Department of Exasperation
@patrickcentral.bsky.social
UX Designer, voiceover guy, freelance imagineer, technology user
I have opinions on matters of varying importance
I have opinions on matters of varying importance
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My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 AM
My teen, who had dreamt of being an astrophysicist, just told me he wants to go to law school because, “Science isn’t going to be a priority in the US in the future…I don’t want a job where I’ll be constantly worried my funding will be taken away.”
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
Gutting. How many future scientists have we lost?
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If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
I'm starting to wonder how much "the male loneliness epidemic" is just straight and bisexual women identifying low-effort, mean, and incompetent men and choosing not to date, marry, and tolerate them anymore
December 7, 2025 at 3:45 PM
If you call it a “male immaturity epidemic,” a very different set of phenomena come into focus, as this thread shows
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I don’t think night people get enough credit for adapting to a world run by day people
December 6, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I don’t think night people get enough credit for adapting to a world run by day people
I worked for Frank Gehry. Because of him, I went to The Simpsons Halloween party, had a key to the Disney Concert Hall, met amazing artists. Frank was wonderful to me. When I left his office, he said you'll do big things, just try to stay out of politics. Sorry, Frank. Your memory is a blessing ❤️
December 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
@historicnerd.bsky.social @wwg.bsky.social You guys made me aware of this amazing jank just before it got a huge upgrade bsky.app/profile/game...
A treat for helping us reach the goal for our annual fundraiser:
We've redigitized the MaxiVision Power Video Challenge, an infomercial for an unlicensed NES multicart, featuring WWF superstars in the WORLD GAME FEDERATION
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We've redigitized the MaxiVision Power Video Challenge, an infomercial for an unlicensed NES multicart, featuring WWF superstars in the WORLD GAME FEDERATION
Read more: gamehistory.org/maxivision-p...
MaxiVision Power Video Challenge (VHS Domesday capture)
YouTube video by The Video Game History Foundation
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December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
@historicnerd.bsky.social @wwg.bsky.social You guys made me aware of this amazing jank just before it got a huge upgrade bsky.app/profile/game...
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call an ambuflix
December 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's all on FlixMax
Your content, anytime, on NetNowFlixBox
Home your Box Flix with NetOffice
call an ambuflix
Your content, anytime, on NetNowFlixBox
Home your Box Flix with NetOffice
call an ambuflix
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I received an "F" on my dental school paper for writing "the tooth fairy takes 'em while you sleep" and now I'm suing the school for religious discrimination
December 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I received an "F" on my dental school paper for writing "the tooth fairy takes 'em while you sleep" and now I'm suing the school for religious discrimination
I can hear the Dan Aykroyd “bweeaaaaaaa” from Trading Places
December 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I can hear the Dan Aykroyd “bweeaaaaaaa” from Trading Places
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
How much damage has been done to society by Jimmy Fallon trying to look hip and with it
Sam Altman is headed to late night. The OpenAI chief executive will make his 'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' debut on Monday, Dec. 8.
OpenAI Chief Sam Altman to Sit With Fallon, Marking Late-Night TV Debut
Sam Altman is headed to late night. The OpenAI chief executive will make his 'Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon' debut on Monday, Dec. 8.
dlvr.it
December 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
How much damage has been done to society by Jimmy Fallon trying to look hip and with it
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Here’s a Spotify Wrapped for ya:
If we had received 100,00 Spotify streams this year it would have netted us $300.
Buy your favorite band’s records.
If we had received 100,00 Spotify streams this year it would have netted us $300.
Buy your favorite band’s records.
December 3, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Here’s a Spotify Wrapped for ya:
If we had received 100,00 Spotify streams this year it would have netted us $300.
Buy your favorite band’s records.
If we had received 100,00 Spotify streams this year it would have netted us $300.
Buy your favorite band’s records.
Talkin’ bout pahs
And dreamin’ bout prophets
And dreamin’ bout prophets
Hey who here likes Star Trek / 90s country music crossover memes?
December 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Talkin’ bout pahs
And dreamin’ bout prophets
And dreamin’ bout prophets
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
Abracadabra
November 30, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Abracadabra
November 28, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Guy who spins a car to a stop across both directions of traffic, gets out holding a blinking sign saying “you all still dumb?” while live streaming it, somehow shocked that a pile-up occurs
So tired of bad faith assholes concern trolling
So tired of bad faith assholes concern trolling
November 26, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Guy who spins a car to a stop across both directions of traffic, gets out holding a blinking sign saying “you all still dumb?” while live streaming it, somehow shocked that a pile-up occurs
So tired of bad faith assholes concern trolling
So tired of bad faith assholes concern trolling
I bet his dad was more a Thunder in Paradise fan
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 PM
I bet his dad was more a Thunder in Paradise fan
You poor, sweet child. You never stood a chance in the US.
Day #168: The Exciting World of the Metric System (1976)
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
You poor, sweet child. You never stood a chance in the US.
React hello worlds coming in at 2MB is a cancer on the web
How broken is today's frontend culture?
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
A friend points out that the median *mobile* page is now larger than a copy of DOOM (2.6 MiB vs. 2.48 MiB), the 75th percentile page is more than 2 DOOMs, and the P90 mobile page is 4.5x the size of DOOM:
httparchive.org/reports/page...
HTTP Archive: Page Weight
This report tracks the size and quantity of many popular web page resources. Sizes represent the number of bytes sent over the network, which may be compressed.
httparchive.org
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 AM
React hello worlds coming in at 2MB is a cancer on the web
Can you really call it Genesis if it’s based on a bunch of stolen data
"the president has directed the Department of Energy to launch an AI project called the genesis mission" sounds like something out of a technothriller
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Can you really call it Genesis if it’s based on a bunch of stolen data
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People don’t want to see it because they’re desperately solicitous of a political solution which requires nothing personally of them and they’re not terribly interested in what happens to marginalized people.
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
People don’t want to see it because they’re desperately solicitous of a political solution which requires nothing personally of them and they’re not terribly interested in what happens to marginalized people.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
The problem with climate change is we have to convince a bunch of people that future people are actual people, when they don't even believe some currently alive people are people.
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dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
dear men: plz find a route to self-actualization that doesn’t run through someone else’s uterus