We're at a point where there are no cheap options to retreat to and no price points that guarantee quality. Every run-down studio is $1400, every fast food meal is $17, every luxury condo has peel-n-stick tiles, every $300 pair of boots falls apart. Endless expensive mediocrity.
Goodnight. I love you all.
“The answer is there is no answer” is the worst thing in the entire world so please don’t do that lol.
But Buddhists would say the desire to reduce, avoid, or otherwise prevent conflict is inherently bad since desire is bad. What is the answer?
Is conflict of any kind the worst thing in existence? Should the sole priority be to reduce it in every facet of your life?
This is why I’m so mad trains are bad in the U.S. because if they were modern I’d go way more places.
I have deep admiration for anyone who travels consistently. Something I sadly cannot do due to terror of high altitude aviation.
There’s a one in 8 billion chance I’m actually the main character of reality
The term “post office” is funny in that letters are kind of primordial DMs
You should all listen to @morecivilized.bsky.social even if you’ve only thought about Star Wars for like five minutes of your life. A fun podcast run by delightful, intelligent, warm people.
It sees everything and I cannot hide. It knows what I know and more. It feels so good yet so horrifying.
I’m so high that it feels like there’s a morally ambiguous eye of Sauron bearing down on me like the scene where Frodo drops to the dirt
This historical literary research essay by @gwenckatz.bsky.social about emerging advances in solar astronomy influencing the entire framework of science fiction multiple times throughout history is 4,696 words and one of our most read essays of all time.
www.typebarmagazine.com/science-fict...
I might humbly submit that if people don't want to read your 3000-word article, it's probably because it's SEO bait written for search engine algorithms and painfully bland, redundant, and vacuous for an actual literate human reader.
I was so glad you saw the post because your essay was so good and people liked it so much and the idea that “nobody reads your 3,000 word essay” is just so flimsy and vague on its face.
throw tech journalism in the river, and if it tries to climb back out, shoot it
My psychological makeup has never been shaped by sociopolitical circumstances or personal life events. I am more powerful than context!
I’m away from the computer right now but one of our most read pieces is like 6k words about science fiction from 300 years ago lol
ah yes. bluesky, so famously algorithm driven
a lot of what has made discourse insane is that there's an entire crop of guys who live in dc, do a ton of uppers, and have massive gender insecurity around the fact that they're soft-handed scribes
SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26
NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%
except for the last one these should all be bluesky merch
Anyone have good evidence that my consciousness will live forever? Would be great!
Today I Will Look The Burrito Man In The Eye and other stories of manifesting success
Bluesky's Like icon alongside a more popular icon of Edvard Munch's The Scream.
New Bluesky feature's proving popular.
"omg did you see Rotta the Hutt? He's Jabba's son and he is going to fight the Mandalorian and Gr-"
You bolt awake in the hills of Burbank. It is 1976 AD. You are Marcia Lucas, and you have changed your mind. The future cannot come to pass. Star Wars must match George's original vision
If anyone is up for boosting, Bandcamp is holding a fundraiser for the Trans Continental Pipeline to help trans people escape from Kansas!
