Hey everyone! The Cryptodex is back! Here's a new article, which is an introduction to the creation order of Generation III, and a bird's eye look at the creation order, as best as I can figure it out. lostpokedex.weebly.com/generation-i...

As a rule, I kind of hate Bsky’s constant complaining about NYT. Saying that, I opened up my first article for the day and I ran into the same “winning streak” phrase NYT has been using for the 3rd time, and I have to wonder what the fuck is causing them to run that “Trumpian Ubermensch” angle.

So I’m visiting an old friend. His son (pretty young, around 8) kind of sees me as a fun uncle, and has a number of Pokémon decks, so he wants to play Pokémon with me. I played the game a bit back in the day and I sort of remember the rules, so I say okay.

I have a joke about Shada but I’ve never finished it.

Name three games you’ve played for over 200 hours: Final Fantasy XIV Monster Train FTL and honestly two playthroughs of Persona 5 more or less add up to that…

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okay so I read a theory that Desiderium was meant to be Ruby in a world where Millie didn't decide to leave the show prematurely/have her role cut down to be replaced with Belinda and uhhh guys. it kinda tracks

Alright, here's a complete mainline Final Fantasy tier list! While I still have a lot more to do, I've been playing XI for the past two months, and I've gotten to the point where I think I can rate it, which means I've officially played all the mainline games. Parameters and caveats below:

welp I sent an email

thought about this for a while. these three might genuinely be the most unpopular Pokémon to exist

I hope they give the new Pope an updated TARDIS interior and a new sonic screwdriver.

@patrickleder.bsky.social Just played the Ahoy expansion as the Coral Reef Pirates. They’re absolutely amazing, most fun I’ve ever had in this game. This expansion is so well made, especially in how it fleshes out the Smuggler roles. It’s a whole new game!

Arrested Development has only been off the air for six years and already people have forgotten the true meaning of Cinco De Cuatro :(

Lots of Dr Who fans coming out of the woodwork today to proudly proclaim they loved a story that depicts union organizers as terrorists and a corporation that literally kills someone to send the Doctor a message as more or less the good guy. Thanks DW fandom, never change.

I'm still in awe about the early Pokemon builds we've got, but there's one game I would kill to see an early development build for: Final Fantasy VI. We know Terra looked different, but there might be dropped characters, storyline changes, early abilities, etc. There's so much we could learn!!

@andrewhickey.500songs.com As one of the few fans of the Move from the US, I just wanted to say that I thoroughly loved your episode on them. I’ve always wondered why Carl Wayne gradually stops being less vocal, and your profile of Wood as an introvert helps me understand his choice of public image

I’m just one person, but if Hands Off was so successful in organizing a mass protest over what DOGE is doing, maybe we could get a similar one where thousands of Americans come out to protest Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s incarceration in a concentration camp?

donald trump has proven that the entire world can be instantly destroyed by the whims of a single dumb guy and i think that’s neat

Millennials sighing in relief as another collapse begins, releasing the tension and anticipation we experience when an economic collapse hasn't happened in a few years

Hi everyone! It's still going to be awhile until the Cryptodex starts up again, but I've started to do some research into Generation III and what was going on with it. So, as a preview, I want to show you my draft of the creation order in Gen III. Behold!

Pokemon People: I've got a small discovery I've made. Examining the Internal Index, I'm almost 100% positive that Zangoose was originally created as an evolution for Zigzagoon, before they changed their mind. Their palettes don't work with each other, but otherwise I can kind of see it:

Pokémon people: I’m almost positive this guy (named Bii in the earliest sprite list) has to be an early design for Volbeat. The Pokémon all around it in the Index had their names trademarked in January 2001, very early.

I imagined how goofy the shoulders would end up looking, giggled, then immediately drew it because I needed to see it made real

My daughter’s created a charity fund for Anthropology students at UNT, and asked me to share this!

Maybe we should all be making bets on the next person to make a Nazi salute. Marco Rubio? Pete Hegseth? Soon to be chief of staff David Duke?

You know, I bet the writers of Discovery knew this quote would age, but I doubt they knew to just what extent.

