Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialDorothy @catandgirl.bsky.social · 13/10/2026They're going to kill us all to build a beach resort. 1634921164 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialOlúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 13/10/2025yearly reminder to people insisting that we view Christopher Columbus as "a man of his time" that *the people responsible for the Spanish Inquisition* thought Columbus was out of pocket 10097373082 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialGareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is part of a lineage in fascist thought that stretches back to the very beginning of their movement and, I would argue, is integral to understanding it. (THREAD) 14315 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I don't know how but we have to teach people to be better at detecting bullshit. Instead we have this ersatz skepticism where people are suspicious about the wrong things and find their way to conclusions that are worse than if they just blindly accepted conventional wisdom 332659346 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026OH, yes then I agree completely lol. 010 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I don't think Apocalypse World itself has "Investigate a Mystery"? But, I think PbtA games I've read always have a Move that exists to add information to the scene. Often that means some variation of "Study a Person/Situation" where the PC gets to ask leading questions. 100 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialJason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Happy Stanislav Petrov day, here's a 20-minute Stanislav Petrov larp I made for Ringling College many years ago: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/11uas...dropbox.comDropbox 1102 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I literally forgot Rave Dubin existed for like 3 years, until reading this post just now. 011 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 23/09/2026> Pipelines continue to be built after the state violently removes protesters "You shut down the pipelines!" > Police continue receiving as much, or more, funding than they did prior to 2020 "You defunded the police!" They get what they want, they hate the outcome, and then pretend the left won. 030 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026basically the danger is not that arnold schwarzenegger is going to come back from the future and kill us all but that panicking about future schwarzenegger will cause us to destroy the world. 1346 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Making trans healthcare (and by extension trans people) a punchline and a "gotcha" is not that. It's simply pointing out that the enemy has stacked everything in their favor, which is how they like it. 000 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Dialogue between peers is a last resort for fascists, not the opening move. For fascists to consider you worthy of peer dialogue, you must prove that you're able & willing to use force against them. They will only play by the rules if the referee has a gun & has shot at least one cheater already. 100 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026They want to win, and they want everyone else to lose. Doing it "fairly" is, as far as they're concerned, an expression of weakness and unworthy of consideration. Every method of exerting dominance that isn't fiercely punished is, for fascists, a legitimate and sound method. 100 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Policing men's testosterone levels is consistent with a broader goal of gender policing. Soldiers being tested and given supplements are being made to conform to the gender politics of gross idiots who think T is Magic Winner Juice. 100 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Right-wingers and fash don't make bad policy because they're dummies who can't see the double standards and hypocrisy. They do it because enforcing hypocrisy in their favor is an expression of strength. They will never make the Surprised Pikachu Face when hypocrisy is pointed out. 100 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialDave Willner @dwillner.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Certain 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. 222576323 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I still think they should be called bleats. 021 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Oh, they don't like being blackmailed? Wow what a thought. Wonder if that's applicable to anyone else. 0110 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 13/09/2026The Onion has created a machine that will kill everyone on Earth that is coincidentally running out of money and the only way to slow it down is if my staff and I take a six-week vacation to Cabo San Lucas. 230113051298 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialjess m. ☕🍂 @jametc.bsky.social · 13/09/2026they're going to "scale back" because AI is bottoming out, and then say they did it out of the goodness of their hearts and interest in humankind 121180294 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I think it's good and right for Link to look just a bit like a Gelfling. 020 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Don't know why they needed a whole book for the HPL "water and saltine crackers" special. 010 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 07/09/2026"Pro-lifers" want kids to be born, so that they can then die in stupid, preventable ways. 000 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Media pundits declaring things to be a "social contagion" is a social contagion. 