Johan Lenaerts
@johanlenaerts.bsky.social
Author. When I'm not writing, I'm probably playing or modding some game. Currently looking for a literary agent.
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Welcome to SURREAL WEEK, where calories don't count, drinking is governed by airport rules, no one cares how you're dressed, and marathoning old movies is the norm. You have until January 5th when doing absolutely fucking nothing becomes embarrassing again. Do nothing with it wisely.
December 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Welcome to SURREAL WEEK, where calories don't count, drinking is governed by airport rules, no one cares how you're dressed, and marathoning old movies is the norm. You have until January 5th when doing absolutely fucking nothing becomes embarrassing again. Do nothing with it wisely.
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"people can still download your art from bsky and feed it into AI" if gamer behavior has taught me anything, just one extra button press is more than enough to annoy a MASSIVE amount of people into not making the effort
December 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"people can still download your art from bsky and feed it into AI" if gamer behavior has taught me anything, just one extra button press is more than enough to annoy a MASSIVE amount of people into not making the effort
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The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
December 24, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The news about Harlequin translators getting fired en masse?
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
You should care about that. They're doing it there because they think nobody gives a shit about romance and so it's fine to experiment with it first.
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Happy holidays and a blessed New Year unless you used A.I. to make your holiday cards then I hope it’s all terribly disappointing. ❤️
December 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Happy holidays and a blessed New Year unless you used A.I. to make your holiday cards then I hope it’s all terribly disappointing. ❤️
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It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
December 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It's important to note for the consultant people: Kat is tied for first place, she's raised more money in this race than anyone else, and she hasn't used Twitter in months.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
It's a website filled with racist AI snuff films and it's rigged against you specifically. There's no good reason to use it.
Who knew publishing could be so easy?
December 20, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Who knew publishing could be so easy?
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Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
December 18, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Keep going. Be meaner. Aim whatever lizard-brain impulse you have towards cruelty and violence in this direction.
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*examines nails* Oh honey, you don’t have THAT kind of money…
Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
December 18, 2025 at 6:32 AM
*examines nails* Oh honey, you don’t have THAT kind of money…
It might be one of those instructions like "don't stand in the fire".
WHY IS IT SO HARD TO NOT USE AI?
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING GAMES WITHOUT IT FOR YEARS
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN MAKING GAMES WITHOUT IT FOR YEARS
December 17, 2025 at 3:55 AM
It might be one of those instructions like "don't stand in the fire".
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I see the “you hate AI but what if you didn’t?” articles are revving their engines.
Fuck off. You write a thinkpiece of shit like that, you betray the art of writing.
Fuck off. You write a thinkpiece of shit like that, you betray the art of writing.
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I see the “you hate AI but what if you didn’t?” articles are revving their engines.
Fuck off. You write a thinkpiece of shit like that, you betray the art of writing.
Fuck off. You write a thinkpiece of shit like that, you betray the art of writing.
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Ahem
One of my short stories was published this year--a thread by the worst person in your high school. I am exceedingly proud of this. You can buy/read it here, in the fifth issue of Archive of the Odd, with a bunch of other amazing found fiction: archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
One of my short stories was published this year--a thread by the worst person in your high school. I am exceedingly proud of this. You can buy/read it here, in the fifth issue of Archive of the Odd, with a bunch of other amazing found fiction: archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
December 16, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Ahem
One of my short stories was published this year--a thread by the worst person in your high school. I am exceedingly proud of this. You can buy/read it here, in the fifth issue of Archive of the Odd, with a bunch of other amazing found fiction: archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
One of my short stories was published this year--a thread by the worst person in your high school. I am exceedingly proud of this. You can buy/read it here, in the fifth issue of Archive of the Odd, with a bunch of other amazing found fiction: archiveoftheodd.bigcartel.com/product/preo...
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no
Adults should spend less time engaged in fantasy.
December 16, 2025 at 11:17 AM
no
"Ah, but when I taste it, I'll be able to tell the difference!"
Our new startup has the tech to artificially modify piss to smell and taste like orange juice. You can't tell the difference at all without equipment you aren't bringing to the bar anyway.
Are you drinking, or not, piss boy?
Our new startup has the tech to artificially modify piss to smell and taste like orange juice. You can't tell the difference at all without equipment you aren't bringing to the bar anyway.
Are you drinking, or not, piss boy?
"If I can't tell whether it's AI or not, why should I care?"
If you can't tell if that liquid in that glass over there is orange juice or piss, will you drink it?
If you can't tell if that liquid in that glass over there is orange juice or piss, will you drink it?
December 17, 2025 at 3:26 AM
"Ah, but when I taste it, I'll be able to tell the difference!"
Our new startup has the tech to artificially modify piss to smell and taste like orange juice. You can't tell the difference at all without equipment you aren't bringing to the bar anyway.
Are you drinking, or not, piss boy?
