Eric Ravenscraft
@lordravenscraft.bsky.social
Clearly fake name. Freelance writer. Video essayist on YouTube. Formerly Lifehacker. Will shitpost for cash.
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Beast Wars Is Shakespeare: The Value of Garbage Media
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NEW VIDEO! FINALLY! Beast Wars Is Shakespeare: The Value of Garbage Media
I truly hope this one was worth the wait, because I've never made something so huge. Massive thanks to Dr. Drew Lichtenberg for sitting down with me for this one. youtu.be/8y_KsFaHRQk?...
I truly hope this one was worth the wait, because I've never made something so huge. Massive thanks to Dr. Drew Lichtenberg for sitting down with me for this one. youtu.be/8y_KsFaHRQk?...
the most radical belief I have that I actually think should be normal is this:
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the most radical belief I have that I actually think should be normal is this:
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
you did wHAT
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
you did wHAT
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three more!!!!
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
three more!!!!
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Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
there IS a middle ground, and it's the one where machine learning has been in use 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 for years and years
but you're not looking for a "middle ground" for an artistic tool, you're waiting for courts to tell you how much plagiarism is legal
which is the coward's route btw
but you're not looking for a "middle ground" for an artistic tool, you're waiting for courts to tell you how much plagiarism is legal
which is the coward's route btw
![“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today,” Jorjani said. “We’re waiting for the courts to decide what is fair use and not, and there may be some similarities to the whole ‘it’s so over’, ‘we’re so back’, black and white takes of everything.
“I find that anything that is [an] AI-related debate in the games industry ends up being on both ends of the spectrum. Either we have Square Enix executives talking about 77% being automated through QA, or we have developers who feel that their livelihood is completely on… the very fabric of their being is being threatened and therefore all AI is bad AI.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/bafkreigw2u6qe7b2qesux2eizlu5ehvgd753sbbgsag5ysexlozvnad7ui@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
there IS a middle ground, and it's the one where machine learning has been in use 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 for years and years
but you're not looking for a "middle ground" for an artistic tool, you're waiting for courts to tell you how much plagiarism is legal
which is the coward's route btw
but you're not looking for a "middle ground" for an artistic tool, you're waiting for courts to tell you how much plagiarism is legal
which is the coward's route btw
it was also very obvious that it accelerated literally the minute that roe v. wade passed
"won't someone think of the children?!" is a flashpoint for conservatives. once abortion wasn't the wedge issue they could wield, they turned to vilifying trans people
it is a brazen and obvious tactic
"won't someone think of the children?!" is a flashpoint for conservatives. once abortion wasn't the wedge issue they could wield, they turned to vilifying trans people
it is a brazen and obvious tactic
Once again, I have to point out how obviously inorganic the entire anti-trans backlash is. A handful of billionaires are astroturfing the whole thing with enormous amounts of cash.
They're actively paying people to complain now...
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
it was also very obvious that it accelerated literally the minute that roe v. wade passed
"won't someone think of the children?!" is a flashpoint for conservatives. once abortion wasn't the wedge issue they could wield, they turned to vilifying trans people
it is a brazen and obvious tactic
"won't someone think of the children?!" is a flashpoint for conservatives. once abortion wasn't the wedge issue they could wield, they turned to vilifying trans people
it is a brazen and obvious tactic
this has been the wildest aspect of my experience growing up autistic and developing a special interest in communication
the number of NT friends I have who come to me for help parsing relationship problems is nuts because I had to learn on purpose what a lot of people don't really study at all
the number of NT friends I have who come to me for help parsing relationship problems is nuts because I had to learn on purpose what a lot of people don't really study at all
it's frustrating because autistic people aren't actually worse at communication in general. autist-autist communication is just as effective as allist-allist (if not more so!) and alistics do just as poorly communicating with autistics as autistics do with them journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Autistic peer-to-peer information transfer is highly effective - Catherine J Crompton, Danielle Ropar, Claire VM Evans-Williams, Emma G Flynn, Sue Fletcher-Watson, 2020
Effective information transfer requires social communication skills. As autism is clinically defined by social communication deficits, it may be expected that i...
journals.sagepub.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
this has been the wildest aspect of my experience growing up autistic and developing a special interest in communication
the number of NT friends I have who come to me for help parsing relationship problems is nuts because I had to learn on purpose what a lot of people don't really study at all
the number of NT friends I have who come to me for help parsing relationship problems is nuts because I had to learn on purpose what a lot of people don't really study at all
The one time Georgia was able to rely on mail-in ballots due to the pandemic, the state swung left and sent two democratic senators to DC.
The next year, the R-controlled state passed aggressive legislation to suppress the vote further: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
The next year, the R-controlled state passed aggressive legislation to suppress the vote further: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The one time Georgia was able to rely on mail-in ballots due to the pandemic, the state swung left and sent two democratic senators to DC.
The next year, the R-controlled state passed aggressive legislation to suppress the vote further: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
The next year, the R-controlled state passed aggressive legislation to suppress the vote further: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
oh, so Welcome to Derry is like BAD bad
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
oh, so Welcome to Derry is like BAD bad
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Okay but unironically Trump stopping to explain his joke in the middle of his post like he’s Bojack Horseman because otherwise it makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t work at all as a burn might be one of the funniest things he’s ever done
An aggressively funny anti-joke
An aggressively funny anti-joke
Trump lashing out in fear at GOP lawmakers will not end well for him.
