michael lutz
@ztul.bsky.social
"warrenisdead". he/him. boston-ish. phd thinking about media and making podcasts for @rangedtouch.bsky.social. writer and narrative designer. Project C for @halfmermaid.co inquiries: j.michael.lutz at gmail
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michael lutz
@ztul.bsky.social
· Oct 17
whether my followers got here from the Dumb Horseshit starter pack, the Annoying Assholes starter pack, the Waste of Time starter pack, the Dogturd Face starter pack, the No Cussing (Non-Christian) starter pack, or the Following Mainly To See When He Dies starter pack, i hope you have a good time!!!
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I think a lot about the structure - both forums and blogs are doing the same thing in the back (creating a database of a Text and Replies), but made readable so differently. In a blog the Post is presented differently than replies, and you don't have the flattening of anyone-can-start-a-thread forum
November 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I think a lot about the structure - both forums and blogs are doing the same thing in the back (creating a database of a Text and Replies), but made readable so differently. In a blog the Post is presented differently than replies, and you don't have the flattening of anyone-can-start-a-thread forum
watching a movie about two women with an ambiguous relationship running around a creepy mansion while one gives the other clues to various puzzles. it's called The Hinting
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
watching a movie about two women with an ambiguous relationship running around a creepy mansion while one gives the other clues to various puzzles. it's called The Hinting
additional mini-essay, this one about Posting:
by far my favorite era was forums, but also i rarely posted. contrast with *gesturing here* so what happened? forums were an ongoing record of conversations, and i only contributed when i could be pretty certain a topic or angle was thus far absent
by far my favorite era was forums, but also i rarely posted. contrast with *gesturing here* so what happened? forums were an ongoing record of conversations, and i only contributed when i could be pretty certain a topic or angle was thus far absent
November 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
additional mini-essay, this one about Posting:
by far my favorite era was forums, but also i rarely posted. contrast with *gesturing here* so what happened? forums were an ongoing record of conversations, and i only contributed when i could be pretty certain a topic or angle was thus far absent
by far my favorite era was forums, but also i rarely posted. contrast with *gesturing here* so what happened? forums were an ongoing record of conversations, and i only contributed when i could be pretty certain a topic or angle was thus far absent
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it's a - deliberately? - puerile misunderstanding of how freedom of expression is supposed to operate, married to a pessimistic view of the world in which people lack the capacity to examine and hold in question their own beliefs in the absence of direct contradiction
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
it's a - deliberately? - puerile misunderstanding of how freedom of expression is supposed to operate, married to a pessimistic view of the world in which people lack the capacity to examine and hold in question their own beliefs in the absence of direct contradiction
was turning "echo chamber" rhetoric over in my head and keyed into an underlying presumption or assertion that is in fact very weird to me: that if one does not invite or seek out actively someone with a different if not wholly opposite opinion, one is committing a moral error, failing to grow, etc
November 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
was turning "echo chamber" rhetoric over in my head and keyed into an underlying presumption or assertion that is in fact very weird to me: that if one does not invite or seek out actively someone with a different if not wholly opposite opinion, one is committing a moral error, failing to grow, etc
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Boots Quest, my humorous adventure game, is on deep discount this weekend! collect boots, throw away swords, meddle in the lives of hapless npcs, all for the price of a cup of coffee (not even the super fancy kind). please check it out!
discountrealms.itch.io/boots-quest-dx
discountrealms.itch.io/boots-quest-dx
Boots Quest DX by Discount Realms
An offbeat adventure about finding the best boots in the world
discountrealms.itch.io
November 28, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Boots Quest, my humorous adventure game, is on deep discount this weekend! collect boots, throw away swords, meddle in the lives of hapless npcs, all for the price of a cup of coffee (not even the super fancy kind). please check it out!
