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Alex Ashpool

@alexashpool.bsky.social
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A human online resisting the AI slop economy. Games, hobbies, musings. Consulting, design and marketing. I also have a blog at manastone.ca . Occasional YouTube content at www.youtube.com/@AlexAshpool

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#SpookyMonth64
RuneScape ghost and goblin
The text
"She s
Ghostin you, but she goblin me"
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I wrote about this kind of thing recently. manastone.ca/2026/09/26/r...
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“Return to the Past” and the Rejection of Adulthood - Manastone
From fast food, to video games, to culture, some people just want to flee their own adulthood. To reject life and seek childhood won't help.
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Kybosh @kybosh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I like seeing the dev of the SNES core on the Pocket actually telling one of these dudes off. Holy shit.
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Experimental MSU-1 streami. #123
nasonliu wants to merge 2 commits into a
agg23 commented yesterday
If it works, that's pretty cool; I didn't think
would ever see this implemented (I also didn't
expect LLMs to exist).
However, this is not something you can PR
here, or anywhere. You sent me a nearly 50k
line diff, unasked for, completely LLM built, and
you somehow expect me to review it. There is
SO MUCH unrelated garbage here. Never
minding all of the docs and Python, you've
somehow touched basically all of the upstream
HDL, which already had MSU1 support, so idk
what in the world you're doing.
This kind of behavior is not acceptable. You are
infringing on the time and brainpower of people
by pushing "your" content that little/no of your
brainpower went into; completely unrequested.
I hope for the sake of all responsible
maintainers that you do not do such a thing
again.
Again, I think it's cool that you and your LLM
supposedly got this to work. It has no place in
my world.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is currently a glut of Starcraft: Brood War content focusing on Pluto AI, a bot that has reached the top of the ladder and is beating pros. It's basically a bot that plays at 6000 APM and can see invisible units. It's Deep Blue for Starcraft fans. I'm already sick to death of it.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A Midsummer Night's Dream was a surprisingly good production, possibly one of the best shows the Stratford Festival put on this season. manastone.ca/2026/10/03/a...
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Stratford Festival - Manastone
"Take Pains. Be Perfect." - William Shakespeare Stratford Festival Season continues with an excellent staging of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Tonight is Match 4 of the ASL Season 22 Round of 8. It's Leta vs Soulkey. Will we see "Wraith Flaming-Skull" bring out his famous wraiths, or will we see his more-developed Terran play? Soulkey is a monster, and very likely to take the whole season!
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Time to get spooky.
A windows style prompt with a skull. It says "Time to Get Spooky!" And the responses are "Yes"and "hell Yes."
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Checking out Match 3 of ASL Season 22 Top 8. Soma vs JD. It's Zerg vs Zerg so this could be short.
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poorly drawn cats @poorlycatdraw.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
i can feel the spookiness in the air
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I'm no coward.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Please wear your orange and see how you can get involved. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
cbc.ca
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2026 | CBC News Special
Canada marks its sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (also known as Orange Shirt Day). CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault is hosting special live coverage to honour residentia...
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autumn coded @hoovybaby.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
finally, a good threads post
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SEGA SATURN, SHIRO! @segasaturnshiro.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Is there any harm in using AI to work on — or entirely create — projects for the Sega Saturn and elsewhere in the retro gaming scene? Yes, PandaMonium says in this opinion column, equating such work to digital asbestos: www.segasaturnshiro.com/2026/09/24/c... #sega #saturn #segasaturn #retrogaming
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Column: All A.I. Projects Are Digital Asbestos
The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of all SHIRO! Media Group contributors. The cost of modern day video game consoles and personal computers have skyrocketed…
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nothing quite like discovering a new and interesting project and then finding out they are using AI coding. Oh well, in the bin.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Conservatism wants you to reject your own adulthood. From yellow burger packaging to video games, it isn't better to be a child. manastone.ca/2026/09/26/r...
manastone.ca
“Return to the Past” and the Rejection of Adulthood - Manastone
From fast food, to video games, to culture, some people just want to flee their own adulthood.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good for them.
A CTV news article link that reads Taylor Lautner and wife Taylor Lautner announce their first child.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This was an illegal terror attack that targeted doctors, their patients, and families, including children. If this doesn't disgust you, you need to seriously worry about your soul.
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Bart⚓️ @bartgonnissen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Facial Expressions of Tethys by artist Julius von Bismarck. A suspended high-sea buoy that moves in real time. Sensors on a twin buoy out in the Atlantic Ocean send live satellite data to motors inside the museum. This makes the indoor buoy copy the exact, real-time movements of the ocean waves.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Traffic is up on the blog, are people really reading this stuff?
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
More Forbidden Solitaire on the way!
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Standplaats Kraków could really use some cash! @standplaatskrk.pl · 21/09/2026
Joe :bald_eagle_emoji: (@Joexor) on Twitter:

"My hotel is on another level. Upgraded from the cuck chair to the executive cuck desk. Best believe I'll be taking notes as I watch."

