Critical Nostalgia
@highway62.bsky.social
Feral writer. Intergenre. Opstmodern. Hedorahgroove. Smogwave. The Hazeland books. Horror fantasy crime on the streets of 80s LA.
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Back to work. Do I finish the first draft of My Gifts Are Hungry today, of all days? Stay tuned!
Let's start the music with the patron saint of this book.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVrl...
Let's start the music with the patron saint of this book.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVrl...
Siouxsie And The Banshees - Candyman (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by SiouxsieBansheesVEVO
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February 8, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Back to work. Do I finish the first draft of My Gifts Are Hungry today, of all days? Stay tuned!
Let's start the music with the patron saint of this book.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVrl...
Let's start the music with the patron saint of this book.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVrl...
This should fix me.
February 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
This should fix me.
"If you don't have profiles on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, set those up now."
*giggles tunelessly*
*giggles tunelessly*
February 8, 2026 at 8:27 PM
"If you don't have profiles on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, set those up now."
*giggles tunelessly*
*giggles tunelessly*
"How to advertise your Kickstarter: create a video that is funny and will go viral."
I hate this place.
I hate this place.
February 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
"How to advertise your Kickstarter: create a video that is funny and will go viral."
I hate this place.
I hate this place.
"How I raised $38,000 in two weeks for my book Kickstarter."
I don't believe you.
I don't believe you.
February 8, 2026 at 8:19 PM
"How I raised $38,000 in two weeks for my book Kickstarter."
I don't believe you.
I don't believe you.
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If you’re generating books with AI, you’re not an author,
February 8, 2026 at 7:57 PM
If you’re generating books with AI, you’re not an author,
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There is only one true canon for all stories, and that is this body of work
February 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM
There is only one true canon for all stories, and that is this body of work
"I predict that this year's Superbowl commercials will be about AI and celebrity endorsements!"
I may have to have a couple drinks.
I may have to have a couple drinks.
February 8, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"I predict that this year's Superbowl commercials will be about AI and celebrity endorsements!"
I may have to have a couple drinks.
I may have to have a couple drinks.
Okay, so the whole point of making content with GenAI is not to have fun or to express anything or to improve your skills. It's just there to garner likes or feed vast amounts of content into the hoppers. It's the grindset applied to content production.
February 8, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Okay, so the whole point of making content with GenAI is not to have fun or to express anything or to improve your skills. It's just there to garner likes or feed vast amounts of content into the hoppers. It's the grindset applied to content production.
Apex of the form.
Alien vs. Predator
Arcade, 1994
Capcom
Showcasing forgotten Capcom character Linn Kurosawa for #scanlinesunday.
Tiger-stripe camo.
Beefy muscle arms.
Big, asymmetrical shoulder armor.
SWORD.
These are some of my favorite things.
Bring her back, Capcom!
#crt #retrogaming #capcom
Arcade, 1994
Capcom
Showcasing forgotten Capcom character Linn Kurosawa for #scanlinesunday.
Tiger-stripe camo.
Beefy muscle arms.
Big, asymmetrical shoulder armor.
SWORD.
These are some of my favorite things.
Bring her back, Capcom!
#crt #retrogaming #capcom
February 8, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Apex of the form.
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The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
February 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
The point of the AI project is to provoke despair in creative people. They haven’t produced profits or anything anyone wants, just a steady stream of articles about how us artistic types can’t do the thing we’re already doing, making art. Jokes on them, we’re even better at despair than they are.
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Never Forget
February 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Never Forget
I'm not going to survive the ads today, am I?
Salesforce out there unashamedly lying "Oh, it's about making AI work for you. We don't want it to take over jobs (but your bosses do.)"
Salesforce out there unashamedly lying "Oh, it's about making AI work for you. We don't want it to take over jobs (but your bosses do.)"
February 8, 2026 at 5:44 PM
I'm not going to survive the ads today, am I?
Salesforce out there unashamedly lying "Oh, it's about making AI work for you. We don't want it to take over jobs (but your bosses do.)"
Salesforce out there unashamedly lying "Oh, it's about making AI work for you. We don't want it to take over jobs (but your bosses do.)"
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If you can generate a book in a day you are the least relevant part of the equation.
