Phil Nelson
@philnelson.bsky.social
The co-host with the co-most. Your +1 and only. I do computer vision, electronics, old gear and vintage media.
Founder RetroStrange.com & SetSideB.com
biz: hello@extrafuture.com
SF, CA
Founder RetroStrange.com & SetSideB.com
biz: hello@extrafuture.com
SF, CA
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Mike Johnson refuses to comment on Trump’s post about Rob Reiner and runs away from reporters.
December 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Mike Johnson refuses to comment on Trump’s post about Rob Reiner and runs away from reporters.
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Premium newsletter: my 18k word AI Mythbusters: There’s no insatiable demand for AI compute, AI is not “getting exponentially better” or “tricking humans,” we haven't “lost control of AI,” AI doomerism is a grift, and there is no “GenAI arms race with China.”
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Premium: Mythbusters - AI Edition
I keep trying to think of a cool or interesting introduction to this newsletter, and keep coming back to how fucking weird everything is getting.
Two days ago, cloud stalwart Oracle crapped its pants...
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December 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Premium newsletter: my 18k word AI Mythbusters: There’s no insatiable demand for AI compute, AI is not “getting exponentially better” or “tricking humans,” we haven't “lost control of AI,” AI doomerism is a grift, and there is no “GenAI arms race with China.”
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Since it looks like we're going through the "liberals who stayed on X/Twitter trying to convince others to go back there," I'll just remind folks I already wrote a long article pointing out how that makes no sense and is, in fact, an incredibly dumb idea.
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/s...
Stop Begging. Start Building
As a reminder, I’m on the board at Bluesky, which means you should consider me extremely biased, even as this article isn’t really about Bluesky. The writer Jerusalem Demsas wants you to stay on Tw…
www.techdirt.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Since it looks like we're going through the "liberals who stayed on X/Twitter trying to convince others to go back there," I'll just remind folks I already wrote a long article pointing out how that makes no sense and is, in fact, an incredibly dumb idea.
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/s...
www.techdirt.com/2025/09/15/s...
Making macOS Tahoe Suck Less Part I: Introduction, and Reduce Transparency extrafuture.com/2025/12/15/m...
Making macOS Tahoe Suck Less Part I: Introduction, and Reduce Transparency
We're all pretty much in agreement: macOS 26 Tahoe is a god damn mess. There are people to blame but the fact remains that the macOS Interface is a hodgepodge of last years ideas, thawed and warmed ov...
extrafuture.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Making macOS Tahoe Suck Less Part I: Introduction, and Reduce Transparency extrafuture.com/2025/12/15/m...
@bradsucks.bsky.social I appreciate you, man.
December 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
@bradsucks.bsky.social I appreciate you, man.
In case you missed it this weekend, I wrote a new issue of my newsletter this weekend. It includes info on RetroStrange TV holiday content, some behind-the-scenes info, and how my YouTube channel is getting like 100,000 views per video suddenly. Fun stuff. Go read it extrafuture.com/2025/12/13/a...
All In All We're Just Like You – Phil’s Newsletter Vol. 4 Num. 8
It's new notebook week! Hobonichi Techo Weeks, Mother 2 edition. Go big or go home.
*coughing, dusting self off* Boy it sure has been a *checks notes* *checks watch* jesus, only 3 months? I guess t...
extrafuture.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In case you missed it this weekend, I wrote a new issue of my newsletter this weekend. It includes info on RetroStrange TV holiday content, some behind-the-scenes info, and how my YouTube channel is getting like 100,000 views per video suddenly. Fun stuff. Go read it extrafuture.com/2025/12/13/a...
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Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
December 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Rob Reiner: “Silence in the face of authoritarianism is complicity. Speaking out is a patriotic act. Democracy doesn’t defend itself. It requires participation, vigilance, and courage from ordinary people."
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Thank you majority: "According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy." You're right.
Opinion | The Billionaires Have Gone Full Louis XV
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December 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thank you majority: "According to the most recent edition of an annual Harris Poll, for the first time, a majority of Americans believe billionaires are a threat to democracy." You're right.
Rob Reiner’s movies were so special. He was great. What a body of work.
December 15, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Rob Reiner’s movies were so special. He was great. What a body of work.
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When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
When Rob Reiner was on his all-time epic run at the start of his career, he had an opportunity to read a script that was looking for a production partner, and he lost his mind for it. He decided Castle Rock had to have it, no matter what.
