John Bowe
@johnbowethejoker.bsky.social
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John Bowe
@johnbowethejoker.bsky.social
· Mar 10
I once worked a 3rd shift by myself because the dude who was supposed to be serving passed out from a coke binge.
A drunk girl and her drunk friends came in during the bar rush, and besides being cool as shit, she popped her tits out on the high bar so I'd make her hash browns with extra love.
A drunk girl and her drunk friends came in during the bar rush, and besides being cool as shit, she popped her tits out on the high bar so I'd make her hash browns with extra love.
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Kind’a weird that the primary emotion evoked in cyberpunk media is “jealousy of the living arrangements.”
V has a soundproof apartment, gym, gun shop, public relaxation areas, and plenty of food stalls and vending machines within “half-awake in a bath robe” range.
V has a soundproof apartment, gym, gun shop, public relaxation areas, and plenty of food stalls and vending machines within “half-awake in a bath robe” range.
February 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Kind’a weird that the primary emotion evoked in cyberpunk media is “jealousy of the living arrangements.”
V has a soundproof apartment, gym, gun shop, public relaxation areas, and plenty of food stalls and vending machines within “half-awake in a bath robe” range.
V has a soundproof apartment, gym, gun shop, public relaxation areas, and plenty of food stalls and vending machines within “half-awake in a bath robe” range.
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“Valve’s refusal to moderate any of this is making Steam reviews and forums the battleground for some kind of culture war, and is making them unsafe for marginalised people and regular gamers trying to simply enjoy the game they bought.” (quote from a dev in the article. this is well said imo.)
‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
‘This shouldn’t be normal’: developers speak out about bigotry on Steam, the world’s biggest PC gaming storefront
Multiple game creators describe ineffective moderation on the platform, resulting in unchecked hatred in forums and targeted campaigns of negative ‘anti-woke’ reviews
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 5:49 PM
“Valve’s refusal to moderate any of this is making Steam reviews and forums the battleground for some kind of culture war, and is making them unsafe for marginalised people and regular gamers trying to simply enjoy the game they bought.” (quote from a dev in the article. this is well said imo.)
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an aggressive ant colony reduces the Keebler elves to a pile of bones and little outfits, but what sends a wave of deep unease around the world, the true source of fear, is how fast these ants are able to get cookie production ramped back up
February 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
an aggressive ant colony reduces the Keebler elves to a pile of bones and little outfits, but what sends a wave of deep unease around the world, the true source of fear, is how fast these ants are able to get cookie production ramped back up
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On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
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If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
On this day in 1921, Congress reluctantly accepted a sculpture memorializing women’s 19th A victory. Congress relegated the memorial to the Capitol’s crypt & painted over the feminist inscription. The statue stayed entombed in the crypt for 76 years. The inscription is still not restored. #WeTheMen
February 16, 2026 at 4:35 PM
If you are wondering what words the all-male Congress found so "blasphemous" that they felt compelled to literally scrape them off the monument, they were: ''Woman, first denied a soul, then called mindless, now arisen, declared herself an entity to be reckoned.''
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Dragon Quest VIII!
My newest collage piece! Finished in time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dragon Quest this year!!
Drawn and coloured entirely with Copic markers, inking pens, Copic Acrea, and Copic Airbrush! ✍🏽
#dragonquest #dragonquestviii #copic #copicmarkers #akiratoriyama
My newest collage piece! Finished in time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dragon Quest this year!!
Drawn and coloured entirely with Copic markers, inking pens, Copic Acrea, and Copic Airbrush! ✍🏽
#dragonquest #dragonquestviii #copic #copicmarkers #akiratoriyama
February 16, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Dragon Quest VIII!
My newest collage piece! Finished in time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dragon Quest this year!!
Drawn and coloured entirely with Copic markers, inking pens, Copic Acrea, and Copic Airbrush! ✍🏽
#dragonquest #dragonquestviii #copic #copicmarkers #akiratoriyama
My newest collage piece! Finished in time to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Dragon Quest this year!!
