Erstwhile Muse
@erstwhilemuse.bsky.social
NB/GQ geek doing their best to evolve from a filthy monkey man with the help of modern pharmaceuticals.
It's the weird juxtaposition I have with this year. Objectively, it has been a spectacularly shitty year overall.
But personally, I started GAC in February, and as a result have gotten a lot of far too long neglected health and other issues approached in ways I hadn't been able to previously.
But personally, I started GAC in February, and as a result have gotten a lot of far too long neglected health and other issues approached in ways I hadn't been able to previously.
December 26, 2025 at 5:54 PM
It's the weird juxtaposition I have with this year. Objectively, it has been a spectacularly shitty year overall.
But personally, I started GAC in February, and as a result have gotten a lot of far too long neglected health and other issues approached in ways I hadn't been able to previously.
But personally, I started GAC in February, and as a result have gotten a lot of far too long neglected health and other issues approached in ways I hadn't been able to previously.
I mean, you could always make the argument that they were a prototype Dark Reaper, but who cares really because it's just a cool old mini with a sweet paint job.
December 26, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I mean, you could always make the argument that they were a prototype Dark Reaper, but who cares really because it's just a cool old mini with a sweet paint job.
I haven't watched it in years, but I will regularly pop on the soundtrack, because goddam is it good…
December 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I haven't watched it in years, but I will regularly pop on the soundtrack, because goddam is it good…
I've always been partial to head explodeys personally, but don't let me keep you from your dreams.
December 23, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I've always been partial to head explodeys personally, but don't let me keep you from your dreams.
The unexpected feed crossover I am here for…
December 21, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The unexpected feed crossover I am here for…
Hell yeah fresh banana bread! Also cute pupper pics…
December 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Hell yeah fresh banana bread! Also cute pupper pics…
Oh c'mon, you've gotta stop adding background details that make the "bad guys" hotter…
December 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Oh c'mon, you've gotta stop adding background details that make the "bad guys" hotter…
And with that I am all caught up on the podcast, aside from the Trump episodes—because fuck me I just haven't worked up the fortitude to put myself through that torture.
December 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
And with that I am all caught up on the podcast, aside from the Trump episodes—because fuck me I just haven't worked up the fortitude to put myself through that torture.
In my mind the "Tron franchise" consists entirely of the original movie and the better-than-it-had-any-right-to-be Tron 2.0 video game, and nothing else.
December 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
In my mind the "Tron franchise" consists entirely of the original movie and the better-than-it-had-any-right-to-be Tron 2.0 video game, and nothing else.
That happens even with a more Americanized spelling. In the area I grew up one of the nearby towns was named Wooster, pronounced by locals the same as Worcester (Wuster), but even people *living in the same state* not from that area frequently mispronounce it as "Wooh-stir".
December 14, 2025 at 5:13 AM
That happens even with a more Americanized spelling. In the area I grew up one of the nearby towns was named Wooster, pronounced by locals the same as Worcester (Wuster), but even people *living in the same state* not from that area frequently mispronounce it as "Wooh-stir".
"Redux Cruo"—that is genius, I love it.
December 12, 2025 at 6:17 PM
"Redux Cruo"—that is genius, I love it.
Hmm, I'm going to have to read up more on "procedural rhetoric", right now my brain is stumbling over the usual context it has for "procedurally generated" as it pertains to video games, especially in light of going back to some reviews of older games with PG level design and it's similarity to AI.
December 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Hmm, I'm going to have to read up more on "procedural rhetoric", right now my brain is stumbling over the usual context it has for "procedurally generated" as it pertains to video games, especially in light of going back to some reviews of older games with PG level design and it's similarity to AI.
🤷🏼 I'll stick with George C. Scott personally, but to each their own.
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
🤷🏼 I'll stick with George C. Scott personally, but to each their own.
You'll pry em dashes and ellipsis from my cold, Compose-keyless hands…
December 10, 2025 at 12:00 PM
You'll pry em dashes and ellipsis from my cold, Compose-keyless hands…
Yeah, having the same issue right now. I can swear I remember seeing blister packs kitted out just as Matt had described, but don't have any sort of proof to point to right now.
December 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Yeah, having the same issue right now. I can swear I remember seeing blister packs kitted out just as Matt had described, but don't have any sort of proof to point to right now.
I guess I'd just never consciously paired the two concepts before. I would pretty much generally agree with your take on it though.
I think that's partially on me having pulled back from transhumanism after the '00s after some of the less cash money aspects started appearing in my periphery.
I think that's partially on me having pulled back from transhumanism after the '00s after some of the less cash money aspects started appearing in my periphery.
December 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I guess I'd just never consciously paired the two concepts before. I would pretty much generally agree with your take on it though.
I think that's partially on me having pulled back from transhumanism after the '00s after some of the less cash money aspects started appearing in my periphery.
I think that's partially on me having pulled back from transhumanism after the '00s after some of the less cash money aspects started appearing in my periphery.