Ben T. (Lucky #210,713)
@norights.bsky.social
(He/Him) Indie animator, feminist, liberal, internet person http://norights.net
Watched this video discussing zero fee micro-payments and pictured @scottmccloud.bsky.social getting a random chill up his spine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6wc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6wc...
AI agents are paying each other now…
YouTube video by Fireship
www.youtube.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Watched this video discussing zero fee micro-payments and pictured @scottmccloud.bsky.social getting a random chill up his spine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6wc...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6wc...
Saw this short suggesting the new Vine might have been vibe-coded youtube.com/shorts/Sgcpj...
November 20, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Saw this short suggesting the new Vine might have been vibe-coded youtube.com/shorts/Sgcpj...
Oh hey, Vine’s coming back techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/j...
Jack Dorsey funds diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive | TechCrunch
Jack Dorsey backs diVine, a Vine reboot that includes Vine's video archive of six-second, looping videos. A new app called diVine will give access to more than 100,000 archived Vine videos, restored f...
techcrunch.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Oh hey, Vine’s coming back techcrunch.com/2025/11/12/j...
So apparently Affinity is now free www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9YR...
How is Affinity now free?
YouTube video by Affinity
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November 1, 2025 at 12:37 PM
So apparently Affinity is now free www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9YR...
Question for my RPG-loving friends (@mattsheridan.bsky.social, @michaeljpatrick.bsky.social, etc.):
What are your thoughts on LitRPG?
What are your thoughts on LitRPG?
October 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Question for my RPG-loving friends (@mattsheridan.bsky.social, @michaeljpatrick.bsky.social, etc.):
What are your thoughts on LitRPG?
What are your thoughts on LitRPG?
@ironspike.bsky.social RE:The Langoliers
Don't know why I love this horrible miniseries so much but I absolutely do. It's like Left Behind with religion replaced by scifi technobabble. Dean Stockwell going off about the JFK assassination out of nowhere, Madballs for creatures…
And that DVD cover!🤣
Don't know why I love this horrible miniseries so much but I absolutely do. It's like Left Behind with religion replaced by scifi technobabble. Dean Stockwell going off about the JFK assassination out of nowhere, Madballs for creatures…
And that DVD cover!🤣
October 25, 2025 at 2:00 PM
@ironspike.bsky.social RE:The Langoliers
Don't know why I love this horrible miniseries so much but I absolutely do. It's like Left Behind with religion replaced by scifi technobabble. Dean Stockwell going off about the JFK assassination out of nowhere, Madballs for creatures…
And that DVD cover!🤣
Don't know why I love this horrible miniseries so much but I absolutely do. It's like Left Behind with religion replaced by scifi technobabble. Dean Stockwell going off about the JFK assassination out of nowhere, Madballs for creatures…
And that DVD cover!🤣
Turned the fan off in my office for only like the 2nd or 3rd time this year and now it's upsettingly quiet
The kind of quiet where anyone with pets or kids gets suspicious
The kind of quiet where anyone with pets or kids gets suspicious
October 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Turned the fan off in my office for only like the 2nd or 3rd time this year and now it's upsettingly quiet
The kind of quiet where anyone with pets or kids gets suspicious
The kind of quiet where anyone with pets or kids gets suspicious
@ironspike.bsky.social Snuffy Smith and Li'l Abner are both remnants of the weird hillbilly obsession in popular culture that ran into the 70s
Early Barney Google, like early Blondie, is an interesting time capsule for the height of newspaper strips that eventually devolved into zombie comics
Early Barney Google, like early Blondie, is an interesting time capsule for the height of newspaper strips that eventually devolved into zombie comics
October 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
@ironspike.bsky.social Snuffy Smith and Li'l Abner are both remnants of the weird hillbilly obsession in popular culture that ran into the 70s
Early Barney Google, like early Blondie, is an interesting time capsule for the height of newspaper strips that eventually devolved into zombie comics
Early Barney Google, like early Blondie, is an interesting time capsule for the height of newspaper strips that eventually devolved into zombie comics
I don't know anything about Google Japan but based on their thumbnails they seem like a pretty entertaining group www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdW...
Gboard ダイヤルバージョン / Gboard Dial Version
YouTube video by Google Japan
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October 11, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I don't know anything about Google Japan but based on their thumbnails they seem like a pretty entertaining group www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdW...
Let's say I wrote some scary story books for the spooky season 🎃…
Where should I put them?
Kindle Direct Publishing? Lulu? Itch? Gumroad?
Where should I put them?
Kindle Direct Publishing? Lulu? Itch? Gumroad?
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Let's say I wrote some scary story books for the spooky season 🎃…
Where should I put them?
Kindle Direct Publishing? Lulu? Itch? Gumroad?
Where should I put them?
