Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Morning coffee and watching Falcons highlights - good experience this week, we'll see about next week 000
Reposted by Alex the Pretty Spookytoilet bones @toiletbones.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Found the email I sent when I got accidentally added to the faculty listserv of an orthopedic surgery clinic and nobody would remove me so I sent this email to all faculty/staff/med students and they removed me almost immediately 190113933094
Reposted by Alex the Pretty Spookyvictoria zeller🫛 (RISEBALL, summer ‘27) @dirtbagqueer.rocks · 06/10/2026 031934
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I really need to know which, if any, professional athletes have watched Twin Peaks and what are their thoughts 000
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyThe Falcoholic @thefalcoholic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Go Falcons, go to hell Saints 0252
Reposted by Alex the Pretty Spookycharles (west coaster) mcdonald @fourverts.bsky.social · 05/10/2026good morning, fuck the saints 71218
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I like this app because it does not show me lots of ads. That's like 90% of the benefit for me, personally. 000
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyAlex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I got mad at this again and just emailed our local council member, who passed on this from GDOT: "...the contractor halted work waiting for 3 change orders to get processed and approved for unmarked drainage pipe that was discovered during construction and not in the plans. (cont'd) 101
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Saw some Robert Heinlein discourse pop up, and want to remind folks that his views are deeply weird and contradictory, more than coherently right-wing or libertarian. Starship Troopers is authoritarian, TMIAHM is libertarian, and others are all clumsily progressive re: race, gender, and sex. 100
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyNot the Guy @notnotnuanced.bsky.social · 15/08/2026whenever someone from boygenius puts out a new album this is all I can think of unfortunately 127227
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 12/08/2026kicking back some beers with the boys, trying to think of an obscure name to rattle off: hey do you guys remember god 522115345
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I turned on England v. Mexico at the 30' mark, and hoo boy what a game 000
Reposted by Alex the Pretty Spookygwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 02/07/2026this video from the bbc about texas bbq is frying me 7944511307
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyBy Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 03/06/2026"The values described in Claude’s constitution sound very nice, but that hardly matters; it’s dishonest to suggest that Claude is capable of moral reasoning, because it’s not." -Ted Chiang, No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious www.theatlantic.com/philosophy/2...theatlantic.comNo, Artificial Intelligence Is Not ConsciousTaken to its logical conclusion, this line of thinking is absurd—and damning. 11407119
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyR.J.R. definitely not tolkien @vitaminbooyah.bsky.social · 25/05/2026My hot take is that we should abolish the advertising industry as we know it. Outside of trade shows and catalogs, which people explicitly opt-into, advertising should be banned. No billboards, no banner ads online, nothing. Yes it would completely upend the internet, I'm not hearing a downside. 66511
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Some prompt is floating around about 10 best bands you've seen live Titus Andronicus The Walkmen The Joy Formidable Nation of Language Tame Impala Alabama Shakes Rush Built to Spill Iggy Pop Mdou Moctar 010
Reposted by Alex the Pretty Spookyactioncookbook @actioncookbook.com · 22/06/2023SPOUSE: I have to work late Thursday OUTER MONOLOGUE: I am going to miss you INNER MONOLOGUE: I am going to eat something very stupid 21771148
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 22/04/2026I wasted most of my time in college, and not even in the fun way for the first couple years. Anyway, here's to a good cause in my favorite city. @edsbs.bsky.social @hollyanderson.bsky.social @newap-georgia.bsky.social 130
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Aside from a base-level skepticism of AI (and absolute loathing for anything involving AI with creative pursuits), I've developed a useful heuristic for judging AI companies and tech companies in general. Working name is the Executive Face Index. 100
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 14/04/2026My Geese take is that almost all forms of marketing and advertising should be made taboo in our society, doubly so if it's on social media and/or focused on astroturfed virality. The only ads should be signs pointing at the physical location of a local business. 000
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyLuke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 09/04/2026There are people who think labor issues are primary and have disdain for identity politics, and there are people who think labor issues are primary and are inextricable from identity politics. 617923
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyAlex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Pretty much every city has some coffee shops and patios and markets that are explicitly welcoming to dogs. They should just go to one of those!! Sheesh. Stop naming your dogs Miso or Mochi and stop bringing them into Trader Joe's. 022
