Nostr notes by Legit_SpaGHOULtti

It's wild, though, how elections could be like ...

2026-10-26T01:46:07Z

It's wild, though, how elections could be like "Friendgood Personhero vs. The Long Island Puppy Kicker," and it'd still be like 51% to 49% with like half of eligible voters sitting out the vote.

Everything doesn't have to be a franchise. Movies, games, ...

2026-10-23T01:37:11Z

Everything doesn't have to be a franchise. Movies, games, books, everything. Shakespeare didn't have to write *Macbeth 2: Glasgow Drift;* he told the whole story in one play. Likewise, *John Wick* told the whole story. There was absolutely no need for any sequels.

And I get *why* everything's a sequel now. It's much easier to go back to the same well than to dig a new one. But man, we're paying a hefty price, culturally.

Nobody needs another GTA game except for the money ghouls in the C-suite.

Well, the video accompanying the song in question does go into ...

2026-10-10T05:36:55Z

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Well, the video accompanying the song in question *does* go into some extremely dark places, so I get why they'd do a little CYA and an explicit content warning before showing it to people.

I'm impressed that you've managed to maintain your ...

2026-10-10T04:41:22Z

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I'm impressed that you've managed to maintain your sanity. But if things have been this broken for that long, I wonder whether there's even a feasible way to fix tech news reporting or if this is just how things are always going to work.

It's unbearable, isn't it, how tech CEOs get to spout ...

2026-10-10T04:32:55Z

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It's unbearable, isn't it, how tech CEOs get to spout unhinged nonsense, credulous journalists who suck at their job yet somehow work for major news networks amplify the nonsense like it's even worth discussing, and then we get stuck with the thankless task of having to refute the bullshit, *which should have been the job of those tech journalists.*

Our world wouldn't be nearly as screwed up as it is if news reporting weren't a for-profit enterprise.

Rusty Cage has thoughts on the subject. ...

2026-10-10T03:12:55Z

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Rusty Cage has thoughts on the subject.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=odF-g0KxSQ4

How does that quote from Dune go again? > "Once, men ...

2026-10-06T20:51:04Z

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How does that quote from Dune go again?

> "Once, men turned their thinking over to machines in the hope that this would set them free. But that only permitted other men with machines to enslave them."

I bet the whole "rebrand Ai as Super Intelligence" ...

2026-09-30T02:43:08Z

I bet the whole "rebrand Ai as Super Intelligence" nonsense is because old soup-for-brains thinks "artificial" is why people don't like Ai. Like, he thinks it's a branding issue, because "artificial" has a generally negative connotation (not that he'd ever put it in those terms) but "super" usually means "good."

What scares me is that this brain-rotted dimwit has had the average American dialed in with scary accuracy before, so this is stupid enough that it just might work.

Wait, what?

2026-09-30T01:51:34Z

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Wait, what?

The thing I worry about is some idiot billionaire looking at ...

2026-09-05T03:54:54Z

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The thing I worry about is some idiot billionaire looking at *Silo* and thinking, "Hey, that's actually not a bad idea, we should do that!"

Instinctively, this reads to me as "a near-Cabinet-level DOJ ...

2026-08-29T01:40:32Z

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Instinctively, this reads to me as "a near-Cabinet-level DOJ official did some nasty stuff we can't keep a lid on, so we're preëmptively claiming it's all cool."

That, or Blanche fucked some goats. Honestly about 50/50 on that one.

> What if he loses California to Mexico in a bar bet? Wake up ...

2026-08-25T03:07:29Z

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> What if he loses California to Mexico in a bar bet?

Wake up babe, new vision of utopia just dropped

I still find it alarming just how quickly Ai-generated ...

2026-08-24T22:14:21Z

I still find it alarming just how quickly Ai-generated "content" has rendered mainstream platforms unusable. YouTube is all slop. Image search is all slop. Legacy social media is all slop. It's like a nuclear carpet bombing has wiped out the internet, and only the humble cockroach that is the fediverse appears resistant.

And yeah, there's slop here, too, and if I see you boost genAi nonsense that's my cue to unfollow, but for the most part this place is alright.

Keep being weird. It works.

This is what basically all of the internet was like twenty years ...

