Dr. Mel
@dr-mel.bsky.social
one of us since 10:58 PM on 01.31.2012
Also on here, i guess?: https://www.pillowfort.social/DrMel
Also on here, i guess?: https://www.pillowfort.social/DrMel
I have gone down some kind of rabbit hole of unhinged local politics and youtube knows EXACTLY where to take me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yji...
and also
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGm...
#blutoid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yji...
and also
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGm...
#blutoid
Councilman Eric Mays Greatest Moments Vol. 1
YouTube video by Ms. Boba Fett
www.youtube.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:06 AM
I have gone down some kind of rabbit hole of unhinged local politics and youtube knows EXACTLY where to take me.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yji...
and also
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGm...
#blutoid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yji...
and also
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgGm...
#blutoid
I saw watership down for the first time and i think by this point it's a little overrated as a difficult film to watch. For a kid, sure. I get why adults who saw it as children would say that. But it's not particularly difficult or hard to watch and the story is quite nice. Recommended.
#blutoid
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January 20, 2026 at 11:24 PM
I saw watership down for the first time and i think by this point it's a little overrated as a difficult film to watch. For a kid, sure. I get why adults who saw it as children would say that. But it's not particularly difficult or hard to watch and the story is quite nice. Recommended.
#blutoid
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I've never played or watched Death Stranding much, until recently, watching a playthrough now. Maybe everyone knows this, but I haven't heard anyone else say it - we know that Strand is a word for Beach, right?
It seems Kojima wanted to further explore the rebirth themes of MGS5.
#blutoid
It seems Kojima wanted to further explore the rebirth themes of MGS5.
#blutoid
January 18, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I've never played or watched Death Stranding much, until recently, watching a playthrough now. Maybe everyone knows this, but I haven't heard anyone else say it - we know that Strand is a word for Beach, right?
It seems Kojima wanted to further explore the rebirth themes of MGS5.
#blutoid
It seems Kojima wanted to further explore the rebirth themes of MGS5.
#blutoid
Playing StarRupture, it's a fine factory game. It has a hunger meter, and at some point your character says "I should eat something" but the subtitles say "I could eat a horse" and every time my brain reads it as "I should eat a horse". And the desperate way he says it make is so insane.
#blutoid
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January 18, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Playing StarRupture, it's a fine factory game. It has a hunger meter, and at some point your character says "I should eat something" but the subtitles say "I could eat a horse" and every time my brain reads it as "I should eat a horse". And the desperate way he says it make is so insane.
#blutoid
#blutoid
Vital Shell, apparently a game where you can be a mech on a beach shooting eggs on legs and all the fonts have serifs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_E5...
#blutoid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_E5...
#blutoid
Vital Shell | Gameplay PC
YouTube video by MAZAVS - Games Channel
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Vital Shell, apparently a game where you can be a mech on a beach shooting eggs on legs and all the fonts have serifs.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_E5...
#blutoid
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_E5...
#blutoid
I continue to be astounded by what causes people to finally leave twitter. It has been irredemable and not worth using for "exposure" since like 2014, holy shit. #blutoid
January 7, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I continue to be astounded by what causes people to finally leave twitter. It has been irredemable and not worth using for "exposure" since like 2014, holy shit. #blutoid
Reposted by Dr. Mel
a computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must make all of our management decisions
January 3, 2026 at 5:18 AM
a computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must make all of our management decisions
Watching Enemy (2013), it's about a man who finds a perfect double and they both go insane. And in the film there's a background line quoted from Marx about "the first time it's a tragedy, the second time it's a farce" which I'd never heard before. And yet today in my timeline...
#blutoid
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January 1, 2026 at 1:27 AM
Watching Enemy (2013), it's about a man who finds a perfect double and they both go insane. And in the film there's a background line quoted from Marx about "the first time it's a tragedy, the second time it's a farce" which I'd never heard before. And yet today in my timeline...
#blutoid
#blutoid
Gen ai is not just directly replacing real art, it's suppressing real art. Now I second guess when I see an orchestrated or covered soundtrack, and likely some real creators are losing visibility.
Well this one is both real and amazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yG3... MM covered as BotW.
#blutoid
Well this one is both real and amazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yG3... MM covered as BotW.
#blutoid
Mask of the Wild | Full Album - Kassil
YouTube video by Kassil
www.youtube.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Gen ai is not just directly replacing real art, it's suppressing real art. Now I second guess when I see an orchestrated or covered soundtrack, and likely some real creators are losing visibility.
Well this one is both real and amazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yG3... MM covered as BotW.