000 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 06/09/2026I met a gaggle of friends from the Internet in 2008 and the course of my life was changed permanently and irrevocably. Most likely for the better. 120 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialDavid J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 05/09/2026One of the big reasons modern sci-fi shows have such short runs is not enough of them happen on spaceships. When your show is set on a spaceship, you can dump a truckload of money into building like three specific sets right at the start, then just re-use them forever – it's very budget conscious! 917923 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialNoah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 03/09/2026it's important that Moulton running as a transphobe was a loser in a D primary. it's important that Craig running as an anti immigrant goon was a loser in a D primary. it's important that Stevens running as a uber zionist was a loser. 1 218444 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 03/09/2026It's massively attractive to Roko's Basilisk-poisoned goofballs, idk about Wall Street though. More of a mixed bag. 010 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialceej @ceej.online · 03/09/2026I do think “every rich person went insane during covid because it was the first time they’ve been inconvenienced in decades” felt a little reductive at first but damn if isn’t more and more compelling as the years drag on 193218814409 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Cheaper than any weeklong hotel stay I could find today 030 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialA.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 31/07/2026It’s becoming an increasingly unavoidable conclusion that a portion of mostly establishment Democrat electeds/pundits/consultants don’t like Democratic voters much and would much prefer to have Republican voters instead, and view their voters’ insistence on being represented as an annoying betrayal. 15599145 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Publishing my ttrpg in twelve 500-page volumes. My margins are 3 inches on all sides. MSRP $600 (softcover, B&W) 020 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialWilliam B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 01/09/2026logging on to the earnest high-info neurotics website every day during the everything going wrong decade: 'you know, the vibes here could be better' 223676717 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Tombs for modern-day pharaohs. Except the pharaohs knew, at least, that their mortal bodies would stop living. 010 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Fact Quality: Immaculate [Fact disqualified for being too high-quality] 060 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialAaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026We are a broken nation. Hundreds of thousands of Haitians were living and working legally, paying taxes, and contributing. Haiti remains wholly unsafe. But Trump hates Haitians, and the White House wanted videos of Black people in chains, so they stripped them of status and turned on the cameras. 36099363823 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialleon @leyawn.bsky.social · 27/08/2026let's start doing it the other way. my latest for the atlantic: "baby boomers are dying at higher rates than younger generations — what are they doing wrong?" 553038 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialCameron 🇺🇸🗽🦅 @cameroncorduroy.bsky.social · 23/08/2026anytime people raise concerns about land use for solar projects or anything like that i just want to point out that half the corn we grow in this country gets used to make gasoline slightly worse 261642321 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 24/08/2026The biggest allies of racism, and all forms of bigotry, are laziness and incuriousity. 000 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialRobert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 24/08/2026Does no one else find this an unforgivably stupid question? Emissions reductions won't make a heat wave NOW survivable. Likewise, more homes can have AC, heat pumps while overall cutting greenhouse emissions. This isn't an "either/or", both are needed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comAir conditioning push favoured over emissions cuts in five European nations, survey findsPoll also finds sizeable majorities who believe it should be easier to install air con in homes 722671380 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialcoward @coward.bsky.social · 23/08/2026pain is health leaving the body 237848 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 21/08/2026I'm not sure I grasp the wisdom of putting ALL DA MONEY into a single coin 🪙 But what do I know? 000 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 20/08/2026Star Trek TOS absolutely blows me away with the intensity of light and color contrast. Even much more recent TV has more vivid lighting (perhaps because it was made for CRT displays?) 161 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 20/08/2026It's not cheaper than getting their ass kicked for being a scalper. Maybe ask someone who actually runs a bodega if this scam makes sense to them 🤷♂️ 001 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 20/08/2026One of the varietals of the classic "Make up a guy to get mad about" is the "make up a scam to clutch pearls about" 020 0
criscoinferno.bsky.social @criscoinferno.bsky.social · 20/08/2026So you made up an idea to get mad about. "It sure would be bad if this thing that I have no evidence for were to happen." 210 0
Reposted by @criscoinferno.bsky.socialestarianne @estarianne.bsky.social · 20/08/2026This added to the belief that criminals are innately different from noncriminals is why people believe surveillance can save us. 0114 0