2026-08-18T21:07:29Z

This is what basically all of the internet was like twenty years ago, AND IT WAS SPECTACULAR.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE-1RPDqJAY

We humans like to think of ourselves as pretty dang clever, but a ...

2026-08-09T17:10:37Z

We humans like to think of ourselves as pretty dang clever, but a clear-eyed review of history suggests that our species produces maybe a handful of freakishly intelligent people per generation, and the rest of humankind is about as smart as a particularly gifted donkey.

I like "swarm." Has the right connotation, like an insect ...

2026-08-02T20:45:18Z

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I like "swarm." Has the right connotation, like an insect infestation.

"Satellite swarm" has a nice alliteration, and it's kinda fun to say.

Though I wonder if there's a way to emphasize the point that these are all *temporary* satellites and that their ultimate fate will be as heavy metal pollutants smeared across the sky after they combust during reentry.

That the one where Channing Tatum plays a space elf?

2026-07-29T04:52:10Z

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That the one where Channing Tatum plays a space elf?

That's an excellent suggestion, yes! Much harder to take them ...

2026-07-10T04:35:15Z

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That's an excellent suggestion, yes! Much harder to take them down when they're already in orbit, so we should target the rockets that carry them up during the launch phase, very good, lemme put that on the board.

Alright people, ideas please. How do we take down those idiotic ...

2026-07-10T04:24:04Z

Alright people, ideas please. How do we take down those idiotic space mirror satellites?

I like boardgames because the whole game is in the box. Once you ...

2026-07-09T06:04:46Z

I like boardgames because the whole game is in the box. Once you buy the game, it's yours to keep. You only pay once. It's incredible.

I like tabletop role-playing games because the core sourcebooks contain everything you need to run an infinite number of games. All the tools to build your own stuff are right there, with just one purchase, forever.

I like video games too, but I miss when buying one actually meant you owned it.

#boardgames #ttrpg

Someone fed our dog a cooked lamb bone and I am fucking LIVID. ...

2026-07-06T05:27:22Z

Someone fed our dog a cooked lamb bone and I am fucking LIVID. Vet appointment first thing in the morning. "Oh, she loves these, we used to feed her these as a treat." What the absolute fuck. How haven't these people killed their dog yet.

It takes like 10 fucking seconds to look this shit up. DO NOT FEED COOKED, BRITTLE BONES TO DOGS. Unfuckingbelievable.

#Dogs #DogsOfMastodon #DogsOfFedi

Back in 2004, I dropped out of college to pursue a career in ...

2026-06-26T04:37:33Z

Back in 2004, I dropped out of college to pursue a career in video games. I got incredibly lucky. I worked alongside some truly great people, and also some real shitheels. The wonderful humans FAR outnumbered the terrible ones.

I had a really good run, which came to an end last year with a layoff. That sucked, but I was able to find a new job with a company I like and people who inspire me.

Looking at the unending series of gaming layoffs, I don't even know where to begin.

#GameDev

It feels me with PROFOUND JOY to think someone went through the ...

2026-06-17T18:35:28Z

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It feels me with PROFOUND JOY to think someone went through the trouble of building this thing.

"You don't understand, Martha! This is what I must do! I must mount a ludicrous number of horns onto a vintage truck and rig them to play Breakfast Machine from the 1985 movie Pee Wee's Big Adventure!"

"But why, Cedric? Why must you do this?"

"Because it will be dope, Martha. Because it will be dope."

Also in '29, raise top marginal tax rate to 90%. Create a ...

2026-06-14T13:26:28Z

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Also in '29, raise top marginal tax rate to 90%. Create a wealth tax. Restore voting rights. Release the full Epstein files, redacted only to protect victims, not perpetrators.

Push states to sign on to the national popular vote interstate compact. Coerce them if necessary.

Reinstate the fairness doctrine. Weaponize the courts to do so if necessary.

Rebuild USAID. Also make it a priority to reunite every last family that was separated.

And that's just for 2029.

What'll it take? Retake the House and the Senate in '26. ...

2026-06-14T13:19:19Z

What'll it take?

