Rory H
@roryaych.bsky.social
I call myself a writer but I never know what to put in my bio.
Check out my videos :)
https://roryaych.bearblog.dev/
Check out my videos :)
https://roryaych.bearblog.dev/
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Rory H
@roryaych.bsky.social
· Dec 6
Porco Rosso and the Buffoonery of War
YouTube video by Rory Aych
www.youtube.com
SURPRISE! New video!! Had a lot of fun talking about an oft-overlooked ghibli movie & what it can teach us about laughing at fascism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKn...
An excellent essay. Thank you for writing this.
Nobody needs to be a fan of a rapist, and rapists don't deserve to have fans. His career ends now.
Nobody needs to be a fan of a rapist, and rapists don't deserve to have fans. His career ends now.
October 6, 2026 at 8:54 PM
An excellent essay. Thank you for writing this.
Nobody needs to be a fan of a rapist, and rapists don't deserve to have fans. His career ends now.
Nobody needs to be a fan of a rapist, and rapists don't deserve to have fans. His career ends now.
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i'm fine with people choosing bicycles as a primary mode of transportation. in fact, there are lots of benefits to doing so. all i'd ask is that they run a gas generator or something for a couple hours a day to fulfill their commitment to the carbon footprint
June 12, 2026 at 6:08 PM
i'm fine with people choosing bicycles as a primary mode of transportation. in fact, there are lots of benefits to doing so. all i'd ask is that they run a gas generator or something for a couple hours a day to fulfill their commitment to the carbon footprint
I love the end of the semester bc it means I finally have time to play my train game <3
May 12, 2026 at 3:57 AM
I love the end of the semester bc it means I finally have time to play my train game <3
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please, god, I’ve never wanted anything more than this
Half the Work Is Done: The Clear-Cut Case for a Subway in the I-94 Trench
The I-94 trench is an open cut waiting to be covered. Before we fill it, build a subway that merges Minneapolis and St. Paul into one downtown.
streets.mn
April 28, 2026 at 2:37 PM
please, god, I’ve never wanted anything more than this
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New post!
This week I’m digging into the influential denpa novel Shinkou Shuukyou Omoide-Kyou, my long relationship with Japanese harsh noise, and what to do in a world overrun by poisoned radio waves.
Check it out!!
This week I’m digging into the influential denpa novel Shinkou Shuukyou Omoide-Kyou, my long relationship with Japanese harsh noise, and what to do in a world overrun by poisoned radio waves.
Check it out!!
Talking books | Shinkou Shuukyou Omoide-Kyou
Listen to the radio waves. Blow it all up.
www.tsundokudiving.com
April 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
New post!
This week I’m digging into the influential denpa novel Shinkou Shuukyou Omoide-Kyou, my long relationship with Japanese harsh noise, and what to do in a world overrun by poisoned radio waves.
Check it out!!
This week I’m digging into the influential denpa novel Shinkou Shuukyou Omoide-Kyou, my long relationship with Japanese harsh noise, and what to do in a world overrun by poisoned radio waves.
Check it out!!
love to think about the temporality of trains
roryaych.bearblog.dev/8-perspectiv...
roryaych.bearblog.dev/8-perspectiv...
April 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
love to think about the temporality of trains
roryaych.bearblog.dev/8-perspectiv...
roryaych.bearblog.dev/8-perspectiv...
dad at the playground who pulled out FR24 to check what type of plane it was 2 seconds after I did: we are spiritually connected. lmk if you need a babysitter.
March 29, 2026 at 9:46 PM
dad at the playground who pulled out FR24 to check what type of plane it was 2 seconds after I did: we are spiritually connected. lmk if you need a babysitter.
Had fun speedrunning the Barcelona Metro while I was there! 3h 40m :) All lines (including L9/10 nord AND sud), any% stations. Got some terrible RNG with the L8 frequencies, and missed my last train by 3s, but otherwise was pretty smooth
March 24, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Had fun speedrunning the Barcelona Metro while I was there! 3h 40m :) All lines (including L9/10 nord AND sud), any% stations. Got some terrible RNG with the L8 frequencies, and missed my last train by 3s, but otherwise was pretty smooth
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Sports bar but all the TVs are different 4K train route front window videos
March 19, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Sports bar but all the TVs are different 4K train route front window videos
tilting the computer back and forth to play with the reflections works wonders
www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...
www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...
March 12, 2026 at 3:37 PM
tilting the computer back and forth to play with the reflections works wonders
www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...
www.keithcirkel.co.uk/whats-my-jnd...
The glimpse of dinosaur social media that Goodbye Volcano High gives us is beautiful
March 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM
The glimpse of dinosaur social media that Goodbye Volcano High gives us is beautiful
I'm bloggin!