discountrealms.itch.io/boots-quest-dx
discountrealms.itch.io/boots-quest-dx
this shit is useless now
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
this shit is useless now
John! John, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Milton! You know that justification of the ways of God to Man you're looking for? Well, listen to this! *begins reciting the entirety of the Bible*
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
John! John, it's Marvin. Your cousin, Marvin Milton! You know that justification of the ways of God to Man you're looking for? Well, listen to this! *begins reciting the entirety of the Bible*
every once in a while you are left in awe by a little story that is just so immaculately made and such an apt demonstration of the vast things one can achieve with a simple set of tools and some pointed concerns and i think PENDA'S FEN is one of those things for me
This week's SBG bonus episode is on PENDA'S FEN, a striking BBC teleplay from 1974 wherein an incredibly uptight young man through a series of increasingly anomalous encounters learns to interrogate British identity, personal history, sexuality, religion, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
November 28, 2025 at 4:14 PM
every once in a while you are left in awe by a little story that is just so immaculately made and such an apt demonstration of the vast things one can achieve with a simple set of tools and some pointed concerns and i think PENDA'S FEN is one of those things for me
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This week's SBG bonus episode is on PENDA'S FEN, a striking BBC teleplay from 1974 wherein an incredibly uptight young man through a series of increasingly anomalous encounters learns to interrogate British identity, personal history, sexuality, religion, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
November 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This week's SBG bonus episode is on PENDA'S FEN, a striking BBC teleplay from 1974 wherein an incredibly uptight young man through a series of increasingly anomalous encounters learns to interrogate British identity, personal history, sexuality, religion, and more: www.patreon.com/posts/shelve...
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months ago I tired of drive-by replies on here and settled for enabling the "only see replies from people you follow" setting. I still make a point to check my replies manually for good takes from the many fine regular people I don't follow but it does seem I'm receiving fewer weird replies somehow
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
months ago I tired of drive-by replies on here and settled for enabling the "only see replies from people you follow" setting. I still make a point to check my replies manually for good takes from the many fine regular people I don't follow but it does seem I'm receiving fewer weird replies somehow
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they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
November 28, 2025 at 4:43 AM
they are removing a big australian beach christmas artwork from redfern station (a huge train station) because it's ai garbage. kangaroos have koala heads and some animals have missing limbs and one of them is WEARING A BRA
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As a child, I knew of The Three Stooges as well as Dumb and Dumber; as an scholar, I can recognuze how the latter is in many ways an homage to the former; as a Man, I must wipe away my tears whebn I see between them the enture Holy Dance of history & culture between them......
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 AM
As a child, I knew of The Three Stooges as well as Dumb and Dumber; as an scholar, I can recognuze how the latter is in many ways an homage to the former; as a Man, I must wipe away my tears whebn I see between them the enture Holy Dance of history & culture between them......
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I love to be with you all here, on MySpace 2
April 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I love to be with you all here, on MySpace 2
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[reading about history] wow. this is just like caves of qud
November 27, 2025 at 10:23 PM
[reading about history] wow. this is just like caves of qud
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Looking for past Garfield Macy's balloons. Found a new reaction image
November 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Looking for past Garfield Macy's balloons. Found a new reaction image
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![A float of Goku from Dragon Ball Z, smiling and holding his hand to his head with two fingers extended. There is a caption that says [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] overlaid on top of him.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r3jz2av542vhxbsouxvzrwe2/bafkreigoci7n3zt72bjp6xhr7g7g7h5gbte2bovkgomwmd5ircmjersx4m@jpeg)
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!
November 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!!!
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The NBA should replace the hoop with a pot of hot oil and the ball with a frozen turkey
November 27, 2025 at 5:09 PM
The NBA should replace the hoop with a pot of hot oil and the ball with a frozen turkey
upon reflection, an interesting aspect of my life is how much I know about Star Trek relative to how little I've actually watched. I have no business chuckling at Voyager and DS9 jokes as much as I do
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
upon reflection, an interesting aspect of my life is how much I know about Star Trek relative to how little I've actually watched. I have no business chuckling at Voyager and DS9 jokes as much as I do