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27/5/26 - nocturn

Oh, this essay, which is lovely, somewhat calls these "expansion artifacts." bsky.app/profile/matt...

Proposing a new word: Claudespreading What happens when there is an empty area (conceptually, length-wise, etc.) to occupy and Claude fills it in with details that aren't actually intended.

reading and computer games 👍

message that comes up when you want to close mobydick.exe

graphs with threatening auras

YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK

Menwhile, spotted at Tumblr... www.tumblr.com/depsidase/81...

modern search turning me into a demon-summoning magician over here "ah yes, if I search for pika paw I will get a bunch pikachu and general pika photos - need to add the power word 'anatomy'" (obviously "exclude AI results" too, but we all know that glyph on the spell net is semi-reliable at best)

don't mind if i DO

This mass courtship event typically marks the beginning of Waymo mating season, and the general public is advised to avoid approaching them or their young and maintaining a safe distance at all times as they can get even more unpredictable in their behaviour towards humans at this time

I do love this website

enough. i’m tired of github actions. it’s time for github consequences

heard a guy say "you have to access it through the portal" and i was momentarily struck by how sad it is that what he said is so boring :( "accessing it via the portal" should be wonderful. we deserve that at least. it should be cool to access it via the portal and instead it sucks shit

There is a smaller, parasitic bird, living in the peacock's tail; and its face is like an eyespot out of place. And its strange sweet song compels its host to move as it wishes

I've heard like six different iterations of that misty mountains song and FUCK if they don't all absolutely hit

like obviously the elite version is Richard Armitage and his all-dwarf a cappella group testing out the acoustics in Bilbo's living room, but all the different orchestral versions are equally fire

.... @rourke.bsky.social pls consider

I made a bot and it is good

You forgot the horse girls, this is so very horse girl-coded. "He's just a big sweetie, I love rescues" *kicks hole in stable wall* "Aww, muffin, are you throwing a little fit?" *kicks hole in stable hand*

Marketers keep asking me who the "target audience" is for my book. But it's obviously the following: -Dog moms -Cat dads -Tortoise uncles -Registered legal guardians of parakeets -Lizard classmates -Otter chaplains -Your beetle's father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate

I really enjoyed how much the inhabitants of Cohost could pull off that kind of thing with their css crimes! ....okay, fine, now I've been sniped, I will investigate what weirdness I might be able to inflict upon/with Leaflet

ranch for poorly drawn horses

Introducing Cursor Camp, a website to hang out with other cursors. Out now :) > neal.fun/cursor-camp/

Wow, this looks incredible. Managed to hit me with feels just from the preview art and subtitle, and that only continued as I read through the details.

Many good themes in here from @vickiboykis.com, including remixing, circling back to the same problems/interests from slightly different angles, and experimenting with AI assistants (then reflecting on which parts of the project they helped or didn't). vickiboykis.com/2026/04/20/b...

I liked Arc and am sad it got discontinued. What browsers are y'all liking these days?

My current best Elden Ring notes: - helpfully point out an easy-to-miss material - "beautiful...O beautiful....therefore time for tranquility" in a somewhat isolated little room that is stuffed to the gills with books - "try magic / but hole!" [nod in thought] Gotta diversify your heal investments

The issue with many "cozy" games is they're so vibes-focused, they lose sight of the CONTENT of the media they're emulating. Yes, "The Wind in the Willows" involves sitting around drinking tea, but it also includes such heartwarming episodes as "Mr. Toad steals a car" and "Rat and Mole meet God".

F162.2.6 Rivers of oil, milk, wine, and honey in otherworld.

Also HAPPY FRIDAY I would really like for people to pre-order my magical spy weird city novel! It's not coming out in the UK because the one (1) offer we got for UK rights was like "Ugh ugh bleh THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST barely sold, why would we WANT UK rights" But! If pre-orders?? Maybe LOVE???

Cite the deep magic to me, witch. I was there when it was written and I think it’s important to credit our sources.

Beholde thys unit moost absolute.

for the bantasy

I don't remember seeing an image of Earth before that captures the (thin, fragile, tiny layer of) atmosphere so clearly. I mean, look at that.

I know the world is on fire but please take a few minutes to look at the photos of the moon from yesterday. A gallery of some of the most astounding pictures ever taken. Here's one with Venus on the left www.nasa.gov/gallery/luna...

Mamdani is not just filling the potholes with the crew. He's creating a visual and personal reminder of the dignity inherent in all of these anonymous government jobs.

Anatopism. Like 'anachronism' but for place. (literally 'something out of its proper place') This is a real word already but definitely needs adopting by fantasy writers for the reasons skeeted!

A real code review comment I got to type with my own two hands.

The Artemis astronauts. Something that’s happening now that in no way whatever sucks. A blessing.

H681.4.2 How deep is the sea? At first, knee-deep; further on, waist-deep, neck-deep; and beyond that over the head.

Our friends at Firestorm are struggling in the face of disaster capitalism. A queer- and worker-owned bookstore that has, over and over, been there for the community. They let me set up a referral page with them. Books from my podcasts, my books, and books I love firestorm.coop/r/killjoy.html

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: Office365 in spaceship nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* Office365 in spaceship

ah, to be in a beautiful crevice where everything is made of wicker

tfw time zones make you miss out on the work discussion of the etiquette of approaching the flesh 😞

1 year later, @anisota.net will be the first social media app with a fog of war

I do think it's funny that what rounds to "grew up pretending to be a horse on the internet" is 1) a thing I get to admit at work and 2) genuinely *directly* useful for my job There's also a million indirect ways it shaped my skills and self, but that it's a job qualification as-is delights me.

most of the time you don’t want true randomness and/or simulation in a game. you think you do but you’re wrong and will get mad at us if you get it.

Meanwhile - drawing charcoal cave horses for kicks