Joe
@joespicher.bsky.social
Senior Technical Designer - Lightspeed LA
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Urbanism—the notion that cities are good, that we should build housing in the dense walkable neighborhoods where people want to live, and that urban governance should prioritize city residents’ quality of life over suburban drivers’ convenience—remains a radical political program in America.
One thing that’s so frustrating living in a city center is the pervasive belief among suburbanites that your neighborhood is nothing more than a consumer experience for them and that the city should bend over backwards to ensure they can speed as fast as possible on their way to buy treats in it.
November 17, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Urbanism—the notion that cities are good, that we should build housing in the dense walkable neighborhoods where people want to live, and that urban governance should prioritize city residents’ quality of life over suburban drivers’ convenience—remains a radical political program in America.
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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... and isn't there some link to be made - more elegantly than I'm going to make it - about the reduction of meaning to legibility that helps to open the space for the devoid?
(yes, I'll put another dollar in the Seeing Like A State swearjar)
(yes, I'll put another dollar in the Seeing Like A State swearjar)
relatedly Seeing Like a State is an excellent book for none of the obvious textual or subtextual reasons; it made it a lot easier to think about People, in gestalt, and also a lot about Metrics, and how bending People to Metrics makes the metric worthless and causes people to die
November 17, 2025 at 1:33 AM
... and isn't there some link to be made - more elegantly than I'm going to make it - about the reduction of meaning to legibility that helps to open the space for the devoid?
(yes, I'll put another dollar in the Seeing Like A State swearjar)
(yes, I'll put another dollar in the Seeing Like A State swearjar)
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Here's how you can support Ambrosia Sky:
📃 Wishlist the game on Steam!
🎮 Play the demo and leave us your feedback!
💛 Join our community Discord!
💌 Follow our socials and sign-up for our newsletter!
You can find links to all of these here: linktr.ee/softrains
📃 Wishlist the game on Steam!
🎮 Play the demo and leave us your feedback!
💛 Join our community Discord!
💌 Follow our socials and sign-up for our newsletter!
You can find links to all of these here: linktr.ee/softrains
June 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Here's how you can support Ambrosia Sky:
📃 Wishlist the game on Steam!
🎮 Play the demo and leave us your feedback!
💛 Join our community Discord!
💌 Follow our socials and sign-up for our newsletter!
You can find links to all of these here: linktr.ee/softrains
📃 Wishlist the game on Steam!
🎮 Play the demo and leave us your feedback!
💛 Join our community Discord!
💌 Follow our socials and sign-up for our newsletter!
You can find links to all of these here: linktr.ee/softrains
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this is fantastic, a thorough and compellingly argued theory of modern cinematic sludge
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
this is fantastic, a thorough and compellingly argued theory of modern cinematic sludge
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Package theft is almost entirely a crime of opportunity that proliferates because of the low chances of getting caught and experiencing consequences.
If police departments actually cared about stopping it they could do so pretty easily with bait packages, GPS trackers, and drones.
If police departments actually cared about stopping it they could do so pretty easily with bait packages, GPS trackers, and drones.
Amazon package a. Delivered to wrong location in my apartment complex and b. Stolen from there, 10/10 I hate ordering online and do it once a month maybe and I’m getting everything delivered to the PO Box from now on
November 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Package theft is almost entirely a crime of opportunity that proliferates because of the low chances of getting caught and experiencing consequences.
If police departments actually cared about stopping it they could do so pretty easily with bait packages, GPS trackers, and drones.
If police departments actually cared about stopping it they could do so pretty easily with bait packages, GPS trackers, and drones.
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Scott Weiner has forced California to build a lot more homes. Now he's running for Nancy Pelosi's seat. Can his "getting shit done" ethos work in a broken Congress?
Scott Wiener Defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can He Fix America’s Housing Crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's seat, he's putting the "Abundance" theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Scott Weiner has forced California to build a lot more homes. Now he's running for Nancy Pelosi's seat. Can his "getting shit done" ethos work in a broken Congress?
