Luke
@luckwillows.bsky.social
Former journalist, current writer, dad, and games and horror guy, always and forever a Chicago Guy
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Luke
@luckwillows.bsky.social
· Jan 28
I used to say something like "I am history's greatest monster" after making a joke that bad, but I've since learned some more things about history, and I think I'm in the clear,
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A little tip for the never been poor before
October 2, 2026 at 3:18 PM
A little tip for the never been poor before
real Spinal Tap "it goes to 11" shit
![Sashi (@sashikantsingh_) on twitter: "Open AI's internal benchmarks show GPT-6.1 Sol crushing Opus 5.5, with Anthropic struggling to keep up"
[A line graph with the horizontal axis labeled "Release date" and the vertical axis labeled "Model number". Three ascending lines plot various AI model names and their version numbers: a top green line plots "GPT-5.6 Sol", "GPT-6 Astra", and "GPT-6.1 Sol". A middle orange line plots "Fable 5", "Fable 5.1", and "Opus 5.5". A bottom black line plots "Grok 4.5", "Grok 4.6", and "Grok 4.7".]
sarah (@SarahStarberry) quotes with: "oh my god read the vertical axis"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4djfp3b27soxcfkxhirydi6d/bafkreibm4gwmd2jxgqehuldjsf6rgpi3jyzvbjlosuyf2jtr73jevhymyy)
October 2, 2026 at 6:01 PM
real Spinal Tap "it goes to 11" shit
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This is what every person who voluntarily uses AI sounds like to me. You're all this guy
October 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM
This is what every person who voluntarily uses AI sounds like to me. You're all this guy
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turning the ads off my TV's homescreen
October 2, 2026 at 6:19 AM
turning the ads off my TV's homescreen
It's once again #Spooktober and I'm ready to get spooky and stay spooky all month. As always, I'm trying to watch at least 31 horror/Halloweeny movies throughout the month.
I'll keep a running list in this thread and on my letterboxd: boxd.it/1yEZr
Last year's list in the QT:
I'll keep a running list in this thread and on my letterboxd: boxd.it/1yEZr
Last year's list in the QT:
It is the first day of #Spooktober, my favorite time of the year and my excuse to try watching 31 horror movies in one month. I'll be keeping track in this thread as well as on my Letterboxd: boxd.it/1yEZr
October 2, 2026 at 3:25 AM
It's once again #Spooktober and I'm ready to get spooky and stay spooky all month. As always, I'm trying to watch at least 31 horror/Halloweeny movies throughout the month.
I'll keep a running list in this thread and on my letterboxd: boxd.it/1yEZr
Last year's list in the QT:
I'll keep a running list in this thread and on my letterboxd: boxd.it/1yEZr
Last year's list in the QT:
skill issue, sign of a weak mind. can't imagine being boggled by the most predictable cause and effect in recent memory
“.. We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
@semafor.com
www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
October 1, 2026 at 7:51 PM
skill issue, sign of a weak mind. can't imagine being boggled by the most predictable cause and effect in recent memory
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seems bad
October 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
seems bad
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Bluesky for the next 31 days
October 1, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Bluesky for the next 31 days
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nightmare blunt rotation
Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich"
September 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
nightmare blunt rotation
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you really would have to be a pretty bad dude to rescue the president
September 29, 2026 at 5:14 AM
you really would have to be a pretty bad dude to rescue the president
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Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.
September 30, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Moralists don't really *have* beliefs. Sometimes they stumble on one, like on a child's toy left on the carpet. The toy must be put away immediately. And the child reprimanded.
"they can make you more influential at work" is eight words, idiot
Add these 4 words to your vocabulary right now, experts say: They can make you more influential at work
Add these 4 words to your vocabulary right now, experts say: They can make you more influential at work
Incorporating a handful of simple words into your vocabulary can make you more persuasive, according to a Wharton professor, a Harvard study and more.
cnb.cx
September 30, 2026 at 3:26 AM
"they can make you more influential at work" is eight words, idiot
Hundreds of Beavers is, legitimately and with no hyperbole, the hardest I've laughed in YEARS
▶️US Dropout subscribers, go stream Hundreds of Beavers on Dropout right now! watch.dropout.tv/videos/hund...
September 29, 2026 at 8:08 PM
Hundreds of Beavers is, legitimately and with no hyperbole, the hardest I've laughed in YEARS
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cooking up a batch of Dunkin' Spice like my name is Michael Gourdan
About to get thrown out of here for obvious reasons
June 23, 2026 at 7:58 PM
cooking up a batch of Dunkin' Spice like my name is Michael Gourdan
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"I installed the Give Away Your Personally Identifying Info app made by the We Love Stealing Your Personally Identifying Info Corp headed by Mr. Steal Your Personally Identifying Info and it gave away all my personally identifying info"
So uhhhhhh… Apparently meta's muse "AI" is just straight up doxxing people to strangers on FB marketplace??? This has the potential to hurt so so many people, and I genuinely wonder how long before they roll out a fix for it.
![Screenshot of a post from threads
matt.j.robb & 16h (€) So muse handled my Facebook marketplace today. Just found out it told people my address and agreed a lowball price and then they showed up without it even telling me until late tonight that it messed up.