Drawn and coloured entirely with Copic markers, inking pens, Copic Acrea, and Copic Airbrush! ✍🏽
#dragonquest #dragonquestviii #copic #copicmarkers #akiratoriyama
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mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
February 16, 2026 at 7:37 AM
mom they’re roasting the US economy on mastodon again
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correct! every post about fixing a broken games industry that involves [specific games industry tweaks] and not [destroying a speculation-mad executive class and using their bones for compost] is just wasting everyone's time
if you asked me to diagnose the western game industry's current problem it would start with "landlords have absorbed basically all disposable income"
February 16, 2026 at 12:11 AM
correct! every post about fixing a broken games industry that involves [specific games industry tweaks] and not [destroying a speculation-mad executive class and using their bones for compost] is just wasting everyone's time
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Libs love writing fan fiction where they're still huge losers who happily vote for shit candidates because it's good enough being OINO (Opposition In Name Only).
You're already making shit up, dare to dream of a good candidate. You're a fucking slave to the party line and you stand for nothing.
You're already making shit up, dare to dream of a good candidate. You're a fucking slave to the party line and you stand for nothing.
Counterpoint: if the Prince of Darkness rises from a fiery portal at the Iowa Caucus and declares his opposition to Donald Trump, I will ride to battle with the host of Hell
February 16, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Libs love writing fan fiction where they're still huge losers who happily vote for shit candidates because it's good enough being OINO (Opposition In Name Only).
You're already making shit up, dare to dream of a good candidate. You're a fucking slave to the party line and you stand for nothing.
You're already making shit up, dare to dream of a good candidate. You're a fucking slave to the party line and you stand for nothing.
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Man, amazing how from when I was a kid growing up in a very right wing home that I hated liberals, and now I'm 34, very lefty, and hate liberals again.
February 16, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Man, amazing how from when I was a kid growing up in a very right wing home that I hated liberals, and now I'm 34, very lefty, and hate liberals again.
It definitely will not, particularly at the price point they're selling it at.
Part of the problem is that R* and others assume their entire gta 5 player base will jump to 6. This is foolish, because it's not a sports game, and everyone already has what they want and more with 5.
Part of the problem is that R* and others assume their entire gta 5 player base will jump to 6. This is foolish, because it's not a sports game, and everyone already has what they want and more with 5.
GTA 6 will earn $7.6bn in two months and be the "largest gaming release of all time", investment firm predicts
www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-will-e...
www.eurogamer.net/gta-6-will-e...
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
It definitely will not, particularly at the price point they're selling it at.
Part of the problem is that R* and others assume their entire gta 5 player base will jump to 6. This is foolish, because it's not a sports game, and everyone already has what they want and more with 5.
Part of the problem is that R* and others assume their entire gta 5 player base will jump to 6. This is foolish, because it's not a sports game, and everyone already has what they want and more with 5.
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Staring into the middle distance over the resounding answer being "yes."
Had this WLW Shrek riff come up on Insta (by yuisart) and
Am
Am I Shrek???
Am
Am I Shrek???
February 15, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Staring into the middle distance over the resounding answer being "yes."
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The fact that these sentences always end with "... which we will cram with more work for them" and not "... so we moved to a four-day workweek" really illustrate the hollowness of some AI evangelists' promises that AI will deliver us to some kind of post-work utopia.
“By removing writing from reporters’ workloads, we’ve effectively freed up an extra workday for them each week” is such a strange sentence to read.
February 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
The fact that these sentences always end with "... which we will cram with more work for them" and not "... so we moved to a four-day workweek" really illustrate the hollowness of some AI evangelists' promises that AI will deliver us to some kind of post-work utopia.
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Iconic Hudson Yards project tests Mamdani’s approach to development
Iconic Hudson Yards project tests Mamdani’s approach to development
The project by one of the city’s largest developers is tentatively backed by $2 billion in public financing, which some progressive have derided as corporate welfare.
dlvr.it
February 16, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Iconic Hudson Yards project tests Mamdani’s approach to development
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I recorded all kinds of stuff on the set of Iron Lung in an attempt to find sounds that I could design into something musical and interesting that fit the film.
