dodgethis.ephemera (he/him)
@dodgethis.bsky.social
a [list of diagnoses] with [list of gamedev credits] and a bone to pick with [list of grievances against imperialism]
Pinned
an empty bin full of games i am working on
garbage writer of inconsequential verbiage
prone to hyperbolic optimism
facedown in gutter of the best of possible worlds
looking up to stare helplessly at two lights at end of the tunnel moving this way fast
garbage writer of inconsequential verbiage
prone to hyperbolic optimism
facedown in gutter of the best of possible worlds
looking up to stare helplessly at two lights at end of the tunnel moving this way fast
Reposted by dodgethis.ephemera (he/him)
I do like how much that ILM documentary on Disney+ mentions cheats, time saves and ‘getting away with’ things. All creative work is a magic trick, and I think we can be shy about that, like the work is diminished by admitting that it’s done in spite of limitations and constraints.
May 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I do like how much that ILM documentary on Disney+ mentions cheats, time saves and ‘getting away with’ things. All creative work is a magic trick, and I think we can be shy about that, like the work is diminished by admitting that it’s done in spite of limitations and constraints.
Will the organized & "extremely visible online" resistance always skew moderate on core principles?
✅️
We've all seen pro-violence actors—because hot takes earn clout—but is the rest of their approach sound?
Or does it just resonate enough at superficial level to hit notes for visibly online folks?
✅️
We've all seen pro-violence actors—because hot takes earn clout—but is the rest of their approach sound?
Or does it just resonate enough at superficial level to hit notes for visibly online folks?
May 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Will the organized & "extremely visible online" resistance always skew moderate on core principles?
✅️
We've all seen pro-violence actors—because hot takes earn clout—but is the rest of their approach sound?
Or does it just resonate enough at superficial level to hit notes for visibly online folks?
✅️
We've all seen pro-violence actors—because hot takes earn clout—but is the rest of their approach sound?
Or does it just resonate enough at superficial level to hit notes for visibly online folks?
I remember how badly I coveted the @dodgethis handle on Twitter.
...How often I checked to see if that low activity account would be purged: "Have they made it available again, yet?"
Now, it would be worthless to me!
There is a lesson in that.
...How often I checked to see if that low activity account would be purged: "Have they made it available again, yet?"
Now, it would be worthless to me!
There is a lesson in that.
May 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
I remember how badly I coveted the @dodgethis handle on Twitter.
...How often I checked to see if that low activity account would be purged: "Have they made it available again, yet?"
Now, it would be worthless to me!
There is a lesson in that.
...How often I checked to see if that low activity account would be purged: "Have they made it available again, yet?"
Now, it would be worthless to me!
There is a lesson in that.
Wait up it's 420pm imma go elect a tiny new pope
May 8, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Wait up it's 420pm imma go elect a tiny new pope
And the winner is... AI Pope Tyrannicus!
Your favourite reality TV show will be back whenever we define what constitutes death for AI systems!
Your favourite reality TV show will be back whenever we define what constitutes death for AI systems!
May 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
And the winner is... AI Pope Tyrannicus!
Your favourite reality TV show will be back whenever we define what constitutes death for AI systems!
Your favourite reality TV show will be back whenever we define what constitutes death for AI systems!
What if ai assistants could shield all of us other humans from having to deal with fascist executives and imperial state-craft operators?
A room full of Civ2 advisors that are chatbots editing JIRA boards.
They could manage comms with us ON OUR TERMS by acting as buffer where next in command sits.
A room full of Civ2 advisors that are chatbots editing JIRA boards.
They could manage comms with us ON OUR TERMS by acting as buffer where next in command sits.
May 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
What if ai assistants could shield all of us other humans from having to deal with fascist executives and imperial state-craft operators?
A room full of Civ2 advisors that are chatbots editing JIRA boards.
They could manage comms with us ON OUR TERMS by acting as buffer where next in command sits.
A room full of Civ2 advisors that are chatbots editing JIRA boards.
They could manage comms with us ON OUR TERMS by acting as buffer where next in command sits.
stink stank stunk
2017: stonk
TBD: stenk, stynk
2017: stonk
TBD: stenk, stynk
May 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
stink stank stunk
2017: stonk
TBD: stenk, stynk
2017: stonk
TBD: stenk, stynk
it is i your nemesis digital display case
you will never be contented after rearranging me!
you will never be contented after rearranging me!
May 8, 2025 at 6:01 AM
it is i your nemesis digital display case
you will never be contented after rearranging me!
you will never be contented after rearranging me!