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"So Wiener’s more than just an interesting lawmaker from America’s third-weirdest city. His nose-to-grindstone, hardcore policy approach could be a key to a political realignment—a long-overdue recognition that addressing housing is necessary for the survival of the Democratic Party."
Scott Weiner has forced California to build a lot more homes. Now he's running for Nancy Pelosi's seat. Can his "getting shit done" ethos work in a broken Congress?
Scott Wiener Defeated California’s NIMBYs. Can He Fix America’s Housing Crisis?
By running for Nancy Pelosi's seat, he's putting the "Abundance" theory to the test.
www.motherjones.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"So Wiener’s more than just an interesting lawmaker from America’s third-weirdest city. His nose-to-grindstone, hardcore policy approach could be a key to a political realignment—a long-overdue recognition that addressing housing is necessary for the survival of the Democratic Party."
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While I don’t ride or die for Pete Buttigieg, the vitriol directed at him is completely insane.
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
When Pete Buttigieg says he would take medicine that makes gay men straight. What do you think is Mr. Buttigieg's attitude towards gays, men and medicine?
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
While I don’t ride or die for Pete Buttigieg, the vitriol directed at him is completely insane.
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
“When I was younger I wished that I could have taken a pill to turn me straight; but I have accepted and embraced my identity now” is an *extremely* common sentiment from Millennial and older gay people!
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Halloween costume ready for the party :)
October 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Halloween costume ready for the party :)
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Fun fact, when we started, we weren't given proper work PCs. We all just had chromebooks cause it was assumed that's all we needed. We eventually got PCs with graphics cards that weren't compatible with any of our software.
October 29, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Fun fact, when we started, we weren't given proper work PCs. We all just had chromebooks cause it was assumed that's all we needed. We eventually got PCs with graphics cards that weren't compatible with any of our software.
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It's finally happening! Sushi Ben is coming to Steam on September 18th!!
Featuring:
🍣 Hours of NEW content!!
🗣️ A star-studded voice cast!!
🎯 Tons of activities!!
🎮 Flatscreen and VR gameplay!!
Featuring:
🍣 Hours of NEW content!!
🗣️ A star-studded voice cast!!
🎯 Tons of activities!!
🎮 Flatscreen and VR gameplay!!
September 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
It's finally happening! Sushi Ben is coming to Steam on September 18th!!
Featuring:
🍣 Hours of NEW content!!
🗣️ A star-studded voice cast!!
🎯 Tons of activities!!
🎮 Flatscreen and VR gameplay!!
Featuring:
🍣 Hours of NEW content!!
🗣️ A star-studded voice cast!!
🎯 Tons of activities!!
🎮 Flatscreen and VR gameplay!!
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A lot of people have been calling me the
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social of Seattle. But where Zohran is charismatic, telegenic and stylish, I've spent my whole adult life looking pretty dumpy. To look more mayoral, I enlisted my friend Andrew Ashiofu, who took me to one of Seattle's premier boutiques.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social of Seattle. But where Zohran is charismatic, telegenic and stylish, I've spent my whole adult life looking pretty dumpy. To look more mayoral, I enlisted my friend Andrew Ashiofu, who took me to one of Seattle's premier boutiques.
September 10, 2025 at 6:29 PM
A lot of people have been calling me the
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social of Seattle. But where Zohran is charismatic, telegenic and stylish, I've spent my whole adult life looking pretty dumpy. To look more mayoral, I enlisted my friend Andrew Ashiofu, who took me to one of Seattle's premier boutiques.
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social of Seattle. But where Zohran is charismatic, telegenic and stylish, I've spent my whole adult life looking pretty dumpy. To look more mayoral, I enlisted my friend Andrew Ashiofu, who took me to one of Seattle's premier boutiques.
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"why does restaurant food taste better than food cooked at home"
The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly
The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly
July 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
"why does restaurant food taste better than food cooked at home"
The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly
The cook does not care if you live or die and uses salt and butter accordingly
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Next up is "Last Chance to See: Biodiversity in Science Fiction" with Dr Jasmin Kirkbride, Ian K Hageman, Jesper Stage, and Ray Nayler!
