Sacha Judd
@sachajudd.com
Talks and writes about fans and tech (sachajudd.com). Letterboxd’s Senior Harry Styles Correspondent.
Pinned
Sacha Judd
@sachajudd.com
· 23d
a trip to the boy aquarium
I was going to take a week off but then Heated Rivalry finished and my brain was too full of thoughts. If you’re an extremely online person (and it’s hard to...
newsletter.sachajudd.com
I went to the cottage and came back convinced that we need shows like Heated Rivalry more than ever. "Sometimes the most radical thing you can do is to have a good time on purpose."
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/a-tr...
Thanks @carlylane.bsky.social & @readingtheend.bsky.social for their posts.
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/a-tr...
Thanks @carlylane.bsky.social & @readingtheend.bsky.social for their posts.
someone else sent me this essay this morning and it is so worth your time.
This essay by @alexanderchee.bsky.social about Heated Rivalry is so great and I have a lot of thoughts about it I should not publish on Al Gore's internet: querent.substack.com/p/i-would-st...
I Would Start A War In Your Arms
A Heated Rivalry Notebook
querent.substack.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
someone else sent me this essay this morning and it is so worth your time.
Reposted by Sacha Judd
Photo!
Artemis II moving out of the Vehicle Assembly Building on its way to the launch pad. Launch for the first trip to the Moon in more than 50 years is scheduled for February 6.
📸 NASA
📸 NASA
January 18, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Photo!
Reposted by Sacha Judd
Bluesky runs an appview.
Blacksky runs an appview.
A complete appview is a several terabytes sized database of the >18 billion follows, likes and posts of all bsky users, ever and forever.
To run a different appview is to make a fork in bsky’s timeline.
One has new posts from Łink.
One doesn’t.
Blacksky runs an appview.
A complete appview is a several terabytes sized database of the >18 billion follows, likes and posts of all bsky users, ever and forever.
To run a different appview is to make a fork in bsky’s timeline.
One has new posts from Łink.
One doesn’t.
January 18, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Bluesky runs an appview.
Blacksky runs an appview.
A complete appview is a several terabytes sized database of the >18 billion follows, likes and posts of all bsky users, ever and forever.
To run a different appview is to make a fork in bsky’s timeline.
One has new posts from Łink.
One doesn’t.
Blacksky runs an appview.
A complete appview is a several terabytes sized database of the >18 billion follows, likes and posts of all bsky users, ever and forever.
To run a different appview is to make a fork in bsky’s timeline.
One has new posts from Łink.
One doesn’t.
Reposted by Sacha Judd
“In other words, AI reduces productivity, not increases it.”
January 17, 2026 at 3:34 PM
“In other words, AI reduces productivity, not increases it.”
another great essay from someone who Gets It
would anyone care to peruse my Thoughts On Yaoi™ ? great i knew you would. anyway here's why Heated Rivalry blew up and i'm right and everyone else is wrong
tchotchke.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
tchotchke.substack.com/p/everyone-i...
January 16, 2026 at 8:34 PM
another great essay from someone who Gets It
Reposted by Sacha Judd
Other social apps punish links — we think linking out should be easy. Live Now is part of how we're making that happen.
While in beta, Live Now is currently limited to Twitch links. Support for other streaming platforms may follow as we learn from the beta.
While in beta, Live Now is currently limited to Twitch links. Support for other streaming platforms may follow as we learn from the beta.
January 15, 2026 at 7:00 PM
Other social apps punish links — we think linking out should be easy. Live Now is part of how we're making that happen.
While in beta, Live Now is currently limited to Twitch links. Support for other streaming platforms may follow as we learn from the beta.
While in beta, Live Now is currently limited to Twitch links. Support for other streaming platforms may follow as we learn from the beta.
back for 2026 - what the reaction to the Stranger Things finale tells us about the fan/creator relationship (with thanks to @bookshop.bsky.social - the goat on this topic)
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/chek...
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/chek...
chekov's door handle
Hello 2026 and welcome to a bunch of new readers, I’m so delighted to have you here. Last year, I found I’d get a little influx of new fandom and pop-culture...
newsletter.sachajudd.com
January 15, 2026 at 9:05 PM
back for 2026 - what the reaction to the Stranger Things finale tells us about the fan/creator relationship (with thanks to @bookshop.bsky.social - the goat on this topic)
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/chek...
newsletter.sachajudd.com/archive/chek...
good morning. it’s a new harry styles era.
January 15, 2026 at 6:40 PM
good morning. it’s a new harry styles era.
Reposted by Sacha Judd
Super shocked by this scoop - the NZ police won't tell us whether or not the CSAM and non-consensual deepfake content generated on Grok might be illegal, or even provide advice on what to do if you (or your child!) is a target. Story here: www.emilywrites.co.nz/nz-police-do... #nzpol #kikorangi
NZ Police don't know what to do about Grok child sexual abuse images...
What should you do if you or your child is a victim of a Grok deepfake?