Trying to get back into writing more casually, so I threw together some thoughts on Little Miss Sunshine. Rough and raw and barely-edited, but I like how it turned out :)
roryaych.bearblog.dev/you-cant-fly...
Trying to get back into writing more casually, so I threw together some thoughts on Little Miss Sunshine. Rough and raw and barely-edited, but I like how it turned out :)
roryaych.bearblog.dev/you-cant-fly...
March 6, 2026 at 1:17 AM
I'm bloggin!
Trying to get back into writing more casually, so I threw together some thoughts on Little Miss Sunshine. Rough and raw and barely-edited, but I like how it turned out :)
roryaych.bearblog.dev/you-cant-fly...
Trying to get back into writing more casually, so I threw together some thoughts on Little Miss Sunshine. Rough and raw and barely-edited, but I like how it turned out :)
roryaych.bearblog.dev/you-cant-fly...
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"why did you become a writer" because no one gave a shit about my special interests growing up. now i make them everyone else's problem. next question
March 5, 2026 at 8:31 PM
"why did you become a writer" because no one gave a shit about my special interests growing up. now i make them everyone else's problem. next question
Awesome interview! Really cool to see someone having so much fun with their work and their inspirations
Here's how Nirvanna The Band The Movie's director, Matt Johnson, snuck Chrono Trigger into the opening. "We wanted to basically give the audience the feeling that, 'Oh, was this what this whole thing was? Two kids at home who just played through Chrono Trigger?'" gameinformer.com/interview/20...
March 4, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Awesome interview! Really cool to see someone having so much fun with their work and their inspirations
We're getting closer.
February 9, 2026 at 5:31 AM
We're getting closer.
I appreciate that reading Susan Sontag and Walter Benjamin gives genuine stat improvements in Perfect Tides. Makes me more optimistic about my own major
February 9, 2026 at 2:55 AM
I appreciate that reading Susan Sontag and Walter Benjamin gives genuine stat improvements in Perfect Tides. Makes me more optimistic about my own major
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GIFT ARTICLE (no paywall). Masterpiece reporting here from Adam. He deserves awards for this.
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
Minnesota Proved MAGA Wrong
The pushback against ICE exposed a series of mistaken assumptions.
www.theatlantic.com
January 27, 2026 at 6:16 AM
GIFT ARTICLE (no paywall). Masterpiece reporting here from Adam. He deserves awards for this.
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
“This is my first occupation,” Olsen said as I climbed into the truck. “Welcome to the underground, I guess.”
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Was waiting until Monday to post this, but fuck it. Solidarity with all of those fighting these fascists in Minneapolis and throughout the country.
January 24, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Was waiting until Monday to post this, but fuck it. Solidarity with all of those fighting these fascists in Minneapolis and throughout the country.
I’m starting a petition for there to be no more secondary enemies in boss fights. Fight me one-on-one or not at all, you bastard.
January 19, 2026 at 2:42 AM
I’m starting a petition for there to be no more secondary enemies in boss fights. Fight me one-on-one or not at all, you bastard.
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This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
one of the most effective weapons we have against fascism is mockery, especially when its really funny
It occurs to me all the yelling at ICE in MPLS isn't merely funny. Getting made fun of like this is awful for morale. ICE is losing field officers faster than it can wave them through training, and a big part of it is how little of this these little weasels can take.
January 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
This isn't just a casual observation. Fascism scholars have long made this point. It's why calling them "weird" was a more effective strategy than talking about the prices of eggs. Fascism is an aesthetic political movement - you need to make people feel embarassed and horrified by it.
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coming out of hiding tonight to say that if you've not experienced Strangereal... man... do it.
don't even wait. play Ace Combat 7 now. literally this second.
don't even wait. play Ace Combat 7 now. literally this second.
December 12, 2025 at 3:35 AM
coming out of hiding tonight to say that if you've not experienced Strangereal... man... do it.
don't even wait. play Ace Combat 7 now. literally this second.
don't even wait. play Ace Combat 7 now. literally this second.
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extremely sharp thoughts on horses and the discourse around it, from harper
I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
I Hope You Get To Live Your Entire Life As A Human
I thought this was going to be a review of my time with Santa Ragione's Horses, the controversial art game recently banned from Steam and the Epic Store. To some extent, this will be that but after...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
extremely sharp thoughts on horses and the discourse around it, from harper
Some winter transit from the past couple weeks <3
December 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Some winter transit from the past couple weeks <3
SURPRISE! New video!! Had a lot of fun talking about an oft-overlooked ghibli movie & what it can teach us about laughing at fascism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKn...
Porco Rosso and the Buffoonery of War
YouTube video by Rory Aych
www.youtube.com
December 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
SURPRISE! New video!! Had a lot of fun talking about an oft-overlooked ghibli movie & what it can teach us about laughing at fascism.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKn...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpKn...