Charles Miller
@carl.fish
I code. I write. I may be a goldfish.
I am also @carlfish@carl.fish on ActivityPub/Mastodon.
I am also @carlfish@carl.fish on ActivityPub/Mastodon.
I’m not sure moderating a flat-structure community the size of Bluesky is even possible to do _well_, but it’s certainly possible to do better than it is currently.
November 13, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I’m not sure moderating a flat-structure community the size of Bluesky is even possible to do _well_, but it’s certainly possible to do better than it is currently.
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New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
New York Times killed Weinstein and Epstein stories but just asked Ms Rachel if she was funded by Hamas.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
Early MCU could do “what if it’s the familiar world we know, but there’s superheroes”, but now it also has to add “but there’s superheroes, and New York got wrecked by aliens, and half the population vanished then came back years later…”
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Early MCU could do “what if it’s the familiar world we know, but there’s superheroes”, but now it also has to add “but there’s superheroes, and New York got wrecked by aliens, and half the population vanished then came back years later…”
Just look at how the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or post-reboot Doctor Who, has got so bogged down in all the accumulated continuity that they have to spend hours explaining themselves into internal consistency, and can't pretend to happen even in a close analog of our "real" world any more.
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Just look at how the Marvel Cinematic Universe, or post-reboot Doctor Who, has got so bogged down in all the accumulated continuity that they have to spend hours explaining themselves into internal consistency, and can't pretend to happen even in a close analog of our "real" world any more.
Yes, I stole that joke from Kill James Bond. But it does kind of make the point that strict continuity in long-running fiction is a liability, not an asset, and writing stories specifically for the person who's going to write the wiki page or video explainer is a mistake.
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Yes, I stole that joke from Kill James Bond. But it does kind of make the point that strict continuity in long-running fiction is a liability, not an asset, and writing stories specifically for the person who's going to write the wiki page or video explainer is a mistake.