Eric Sipple
@ericsipple.com
Author of BROKEN MAGIC, MIMESIS. Head of Engineering at Hey Jane. My brain is a beautiful rain of frogs. 🏳️⚧️ (they/them)
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Was curious if "Bluesky is so hostile!" AI guy was doing the "Oh they suck so bad there!" game back on Twitter and, uh...
We need to put a ban on tech people making references to easy-to-understand science fiction that they still somehow do not understand.
We need to put a ban on tech people making references to easy-to-understand science fiction that they still somehow do not understand.
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Was curious if "Bluesky is so hostile!" AI guy was doing the "Oh they suck so bad there!" game back on Twitter and, uh...
We need to put a ban on tech people making references to easy-to-understand science fiction that they still somehow do not understand.
We need to put a ban on tech people making references to easy-to-understand science fiction that they still somehow do not understand.
Went to see if this was real and it got even better with this desperate attempt to do cleanup.
November 25, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Went to see if this was real and it got even better with this desperate attempt to do cleanup.
A movie that takes place where you're from (alas)
November 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
A movie that takes place where you're from (alas)
Ryan Lizza getting the high hat he deserves.
November 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Ryan Lizza getting the high hat he deserves.
"But what if your downdetector goes down?"
"That's why I have this downdetector detector. So if your downdetector goes down, you can uhh... uhhh..."
"Detect it?"
"Right!"
"That's why I have this downdetector detector. So if your downdetector goes down, you can uhh... uhhh..."
"Detect it?"
"Right!"
November 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
"But what if your downdetector goes down?"
"That's why I have this downdetector detector. So if your downdetector goes down, you can uhh... uhhh..."
"Detect it?"
"Right!"
"That's why I have this downdetector detector. So if your downdetector goes down, you can uhh... uhhh..."
"Detect it?"
"Right!"
Incredible ordering moments in mute lists.
November 18, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Incredible ordering moments in mute lists.
Alex, I’ll take “Things You’d Totally Say If There Wasn’t a Bubble” for $500.
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Alex, I’ll take “Things You’d Totally Say If There Wasn’t a Bubble” for $500.
This is how CNN covered the Comey letter.
November 17, 2025 at 3:39 PM
This is how CNN covered the Comey letter.
Enjoying Vince Gilligan's new show.
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Enjoying Vince Gilligan's new show.
Average social media interaction.
November 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Average social media interaction.
Whatever he’s listening to, if he likes it, you should feel shame for liking it, too. He should not feel shame for being in this photoshoot, though.
November 12, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Whatever he’s listening to, if he likes it, you should feel shame for liking it, too. He should not feel shame for being in this photoshoot, though.
I love the smell of provisional ballots in the evening. Smells like… victory.
November 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I love the smell of provisional ballots in the evening. Smells like… victory.
Friends, I am begging you to learn the history of the French Revolution, which was *not* a working class revolt, but a liberal democratic one led primary by urban professionals. The guillotine was not used in class-related ways, but to punish treason in increasingly paranoid ways.
![A post with the text: i see no historical parallels with other times the greed of the ruling class has created the exact material conditions which pressure working class people into open revolution.
don’t you feel free, citizen? isn’t this liberty? surely austerity is a sustainable way to maintain a society.
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And then four images of revolutions: French, Soviet, Cuban, and [unknown, I failed to remember the alt text on that one]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3a6m6qmw3i67uyyr46cpc3uh/bafkreigihltxzgpexsnyer5xukmmdsbm7brb2hnbtxx5s2r3eurv6xkh4i@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Friends, I am begging you to learn the history of the French Revolution, which was *not* a working class revolt, but a liberal democratic one led primary by urban professionals. The guillotine was not used in class-related ways, but to punish treason in increasingly paranoid ways.
Finally, the Legasequel we all need.
November 10, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Finally, the Legasequel we all need.