Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 14mTrying to catch up on as much of the #PowerToThePeople concert as I can before the stream disappears, and realized it's almost exactly 10 years since I saw Prophets of Rage 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 7hAmazing move by Ray-Ban. The perennially cool Wayfarer and Clubmaster styles now signal potential untrustworthiness at best. The Meta versions are similar enough that the original designs will be forever tainted by association. 110
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 15hFor a while people have been debating whether the real-world dystopia is better predicted by Orwell or Huxley. Turns out the answer is Herbert? 020
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 23/09/2026Foghorn Leghorn energystatic.klipy.comFoghorn LeghornAlt: Foghorn Leghorn saying "that was a joke, son" 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 22/09/2026Sure, everything costs a lot more, but on the other hand, the quality is much worse 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 22/09/2026I'm not sure if my favorite part of grocery pickup is when they text me that they're out of something and I go in and find it in the exact usual spot or when I ask for only paper bags and they not only use 80% plastic, but also wrap each paper bag in a plastic bag. 020
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 21/09/2026Tout le travail et pas de jeu rend Jack un garçon ennuyeux, Duo. 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 18/09/2026Stopped at a public charger this morning, and I can't remember ever seeing a fuel price that started with 7 outside of California before. 001
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 17/09/2026Incredible timing on this story about Ed Sheeran's living room 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 17/09/2026Fun fact: "Peter Brian Hegseth" isn't even his full name. It's actually "Peter Brian Chris Stewie Lois Megseth" 010
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 12/09/2026Thanks for spoiling the ending of Terminator 3, Jacob 😡 010
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 10/09/2026If Fetterman were to switch parties, what would he start doing differently? 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 09/09/2026My favorite kind of "software engineering": Project Manager: I need your estimate for how long the project will take. Developer: OK, can you tell me what it needs to do, specifically? PM: That's an implementation decision that will be taken later... Montgomery Scott had the right idea. 120
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 03/09/2026Dude looks like he just pulled up in a dilapidated RV in front of Clark Griswold's house on Christmas Eve 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 02/09/2026John Fetterman is the Kyrsten Sinema of Joe Manchins 010
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 28/08/2026I saw a couple posts in a row about Patrick Stewart and had a little panic attack... as far as I can tell nothing has happened to him and the posts were just a coincidence. 😮💨 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 23/08/2026Trump announced he found 300,000 metric tons of tariff-free "ground beef" but won't say where it came from... 🤔 010
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 22/08/2026Has anyone written an alternate history where we got rid of the electoral college before the 2000 election and Al Gore won, uncontroversially, by receiving 543,895 more total votes? I imagine it would be a bit dull, which seems lovely. I can imagine listening to it as an audiobook before bed. 010
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 20/08/2026Is it a good sign that Americans can't afford to shop at Walmart anymore? 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 19/08/2026So, Google: when you're ingesting the Spirit Airlines data and you find a customer support chat where the customer complains of poor communication during a 6.5 hour delay with their 3-year-old on a flight to visit their dying father, that was me. I hope you learn something valuable from it. 010
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 18/08/2026@greatdismal.bsky.social I just wanted to say I've always really enjoyed reading your books, and Neuromancer in particular is one I keep coming back to. Sorry for fanboying, but my mom died recently and it feels important to say something when I have the chance. 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 17/08/2026It's 2026, and every customer service phone line in the world has been "experiencing higher than normal call volume" every day for the past 10 years, somehow 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 31/07/2026"We are close to creating a monkey's paw that can grant any wish..." 010
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 30/07/2026Honestly surprised they don't charge extra to NOT get this version 010
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 28/07/2026I still think if McConnell is actually doing as well as he looks in the "photo," he needs to do a (20-minute?) live interview with a local or national TV news station. Or have the governor come visit in person. But a photo and a statement is obviously not enough given the current state of technology 011
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 22/07/2026I don't have a Lamborghini... does anyone know if this will work in my Delonghi? 020
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 22/07/2026Just got an email that my Lavazza coffee subscription is out of stock, went to the website to see which specific coffee was out of stock, and it's most of the 1kg bags of whole bean coffee... 🤯 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 19/07/2026In my experience, the problem with Verizon is they randomly screw with customers. They offer a deal on a new device, then try to take it away 3 months later. They raise fees on a "price lock" plan. They falsely claim a trade-in was damaged on an "any condition" offer... apple.news/ArGkOOYgaTsS...apple.newsVerizon shifts gears as customers continue to leave — TheStreetVerizon is making a significant change to its operations amid mounting competitive pressure. 100
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 18/07/2026For me, it's "The Sign" episode of Bluey, and probably will be as long as the kids are young enough to keep watching it on repeat Someday I'll have control of the remote again, and I'll miss these days 030
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 15/07/2026If McConnell is actually alive and well, it's amazing that he hasn't released a video or had an interview or appeared in public or called the governor of his state or... 130
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 15/07/2026Beshear should just appoint a replacement for McConnell and publish a notice that if McConnell objects, they can meet in person to discuss it 130
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 11/07/2026static.klipy.comDwight Schrute Says It's TrueAlt: Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) from The Office says "It's true." 010
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 07/07/2026At least no one will say we only won because of Trump's corruption. We retain our honor, if not our dignity. 110
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 06/07/2026"1977 calorie diet?" Is that some kind of birth year numerological nutritional superstition? 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 03/07/2026The price of eggs, specifically, was illegally artificially inflated before and during the 2024 presidential election, and was somehow the flagship issue of that election, and the price-fixing stopped right after the inauguration?static.klipy.comCoincidenceAlt: GIF from Dallas Buyers Club (2013): Ron Woodroof (Matthew McConaughey) says "that's a hell of a coincidence." 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 30/06/2026Somehow the eagle is flush with both the balcony and the columns, while still appearing flat... it's like an M.C. Escher staircase of gaudy authoritarian AI slop 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 28/06/2026Is it just me, or does this game seem a little too on the nose? 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 21/06/2026How long until they just cover the whole reflecting pool with a giant tarp? 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 21/06/2026Me [driving past yet another Dollar General store]: so many Dollar Generals My wife: Yeah. Me: Or should it be "Dollars General?" Wife: ... Me [in my head]:static.klipy.comFoghorn LeghornAlt: Foghorn Leghorn saying "that was a joke, son!" 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 21/06/2026First thing that came to mind, but he'd need a haircut 000
Eric Wilson @digitalsimulacra.com · 18/06/2026New mantra: "when they shit on the carpet, we're not afraid to rub their noses in it" 😄 000