the nyt posts this stuff like avoiding AI for 48 hours is hard and meanwhile i have literally never once intentionally used an AI program for anything ever

My annual list of free-to-play retro horror games is live on @sidequestzone.bsky.social. There's a gritty mix of fresh blood and decayed favorites in this year's creepypixel harvest: sidequest.zone/2025/10/15/r...

can I brag for a sec

INBOX: The Minnesota Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling in Cooper v. USA Powerlifting, affirming that transgender athletes have the right to compete in sports without discrimination under the Minnesota Human Rights Act.

deload week…save me, deload week

"Halloween is the perfect excuse to dim the lights, grab some headphones, and delve into the eerie world of indie retro horror." Eight Free Retro Horror Games on Itch.io — sidequest.zone/2025/10/15/r...

Sidequest’s EIC is not on Bluesky so I’m here to tell you to check out her delightful write up of Pretentious Jam sidequest.zone/2025/10/20/p...

I have been writing the same novel on the same laptop for seven years and you will pry it and windows 10 out of my cold, dead hands

⚠️♿️⚠️ Doaa is an embroiderer. She managed to escape to Egypt with her 6yo child Omar who has autism. Doaa is now with no support. The rest of her family remained in Gaza. She is trying to help Omar and her family in Gaza. Please help. ✅ Verified by Molly Shah chuffed.org/project/1153...

attempting to de-identify a Tesla by removing the emblems is so funny. sorry bud but most manufacturers still throw door handles on their cars your little 2d handles cannot fool me

A grim reminder: these people will never be satisfied. There’s no point at which they will say “we’ve won, let’s enjoy life.” They will always be looking for someone else to punish, to revile, to dehumanize. They’re empty without that.

here are some songs my gym has played in the weight room this week: - I’m Yours - Hey Soul Sister - Hey There Delilah - acoustic cover of Free Fallin’ - How to Save a Life

accidentally checked out a book that is a “BookTok favorite” and it is just not very good

for most of my life I thought I had a short neck and only in the last few years have I realized it’s not that my neck is short it’s that my posture was so bad for so long my trapezius muscles are monstrously proportioned

I’ve been wanting to make the Cheslie Toque (Kiyomi Burgin) for over a year and now it’s done! first time knitting with ritual dyes yarn and it worked up so quickly and beautifully 🧶

did the steelers somehow have the least embarrassing day of any team in the afc north?

while smiling! Gavin Newsom literally dressed up in his best Bad Boy™️ attire, invited the press, and smiled as he destroyed everything these constituents had in the world. Gavin Newsom is not a bad candidate; Gavin Newsom is truly, at his core, a bad and despicable human being.

it’s a beautiful day to update the knitting spreadsheet

an all timer from my cat this weekend

finished knitting cliff walk by Helen Stewart. my 11th (!!) pair of socks in 2025 🧶

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

every time I see RFK Jr. his head looks a little larger and more leathery. like an old but overinflated basketball. it’s remarkable

In this political hellscape of 2025, nothing dates the original "Running Man" movie more than, at the end, the hero broadcasts a video of the bad guys doing bad things and the implication is it brings down the government.

can I just say I loathe the trend of local politicians sending auto-generated birthday cards

did you know that the first patent for a rolling frankfurter roasting device was filed on August 5, 1939

tired: I will not abuse the Silvery Barbs spell if my character has it wired: I will forget I have the Silvery Barbs spell in my spellbook entirely

feeling pretty strong lately. to be honest

between writing for the job that pays me money and the general state of the world I haven’t written much in the past two years but I’m pleased to say I have recently drafted a deeply unhinged essay that I’m very excited about

been slacking on sock posting because August sock #1 has been a seemingly interminable process

crime writers making up a protagonist: …and she’s 5’8”

started playing nier automata again and forgot how much time you have to spend shoving 9S out of the way during the platforming sections

“perfect is the enemy of good” is a phrase you should use to reframe like, working out or making art or cleaning your house, not to handwave someone’s dogshit opinions or let them cede more ground to fascists.

I am so fucking sick of this vile argument that fighting anti-trans hate is making perfect the enemy of good. Forcing trans people out of society isn’t “good”!! It’s fucking evil! “Once that is done” means “let a bunch of people that I deem less important die in the meantime”. No! Fuck you!

the phrase “protein-packed” is becoming off-putting. I am saying this as someone who eats my bodyweight equivalent in grams of protein every day

july socks, leuk by rebekka mauser 🧶 knitting

I had a great time writing an essay about #Deltarune where I talk about what retro media can teach us about the lost art of having fun. Nostalgia isn't always regressive; sometimes it can be transformative. Is it any wonder that everyone wants to kiss the TV? 📺 sidequest.zone/2025/08/04/d...

heavy squat day save me, heavy squat day

Wow we’re having “games are art” discourse again! Just gonna leave this here. From my dissertation:

Israel destroyed a Palestinian seed bank today. This is such a specific kind of evil, targeting literal hope for the future. Attempting to further alienate Palestinians from their home and land. So much destroyed just for the sake of destroying. It's awful.

a year and a half of socks for #showmeyourknits knitter’s choice! hard to pick a favorite pair but there are a few that I wear the most ☺️ 🧶

Substack sent a push alert to users not just of a Nazi sub but one that uses a swastika for its icon and people are still writing about the discoverability on the platform being hard to replace - I mean what are we even doing here

it seems like Collective Shout would like more people to know about their efforts to censor adult media, so here's a ICYMI bump for people who haven't read my article about their ties to the religious right and how they make examples of certain works to censor queer media: bsky.app/profile/high...

called visa. pressed 0 in the phone tree because i didn’t know if visa debit would count. that worked btw and will get you directly to support (after you pick a language). i didn’t give my card number and they still filed a complaint for me. made sure to mention a hate group is involved.

Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way

knitting this sock flat was a a borderline repulsive process that felt unnatural, inefficient, and inelegant, but the result turned out really cute!!