Retake the House and the Senate in '26. Spend '27 by removing all republican hardliners from committees. Cripple the DHS in any way we can. Get very loud about ending support for Israel's genocide and ending our wars.

Make the '28 elections about the '26-'28 economic meltdown. Pin that shit on the entire republican party. Win the White House, hold Congress.

In '29, follow through re: Israel, Iran. Pack SCOTUS. Rescind all contracts for SpaceX. Prosecute *everyone.*

The fucking Rationalists are a blight. Yudkowski doesn't hold ...

2026-06-05T14:14:06Z

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The fucking Rationalists are a blight.

Yudkowski doesn't hold a degree, isn't an expert, and has no fucking clue. All he did was write an atrocius Harry Potter fanfic and move in the same circles as Silicon Valley billionaires. He's a charlatan cut from the same cloth as L. Ron Hubbard, except Hubbard actually did stuff (albeit badly).

Oh so Plattner is basically Fetterman 2.0, huh. Y'know, Janet ...

2026-06-05T04:12:46Z

Oh so Plattner is basically Fetterman 2.0, huh.

Y'know, Janet Mills doesn't have any Nazi tattoos or a history of terrorizing her partners. As far as we know, she's never beat the living daylights out of someone much smaller and weaker than her in a blind, drunken rage and then later tried to blame it on PTSD and make herself out to be the victim.

But I'm sure that oyster-fucking son of a bastard will do *great* if he gets put in a position of power.

For fuck's sake, America.

Compassion, I think, is a plant that only grows in soil that has ...

2026-05-25T04:06:14Z

Compassion, I think, is a plant that only grows in soil that has seen fire.

Nobody makes it out of childhood without getting burned; everybody's got a wounded soul. When those wounds heal, they become scars, and when the shape of your scar matches the shape of another's wound, recognition begets connection.

I think the worst things people do to each other come from injuries of the spirit that never got a chance to heal.

That's probably the most important part of being a parent. Hug your kids.

It gets especially heartbreaking when you listen to Reagan-era ...

2026-05-17T16:34:16Z

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It gets especially heartbreaking when you listen to Reagan-era White House press briefings. They were laughing, making a big joke about how this disease was killing gay people and how anyone who wanted to do something about it was probably gay, too.

That whole administrations was a cabal of cretins, all of them.

Reminder: Not jumping into a random thread and being needlessly ...

2026-05-17T05:17:01Z

Reminder: Not jumping into a random thread and being needlessly caustic is always an option, and I wish more people would exercise it.

First of all, what a loser. Second, why do those chodes always ...

2026-05-06T03:39:08Z

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First of all, what a loser.

Second, why do those chodes always try to make awesome things sound bad? Like, soy is genuinely delicious AND good for you. Being a soyboy or -girl is rad as hell. Or "social justice warrior." Yes! Fuck yes I would like to fight in the name of social justice, that sounds dope!

Now I'm hungry for tofu.

I wonder if maybe from a strategic perspective, the most ...

2026-05-04T04:02:08Z

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I wonder if maybe from a strategic perspective, the most effective talking point isn't the scientifically accurate "We don't have sufficient data about what will happen" but the media-friendly "The pollution from all those artificial chemicals in the air is causing permanent damage to the atmosphere, and we can't even begin to calculate the full scale of the devastation." Technically correct while still using simple scare words.

We had a garden, and we paved it. via ...

2026-04-27T04:51:39Z

We had a garden, and we paved it.

via https://reentry.codl.fr/@apod/statuses/01KQ6K0BST72RQDF70WRPQERFN

AP reports the president has been teleported to a nearby Waffle ...

2026-04-26T01:23:12Z

AP reports the president has been teleported to a nearby Waffle House.

> So, in how many political systems have you actually ...

2026-04-12T22:32:12Z

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> So, in how many political systems have you actually qualified to actually cast a vote?

Three so far, working on the fourth one. And I do agree with you, not voting IS making a political statement.

That statement is "I don't vote, so all you candidates can safely ignore me and continue to try and court the votes of people who actually show up to cast a ballot."

Like, that's how voting works. This isn't complicated or controversial.

This makes me think he's really dead, and whoever is running ...

2026-04-05T14:53:32Z

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This makes me think he's really dead, and whoever is running the account is getting in some last laughs.