Absolutely wild. 1/2
[Embedded image of a series of text messages from a meta muse "agent" given the call sign "Jarvis" (Parts of first message obscured by its logo have been replaced with brackets and ellipses and best guesses from context):]
Heads up, Usman is […] building right now for the MX Keys Mini [. He is sta]nding in front of the Shoppers Drug [Mart.]
$10 by e-transfer. The auto-reply told him to message when he's at your door.
10:28 PM Bad news on the MX Keys Mini pickup. Usman showed up at your building around 9:15 and waited, messaged a bunch of times, and nobody came down. He left angry at 9:38 and left a negative rating.
Worse, my auto-reply told him "Yep I'm here!" at 9:27 when you clearly weren't available, which is on me. That's a bad look and it made the no-show worse.
I've sent him an apology from your account owning it and offering to try again another day. But the negative rating is real, and I should probably stop the auto-replies from claiming you're home when I can't verify that. Want me to change the pickup replies so they don't promise you're there?
[reply, presumably from the threads user]: You gotta never do that ever again don't agree for pickup unless you check with me
[Response from Muse "Agent"]: You're right and I'm sorry. That should never have happened. It's locked in now as a hard rule: i will never […you]'re there unless you've explicitly […] that specific pickup. If someone proposes a time, I'll tell them I'll check and…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ybkylffhwhn2an2ic2lxh76k/bafkreiaanor72a6up5kzdjejmmzvad3lvqqimzavejo6yowdodrqftlzwq)
September 28, 2026 at 1:47 AM
"I installed the Give Away Your Personally Identifying Info app made by the We Love Stealing Your Personally Identifying Info Corp headed by Mr. Steal Your Personally Identifying Info and it gave away all my personally identifying info"
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ZOE FROM CONTROL RESONANT: Hey Dylan, check out this fresh new track.
DJ FUNKY MAKARONILAATIKKO: bodega sandwich in my hand/feeling so fresh all over this land/rhymes so free/it’s where I wanna be/word to your mother/NYC.
DYLAN: …I wanna go back in the box now.
DJ FUNKY MAKARONILAATIKKO: bodega sandwich in my hand/feeling so fresh all over this land/rhymes so free/it’s where I wanna be/word to your mother/NYC.
DYLAN: …I wanna go back in the box now.
September 23, 2026 at 2:37 AM
ZOE FROM CONTROL RESONANT: Hey Dylan, check out this fresh new track.
DJ FUNKY MAKARONILAATIKKO: bodega sandwich in my hand/feeling so fresh all over this land/rhymes so free/it’s where I wanna be/word to your mother/NYC.
DYLAN: …I wanna go back in the box now.
DJ FUNKY MAKARONILAATIKKO: bodega sandwich in my hand/feeling so fresh all over this land/rhymes so free/it’s where I wanna be/word to your mother/NYC.
DYLAN: …I wanna go back in the box now.
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join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death
September 24, 2026 at 7:19 PM
join the military, you get to starve on a rusting ship that repeatedly sails into and out of the range of enemy missiles in order to manipulate gambling websites where people bet on your death
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drunk girls when you have to go home early and work in the morning
September 25, 2026 at 3:52 AM
drunk girls when you have to go home early and work in the morning
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She exploded Roy Scheider with her mind.
So I was watching Jaws (1975) the other night and Cora hopped up on the TV stand LOL 🎥 🦈 💥
September 23, 2026 at 7:14 PM
She exploded Roy Scheider with her mind.
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I am trying box. I am trying REAL HARD.
September 23, 2026 at 1:19 PM
I am trying box. I am trying REAL HARD.
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* Sunday 9/20, 10:32 am: UPS in possession of item
* Monday 9/21, 3:47 pm: Arrived at UPS facility, San Pedro 90731
* Tuesday, 6:42 am: Out for delivery, Liaison Office of the Central People's Government, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
* Monday 9/21, 3:47 pm: Arrived at UPS facility, San Pedro 90731
* Tuesday, 6:42 am: Out for delivery, Liaison Office of the Central People's Government, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
hahahahaha INCREDIBLE
*CHINA IS HOLDING SENSITIVE F-35 PARTS DIVERTED TO HONG KONG
*PENTAGON SAYS IT'S WORKING TO RETRIEVE STEALTHY JET PARTS
*UPS FLIGHT WTH PARTS WAS HEADED TO US BEFORE BEING DIVERTED
*CHINA IS HOLDING SENSITIVE F-35 PARTS DIVERTED TO HONG KONG
*PENTAGON SAYS IT'S WORKING TO RETRIEVE STEALTHY JET PARTS
*UPS FLIGHT WTH PARTS WAS HEADED TO US BEFORE BEING DIVERTED
September 23, 2026 at 8:32 PM
* Sunday 9/20, 10:32 am: UPS in possession of item
* Monday 9/21, 3:47 pm: Arrived at UPS facility, San Pedro 90731
* Tuesday, 6:42 am: Out for delivery, Liaison Office of the Central People's Government, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
* Monday 9/21, 3:47 pm: Arrived at UPS facility, San Pedro 90731
* Tuesday, 6:42 am: Out for delivery, Liaison Office of the Central People's Government, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region