Ridley LeDoux
@ridleyal.bsky.social
With great power comes great respronsitrilitrance
'portmantoe' is my new portmanteau meaning "men's shoes"
November 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
'portmantoe' is my new portmanteau meaning "men's shoes"
I'm sure I'm the millionth person to observe this, but some of Dostoyevsky's Underground Man's screeds could be basically WORD FOR WORD posts on incel forums.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 AM
I'm sure I'm the millionth person to observe this, but some of Dostoyevsky's Underground Man's screeds could be basically WORD FOR WORD posts on incel forums.
If for whatever reason you need a "soul leaving your body" cardio workout, this one definitely fits the bill #FitnessSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXln...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:54 AM
If for whatever reason you need a "soul leaving your body" cardio workout, this one definitely fits the bill #FitnessSky www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXln...
Prediction: there will be an #influencer scandal where it's uncovered that someone used AI to make their new pet look morbidly obese, so they could put it on a compelling social media weight loss journey
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Prediction: there will be an #influencer scandal where it's uncovered that someone used AI to make their new pet look morbidly obese, so they could put it on a compelling social media weight loss journey
This made me think that there should be an ANTM-style reality show on like, Animal Planet, where pet parents compete across several weeks/challenges to have their dog or cat become the next spokesmodel for Chewy or Petsmart or something. ANTM x Best in Show would be exquisite entertainment.
Anyway. Here’s an exclusive photo of America’s Next Top Model.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This made me think that there should be an ANTM-style reality show on like, Animal Planet, where pet parents compete across several weeks/challenges to have their dog or cat become the next spokesmodel for Chewy or Petsmart or something. ANTM x Best in Show would be exquisite entertainment.
Possibly the coldest take ever, but argh, OutKast is sooooo good. How they can weave such melancholy and bittersweetness into things, without overdoing it one bit, is just remarkable. The staying power of their sound is eternal. I put them into the very highest level of my personal musical pantheon.
November 7, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Possibly the coldest take ever, but argh, OutKast is sooooo good. How they can weave such melancholy and bittersweetness into things, without overdoing it one bit, is just remarkable. The staying power of their sound is eternal. I put them into the very highest level of my personal musical pantheon.
Sad this boingboing article about the Squonk didn't mention the Genesis song!
boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t...
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aRj...
boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t...
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aRj...
The Squonk is a creature from Appalachian folklore who cries a lot because it feels so ugly
The Squonk is a creature from Appalachian folklore that can't stand the sight of its own appearance.
boingboing.net
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Sad this boingboing article about the Squonk didn't mention the Genesis song!
boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t...
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aRj...
boingboing.net/2025/11/06/t...
song: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aRj...
Is gender a wave or a particle?
November 6, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Is gender a wave or a particle?
'The math is not mathing' also sounds like something Latour would say
November 4, 2025 at 6:25 PM
'The math is not mathing' also sounds like something Latour would say
Credit to 2013 Jaden Smith, "How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real" is probably a question Isaac Newton would have loved
November 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Credit to 2013 Jaden Smith, "How can mirrors be real if our eyes aren't real" is probably a question Isaac Newton would have loved
New Nordic jail where the guards are all just cats who sit on your lap and purr and look at you in betrayal if you try to move
November 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
New Nordic jail where the guards are all just cats who sit on your lap and purr and look at you in betrayal if you try to move
Product idea: three-dimensional Humpty Dumpty puzzle. Finish it, put it on your mantel or something, knock it over (or let the cat do it), it comes apart obviously, then do the #puzzle again.
November 1, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Product idea: three-dimensional Humpty Dumpty puzzle. Finish it, put it on your mantel or something, knock it over (or let the cat do it), it comes apart obviously, then do the #puzzle again.
Anyone read *Shikasta* by Doris Lessing? What did you think? At about 1/5 through I can certainly see the Olaf Stapledon influence, but I'm not sure what to make of it. 📚🪐
October 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Anyone read *Shikasta* by Doris Lessing? What did you think? At about 1/5 through I can certainly see the Olaf Stapledon influence, but I'm not sure what to make of it. 📚🪐
My brain can't de-associate "giardiniera" and "giardia"
October 30, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My brain can't de-associate "giardiniera" and "giardia"
For those of us who will never be willing to invest in the full tabletop experience, a #Warhammer40k board game would be an amazing sweet spot. Maybe you even have to paint your own game piece or something. #gamesworkshop
October 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
For those of us who will never be willing to invest in the full tabletop experience, a #Warhammer40k board game would be an amazing sweet spot. Maybe you even have to paint your own game piece or something. #gamesworkshop
Going to start a much superior granola bar company called Artifice Valley #naturevalley
October 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Going to start a much superior granola bar company called Artifice Valley #naturevalley
Not a sports person but I do like that the #Cubs have the cute baby name of the animal as their team name. We need to do the Kittens and Puppies as well.
September 30, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Not a sports person but I do like that the #Cubs have the cute baby name of the animal as their team name. We need to do the Kittens and Puppies as well.
Xenaon, warrior princess of the 21st century
September 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Xenaon, warrior princess of the 21st century
Very very helpful FYI
Are you working on a #CHI2026 paper w/tricky anonymization? Per the official policy (chi2026.acm.org/chi-anonymiz...), "Note that the use of any references marked “anonymous” is grounds for desk rejection."
I would've had 3 papers desk rejected on these grounds. 😵 Watch out, folks. 👀 RT, please!
I would've had 3 papers desk rejected on these grounds. 😵 Watch out, folks. 👀 RT, please!
September 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Very very helpful FYI
<communist statisticians seizing the means, medians, AND modes of production>
September 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
<communist statisticians seizing the means, medians, AND modes of production>
Who, indeed :P 📚🪐 (From *The Futurological Congress*, 1971)
September 1, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Who, indeed :P 📚🪐 (From *The Futurological Congress*, 1971)