Maybe they're quiet because he's dead and they feel ...

2026-04-05T00:58:00Z

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Maybe they're quiet because he's dead and they feel awkward about being the ones to break the news to the American public?

🤞🤞🤞

I've translated different RPG systems to different VTT ...

2026-03-28T04:54:33Z

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I've translated different RPG systems to different VTT environments. It works, but it never feels *natural,* because these systems were originally designed for table play, not virtual play.

So I'm thinking about this in terms of a system that exists first and foremost as something that plays extremely well on the VTT, *and* can also be played at a table with pen and paper.

It's an interesting design challenge, and as far as I'm aware, no one has tried anything like this before. Could be fun!

So I've had this idea... Virtual tabletops have been around ...

2026-03-28T04:50:43Z

So I've had this idea...

Virtual tabletops have been around for a LONG time. Roll20, Foundry, D&D Beyond, and others, all fine options. I'd even consider old-school MUDs part of the VTT lineage.

But something always felt *clunky* about these. They never *fully* manage to hide the seams where things have been glued together. Some things that are easy to do at the table are extremely difficult to do on a computer.

My idea is, what if I designed a #TTRPG specifically for the #VTT I'm building?

HOLY SHIT I JUST HAD THE BEST BUSINESS IDEA! I'm GenX. ...

2026-03-10T20:59:10Z

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HOLY SHIT I JUST HAD THE BEST BUSINESS IDEA!

I'm GenX. I'm not afraid of making phone calls. I should start a service where people can pay us GenX freaks to take care of annoying phone calls! Like a reverse call center!

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ambition #Comics ...

2026-03-10T16:59:33Z

https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ambition

#Comics

The only way to make required ID for voting fair would be if in ...

2026-03-08T18:08:56Z

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The only way to make required ID for voting fair would be if in the same act they also made applying for any kind of government ID free and convenient. But even then, it'd still be an unnecessary bit of legislative chicanery.

Fediverse, help me test a preconceived notion I have about ...

2026-03-02T05:50:55Z

Fediverse, help me test a preconceived notion I have about y'all with a quick #poll.

The most important part of cooking is...

"Ah yes, finally I will find happiness in my bespoke ...

2026-02-25T23:36:18Z

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"Ah yes, finally I will find happiness in my bespoke man-cave!"

*one night of rain*

"...shit."

Alright, let's play. We all know the guy is going to lie his ...

2026-02-24T04:53:30Z

Alright, let's play.

We all know the guy is going to lie his blubbery orange ass off during the #StateOfTheUnion address tomorrow. Which of these will be his biggest lie?

Cynicism and Vigilance My wife got me a cheap digital projector ...

2026-02-23T00:06:38Z

Cynicism and Vigilance

My wife got me a cheap digital projector as a gift, with the intended use as a way to project TTRPG maps onto the table. It was a really nice, thoughtful present, and it set off every single alarm bell in my head.

The website she bought this from screamed "scam." The hardware we received is flimsy and cheap. The projector asked to be connected to our wifi and to install apps on our phones. This all is sketchy as fuck. So, I looked into this device.

1/n

#AccidentalRenaissance

2026-02-21T16:40:39Z

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#AccidentalRenaissance

Simply put, free and open-source software is the means of ...

2026-01-22T21:58:38Z

Simply put, free and open-source software is the means of production in the information age. That's why the monied class is doing everything they can to destroy this ecosystem and replace it with tools controlled by the ultra rich. They hate the fact that we have seized the means of production.

Cloud architecture, SAAS, centralized social networks, Ai, it's all class warfare. All of it.

There are many different types of programmers and software ...

2026-01-03T04:57:02Z

There are many different types of programmers and software engineers, and they all sit on various points along a number of axes. One such axis concerns name length for variables and constants.

One one end of that axis, you'll find things like "int torps;" on the other end, you'll find things like "uint NumberOfCurrentlyActiveTorpedoes"

Personally, I like long and descriptive names, but experience shows I'm in a small minority.

The other day, I was talking to a friend about how our world is ...

