Adam Fields
@spoilersinthread.com
Chief Engineer for Scaling & Infrastructure http://graphika.com Follow me for posts about tolerance and kindness, pithy and sometimes insightful tech commentary, blistering puns, and a lot of reposts of interesting things I find. https://counter.kitchen
Your regular reminder that most immigration violations aren't even *criminal offences*. This is like militarizing the task force in charge of too many parking tickets or overdue library books or murdering people for jaywalking.
January 25, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Your regular reminder that most immigration violations aren't even *criminal offences*. This is like militarizing the task force in charge of too many parking tickets or overdue library books or murdering people for jaywalking.
I think a thing some people need to come to terms with is that there is no "sensible" conservative position. It leads here. It has always led here. Either the government exists to try to help everyone or it doesn't.
January 25, 2026 at 4:55 AM
I think a thing some people need to come to terms with is that there is no "sensible" conservative position. It leads here. It has always led here. Either the government exists to try to help everyone or it doesn't.
Someone at my dojo guessed my age range, and came in 10-14 years lower than my actual age. Do martial arts, kids.
January 24, 2026 at 10:06 PM
Someone at my dojo guessed my age range, and came in 10-14 years lower than my actual age. Do martial arts, kids.
Y'all The Bone Temple was really good. I think it's the most entertaining movie I've seen in recent memory, outstanding filmmaking craft. Nia DaCosta knocked it out of the park.
January 23, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Y'all The Bone Temple was really good. I think it's the most entertaining movie I've seen in recent memory, outstanding filmmaking craft. Nia DaCosta knocked it out of the park.
Is the problem the sunlight or the magnifying glass used to focus it and start a fire?
January 21, 2026 at 12:34 PM
Is the problem the sunlight or the magnifying glass used to focus it and start a fire?
This is an excellent thread from a former Republican on the irony of how knowledge of the world also makes people feel more ignorant in comparison, and the corresponding social factors of conservatism, the politics of fear and intolerance, and the desctruction of institutions of science.
Matthew Sheffield (@mattsheffield@mastodon.social)
The paradox of modernity is that each advance in knowledge also creates ignorance, in two major ways.
The first is that knowing more things also increases the number of known unknowns. Our models of ...
mastodon.social
January 19, 2026 at 5:30 PM
This is an excellent thread from a former Republican on the irony of how knowledge of the world also makes people feel more ignorant in comparison, and the corresponding social factors of conservatism, the politics of fear and intolerance, and the desctruction of institutions of science.
I'm really going to need some of you to play a few games of RISK and see how taking Greenland goes.
January 18, 2026 at 2:23 PM
I'm really going to need some of you to play a few games of RISK and see how taking Greenland goes.
I understand about global supply chains and mass production and comparative advantage and the value of human labor and yet it still bugs me that I can pay $100 for a jacket and then have to pay another $55 to get the sleeves hemmed.
January 17, 2026 at 9:55 PM
I understand about global supply chains and mass production and comparative advantage and the value of human labor and yet it still bugs me that I can pay $100 for a jacket and then have to pay another $55 to get the sleeves hemmed.
Reposted by Adam Fields
If you all could start doing your "regret who you voted for" thing _before_ you vote, that'd be great.
January 15, 2026 at 12:02 AM
If you all could start doing your "regret who you voted for" thing _before_ you vote, that'd be great.
Repeat after me: it's not some sort of failure to cook something you like over and over again as long as you're happy with it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:13 AM
Repeat after me: it's not some sort of failure to cook something you like over and over again as long as you're happy with it.
"Winter itch has a high rate of recurrence because winter comes around every year."
January 4, 2026 at 12:31 PM
"Winter itch has a high rate of recurrence because winter comes around every year."
@bsky.app my account is suddenly showing as invalid handle, and it won’t let me log into the support site. I’m using the same domain i’ve been using all along. How do I fix this?
January 3, 2026 at 11:16 PM
@bsky.app my account is suddenly showing as invalid handle, and it won’t let me log into the support site. I’m using the same domain i’ve been using all along. How do I fix this?
Spoilers for Hades 2 gameplay youtu.be/T3INqV3s9EI
How a Cat Beat Hades 2
Hades 2 was beaten by a cat and we should talk about it.
Today I decided that Hades is too easy when you use the main character so I ignored Melinoe completely and made Toula do all the work.
It was wildly successful and the Greek pantheon is calling me the ultimate hero.
Link to full run: https://youtu.be/H5slb3w1Jkg
#hades #hades2 #roguelike
youtu.be
January 3, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Spoilers for Hades 2 gameplay youtu.be/T3INqV3s9EI
Reposted by Adam Fields
I got to say, putting the cup on the floor is gross. This is his first seriously questionable move as mayor.
Mayor Mamdani hasn't moved into Gracie Mansion yet and remains in his Astoria apartment for now, his team says. He expects to move at some point before his lease is up Jan. 30.
His team also shares this pic of him taking the W train to City Hall this morning from Astoria.
His team also shares this pic of him taking the W train to City Hall this morning from Astoria.
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I got to say, putting the cup on the floor is gross. This is his first seriously questionable move as mayor.
Close tabs? In this economy?
December 22, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Close tabs? In this economy?
My son in college just referred to chatgpt as "geepers" (pronounced "jeepers" which is only one of the wrong things going on here). He said he got it from a friend. I'm concerned and at the same time also feel like this is not a bad name actually.
December 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
My son in college just referred to chatgpt as "geepers" (pronounced "jeepers" which is only one of the wrong things going on here). He said he got it from a friend. I'm concerned and at the same time also feel like this is not a bad name actually.
What if we followed even some of the laws, as a treat
December 19, 2025 at 7:41 PM
What if we followed even some of the laws, as a treat
I think I've realized a big part of why having the search box at the bottom right above the keyboard# is awful - it breaks a lot of parity between apps and web pages. The basic formulation of a website is a single pane of content that scrolls. For an app, it's locked to the dimensions of the screen.
December 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
I think I've realized a big part of why having the search box at the bottom right above the keyboard# is awful - it breaks a lot of parity between apps and web pages. The basic formulation of a website is a single pane of content that scrolls. For an app, it's locked to the dimensions of the screen.
A little bit successful is a lot bit unsuccessful.
December 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
A little bit successful is a lot bit unsuccessful.
I may be old fashioned, but literally all I want out of computers is deterministic and verifiably correct answers.
December 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I may be old fashioned, but literally all I want out of computers is deterministic and verifiably correct answers.
"Musical or Comedy" is such a condescending categorization though
December 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
"Musical or Comedy" is such a condescending categorization though