Edrobot
@edrobot.bsky.social
Someone who plays video games way too much. (He/Him/They).
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Though there is no robust scientific literature on the effect of stuffed animals on adult sleep, several studies have shown that plush companions can help adults self-soothe. nyti.ms/4owotLv
The Case for Sleeping With Stuffed Animals as an Adult
Returning to the childhood habit of cuddling with stuffed animals offers a tender, joyful way to relax and fall asleep.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Though there is no robust scientific literature on the effect of stuffed animals on adult sleep, several studies have shown that plush companions can help adults self-soothe. nyti.ms/4owotLv
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The only conclusion I can draw from this is that there is something physically wrong and cognitively wrong with Trump, he knows it, and he's angry and frightened.
Every part of this is bonkers. The intro is bonkers. The transition to his health is bonkers. The mention that other presidents didn't need cognitive exams is bonkers. The claim that this screening test is somehow hard is bonkers. The idea that criticism of him is treason is bonkers. All of it.
December 10, 2025 at 2:47 AM
The only conclusion I can draw from this is that there is something physically wrong and cognitively wrong with Trump, he knows it, and he's angry and frightened.
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these kinds of videos always prompt a certain Pratchett quote in my brain, from Thief of Time
December 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
these kinds of videos always prompt a certain Pratchett quote in my brain, from Thief of Time
This is a hot take but I don’t think evil or stupid people should be in charge of things.
December 9, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This is a hot take but I don’t think evil or stupid people should be in charge of things.
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I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I dunno man the concept of actually owning something you pay for must be like a drug if you're under 30
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Bluesky (users): "We fucking love trans people!"
Bluesky (team):
Bluesky (team):
December 20, 2024 at 6:36 PM
Bluesky (users): "We fucking love trans people!"
Bluesky (team):
Bluesky (team):
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What. The fuck.
This technically doesn't violate ToS. Okay. Fine.
Who. THE FUCK. Being the head of something called trust and safety. Does something. Like this.
We've got the best community I've ever seen come from a platform, and the most tone deaf arrogant bigot ghouls running it. Disgraceful.
This technically doesn't violate ToS. Okay. Fine.
Who. THE FUCK. Being the head of something called trust and safety. Does something. Like this.
We've got the best community I've ever seen come from a platform, and the most tone deaf arrogant bigot ghouls running it. Disgraceful.
Bluesky’s head of trust & safety responding with a sarcastic image macro to a woman upset her husband was kidnapped by ICE is embarrassingly unprofessional & cruel behavior.
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
that account was then banned by Bluesky Trust & Safety. horrendously poor community management. what purpose does this serve?
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
What. The fuck.
This technically doesn't violate ToS. Okay. Fine.
Who. THE FUCK. Being the head of something called trust and safety. Does something. Like this.
We've got the best community I've ever seen come from a platform, and the most tone deaf arrogant bigot ghouls running it. Disgraceful.
This technically doesn't violate ToS. Okay. Fine.
Who. THE FUCK. Being the head of something called trust and safety. Does something. Like this.
We've got the best community I've ever seen come from a platform, and the most tone deaf arrogant bigot ghouls running it. Disgraceful.
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You can, in fact, blame voters.
They're grown-ass adults making what is supposed to be a grown-ass adult decision.
They're grown-ass adults making what is supposed to be a grown-ass adult decision.
I disagree.
You don't blame voters.
Kamala made massive mistakes.
She should have spent the entire campaign on a podcast or a show every single day.
Tim Walz was as horrible a choice as Tim Kaine.
Ask anyone now to name two of her proposals.
You don't talk to a house on fire.
Kamala failed.
You don't blame voters.
Kamala made massive mistakes.
She should have spent the entire campaign on a podcast or a show every single day.
Tim Walz was as horrible a choice as Tim Kaine.
Ask anyone now to name two of her proposals.
You don't talk to a house on fire.
Kamala failed.
December 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
You can, in fact, blame voters.
They're grown-ass adults making what is supposed to be a grown-ass adult decision.
They're grown-ass adults making what is supposed to be a grown-ass adult decision.