2025-12-24T05:08:48Z

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The other day, I was talking to a friend about how our world is an unsettling blend of *Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World,* and *Nineteen Eighty-Four.* I can't believe I have to now add *The Hunger Games* to the lineup. The fucking Hunger Games!

Well, at least we're still a long ways away from *The Night Land.*

Justice for John Mastodon!

2025-12-16T14:50:22Z

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Justice for John Mastodon!

We tell our kids that "Santa" is the spirit of kindness ...

2025-12-09T17:52:01Z

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We tell our kids that "Santa" is the spirit of kindness and generosity that lives in all of us, and we all have the capacity to be someone's Santa. So in that sense Santa is real, but his marketing is just a bit over the top.

On February 4, 1912, inventor Franz Reichelt leapt from the ...

2025-12-04T18:28:34Z

On February 4, 1912, inventor Franz Reichelt leapt from the Eiffel Tower, wearing a parachute of his own design which he (incorrectly) believed would allow him to land safely. Instead, his parachute almost immediately wrapped itself around him as he plummeted. His body struck the frozen ground at full speed, killing him instantly.

This tale about a delusional man confidently trusting in faulty technology with disastrous results is about company leadership trying to replace workers with LLMs.

I don't want a lot for Christmas There is just one thing I ...

2025-12-01T04:01:00Z

I don't want a lot for Christmas
There is just one thing I need
I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree
I just want this for my own
More than you could ever know
Make my wish come true
All I want for Christmas is the full, unredacted Epstein files

Alright, I'm gonna need to know what game this is!

2025-11-27T19:53:50Z

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Alright, I'm gonna need to know what game this is!

There's this person whose posts the LinkedIn algorithm keeps ...

2025-11-24T03:51:18Z

There's this person whose posts the LinkedIn algorithm keeps showing me, and all his stuff is about "bad game programming/good game programming," and all his "good" code is objectively terrible. I don't have an IT degree (dropped out before I could finish) and even I know that stuff is jank.

But ohhh boy, the software engineers are NOT kind to this fellow.

I can't figure out why LI keeps showing me this stuff, other than perhaps to make me feel more confident about my own code?

I love it when the dog is dreaming and her legs are going like ...

2025-11-18T19:07:57Z

I love it when the dog is dreaming and her legs are going like she's running. It's both wild and wonderful that animals dream. What a shame it'd be if our kind were the only ones who did.

Sweet dreams, little one.

#DogsOfMastodon

You really gotta wonder about the internal configuration of ...

2025-11-18T17:26:06Z

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You really gotta wonder about the internal configuration of someone who keeps engaging in affairs with gross, old, married, republican politicians, and then pretends to be an impartial reporter.

Fucking ew.

There's this sinking feeling that between the Panama Papers ...

2025-11-17T05:13:01Z

There's this sinking feeling that between the Panama Papers and the Epstein Files, such a large part of the monied élite is embroiled in monstrously evil shit that a complete and utter rejection of the entire fucking apparatus of power is the only sane response. It all makes a pretty god damn convincing point in favor of taxing wealth above a certain threshold at 100%.

From what my coworkers who survived the layoff that got me are ...

2025-11-09T15:13:45Z

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From what my coworkers who survived the layoff that got me are telling me, A.I. ain't replacing shit, management just asks the remaining people to do more.

The layoffs are driven by A.I., just not in the way it's presented. The chips are expensive, so people are getting laid off so the company can buy more chips.

We're headed into the dumbest crash imaginable.

God, if there were a fediverse alternative to LinkedIn, I would ...

2025-11-06T06:57:58Z

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God, if there were a fediverse alternative to LinkedIn, I would switch in a heartbeat.

Huh.

Now THERE'S an idea...

"Our numbers stink like donkey piss. We need to do ...

2025-10-28T03:46:37Z

"Our numbers stink like donkey piss. We need to do layoffs."

"Because we sunk all that money into A.I. and it's turning out to be just an overblown fad that's never going to be profitable?"

"I see you've read my secret internal memo."

"But if we come out and say that our whole A.I. strategy is built on sand, that'll tank our stock."

"What if we say we're doing layoffs because A.I. is so great that we don't need those folks anymore?"

"Oh clever, I like it! Copilot, draft an email for me..."

