V to the H to the A and a Junior
@superpixels.bsky.social
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Former teacher, editor, filmmaker, magician.
Current writer, editor, technologist, voice actor & dad.
Help me save the Internet: goodpotatoproject.com
Former teacher, editor, filmmaker, magician.
Current writer, editor, technologist, voice actor & dad.
Help me save the Internet: goodpotatoproject.com
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The Good Potato Project Teaser
YouTube video by Angry Dad Gamer
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My car died, and the world is on fire, so I have not had the spoons to create a Patreon and blah blah but I did get a video up explaining some of the problem I'm trying to fix with the Good Potato Project. More to come, once I stop screaming.
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Life in prison for this shit.
I'm not joking. The only reason that's not the statutory sentence is that US torture laws only apply to torture committed OUTSIDE the US; torture committed INSIDE the US isn't a separate crime
I'm not joking. The only reason that's not the statutory sentence is that US torture laws only apply to torture committed OUTSIDE the US; torture committed INSIDE the US isn't a separate crime
On Thanksgiving, the immigrant children held at the Dilley detention center gathered in the gym for what they thought was a holiday feast.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
The kids salivated over a spread of turkey, sandwiches, pastries and pies, a family told me.
But the food wasn’t for detainees — it was for the staff.
February 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Life in prison for this shit.
I'm not joking. The only reason that's not the statutory sentence is that US torture laws only apply to torture committed OUTSIDE the US; torture committed INSIDE the US isn't a separate crime
I'm not joking. The only reason that's not the statutory sentence is that US torture laws only apply to torture committed OUTSIDE the US; torture committed INSIDE the US isn't a separate crime
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"wages have been flat for decades" is an extremely simple, obviously true concept that explains about 80% of all handwringing op-eds and for some reason they just won't say that
"zoomers are killing the bar industry" oh interesting was it zoomers who decided a drink should cost seventeen dollars
February 13, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"wages have been flat for decades" is an extremely simple, obviously true concept that explains about 80% of all handwringing op-eds and for some reason they just won't say that
Just to watch him cry 🎶
Giving a victorian child a PS3
February 13, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Just to watch him cry 🎶
February 13, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
My most authoritarian opinion is that the MMR vaccine should be mandatory, with only medical (not religious or floofy) exemptions allowed. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I feel this way about pretty much all vaccine-preventable infectious diseases. You shouldn't be allowed to dump cyanide into municipal drinking water and you shouldn't be allowed to recreationally spread viruses around shared public spaces.
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If you've been meaning to delete that Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp account you never use, now would be a really good time!
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:19 PM
If you've been meaning to delete that Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp account you never use, now would be a really good time!
New citizenship test just dropped
February 13, 2026 at 5:20 PM
New citizenship test just dropped
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we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
February 13, 2026 at 3:12 AM
we live in the ruins of a greater civilization
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New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
The Art of Haunting
The email was innocuous enough. A woman wrote to me explaining how her partner had been talking about my work and how much he’d enjoyed it—in particular, he’d remembered me giving a TEDx talk about gh...
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February 13, 2026 at 2:04 PM
New from me, at @vqr.bsky.social: a few years ago two people contacted me about a TEDx talk I once gave, “The Art of Haunting.”
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
When I replied I’d never given a TEDx talk, things just got weirder.
On AI, ghosts, what it means to tell a story, and what Italo Calvino saw coming 60 years ago. Enjoy!
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greatest headline of my adult life
ICYMI: Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Fukushima's radioactive hybrid terror pig boom was driven by amorous mothers
Genetic study finds domestic pigs’ year-round breeding sped gene flow into wild boar
Back in 2021, in the thick of pandemic mania, The Register gleefully reported that "radioactive hybrid terror pigs" were thriving in Japan's Fukushima exclusion zone.…
dlvr.it
February 13, 2026 at 1:02 PM
greatest headline of my adult life
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do you think they were twirling their moustache while writing that memo?
Facebook plans to put facial recognition in its glasses and they think we’re too stupid to fight back.
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Their internal memo: “We will launch during a dynamic political environment where many civil society groups that we would expect to attack us would have their resources focused on other concerns.”
Meta Plans to Add Facial Recognition Technology to Its Smart Glasses
www.nytimes.com
February 13, 2026 at 1:27 PM
do you think they were twirling their moustache while writing that memo?
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The bravery and courage of educators in contrast to the callous cruelty of DHS continues to astonish me.
“We love our children fiercely.”
“We love our children fiercely.”
February 13, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The bravery and courage of educators in contrast to the callous cruelty of DHS continues to astonish me.
“We love our children fiercely.”
“We love our children fiercely.”
USA Simulator
February 13, 2026 at 3:05 AM
USA Simulator
tHeSe aRe NoT ur FaTheR’s DeMoCrAtS
February 13, 2026 at 3:05 AM
tHeSe aRe NoT ur FaTheR’s DeMoCrAtS
But Mr. Krabs didn’t say “fudge”…
February 13, 2026 at 3:03 AM
But Mr. Krabs didn’t say “fudge”…
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Beano #725, June 9, 1956
February 12, 2026 at 10:59 PM
Beano #725, June 9, 1956
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Building a software user experience that can actually meet consumer expectations is much harder than many tech people think. Unfortunately, a lot of FOSS is simply not ready for the consumer experience.
Maybe @jenson.org has a different opinion.
www.theverge.com/report/87507...
Maybe @jenson.org has a different opinion.
www.theverge.com/report/87507...
I went back to Linux and it was a mistake
I need an OS, not another hobby.
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Building a software user experience that can actually meet consumer expectations is much harder than many tech people think. Unfortunately, a lot of FOSS is simply not ready for the consumer experience.
Maybe @jenson.org has a different opinion.
www.theverge.com/report/87507...
Maybe @jenson.org has a different opinion.
www.theverge.com/report/87507...
I’m so not ready for spring
February 13, 2026 at 12:38 AM
I’m so not ready for spring
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A random reply generator for freelancers to politely decline unpaid work. (For when you want to be polite.)
Freelance Rate Guide
A random reply generator for freelancers to politely decline unpaid work.
no-free-work-reply-generator.vercel.app
February 13, 2026 at 12:37 AM
A random reply generator for freelancers to politely decline unpaid work. (For when you want to be polite.)
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paranoia device rolls back to previous version
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 13, 2026 at 12:15 AM
paranoia device rolls back to previous version
Y’all what is up with autocorrect going insane when you have to back up and correct part of a word? Why does it treat this as a new word? So if I spell “from” as “frim“ and back up it thinks I’m trying to just spell “om”… did anyone QA this?!?
February 13, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Y’all what is up with autocorrect going insane when you have to back up and correct part of a word? Why does it treat this as a new word? So if I spell “from” as “frim“ and back up it thinks I’m trying to just spell “om”… did anyone QA this?!?
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Hey y’all, former journalist here reporting about the wrestler and the “fuck ICE“ chant. He wasn’t absent from the show because of all that. He was getting on a plane to Australia. 🤷♂️
February 13, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Hey y’all, former journalist here reporting about the wrestler and the “fuck ICE“ chant. He wasn’t absent from the show because of all that. He was getting on a plane to Australia. 🤷♂️
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