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Okay but unironically Trump stopping to explain his joke in the middle of his post like he’s Bojack Horseman because otherwise it makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t work at all as a burn might be one of the funniest things he’s ever done
An aggressively funny anti-joke
An aggressively funny anti-joke
2 Timothy 4:3-4: "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths."
AI slop now making up saccharine Bible verses that do not exist
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
2 Timothy 4:3-4: "For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths."
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bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 PM
bringing this statement over from Alice’s Twitter. it appears the below was Alice’s last post before passing. I am heartbroken
god I can't get over how Thunderbolts is actually, really About Something
haven't been this surprised by how About Something a superhero movie is since The New Mutants
haven't been this surprised by how About Something a superhero movie is since The New Mutants
November 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
god I can't get over how Thunderbolts is actually, really About Something
haven't been this surprised by how About Something a superhero movie is since The New Mutants
haven't been this surprised by how About Something a superhero movie is since The New Mutants
bluesky is so irony poisoned, half the elders on this site have gaslit themselves into actually being sexually attracted to alf hog
but sure, no one gets the deep "irony" of [checks notes] the New York Times
but sure, no one gets the deep "irony" of [checks notes] the New York Times
I don't know much about irony or newspapers so I guess they got my ass once again.
November 15, 2025 at 3:15 AM
bluesky is so irony poisoned, half the elders on this site have gaslit themselves into actually being sexually attracted to alf hog
but sure, no one gets the deep "irony" of [checks notes] the New York Times
but sure, no one gets the deep "irony" of [checks notes] the New York Times
today I had a phone call discussing whether to get anesthesia while having a piece taken out of my kidney, because that will make the procedure more expensive
so...not exactly thrilled about the idea of this plan. can I just have a public option??
so...not exactly thrilled about the idea of this plan. can I just have a public option??
Tim Burchett: "It seems kinda crazy, but in the future maybe we oughta bring the patients and the doctors to the table and tell the insurance companies they can go take a flying leap."
November 15, 2025 at 2:55 AM
today I had a phone call discussing whether to get anesthesia while having a piece taken out of my kidney, because that will make the procedure more expensive
so...not exactly thrilled about the idea of this plan. can I just have a public option??
so...not exactly thrilled about the idea of this plan. can I just have a public option??
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Oh my God. I don't even know what to say. Leslie was an incredibly, unbelievably generous and supportive and insightful and funny man who believed in my voice and encouraged me in a way that meant and still means a tremendous amount to me. Please donate and support his family.
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Oh my God. I don't even know what to say. Leslie was an incredibly, unbelievably generous and supportive and insightful and funny man who believed in my voice and encouraged me in a way that meant and still means a tremendous amount to me. Please donate and support his family.
The craziest thing about rich people trying to buy up whole-ass governments just to avoid social safety net programs is that
like
this shit goes away if you just pay us well??
make us not need food stamps and universal healthcare, you fucking idiots
like
this shit goes away if you just pay us well??
make us not need food stamps and universal healthcare, you fucking idiots
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
The craziest thing about rich people trying to buy up whole-ass governments just to avoid social safety net programs is that
like
this shit goes away if you just pay us well??
make us not need food stamps and universal healthcare, you fucking idiots
like
this shit goes away if you just pay us well??
make us not need food stamps and universal healthcare, you fucking idiots
The J is in Zelda
I think we should stop using the word "hallucination" and just say AI is fuckin stupid. I asked for games with a "J" in the title and it gave me this
November 14, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The J is in Zelda
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Rip and tear until it is done? No, shred and grind until it is fun, dude 🙂🤙
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Rip and tear until it is done? No, shred and grind until it is fun, dude 🙂🤙
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My most woke opinion is that no one should have to work
Work should not be a mandatory aspect of living
Everyone should just be able to live, comfortably and safely, without needing to barter away the majority of their time on this earth in order to survive
Work should not be a mandatory aspect of living
Everyone should just be able to live, comfortably and safely, without needing to barter away the majority of their time on this earth in order to survive
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
My most woke opinion is that no one should have to work
Work should not be a mandatory aspect of living
Everyone should just be able to live, comfortably and safely, without needing to barter away the majority of their time on this earth in order to survive
Work should not be a mandatory aspect of living
Everyone should just be able to live, comfortably and safely, without needing to barter away the majority of their time on this earth in order to survive
this website is free
November 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
this website is free
it's like the Simpson's paradox, but for tech companies ruining whole-ass industries
It's a useful reminder that sometimes tech can make a task more efficient for one side (applying for jobs), and more efficient for the other side (writing job adverts), and yet make the system as a whole completely inefficient.
November 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
it's like the Simpson's paradox, but for tech companies ruining whole-ass industries
hey maybe I'm cantankerous, but mfers are freaking out in the QTs like gd babies over mildly disagreeing with this take
and I dunno man, if your idea of entertainment is dog piling an account with 50 followers for imperfectly expressing a reasonable opinion, maybe go outside? and also fuck you?
and I dunno man, if your idea of entertainment is dog piling an account with 50 followers for imperfectly expressing a reasonable opinion, maybe go outside? and also fuck you?
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
hey maybe I'm cantankerous, but mfers are freaking out in the QTs like gd babies over mildly disagreeing with this take
and I dunno man, if your idea of entertainment is dog piling an account with 50 followers for imperfectly expressing a reasonable opinion, maybe go outside? and also fuck you?
and I dunno man, if your idea of entertainment is dog piling an account with 50 followers for imperfectly expressing a reasonable opinion, maybe go outside? and also fuck you?
billy fucks
You'll be shocked at the number of women that are into Billy throughout Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
November 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
billy fucks