you may call me archie, for now, at least
@archiewhite.bsky.social
writer, teacher, sort-of-mathematician
(Nothing is certain.)
(Nothing is certain.)
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so basically we’re going to have to figure out how to go back to building systems of knowledge based almost entirely on confirming sources - like you needed to do pre-photograph and video - since all true videos will seem fake and fake videos will seem true
December 8, 2025 at 6:22 AM
so basically we’re going to have to figure out how to go back to building systems of knowledge based almost entirely on confirming sources - like you needed to do pre-photograph and video - since all true videos will seem fake and fake videos will seem true
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tune for this weekend's piece as this is based on a true story LMAO
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
tune for this weekend's piece as this is based on a true story LMAO
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November 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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It's often joked that Undertale's code is the product of Toby Fox doing "musician programming", the natural counterpart to "programmer art", but it's worse than that. Undertale is not Toby Fox's first rodeo. It is the work of someone whose understanding of of coding came from romhacking SNES games.
November 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's often joked that Undertale's code is the product of Toby Fox doing "musician programming", the natural counterpart to "programmer art", but it's worse than that. Undertale is not Toby Fox's first rodeo. It is the work of someone whose understanding of of coding came from romhacking SNES games.
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Most of Target’s struggles are because they didn’t think their most loyal customers were worth standing up for.
They abandoned DEI and we put our wallets away. That’s the real story 🤷🏾♀️
They abandoned DEI and we put our wallets away. That’s the real story 🤷🏾♀️
Target just sent up a giant red flag about the U.S. consumer. A 30% stock plunge, collapsing store traffic, and margin pressure all point to the same thing: Affluent shoppers are rattled and recession fears are rising qz.com/tgt-wmt-earn...
Target just sent up a giant red flag about the U.S. consumer
A 30% stock plunge, collapsing store traffic, and margin pressure all point to the same thing: Affluent shoppers are rattled and recession fears are rising
qz.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Most of Target’s struggles are because they didn’t think their most loyal customers were worth standing up for.
They abandoned DEI and we put our wallets away. That’s the real story 🤷🏾♀️
They abandoned DEI and we put our wallets away. That’s the real story 🤷🏾♀️
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Public service announcement: The purpose of adverts isn't to accurately reflect society, it's to sell things.
October 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Public service announcement: The purpose of adverts isn't to accurately reflect society, it's to sell things.
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It was painful to do but it shouldn't be a difficult decision. Either an organization has integrity or it was only ever a trap ready to spring shut on people.
October 28, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It was painful to do but it shouldn't be a difficult decision. Either an organization has integrity or it was only ever a trap ready to spring shut on people.
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It’s hard to over emphasize how important it is to have a real constitution like this. There are things you should not tolerate regardless of any accompanying political or monetary pressure because they are incompatible with decency. “Don’t be evil” is not enough: make a list and stick to it.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 28, 2025 at 1:23 AM
It’s hard to over emphasize how important it is to have a real constitution like this. There are things you should not tolerate regardless of any accompanying political or monetary pressure because they are incompatible with decency. “Don’t be evil” is not enough: make a list and stick to it.
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Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.
If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. I’m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.
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remember that time when I wrote an article explaining how and why alt right types like to infiltrate wholesome communities and how to be resilient against that behavior?
docseuss.medium.com/i-was-a-teen...
docseuss.medium.com/i-was-a-teen...
October 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
remember that time when I wrote an article explaining how and why alt right types like to infiltrate wholesome communities and how to be resilient against that behavior?
docseuss.medium.com/i-was-a-teen...
docseuss.medium.com/i-was-a-teen...
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i think it's worth it to read Lovecraft, and not just because so much horror canon comes from him. his work embodies an extremely specific kind of modern american derangement syndrome, whereby someone can tell Something Is Wrong, but they aim their fear in the wrong direction, i.e. at minorities.
October 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
i think it's worth it to read Lovecraft, and not just because so much horror canon comes from him. his work embodies an extremely specific kind of modern american derangement syndrome, whereby someone can tell Something Is Wrong, but they aim their fear in the wrong direction, i.e. at minorities.
