Scott "Maybe This Year" Nickell
@salvius23.bsky.social
Software testing/QA/tech support, gamer, writer/poet, law school dropout. He/him. Opinions are not those of my employer(s), past, present, or future. They may not even be *mine*.
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Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and a tiny amount of power corrupts with the fire of a thousand suns.
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the plural of netflix is netflices
October 1, 2026 at 5:49 AM
the plural of netflix is netflices
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I may have to convert to Catholicism
>pope
>>from Chicago
>>>white sox fan
>>>>white sox immediately make playoffs after 3 straight 100 loss seasons
>>>>>win playoff game for first time in 5 years
>>from Chicago
>>>white sox fan
>>>>white sox immediately make playoffs after 3 straight 100 loss seasons
>>>>>win playoff game for first time in 5 years
October 1, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I may have to convert to Catholicism
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if Eliezer Yudkowsky was born into a somewhat poorer family and missed a couple lucky breaks, he’d have ended up as an archetypal specimen of your friend’s older cousin who keeps boa constrictors and makes you listen to him talk about quantum physics in his parent’s basement in exchange for weed
September 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
if Eliezer Yudkowsky was born into a somewhat poorer family and missed a couple lucky breaks, he’d have ended up as an archetypal specimen of your friend’s older cousin who keeps boa constrictors and makes you listen to him talk about quantum physics in his parent’s basement in exchange for weed
I just backed The Lord of the Rings™: The King’s Gambit on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
The Lord of the Rings™: The King’s Gambit
The final, fateful battle in the war for Middle-earth plays out across four epic fields of battle.
www.kickstarter.com
September 30, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I just backed The Lord of the Rings™: The King’s Gambit on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/res...
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GenX kids will know the pain of needing just the right kind of pencil to rewind.
July 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
GenX kids will know the pain of needing just the right kind of pencil to rewind.
I think it was a double bill of these two:
September 26, 2026 at 5:57 AM
I think it was a double bill of these two:
X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes, done as full-on Lovecraftian horror.
And using the ending that was apparently discussed, but never shot, where after gouging out his own eyes, the screen goes black, and you hear him say, "Oh my God... I can still see!"
And using the ending that was apparently discussed, but never shot, where after gouging out his own eyes, the screen goes black, and you hear him say, "Oh my God... I can still see!"
Name a film that *should* be remade/remastered.
September 26, 2026 at 4:52 AM
X: The Man With The X-Ray Eyes, done as full-on Lovecraftian horror.
And using the ending that was apparently discussed, but never shot, where after gouging out his own eyes, the screen goes black, and you hear him say, "Oh my God... I can still see!"
And using the ending that was apparently discussed, but never shot, where after gouging out his own eyes, the screen goes black, and you hear him say, "Oh my God... I can still see!"
I feel like this is the only possible answer.
September 26, 2026 at 4:47 AM
I feel like this is the only possible answer.
Or, if you prefer #LastFiveWatched from @reelrank.bsky.social, here's those:
September 25, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Or, if you prefer #LastFiveWatched from @reelrank.bsky.social, here's those:
September 25, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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I don’t think people realize that theology debates were the closest thing to tumblr fandom arguments we had for basically 2000 years.
September 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
I don’t think people realize that theology debates were the closest thing to tumblr fandom arguments we had for basically 2000 years.
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'Bladerunner 2049' (2017)
dir: Denis Villeneuve 📽️
dir: Denis Villeneuve 📽️
September 17, 2026 at 1:50 PM
'Bladerunner 2049' (2017)
dir: Denis Villeneuve 📽️
dir: Denis Villeneuve 📽️
Yeah, the unfortunately-chosen jargon word "agent" implies agency that these "AI agents" don't* have.
*yet?
*yet?
I really hate the framing of these stories as "an AI agent broke out and hacked something."
No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
No, an inadequate sandbox meant that a powerful and unpredictable computer program was set loose on the open internet by the company that designed it. The agency isn't with the "AI agent", it's with the firm
September 19, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Yeah, the unfortunately-chosen jargon word "agent" implies agency that these "AI agents" don't* have.