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Big oopies on my end to not included the review itself or credit the writer; @wendeego.bsky.social
Silly me. Anyways the review itself is nice and earnest, something we need more out of in this day and age
bsky.app/profile/star...
Silly me. Anyways the review itself is nice and earnest, something we need more out of in this day and age
bsky.app/profile/star...
The English-language release of Fantasy Maiden Wars: DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER is a combination of four strategy games, which themselves draw from two major franchises: Touhou Project and Super Robot Wars.
@wendeego.bsky.social reviews.
@wendeego.bsky.social reviews.
Review | Fantasy Maiden Wars - For Touhou Fans and First-Timers — startmenu
The English-language release of Fantasy Maiden Wars: DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER is a combination of four strategy games, which themselves draw from two major franchises: Touhou Project and Super Robot...
www.startmenu.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Big oopies on my end to not included the review itself or credit the writer; @wendeego.bsky.social
Silly me. Anyways the review itself is nice and earnest, something we need more out of in this day and age
bsky.app/profile/star...
Silly me. Anyways the review itself is nice and earnest, something we need more out of in this day and age
bsky.app/profile/star...
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It's good that they do, but I hope they're left to explore it on their own terms. Some people can be really frickin' weird about how younger people 'should' interact with retro tech. And with some of it, hacked consoles and ROMs are the only way of playing games due to the cost of some classics.
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It's good that they do, but I hope they're left to explore it on their own terms. Some people can be really frickin' weird about how younger people 'should' interact with retro tech. And with some of it, hacked consoles and ROMs are the only way of playing games due to the cost of some classics.
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COVID provided a lot of real-time evidence of which people would sacrifice for the greater good, innovate, keep up morale and emotionally endure devastating loss...and which would sell out their grandma if it meant they could go back to Applebee's.
The guys who rioted during covid lockdowns because they couldn't get a harcut or harass food servers are going to fold on day 2 of the civil war, if they manage to survive that long
that's cool, man, but have you tried the taste of a refreshing matcha latte
December 7, 2025 at 12:54 AM
COVID provided a lot of real-time evidence of which people would sacrifice for the greater good, innovate, keep up morale and emotionally endure devastating loss...and which would sell out their grandma if it meant they could go back to Applebee's.
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For the strategy/city-building gamers out there:
I was skeptical of Against the Storm but it lives up to the hype. Terrific game and one I think I will be playing for a long time. Very deep.
I was skeptical of Against the Storm but it lives up to the hype. Terrific game and one I think I will be playing for a long time. Very deep.
December 7, 2025 at 3:15 AM
For the strategy/city-building gamers out there:
I was skeptical of Against the Storm but it lives up to the hype. Terrific game and one I think I will be playing for a long time. Very deep.
I was skeptical of Against the Storm but it lives up to the hype. Terrific game and one I think I will be playing for a long time. Very deep.
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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There's also just the fact that they don't feel like they won because they're psychopaths completely divorced from reality. People are still getting abortions, the TV shows still have people of color, gay people haven't disappeared.
They're mad about not personally receiving the respect (deference) they think they are owed
Which they don't get, because they're assholes
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Which they don't get, because they're assholes
bsky.app/profile/skyl...
What are these people so upset about? They won! They own all three branches of government. Just let us live our lives.
December 6, 2025 at 7:37 PM
There's also just the fact that they don't feel like they won because they're psychopaths completely divorced from reality. People are still getting abortions, the TV shows still have people of color, gay people haven't disappeared.
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Susie Delivery 🏍️🍔
December 6, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Susie Delivery 🏍️🍔
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I also think they have become utterly convinced that Democrats will never be willing to meaningfully check their power in any fashion or seriously try for reform
and, well, that's a pretty good bet given what we've seen so far but it's also one of those things that's true until it suddenly isn't
and, well, that's a pretty good bet given what we've seen so far but it's also one of those things that's true until it suddenly isn't
December 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I also think they have become utterly convinced that Democrats will never be willing to meaningfully check their power in any fashion or seriously try for reform
and, well, that's a pretty good bet given what we've seen so far but it's also one of those things that's true until it suddenly isn't
and, well, that's a pretty good bet given what we've seen so far but it's also one of those things that's true until it suddenly isn't
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Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
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Love this: “the future of computing will be hyper-personalized. The question is whether that personalization will be in service of keeping us passively glued to screens—wading around in the shallows, stripped of agency—or whether it will enable us to direct more attention to what matters.”