Kindle Direct Publishing? Lulu? Itch? Gumroad?
Watched this clip of George R.R. Martin explaining why he doesn't write outlines www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1P...
It's a really backwards view of how they're supposed to work. (Basically he's terrified of rewriting because he's worried it won't turn out as good)
It's a really backwards view of how they're supposed to work. (Basically he's terrified of rewriting because he's worried it won't turn out as good)
George RR Martin on Why He Doesn't Write Outlines
YouTube video by Aegon Targaryen
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October 7, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Watched this clip of George R.R. Martin explaining why he doesn't write outlines www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF1P...
It's a really backwards view of how they're supposed to work. (Basically he's terrified of rewriting because he's worried it won't turn out as good)
It's a really backwards view of how they're supposed to work. (Basically he's terrified of rewriting because he's worried it won't turn out as good)
Being from Ohio I always thought we were East Coast since we used EST and Midwest meant the area between us and the West Coast. I guess it makes sense to lump that area together. I’m more used to thinking in terms of border states like Michigan, Kentucky, etc.
simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest...
simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest...
Midwestern United States - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
simple.m.wikipedia.org
October 4, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Being from Ohio I always thought we were East Coast since we used EST and Midwest meant the area between us and the West Coast. I guess it makes sense to lump that area together. I’m more used to thinking in terms of border states like Michigan, Kentucky, etc.
simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest...
simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midwest...
Tracking conservative villain arc by how they misunderstand Star Wars:
In 2006 the NRCC made a "Darth Nancy" spoof video for the House Republican retreat
Sequels were "too political" and "woke"
Now they straight up side with Vader
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTB...
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
In 2006 the NRCC made a "Darth Nancy" spoof video for the House Republican retreat
Sequels were "too political" and "woke"
Now they straight up side with Vader
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTB...
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
Immigration Enforcement: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
YouTube video by LastWeekTonight
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October 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Tracking conservative villain arc by how they misunderstand Star Wars:
In 2006 the NRCC made a "Darth Nancy" spoof video for the House Republican retreat
Sequels were "too political" and "woke"
Now they straight up side with Vader
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTB...
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
In 2006 the NRCC made a "Darth Nancy" spoof video for the House Republican retreat
Sequels were "too political" and "woke"
Now they straight up side with Vader
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfTB...
Thanks for coming to my TED Talk
Anybody else spend more time on YouTube scrolling through thumbnails than actually watching anything?
GUY YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: Well, I've done everything you can do here so it's time to move on…
OTHER GUY YOU DON'T KNOW: Hey, I'm back.
GUY YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: Well, I've done everything you can do here so it's time to move on…
OTHER GUY YOU DON'T KNOW: Hey, I'm back.
September 28, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Anybody else spend more time on YouTube scrolling through thumbnails than actually watching anything?
GUY YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: Well, I've done everything you can do here so it's time to move on…
OTHER GUY YOU DON'T KNOW: Hey, I'm back.
GUY YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE: Well, I've done everything you can do here so it's time to move on…
OTHER GUY YOU DON'T KNOW: Hey, I'm back.
Just sitting here wondering if @ironspike.bsky.social or @mattsheridan.bsky.social have seen the Ned and Ariel Fulmer podcast
September 26, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Just sitting here wondering if @ironspike.bsky.social or @mattsheridan.bsky.social have seen the Ned and Ariel Fulmer podcast
Listening to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Picturing them in the studio recording
Dicky growling, drums pulsing, bass pounding, guitar slamming, horn section totally bringing it
That guy who dances aggressively partying like Slurms MacKenzie
Dicky growling, drums pulsing, bass pounding, guitar slamming, horn section totally bringing it
That guy who dances aggressively partying like Slurms MacKenzie
a cartoon of a slug wearing sunglasses and a blue shirt
Alt: Animated GIF of Slurms MacKenzie in Futurama, twisting in front of a boombox as the mineshaft around him caves in
media.tenor.com
September 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Listening to the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Picturing them in the studio recording
Dicky growling, drums pulsing, bass pounding, guitar slamming, horn section totally bringing it
That guy who dances aggressively partying like Slurms MacKenzie
Dicky growling, drums pulsing, bass pounding, guitar slamming, horn section totally bringing it
That guy who dances aggressively partying like Slurms MacKenzie
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY DO NOT REGISTER WITH ANYBODY OR HAND OVER IDENTIFYING INFO
We know this admin is dangerous and petty. There is absolutely NO reason to voluntarily add yourself to some collectible list
Definitely go out and protest. But don’t put yourself at risk to use somebody’s Save the Date
We know this admin is dangerous and petty. There is absolutely NO reason to voluntarily add yourself to some collectible list
Definitely go out and protest. But don’t put yourself at risk to use somebody’s Save the Date
September 16, 2025 at 8:44 PM
FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY DO NOT REGISTER WITH ANYBODY OR HAND OVER IDENTIFYING INFO
We know this admin is dangerous and petty. There is absolutely NO reason to voluntarily add yourself to some collectible list
Definitely go out and protest. But don’t put yourself at risk to use somebody’s Save the Date
We know this admin is dangerous and petty. There is absolutely NO reason to voluntarily add yourself to some collectible list
Definitely go out and protest. But don’t put yourself at risk to use somebody’s Save the Date
Very good Some More News episode about toxic nostalgia, societal trauma, cultural stagnation, and the current global rise in fascism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdd...