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyDefector @defector.com · 07/04/2026Why we fly: defector.com/artemis-moon...defector.comWhy We Fly | DefectorIt was a lovely day above the Moon. The Artemis astronauts did some science, took lots of pictures, didn’t die or get replaced by bodysnatchers, and perhaps most importantly, made me bawl a couple of… 27423
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyDraculosity Jones: Ghost Skeleton @brainmage.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Everyone keeps saying "serving cunt" and it's making me feel really old. I still call them waiters. 72376482
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 31/03/2026For a few reasons, software development is the biggest positive use case for Gen AI so far. But I'm not looking forward to what happens when the rest of OpenAI/Anthropic/etc's use cases fizzle out. They're gonna try to milk every last cent out of it. It'll be turbo-speed enshittification. 190
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Baseball season! My season prediction is that Ronald Acuña Jr. is going to hit more HRs than the Braves have wins. 000
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Tangential, but I often think about how most software engineers entered a world where a computer does *exactly* what you tell it to do. Everything is eventually binary 1s and 0s, and code is all the layers of translation that turns a click into a chunk of binary (excl. bit flips and other anomalies) 100
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyJohnathan Perkins @johnathanperk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Somebody said millennials usually use their laptops (instead of smartphones) for major purchases, including booking flights. I can’t stop thinking about this. 5212127148
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookySimpsman @duckmer.bsky.social · 24/03/2026the computer is stable, grounded, the individual buttons on the keyboard only input the letters I push, the mouse points only where I move it and remains there while not touching it, the relationship between me and the machine is not perfect but it's far more rooted in trust than the unwieldy phone. 11358
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 23/03/2026The decline in literacy is felt far and wide. Such a lazy word, too. You can go with "secretly" or "unannounced" if there's a specific intent, which your reporting should be uncovering. Otherwise, just say what the thing is! Kill the adverbs! 000
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyJon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social i ate some raisins | | View full thread | LinuxGlen @linuxglen.bsky.social I didn't say Daniel Tiger was feudalist. I said *the Neighborhood of Make-Believe* is clearly aligned with paleofeudalist thought. | Neil Media @neilmedia.bsky.social You're still accountable. 272990548
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyTerrible Maps @terriblemapshq.bsky.social · 12/03/2026If we could just raise sea levels by 150 meters we get a backup Strait of Hormuz 21957601148
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 11/03/2026I would say I'm taking a principled stand by not giving the right-wing conspiracy/bigotry bullshit machine my money, but really I find even the content itself unpleasant. Just too much grating and insulting stuff to tolerate so I can find the right Hot Ones clip or whatever. 010
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 04/03/2026I'm getting back into jogging - can't justify calling it "running" yet - but I live right smack on top of a sub-continental divide. Literally, my sweat drains to either the Gulf or the Atlantic depending on which way I go. This also means the second half of whatever route I take is uphill. Whew. 000
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 03/03/2026I am not a very good runner. Right now I'm jogging about 2.5 miles 3-4x/week and that feels okay. But I don't bring my phone with me. No headphones, just keys and a fitness tracker. That part feels incredible. 000
Reposted by Alex the Pretty Spookyandy™ @andylevy.net · 01/03/2026“direct your anger at trump not the democrats” buddy you are severely underestimating the amount of anger i have available to me 105107141980
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyPOSIWID 🇵🇸🏴 @posiwidowmaker.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Find the answer by using the @kenwhite.bsky.social principle. Works with most things but it was literally made for this moment. 312250516
Alex the Pretty Spooky @alexprettygood.bsky.social · 28/01/2026This is what I would say if I was writing a parody Obama account 050
Reposted by Alex the Pretty SpookyMatt @mbunchanumbers.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Gentlemen, remain calm, we trained for this. 210317
![Hello Bone Colleagues,
I have invented a new type of ankle and I'm very excited to show it to you. Early raccoon trials suggest a 60% increase in scurrying speed and dramatic increases in fine motor banditry. I know we are not supposed to create super raccoons, but I think you'll change your mind and professional ethics when you see how cute they are. I believe we are on the cusp of a new era in advanced human scurrying because if medical science has taught me anything, it's that improvements in raccoons correspond 1:1 to improvements in humans.
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[My name]
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Chair, Department of Foot and Leg Innovation
Lord Mayor, Musculoskeletal Medicine
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