#WorldCon
#WorldCon
August 16, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Next up is "Last Chance to See: Biodiversity in Science Fiction" with Dr Jasmin Kirkbride, Ian K Hageman, Jesper Stage, and Ray Nayler!
#WorldCon
#WorldCon
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I loved @natania.bsky.social's point abt difference historically between having a few expensive hand-drawn maps, vs. "if you have a printing press, now you have 3,000 maps and that person's worldview makes more of a claim on reality than before." Esp vital w/ resource maps, fashion, food. #WorldCon
August 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I loved @natania.bsky.social's point abt difference historically between having a few expensive hand-drawn maps, vs. "if you have a printing press, now you have 3,000 maps and that person's worldview makes more of a claim on reality than before." Esp vital w/ resource maps, fashion, food. #WorldCon
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“If you DON’T change the physical character of your community, you WILL change the demographic and economic character of your community.” - William Fulton at the Casita Coalition’s Build The Middle National Housing Convening
August 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“If you DON’T change the physical character of your community, you WILL change the demographic and economic character of your community.” - William Fulton at the Casita Coalition’s Build The Middle National Housing Convening
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If you want to know who has power in a society, one way to find out is to ask: whose feelings are enough, in and of themselves, to prompt a policy response?
August 13, 2025 at 8:32 PM
If you want to know who has power in a society, one way to find out is to ask: whose feelings are enough, in and of themselves, to prompt a policy response?
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Closing Sunday! We're hiring a Lead Level Designer to shape the world of Kenshi 2. You will own the layout, pacing, and environmental design, helping to deliver a deeply reactive non-linear survival experience
http://lofigames.com/leveldesigner
#GameJobs #LevelDesign #NowHiring #Kenshi2
http://lofigames.com/leveldesigner
#GameJobs #LevelDesign #NowHiring #Kenshi2
August 13, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Closing Sunday! We're hiring a Lead Level Designer to shape the world of Kenshi 2. You will own the layout, pacing, and environmental design, helping to deliver a deeply reactive non-linear survival experience
http://lofigames.com/leveldesigner
#GameJobs #LevelDesign #NowHiring #Kenshi2
http://lofigames.com/leveldesigner
#GameJobs #LevelDesign #NowHiring #Kenshi2
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[extremely on-mushrooms voice] hear me out. what if we destroy capitalism by feminizing having money
August 13, 2025 at 5:43 PM
[extremely on-mushrooms voice] hear me out. what if we destroy capitalism by feminizing having money
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this is why there's a persistent propaganda campaign in conservative media to portray cities as crime-ridden hellholes, because rural conservatives understanding how conservative politics have fucked up their own communities would be devastating to them.
the biggest force for rural resentment of cities in the last three decades is that cities got way better and the countryside got way worse.
August 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
this is why there's a persistent propaganda campaign in conservative media to portray cities as crime-ridden hellholes, because rural conservatives understanding how conservative politics have fucked up their own communities would be devastating to them.
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It's far more important for a reader (and especially writers) to discover their own personal canons than the ones handed down from above. Anybody wanting to get into any genre should start by reading the books that sound cool to them. One weird trick, I know.
Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein should be required for anyone getting into sci-fi
August 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
It's far more important for a reader (and especially writers) to discover their own personal canons than the ones handed down from above. Anybody wanting to get into any genre should start by reading the books that sound cool to them. One weird trick, I know.
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An easy way to tell which party actually opposes partisan gerrymandering is that the Democrats pushed a law, the "for the people act" in 2021 through the house and 50 votes in the Senate that would ban partisan gerrymandering. Manchin killed it because he wouldn't nuke the filibuster for it
August 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
An easy way to tell which party actually opposes partisan gerrymandering is that the Democrats pushed a law, the "for the people act" in 2021 through the house and 50 votes in the Senate that would ban partisan gerrymandering. Manchin killed it because he wouldn't nuke the filibuster for it
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and here's David Mamet revealing that getting snubbed by Terry Gross is what radicalized him into conservatism
August 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
and here's David Mamet revealing that getting snubbed by Terry Gross is what radicalized him into conservatism