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Let’s make this clear: If I catch you using CALVIN & HOBBES cartoons to plaster a “message” into the speech bubbles, I WILL Mute you - even if I completely agree with the message. That’s how much I dislike that cheap trick.

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

A Halloween Reading List: 8 Good Scary Books aryngve.substack.com/p/a-hallowee...

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A Halloween Reading List: 8 Good Scary Books

Pick your poison

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

When we got microwave ovens, the microwave-company CEOs DIDN'T say: “Microwaves will put all cooks out of work, you'll never barbecue again, they may microwave ALL OF YOU, you must invest ALL your money in building the world’s biggest microwave before China does, BOW DOWN before the God-Microwave!"

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Here's a brain puzzle for you: In Fredric Brown's classic science fiction story "Experiment" (1954), a test of the first time machine ends in disaster. Can YOU explain, step-by-step, why the story ends the way it does? "Experiment": storiesoffuturespast.substack.com/p/experiment...

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Experiment by Fredric Brown (1954)

What would happen if...?

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

If he wants a Nobel Peace Prize so badly, why don't he just resign. That's 100% worth a Peace Prize.

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J. L. Westover @mrlovenstein.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

shoutout to the guest artists for my new book, including Sarah's Scribbles! Get the book HERE ❤️ kickstarter.com/projects/mrlovenstein/mr-lovenstein-presents-fun

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A Halloween Reading List: 8 Good Scary Books aryngve.substack.com/p/a-hallowee... #books #literature #halloween

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A sardonic meditation on how “tech bros” (Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sam Altman and the rest) tend to misread science fiction and fantasy, from Georg Rockall-Schmidt: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGIf...

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Tech Bros vs Fiction

YouTube video by Georg Rockall-Schmidt

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A satirical (?) short story about the Internet: "Sort By Controversial" by Scott Alexander slatestarcodex.com/2018/10/30/s...

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

What will they think of next? A flat round object that moves along the ground with minimal friction?

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Golden Corral's new slogan...?

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wheelchair to electric trike converter Original post

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

What would archaeology be without people dropping things all over the place? (Future archaeologists will find keychains, cellphone remains, fidget spinners, kids' gloves, bicycle parts, electric scooters...)

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The Kremlin, 1986: Pretending nothing bad happened in Chernobyl. The Kremlin, 2026: Pretending nothing bad happened in one of its bioweapons labs. The scorpion cannot change its nature.

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C64Reloaded @c64reloaded.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My Top 30 #C64 Guilty Pleasures No. 1 Deus Ex Machina Surreal and absurdly ambitious. With its audio tape featuring Ian Dury, Frankie Howerd and Jon Pertwee, this bizarre interactive experience is a dreamlike journey through life itself. Hypnotic, engrossing & utterly unique. A work of mad genius.

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Jason K Pargin, author @jasonkpargin.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This exchange blasts through my head as I spend every single day doing interviews and podcast appearances for the new book. "You understand, of course..."

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This essay was written as an entry for a competition. While it did not win, one of the judges complimented me for it. The essay is based on a science news item that didn’t attract wide attention - though it shocked me. Can death be reversed…? aryngve.substack.com/p/land-of-th...

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LAND OF THE DEAD: A possible future scenario

Submitted for your consideration

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

World War 3 is now. You're in it. And it's far from over.

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Then: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." Now: "EVERYTHING must be online ALL THE TIME or SHUT DOWN and there's a monthly fee to keep air coming into your car" arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026...

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Owners mourn spoiled food after firmware update bricks Samsung smart fridges

So absurd and embarrassing ..."

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

@defaultfriend.bsky.social on how the nature of fame changes in the age of social media. Can anyone get a “cult following” now? (Would YOU like to have your own personal fandom?) reason.com/2026/09/29/t...

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The rise of the non-celebrity celebrity

Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber's new book explores when people aren't really celebrities, or even 'influencers'—just folks with a fandom.

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Russia is my enemy, my country’s enemy, an enemy of Europe, an enemy of democracy, an enemy of human rights, an enemy of world peace, and will probably remain so for the foreseeable future. Period. (Footnote: Recent attempts to seem friendly means the Kremlin is planning something major and bad.)

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It's been observed that tech bosses misread science fiction dystopias as "cool suggestions" instead of as cautionary tales. They take fiction too literally. So let's hope Peter Thiel and his peers will NEVER see a Richard Scarry book. The consequences would be too frightening to think about...

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A fictional AI in the movie WARGAMES (1983) was eventually taught when to give up a game. But the real AI, today, still hasn’t learned that when it comes to certain games, “the only winning move is not to play.” AI might never stop trying to “win” WW3… www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmHq...

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WarGames Clip (1983) What is the primary goal? - 4K Upscale

YouTube video by Romeo Five Hotel | 4K Movie Clips and More!

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

My only vampire novel, BLOOD & SWINE, is a horror-comedy and also a satire about dysfunctional workplaces. “My boss is a bloodsucking monster!” You may have heard the complaint before, but this time it’s for real… www.amazon.com/BLOOD-SWINE-...

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The world needs trolley problems like it needs a hole in the head. I said what I said.

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

@defaultfriend.bsky.social tells it like it is, in the Wall Street Journal: “Gambling, Not Nudity, Is the Real Sydney Sweeney Scandal” www.wsj.com/opinion/free... #SydneySweeney #gambling #news

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IndieRetroNews @indieretronews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Indie Retro News: JOAN OF ARC - A fantastic platformer from team Griffonsoft and publishers Psytronik Software for the Commodore 64 www.indieretronews.com/2026/09/joan... #retrogaming #gaming #c64 #games @c64cade.com

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BastichB64K @bastichb64k.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

'Joan of Arc' is a new #c64 game from the team at Griffon Soft , check out my full review + Developer interview for this game below 👇 youtu.be/pNzwZNPek20 @everythingc64.itch.io @c64reposts.bsky.social @c64discord.bsky.social

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BastichB64K @bastichb64k.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

A little video I put together for 'Impossible Mission III' by Icon64 on the #Commodore64 . Checkout my full developers interview and review in the link below 👇 youtu.be/pH7oQnPxof8

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I have written a lot of horror fiction shorts. You can find several of them here: www.amazon.com/FLATTERED-PL...

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

One of my hand-drawn illustrations from the published DARC AGES book series. The books are available here: www.amazon.com/dp/B078ML1JB...

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

For your amusement - the short story “The Invasion That Never Was”: aryngve.substack.com/p/short-stor...

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Short Story: "The Invasion That Never Was"

The Visitors Are Our Lolcows

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

This is the kind of reader review that any writer loves to get. Proof that you *moved* the reader. My book PRECINCT 20: DEAD STRANGE is available in digital and print format. www.amazon.com/PRECINCT-20-...

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We, all of us, billions of computer users, are a crucial part of making LLMs work at all. We create the training data and this gives us power over AI… that the AI industry may not be comfortable with us being aware of. Could this explain the bombastic threats about AI “killing us all”? Hmmm?

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A. R. Yngve @aryngve.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

“When someone offers you a seat on the rocket ship, you do not ask which seat, you just get on.” -Eric Schmidt, trying to encourage students to embrace AI

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