Our new startup has the tech to artificially modify piss to smell and taste like orange juice. You can't tell the difference at all without equipment you aren't bringing to the bar anyway.
Are you drinking, or not, piss boy?
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We want to assure our audience and our fans that we only use asbestos in our production flow ethically.
We understand there are a lot of concerns about asbestos, but we only use asbestos in small portions and only in places you can't see it.
We promise to expose you to asbestos responsibly.
We understand there are a lot of concerns about asbestos, but we only use asbestos in small portions and only in places you can't see it.
We promise to expose you to asbestos responsibly.
December 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
We want to assure our audience and our fans that we only use asbestos in our production flow ethically.
We understand there are a lot of concerns about asbestos, but we only use asbestos in small portions and only in places you can't see it.
We promise to expose you to asbestos responsibly.
We understand there are a lot of concerns about asbestos, but we only use asbestos in small portions and only in places you can't see it.
We promise to expose you to asbestos responsibly.
"If I can't tell whether it's AI or not, why should I care?"
If you can't tell if that liquid in that glass over there is orange juice or piss, will you drink it?
If you can't tell if that liquid in that glass over there is orange juice or piss, will you drink it?
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
"If I can't tell whether it's AI or not, why should I care?"
If you can't tell if that liquid in that glass over there is orange juice or piss, will you drink it?
If you can't tell if that liquid in that glass over there is orange juice or piss, will you drink it?
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
I think I can finish these edits in one more good day of work, but it'll depend on how many problems pop up in the last stretch.
December 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I think I can finish these edits in one more good day of work, but it'll depend on how many problems pop up in the last stretch.
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The thing I love most about a good mystery is you get to read it twice: once not knowing the outcome, and again once you know and can see how the author wove the whole thing together.
It's two different experiences.
It's two different experiences.
December 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
The thing I love most about a good mystery is you get to read it twice: once not knowing the outcome, and again once you know and can see how the author wove the whole thing together.
It's two different experiences.
It's two different experiences.
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It just clicked in my head that if the RAM shortage continues as it is, it's going to be literally impossible for most people to upgrade from Windows 10 systems to ones that run Windows 11.
So Microsoft is going to be pushed to add another year of Windows 10 support or face public crucifixion.
So Microsoft is going to be pushed to add another year of Windows 10 support or face public crucifixion.
December 14, 2025 at 6:12 AM
It just clicked in my head that if the RAM shortage continues as it is, it's going to be literally impossible for most people to upgrade from Windows 10 systems to ones that run Windows 11.
So Microsoft is going to be pushed to add another year of Windows 10 support or face public crucifixion.
So Microsoft is going to be pushed to add another year of Windows 10 support or face public crucifixion.
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I’m always saying the same shit and I mean it every time. In the age of soulless AI slop, nothing matters more than your voice, so write/create whatever makes you happy. Make it weird. Make it dark. Make it queer. Make it surreal, diverse, sexy. Make it political as fuck. Do YOU.
December 13, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I’m always saying the same shit and I mean it every time. In the age of soulless AI slop, nothing matters more than your voice, so write/create whatever makes you happy. Make it weird. Make it dark. Make it queer. Make it surreal, diverse, sexy. Make it political as fuck. Do YOU.
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The best way to grasp the situation in the computer market right now is this:
One incredibly rich guy keeps showing up to all the grocery stores in your area and buying all the sugar.
All of it. Every variety, every type, the entire stock. Got a whole parking lot full of trucks to cart it off.
One incredibly rich guy keeps showing up to all the grocery stores in your area and buying all the sugar.
All of it. Every variety, every type, the entire stock. Got a whole parking lot full of trucks to cart it off.
December 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The best way to grasp the situation in the computer market right now is this:
One incredibly rich guy keeps showing up to all the grocery stores in your area and buying all the sugar.
All of it. Every variety, every type, the entire stock. Got a whole parking lot full of trucks to cart it off.
One incredibly rich guy keeps showing up to all the grocery stores in your area and buying all the sugar.
All of it. Every variety, every type, the entire stock. Got a whole parking lot full of trucks to cart it off.
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not an exaggeration to say that we need to tear down culture and rebuild it so that saying things like this aloud is once again properly humiliating
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:54 PM
not an exaggeration to say that we need to tear down culture and rebuild it so that saying things like this aloud is once again properly humiliating
It is 2025. World's most powerful man and the richest man in the world are still competing over the title of world's biggest piss baby.
It is an absolutely delightful irony that the richest man in the world is universally acknowledged to be a huge fucking loser who not a single living person envies in any way at all
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 7, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It is 2025. World's most powerful man and the richest man in the world are still competing over the title of world's biggest piss baby.
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anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 PM
anyway my answer to every single person who wants armed conflict is no you don’t
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
sometimes it is the only option but it it sure worth exploring everything else before you get there because it is always, always bad
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