patrickcarlson
@pjcarlson.bsky.social
Living the atomic half-life | Design Lead and Writer on @thelongdark.bsky.social |@hinterland.bsky.social | Game systems | The end of the world | My opinions only | More horror than you think
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patrickcarlson
@pjcarlson.bsky.social
· Oct 17
a blurred image of a person 's face with a few lines
Alt: from Jacob's Ladder, a favorite of mine
media.tenor.com
Nice to see things ramping up on this app. Mildly curious how this place picks up the pieces of what's left on the "other site."
As for me, I tend to post about cinema, horror games, apocalyptic ephemera etc. etc.
Also my cats, and occasional snapshots of life in the PNW.
Glad you're here.
As for me, I tend to post about cinema, horror games, apocalyptic ephemera etc. etc.
Also my cats, and occasional snapshots of life in the PNW.
Glad you're here.
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We are a Wetlands & Interstates of the American Gulf South Video Game Company
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We are a Wetlands & Interstates of the American Gulf South Video Game Company
how was *your* day?
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 AM
how was *your* day?
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by Edward Gorey
November 17, 2025 at 11:51 PM
by Edward Gorey
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This is so beautiful. Feels like a cousin to #thelongdark in a way.
The quiet of the snow. ‘Northern Lights & Taubanesentralen’ 16”W x 12”H x 16”D Mixed media: polymer clay, wire, foam, fabric, wood, brass, copper, chipboard and found objects. Available if interested: www.rednosestudio.com/puppets/nort...
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM
This is so beautiful. Feels like a cousin to #thelongdark in a way.
👀 😬
Polar bears a BIG. This one had pass through only a few hours prior. #mammals 🌿
November 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
👀 😬
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You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
Trump defends Saudi crown prince over Khashoggi killing
The de facto Saudi ruler was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
You can oversee the bloody dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist with a bone saw, and the president of the United States will smile, shake your hand and threaten to pull the license of a news outlet whose reporter asks you a question about it.
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/1...
yep
2005 me: I love literary journalism, I love writers who bare their souls
2025 me: Stop stop oh my god please stop
2025 me: Stop stop oh my god please stop
November 18, 2025 at 5:08 AM
yep
power lines, desolate landscape, implied shattered identity — I can relate to this.
November 18, 2025 at 3:12 AM
power lines, desolate landscape, implied shattered identity — I can relate to this.
can relate to the ancient absurdity
Part 172 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a rabbit driving a chariot pulled by geese.
An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a rabbit driving a chariot pulled by geese.
November 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
can relate to the ancient absurdity
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Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
November 17, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Your last saved meme is your moral philosophy
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Carroll Cloar, Sundown (1958)
November 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Carroll Cloar, Sundown (1958)
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This is one of my favourite space photos.
It's Pluto, backlit by the Sun, imaged by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
Look carefully and you can see the planet's irregular topography and the layering in its atmosphere.
Credit: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI
It's Pluto, backlit by the Sun, imaged by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
Look carefully and you can see the planet's irregular topography and the layering in its atmosphere.
Credit: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 AM
This is one of my favourite space photos.
It's Pluto, backlit by the Sun, imaged by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
Look carefully and you can see the planet's irregular topography and the layering in its atmosphere.
Credit: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI
It's Pluto, backlit by the Sun, imaged by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015.
Look carefully and you can see the planet's irregular topography and the layering in its atmosphere.
Credit: NASA/JHU APL/SwRI
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metal gear solid / psx
konami computer entertainment japan, 1998
konami computer entertainment japan, 1998
August 11, 2023 at 10:45 PM
metal gear solid / psx
konami computer entertainment japan, 1998
konami computer entertainment japan, 1998
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The average impact velocity at the Moon is somewhere between 16 and 20 kilometres per second.
This is the result of even a modest space rock hitting the lunar surface at that speed.
This is the result of even a modest space rock hitting the lunar surface at that speed.
Vous assistez, quasiment en direct à la formation d'un cratère sur la Lune, avec un impact filmé ce matin !
November 16, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The average impact velocity at the Moon is somewhere between 16 and 20 kilometres per second.
This is the result of even a modest space rock hitting the lunar surface at that speed.
This is the result of even a modest space rock hitting the lunar surface at that speed.
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There's a word for this: animus.
1. The Trump administration has just quietly updated the State Department website to indicate that it may invalidate transgender people's passports.
This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
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This comes a week after a SCOTUS ruling blocking lower rulings allowing trans people to update them.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports
The change comes after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the administration and lifted a temporary injunction.
www.erininthemorning.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
There's a word for this: animus.
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This, but for other creative work, like writing and editing.
Trying to measure coding productivity is, and always will be, a fool's errand.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
Why? Because I can go for a walk then take a shower and have an idea, then write a single line of code that fixes everything I was working on.
Immense productivity, but by most metrics I didn't do anything at all.
November 16, 2025 at 9:41 PM
This, but for other creative work, like writing and editing.
here’s to better times
November 16, 2025 at 8:08 PM
here’s to better times
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Bloodborne
Part 5 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg
German hunting knife that's also a gun, that's also a calendar..
German hunting knife that's also a gun, that's also a calendar..
November 16, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Bloodborne
surely a video game in there someplace
November 16, 2025 at 3:06 AM
surely a video game in there someplace
apropos of nothing, Michael Shannon in Death by Lightning is stellar.
Sort of a bizarre mashup mini-series on an obscure moment in US history, but it’s very watchable.
(disclaimer — it’s based on a very famous book, which I gather is more or less poorly reflected in this Netflix show)
Sort of a bizarre mashup mini-series on an obscure moment in US history, but it’s very watchable.
(disclaimer — it’s based on a very famous book, which I gather is more or less poorly reflected in this Netflix show)
November 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
apropos of nothing, Michael Shannon in Death by Lightning is stellar.
Sort of a bizarre mashup mini-series on an obscure moment in US history, but it’s very watchable.
(disclaimer — it’s based on a very famous book, which I gather is more or less poorly reflected in this Netflix show)
Sort of a bizarre mashup mini-series on an obscure moment in US history, but it’s very watchable.
(disclaimer — it’s based on a very famous book, which I gather is more or less poorly reflected in this Netflix show)
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November 16, 2025 at 2:23 AM
realizing now I actually own the Metroid Prime Remaster in Switch, but have never played. Too many great games to play! (complimentary)
great listen on the origins of Metroid: Prime with the @retronauts.bsky.social crew:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Retronauts Episode 353: Metroid Prime
Podcast Episode · Retronauts · 01/25/2021 · 1h 35m
podcasts.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
realizing now I actually own the Metroid Prime Remaster in Switch, but have never played. Too many great games to play! (complimentary)
great listen on the origins of Metroid: Prime with the @retronauts.bsky.social crew:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
Retronauts Episode 353: Metroid Prime
Podcast Episode · Retronauts · 01/25/2021 · 1h 35m
podcasts.apple.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:20 AM
great listen on the origins of Metroid: Prime with the @retronauts.bsky.social crew:
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...