@thegatelessgate.bsky.social
programmer, reader, gamemaster, 3rd place in freestyle sarcasm in the northeast regionals
physically adults but inside apparently goblins
December 11, 2025 at 9:09 PM
physically adults but inside apparently goblins
One of the ways I'm picky is that I won't spend 72 dollars for a towel or 600 for a pair of slippers.
I need that money for books, for one thing.
I need that money for books, for one thing.
December 9, 2025 at 9:19 PM
One of the ways I'm picky is that I won't spend 72 dollars for a towel or 600 for a pair of slippers.
I need that money for books, for one thing.
I need that money for books, for one thing.
How could you give away that super secret twist!
December 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
How could you give away that super secret twist!
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Again, the illegality of firing on shipwrecked mariners is so absurdly well established that it is used in the manual training material as the example of an order *so obviously illegal* that no further information would be required for a servicemember to be obligated to refuse it.
December 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Again, the illegality of firing on shipwrecked mariners is so absurdly well established that it is used in the manual training material as the example of an order *so obviously illegal* that no further information would be required for a servicemember to be obligated to refuse it.
Blowing them up would be more in genre... 🤔
December 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Blowing them up would be more in genre... 🤔
Yes capture a younger viewership using a TV show from the mid 80s 😄
December 5, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Yes capture a younger viewership using a TV show from the mid 80s 😄
Be kind, hooded robe makers also need to know what exact fabric to buy.
December 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Be kind, hooded robe makers also need to know what exact fabric to buy.
Warbler in picture looks like friend. Warbler in photo looks like drunk friend who's about to pick a fight.
Something about the head tilt
Something about the head tilt
December 4, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Warbler in picture looks like friend. Warbler in photo looks like drunk friend who's about to pick a fight.
Something about the head tilt
Something about the head tilt
Wow in front of a bus even proving there is no driver worried they might just be crushed
December 1, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Wow in front of a bus even proving there is no driver worried they might just be crushed
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Well, someone went out and made the song, and it is *chef's kiss* www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbGw...
Ballad of Tom Bombadil
YouTube video by Old Growth Boreal
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Well, someone went out and made the song, and it is *chef's kiss* www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbGw...
The only proper revenge is to answer that question in long form with proper citations from his letters and notes and do not permit an intermission during the presentation.
The nature of orcs is after all a pretty important question which Tolkien himself approached differently at different times.
The nature of orcs is after all a pretty important question which Tolkien himself approached differently at different times.
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The only proper revenge is to answer that question in long form with proper citations from his letters and notes and do not permit an intermission during the presentation.
The nature of orcs is after all a pretty important question which Tolkien himself approached differently at different times.
The nature of orcs is after all a pretty important question which Tolkien himself approached differently at different times.
They bring worthwhile conversation so Jesus doesn't get bored.
November 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
They bring worthwhile conversation so Jesus doesn't get bored.
Some day there will be a Bird and Moon / False Knees crossover where snarky birds are drawn so accurately that real birds learn to snark from them.
November 25, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Some day there will be a Bird and Moon / False Knees crossover where snarky birds are drawn so accurately that real birds learn to snark from them.
They're an infinite stack of scorpions each one stinging the one below and the one at the top stinging itself just to make sure.
November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They're an infinite stack of scorpions each one stinging the one below and the one at the top stinging itself just to make sure.
The key is that you misspelled it with vigorous confidence as befits your station.
November 24, 2025 at 4:01 AM
The key is that you misspelled it with vigorous confidence as befits your station.
I know it's plus five but it made Kragar donate half his loot to the orphans his looting created...
And it's not like it's vorpal anyway.
And it's not like it's vorpal anyway.
November 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I know it's plus five but it made Kragar donate half his loot to the orphans his looting created...
And it's not like it's vorpal anyway.
And it's not like it's vorpal anyway.
There's only one more really unsurprising development to go in this arc.
November 21, 2025 at 9:52 PM
There's only one more really unsurprising development to go in this arc.
I wonder if driving all your billionaires out of state is even net negative. Because you lose some recurring tax revenue but they go ask a different state legislature for kickbacks for their projects and stop warping your politics. Could be budget neutral in the end.
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I wonder if driving all your billionaires out of state is even net negative. Because you lose some recurring tax revenue but they go ask a different state legislature for kickbacks for their projects and stop warping your politics. Could be budget neutral in the end.
@rosemarymosco.com wrote a whole book about pigeons and would know
November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
@rosemarymosco.com wrote a whole book about pigeons and would know
"everything getting blent idgaf" words to live by
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
"everything getting blent idgaf" words to live by
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I've written about "disordered counterpublics" groups that reinforce shared delusions Here, the LLM becomes a 1 person counterpublic. It mirrors assumptions, absorbs contradictions, & provides the sense of a responsive, confirming audience.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I've written about "disordered counterpublics" groups that reinforce shared delusions Here, the LLM becomes a 1 person counterpublic. It mirrors assumptions, absorbs contradictions, & provides the sense of a responsive, confirming audience.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.
It is the architecture of disordered discourse, automated.