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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 2h

"No one else in first grade seems *nearly* as interested in Wheel of Fortune as I am."

Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 3h

If enough of you started posting to Mastodon, I would absolutely be exclusively posting over there. I don't know how many "enough of you" would be. Less than 100%. I do know what this says about my continued use of this website.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 8h

As someone who likes to think he can spot a joke, I'm inclined to forgive the Bluesky masses for this one. Make it like 20% less coherent, only in English, and drop the last line, and I'd believe it.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 10h

Hot take: Voyager figured out how to do its Borg episodes right. "Unity" was good, "Scorpion" was great, and then they flung the ship 10,000 ly to avoid having to keep doing Borg stories. But it was so (relatively) popular. They couldn't. They couldn't stop. God, "Dark Frontier" was so bad.

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 23h

engagement-driven monetisation and gamification systems like gacha are everywhere in games. they have had real material negative impacts in genres i enjoy. they are a massive chunk of the market now. yes, i cant "undo" it. but i have been able to avoid them easily by just playing other games

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 23h

the "you can't avoid AI, it's in all software now" argument might be true for infrastructure, where we have limited agency over the platforms and systems that make up our society, but is hilariously untrue for video games, a completely optional and easily ignored part of all of our lives

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"That ship has sailed" Send out a new ship Its task: blow up the old ship

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I wonder if I should delete my Dreamwidth account. After saving anything worthwhile I might have written, of course. (I also wonder if I should delete my Bluesky account for largely the same reasons, so, it might not happen any time soon.)

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

(What's a good synonym for "craftsmanship" that doesn't have "man" in it?)

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I think the underlying argument is "there's neither artistry nor craftsmanship in coding", and if that's how you feel, go nuts, I guess?

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

This analogy extends to me understanding why someone without access to a bed would do this! But you should help them get a real bed, not nod and go "yep, good on you for using this amazing bed alternative!"

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"'A bunch of foam stuffing you found out on the curb, piled into the corner of your bedroom' is not 'a bed'." "Um, you can sleep on it? And it's probably not full of bugs if you're as discerning as I am!" This is a post about AI coding.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I wish Bluesky had some sort of private account tagging system. I would immediately start using "hasn't done anything Wrong exactly but wow these takes are rancid".

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 12/10/2026

ultimately if your reaction to someone saying "I think this is bad, I am ethically unhappy about it, I don't want to touch it" is to go "well it's useful so. it's everywhere. nothing to be done" I just kind of think you're an asshole

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 12/10/2026

I'm sure it's very convenient for you to have a large corporation subsidize you renting out their GPUs to generate unlicensed distillations of other people's code

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 12/10/2026

If you think something is harmful, the harmful does not stop when it's ubiquitous. It just means the harm is vast and widespread. I fundamentally do not care how useful you think it is.

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 12/10/2026

Listen, if you're going to live in a house, it's just going to have asbestos in it. The asbestos works, folks. If you're going to draw the line at "no asbestos in anything" you're going to have to live in a yurt

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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 12/10/2026

also re: "you can't escape AI code in software": it's very hard to go through life without ever being at risk of getting the flu but I'm still not licking any doorknobs

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Joe Rumrill @joerumrill.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

At the symphony, waving my “E flat!” pennant

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

"I don't want to just make this a reply to every notable Substack link, that's tedious" (99% of people still apparently don't know what Substack does) "Well, crap"

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Substack boosts Nazis Stop using Substack Definitely fuckin' stop *creating brand new* Substack newsletters Christ

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The Onion @theonion.com · 12/10/2026

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-pe…

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

You can tell it's really minor because he didn't break his arm.

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Ben Zimmer @benzimmer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

New @slate.com crossword from me! Know your palindromic album titles! slate.com/life/2026/10...

