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Chris Adamson
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I write, stream, and code stuff. I also raise children and sometimes clean things. Working on docs for 🍏. He/Him/His.
Also https://mastodon.social/@invalidname (follow via BridgyFed for BlueSky: @invalidname.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy)
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Filling out forms to get a pittance from what the AI companies stole from my books, as one does.
"Works Information" form from the Anthropic copyright settlement dot com web page.
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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I mean if you’re going to campaign for something…
The “Zoran for New York” meme generator, with the text from the Final Fantasy XIV copypasta. I’m not putting in the alt text because it’s long and you’ve probably heard it before. Cheers.
November 9, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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And before you even ask why they’re purple:
Back of bag: “WOW! PURPLE POTATO CHIPS.... AWESOME. AFTER SORTING THROUGH WR THAN 500,000 POTATO VARIETIES OVER THE LAST 10 YEARS, OUR FRIENDS AT THE MSU POTATO RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, TOGETHER WITH THE MICHIGAN BASED IOTT SEED FARM, HAVE SUCCESSFULLY CROSSED A MICHIGAN PURPLE TABLE STOCK POTATO WITH A MINNESOTA GROWN PURPLE POTATO AND CREATED "BLACKBERRY". BLACKBERRY IS A NON-GMO PURPLE CHIPPING POTATO THAT IS HIGH IN ANTIOXIDANTS, HAS A GREAT FLAVOR AND A SUPER COOL COLOR. THIS PURPLE POTATO IS MORE DISEASE RESISTANT AND CAN BE GROWN IN MANY ENVIRONMENTS. THE PURPLE POTATO CHIP HIGHLIGHTS THE BEST OF MICHIGAN AGRICULTURE. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY THEM.”
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
invalidname.me
F yeah. Purple chips are back after two years.
A Sam’s Club display of large bags of purple potato chips with sea salt from the Great Lakes potato chip Company.
November 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
invalidname.me
Post you from a different era.

I’m barely visible on the left, but this might be the only time I got on the New Year’s Eve credit roll at all.
A picture of about 12 young news writers in the CNN Headline News newsroom waving to the camera. A caption at the bottom of the screen says "copyright 1996 cable news network all rights reserved."
November 8, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Ooh, the song! Play the song! They even have romaji lyrics on Apple Music now, so we can do karaoke! music.apple.com/us/album/%E6...
Geki Teikoko Kagekidan playing in Apple Music with Japanese lyrics displayed in both kana and romaji.
November 5, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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Oh no, this is even worse: Switch games sorted by time played.
Nintendo app showing my games by number of hours played, sectioned off as large groups. Over 500 hours: Fall Guys Over 100 hours: Tetris 99, Fire Emblem Three Houses, Nintendo Switch Sports, Disney Speedstorm, Unicorn Overlord, Final Fantasy XII The Zodiac Age, Valkyria Chronicles 4 Over 50 hours: Pac-Man 99, 13 Sentinels Aegis Rim, Fire Emblem Engage, The DioField Chronicle, Wild Card Football, Valkyria Chronicles Over 10 hours: Final Fantasy VII Crisis Core Reunion, Hatsune Miku Project Diva MegaMix, Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope, Chips Challenge
November 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Wow that’s a lot of data. Kind of amazed they keep this and have now made it visible to us. #NintendoSwitch
Nintendo app showing a grid of recently played titles. Play sessions for Gal Gun Returns, listed in 15 minute increments, going back to 2021.
November 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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You don’t say…
Limited edition physical copy of “ef a fairy tale of the two”
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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V for Vendetta, chapter 1, Eve sitting on a rooftop with the masked V. Evey: Uh yeah, but what were you doing around here. I didn’t think anybody came to Westminster at night except, you know… women. V: Ahh, but tonight is special. Tonight is a celebration. A grand opening. Were you never taught the rhyme?
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Wife and I threw a couple hundred bucks at local food banks to help get them through the Republicans’ SNAP tantrum. Yay, employer match.
An email on Apple, Inc. letterhead saying "Thank you for your donation!"
November 4, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Good news, #GrandRapids, Secret Burger King has reopened after nearly a year.
A Burger King sign on a sunny day with the text “NOW OPEN”.
November 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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But it’s a really good day for chili.
November 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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OK, now *that's* a return address I can get behind.
A CD mailer with the return address "People Suck Music" and the logo of the band Too Much Joy.
November 2, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Order #1019, y’all.
Ozymandias, from "Watchmen", giving the "I did it 35 minutes ago" speech. The word balloons have been altered to say: "Get pre-orders in?" "Sam, I'm not a fad-chasing weeb-come-lately. Do you seriously think I'd fail to order Anime Herald if there existed the slighest chance of not getting a first printing?" "I pre-ordered it six months ago."
November 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Simpsons Lionel Hutz business card meme. Top text: "AWS: Five nines?" Bottom text: "No, nine fives!"
October 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Had to send this to the kid studying Wildlife Biology in college. #ValkyriaChronicles
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 AM
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You know, Bill Bennett is still alive. I would like nothing better than to haul his ass in front of a typewriter and have him produce a new edition of “The Book of Virtues” that accounts for Trump and the New Right.
Palmer: I have become more convinced of something that, when I was very young, I thought sounded a little shallow: the Founders’ concern with virtue and civic education. I think we’ve lost that, and we’re now paying the price. Being brought up to think of George Washington not telling a lie—although one doesn’t know whether that’s true or not—those stories about doing the right thing, the inspiring stories of people who did the right thing even at great personal cost to themselves, are no longer part of most discourse. And I think we’ve lost something really powerful.
October 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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The Red Wings and Canadiens lead the Atlantic and the Lightning are in last place. Finally some good news for a change. #nhl #GoHabsGo www.espn.com/nhl/standings
A screenshot of the NHL 2025-2026 standings, scrolled to show the Eastern Conference.
October 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Maybe there’s only one good Tron after all.
Megaman Legends character Tron Bonne, pointing at the camera and surrounded by sparks while two Servbots jump for joy next to her.
October 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Still no PWHL in Apple Sports app. Zero stars, basically a crime against humanity.
October 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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My Slack status for today.
The Mac OS X "spinning pizza of death" cursor with the text "Attempting recovery…"
October 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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Finally, something goes ludicrously right for my side in Madden. #NintendoSwitch2
October 19, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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@limitedrungames.com Mistake on the bottom of page 14 of instruction manual for Valkyria Chronicles Remastered. The captions apply to the wrong images. Camp icons *with* a star are base camps; those without are regular camps.
October 18, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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Can’t help but wonder if, by July 2026, the tariff will be more than the item.
A Kotobukiya US page listing a figure of Melisandre, a woman swordmaster from the video game Unicorn Overlord. The listed price is $185, but a highlighted text box warns “this product is subject to a tariff-related surcharge. A surcharge will be added at a later date”
October 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM