James Crowley
@structuregeek.bsky.social
My usual bio is: "Pop culture and narcissism, from a chronically ill movie buff. I try to be one of the good randos." https://boxd.it/35y5
This, however, is mostly a doomscrolling, "spent 14 years on Twitter and it broke my brain" account.
This, however, is mostly a doomscrolling, "spent 14 years on Twitter and it broke my brain" account.
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
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BlueSky: in 2026 may we see a Reconstruction Caucus elected to Congress to scourge the evil-doer inshallah
Twitter: 2026—year of the orbiting data center? This new year’s, my resolution is to do all I can to help put AI in space.
Threads: is it just me or does 2026 has less aura than 2025?
Twitter: 2026—year of the orbiting data center? This new year’s, my resolution is to do all I can to help put AI in space.
Threads: is it just me or does 2026 has less aura than 2025?
January 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM
BlueSky: in 2026 may we see a Reconstruction Caucus elected to Congress to scourge the evil-doer inshallah
Twitter: 2026—year of the orbiting data center? This new year’s, my resolution is to do all I can to help put AI in space.
Threads: is it just me or does 2026 has less aura than 2025?
Twitter: 2026—year of the orbiting data center? This new year’s, my resolution is to do all I can to help put AI in space.
Threads: is it just me or does 2026 has less aura than 2025?
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Every time I've failed in my life, and Lord have I, it's because I let a system decay. Every success was iterated out of intentionally building a framework around the nebulous, weird, creative bit. Not eliminating the creative, but, like, building a Volvo to drive Gandalf to where he needs to go.
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Every time I've failed in my life, and Lord have I, it's because I let a system decay. Every success was iterated out of intentionally building a framework around the nebulous, weird, creative bit. Not eliminating the creative, but, like, building a Volvo to drive Gandalf to where he needs to go.
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The transit payment equivalent of audio cassettes going extinct. From a technical perspective way shittier than what replaced them and lacked the romantic low-tech simplicity of what they replaced.
the amount of sad you should feel about the retirement of the NYC Metrocard should be like “mildly wistful pre-nostalgia” — more than that, IMO, is kinda silly
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The transit payment equivalent of audio cassettes going extinct. From a technical perspective way shittier than what replaced them and lacked the romantic low-tech simplicity of what they replaced.
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I've waited 3 years to make this post
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've waited 3 years to make this post
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[cherrypicking scenes to define genre the way people do with Ghibli movies] The Godfather is "cozy."
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
[cherrypicking scenes to define genre the way people do with Ghibli movies] The Godfather is "cozy."
I have chronic illness and limited pain management options, and once "invented" the Drugstore Depth Charge (a shot glass of NyQuil dropped into Monster Energy Zero). Even I raise an eyebrow at PainQuil: it's classic Liquid Tylenol, But For Men™ vanity branding.
I know its for pain relief but the color and name just makes me think you can take a sip to make your whole body hurt
December 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I have chronic illness and limited pain management options, and once "invented" the Drugstore Depth Charge (a shot glass of NyQuil dropped into Monster Energy Zero). Even I raise an eyebrow at PainQuil: it's classic Liquid Tylenol, But For Men™ vanity branding.
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You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
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Watch a 7 year old have more compassion for homeless New Yorkers in the subway than your typical centrist marinating their brains on posts on X and The New York Post.
Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Watch a 7 year old have more compassion for homeless New Yorkers in the subway than your typical centrist marinating their brains on posts on X and The New York Post.
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This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Anonymous - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
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Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
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LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk
"they will be, one day"
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk
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December 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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This is the games writer equivalent of that guy who does reload animations with vacuums
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is the games writer equivalent of that guy who does reload animations with vacuums
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CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
December 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
CHOTINER: and when you're in water you
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
PARTICLE MAN: don't get wet, that's right.
CHOTINER: And this is because
PARTICLE MAN: the water gets me instead. It becomes particle-manish
CHOTINER: There's been some debate on this point. Triangle Man, for example
PARTICLE MAN: I think we're done here
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Discussion topic: Top Ten fights in television history, and why are slots 1-5 Dan Dority vs. Captain Turner.
December 18, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Discussion topic: Top Ten fights in television history, and why are slots 1-5 Dan Dority vs. Captain Turner.
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The bear is now one of the renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
December 15, 2025 at 9:00 PM
The bear is now one of the renegades of the Intellectual Dark Web
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
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it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
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December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM