John
@jgarlick.bsky.social
We live on the frontier between the future and foolishness.
Update: we have crossed the frontier
Update: we have crossed the frontier
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In case I forget to tell you guys happy thanksgiving, here’s a reminder to not open your damn doors for just anybody.
November 24, 2025 at 11:37 PM
In case I forget to tell you guys happy thanksgiving, here’s a reminder to not open your damn doors for just anybody.
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The Sega CD version of Eye of the Beholder is perfectly playable but does inexplicably have an all-timer soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro that sounds like he is using music to separate himself from his humanity after his partner drowned mysteriously
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
The Sega CD version of Eye of the Beholder is perfectly playable but does inexplicably have an all-timer soundtrack by Yuzo Koshiro that sounds like he is using music to separate himself from his humanity after his partner drowned mysteriously
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Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Remember 25 years ago when a photo was taken of a fed pointing a gun at a crying refugee child and the image was so shameful it dominated the news cycle for a year
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Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
November 11, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Joyce Carol Oates should say he can't do backflips off the roof next
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
July 18, 2025 at 4:12 AM
"i asked grok" "i asked chatgpt" yeah well i asked carl sagan and he said the greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge 🧪
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every victory speech is like “to those that did not vote for me just know i will work with you”
nah dawg, we are running lib shit like it’s the four verts offense. gays everywhere. trans folks on every high school field hockey team. get on board or get smoked 42-0 at halftime.
nah dawg, we are running lib shit like it’s the four verts offense. gays everywhere. trans folks on every high school field hockey team. get on board or get smoked 42-0 at halftime.
November 5, 2025 at 1:44 AM
every victory speech is like “to those that did not vote for me just know i will work with you”
nah dawg, we are running lib shit like it’s the four verts offense. gays everywhere. trans folks on every high school field hockey team. get on board or get smoked 42-0 at halftime.
nah dawg, we are running lib shit like it’s the four verts offense. gays everywhere. trans folks on every high school field hockey team. get on board or get smoked 42-0 at halftime.
I'm going to need you to be the actual current monarch of the couch and be
sofa king for real right now
sofa king for real right now
November 4, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I'm going to need you to be the actual current monarch of the couch and be
sofa king for real right now
sofa king for real right now
Low-key Halloween with the fam and only some antics
November 1, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Low-key Halloween with the fam and only some antics
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Please turn off your #Ring cameras so that kids/families just trying to participate in #Halloween don't get caught up by ICE. Ring has partnered with them, so we know how this is going to turn out.
Also, please consider removing Ring entirely or AT LEAST turn on the e2e encryption.
RING=ICE
Also, please consider removing Ring entirely or AT LEAST turn on the e2e encryption.
RING=ICE
October 31, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Please turn off your #Ring cameras so that kids/families just trying to participate in #Halloween don't get caught up by ICE. Ring has partnered with them, so we know how this is going to turn out.
Also, please consider removing Ring entirely or AT LEAST turn on the e2e encryption.
RING=ICE
Also, please consider removing Ring entirely or AT LEAST turn on the e2e encryption.
RING=ICE
Remember, the less scary your costume, the more scary it is with no pants!
October 31, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Remember, the less scary your costume, the more scary it is with no pants!
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“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
October 30, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“some people abuse SNAP” your soul is rotten
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I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
October 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I think any story about Trump's autocracy should be mostly about the people and institutions who failed to stop it. This guy isn't a political genius, everything else just happens to be rotten. 'Toddler Consolidates Power In Household' is a story about incompetent parents, not shrewd maneuvering
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43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
43 years ago today, readers the world over opened their newspapers and gazed upon cow tools for the first time. happy birthday cow tools. you look great.
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Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
October 27, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Whenever people complain about the number of folks relying on food stamps, it is worth reminding them that SNAP is, by too large of a degree, a subsidy for corporations that refuse to pay a living wage and their political allies who reject public policy prescriptions to reduce income inequality.
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It’s getting increasingly harder to convince anti-vaxxers bc it is no longer about science & evidence. It is about identify & belonging.
It’s not just accepting a vaccine, it’s about leaving behind their sense of self & community. It’s about security. This is why throwing data will never work.
It’s not just accepting a vaccine, it’s about leaving behind their sense of self & community. It’s about security. This is why throwing data will never work.
October 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It’s getting increasingly harder to convince anti-vaxxers bc it is no longer about science & evidence. It is about identify & belonging.
It’s not just accepting a vaccine, it’s about leaving behind their sense of self & community. It’s about security. This is why throwing data will never work.
It’s not just accepting a vaccine, it’s about leaving behind their sense of self & community. It’s about security. This is why throwing data will never work.
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"subtext is an anagram for butt sex"
-ancient fanfic writer's motto/my credo
-ancient fanfic writer's motto/my credo
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"subtext is an anagram for butt sex"
-ancient fanfic writer's motto/my credo
-ancient fanfic writer's motto/my credo
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Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
October 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Putting a Democrat with a Nazi tattoo in the Senate normalizes Naziism in our federal politics for a long ass time.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
All these recent stories about secret Nazi group chats? Anytime that happens going forward will be met with "But Platner."
It's not a purity test. Think through the consequences.
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Who is in favour of bringing Roman numerals back into use?
I for one…
I for one…
October 20, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Who is in favour of bringing Roman numerals back into use?
I for one…
I for one…
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the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change
October 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
the aws outage should be evidence that running half the internet on a single company's servers is a terrible idea but i fear nothing will change
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this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.
October 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM
this rocks. when indiana edu killed the student newspaper, Purdue stepped up, printed the forbidden issue, drove it to Bloomington and stocked the boxes.