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you'd think "aging madman taking food out of the mouths of children to pay for his golden palace" would be a layup but who knows at this point
October 24, 2025 at 2:21 PM
you'd think "aging madman taking food out of the mouths of children to pay for his golden palace" would be a layup but who knows at this point
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I’m not sure what’s sadder, the Homestuck team insisting that Hauntswitch is still going to happen despite no update on Hiveswap besides discord posts, or the official Hiveswap bluesky account arguing with a journalist they made up that they portray as obsessively trying to ruin Hiveswap development
October 21, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I’m not sure what’s sadder, the Homestuck team insisting that Hauntswitch is still going to happen despite no update on Hiveswap besides discord posts, or the official Hiveswap bluesky account arguing with a journalist they made up that they portray as obsessively trying to ruin Hiveswap development
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I really believe generative AI is a cognitohazard to an entire column of humanity. I don't know, there's a something it fucking does to people that displaces their own entirely-capable cognition and independence, further they seemingly cannot perceive the deficits of. This is not a moral argument.
October 17, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I really believe generative AI is a cognitohazard to an entire column of humanity. I don't know, there's a something it fucking does to people that displaces their own entirely-capable cognition and independence, further they seemingly cannot perceive the deficits of. This is not a moral argument.
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If you see "attacking publication of obscene material" and "pushing sexuality onto a centralized, regulable platform" as two separate causes with irreconcilable differences, your framing is wrong
It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content
Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.
October 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
If you see "attacking publication of obscene material" and "pushing sexuality onto a centralized, regulable platform" as two separate causes with irreconcilable differences, your framing is wrong
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WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
It's worth reiterating that independent creators are getting debanked for the same content
Sam Altman suggests ChatGPT is cannibalizing your fanfic and erotica to make its own clanker porn, rolling out this December.
October 16, 2025 at 6:55 AM
WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
WHO IS IT FOR AND WHAT DOES IT DO
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sickos who want to sell more than the previous limit of 60,000 things at once in fallen london can now sell 999,999 things at once
enjoy yourselves
enjoy yourselves
October 16, 2025 at 11:05 AM
sickos who want to sell more than the previous limit of 60,000 things at once in fallen london can now sell 999,999 things at once
enjoy yourselves
enjoy yourselves
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“An ending is a passion that can only be expressed with a moment in time. It is a seed for a new beginning. To linger on an ending is to rob it of its life.
And without me, all that's left to do is linger.”
#slaytober #slaytober2025 #slaytheprincess
And without me, all that's left to do is linger.”
#slaytober #slaytober2025 #slaytheprincess
October 16, 2025 at 3:44 AM
“An ending is a passion that can only be expressed with a moment in time. It is a seed for a new beginning. To linger on an ending is to rob it of its life.
And without me, all that's left to do is linger.”
#slaytober #slaytober2025 #slaytheprincess
And without me, all that's left to do is linger.”
#slaytober #slaytober2025 #slaytheprincess
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all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
October 6, 2025 at 7:36 PM
all discourse aside, there is one machine with consciousness. it's printers. they are alive and conscious and they hate you and they'd take your arm clean off if you let them. never trust a printer.
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the AI tech itself isn't inefficient but now the #1 use for it is using the most powerful and expensive version of it to create the most worthless ephemeral content possible. it's like dedicating a country's economy to mining lithium for the king to eat
October 5, 2025 at 8:06 PM
the AI tech itself isn't inefficient but now the #1 use for it is using the most powerful and expensive version of it to create the most worthless ephemeral content possible. it's like dedicating a country's economy to mining lithium for the king to eat
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the mods of this place will strangle it to death trying to avoid it having the reputation it already has and unavoidably will always have
October 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
the mods of this place will strangle it to death trying to avoid it having the reputation it already has and unavoidably will always have
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Inadvisable tabletop RPG conceit #137: Apocalypse Engine variant where all the move triggers that dink with the game's basic dice-rolling procedures are target-facing rather than actor-facing. /When you punch me in my smug face/, roll +WEIRD rather than +HARD because I'm fucking whimsical.
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Inadvisable tabletop RPG conceit #137: Apocalypse Engine variant where all the move triggers that dink with the game's basic dice-rolling procedures are target-facing rather than actor-facing. /When you punch me in my smug face/, roll +WEIRD rather than +HARD because I'm fucking whimsical.
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As someone points out, it is profoundly absurd to have Dems trying to win the shutdown by focusing on the important distinction of “because” versus “unless” when their primary enemy, who is humiliating them roundly, fires off barely literate tweets announcing the invasion of Portland over breakfast
The endless search for magic words that will the debate - "talk about health care in this PRECISE way, talk about the cost of living using these EXACT words" - is going to be the death of us. This is not how politics works. Nothing has ever depended on Dems saying "because" instead of "unless."
September 27, 2025 at 8:52 PM
As someone points out, it is profoundly absurd to have Dems trying to win the shutdown by focusing on the important distinction of “because” versus “unless” when their primary enemy, who is humiliating them roundly, fires off barely literate tweets announcing the invasion of Portland over breakfast