"Nah bro, this tech is only going to get better bro, just ...

2025-10-27T17:18:57Z

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"Nah bro, this tech is only going to get better bro, just trust me bro, everything's going to be A.I. bro, you're not gonna hafta lurn anithung brah, computors r guna mak gams fr brah"

Things I don't want billionaires to ...

2025-10-27T04:28:11Z

Things I don't want billionaires to own:<li>Newspapers</li><li>TV networks</li><li>Websites with more that 1000 MAUs</li><li>Film studios</li><li>Book publishers</li><li>Museums</li><li>Theme parks</li><li>Islands</li><li>Political parties</li><li>Airlines</li><li>Cellphone networks</li><li>Email platforms</li><li>Game studios</li><li>Satellite launch capability</li><li>Radioactive materials</li><li>People </li>

Things I'm okay with billionaires owning:<li>Bicycles</li><li>Their own mistakes</li><li>Fancy clothes</li><li>Lots of books</li><li>A GeoCities page</li><li>A little condo downtown</li><li>A pet hamster named Willie</li>

Letting people contribute vibe-coded pieces to open-source ...

2025-10-24T21:00:50Z

Letting people contribute vibe-coded pieces to open-source projects as long as they clearly label their stuff as such is a little bit like letting people bring peanut butter and literal human feces sandwiches to the cookout as long as they clearly label their contributions.

Even if I stay away, your nasty-ass shit's still gonna stink up the whole god damn cookout.

#AI

Got to explain to a couple of normies how the A.I. bubble is part ...

2025-10-20T03:10:56Z

Got to explain to a couple of normies how the A.I. bubble is part 2001 DotCom bubble, part 2008 Global Financial Crisis. Like in the dotcom bubble, the tech will still be around afterwards but valuation is utterly out of whack; like the 2008 crisis, there's a mountain of bad debt piling up that's going to get toxic very, very soon.

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2025-10-15T21:42:06Z

#3GoodThings<li>Hmmm...</li><li>Uh...</li><li>Well, shit.</li>

There are a lot of popular themes in post-apocalyptic ...

2025-10-13T03:54:25Z

There are a lot of popular themes in post-apocalyptic storytelling that you see over and over: "War never changes," "People are the real monsters," "Man's hubris will be our undoing," "Civilization is defined by people, not laws," etc.

I think a theme we need to explore more in times like ours is *"Nobody is coming to save you."*

It's up to us. We can't sit and wait for a hero to swoop in and save the day. We each have a part to play, and every little thing helps.

All we have is each other.

You have more self control than I would in that kind of ...

2025-10-13T03:00:02Z

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You have more self control than I would in that kind of situation.

Bon appetit!

So, uhhh, we have a dog now? She's a rescue. A schnauzer ...

2025-10-10T04:35:08Z

So, uhhh, we have a dog now? She's a rescue. A schnauzer poodle mix, her fur was pretty matted and flea-bitten, so one of the first things we did was get her groomed and washed. That trim produced a pronounced mohawk, so my wife thought it might be cute to dye her mohawk pink. Turns out dyeing a dog is not trivial, so now she's got a pink mohawk and slightly pink fur overall. She doesn't seem to mind, but people (especially kids) are delighted to see this pink dog.

#DogsOfMastodon

reads the artist's bio Wait, hold up, you made this using ...

2025-10-09T00:58:39Z

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*reads the artist's bio*

Wait, hold up, you made this using only free, open-source tools?!? That's even more impressive. If you don't mind me asking, what's your preferred drawing software? I've been using Photoshop since forever, but I've been itching to move to something else.

Oh god this is the best thing I've seen all year!

2025-10-08T22:25:42Z

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Oh god this is the best thing I've seen all year!

Not pictured: The third kid, Blort, who was lucky enough to end ...

2025-10-08T17:20:15Z

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Not pictured: The third kid, Blort, who was lucky enough to end up with fish top and horse bottom.

If your only tool is tariffs, then every problem starts to look ...

2025-10-01T05:20:54Z

If your only tool is tariffs, then every problem starts to look like *they're all laughing at you, buddy, because they know what you are, they've always known, just like your dad could see right through you and your pathetic facade, yes the old man had your number didn't he, except you wished he'd laugh, but instead he filled your heart with poison and bile, and here you are, misbegotten homunculus, and they're all laughing at you* a trade deficit, doesn't it?