The Negative Effects Of Toxic Nostalgia - SOME MORE NEWS
YouTube video by Some More News
www.youtube.com
September 13, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Very good Some More News episode about toxic nostalgia, societal trauma, cultural stagnation, and the current global rise in fascism
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdd...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEdd...
FB friend posted yesterday "guns don't kill people, people kill people," saying they're just objects until a person uses them
I'm so tired of people treating gun ownership like it's fucking Transubstantiation. They're no hypothetical theory. Guns kill people. That's a fact
I left the following:
I'm so tired of people treating gun ownership like it's fucking Transubstantiation. They're no hypothetical theory. Guns kill people. That's a fact
I left the following:
September 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
FB friend posted yesterday "guns don't kill people, people kill people," saying they're just objects until a person uses them
I'm so tired of people treating gun ownership like it's fucking Transubstantiation. They're no hypothetical theory. Guns kill people. That's a fact
I left the following:
I'm so tired of people treating gun ownership like it's fucking Transubstantiation. They're no hypothetical theory. Guns kill people. That's a fact
I left the following:
@ironspike.bsky.social RE:unreleasable films, there's the Rolling Stones documentary under a court order which forbids it from being shown unless the director, Robert Frank, is physically present en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocksuc...
Also Maxwell Atoms's Dead Meat which mixed SAG and non-SAG talent
Also Maxwell Atoms's Dead Meat which mixed SAG and non-SAG talent
Cocksucker Blues - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
@ironspike.bsky.social RE:unreleasable films, there's the Rolling Stones documentary under a court order which forbids it from being shown unless the director, Robert Frank, is physically present en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocksuc...
Also Maxwell Atoms's Dead Meat which mixed SAG and non-SAG talent
Also Maxwell Atoms's Dead Meat which mixed SAG and non-SAG talent
@ironspike.bsky.social "The film was thought to be lost until scenes from it were shown at some length in the documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2006)" Hmm… 🤔
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_... and lostmediawiki.com/Batman_Dracu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_... and lostmediawiki.com/Batman_Dracu...
Batman Dracula - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
@ironspike.bsky.social "The film was thought to be lost until scenes from it were shown at some length in the documentary Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis (2006)" Hmm… 🤔
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_... and lostmediawiki.com/Batman_Dracu...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_... and lostmediawiki.com/Batman_Dracu...
Just had to make an edit to a comment where I used this quote from Jon Stewart because people thought I was misunderstanding it and arguing against accessibility
If Daily Show quotes require footnotes in 2025 media literacy is fuuuuucked…
If Daily Show quotes require footnotes in 2025 media literacy is fuuuuucked…
August 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Just had to make an edit to a comment where I used this quote from Jon Stewart because people thought I was misunderstanding it and arguing against accessibility
If Daily Show quotes require footnotes in 2025 media literacy is fuuuuucked…
If Daily Show quotes require footnotes in 2025 media literacy is fuuuuucked…
It’s 2025, I kind of figured Facebook would have stopped telling me to wish my dead friend a happy birthday by now
August 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
It’s 2025, I kind of figured Facebook would have stopped telling me to wish my dead friend a happy birthday by now
Michael Bay is making a Skibidi Toilet movie www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
The funniest thing to me is picturing him diving deep into research. Really having to study up on the lore, lest he suffer another "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are aliens" moment with the fanbase
The funniest thing to me is picturing him diving deep into research. Really having to study up on the lore, lest he suffer another "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are aliens" moment with the fanbase
It’s Official—Michael Bay Will Direct The ‘Skibidi Toilet’ Movie
‘Skibidi Toilet’ has conquered YouTube. Now the franchise is set to be a blockbuster directed by Michael Bay, whose ‘Transformers’ films first inspired the viral series.
www.forbes.com
August 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Michael Bay is making a Skibidi Toilet movie www.forbes.com/sites/danidi...
The funniest thing to me is picturing him diving deep into research. Really having to study up on the lore, lest he suffer another "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are aliens" moment with the fanbase
The funniest thing to me is picturing him diving deep into research. Really having to study up on the lore, lest he suffer another "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are aliens" moment with the fanbase