zel
@orbital-zel.bsky.social
A motley assembly of interests
socialist, video game enjoyer, tech pessimist, coping tifosi
(they/them)
socialist, video game enjoyer, tech pessimist, coping tifosi
(they/them)
Being a Ferrari fan is an exercise in new ways of being disappointed every week. Next year's our year though for sure 🥲
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Being a Ferrari fan is an exercise in new ways of being disappointed every week. Next year's our year though for sure 🥲
can somebody tell me what kind of dinosaur this is? it looks evil
November 29, 2025 at 12:25 PM
can somebody tell me what kind of dinosaur this is? it looks evil
D&D is astrology for gamers
November 16, 2025 at 9:45 AM
D&D is astrology for gamers
I always wanted to be a poster but instead my head is completely empty
November 12, 2025 at 2:01 AM
I always wanted to be a poster but instead my head is completely empty
what am I watching where Max Verstappen is out in Q1??
November 8, 2025 at 6:53 PM
what am I watching where Max Verstappen is out in Q1??
I've been paying careful attention to the NYC mayoral race and this is what I've learned
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I've been paying careful attention to the NYC mayoral race and this is what I've learned
listening to an old KJB episode about The People's Joker and hearing the collective shared recognition of not having personhood absolutely one-shot me. still feeling that way in 2025 ahhhh
October 30, 2025 at 4:16 PM
listening to an old KJB episode about The People's Joker and hearing the collective shared recognition of not having personhood absolutely one-shot me. still feeling that way in 2025 ahhhh
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youtu.be/4yUN8UEO3Nk
Discourse surrounding Pokemon Legends Z-A has been pretty unhealthy. Let's make it worse. Here's a video from an unbiased source about how playing this game is at least way more fun than going to France in real life
Discourse surrounding Pokemon Legends Z-A has been pretty unhealthy. Let's make it worse. Here's a video from an unbiased source about how playing this game is at least way more fun than going to France in real life
October 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
youtu.be/4yUN8UEO3Nk
Discourse surrounding Pokemon Legends Z-A has been pretty unhealthy. Let's make it worse. Here's a video from an unbiased source about how playing this game is at least way more fun than going to France in real life
Discourse surrounding Pokemon Legends Z-A has been pretty unhealthy. Let's make it worse. Here's a video from an unbiased source about how playing this game is at least way more fun than going to France in real life
with this new push from Microsoft to shove AI garbage and spyware into every aspect of Windows, is time to move to Linux. I finished installing Pop!_OS with no hassle and immediately went about playing Hades II also with no issue. Make the move today!
October 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
with this new push from Microsoft to shove AI garbage and spyware into every aspect of Windows, is time to move to Linux. I finished installing Pop!_OS with no hassle and immediately went about playing Hades II also with no issue. Make the move today!
hate to be looking at the new socialist party like that guy watching the TV in Signs: "There's been a new development"
October 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
hate to be looking at the new socialist party like that guy watching the TV in Signs: "There's been a new development"
I don't want to increase shareholder value anymore
October 26, 2025 at 7:56 PM
I don't want to increase shareholder value anymore
hades ii has taken over the parts of my life that were previously free. it's so fun to play and one day I will get that epilogue
October 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
hades ii has taken over the parts of my life that were previously free. it's so fun to play and one day I will get that epilogue
small politics post: the nationalism of the oppressed is not the same as the nationalism of the oppressor
October 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
small politics post: the nationalism of the oppressed is not the same as the nationalism of the oppressor
went back on linkedin for the first time in a while and immediately lost sanity points
it is the worst social media site
it is the worst social media site
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
went back on linkedin for the first time in a while and immediately lost sanity points
it is the worst social media site
it is the worst social media site
nothing will cook your algorithms quite like moving to the UK
September 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
nothing will cook your algorithms quite like moving to the UK
Leclerc getting passed by Norris for P7 has me on watch. Least Sainz is on track for a podium
September 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Leclerc getting passed by Norris for P7 has me on watch. Least Sainz is on track for a podium
45 minutes into Ocean's 11 (1960) and this is so fuckin rough. send help.
September 19, 2025 at 7:06 PM
45 minutes into Ocean's 11 (1960) and this is so fuckin rough. send help.
Terra Nil received an update a couple months ago and it's still one of my favourite "city" builders.
It's less than a tenner on Steam rn and is well worth it
It's less than a tenner on Steam rn and is well worth it
September 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Terra Nil received an update a couple months ago and it's still one of my favourite "city" builders.
It's less than a tenner on Steam rn and is well worth it
It's less than a tenner on Steam rn and is well worth it
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I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
September 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
I have no idea what white people are talking about right now. The warnings that the fascists will "use this" to do more violence. WHAT WON'T THEY USE? You've watched them deploy the US military on US soil using bullshit pretexts. What even are you talking about?
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
1/n
hearing from my dad for the first time that my great grandfather fled Soviet occupied Romania after they seized the factory he owned has given me some kind of unexpected whiplash
September 5, 2025 at 12:23 PM
hearing from my dad for the first time that my great grandfather fled Soviet occupied Romania after they seized the factory he owned has given me some kind of unexpected whiplash
being a Ferrari fan is new type of pain every GP
August 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
being a Ferrari fan is new type of pain every GP
please let it happen it would be so fuckin funny
August 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
please let it happen it would be so fuckin funny
D&D is marketed not so much a game but as a lifestyle, stifling the mainstream TTRPG space in favour of corporate branding. It's so pervasive people are reworking the entire system to fit any and all settings. Where the entire playspace of all possible ideas must be contained within the D&D ruleset
August 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
D&D is marketed not so much a game but as a lifestyle, stifling the mainstream TTRPG space in favour of corporate branding. It's so pervasive people are reworking the entire system to fit any and all settings. Where the entire playspace of all possible ideas must be contained within the D&D ruleset