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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · 22d

If you're in the northern hemisphere, you can find south by looking at which way the solar panels are facing

Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Sep 19

Who snirt skort skirt?

Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Sep 19

First album I listened to on Spotify lossless is Tool's Ænima. Finally I can listen to it without getting a headache! Those boys sure love getting into treble.

Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Sep 15

Great atmosphere, nice puzzles, and interesting seeing the changing dynamics in the team. I've played it multiple times.

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Sep 4

📈 @lilyisthatyou.bsky.social is blowing up, go listen to her now to get in on the ground floor so you can say you were there when she made it big

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Aug 31

And the "innovative" game mechanics are from Paper Mario

Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Aug 29

@tychobrahe.bsky.social @cwgabriel.bsky.social Yoda's first name is Minch.

Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Aug 28

I used to love listening to my Spotify discovery playlist, but lately it has not been very good. Seems like they changed something, added buttons for genres and the music feels more mainstream and generic. 😕

Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Aug 27

How do you know Pluto is a real thing?

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Aug 14

The Olympics has baseball????

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Eleonor Piteira @eleonorpiteira.bsky.social · Aug 11

Kay Vess, ND-5, Nix, and the Trailblazer! #StarWarsOutlaws fanart, since it's been a while since a game has grabbed me this much <3

Star Wars: Outlaws videogame fanart by Eleonor Piteira featuring ND-5 a droid with a long coat, Kay Vess a young human woman with brown short hair holding a blaster, Nix a axolotl-inspired creature with fur and scales on Kay's shoulder, and a small spaceship called Trailblazer flying in front of them amongst stars. Orange/yellow sunlight illuminates them from the back.

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Rowan Oats @rowanoats.com · Jul 22

PSA FOR AMERICANS if you sell things internationally DO NOT USE UPS they are a menace and a scourge and the worst fucking delivery service I have ever encountered in my life.

USPS is fine. DHL is a pain in the ass but if you really have no choice, okay. UPS doesn't know other countries exist.

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Beccs @beccschampagne.bsky.social · Jul 14

greetings i have made another zine, this is about how i got my hands on a knife at age ~9 (individual pages in the replies) #internationalzinemonth #minizinejuly2025

a green booklet shaped like a knife against a background of wood planks

the green booklet is now opened to showcase the pages which flip out like a pocket knife blade

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Jul 14

Season 2 of @play.date games is worth it just for Taria & Como. It's great, the physics gameplay feels really satisfying and the story has me hooked. A+!

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no. @joles.bsky.social · May 5

applying for jobs again

screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.

it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Apr 22

Mipmapping is when you zoom in on Google Maps and the copyright watermark jumps around

Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Apr 6

Just finished South of Midnight, and I loved the story and the vibe and the music. Really nice.

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clo:ver @clovercomics.bsky.social · Apr 6

Wait.
Just found out that the CEO of Gumroad now works at DOGE? And that he saved up loads of money 'cause he fired everyone and replaced them with AI?
I'm leaving the platform as soon as I get my money. Jesus christ.

tedium.co/2025/04/06/g...

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Mar 10

The Danish word for "the measurement"? 🤔

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Mar 3

This is my kind of humor. Avowed is delightful. #avowed

Screenshot from a conversation in the video game Avowed, between a person named Aiko and my shockingly cute main character. Subtitles read "Aiko: Tell your friends! Uh, the friends not right here with you, I mean." The dialog response options are "1: You got it!" or "2: (Lie) You got it!"

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Feb 13

I think about this strip all the time

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Feb 3

Scream into the void.

Scroid.

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Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Feb 3

Why do I need to go to the bathroom so much every Monday? Is it because of the stress of my high pressure job of sitting in front of a computer? Or because I eat a bunch of snacks every weekend? I guess we'll never know.

Joakim @iaoth.bsky.social · Jan 6

You: Willy nilly
Me, an intellectual: William nilliam

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Gabe @cwgabriel.bsky.social · Jan 4

Huge respect. HUGE
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...

Why I'm quitting the Washington Post

Democracy can't function without a free press

anntelnaes.substack.com

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