You could definitely sell a video game that was *just* a character creation interface, right? Like just fiddling with an absurd amount of sliders (ideally with inscrutable and/or bizarre labels and functions), and then no actual gameplay after finalization.
January 7, 2026 at 12:11 AM
You could definitely sell a video game that was *just* a character creation interface, right? Like just fiddling with an absurd amount of sliders (ideally with inscrutable and/or bizarre labels and functions), and then no actual gameplay after finalization.
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My favourite take on this, just in sheer absurdity, is the 2018 Robin Hood where the entire first act is shot like an Iraq War movie, complete with Saracens ambushing English longbowmen with automatic crossbow emplacements and shoulder fired scatterbows. It's such a pristine parody of the genre.
January 5, 2026 at 7:02 PM
My favourite take on this, just in sheer absurdity, is the 2018 Robin Hood where the entire first act is shot like an Iraq War movie, complete with Saracens ambushing English longbowmen with automatic crossbow emplacements and shoulder fired scatterbows. It's such a pristine parody of the genre.
The American news outlets who seem to be unaware that the US has not actually conquered Venezuela are really weirding me out.
January 5, 2026 at 5:32 AM
The American news outlets who seem to be unaware that the US has not actually conquered Venezuela are really weirding me out.
I want to talk about this international law perspective on the Venezuela raid, but I don't want to engage the 2 layers of Bluesky folks who put it in front of me, so I just pulled this from Twitter myself.
From a Mexican civil rights lawyer (Google mostly agrees with Twitter's translation).
From a Mexican civil rights lawyer (Google mostly agrees with Twitter's translation).
January 4, 2026 at 3:06 AM
I want to talk about this international law perspective on the Venezuela raid, but I don't want to engage the 2 layers of Bluesky folks who put it in front of me, so I just pulled this from Twitter myself.
From a Mexican civil rights lawyer (Google mostly agrees with Twitter's translation).
From a Mexican civil rights lawyer (Google mostly agrees with Twitter's translation).
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A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
Trump: "We're going to have our very large United States oil companies go in, spend billions of dollars, fix the badly broken infrastructure and start making money for the country. And we are ready to stage a second and much larger attack if we need to do so."
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
A college sophomore at an Occupy rally could not have generated such a grotesque outsized caricature of US imperialism
The Venezuela raid strengthens the "everyone is 12" model of US politics. "What if we just Batman'd the bad guy out of his country and gave him to the cops!" is an extremely 12-year-old proposal.
But also maybe a point for the 12-year-old. I think most adults would have said it could never work.
But also maybe a point for the 12-year-old. I think most adults would have said it could never work.
January 3, 2026 at 5:20 PM
The Venezuela raid strengthens the "everyone is 12" model of US politics. "What if we just Batman'd the bad guy out of his country and gave him to the cops!" is an extremely 12-year-old proposal.
But also maybe a point for the 12-year-old. I think most adults would have said it could never work.
But also maybe a point for the 12-year-old. I think most adults would have said it could never work.
If US special forces really seized and extracted Maduro for prosecution, that's going to be like one of the top 3 most spectacularly successful commando raids ever. Holy crap.
January 3, 2026 at 1:20 PM
If US special forces really seized and extracted Maduro for prosecution, that's going to be like one of the top 3 most spectacularly successful commando raids ever. Holy crap.
I still think Aorist Rods are one of the best allegories Douglas Adams ever invented.
January 2, 2026 at 6:27 PM
I still think Aorist Rods are one of the best allegories Douglas Adams ever invented.
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And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
And I think liberals should stop taking the bait and ceding ground on immigration.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
Immigration is good. Multiculturalism is good. Free trade is good. Stop being embarrassed to say so.
I thought I kept the same dental insurance this year, but my premium fell by 52 cents which is making me suspicious.
December 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I thought I kept the same dental insurance this year, but my premium fell by 52 cents which is making me suspicious.
We gotta build a chip foundry, folks. It's the only way.
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
We gotta build a chip foundry, folks. It's the only way.
Maybe in the new year Bluesky can fix its video player so the audio doesn't desync when skipping and the volume slider behaves rationally.
December 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Maybe in the new year Bluesky can fix its video player so the audio doesn't desync when skipping and the volume slider behaves rationally.
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It’s good to know that if you post good enough strangers will remember you fondly.
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
It’s good to know that if you post good enough strangers will remember you fondly.
@besttrousers.bsky.social I have now read (listened to) Why Nations Fail because of your mentions of it. I found it nicely clarifying of some intuitive beliefs I had. Thank you.
December 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
@besttrousers.bsky.social I have now read (listened to) Why Nations Fail because of your mentions of it. I found it nicely clarifying of some intuitive beliefs I had. Thank you.
My sister gave me a dual-monitor mount for Christmas. Upon opening the box, it appears to be the most terrifyingly complex piece of machinery I have ever needed to assemble.
December 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
My sister gave me a dual-monitor mount for Christmas. Upon opening the box, it appears to be the most terrifyingly complex piece of machinery I have ever needed to assemble.
Suddenly I'm in love with the idea of people getting anti-AI watermarks as face tattoos.
December 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Suddenly I'm in love with the idea of people getting anti-AI watermarks as face tattoos.
I don't like being away from my computer for this long. The telephone has come a long way these last decades, but it's just not enough.
December 26, 2025 at 12:47 AM
I don't like being away from my computer for this long. The telephone has come a long way these last decades, but it's just not enough.
It's Christmas, Uncle Scrooge. I guess.
December 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It's Christmas, Uncle Scrooge. I guess.
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Anyway the problem with a permanent vibescession caused at least in part by social media posturing is that while it might screw Trump in the short term it really screws the politics of generosity and solidarity in the long term. Believing times are bad makes people more selfish.
December 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Anyway the problem with a permanent vibescession caused at least in part by social media posturing is that while it might screw Trump in the short term it really screws the politics of generosity and solidarity in the long term. Believing times are bad makes people more selfish.
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!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
December 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
!! Here’s a link to full video of the 60 Minutes segment that Bari Weiss killed last minute, via @jasonparis.bsky.social:
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
is.gd/paU8Ko
(It was uploaded to the Global TV app in Canada, seemingly by accident, and has now been taken down)
Forgot an ingredient in the cookies I'm baking for my coworkers to share tomorrow. Hopefully it proves unimportant.
December 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Forgot an ingredient in the cookies I'm baking for my coworkers to share tomorrow. Hopefully it proves unimportant.
Realizing that adopting Linux is going to make it harder to get away from Steam for video games, blast it.
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Realizing that adopting Linux is going to make it harder to get away from Steam for video games, blast it.
Woke up in a hateful mood and I do not like it.
December 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Woke up in a hateful mood and I do not like it.
I remembered that there was a video in my timeline that I was interested in but couldn't watch because I can't play audio in public. So I want to find it, but it was 2 or 3 days ago. So I have begun The Scrolling.
December 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
I remembered that there was a video in my timeline that I was interested in but couldn't watch because I can't play audio in public. So I want to find it, but it was 2 or 3 days ago. So I have begun The Scrolling.
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New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
New Illustration: "We Beat 'Em Before..."
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.
Taken from a British WW2 poster, the original features a WW1 German soldier at the top. I just swapped it for the Nazi soldier it had at the bottom.