Seeking comfort fights facism through subversion of its mechanisms to instill terror and reinforce cruel complacency in its subjects
May 7, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Seeking comfort fights facism through subversion of its mechanisms to instill terror and reinforce cruel complacency in its subjects
30 years ago the marketing hook for KFC was like Toonie* Tuesday
Now the hooks are subtle like Thaï Express intentionally spelling day of week Thuesday on their weekly exploration menu because some impressionable smuck will tweet about it like this
*two dollar Canadian coin for you American folks
Now the hooks are subtle like Thaï Express intentionally spelling day of week Thuesday on their weekly exploration menu because some impressionable smuck will tweet about it like this
*two dollar Canadian coin for you American folks
May 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
30 years ago the marketing hook for KFC was like Toonie* Tuesday
Now the hooks are subtle like Thaï Express intentionally spelling day of week Thuesday on their weekly exploration menu because some impressionable smuck will tweet about it like this
*two dollar Canadian coin for you American folks
Now the hooks are subtle like Thaï Express intentionally spelling day of week Thuesday on their weekly exploration menu because some impressionable smuck will tweet about it like this
*two dollar Canadian coin for you American folks
Reposted by dodgethis.ephemera (he/him)
May 2, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Reposted by dodgethis.ephemera (he/him)
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
April 15, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Even accepting the premise that AI produces useful writing (which no one should), using AI in education is like using a forklift at the gym. The weights do not actually need to be moved from place to place. That is not the work. The work is what happens within you.
We are all so worried about next 5 years, it's hard to speak clearly about pretty alarming trends for the next 25 years. Social media does not seem to be helping with that anymore.
Remember when climate change was front and centre of discussion? Now that impending future is yesterday's news.
Remember when climate change was front and centre of discussion? Now that impending future is yesterday's news.
May 5, 2025 at 4:47 PM
We are all so worried about next 5 years, it's hard to speak clearly about pretty alarming trends for the next 25 years. Social media does not seem to be helping with that anymore.
Remember when climate change was front and centre of discussion? Now that impending future is yesterday's news.
Remember when climate change was front and centre of discussion? Now that impending future is yesterday's news.
Reposted by dodgethis.ephemera (he/him)
The Atlantic's @dkthomp.bsky.social wrote about a worrying trend in the economic data—the unemployment rate for recent college graduates is unusually high. One theory: Firms are hiring fewer grads into white collar jobs, and using more AI.
*This* is what an AI jobs crisis might look like.
*This* is what an AI jobs crisis might look like.
May 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The Atlantic's @dkthomp.bsky.social wrote about a worrying trend in the economic data—the unemployment rate for recent college graduates is unusually high. One theory: Firms are hiring fewer grads into white collar jobs, and using more AI.
*This* is what an AI jobs crisis might look like.
*This* is what an AI jobs crisis might look like.
We should not have let corporations or apps become the arbiters of personal achievement.
Immediacy and intimacy of phone interaction has oversaturated the balance we need to weigh between legitimacy & ease of access.
Immediacy and intimacy of phone interaction has oversaturated the balance we need to weigh between legitimacy & ease of access.
May 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We should not have let corporations or apps become the arbiters of personal achievement.
Immediacy and intimacy of phone interaction has oversaturated the balance we need to weigh between legitimacy & ease of access.
Immediacy and intimacy of phone interaction has oversaturated the balance we need to weigh between legitimacy & ease of access.
Reposted by dodgethis.ephemera (he/him)
I would be a lot more happy about paying more for games if I knew that revenue was actually going to the devs who worked on it. Getting residuals would fundamentally change the structure and nature of this industry.
This $80 game discourse truly has me perplexed. On one hand, nobody, self included, wants to pay *more* for games, right? But am I mad at it? No, because some of these games are easily worth that and then some. If I could go back and pay $80 for Witcher 3 or GTA V? I wouldn't have even hesitated.
May 3, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I would be a lot more happy about paying more for games if I knew that revenue was actually going to the devs who worked on it. Getting residuals would fundamentally change the structure and nature of this industry.
so my 5yo is quoting that one Latin phrase from Genshin Impact all the time now.
Ad Astra Abyssosque!
[To the stars and the abyss!]
Ad Astra Abyssosque!
[To the stars and the abyss!]
May 3, 2025 at 10:28 PM
so my 5yo is quoting that one Latin phrase from Genshin Impact all the time now.
Ad Astra Abyssosque!
[To the stars and the abyss!]
Ad Astra Abyssosque!
[To the stars and the abyss!]
Humans trying to manage invasive species is hypocritical.