#blutoid
Well this one is both real and amazing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yG3... MM covered as BotW.
#blutoid
It's funny that the increase in talking about AI and the ubiquity of san serif fonts has prompted solutions like "A.i." in writing, i guess to make it look less like AL.
I will now assume AI is always the arabic article for The which, surprise #wordtoid , is the source of the "al" in algebra!
I will now assume AI is always the arabic article for The which, surprise #wordtoid , is the source of the "al" in algebra!
December 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
It's funny that the increase in talking about AI and the ubiquity of san serif fonts has prompted solutions like "A.i." in writing, i guess to make it look less like AL.
I will now assume AI is always the arabic article for The which, surprise #wordtoid , is the source of the "al" in algebra!
I will now assume AI is always the arabic article for The which, surprise #wordtoid , is the source of the "al" in algebra!
2026 is the year I start going back to pronouncing it mary-o like a real italian american, god damn it. You've all convinced me to pronounce it wrong the the last time! #blutoid
December 19, 2025 at 9:46 PM
2026 is the year I start going back to pronouncing it mary-o like a real italian american, god damn it. You've all convinced me to pronounce it wrong the the last time! #blutoid
December 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
You don't need ai to make shitty, contrived things. We've been titling movies, books, music and all sorts of creative things after common phrases with the first half chopped off for decades!
#blutoid
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December 17, 2025 at 11:27 PM
You don't need ai to make shitty, contrived things. We've been titling movies, books, music and all sorts of creative things after common phrases with the first half chopped off for decades!
#blutoid
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December 11, 2025 at 7:38 PM
List of games I played this year, many of which did not release this year. Many of which I've forgotten I played already! Brief comment on each game in the alt text.
It's Clair Obscure by a mile, folks.
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It's Clair Obscure by a mile, folks.
#blutoid
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 AM
List of games I played this year, many of which did not release this year. Many of which I've forgotten I played already! Brief comment on each game in the alt text.
It's Clair Obscure by a mile, folks.
#blutoid
It's Clair Obscure by a mile, folks.
#blutoid
As a self-certified word dork, I have noticed an uptick in people using the word human(s) in place of Person or People. It strikes me as the same distinction between House and Home, but until recently seemed alien. Literally a joke about how aliens would talk: "hello humans".
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#wordtoid
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#wordtoid
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Reposted by Dr. Mel
Played Peak with a friend the other day, and if you know that game it's all about stamina management and climbing. And this was the day after we put down our dog. The first game I picked up since then. Wasn't even sure I was ready to play a game yet.
1/2
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1/2
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December 4, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Played Peak with a friend the other day, and if you know that game it's all about stamina management and climbing. And this was the day after we put down our dog. The first game I picked up since then. Wasn't even sure I was ready to play a game yet.
1/2
#blutoid
1/2
#blutoid
Hey everyone, with Metroid reviews landing I thought I'd repost an old C-blog about an idea I had for a Metroid game.
From 2015, I think I'd still want to play this game.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6932932
#blutoid
From 2015, I think I'd still want to play this game.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6932932
#blutoid
DrMel: Metroid Isolation (Dtoid C-Blog repost)
Hey all. So recently I was listening to the latest Retronauts episode about the early Metroid series, and toward the end the panelists began speculating about what they wanted to see in a new game in ...
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December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Hey everyone, with Metroid reviews landing I thought I'd repost an old C-blog about an idea I had for a Metroid game.
From 2015, I think I'd still want to play this game.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6932932
#blutoid
From 2015, I think I'd still want to play this game.
www.pillowfort.social/posts/6932932
#blutoid
This is the fifth time. The fifth time I've let go of a dog I'll know forever. It'll never get any easier. But that's not why you let them in. You let them in because they'll make each day they were here a little easier, better, fuller, funnier.
#blutoid
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December 2, 2025 at 12:42 AM
This is the fifth time. The fifth time I've let go of a dog I'll know forever. It'll never get any easier. But that's not why you let them in. You let them in because they'll make each day they were here a little easier, better, fuller, funnier.
#blutoid
#blutoid
"The future offers very little hope for those who expect that our new mechanical slaves will offer us a world in which we may rest from thinking. Help us they may, but at the cost of supreme demands upon our honesty and our intelligence." [Norbert Wiener, "God and Golem, Inc.," 1964] via etymonline.
November 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
"The future offers very little hope for those who expect that our new mechanical slaves will offer us a world in which we may rest from thinking. Help us they may, but at the cost of supreme demands upon our honesty and our intelligence." [Norbert Wiener, "God and Golem, Inc.," 1964] via etymonline.