This question is simple, right?
Feel free to skip to the comments if you read this already in your email!
Skip t...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
January 14, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Super shocked by this scoop - the NZ police won't tell us whether or not the CSAM and non-consensual deepfake content generated on Grok might be illegal, or even provide advice on what to do if you (or your child!) is a target. Story here: www.emilywrites.co.nz/nz-police-do... #nzpol #kikorangi
New year and my Lego Streetscaper has had an upgrade. If you're in the market for rearranging your modular buildings (no? just me?) every January this will help:
modularstreet.net
modularstreet.net
LEGO Modular Streetscaper
Plan your perfect LEGO street layout with this interactive modular building tool.
modularstreet.net
January 13, 2026 at 8:40 AM
New year and my Lego Streetscaper has had an upgrade. If you're in the market for rearranging your modular buildings (no? just me?) every January this will help:
modularstreet.net
modularstreet.net
Reposted by Sacha Judd
To the writer out there who doesn't read romance but is about to type up a hot take thinkpiece on Heated Rivalry anyway, for the betterment of the world and for the sake of my own sanity, close that doc.
January 12, 2026 at 2:02 PM
To the writer out there who doesn't read romance but is about to type up a hot take thinkpiece on Heated Rivalry anyway, for the betterment of the world and for the sake of my own sanity, close that doc.
Reposted by Sacha Judd
Out of the 1000 most-discussed books on Hacker News, it looks like around 50 of them were written by women. [hnbooks.pieterma.es]
Hacker News Book Map
The 1000 most popular books on Hacker News visualized on an interactive map.
hnbooks.pieterma.es
January 12, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Out of the 1000 most-discussed books on Hacker News, it looks like around 50 of them were written by women. [hnbooks.pieterma.es]
Reposted by Sacha Judd
I am not being flippant or disrespectful but in fact extremely complimentary when I say this is metal as fuck
At last night’s candlelight vigil for Renee Nicole Good, Bishop Rob Hirschfeld of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire announced he had asked the clergy of the diocese to get their affairs in order and to make sure they have their wills written ...,
January 11, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I am not being flippant or disrespectful but in fact extremely complimentary when I say this is metal as fuck
Reposted by Sacha Judd
This is the stupidest thing I’ve read in a long time and I’ve read a lot of stupid things. If you wouldn’t go to a nazi bar, you shouldn’t go to X. It’s not the global town square, it’s just a fucking website. You’re not fighting the power by being there, you’re getting used.
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
If women quit X because of Grok’s deepfake nudes, the predators win – so I’m staying
www.independent.co.uk
January 10, 2026 at 5:08 PM
This is the stupidest thing I’ve read in a long time and I’ve read a lot of stupid things. If you wouldn’t go to a nazi bar, you shouldn’t go to X. It’s not the global town square, it’s just a fucking website. You’re not fighting the power by being there, you’re getting used.
if you’re following the heated rivalry tsunami this interview with the empty netters guys is so interesting and thoughtful
youtu.be/JIEzgeg3Thw?...
youtu.be/JIEzgeg3Thw?...
How two straight hockey bros wooed 'Heated Rivalry' fans with their episode recaps | Viral Deep Dive
YouTube video by Page Six
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 9:05 AM
if you’re following the heated rivalry tsunami this interview with the empty netters guys is so interesting and thoughtful
youtu.be/JIEzgeg3Thw?...
youtu.be/JIEzgeg3Thw?...
Reposted by Sacha Judd
every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
January 7, 2026 at 2:08 AM
every seat in a movie theater should have an "I have to pee" button and if enough people press it they should be able to pause the movie
Reposted by Sacha Judd
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
January 9, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I will read every interview with Heated Rivalry writer and director Jacob Tierney because his quotes are truly a reporter's dream: www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
I call this “expertise bias” and it’s _everywhere_
shityoushouldcareabout.substack.com/p/ai-is-sooo...
shityoushouldcareabout.substack.com/p/ai-is-sooo...
January 9, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I call this “expertise bias” and it’s _everywhere_
shityoushouldcareabout.substack.com/p/ai-is-sooo...
shityoushouldcareabout.substack.com/p/ai-is-sooo...
Reposted by Sacha Judd
I want to see more of this. I have so much dead “smart” tech after years of tech writing
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose speakers un-bricked
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I want to see more of this. I have so much dead “smart” tech after years of tech writing
Reposted by Sacha Judd
more generations need to discover M*A*S*H
January 7, 2026 at 1:12 AM
more generations need to discover M*A*S*H
Reposted by Sacha Judd
PSA: Anisota now has an edit button.
Yes, you can edit Bluesky posts.
Please edit responsibly.
anisota.net
Yes, you can edit Bluesky posts.
Please edit responsibly.
anisota.net
January 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
PSA: Anisota now has an edit button.
Yes, you can edit Bluesky posts.
Please edit responsibly.
anisota.net
Yes, you can edit Bluesky posts.
Please edit responsibly.
anisota.net