Ari I
@gatheringdusk.bsky.social
Sometimes a writer, sometimes a podcaster | genderfluid queer | 30
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FFC review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/avat...
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) - FILM FREAK CENTRAL
ZERO STARS/****starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldaña, Sigourney Weaver, Kate Winsletscreenplay by James Cameron & Rick Jaffa & Amanda Silverdirected by James Cameron by Walter Chaw I think, for white ...
filmfreakcentral.net
December 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
FFC review: AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH (2025), by Walter Chaw (@mangiotto.bsky.social). filmfreakcentral.net/2025/12/avat...
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Some thoughts on Mozilla's trajectory and Waterfox's stance on AI in the browser 👇
www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog
Mozilla's pivot to AI-first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be. While ML tools like local translation offer real utility, LLMs are opaque black boxes. Waterfox won't ...
www.waterfox.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Some thoughts on Mozilla's trajectory and Waterfox's stance on AI in the browser 👇
www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
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Crystal reviews HORSES, the unjustly censored latest release from experimental game studio @santaragione.com!
Horses Review — Ugly Derby
Who wants to be a human, when humans are so much crueler than horses?
gamesline.net
December 12, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Crystal reviews HORSES, the unjustly censored latest release from experimental game studio @santaragione.com!
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extremely sharp thoughts on horses and the discourse around it, from harper
I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
I Hope You Get To Live Your Entire Life As A Human
I thought this was going to be a review of my time with Santa Ragione's Horses, the controversial art game recently banned from Steam and the Epic Store. To some extent, this will be that but after...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
extremely sharp thoughts on horses and the discourse around it, from harper
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16 years after his creation and 11 years after the incident in Wisconsin, I have revisited my old friend The Slender Man.
open.substack.com/pub/unseenin...
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The Slender Man: An Academic Retrospective
Hello darkness, my old friend.
open.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:27 PM
16 years after his creation and 11 years after the incident in Wisconsin, I have revisited my old friend The Slender Man.
open.substack.com/pub/unseenin...
Subscribe to my new substack for regularly flowing weirdness!
open.substack.com/pub/unseenin...
Subscribe to my new substack for regularly flowing weirdness!
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In the spirit of hobbit birthdays, have some free games!
November 25, 2025 at 2:38 AM
In the spirit of hobbit birthdays, have some free games!
this campaign to revive a piece of important gay history is closing soon and could still use some help if you’ve got a buck to spare www.kickstarter.com/projects/163...
small town gay bar redux
‘small town gay bar’ is a documentary about two bars in the Deep South fighting for diversity in the face of adversity
www.kickstarter.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:05 AM
this campaign to revive a piece of important gay history is closing soon and could still use some help if you’ve got a buck to spare www.kickstarter.com/projects/163...
now wait a minute just what the hell is happening here
November 22, 2025 at 12:39 AM
now wait a minute just what the hell is happening here
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You can listen to him lay this all out here
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 AM
You can listen to him lay this all out here
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Thinking about these blogposts again with Shelved By Genre announcing they're covering tolkien
the idea that someone in the 70s-80s would write up a screen by screen adventure game recreation of the ENTIRETY of the books' middle-earth (map from said blogpost seen here) endlessly fascinates me
the idea that someone in the 70s-80s would write up a screen by screen adventure game recreation of the ENTIRETY of the books' middle-earth (map from said blogpost seen here) endlessly fascinates me
November 7, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Thinking about these blogposts again with Shelved By Genre announcing they're covering tolkien
the idea that someone in the 70s-80s would write up a screen by screen adventure game recreation of the ENTIRETY of the books' middle-earth (map from said blogpost seen here) endlessly fascinates me
the idea that someone in the 70s-80s would write up a screen by screen adventure game recreation of the ENTIRETY of the books' middle-earth (map from said blogpost seen here) endlessly fascinates me
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Guess dude should've run for Staten Island borough president
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Guess dude should've run for Staten Island borough president
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holy shit lmao
November 5, 2025 at 3:27 AM
holy shit lmao
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i can't believe they have to play again today.
October 28, 2025 at 7:21 AM
i can't believe they have to play again today.
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Ooooh is your internet broken. Did someone's immaterial web of financial speculation and surveillance turn out to have a failure point in material infrastructure
October 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Ooooh is your internet broken. Did someone's immaterial web of financial speculation and surveillance turn out to have a failure point in material infrastructure
stayed up too late tonight finishing this, a fun time that i definitely recommend
Emptiness Effigied begins today with a free novella! A lesbian detective with an enigmatic past becomes embroiled in mysterious plots and strange phenomena as she searches for her esteemed teacher in a setting inspired by the interwar period in Europe. emptinesseffigied.com
Emptiness Effigied – Violence to liberate.
emptinesseffigied.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:57 AM
stayed up too late tonight finishing this, a fun time that i definitely recommend
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This is why you need to not just mask, but mask consistently in public.
October 15, 2025 at 12:11 AM
This is why you need to not just mask, but mask consistently in public.
