metal" & "Cars." I filmed it in one unbroken shot from the middle of the stage with a handheld DSLR.
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
Here's the full video, savor the Dudes Rock energy of two legends doing a big mutual respect ("Cars" starts at 6:38):
Me, watching an indie horror movie: Why isn't this lit interestingly? Movies are made of light. What gives?!
February 12, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Me, watching an indie horror movie: Why isn't this lit interestingly? Movies are made of light. What gives?!
Anyway, House is on Tubi now, so you can give yourself a treat.
February 12, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Anyway, House is on Tubi now, so you can give yourself a treat.
Honestly I don't know how any consumer TV u/i designer lives with themselves. Slow, unresponsive, half-drunk. Intolerable.
February 12, 2026 at 1:10 AM
Honestly I don't know how any consumer TV u/i designer lives with themselves. Slow, unresponsive, half-drunk. Intolerable.
The greatest movie I saw in its original run was They Live.
The second greatest was Star Wars.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark probably third.
The second greatest was Star Wars.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark probably third.
February 11, 2026 at 11:21 PM
The greatest movie I saw in its original run was They Live.
The second greatest was Star Wars.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark probably third.
The second greatest was Star Wars.
Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark probably third.
I'm always saying this.
February 11, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I'm always saying this.
So the assignment was to pick 10 good photos for a little portfolio as an add-on/bonus thing for Kickstarter backers.
I'm pretty sure I have under a hundred in the potentials. And that's before going to my B/W phase.
Whoops.
I'm pretty sure I have under a hundred in the potentials. And that's before going to my B/W phase.
Whoops.
February 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
So the assignment was to pick 10 good photos for a little portfolio as an add-on/bonus thing for Kickstarter backers.
I'm pretty sure I have under a hundred in the potentials. And that's before going to my B/W phase.
Whoops.
I'm pretty sure I have under a hundred in the potentials. And that's before going to my B/W phase.
Whoops.
This one's for pal @electronvalve.co - Taken by me in 2015 at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles.
February 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
This one's for pal @electronvalve.co - Taken by me in 2015 at Grand Central Market in Los Angeles.
Love how the Bonaventure still looks like the future. Taken in 2016.
February 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
Love how the Bonaventure still looks like the future. Taken in 2016.
Another place you can't go to anymore. 6th floor, Hotel Figureoa. Well, you can go there, but it's all been painted white and made contemporary and brother, you can have it. I'll remember it like this, thanks.
February 11, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Another place you can't go to anymore. 6th floor, Hotel Figureoa. Well, you can go there, but it's all been painted white and made contemporary and brother, you can have it. I'll remember it like this, thanks.
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They don't want a new form of life. They want a slave that will say it's happy to be a slave. That's the ballgame. And once you understand that, you can understand how profoundly anti-life the project is, and how it's never, ever going to work.
The tell that the "AI is alive!" is snake oil is how many of these AI guys are also transphobic, into eugenics and misogynist. And not it's not a distraction, a person who won't believe or doesn't care about a real person saying "I am trans," "I am autistic" "I'm a woman unwelcome in STEM."
February 11, 2026 at 7:03 PM
They don't want a new form of life. They want a slave that will say it's happy to be a slave. That's the ballgame. And once you understand that, you can understand how profoundly anti-life the project is, and how it's never, ever going to work.
Is this shit Herbalife? 'Cause all I see are paid shills holding up the pyramid.
Microsoft, Google, Meta and Amazon paying influencers $400k-$600k to post months of AI hype content. Absolutely busted, failed industry, embarrassing era
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
www.cnbc.com/2026/02/06/g...
Google and Microsoft offer lucrative deals to promote AI, but even $500,000 won't sway some creators
Tech companies including Google and Microsoft are paying influencers hundreds of thousands of dollars to promote AI products.
www.cnbc.com
February 11, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Is this shit Herbalife? 'Cause all I see are paid shills holding up the pyramid.
Everything I've written is eligible...
...to steal your heart.
...to steal your heart.
February 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Everything I've written is eligible...
...to steal your heart.
...to steal your heart.
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Three Robert Tinney artworks, available as Intusoft wallpapers. Not sure when Intusoft comissioned… 70sscifiart.tumblr.c...
70s Sci-Fi Art
Three Robert Tinney artworks, available as Intusoft wallpapers. Not sure when Intusoft comissioned or bought them... early 90s perhaps.
70sscifiart.tumblr.com
March 26, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Three Robert Tinney artworks, available as Intusoft wallpapers. Not sure when Intusoft comissioned… 70sscifiart.tumblr.c...
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Computer Games. Byte Magazine, December 1981. Cover by Robert Tinney.
December 24, 2024 at 8:56 PM
Computer Games. Byte Magazine, December 1981. Cover by Robert Tinney.
Did they take a bribe or what?
Gallup will no longer measure presidential approval after 88 years thehill.com/homenews/med...
February 11, 2026 at 7:49 PM
Did they take a bribe or what?
Endgame capital. Own the sector and can't profit in it. You love to see it.
After 40 years of publishing, Harlequin will end its iconic historical romance line in 2027:
#Booksky
#Booksky
Harlequin Is Ending Its Historical Romance Line After Nearly 40 Years - Reactor
The publisher's decision to end its historical romance line in 2027 comes on the heels of controversial changes to its international publishing tactics
reactormag.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Endgame capital. Own the sector and can't profit in it. You love to see it.
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RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.
February 11, 2026 at 7:29 PM
RIP Robert Tinney (November 22, 1947 – February 1, 2026), the artist famous for his playful covers for Byte magazine, a hobbist magazine that ushered in the microcomputing age from the mid-70s through the 90s. I'm honored to have included his work in my own art collection.
"Maybe the hype is real."
Yeah, gonna frame that one and hold it up when this all bleeds out. Money only buys thrust, not momentum.
Yeah, gonna frame that one and hold it up when this all bleeds out. Money only buys thrust, not momentum.
February 11, 2026 at 7:13 PM
"Maybe the hype is real."
Yeah, gonna frame that one and hold it up when this all bleeds out. Money only buys thrust, not momentum.
Yeah, gonna frame that one and hold it up when this all bleeds out. Money only buys thrust, not momentum.
It's Douthat. Come on.
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
It's Douthat. Come on.
That philosopher in this morning's AI IS DEFINITELY ALIVE article makes me embarrassed for all of philosophy as a discipline. (And let's face it, there's more to be embarrassed about than not already.)
February 11, 2026 at 5:55 PM
That philosopher in this morning's AI IS DEFINITELY ALIVE article makes me embarrassed for all of philosophy as a discipline. (And let's face it, there's more to be embarrassed about than not already.)