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bari weiss currently getting her ass kicked by Nice Bri'ish Boys Make A Cheeky Pie, Right, Sorted, 'at Hits The Spot It Does
December 14, 2025 at 10:13 PM
bari weiss currently getting her ass kicked by Nice Bri'ish Boys Make A Cheeky Pie, Right, Sorted, 'at Hits The Spot It Does
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Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Rob Reiner made some great movies but he was also unafraid to speak the truth, and was one of the public voices who knew you don’t squander your platform, and only got louder about opposing evil fucks as he got older. Legend.
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my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
December 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
my favorite thing about the benoit blanc movies is that they aren't really about benoit blanc. he is not grappling with demons from his past. we are not getting flashbacks to the husband whose murder he never solved. he just shows up and does his job like mary poppins for homicides
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TMZ reporting Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead with wounds consistent with a knife
Rob Reiner, Wife Michele Found Dead in Their L.A. Home with Knife Wounds
Rob Reiner -- the legendary director -- and his wife Michele Singer Reiner have died ... TMZ has confirmed.
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December 15, 2025 at 3:31 AM
TMZ reporting Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found dead with wounds consistent with a knife
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Now playing: The All American Soapbox Derby (1936), duration 10:26, on RetroStrange TV1. Watch live: https://live.retrostrange.com #RSTV
December 14, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Now playing: The All American Soapbox Derby (1936), duration 10:26, on RetroStrange TV1. Watch live: https://live.retrostrange.com #RSTV
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I wrote a bit about it, but would love to read more takes on it:
nfgworld.com/1669/
My best theory is that it was a product of in-fighting at Capcom, grudgingly released and not given a chance at success.
nfgworld.com/1669/
My best theory is that it was a product of in-fighting at Capcom, grudgingly released and not given a chance at success.
Capcom’s CPS Changer
The nineties were a time of weird and wonderful experimentation in Japan. Not to be left out, Capcom released a weird device that looked a lot like a video game console.
nfgworld.com
December 14, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I wrote a bit about it, but would love to read more takes on it:
nfgworld.com/1669/
My best theory is that it was a product of in-fighting at Capcom, grudgingly released and not given a chance at success.
nfgworld.com/1669/
My best theory is that it was a product of in-fighting at Capcom, grudgingly released and not given a chance at success.
It has been decided that Tijuana is home to Carlito the Fog, Karl’s cousin.
December 14, 2025 at 4:45 PM
It has been decided that Tijuana is home to Carlito the Fog, Karl’s cousin.
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Now playing: It Ain't City Music (1973), duration 14:02, on RetroStrange TV1. Watch live: https://live.retrostrange.com #RSTV
December 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Now playing: It Ain't City Music (1973), duration 14:02, on RetroStrange TV1. Watch live: https://live.retrostrange.com #RSTV
my "watching someone play SNES through a rain-soaked steamy window" simulator is in beta testing
December 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
my "watching someone play SNES through a rain-soaked steamy window" simulator is in beta testing
Feeling a strong urge to curl up in a ball and watch movies until I fall asleep
December 13, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Feeling a strong urge to curl up in a ball and watch movies until I fall asleep
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I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.
December 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I've been laughing at this all day. All three of these people nailed it. 10/10, no notes.
Fresh off the inter-press, Phil’s Newsletter Vol. 4 Num. 8, wherein we talk RetroStrange holiday content, my YouTube show taking off, and more extrafuture.com/2025/12/13/a...
All In All We’re Just Like You – Phil’s Newsletter Vol. 4 Num. 8 | Extra Future
*coughing, dusting self off* Boy it sure has been a *checks notes* *checks watch* jesus, only 3 months? I guess that tracks. I'm still a-bloggin' away over on Extra Future, a website that still exists...
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December 13, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Fresh off the inter-press, Phil’s Newsletter Vol. 4 Num. 8, wherein we talk RetroStrange holiday content, my YouTube show taking off, and more extrafuture.com/2025/12/13/a...
Do we need a series on making macOS and the iOSes less shitty to use, have we reached that point? What are your usability tips?
December 13, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Do we need a series on making macOS and the iOSes less shitty to use, have we reached that point? What are your usability tips?
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The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
The way tech companies constantly do stuff that nobody asked for really tells you a lot about their bigger ideology. They tell themselves that you will like it over time. What they mean is you’ll learn to endure it, or you’ll give up. quality of UI is not actually anywhere on their radar
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Video shows DHS trespassers invading the private areas of a business, profiling and detaining people. They've already had to release two of them. Witness confirms what is obvious in the video: that they didn't ask anyone's names or get any information at all. "They just started taking them."
December 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Video shows DHS trespassers invading the private areas of a business, profiling and detaining people. They've already had to release two of them. Witness confirms what is obvious in the video: that they didn't ask anyone's names or get any information at all. "They just started taking them."