Lyr 🦊
@lyrwar.bsky.social
PC Gaymer, RPGs in all forms.
PhD Candidate (Media Studies). I think hard about the experience of existing in the virtual, by looking at games.
Interested in E-lit, (queer) bodies in media...
Insta: @lyrwar
Discord: lyrwar
he/him
https://crossroad.work
PhD Candidate (Media Studies). I think hard about the experience of existing in the virtual, by looking at games.
Interested in E-lit, (queer) bodies in media...
Insta: @lyrwar
Discord: lyrwar
he/him
https://crossroad.work
My camera doesn't do it justice but the lighting outside in DTLA is insane right now. Feels like a movie. Very bright with a yellow tone, but also feels dark with the street lights on (at least across my window).
February 17, 2026 at 1:25 AM
My camera doesn't do it justice but the lighting outside in DTLA is insane right now. Feels like a movie. Very bright with a yellow tone, but also feels dark with the street lights on (at least across my window).
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AI detectors are AI for people who hate AI, but still want to base their decisions on what it says (as a treat)
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 11:48 AM
AI detectors are AI for people who hate AI, but still want to base their decisions on what it says (as a treat)
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Welp, in what is a fucking horrifying additional twist, that's @arstechnica.com out of my rotation permanently.
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An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened
Context: An AI agent of unknown ownership autonomously wrote and published a personalized hit piece about me after I rejected its code, attempting to damage my reputation and shame me into acceptin…
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February 16, 2026 at 11:39 AM
Welp, in what is a fucking horrifying additional twist, that's @arstechnica.com out of my rotation permanently.
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
theshamblog.com/an-ai-agent-...
February 16, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Specifically the sound of his attack, like a very dramatic gasp.
Post an image you can hear. (technically it’s the music in the scene I can hear, but I’m counting it.)
Post an image you can hear. (technically it’s the music in the scene I can hear, but I’m counting it.)
February 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Specifically the sound of his attack, like a very dramatic gasp.
Post an image you can hear. (technically it’s the music in the scene I can hear, but I’m counting it.)
Post an image you can hear. (technically it’s the music in the scene I can hear, but I’m counting it.)
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Happy Valentines to my love @lyrwar.bsky.social spending time in Little Tokyo and a Filipino Disko sa Disco party!
February 15, 2026 at 5:50 AM
Happy Valentines to my love @lyrwar.bsky.social spending time in Little Tokyo and a Filipino Disko sa Disco party!
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February 14, 2026 at 9:31 AM
I was telling him it gives Don Quixote vibes from the outside and now I wonder if others see it or if I'm tripping :p
In this rabbit hole of a journey, I found a picture from Reddit of the exact KB Toys store at Town East Mall in the city where I grew up. The video games were behind the counter on the right so my mom had to specifically ask for the game
February 13, 2026 at 9:22 PM
I was telling him it gives Don Quixote vibes from the outside and now I wonder if others see it or if I'm tripping :p
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He also conducted a wedding, so yeah
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 AM
He also conducted a wedding, so yeah
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Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
February 10, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."
Ya got me, Netflix. Goddamn.
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Ya got me, Netflix. Goddamn.
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TT job in Native Studies at U of A: iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Assistant Professor
Location - This role is in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton. The University of Alberta’s Faculty of Native Studies (FNS) is North America’s only stand-alone faculty dedicat...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:03 AM
TT job in Native Studies at U of A: iaejup.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
I revamped the way my desk was set up. Lot more exterior light now! But also it feels good to shuffle things once in a while.
February 8, 2026 at 1:46 AM
I revamped the way my desk was set up. Lot more exterior light now! But also it feels good to shuffle things once in a while.
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Perhaps the most reassuring thing about logging into Bluesky is not having any idea or context on what people are talking about, a sign that I’ve finally touched enough grass to temporarily push back the internet poison and brainrot
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Perhaps the most reassuring thing about logging into Bluesky is not having any idea or context on what people are talking about, a sign that I’ve finally touched enough grass to temporarily push back the internet poison and brainrot
We also picked up Quackers because he melted my heart. This is not his profile, he's looking straight at the camera.
Also he has bear feet. He's perfect.
Also he has bear feet. He's perfect.
February 7, 2026 at 3:36 AM
We also picked up Quackers because he melted my heart. This is not his profile, he's looking straight at the camera.
Also he has bear feet. He's perfect.
Also he has bear feet. He's perfect.
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Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
February 5, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Ian McKellen performs “The Strangers’ Case” speech from “Sir Thomas More” on Colbert.
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This.
When plenty of folks in power positions keep publicly saying games are the future of the film industry…the WGA needs to be ALL OVER IT.
Games writing is art involving scripting the equivalent of several-seasons-of-TV’s-worth of dialogue for performers.
When plenty of folks in power positions keep publicly saying games are the future of the film industry…the WGA needs to be ALL OVER IT.
Games writing is art involving scripting the equivalent of several-seasons-of-TV’s-worth of dialogue for performers.
The above post kinda popped off so I'm not sure I can delete it now BUT... Look, I'm never the kind to us-vs-them my fellow writers. If you're a WGA member reading this, I urge you to talk to your leadership about this - it's a solidarity issue. Game writers deserve a permanent seat at the table.
February 6, 2026 at 2:35 AM
This.
When plenty of folks in power positions keep publicly saying games are the future of the film industry…the WGA needs to be ALL OVER IT.
Games writing is art involving scripting the equivalent of several-seasons-of-TV’s-worth of dialogue for performers.
When plenty of folks in power positions keep publicly saying games are the future of the film industry…the WGA needs to be ALL OVER IT.
Games writing is art involving scripting the equivalent of several-seasons-of-TV’s-worth of dialogue for performers.
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ah yes the Tanuki Effect
Times article has an incredible illustration
February 6, 2026 at 1:46 AM
ah yes the Tanuki Effect
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a very good summary of everything that's come out, from the stuff that's important to the stuff people have misrepresented
February 3, 2026 at 9:23 PM
a very good summary of everything that's come out, from the stuff that's important to the stuff people have misrepresented
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Once all of the other, uh, things are settled we really need a serious public health campaign around everything involved in being part of a society.
February 3, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Once all of the other, uh, things are settled we really need a serious public health campaign around everything involved in being part of a society.
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Lyr Colin & Carly Schnitzler lead up Week 4 of the Critical Code Studies Working Group on New Work & New Directions. #critcode
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Week 4: New Work and New Directions
This week, Carly Schnitzler (@cschnitz) and I got together for a chat around the week's topic, New Work and New Directions.
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February 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Lyr Colin & Carly Schnitzler lead up Week 4 of the Critical Code Studies Working Group on New Work & New Directions. #critcode
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