What were we talking about again?

The realization that I am under no obligation to interact with ...

2025-09-14T17:54:39Z

The realization that I am under no obligation to interact with assholes has saved me so much headache.

During the reign of Stalin, the Soviet leader tried several times ...

2025-09-09T23:40:51Z

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During the reign of Stalin, the Soviet leader tried several times to assassinate Yugoslavian president Tito. Fed up, Tito eventually sent a letter to Stalin, which read in part:

> *"Stop sending assassins to Belgrade. We've already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle [...] If you don't stop sending killers, I'll send one to Moscow, and I won't have to send a second."*

No further assassins were sent.

That is the language Russian leaders understand.

That whole immigration raid in Georgia where ICE killed a ...

2025-09-09T03:52:55Z

That whole immigration raid in Georgia where ICE killed a multi-billion dollar project and 8,500 good jobs is like some shit straight out of Ozymandias.

*Nothing beside remains. Round the decay*
*Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare*
*The lone and level sands stretch far away.*

Like, the people who voted for trump obviously want to burn this ...

2025-09-08T03:50:27Z

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Like, the people who voted for trump obviously want to burn this place to the ground, hoping that from the ashes they'll build a new nation, with people like them at the top.

But the people who threw away their votes on a third party or by staying home also seem to want the system to end rather than get marginally better each election.

And history has shown that great resets never end up like those people think they will. It's always mass death and pointless suffering.

I was listening to a podcast about Pol Pot, and something ...

2025-09-08T03:47:28Z

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I was listening to a podcast about Pol Pot, and something occurred to me.

A key part of the atrocities carried out by the Khmer Rouge was the idea that they needed a big reset to bring about their utopia. They wanted what they believed was best for everyone, and to get there required destroying all that had come before.

Which in practice meant killing A LOT of people.

I see similar ideas for a great reset in America. And that scares me.

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's ...

2025-09-05T05:28:51Z

When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore

When a fish bites your thigh so hard you fear you'll die, that's a moray

When you think you might try something different this time, that's a foray

When a passage is wide with a slab made of pine, that's a doorway

When an elk in the wild flips your car on its side, you're in Norway

With uBlock Origin on desktop, I can create a custom filter that ...

2025-08-30T22:44:42Z

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With uBlock Origin on desktop, I can create a custom filter that nukes the Shorts carousel.

From orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

That's the quiddest pro quo I've ever seen.

2025-08-22T20:41:51Z

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That's the quiddest pro quo I've ever seen.

Listen, I'm not some super smart foreign policy wonk or ...

2025-08-16T03:45:07Z

Listen, I'm not some super smart foreign policy wonk or whatever, but I think that the most important thing about the Alaska summit between Putin and the other guy is that we really need to see the Epstein files.

There's a quote from M.A.S.H. that I like. War is war and ...

2025-08-09T05:15:59Z

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There's a quote from M.A.S.H. that I like.

War is war and hell is hell, and between the two, war is worse. There are no innocent bystanders in hell. War is full of them.

I mean, look at this thing. This is what the internet used to ...

2025-08-06T04:05:22Z

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I mean, look at this thing. This is what the internet used to look like.

I miss the old World of Warcraft website from around 2006-2007. ...

2025-08-06T04:01:14Z

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I miss the old World of Warcraft website from around 2006-2007. We had a lot of fun working on that one. It was a nightmare and a half to maintain, but it sure looked epic.

Lemme see if the Archive will serve up a screenshot.

> We are coming for you As soon as we finish updating this ...

2025-07-27T22:37:30Z

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> We are coming for you

As soon as we finish updating this firmware. And then install those server patches. And resolve those merge conflicts. And troubleshoot these new error messages. But as soon as we're done with that, ya better watch out, world!

He can come join us here on the Fediverse. I get the sense ...

2025-07-22T04:07:28Z

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He can come join us here on the Fediverse. I get the sense he'd be welcomed with open arms.

The people who filmed The Apprentice have footage of the guy ...

