Hi everyone, Once again, there's a new article on the Cryptodex! Today we're covering the first four Pokemon created by Asuka Iwashita: a frog, a gremlin, moss, and everyone's favorite, Swablu! I'm excited to hear your theories! lostpokedex.weebly.com/rs-period-1b

CELES NO

Honestly read Brinkley’s book “Voices of Protest” about Huey Long. He’s an absolutely insane American politician that we’ve all forgot about, part Bernie, part Trump, part Mussolini.

Honestly read Brinkley’s book “Voices of Protest” about Huey Long. He’s an absolutely insane American politician that we’ve all forgot about, part Bernie, part Trump, part Mussolini.

I think we, as a society, need to recognize that we took a wrong term when we tolerated “craveable” being used like it’s a real word.

Everyone, there's a new Cryptodex article! Today we're talking about these four weirdo Pokemon, made during the development of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire! Please let me know your thoughts and your theories on these strange guys! lostpokedex.weebly.com/rs-period-1b

The Devil Wears Prada and Grogu

Hey everyone, here's a new article on the Cryptodex! Today we're looking at the first contributions by Motofumi Fujiwara to Ruby and Sapphire: a mushroom boi, a...dark-faced girl, a water canteen, and an adorable nature spirit. I hope you enjoy! lostpokedex.weebly.com/rs-period-1b...

Hey all! If you're interested in more technical analysis of Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire's development, I just finished a deep dive into the March 2002 beta Pokedex, and what it tells us about development. Check it out and let me know if you like posts like this! lostpokedex.weebly.com/extras/on-th...

If you could take a look at one early build of a video game, which one would you choose? Besides Pokemon Red, as cool as that would be to see the front sprites of those early mons.

No one celebrates Cinco De Quatro anymore. That’s the real tragedy.

Everybody has a Hungry Horse

All those people who put Biden ”I did that” stickers to all the gas prices everywhere are certainly going to print out some Trump stickers and do the same thing right now, right? Surely they’re just citizens concerned with prices and not giant hypocrites?

I can’t ever remember how many c’s and m’s words like “recommend” and “accommodate” have. I hear the C on both sides of the first syllables of recommend, so why doesn’t it have two??

Final Fantasy IV Development Theory: There's lots of hints that the makers of FFIV meant for Cid to stay in the party for a lot longer than he does. In the final, he's barely in the party: he's with you for the metal cave and the Tower of Zot, then he invents an excuse to hang out with the dwarves

Yeah it's a good thing the Democrats we're in control of the government when...uh...Roosevelt and Truman were in power?

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o... Conservatives aren’t real, but the annoying ”cringy” diversity trainings that NYT correspondents had to go to were very real and so let’s spend an hour complaining about all those annoying liberals. Come on.

Hey everyone, we have a new article up on the Cryptodex! This time we're finishing up with Yoshida's earliest batch of designs and talking about a clay doll, a type of sushi, an adorable bunny, and a ...thing? Please let me know what you think! lostpokedex.weebly.com/rs-period-1a...

Here’s FIRE‘s reporting on how Tarleton State University is censoring me and other professors: www.fire.org/news/texas-c...

Not a single mention of how professors in TX & FL are literally being banned from discussing subjects. They barred me from discussing the gay community in my History surveys and banned books I teach. Nyt doesn’t care about actual censorship. @nytimespr.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

I mean clearly anyone who hasn’t used autochthonous in a sentence hasn’t really lived.

No one remembers this song I’m sure, but my dad played it a lot the last time around so it felt appropriat: m.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Wp...

That feeling when you think you've finished with an episode of @andrewhickey.500songs.com ‘s “History of Rock” and then your car display rolls over, presenting you with 99 more minutes about The Beach Boys! ❤️

Hi everyone! We've got a new entry in the Cryptodex! This time, we're looking at Seedot, Surskit, Masquerain, Sableye, and Sharpedo! As always, I love reading your theories and ideas, so please let me know what you think! lostpokedex.weebly.com/rs-period-1a...

Five authors I’ve read at least five books by: Kurt Vonnegut Lawrence Miles Mark Danielewski David Foster Wallace Douglas Adams

It’s about bullying. These politicians don’t care a shred for the values here. They want to make sure some kids grow up knowing they don’t belong.

Richard Hofstadter, the godfather of modern US history, is still one of my favorite historians. It always strikes me when I reread his article, “The Paranoid Style of American Politics”, how much he was really just forecasting what conservativism would become. This passage stood out this time:

Remember ten years ago when it came out that David Cameron had put his cock in a dead pig’s mouth, and every rich person in the UK came to his defense and basically said “Who hasn’t done something like that while in college?” They didn’t realize how that revealed about more them than they thought.

Upset how accurate these prices are in 2026

@kevinmkruse.bsky.social Thought you should know that five days before class starts, Tarleton U (part of the A&M system) explained to me that I wasn't allowed to teach your book "White Flight" because the title has the word "White" in it.

My old 16-page comic where Frasier meets Columbo can be read on my website: joechouinard.com/columbo

Pokemon people: What's the name for the thing in beta Seedot's mouth? I'm completely blanking on this. In my head, it's associated with delinquents in Japanese culture (or farmers) but I'm not finding any comparisons out there. Also, anyone have a theory on his hat?

There's a new article up on the Cryptodex tonight! Today we're looking at a Kappa, a beach ball whale, a chameleon, and a baby Marill. Please come take a look and tell me what you think! lostpokedex.weebly.com/rs-period-1a...

The Zoom Call: Slightly Below the Frame of the Zoom Call:

I'm the king of kings I'm not the king of kings but I'm the wreckage of a king but really I'm not actually a king but I am... Shattered visage in the desert by the stone legs wrinkles its lip at you. See my works, ye mighty, and despair!

It occurred to me that in Pokemon Red/Green, the designers purposefully designed the "best" moves of the Fire/Grass/Water trio to be a different mode of damage, to make each type feel a bit different. Hydro Pump is one turn but can miss, Solarbeam takes two turns, and Fire Spin is a multi-hit move.

Working on the next Cryptodex article, and I've run into an interesting mystery. In a file from March 25, Azurill's flavor text mentions Luvdisc. However, Luvdisc doesn't exist yet at that point in development! There's no Pokedex info, and the Planning List just has ?????? for it's name. Any ideas?

I'm making team commissions in this style A team of 6 pokemon with a trainer for $100 DM or email for any inquiries

Hi everyone! We've got our first regular article about Pokemon Ruby and Sapphire's development up on the Cryptodex! This time, we're talking about camels, pelicans, and bees. Please check it out! lostpokedex.weebly.com/rs-period-1a...

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…

Two-factor authentication

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