You know, the first time they impeached a president it was because he fired a government employee with Congress’s permission…

The 'I' in DEI stands for 'segregation'. As this isn't obvious, journalists should never use the shortened form. This headline, for example, should read: 'Republican Rep. Questions if Desegregation Caused DC Plane Crash'. www.thedailybeast.com/republican-r...

My new favorite thing is that my university, whose policy on ChatGPT is that it should be encouraged and that if we ban it we have to explain our reasons to the students, just sent us an email telling us that DeepSeek is dangerous and should not be used at all because it might steal our data.

Whoever recommended me the Eleventh Doctor Year One Titan Comics Collection, you were right. It’s absolutely fantastic—feels like I missed a season of really solid 11th Doctor adventures. Plus one of his companions is David Bowie!!

My hopes for the next few years rest entirely on these horrible men having very funny fallings out, being too incompetent to effectively do all the evil and, if we’re really lucky, simply dropping dead

Just finished @ryannorth.ca ’s “Warp Your Own Way” and I can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s a brilliant execution of the “choose your own adventure” genre, to the point that I think he’s pushed the genre to its logical conclusion. One of the few “perfect” pieces of art I’ve experienced.

I wish Bulbapedia had a “What’s this Pokémon’s Deal?” Tab. Like sometimes I discover that something like Hoopa exists, and I don’t need the stats and the moveset and the like. I just really need “What the fuck is this?” so I can move on.

Hi Everyone! The final entry of the Cryptodex (at least for Generation II) is, after a long wait, finally up and available! I hope that you'll enjoy it, and please let me know if you have any thoughts! lostpokedex.weebly.com/period-4d

As more companies find ways to automate more jobs through the use of AI, it becomes very clear to me that the novel of our age is Kurt Vonnegut's Player Piano. Everyone who hates AI or who might lose their job to a computer should definitely give it a read.

Watching the War Games and I’m struck that the only reason it works on Dr Who’s budget is because they can reuse all the period drama costumes the BBC has lying around. There’s a particularly British genre of “let’s write an episode around whatever the BBC already has” that Dr Who does quite well.

Happy Thanksgiving! Lincoln made it a national holiday to mark the saving of the republic from the Slave Power. Today the republic is in danger from the Trump regime. Let us continue to fight for the composite nation.

Watching The Sea Devils for the first time. It’s a good episode of Doctor Who for sure, but it really is just The Silurians plus the Master, isn’t it? Good thing my favorite genre of Doctor Who is “the Master fucks around for six episodes,” so adding the Master to random episodes is my jive.

i cant post my own gifs on bsky, so instead: here is an image comparison of the realization (that i heard from cryptodex lostpokedex.weebly.com/period-4b) that bayleef is literally edited from chikorita's sprite. the head outline, leaf, and back leg are PERFECT matches

From close analysis, I have determined that Trump is using exactly two criteria to choose his cabinet: 1) They must be TV personalities. 2) They must have engaged in or abetted sexual abuse. Using these criteria, we can reasonably assume that Jim Jordan will soon be named for an important job.

The experience of being a millennial is watching a psychopath trash the country, thinking, “if only we win the next election, we can start to clean up his mess,” losing the election to an even worse psychopath, and thinking “if only we win the next election, we can clean up this bigger mess…”

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Favorite #doctorwho for each Doctor: Daleks Masterplan Power of the Daleks Three Doctors Stones of Blood Caves of Androzani Two Doctors Ghostlight Alien Bodies (gotta choose something) Bad Wolf/Parting Utopia/Sound/Last of Timelords Christmas Carol Raven/Heaven/Hell Woman Who Fell Giggle 73 Yards

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Exactly two hundred years ago today, John Quincy Adams—a progressive, anti-slavery man who believed in science, education, and creating infrastructure to better the nation—“beat” an anti-immigrant, racist demagogue who threatened to rip up the constitution.

Presidents by their relationship to Hitler, 1901-Present:

My art from the @thelostdex.bsky.social

Literally two days after I finalized this poster cataloguing my work and specially printed and framed it to put on my wall...another leak happened and gave us a name for this guy, making the entire poster obsolete >:(

Just got a bunch of people following me on here! Thanks! I’ll do my best to post here and not on the bad place more often. Hopefully we’ll get to the point that we all get more engagement here than there.