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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The 1993 miniseries of The Tommyknockers. I don't know why that one creeped me about so much at 11 years old, but I can still remember some scenes vividly.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

And given that the left has chased the right on the message that all immigrants are money-losing wastrels, the general public are going to be primed against believing these numbers for a generation.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Earlier this week I read for five hours straight and then resented my weak meat brain for wanting sleep. (Animal Spiral by @luisothonielrosa.bsky.social btw)

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Toejam &Earl for the Sega Genesis. Turns out even 8-year-old me loved roguelites.

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Mike Rose @mikerose.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

NEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT RTs HUGELY APPRECIATED 🏌🏌🏼‍♂️🏌🏌️‍♀️⛳🛺 This is *Really Illegal Golf* It's essentially Metal Gear Golf with Friends. Really. - Multiplayer stealth golf - Dodge security, stay alive, and sink that putt - Free multiplayer demo available right now store.steampowered.com/app/4115520/...

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Wait this is real? I just sort of assumed people were posting doctored screenshots.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I never thought of it that way, but I could say the exact same thing. Wild thing is, without that detour, there's no way I'd be here

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Canada's 2027 debut is concrete proof that the only true path to EU membership is participating in Eurovision.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

If the proposed slow down in AI development by frontier labs ends up restricting access to open weight models instead of focusing on the guardrails and penalties for not keeping track of your swarm of AI agents then we’ll know this was all about their IPOs.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I was fortunate enough to move from the US to Sweden. Lots of changes of course, but every time I fly back I'm struck at how much trash is everywhere.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

AI nerd: "We call it 'the suicide machine'. It steals everything from everyone and then it destroys humanity." Normal person: "Why would you build that? We should turn it off." Nerd: "No, we put the whole economy inside. Your house is a data center now. That dancing robot dog just killed your mom"

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Why are neo-nazis just the biggest babies

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

This will continue until someone faces consequences. If I was caught doing this, I'd face a minimum of 5 years in prison. Someone made this possible, someone decided this was an acceptable risk, and so someone should serve time in jail. Preferably the CEO.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Of course it is. But if these clowns wanna start yelling "Fire!" maybe someone should start trampling.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Alright sickos, you've been posting trolley problem memes for years. If AI is an existential threat, maybe it's time to pull the lever.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

At this point I skip Google and go straight to Wikipedia when I'm searching for facts

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I worked at a junk mail factory. At the end of a 40' printing press the size and loudness of a locomotive, there were three jobs that were cheaper to keep human - a picker to grab the bundle of mail, a tie-er to bind it with string, and a packer to put it in a USPS bin.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I have a foolproof solution to this. If there are no operators for these bots which can be held accountable, then hold the executives of their creator companies accountable. Hacking is a criminal offense, and the minute Altman faces 20-to-life for wire fraud these incidents will cease.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Why are 2010 and 2021 double-counted in that graph?

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Witnessing the birth of a new number, a (occasionally alpha-) numeric string never before seen in life or math, is a miraculous occasion that ought to be celebrated.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Everyone remembers her for her precise aim, but she also had excellent trigger discipline. Its weird no one talks about that.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

"I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew" by Dr. Seuss. Like most of his books it's full of whimsy and charm, but its core lesson (you can't outrun your problems, you need to face them head-on) is probably responsible for 90% of the success I've had in life.

The cover art for I Had Trouble in getting to Solla Sollew, showing the main character on a one-wheeled cart being pulled by a weird yellow camel over an impossibly bumpy landscape

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Pookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Dolly Parton did what literally no techbro billionaire would even think of doing: filling her life with good deeds that make people mourn her when she dies. Not one of these assholes would even think of this, they are all right now completely and honestly baffled by the outpouring of love for her.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Wishlisted immediately. I know nothing about how it plays or what it is, but wow have I never seen anything like it.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If there is a single metric for predicting success regardless of class, it's childhood literacy. Dolly is the closest we will ever see to a secular saint; the world dims in her absence, but shines with her legacy.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If Sam Altman told me the sky was blue, I'd look out the window to double-check. The man is a walking insult to snake-oil salesmen.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Europe feels the same about Greenland. This is generational damage to America's global standing. There's no coming back from this.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Even the trades tend to be so specialized for this kind of large technical construction they bring in a lot of workers from out of state.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Between this, the Hormuz fertilizer crisis, and El Nino Ultra Edition, 2027 is going to be the kind of famine year they still teach about centuries from now.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I mean it's not exactly that, but weirdly close to The World Ends With You (sans the fully rendered part)

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hilkojj @hilkojj.nl · 19/08/2026

Pave Paradise, and put up Car Parks soon!! 🚨 Car Park Capital launches into Early Access on October 9! store.steampowered.com/app/3031880/... Watch the brand new trailer, share it with friends, and wishlist! Big thank you for all the support over the years! 🙏

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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Some astonishing numbers in here: -OpenAI loses $2 for every $1 it makes -OpenAI projects annual losses of $14 billion by 2026 -To break even OpenAI needs to increase revenue 25x in just 5 years -33% of VC portfolios are committed to AI -5 AI-heavy stocks account for 29% of the S&P 500's value

prospect.org

Bubble Trouble

An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

If demand were outstripping supply, they wouldn't need to sell tokens at a loss. This is like econ 101, how have all the financial nerds failed basic analysis?

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

This reminds me of a fantastic quote from Thongchai Winichakul: "The map was a model for, rather than a model of, what it purported to represent."

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

$87k/month, that's what, a team of 8-10 developers on indie salaries? I know a lot of studios that could make Wyvern better faster and cheaper than ten chatbots in a trenchcoat.

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

We're often told that capitalism and market liberalisation are closing the gap between rich and poor countries, and the old colonial inequalities are fading. Is it true? We explored this question in a new paper, just published in NPE. Buckle up for some interesting results! 🧵

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Real development in the South requires gaining sovereign control over resources and production, using state-led industrial policy - that much is clear...

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Cohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

if you don't support trans people you aren't human

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I haven't *regularly* drank soda for more than 15 years. Now when I do it's so sickly sweet it makes me gag.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

As if we needed another reason, but the vaccine also shows promise for reducing the risk of dementia! arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

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Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.

Latest data hints that benefits seen so far could be underestimates.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

I remember there was a parody game called Pyst that starred John fucking Goodman in FMV, he even sang a theme song.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This is the point. This is why the opposition doesn't support Medicare for All. This is by design.

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Joseph @hbarsquared.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

I don't understand the details, but I know what an ominous graph looks like.

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