Josh Collinsworth
@collinsworth.dev
Design engineer; writer; maker of https://quina.app and https://playhondo.com; frontend/CSS lover; semi-notorious React critic; dad (jokes|bod)?; lifelong Nintendo fan; pro-DEI, anti-fascism. Currently @ Deno; prev. Shopify. https://joshcollinsworth.com
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Josh Collinsworth
@collinsworth.dev
· Jun 27
For as long as I live, I'll never get over the fact that we've walked on the moon, harnessed the sun's power, and made it possible to send messages around the planet in mere seconds...
...yet we're still so stupidly primitive we think where you were born should determine what rights you have.
...yet we're still so stupidly primitive we think where you were born should determine what rights you have.
Nintendo and Valve picked a heck of a news day to announce things
November 12, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Nintendo and Valve picked a heck of a news day to announce things
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Hello it is I, Linux user of an obscure web browser variant several versions behind with JavaScript and CSS disabled, last of his name, your website is broken. I shall not elaborate further.
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Hello it is I, Linux user of an obscure web browser variant several versions behind with JavaScript and CSS disabled, last of his name, your website is broken. I shall not elaborate further.
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excellent piece on tolkien, the changing faces of d&d, and the history of ~fantasy racism~. good shit in here
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:09 PM
excellent piece on tolkien, the changing faces of d&d, and the history of ~fantasy racism~. good shit in here
Adjustable difficulty settings.
[Stares directly at Silksong]
[Stares directly at Silksong]
November 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Adjustable difficulty settings.
[Stares directly at Silksong]
[Stares directly at Silksong]
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There are only two kinds of crime shows:
- Bummertown
- Rogue Genius Detective
- Bummertown
- Rogue Genius Detective
November 11, 2025 at 4:28 AM
There are only two kinds of crime shows:
- Bummertown
- Rogue Genius Detective
- Bummertown
- Rogue Genius Detective
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Agustín Capeletto keeps bending CSS into new dimensions... literally!
His latest article unveils a new terrain generator powered entirely by stacked grids and transforms.
A perfect piece to celebrate him on his birthday: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...
His latest article unveils a new terrain generator powered entirely by stacked grids and transforms.
A perfect piece to celebrate him on his birthday: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...
November 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Agustín Capeletto keeps bending CSS into new dimensions... literally!
His latest article unveils a new terrain generator powered entirely by stacked grids and transforms.
A perfect piece to celebrate him on his birthday: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...
His latest article unveils a new terrain generator powered entirely by stacked grids and transforms.
A perfect piece to celebrate him on his birthday: tympanus.net/codrops/2025...
I know there are dozens of worse hypocrisies, but I just find it particularly vile that the guys behind "Sleepy Joe" and "Let's Go Brandon" think anyone who says anything bad about the President should get sued for a billion dollars.
November 10, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I know there are dozens of worse hypocrisies, but I just find it particularly vile that the guys behind "Sleepy Joe" and "Let's Go Brandon" think anyone who says anything bad about the President should get sued for a billion dollars.
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some good news: kim davis publicly ate shit, again
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
some good news: kim davis publicly ate shit, again
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Generative AI is the apotheosis of this process. It's praised for doing better than a human on certain tasks, but those tasks were *made for computer logic* in the first place.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Generative AI is the apotheosis of this process. It's praised for doing better than a human on certain tasks, but those tasks were *made for computer logic* in the first place.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
The new world will try to convince you that this computer logic is more valuable than your human thought. Defy it.
New blog post: joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alchemy
Alchemy
Some thoughts on attempts to create gold out of nothing, and how generative AI, in many ways, mirrors that doomed pursuit
joshcollinsworth.com
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
New blog post: joshcollinsworth.com/blog/alchemy
Naps are, statistically speaking, the best possible action to take in almost any situation. A nap is virtually never a bad idea. I can think of like ten thousand regrets I've had in my life, but taking a nap has literally never even been a part of one of them.
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Naps are, statistically speaking, the best possible action to take in almost any situation. A nap is virtually never a bad idea. I can think of like ten thousand regrets I've had in my life, but taking a nap has literally never even been a part of one of them.
Razzle Dazzle is what Snoop Dogg calls Roald Dahl
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Razzle Dazzle is what Snoop Dogg calls Roald Dahl
In hindsight, conservatism was never anything more than in-the-closet fascism.
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In hindsight, conservatism was never anything more than in-the-closet fascism.
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Welcome to Pillsbury. We built this city on raw canned rolls.
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Welcome to Pillsbury. We built this city on raw canned rolls.
I have long thought we should stop asking people what they want to *be* (when they grow up), and instead ask what they want to *learn.*
“I wish we wouldn’t tell people to follow their passion. I wish we’d tell them to follow their curiosity.”
— Astrid Bin
— Astrid Bin
November 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I have long thought we should stop asking people what they want to *be* (when they grow up), and instead ask what they want to *learn.*
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Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
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Write code to make being human easier. Rip code out if it makes being human harder. Write code to make caring for each other easier. Rip it out if it makes caring for each other harder.
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
October 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Write code to make being human easier. Rip code out if it makes being human harder. Write code to make caring for each other easier. Rip it out if it makes caring for each other harder.
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
Empathy driven development has literally never failed me. It’s done me better than everything else combined
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The New York Times opinion page isn't holding anything back now smh.
November 6, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The New York Times opinion page isn't holding anything back now smh.
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succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
succubus - female demon that seduces men
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
incubus - male demon that seduces women
vengabus - non-binary demon that likes to party
A fun thing they don't tell you about working in restaurants is that you'll still be having nightmares about it decades later.
November 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
A fun thing they don't tell you about working in restaurants is that you'll still be having nightmares about it decades later.
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AITA for referring to breastfeeding as "nature's human centipede?"
November 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM
AITA for referring to breastfeeding as "nature's human centipede?"
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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Inside you there are two woffs.
Ignore the first woff. You just need the woff2.
Ignore the first woff. You just need the woff2.
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Inside you there are two woffs.
Ignore the first woff. You just need the woff2.
Ignore the first woff. You just need the woff2.