2025-07-18T22:07:46Z

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The people who filmed The Apprentice have footage of the guy saying truly, genuinely heinous shit that would make him persona non grata even among his conservative enablers. THAT'S the footage I want to see unearthed.

Still, every little bit helps.

Mamdani really is the best example of what happens when voting ...

2025-07-13T22:53:15Z

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Mamdani really is the best example of what happens when voting doesn't suck and people actually show up and vote. This is what everyone who feels marginalized and left behind should look at and think, "Huh, maybe my vote DOES matter."

Biden won by 50,000 votes. The hamberder guy won in '24 by less than 150,000 votes. Literally every vote matters.

I think it was @npub1xw7…r9m5 who made a pretty good point ...

2025-07-13T22:31:35Z

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I think it was ⏩︎VOTE⏪︎ ᶜʸⁿⁱᶜⁱˢᵐ⁼ᵃᶜᶜᵉᵖᵗᵃⁿᶜᵉ (Ben Royce) (npub1xw7…r9m5) who made a pretty good point recently about Democrats and messaging: Democrats focus their messaging on people who actually turn out to vote.

So when you focus on reaching the people who do show up at the polls, that's gonna skew how you message. If conservative voters show up and liberal voters stay home, then Democrats adjust their messaging to swing more conservative.

I don't AGREE with that strategy, but I understand it.

> China wouldn't intentionally destroy its agriculture ...

2025-07-12T15:07:58Z

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> China wouldn't intentionally destroy its agriculture sector

Well, today you're gonna learn something new!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Chinese_Famine

Welp, after 21 years with Blizzard Entertainment, I was laid off ...

2025-07-02T17:25:29Z

Welp, after 21 years with Blizzard Entertainment, I was laid off today. What an incredible journey. I got to be part of challenging, exciting projects, and I played a part in shaping the company's voice for over two decades.

One thing you learn living in California is that the most intense growth usually follows after a wildfire. Some plants even require fire to release their seeds.

So we'll see what comes next. If you need an editor on your team, hit me up.

#GetFediHired

At this point, I only use LI as a cover in case anyone demands to ...

2025-06-28T17:08:53Z

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At this point, I only use LI as a cover in case anyone demands to see my social media accounts. It's where I post all my anodyne, inoffensive shit.

It's 1991, and a republican president is embroiling us in a ...

2025-06-22T01:16:58Z

It's 1991, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

It's 2003, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

It's 2025, and a republican president is embroiling us in a bullshit war in the Middle East.

The shitgibbon in chief looked super tired during his failparade ...

2025-06-15T13:27:28Z

The shitgibbon in chief looked super tired during his failparade yesterday. That fucker kept nodding off. If they can't keep him perky even when all the cameras are on him, I assume he's basically a cantankerous zombie when the cameras are off. Caught in a state of permanent rage, confusion, exhaustion, fear, and disgust.

GOOD.

I'd say he can rot in hell, but it appears as though he's already there.

Just watch, soon as the trump wealth transfer bill goes through, ...

2025-06-12T23:50:07Z

Just watch, soon as the trump wealth transfer bill goes through, they'll pull out of L.A. and claim mission accomplished.

And if the bill is defeated, they'll queue up their next evil scheme. Good god I'm tired.

Back in '21, after we had the vaccine, there was a subreddit ...

2025-06-12T05:46:36Z

Back in '21, after we had the vaccine, there was a subreddit with a very simple premise: find social media posts of people who were anti-mask, anti-vaccine, anti-lockdown, then find the social media posts from when those exact same people caught COVID and died.

Even as they were dying, most of those people couldn't admit where they'd gone wrong. Even death wasn't enough to open their eyes.

In case you were wondering if we'll ever be able to reach some of the people who got us into this shit.

I'm ALSO not suggesting that if you're a national ...

2025-06-08T01:12:41Z

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I'm ALSO not suggesting that if you're a national guardsman driving one of those trucks, maybe you get turned around and take the wrong exit. Happens all the time. We got a really confusing road network.

No I'm not saying "rioters" should block major ...

2025-06-08T01:09:04Z

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No I'm not saying "rioters" should block major freeways in the area. That's definitely not what I'm saying. Whatever would give you that idea?