[a hotel room with a desk facing a bed]
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Protoss are strugging in the ASL, is there a bigger problem? manastone.ca/2026/09/20/a...
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ASL Season 22 – A Rough Season for Protoss - Manastone
"I have pierced the veil of the future and beheld only... oblivion." - Zeratul
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 20/09/2026
I would simply like to live my quiet little life as a trans woman and buy fruit and sing and walk my dog and wave to my neighbors and watch movies and use restrooms without being the subject of a culture “war” where both political parties agree I’m a disgusting freak who doesn’t deserve civil rights
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Evangelion Screenshots @ngescreenshot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
@dril

oh you dont like my AI generated crap? ill just AI generate some people who do. then ill AI generate $1000000 and a wife who likes my posts
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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Brian ready to slap a dude with the text
"Don't have the means to disable a Flock camera? That's okay! You can still destroy every pair of meta glasses you see in public. And you should.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 18/09/2026
freak the fuck out and panic sell everything righgt now. its fucking over
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I am looking into the electromagnetic fields.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Protect Trans People.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Put me in charge of bluesky and I will solve all of the problems in one week. (Please do not put me in charge of bluesky.)
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This probably sounds really reasonable if you're a moron.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I think it's safe to say the pod did not, in fact, save America.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I promise this is much more meandering and contemplative than it is inflammatory. manastone.ca/2026/09/13/n...
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Not Every Game Needs a Remake - Manastone
A tale of two game remakes. Remakes can be powerful tools for preservation, but also uncreative cash grabs. Do we really need an Ocarina of Time remake?
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Starcraft open world shooter game coming in 2030? No thanks.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
It's over. It has never been more over.
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The Paul of the House of Usher @katamaridumassy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
25 years
cj @futurevictim_ tweet from 1:17 AM • 12 Sep 21

the only lasting 9/11 memory i have is when the budweiser ad with the kneeling clydesdales came on during the super bowl and i said "those horses are praying to mecca" and my friend's uncle got so mad that he had to go in the backyard
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
She took all my apes.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can someone explain to me why Pete Hoekstra has not been fed to the beavers?
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The Lexorcist @lexidarlingxoxo.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
r/superman
Join
20h
What is Superman's "Kryptonite"?
In literature, mythology, and comic books heroes often have a "kryptonite" or "Achilles's heel", basically a weakness that makes them vulnerable.
I'm curious what fans here would consider to be
Superman's "Kryptonite"?
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r/superman mods • 20h
is permanently banned from
r/superman
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The new Torneko remaster is fun. It does seem to have a text buffering/printing issue on the steam version that slows the gameplay down, but hopefully that is just a mistake that is going to be patched soon.
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Basil 🌱 @basil-mage.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Suicide prevention month and C-ptsd awareness month 🧵
Text that reads; "this month is suicide prevention month and C-ptsd awareness month"
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SilverSpook @silverspookguy.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Neofeud 1 & 2 are both on sale on #Steam! An ex-robo-marine & a rebel hacker rise up against CEO-King trillionaires in a waning galactic empire. store.steampowered.com/app/4611140/... #indiedev #visualnovel #indiegame #retrogame #NoAI #scifi #art #artist #steamsale
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Spiritually untethered today (wifi is down)
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Shattered Pixel @shatteredpixel.com · 09/09/2026
Hey Dungeoneers, ShatteredPD v4.0.0 has been released! v4.0.0 is arguably Shattered's biggest update yet! There's a massive new quest, a bunch of new in-game art, 6 new enchantments, and plenty smaller changes and adjustments. shatteredpixel.com/blog/shatter... #gamedev #roguelike #pixelart
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Shattered Pixel Dungeon v4.0.0!
Hey Dungeoneers, Shattered v4.0.0 has been released! v4.0.0 is arguably Shattered’s biggest update yet! There’s a massive new quest, a bunch of new in-game art, 6 new enchantments, and plenty smaller ...
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
This is more slop than game.
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Gonna check out this nintendo remake everyone is excited about. store.steampowered.com/app/4027450/...
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Dragon Quest Heroes: Torneko's Mystery Dungeon -Classic HD- on Steam
A thousand adventures in one! — Discover the roots of the Mystery Dungeon series. Packed with the challenge, tension, and rewarding gameplay of a classic roguelike adventure, this is a journey we're e...
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vanoreo @vanoreo.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
i am hearing that on his deathbed charlie kirk received the light of islam and unhesitatingly recited the shahada. even now he looks down on the ummah from the gardens of jannah. truly there is no god but allah, and mohammad is his prophet!
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Alex Ashpool @alexashpool.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I just don't think anyone needs an Ocarina of Time remake, but whatever.
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Alder Cheems @aldercheems.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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