*yet?
*yet?
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Hell yes
September 19, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Hell yes
Elsewhere in the same movie a car jumps over a moving train, and this clip is still scarier.
RIP Gerrit Graham - who was, among many things, star of one of the lowkey scariest stunts I’ve ever seen in my life
September 18, 2026 at 11:26 PM
Elsewhere in the same movie a car jumps over a moving train, and this clip is still scarier.
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Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming https://theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nefarious-plot-to-undergo-years-of-m-1850433563/
September 18, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Trans Teen Hatches Nefarious Plot To Undergo Years Of Medical Treatments And Counseling To Win At Swimming https://theonion.com/trans-teen-hatches-nefarious-plot-to-undergo-years-of-m-1850433563/
I blame the Large Hadron Collider.
It’s very simple. A reality TV host became dictator because he turned down a role for Sharknado 4 and that’s why the king of outer space, who cheats at Diablo, got to kill Africa. Now the economy is controlled by a sex cult that has something to do with Harry Potter fanfic because of robots.
September 18, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I blame the Large Hadron Collider.
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A lot of people are confused by the concept of “cat years" so here's a little guide:
0-1 years - just a little baby
1-3 years - just a little baby
4-9 years - just a little baby
10+ years - just a little baby
0-1 years - just a little baby
1-3 years - just a little baby
4-9 years - just a little baby
10+ years - just a little baby
June 15, 2026 at 9:55 AM
A lot of people are confused by the concept of “cat years" so here's a little guide:
0-1 years - just a little baby
1-3 years - just a little baby
4-9 years - just a little baby
10+ years - just a little baby
0-1 years - just a little baby
1-3 years - just a little baby
4-9 years - just a little baby
10+ years - just a little baby
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I’m sorry to all the Lukes but the fact is that there is a massively funded scare campaign against guys named Luke and a lot of morally and intellectually lazy people have fallen for the daily torrent of resulting propaganda, and what are we to do? offer a vigorous principled counternarrative? Well,
They said guys named Luke had to lose all of our rights next. It was our turn to do that. Also we had to shut the fuck up about it. Just the luck of the draw I suppose. Anything to save democracy.
September 18, 2026 at 8:00 PM
I’m sorry to all the Lukes but the fact is that there is a massively funded scare campaign against guys named Luke and a lot of morally and intellectually lazy people have fallen for the daily torrent of resulting propaganda, and what are we to do? offer a vigorous principled counternarrative? Well,
September 18, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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There have always been humans who thought:
1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser
“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that
1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser
“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that
Certain kinds of smart people tend to have a "sexy apocalypse" problem when it comes to thinking about risk. E.g. skynet turning everyone in paperclips, while bad, is also *kind of cool and fun* at the same time. Where the reality is that most actual disasters are both stupid and disappointing.
September 18, 2026 at 1:17 PM
There have always been humans who thought:
1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser
“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that
1) The world will end soon
2) It will happen in a cool, exciting way
3) It’ll happen to me personally
4) I’ll be a martyred prophet, or a warlord, or otherwise special
5) People who don’t see this are lesser
“Sexy apocalypse” is a great phrase for that
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"your holiness, it's called a sankey diagram"
September 18, 2026 at 3:07 PM
"your holiness, it's called a sankey diagram"
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Make all the captchas on your enterprise require writing personal, graphically sexual insults about KJU for an additional layer of cybersecurity.
September 18, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Make all the captchas on your enterprise require writing personal, graphically sexual insults about KJU for an additional layer of cybersecurity.
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“soccer player and guitarist from Wisconsin’s capital city.” lesbian representation
American Girl introduces its first doll from Wisconsin for brand’s 40th anniversary
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/american-girl-introduces-its-first-doll-from-wisconsin-for-brands-40th-anniversary
More: https://bringmethenews.com/minnesota-lifestyle/american-girl-introduces-its-first-doll-from-wisconsin-for-brands-40th-anniversary
September 17, 2026 at 10:15 PM
“soccer player and guitarist from Wisconsin’s capital city.” lesbian representation