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the phrasing here is like apple sauce for babies but a good reminder that wearing a mask is hands down the most effective way to keep yourself and the people around you safe from both "severe virus season" and the debilitating plague that hasn't actually gone away at any point in the last 5 years
Switzerland: Expert advises voluntary mask wearing.
Swiss epidemiologists warn of a severe infection season. Masks in crowded indoor spaces or on public transport help prevent infections and show solidarity. Extra care for those 65+, immunocompromised and those with cold symptoms.
archive.md/hDJVW
Swiss epidemiologists warn of a severe infection season. Masks in crowded indoor spaces or on public transport help prevent infections and show solidarity. Extra care for those 65+, immunocompromised and those with cold symptoms.
archive.md/hDJVW
October 7, 2025 at 12:38 AM
the phrasing here is like apple sauce for babies but a good reminder that wearing a mask is hands down the most effective way to keep yourself and the people around you safe from both "severe virus season" and the debilitating plague that hasn't actually gone away at any point in the last 5 years
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happy october, here are my silly halloween stories about a scarecrow apocalypse on a dying webforum and its companion story about a corn maze apocalypse on a platform for reviewing corn mazes
Halloween is here early: after a disastrous website crash a few months ago I have reconstructed my seasonal stories about provincial goofballs posting themselves into oblivion on autumnal hobbyist websites
1) 'scrow correlatedcontents.com/scrow/
2) unWindr correlatedcontents.com/unwindr/
1) 'scrow correlatedcontents.com/scrow/
2) unWindr correlatedcontents.com/unwindr/
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correlatedcontents.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:20 PM
happy october, here are my silly halloween stories about a scarecrow apocalypse on a dying webforum and its companion story about a corn maze apocalypse on a platform for reviewing corn mazes
havent posted about my streams with jack here very much, but im staging a hostile takeover for the month and taking us through the all-time classic immersive sim System Shock
cyborgs, mutants, and rogue AI, tonight and every wednesday night in october at 8:30 Central
twitch.tv/catgirlboyfriend
cyborgs, mutants, and rogue AI, tonight and every wednesday night in october at 8:30 Central
twitch.tv/catgirlboyfriend
October 1, 2025 at 10:33 PM
havent posted about my streams with jack here very much, but im staging a hostile takeover for the month and taking us through the all-time classic immersive sim System Shock
cyborgs, mutants, and rogue AI, tonight and every wednesday night in october at 8:30 Central
twitch.tv/catgirlboyfriend
cyborgs, mutants, and rogue AI, tonight and every wednesday night in october at 8:30 Central
twitch.tv/catgirlboyfriend
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“What is unlawful is: genocide, the deadly blockade of Gaza, the use of starvation as a weapon of war, and the piracy of civilian vessels and abduction of all those on board.” 3/3
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“What is unlawful is: genocide, the deadly blockade of Gaza, the use of starvation as a weapon of war, and the piracy of civilian vessels and abduction of all those on board.” 3/3
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“Unarmed people of conscience, abducted in international waters. This is piracy. This is kidnapping. The flotilla did not break any laws."
2/3
2/3
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
“Unarmed people of conscience, abducted in international waters. This is piracy. This is kidnapping. The flotilla did not break any laws."
2/3
2/3
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Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Close to 65k watching the livefeed from the Global Sumud Flotilla off the coast of Gaza.
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
Israel seems to be intercepting right now.
All eyes needed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEN2...
24/7 LIVESTREAM OF GLOBAL SUMUD FLOTILLA
YouTube video by Global Sumud Flotilla
www.youtube.com
October 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Israel has just arrested Greta Thunberg and many others.
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
Statement from the Global Sumud Flotilla:
“People of conscience have been abducted. The flotilla broke no laws. What is illegal is Israel’s genocide, Israel’s illegal blockade of Gaza, and Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon.”
1/3
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For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!
👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
October 1, 2025 at 1:15 PM
For the next 30 days, we're running a series of free mini crosswords created by our puzzle editor @xws.bsky.social to help you become a better crossword solver. Solve the first puzzle here, and check the replies every day for the next one!
👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
👯 Puzzmo Mini Crossword #1: www.puzzmo.com/puzzle/2025-...
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What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color
Every queer press org should be picking up this story
Every queer press org should be picking up this story
Cruising crackdown in Penn Station bathroom puts at least 20 men in ICE custody
State and city laws prohibit local police departments from turning people over to ICE. That restriction does not apply to the federally run Amtrak Police Department.
gothamist.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
What might not occur to you upon reading this headline is that, in other words, ICE is targeting gay men of color
Every queer press org should be picking up this story
Every queer press org should be picking up this story
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I mostly agree with this, but more so: Any time spent on saying "they have incoherent politics" is probably better spent saying "what ideology, which policies, what social strategys have produced this violent nihilism, and what analogs do they have historically?"
since a lot of ppl are discussing the ICE camp shooter's apparent lack of ideology, i would like to posit that online irony blackpill is absolutely an ideology with coherent tenets - the reason it appears incoherent is because this an ideology primarily defined by faithlessness, negative space
September 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I mostly agree with this, but more so: Any time spent on saying "they have incoherent politics" is probably better spent saying "what ideology, which policies, what social strategys have produced this violent nihilism, and what analogs do they have historically?"