@locke2300.bsky.social
Reposted
got inspired
December 2, 2025 at 5:35 AM
got inspired
That snow-golem has the arrogance of unlife. Just walks right up to the constable and says “you cannot kill me in a way that matters”.
November 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
That snow-golem has the arrogance of unlife. Just walks right up to the constable and says “you cannot kill me in a way that matters”.
This thanksgiving I’m reflecting on my growing suspicion of any Christian group that claims to be “religiously persecuted“ without any additional context around why there might have been conflict with other group. maybe it was unwarranted! but the Pilgrims were mad they weren’t *persecuting*
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
This thanksgiving I’m reflecting on my growing suspicion of any Christian group that claims to be “religiously persecuted“ without any additional context around why there might have been conflict with other group. maybe it was unwarranted! but the Pilgrims were mad they weren’t *persecuting*
A lot of buzz on the timeline today about genAI and honestly I think AI’s main use case is halfassing something you don’t think matters very much. I also think there’s a big connection there to politics and policy. We keep halfassing, and we’re over the tipping point of that reckoning coming home
October 17, 2025 at 11:27 AM
A lot of buzz on the timeline today about genAI and honestly I think AI’s main use case is halfassing something you don’t think matters very much. I also think there’s a big connection there to politics and policy. We keep halfassing, and we’re over the tipping point of that reckoning coming home
LISA: I feel like I’m going to die.
BART: We’re all gonna die, Lise.
LISA: I meant soon!
BART: So did I…
BART: We’re all gonna die, Lise.
LISA: I meant soon!
BART: So did I…
what's the stupidest/randomest Simpsons quote that lives in your head rent free? Mine is the urge to say "you said go to bread" every time I am about to head to bed.
October 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
LISA: I feel like I’m going to die.
BART: We’re all gonna die, Lise.
LISA: I meant soon!
BART: So did I…
BART: We’re all gonna die, Lise.
LISA: I meant soon!
BART: So did I…
It’s a small contribution to the mess we are in but one thing that sucks about America is how our public discourse doesn’t even *pretend* to engage with ideas. They just assert “my enemies believe X” and everyone just goes along
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It’s a small contribution to the mess we are in but one thing that sucks about America is how our public discourse doesn’t even *pretend* to engage with ideas. They just assert “my enemies believe X” and everyone just goes along
I don’t think you’d ever get them to admit it but the connective tissue between all recent conservative action has been the idea that government should dictate culture and prevent decentralized movements from existing when they aren’t explicitly conservative in nature
September 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I don’t think you’d ever get them to admit it but the connective tissue between all recent conservative action has been the idea that government should dictate culture and prevent decentralized movements from existing when they aren’t explicitly conservative in nature
Reposted
Everich rose hath its þ
September 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Everich rose hath its þ
One of the most important things you can do when encountering one of these “my enemies all have this perverse psychology” posts is to ask if anyone has ever explicitly or implicitly used the reasoning described in an actual conversation. There are a few one-uppers out there but it ain’t a movement.
The “don’t sign up for protests” thing is just an outgrowth of the Online tendency to one-up other people on how much you care. Oh, they’re protesting and signing people up for it? I’ll show them by claiming that’s wrong and you can care more by not signing up.
September 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
One of the most important things you can do when encountering one of these “my enemies all have this perverse psychology” posts is to ask if anyone has ever explicitly or implicitly used the reasoning described in an actual conversation. There are a few one-uppers out there but it ain’t a movement.
If theses one thing that the last few years have made really clear, it’s that the abstract values America continually pointed toward as explanations and justifications were always paper-thin, insufficient, misunderstood, and easily weaponized. So few people engaged with them as ideas, just as words.
September 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
If theses one thing that the last few years have made really clear, it’s that the abstract values America continually pointed toward as explanations and justifications were always paper-thin, insufficient, misunderstood, and easily weaponized. So few people engaged with them as ideas, just as words.
Oooo-ooh
Not quite monster not quite man
Oooo-ooh
But you know that it slouches toward Bethlehem
Not quite monster not quite man
Oooo-ooh
But you know that it slouches toward Bethlehem
September 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Oooo-ooh
Not quite monster not quite man
Oooo-ooh
But you know that it slouches toward Bethlehem
Not quite monster not quite man
Oooo-ooh
But you know that it slouches toward Bethlehem
Prompt engineers, folks
One of my favorite genre of posts on Twitter right now is people who think grok can help them find the killer
September 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Prompt engineers, folks
its interesting to see people debating “how far into a group organizing a lynching can you (or someone) stop them” and “whose responsibility is it to stop things like that” and seeing a lot of “you can’t“ and “nobody”
September 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
its interesting to see people debating “how far into a group organizing a lynching can you (or someone) stop them” and “whose responsibility is it to stop things like that” and seeing a lot of “you can’t“ and “nobody”
It’s okay to have a more complex moral discernment apparatus than a single, abstract principle. I’m not surrendering my ability to judge right and wrong to whatever word cloud is trotted out. some people engage with an idea and others think it’s a spell that might work on their enemies
September 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
It’s okay to have a more complex moral discernment apparatus than a single, abstract principle. I’m not surrendering my ability to judge right and wrong to whatever word cloud is trotted out. some people engage with an idea and others think it’s a spell that might work on their enemies
Beverly Hills Cthulhu
September 5, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Beverly Hills Cthulhu
I slam through a bag of this Chocula
August 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I slam through a bag of this Chocula
Anybody remember Havana Syndrome? Are America’s most nefarious enemies still using their undetectable superweapon or…?
August 30, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Anybody remember Havana Syndrome? Are America’s most nefarious enemies still using their undetectable superweapon or…?
Enough people with opinions. Time for some people with convictions.
August 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Enough people with opinions. Time for some people with convictions.
The only republic I’m pledging allegiance to this Halloween season is to the republic for witches’ stans
August 18, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The only republic I’m pledging allegiance to this Halloween season is to the republic for witches’ stans
Why do people keep saying that the day of the jackboot is a distraction. What could possibly be more important.
August 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Why do people keep saying that the day of the jackboot is a distraction. What could possibly be more important.
One of the less-appreciated technical achievements of the YouTube app is how seamlessly its ad insertion video interrupter allows me to transition between the “watching YouTube” and “closing YouTube to do something else” experiences
August 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
One of the less-appreciated technical achievements of the YouTube app is how seamlessly its ad insertion video interrupter allows me to transition between the “watching YouTube” and “closing YouTube to do something else” experiences
We only really got a palace insider’s look at thing in Macbeth and King Lear but I bet the average subject in the kingdom felt kinda like this too
August 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We only really got a palace insider’s look at thing in Macbeth and King Lear but I bet the average subject in the kingdom felt kinda like this too
Reposted
It is not possible to find the words for this.
July 29, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It is not possible to find the words for this.
It’s so exhausting to remember the huge push that went into electing Not-Conservative-Lesser-Evils only to see them enact the exact policies the Greater Evils proposed.
I’m not *surprised*, just exhausted
I’m not *surprised*, just exhausted
July 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
It’s so exhausting to remember the huge push that went into electing Not-Conservative-Lesser-Evils only to see them enact the exact policies the Greater Evils proposed.
I’m not *surprised*, just exhausted
I’m not *surprised*, just exhausted
Speculation: Conservatives hate postmodernism because people trained in postmodernism can spot and pin down the shifting definitions and linguistic coded-ness that is characteristic of conservative catchphrases and argumentative styles
July 13, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Speculation: Conservatives hate postmodernism because people trained in postmodernism can spot and pin down the shifting definitions and linguistic coded-ness that is characteristic of conservative catchphrases and argumentative styles