Remember when the internet wasn't awful? We can go back to that.
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
Some friends and I have released the Resonant Computing Manifesto: a call to bring back such a time, to see if we can bring back a world where technology works for us, rather than against us.
resonantcomputing.org
The Resonant Computing Manifesto
Technology should bring out the best in humanity, not the worst—a manifesto for resonant computing built on five principles that reject hyper-scale extraction for human flourishing.
resonantcomputing.org
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Love this: “the future of computing will be hyper-personalized. The question is whether that personalization will be in service of keeping us passively glued to screens—wading around in the shallows, stripped of agency—or whether it will enable us to direct more attention to what matters.”
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I’m all for stopping antisemitism.
BUT WHY IS MISS RACHEL NOMINATED FOR ANTISEMITIC OF THE YEAR!?
Honestly, someone who truly believes she’s antisemitic, how. For being nice to kids who got blown up!? Seriously!?
BUT WHY IS MISS RACHEL NOMINATED FOR ANTISEMITIC OF THE YEAR!?
Honestly, someone who truly believes she’s antisemitic, how. For being nice to kids who got blown up!? Seriously!?
December 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
I’m all for stopping antisemitism.
BUT WHY IS MISS RACHEL NOMINATED FOR ANTISEMITIC OF THE YEAR!?
Honestly, someone who truly believes she’s antisemitic, how. For being nice to kids who got blown up!? Seriously!?
BUT WHY IS MISS RACHEL NOMINATED FOR ANTISEMITIC OF THE YEAR!?
Honestly, someone who truly believes she’s antisemitic, how. For being nice to kids who got blown up!? Seriously!?
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“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
December 4, 2025 at 11:44 PM
“What’s your plan for the Court?” is the only question that matters for 2028 Democratic hopefuls, because if they don’t, the Republican Super Legislature is hatcheting their agenda before it can get off the ground.
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it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
My experience as well. So far we're 2-for-2 on kids having a largely bullying/abuse-free middle school experience. Not without bumpy spots of course, but light years away from what I endured.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
My hot take: the anti-bullying stuff has really worked, which is why conservatives are pushing back at it.
for what it’s worth I got roped into helping out with my sixth grader’s extracurricular thing so I’ve had more recent contact with middle schoolers who aren’t mine than I usually do, and biased sample/biased reviewer/etc but my verdict is that the kids are all right
December 4, 2025 at 3:15 PM
it is an underrated miracle of the 21st century that we really did massively, massively reduce bullying in schools
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An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:46 PM
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
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Trump 2.0, above all else, is characterized by a syndrome in which the regime's leaders are compelled by their own character defects and/or crazed ideological beliefs to commit crimes that leave even deeply jaded, cynical partisans for their side aghast and concerned for their own wellbeing.
Shift from “there may be some classified or legal framework that could potentially be a viable excuse for the use of force if it won in court” to “oh this is the Ur war crime, like so clearly a war crime that there is no legal cover for this specific order”.
December 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump 2.0, above all else, is characterized by a syndrome in which the regime's leaders are compelled by their own character defects and/or crazed ideological beliefs to commit crimes that leave even deeply jaded, cynical partisans for their side aghast and concerned for their own wellbeing.
@billamend.bsky.social so if you and the dilbert guy shook hands, would you both explode?
December 1, 2025 at 4:30 AM
@billamend.bsky.social so if you and the dilbert guy shook hands, would you both explode?
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The milkshake duck moment for actual fascists tends to be pretty funny, in my experience.
I like how every six months or so we get a big "This Obscure Fasicst Thinker Is Key To Understanding The Modern Right" and without fail every one of those is the biggest loser you've ever heard of writing the stupidest articles you've ever read for Racism Monthly
November 30, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The milkshake duck moment for actual fascists tends to be pretty funny, in my experience.