I'm giggling so hard, people on the train are looking at me funny.

I feel like I have writer's block for doing anything right now. Please get out of the way, ADHD.

If you're in Southern California, I need you! My friends over at Buchla have let me set up shop at the event to let people volunteer for a double-blind (100% safe) acoustic experiment I'm running. Attendance is free to those who RSVP, and the event itself amazing on its own! Come say hey!

Uhh... not to be that guy but... I'm pretty sure the Titantic didn't, you know, "turn around."

Yeah, this seems like benign fun. Let's give it a go.

Realization of the moment: The AI boom has actively killed my love of technology. Things I used to get excited about? I just don't care any more.

extremely long shot question: do any posthardcore fans or old punk kids who grew up in or adjacent to DC remember what the Frodus song with the lyrics “We are Frodus, prepare to die” was called or what record it was on? It is literally ungooglable

cleaning up my desktop and found this little gem

thinking about that post that says “answering DMs requires a spell slot while posting is a cantrip you can use repeatedly”

"Dad, I'm hungry, give me your debit card" Ah, we have entered the teenage years.

Excited to announce a trial run of [Untitled Games Event], a new Amsterdam-based space for experimental games and playable arts 👾 This will be a monthly 'book club' of sorts for games and conversations about play, inspired by @molleindustria.org + others' LikeLike. Help us spread the word!

Yay, even more reasons to leave Spotify.

Timeline cleanse

Currently? Crippling depression in the face of massive unemployment.

A public thank you to my friends who call me out when I'm thoughtless and help keep me in check. I genuinely appreciate when you correct my foot in mouth behavior. I promise I really am still working on mindfulness and being a more thoughtful person.

If you only just stopped using X you owe a trans person, a Palestinian mother, and an ICE victim $10 EACH.

Want to help people in Minneapolis right now? Here are a lot of ways to help!

Writing Idea: A sleeper cell built around a guy named Mike Tochondria. (He's the powerhouse)

Urgent repairs are planned on provincial roads in Utrecht due to frost damage. Various roads will be temporarily closed for repair work. Source: Province of Utrecht #ProvincieUtrecht #Wegwerkzaamheden #Verkeer

No, YOU'RE starting a new game of Fallout 4 and crying at the "war never changes" speech.

Diminish a Band Tin Zeppelin

I know all my friends in Minneapolis are doing their best. Please stay safe, all.

As the gestapo in the US continues to get worse, I'm reminded that one of the things that finished kicking me over the edge of leaving the country was seeing my own name in the books at the Anne Frank House. Still, there's some fucked up survivor's guilt being over here...

A little longer than planned, but I still cranked out a pretty tasty banana bread, thanks to Joe's post. I did modify with 2/3 sugar and 1/3 stroop (ala stroopwafel), so it took a little longer and also got a nice crust on top.

I'm staring at a Steam collection of almost 2k games, and nothing is sparking for me. I'm chasing dopamine and not getting it...

I finally got around to trying the "set your #TinnedFish on fire" trend and... I don't know if it would have a positive impact on high end conservas, but it certainly brings a store-bought tin of sardines from like a 5/10 to a 7/10. Big jump on the mid-range stuff.

Okay, this is a much better timeline cleanse

Sometimes the jokes just write themselves, don't they?

Log into Bluesky... 3 minutes later: JFC, I need to log off.

Honestly, very little, because they've all watched Stranger Things.

artists: @scarygorgon.bsky.social has had her art nicked by this site, might be worth checking in case yours has been too, if they've stolen one thing they're so likely to have stolen a ton of others

when NPR dropped twitter in 2023 they saw a drop in traffic of... 1%. niemanreports.org/npr-twitter-...

This feels like a @gshowitt.bsky.social game come to life. (Also, we're all obsessed with his 1-pagers over here)

I face-palmed, then I snort-laughed. This was hyphen-inducing.

I put the research on this in my doctoral thesis in 2016. One CANNOT both DRIVE and PROCESS COMPLEX QUESTIONS. One will SUFFER and it's USUALLY THE DRIVING. It has to do with dividing attention and the complexity of types of conversation pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16012176/ BMW are undermining safety.

Today, I feel like @english.rijdendetreinen.nl should just say "Look, everyone is doing their best, okay?"

So, I'm mentally calling this one "Utrecht under Winter's Silence"

It wasn't great to begin with, but I think all the mental stress of 2025 has cost me my already low ability to get nuance. Like, fuck, have I really become the guy who points out the obvious? Time to log off.

We JUST hit €40,000!!! That is HUGE, thank you all SO much! However, we are still only halfway to our goal, so make sure to share, to support, and to let everyone know about .meow! We will throw off the yoke of digital landlords, but we still need your help! But for now… champagne! Catnip!

This should have been paid last night and I'm still £196.59 short. I really really need any help I can get with this! ⚠️⚠️⚠️

Preserving sanity

Is there any ethical reason to avoid Patreon? I hate when I go to, for example, make some stickers, but find out the owners have been using the money to fund conversion therapy or some shit, so I figure I should ask first.

I'm going to do a lot more 3D printing design this year, and I cannot tell you how triumphant I feel having wrangled Blender to give me "a box with a spout"

JFC. If you're still using Twitter, I have serious concerns about your judgement, observational skills, and/or morals. Like, it was down to a Nazi bar a year ago, and has somehow gotten worse???

I wish I knew who was stealth liking my posts, and... how?

Well, at least they backed it up by... removing the subsidies on Dutch language classes? And then they ask why people aren't integrating quickly.

Yeah, I'm still in Season 1 of Stranger Things. I don't watch a lot of TV.

1:30 am and they're still going strong. Is this what people spend all their disposable income on?

It's only 11:00 and it already sounds like a warzone here. (Someone is throwing M80s into the canal) My sympathies to anyone who's settled here from an actual warzone.

Game designer? Well, shit, I'm already hurtling down that path. I might suck at this game because I mostly read non fiction. Other recent options included Engineering Manager, Strategic Advisor, and... Herald of Carcosa?