This is how I got the idea for "Peel it Back".
#ironlung
This is how I got the idea for "Peel it Back".
#ironlung
February 16, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I recorded all kinds of stuff on the set of Iron Lung in an attempt to find sounds that I could design into something musical and interesting that fit the film.
This is how I got the idea for "Peel it Back".
#ironlung
This is how I got the idea for "Peel it Back".
#ironlung
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i dont know why so many liberals keep insisting that sticking up for the vulnerable and downtrodden is unpopular. in 2020 there were massive nationwide protests over police murdering black people and it energized the dem base and helped oust trump! normie libs like being the good guys, actually!
Is right now a good time for the democrats in Congress to be very public about fighting for trans rights? And I’m not sure what slur you’re accusing me of using, but if I’ve said something wrong please do let me know.
February 16, 2026 at 4:51 PM
i dont know why so many liberals keep insisting that sticking up for the vulnerable and downtrodden is unpopular. in 2020 there were massive nationwide protests over police murdering black people and it energized the dem base and helped oust trump! normie libs like being the good guys, actually!
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YALL
TELL ME WHY THIS STEAKHOUSE PIANO PLAYER IS PLAYING THE DRY DOCKS THEME FROM SUPER MARIO 64
TELL ME WHY THIS STEAKHOUSE PIANO PLAYER IS PLAYING THE DRY DOCKS THEME FROM SUPER MARIO 64
February 16, 2026 at 4:20 AM
YALL
TELL ME WHY THIS STEAKHOUSE PIANO PLAYER IS PLAYING THE DRY DOCKS THEME FROM SUPER MARIO 64
TELL ME WHY THIS STEAKHOUSE PIANO PLAYER IS PLAYING THE DRY DOCKS THEME FROM SUPER MARIO 64
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The teacher wasn’t fired, though. He quit twice.
There’s no “potentially dangerous precedent” being set here, because the “Go Gestapo” guy wasn’t fired!
Instead, we should be talking about LASD history teacher Ricardo Lopez, who was actually fired for opening a gate to keep his students safe.
There’s no “potentially dangerous precedent” being set here, because the “Go Gestapo” guy wasn’t fired!
Instead, we should be talking about LASD history teacher Ricardo Lopez, who was actually fired for opening a gate to keep his students safe.
February 16, 2026 at 4:16 PM
The teacher wasn’t fired, though. He quit twice.
There’s no “potentially dangerous precedent” being set here, because the “Go Gestapo” guy wasn’t fired!
Instead, we should be talking about LASD history teacher Ricardo Lopez, who was actually fired for opening a gate to keep his students safe.
There’s no “potentially dangerous precedent” being set here, because the “Go Gestapo” guy wasn’t fired!
Instead, we should be talking about LASD history teacher Ricardo Lopez, who was actually fired for opening a gate to keep his students safe.
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Just saw that Xing Zhilei, the Chinese DIY influencer, posted an update on his self-built cat town which went viral last year.
youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU
youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU
February 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Just saw that Xing Zhilei, the Chinese DIY influencer, posted an update on his self-built cat town which went viral last year.
youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU
youtu.be/i1savUPr-yU
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is america truly powerful? or does it only simulate power? is it a giant hologram? jimmy fallon
February 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
is america truly powerful? or does it only simulate power? is it a giant hologram? jimmy fallon
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This is something we should think about across all writing intensive fields. Even if you're using the AI to turn notes into drafts, you are offloading the kinds of creative and epistemic decisions that drive the organization of your writing to a machine.
Thinking about the many decisions that get made when you turn your notes into a draft and what that looks like when the bot is making all of those decisions, even if you get the "final say" after the decisions have been made. www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...
February 16, 2026 at 4:52 AM
This is something we should think about across all writing intensive fields. Even if you're using the AI to turn notes into drafts, you are offloading the kinds of creative and epistemic decisions that drive the organization of your writing to a machine.
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This image flashbanged me into 2014
Brianna Wu once had decent politics so we all had to pretend her video game wasn’t the worst shit we had ever seen in our lives
February 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
This image flashbanged me into 2014