February 8, 2026 at 5:21 PM
If you can generate a book in a day you are the least relevant part of the equation.
*Archon has logged into the battle*
February 8, 2026 at 5:18 PM
*Archon has logged into the battle*
If you use AI to write or to make your covers or to make cute little animations advertising your books I will block you and what's more I will feel good about it. #horrorbooks
February 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
If you use AI to write or to make your covers or to make cute little animations advertising your books I will block you and what's more I will feel good about it. #horrorbooks
"I have found the right derogatory term to make people hate generative AI content. 'Slop' is bad and won't do it."
No you haven't. Shush.
No you haven't. Shush.
February 8, 2026 at 4:47 PM
"I have found the right derogatory term to make people hate generative AI content. 'Slop' is bad and won't do it."
No you haven't. Shush.
No you haven't. Shush.
"Reporters in this story used generative AI as a research tool."
How the fuck did they do that? What fucking research? Who cares if someone verified it after. What the fuck does that even mean?
And this was from Fortune Magazine. Come on.
How the fuck did they do that? What fucking research? Who cares if someone verified it after. What the fuck does that even mean?
And this was from Fortune Magazine. Come on.
February 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
"Reporters in this story used generative AI as a research tool."
How the fuck did they do that? What fucking research? Who cares if someone verified it after. What the fuck does that even mean?
And this was from Fortune Magazine. Come on.
How the fuck did they do that? What fucking research? Who cares if someone verified it after. What the fuck does that even mean?
And this was from Fortune Magazine. Come on.
UM-BER HULK!
UM-BER HULKI!
UM-BER HULKI!
February 8, 2026 at 4:08 PM
UM-BER HULK!
UM-BER HULKI!
UM-BER HULKI!
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operation logic bomb, screenshot, snes (1993) www.mobygames.com/game/12694/o...
February 2, 2026 at 9:44 AM
operation logic bomb, screenshot, snes (1993) www.mobygames.com/game/12694/o...
Selling the dream of being a writer has always been a way to make money, maybe even more than writing itself.
So this isn't a surprise at all. Slopper is gonna slop.
So this isn't a surprise at all. Slopper is gonna slop.
Not a surprise even the successful AI novelists are pivoting to selling AI hype to aspiring authors instead.
February 8, 2026 at 3:22 PM
Selling the dream of being a writer has always been a way to make money, maybe even more than writing itself.
So this isn't a surprise at all. Slopper is gonna slop.
So this isn't a surprise at all. Slopper is gonna slop.
Yes, a slopmonger can put out 200 books a year. Only because there's platforms that automate the process. It's not going to replace the individual author on Kickstarter who gets along that way because they have to. It'll annihilate Amazon for discoverability but maybe that was always overhyped.
February 8, 2026 at 3:18 PM
Yes, a slopmonger can put out 200 books a year. Only because there's platforms that automate the process. It's not going to replace the individual author on Kickstarter who gets along that way because they have to. It'll annihilate Amazon for discoverability but maybe that was always overhyped.
Watching Sahara (2005) which is a weird interzone kind of action movie based on a Clive Cussler novel.
It desperately wants to be more than it could ever possibly be.
It desperately wants to be more than it could ever possibly be.
February 8, 2026 at 4:17 AM
Watching Sahara (2005) which is a weird interzone kind of action movie based on a Clive Cussler novel.
It desperately wants to be more than it could ever possibly be.
It desperately wants to be more than it could ever possibly be.
I think about a conservative family member a lot, one who worked at a big newspaper and watched it erode over the years and him stating over and over that the market was always right. And how I didn't want to argue with him because he was so confident and absolutely suckered.
February 8, 2026 at 3:37 AM
I think about a conservative family member a lot, one who worked at a big newspaper and watched it erode over the years and him stating over and over that the market was always right. And how I didn't want to argue with him because he was so confident and absolutely suckered.
Not gonna lie. If there was a 24 hour Dark Wave channel on XM/Sirius, I'd probably listen to nothing else.
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February 8, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Not gonna lie. If there was a 24 hour Dark Wave channel on XM/Sirius, I'd probably listen to nothing else.
cc @mattsebastian.com
cc @mattsebastian.com