alex
@alexcj.bsky.social
Aspiring amateur: lots of words (fiction, criticism, and “other”), dabbler in art and game design, web site haver
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@alexcj.bsky.social
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Some Short Stories I Read: Vol I
thehinterlands.neocities.org
I meant to read 31 short horror stories in October. I read three, and didn't manage to finish my blog post about them until now. Nevertheless, my thoughts.
Actually what’s interesting and sophisticated about games is when there’s a little guy on the screen and you can make them move around.
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Actually what’s interesting and sophisticated about games is when there’s a little guy on the screen and you can make them move around.
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Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis...and the rise of the sons of Aryas...there was an age undreamed-of.
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Between the time when the oceans drank Atlantis...and the rise of the sons of Aryas...there was an age undreamed-of.
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this one has been cooking for a while: for @jstordaily.bsky.social i wrote about early futurists & how they helped bring us to the way "the future" is wielded today by Silicon Valley and others daily.jstor.org/the-first-fu...
The First Futurists and the World They Built - JSTOR Daily
From Saint-Simon to Silicon Valley, the urge to forecast the future has always masked a struggle over who gets to define it.
daily.jstor.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
this one has been cooking for a while: for @jstordaily.bsky.social i wrote about early futurists & how they helped bring us to the way "the future" is wielded today by Silicon Valley and others daily.jstor.org/the-first-fu...
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wrote about Canada's proposed age verification law which is a very bad idea! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Opinion: Canada’s age-verification bill for porn is a slippery slope to a restrictive internet
While its intentions are good, the proposed bill is riddled with problems and should not be passed
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
wrote about Canada's proposed age verification law which is a very bad idea! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
The “reveal” in Bugonia is Good and the “reveal” in Weapons is Bad. Thank you for your time.
December 1, 2025 at 1:10 AM
The “reveal” in Bugonia is Good and the “reveal” in Weapons is Bad. Thank you for your time.
Need one of those chef reacts videos for the cooking scenes in Jeanne Dielman
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Need one of those chef reacts videos for the cooking scenes in Jeanne Dielman
Slow cinema is great for the no attention span era because you can look at your phone the whole time and not miss anything
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Slow cinema is great for the no attention span era because you can look at your phone the whole time and not miss anything
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i'm tired of forecasting what other people will do, what the general public will do or think out of a need to be like some kind of smart commentator who knows the score as a way to distract from developing any coherent sense of values or principles yourself.
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
i'm tired of forecasting what other people will do, what the general public will do or think out of a need to be like some kind of smart commentator who knows the score as a way to distract from developing any coherent sense of values or principles yourself.
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Art by • David Mattingly
November 30, 2024 at 12:47 AM
Art by • David Mattingly
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one thing i don’t wanna see out of any Running Man discourse is people talking shit on the Arnold version. that’s basically a perfect movie for what it is, i don’t care what relationship it has to the book or this new movie
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 AM
one thing i don’t wanna see out of any Running Man discourse is people talking shit on the Arnold version. that’s basically a perfect movie for what it is, i don’t care what relationship it has to the book or this new movie
I meant to read 31 short horror stories in October. I read three, and didn't manage to finish my blog post about them until now. Nevertheless, my thoughts.
Some Short Stories I Read: Vol I
thehinterlands.neocities.org
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I meant to read 31 short horror stories in October. I read three, and didn't manage to finish my blog post about them until now. Nevertheless, my thoughts.
This sounds exactly like a Torche song what the hell
I made a joke in my main Discord server about DOOM E1M1 being in a major key and @abigbagofkeys.sickonedude.com actually made it. Jesus fucking Christ listen to this hahahaha
November 14, 2025 at 7:23 PM
This sounds exactly like a Torche song what the hell
Read the Silmarillion! Its good! Seeing many people acting like this is some forbidden unapproachable object after the shelved by genre announcement - it’s good!
November 9, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Read the Silmarillion! Its good! Seeing many people acting like this is some forbidden unapproachable object after the shelved by genre announcement - it’s good!
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My bluesky followers have been invited to an island resort to celebrate my birthday, only to learn upon arrival that I have been turned into a statue by my nemesis DINO SAURICIDE, a talking triceratops who wears sneakers. Only by besting him in a series of racing challenges across six realms can the
July 19, 2025 at 11:10 PM
My bluesky followers have been invited to an island resort to celebrate my birthday, only to learn upon arrival that I have been turned into a statue by my nemesis DINO SAURICIDE, a talking triceratops who wears sneakers. Only by besting him in a series of racing challenges across six realms can the
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Morktober Day 31: PUMPKIN
Thank you to @exeunt.press for running this, I had a ton of fun and it was a very fulfilling creative challenge to participate in.
Happy Mörktober one and all. Don your pumpkins.
#morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER #Mörktober
Thank you to @exeunt.press for running this, I had a ton of fun and it was a very fulfilling creative challenge to participate in.
Happy Mörktober one and all. Don your pumpkins.
#morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER #Mörktober
October 31, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Morktober Day 31: PUMPKIN
Thank you to @exeunt.press for running this, I had a ton of fun and it was a very fulfilling creative challenge to participate in.
Happy Mörktober one and all. Don your pumpkins.
#morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER #Mörktober
Thank you to @exeunt.press for running this, I had a ton of fun and it was a very fulfilling creative challenge to participate in.
Happy Mörktober one and all. Don your pumpkins.
#morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER #Mörktober
Morktober Day 30: STAR
The penultimate day - this has been a lot of fun - see you all tomorrow for one last trip around the bend.
#morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER #Mörktober
The penultimate day - this has been a lot of fun - see you all tomorrow for one last trip around the bend.
#morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER #Mörktober
October 30, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Morktober Day 30: STAR
The penultimate day - this has been a lot of fun - see you all tomorrow for one last trip around the bend.
#morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER #Mörktober
The penultimate day - this has been a lot of fun - see you all tomorrow for one last trip around the bend.
#morkborg #morktober #MÖRKTOBER #Mörktober
October 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
October 29, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
i think if you ride public transit enough you learn that most weird behavior is not dangerous, and conversely i think driving a car teaches you that everyone is trying to kill you at all times
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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