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I'm beginning to suspect that Lorne Michaels is personally aggrieved that one of his picks for SNL had to be fired over a little harmless bigotry, and he's going to make it the show's and the network's problem until he turns to dust.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Damn, can you imagine how good I'd be at Japanese if I had actually started learning it 7 years ago like I said I was gonna back then? (set alarm for 7 years from now)

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Look, it's been rough times for this guy since Whew! was canceled. (jokes for 3 people)

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Damn, can you imagine how good I'd be at Japanese if I had actually started learning it 7 years ago like I said I was gonna back then? (set alarm for 7 years from now)

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Sarah (BUY MY BOOK!) Moon @prettytranslator.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

in light of the corporate AI slop dystopia we're in, it's our moral imperative to get our entertainment, art, and our products from small businesses as much as possible. please buy my stuff! (not just saying this bc I'm broke and I feel bad asking people for $ without offering something in return)

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Lady Emily ☄️ @ladyemily.nebula.tv · 12/10/2026

Um okay I hate to do this but ever since I had to pay for a bunch of school and visa stuff all at once I've been struggling to cover costs and have been without my prescriptions, including my ADHD meds and HRT for months now. If anyone can help so I can get back on track, I'd appreciate it.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Recontextualize the meaning of a book's title by adding a word

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Not to be lazy, but I think my numbers match yours exactly. Wait, if I can get an arbitrarily large sample, I'll bump text up to a 4. My low score on music is more a commentary on my tin ear than on how "good" the AI music is.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Ruin a book by adding a word: The Water-Damaged Book

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I bet the audiences went absolutely wild for this exchange.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

One of my favorite things about Mr. Joshua "Pants"'s art is how (relatively) unbothered everyone depicted in them is. Everyone and everything is at best a friend and at worst a minor inconvenience.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I say "I like the rain, I wish it would rain more" and then it rains for 2 days straight and it turns out it makes me depressed??? (it is sunny now)

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Phil McDuff @mcduff.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Opposing violence against trans women is unacceptable to the BBC, which, like every part of British media in 2026, believes being able to do violence against trans women is a human right.

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Joanie's Post Post Feminist Phase @bettybitter.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I propose we reorient our generations based on which "Mr" song they most affiliate with Mr Sandman Mr Postman Mr Bluesky Mr Bronwstone Mr Brightside I'm too old to know what comes after Mr Brightside but so is everyone else on this website so we'll leave that to the TikTokers

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ヤシン @inuinukawaiine.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

スキマ時間にちょこちょこやってるパズルゲームのキャラが大変かわいいという話 #babaisyou

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demon core vidal @regretagarbo.rip · 10/10/2026

hello,, if you like anything i do or me as a person, please consider helping me afford being alive. venmo is basically my only source of spending money for food etc. bc i am saving whatever the fuck i have in my acct for rent. i have been unemployed for 2 years and have 80k in debt

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I don't like having the latter reaction, but I can't pretend I don't have it.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Honest answer: knowing that it's you, and knowing you care about both doing it right and about the perception, no, it wouldn't bother me. If I stumbled across it randomly ... I couldn't say for sure. Kind of like the brain twinge I get when a human-made flyer uses art/fonts that AI loves to copy.

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Christopher Julian @chrisajulian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

No single survey is a definitive benchmark for sexual identity. Among adults these estimates vary considerably from survey to survey. This is one wave with a response rate of about 31%. There is a change that deserves study, but “free fall” does not describe it.

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Christopher Julian @chrisajulian.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I reanalyzed the CDC data behind the LGB “free fall” headline. It rests on a change in bisexual identification among one grade, in one wave, of one survey. Gay or lesbian identification did not change significantly. Calling it a "free fall" is sensational and just gives bad actors talking points.

Six small line charts showing the percent of U.S. high school students choosing each sexual identity response option by grade (9th to 12th), 2015 to 2025, with 95% confidence intervals. Heterosexual falls from about 85 to 90 percent before 2021 to about 73 percent in 2021 and 2023, then rises to about 78 to 80 percent in 2025. Gay or lesbian stays between about 2 and 5 percent throughout. Bisexual rises to about 12 percent in 2021 in every grade, then among 9th graders falls to about 7 percent in 2025, its 2019 level, while other grades stay near 10 percent. “Some other way,” added in 2021, falls from about 4 percent to about 2.5 percent. “Not sure” stays near 3 to 5 percent. A dotted line marks 2021, when CDC changed the response options.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

So much about genAI, LLMs, etc. makes me angry, but "I hear what you're saying about the problems, but it helps me with things when I talk to it" just makes me profoundly sad.

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Robert Hutchinson @ertchin.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

(pointing at himself in confusion TTYD-style) is probably funnier, but the Mario in my head would never

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