@swordscrivener.bsky.social
Rakish raconteur, wily wizard, and general nuisance.
Lefty like handed as well as feasting on the affluent.
Lefty like handed as well as feasting on the affluent.
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the healing power of going "man, who gives a shitt" and moving on
If you’re over 30, quote this with some life advice 🤌🏼
May 16, 2025 at 12:46 AM
the healing power of going "man, who gives a shitt" and moving on
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Nine of Swords // The Emissary
#Destiny2Art
#Destiny2Art
May 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Nine of Swords // The Emissary
#Destiny2Art
#Destiny2Art
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absolutely inscrutable video games. just absolutely replete with friction
if you were extremely wealthy, what would your vanity business be?
i would build a decorative brick/structural terra cotta factory where the kilns are fired with renewable energy
i would build a decorative brick/structural terra cotta factory where the kilns are fired with renewable energy
May 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
absolutely inscrutable video games. just absolutely replete with friction
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Seriously, this party is incapable of meeting this moment. Primary every democrat.
May 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Seriously, this party is incapable of meeting this moment. Primary every democrat.
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I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
May 2, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I hope everyone knows that it's very easy for any social content platform, including Bluesky, to be a misery machine and that if you aren't intentional about it, they will absolutely decrease the positive impact you have on the world while making you less happy.
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in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
It does seem to be getting out of hand.
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
How does a society reestablish the cultural taboo against lying out out of your ass?
March 26, 2025 at 1:01 AM
in all seriousness: one of the most important philosophical questions of our time
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Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
![[“Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? The moneylenders, the know-nothings, the authoritarians have us all in prison; if we value the freedom of the mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can.”]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hppum4l25hcczzffastsicpq/bafkreihuubdwcftfkvvlnepoaf6pfxqulryfp7ydrydi5fe2pflwz63wgm@jpeg)
February 23, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Ursula le Guin, on the accusation that fantasy is an escape from reality
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Qud is the only videogame that captures the bit in The Drawing of the Three where Roland gets the shit beaten out of him by a lobster and loses multiple fingers and a toe
Caves of Qud is great because you can create an absolute badass of a character like "teleporting psychic gunslinger" and within a couple hours they're riddled with fungal infections and being eaten by crabs at the bottom of a well
February 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Qud is the only videogame that captures the bit in The Drawing of the Three where Roland gets the shit beaten out of him by a lobster and loses multiple fingers and a toe
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Lovely and heartbreaking thread that captures where a lot of us scientists are, emotionally, in this moment.
When I was in graduate school, nothing in the world felt more important to me than publishing a paper in the scientific literature. It was not about getting a job or competing with my peers. It was about being part of something vastly larger than myself and profoundly meaningful human history.
February 8, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Lovely and heartbreaking thread that captures where a lot of us scientists are, emotionally, in this moment.
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Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
February 8, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Weak men cannot compromise. Weak men cannot build consensus. Weak men think that leadership means force. Weak men build nothing that lasts.
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It's been, one week since they did a coup
February 3, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It's been, one week since they did a coup
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it’s so heartening to see the US finally engaging in a trade war with our two greatest enemies, Mexico and Canada
February 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
it’s so heartening to see the US finally engaging in a trade war with our two greatest enemies, Mexico and Canada
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It’s unfortunate that some studios are mandating new hires be in-office only, because it just locks out so much talent and makes job searching that much more difficult and demoralizing.
February 1, 2025 at 5:18 PM
It’s unfortunate that some studios are mandating new hires be in-office only, because it just locks out so much talent and makes job searching that much more difficult and demoralizing.
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I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.
January 9, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I am a climate scientist and this is correct ⬇️
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Ahaha mine is basically the inverse of this!
Friction in games owns, actually, and creates so much space for experiences outside of the “it’s so over / we’re so back” power fantasy paradigm!!!
Friction in games owns, actually, and creates so much space for experiences outside of the “it’s so over / we’re so back” power fantasy paradigm!!!
Being overburdened so you walk real slow, or your stamina to run drops hard, is not even remotely fun.
Let me hoard shiny things.
Let me hoard shiny things.
January 29, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Ahaha mine is basically the inverse of this!
Friction in games owns, actually, and creates so much space for experiences outside of the “it’s so over / we’re so back” power fantasy paradigm!!!
Friction in games owns, actually, and creates so much space for experiences outside of the “it’s so over / we’re so back” power fantasy paradigm!!!
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Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
January 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Somebody yelled at me for posting about Ganymede instead of /the state of things/ last night.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
I know we’re (almost) all on the same page here, but a Bluesky without cute cats, science facts, and dumb jokes would be bad for everyone.
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We've finally defeated cancel culture. Now people only get fired for criticizing the government
January 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
We've finally defeated cancel culture. Now people only get fired for criticizing the government
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Microdosing hell by living in America
January 20, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Microdosing hell by living in America
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The internet used to be rich in information, easy to connect with real people, and useful- and it is now none of those things in the same way it once was.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
January 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The internet used to be rich in information, easy to connect with real people, and useful- and it is now none of those things in the same way it once was.
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Zuckerberg is funny because he's always sucked but he lacks the backbone of other moronic tech billionaires and oligarchs and needed to wait for a 100% permissive political landscape before being willing to say publicly that he's exactly like them
January 12, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Zuckerberg is funny because he's always sucked but he lacks the backbone of other moronic tech billionaires and oligarchs and needed to wait for a 100% permissive political landscape before being willing to say publicly that he's exactly like them
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"bypassing traditional milestones" is a funny way of saying that most of us can't afford to buy a house with multiple jobs, won't have children because we can't afford them, most of our degrees are useless, and we are the poorest generation among all current living generations
January 7, 2025 at 4:31 AM
"bypassing traditional milestones" is a funny way of saying that most of us can't afford to buy a house with multiple jobs, won't have children because we can't afford them, most of our degrees are useless, and we are the poorest generation among all current living generations
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We gotta reject “Well, RFK jr. is right about some things” and accept “if we don’t confront the real problems with our systems, it becomes much easier for con artists like this guy to manipulate people.”
January 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We gotta reject “Well, RFK jr. is right about some things” and accept “if we don’t confront the real problems with our systems, it becomes much easier for con artists like this guy to manipulate people.”
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Yellow paint discourse!
Player derision for yellow paint is genuine and fair. It solves a different problem that many players also hate, which is getting lost and being unable to proceed.
There’s a trick here though:
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Player derision for yellow paint is genuine and fair. It solves a different problem that many players also hate, which is getting lost and being unable to proceed.
There’s a trick here though:
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December 31, 2024 at 5:30 AM
Yellow paint discourse!
Player derision for yellow paint is genuine and fair. It solves a different problem that many players also hate, which is getting lost and being unable to proceed.
There’s a trick here though:
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Player derision for yellow paint is genuine and fair. It solves a different problem that many players also hate, which is getting lost and being unable to proceed.
There’s a trick here though:
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