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Eric Skaug
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[bridged from https://defcon.social/@FjordStalker on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Amazing talk about web bloat (and surveillance) from 2015. I don't really do web development, but I was on the edge of my seat.

https://webdirections.org/blog/the-website-obesity-crisis/
webdirections.org
December 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Black Mirror S7E1: New nightmare unlocked.
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Reposted by Eric Skaug
A production sample of Pyrotechnics from the manufacturer, BangWee. It’s happening! I’m extremely excited to get the final product into my hands.
#boardgames 🎲✂️
October 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This is what it means to bring more crypto into our financial system. Boom and bust, fortunes changing in the literal blink of an eye. Please do not let this nonsense into pensions and 401ks. There is NO upside.

https://www.citationneeded.news/anatomy-of-a-crypto-meltdown/
Anatomy of a crypto meltdown
October 2025 brought the most dramatic crypto flash crash of all time, but it was only a dress rehearsal for the systemic crisis the industry is building toward.
www.citationneeded.news
October 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
We’re 11 days out. This report from OTM is a week old, but I think it still captures a lot of my thoughts.

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/articles/the-aftermath-of-charlie-kirks-murder-plus-the-rise-and-fall-of-cbs

Listen, if you’re willing, from about 2:01 (skipping audio of the […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
September 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Reposted by Eric Skaug
Pyrotechnics! It has been a long time and a lot of work. Lots of details for the fussing. But the game gets ever-closer to ready! This last round of edits has me feeling really good about the state of the game. Soon, everybody. Soon!
#boardgames #gamedesign #gamepublishing 🎲✂️
July 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
A gift from my aging eyes to the public domain. The words "scene" and "scone" are almost indistinguishable at a sufficient blur. E.g.

"Let's not make a scone."
July 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The softest bookend.

#catstodon
July 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My friend is making boardgames! But also he's an over-achiever so he made a company to make boardgames! Anyway check it out:
@thinkdeepplaylight.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Geoff Nunberg's 18 year old take on Wikipedia. He's always good for some curmudgeon-needling.

"Actually, it's my guess that most of the people who harrumph about how Wikipedia is nothing like an encyclopedia haven't actually opened one for some time." […]
Original post on defcon.social
defcon.social
June 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The attribution story, but also just check out this guy's photographs! He's using endoscopes and such to take pictures of the inside of instruments.

https://www.404media.co/elon-musk-claimed-the-art-this-man-painstakingly-created-was-generated-by-grok/
Elon Musk Claimed the Art This Man Painstakingly Created Was Generated by Grok
Charles Brooks knows that people will share and alter his work. He just wants credit for his photos when it happens.
www.404media.co
June 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
"[T]he friendless alien has indeed been selected as the safest subject of a first experiment; but the citizen will soon follow..."

Anyone want to take a guess what left-wing radical wrote this?
April 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
"The Turd Reich" -- not mine, but I pass it on so that you may share my sad chuckle.
April 14, 2025 at 10:50 PM
No, I do not want AI to “polish” me.
I was sending an email when a little magic wand popped up that said **“Polish”** and I thought that was weird because _why would I want to translate my email into Polish_? I tried to click on it to make it go away but instead it changed the entire email because apparently it was saying that it needed to “polish” my email because I guess I’m too unsophisticated to use words: There is no way in hell anyone who knows me would get that email and not think I’d been abducted so I deleted the suggested rewrite and updated my email: But after I added the update gmail was like, “YOU’RE STILL DOING IT WRONG, IDIOT?” and the polish thing came up _**again**_ and I was like, “Are you trying to AI fix a paragraph where I say how much I don’t want AI to fix shit?” And turns out, yeah, that exactly what it meant because it gave me this: **Jesus.** Y’all, if you get an email from me it will be signed with HUGS, LOVE, FIGHT THE PATRIARCHY, DOWN WITH POWDERED GRAVY or SORRY I SUCK SO MUCH. It will be filled with typos and rambling parentheticals and apologies for answering several months too late. This is how you know it’s me and not a robot. My only hope is that my constant declining of the suggestions will make the AI learn from me and spread my terrible etiquette throughout the world. Also, I just realized when I tried to insert these pictures into this blog about how much I hate AI my blog was suddenly like, “HEY I KNOW YOU JUST CLICKED A BUTTOM SAYING YOU WANT TO ADD A SPECIFIC PICTURE BUT HOW ABOUT WE JUST MAKE AI IMAGES FOR YOU INSTEAD?” **_AM I ON CANDID CAMERA?_** It’s like my whole computer is a toddler screaming “LET ME DO IT!” every time I try to create something. And as much as I hate AI, I had to see what the program thought it could do so much better than me so I gave it the prompt “please stop giving me AI” and…all apologies. Clearly I **_did_** need help because…fucking wow. Nailed it: Anyway…this sucks. Worst regards, Jenny ### Like this: Like Loading...
thebloggess.com
March 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Reposted by Eric Skaug
Called my legislators today as per usual. Today, for the first time, the aide pushed back and said the House budget proposal didn’t mention Medicare or Medicaid at all! Thanks to @5calls.org, I was able to respond with facts in the moment and still insist that my comments be passed on. #PWDP
February 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Am I the first to welcome @99pi.org to the bridged Fediverse? Look, I'm still figuring all this out too :)
January 10, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Your Local Epidemiologist breaks down the case for fluoride in public drinking water.

https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/p/the-fluoride-debate
The fluoride debate
The nuance you may be looking for
yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com
December 29, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Test post for Bridgy Fed.
December 20, 2024 at 5:36 PM