Colonial descendants trying to manage invasive species is ignorant and anthropocentric, in addition to the usual settler offenses.
Colonial descendants trying to manage invasive species is ignorant and anthropocentric, in addition to the usual settler offenses.
May 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Humans trying to manage invasive species is hypocritical.
Colonial descendants trying to manage invasive species is ignorant and anthropocentric, in addition to the usual settler offenses.
Colonial descendants trying to manage invasive species is ignorant and anthropocentric, in addition to the usual settler offenses.
Gave up on my dreams of achieving 80s hair metal look
May 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Gave up on my dreams of achieving 80s hair metal look
Reposted by dodgethis.ephemera (he/him)
Why celebrate May Day?
This year, in taking the streets, we are showing each other who is prepared to fight:
"Take a stand—we'll be there, too."
Every year, we are showing that we are part of a story greater than ourselves, stretching back centuries.
Life reinventing itself in defiance of death.
This year, in taking the streets, we are showing each other who is prepared to fight:
"Take a stand—we'll be there, too."
Every year, we are showing that we are part of a story greater than ourselves, stretching back centuries.
Life reinventing itself in defiance of death.
The May Days: Stories of Courage and Resistance
A century and a half of rebellions, uprisings, daring escapes, and adventures celebrating May Day and our collective capacity for freedom and self-determination.
crimethinc.com
May 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Why celebrate May Day?
This year, in taking the streets, we are showing each other who is prepared to fight:
"Take a stand—we'll be there, too."
Every year, we are showing that we are part of a story greater than ourselves, stretching back centuries.
Life reinventing itself in defiance of death.
This year, in taking the streets, we are showing each other who is prepared to fight:
"Take a stand—we'll be there, too."
Every year, we are showing that we are part of a story greater than ourselves, stretching back centuries.
Life reinventing itself in defiance of death.
Paternalism is the weirdest framing of social interactions. It is definitely applicable & useful to view society this way.
But when I look back at the advanced medical ethics course I took, weak paternalism feels so much grosser than utilitarianism in terms of motivation: even when result is valid.
But when I look back at the advanced medical ethics course I took, weak paternalism feels so much grosser than utilitarianism in terms of motivation: even when result is valid.
April 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Paternalism is the weirdest framing of social interactions. It is definitely applicable & useful to view society this way.
But when I look back at the advanced medical ethics course I took, weak paternalism feels so much grosser than utilitarianism in terms of motivation: even when result is valid.
But when I look back at the advanced medical ethics course I took, weak paternalism feels so much grosser than utilitarianism in terms of motivation: even when result is valid.
3yo who is home sick just asked me if i want to sit with them and play with some plastic food toys from around the house.
they said the game is called "you get a little, i get a lot."
should i stop playing gacha games in front of my children?
they said the game is called "you get a little, i get a lot."
should i stop playing gacha games in front of my children?
April 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
3yo who is home sick just asked me if i want to sit with them and play with some plastic food toys from around the house.
they said the game is called "you get a little, i get a lot."
should i stop playing gacha games in front of my children?
they said the game is called "you get a little, i get a lot."
should i stop playing gacha games in front of my children?
1000x procrastination combo breaker points today
April 28, 2025 at 12:37 AM
1000x procrastination combo breaker points today
pushing framing outside of transactional lens is vital.
If they demand receipts for social interactions, these 2 Qs must be asked in same breath
- who got what support?
- for how much relative effort or resources?
conservatives often hold firm when progression or extraction dominate conversations.
If they demand receipts for social interactions, these 2 Qs must be asked in same breath
- who got what support?
- for how much relative effort or resources?
conservatives often hold firm when progression or extraction dominate conversations.
today, ppl hit many capitalist pitfalls that predictably fail to better society though often amoral w/o context.
extraction focus:
extreme couponing, frugal habits from surviving on welfare or during wartime, etc
progression focus:
entitlement to generational wealth, "earning" a place at the table
extraction focus:
extreme couponing, frugal habits from surviving on welfare or during wartime, etc
progression focus:
entitlement to generational wealth, "earning" a place at the table
April 27, 2025 at 8:13 PM
pushing framing outside of transactional lens is vital.
If they demand receipts for social interactions, these 2 Qs must be asked in same breath
- who got what support?
- for how much relative effort or resources?
conservatives often hold firm when progression or extraction dominate conversations.
If they demand receipts for social interactions, these 2 Qs must be asked in same breath
- who got what support?
- for how much relative effort or resources?
conservatives often hold firm when progression or extraction dominate conversations.