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I started rereading The Expanse books the other day and I got to the last line here and actually laughed out loud 🙃

“He was going to get away with it.”

“Excuse me?” Holden replied. “Did you miss the part where he confessed to everything?”

“That wasn’t a confession. That was a boast. He was untouchable, and he knew it. Too much money. Too much power.”

“That’s bullshit. No one gets to kill a million and a half people and get away with it.”

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therun.gg @therun.gg · 29/09/2026

Leaderboards have a ton of tools to make moderating boards easier Here's the built-in retime tool: frame skip to the start frame, press start, automatically skip to the end, press end, and record time. Doesn't have to be hard! Works for both twitch and youtube VODs

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JCog @jcog.dev · 29/09/2026

as someone who's been very publicly vocal about calling out sexual abuse/harassment, the respect I demanded from men decreased dramatically when doing so after transitioning. if you're a man, you have a responsibility to leverage that because women just can't. men only listen to men.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 27/09/2026

I'm watching my cat play with random objects on my desk and I'm just really glad she doesn't have opposable thumbs

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JCog @jcog.dev · 24/09/2026

happy first birthday to my vagina!!!! 🥳🎉 after one year post-op with everything pretty much healed, my biggest takeaway is just how utterly *normal* everything feels. the idea that this isn't how things have always been configured is such a foreign concept to me.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 22/09/2026

I wish I actually enjoyed script writing. I enjoy every other step in the process of making youtube videos, but as soon as I sit down to try to write a script, my brain turns to mush.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 22/09/2026

man I really did just stream my entire transition live on camera for (collectively) thousands of people to watch, like that's insane, how did I do that??

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JCog @jcog.dev · 18/09/2026

I know that em dashes aren't a surefire sign of someone using AI, but I will say that two days ago was the first time I'd ever seen one used in a code comment. it was also the second time.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 17/09/2026

finding out yesterday that the paper mario pc port made by the same team that made ship of harkinian got released, but then immediately after seeing the team has started leaning *hard* into AI coding was some insane whiplash

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JCog @jcog.dev · 17/09/2026

fun random jcog lore fact: if you were playing starcraft online in like 2005 or so, there's a small chance you lost to an 11-year-old child (me) who'd just learned how to zergling rush 🙂

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JCog @jcog.dev · 11/09/2026

the strangest thing I've noticed about taking the bus is that when I tell people that's how I got somewhere, they act almost horrified for me like it must be a huge inconvenience, and I kinda just don't understand why? the bus is hype, you pay a small fee, sit in the AC and don't have to park lol

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JCog @jcog.dev · 10/09/2026

chat, I have an important announcement: I've decided I'm no longer transgender. I hope you'll all support me on my journey to becoming a cis woman 🙏

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JCog @jcog.dev · 09/09/2026

I'm very happy to report that my insurance is supportive of pregnant trans women! 🙂👍

BlueCross BlueShield of Texas

Caring For YOU AND YOUR BABY

Hello Jordan,

When you've learned you're pregnant, there's a lot to think about. Preparing and caring for a new baby can impact both your physical and mental health. It's equally important to take care of your body and your emotional needs. If you notice changes, trust yourself and talk to your doctor. You also have a plan from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas that can help with resources to support your total health throughout your pregnancy and beyond.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 08/09/2026

found this image saved on my computer yesterday and decided to post it today for no particular reason

*image of a trophy*
u don't like thing
here trophy
trophy 4 u
good job not likign thing
wow
clap

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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This story also gets to why I can so confidently say it was a conspiracy theory until now: the alleged behaviour is _quite easy to see_ if you're looking for it.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 08/09/2026

I'll be using my decade-old dumb tv (ironically also LG lol) until the day it completely dies, and at this rate I guess I just won't ever buy another tv. like this is another level of invasive, even by today's dystopian standards.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 07/09/2026

it's so cool how discord forces you to use fuzzy search. like oh I'm looking for a specific message that had these two common words not normally used together, can you find that for me? discord: here are 100 pages with every instance of either of these two words being used ever. you're welcome :)

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JCog @jcog.dev · 05/09/2026

it is much harder than you might expect to find lesbian pop punk music 😔

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JCog @jcog.dev · 02/09/2026

I have added a Li'l Oink alert to my stream 🐖

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JCog @jcog.dev · 27/08/2026

unbothered. moisturized. happy. in her lane. focused. flourishing.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 27/08/2026

first all bosses pb in over three years, and it's a big one!!

screenshot of my stream with a 3:04:05 paper mario all bosses speedrun pb

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JCog @jcog.dev · 22/08/2026

I lost the original alert when my hard drive died last year, but my power shock alert is back!

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JCog @jcog.dev · 21/08/2026

btw, for anyone who's goal is to be *effective* at being anti-AI (as mine is), I found this video to be particularly helpful. I'll warn you though, there is unfortunately nuance!!

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How to (Anti) AI Better

YouTube video by Dr. Fatima

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JCog @jcog.dev · 21/08/2026

for the record, y'all can rest assured that I have no intention of letting gen AI anywhere near the paper mario practice rom 👍

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Michael @bramz.live · 20/08/2026

This is extremely disappointing to see. I don’t really have anything else to say about it. I’m just disappointed.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 18/08/2026

sometimes I have the thought, "maybe I should speedrun sunshine again." then I remember how much I hate that one level. oh yeah and that other level. and that one too?? and then I don't speedrun sunshine again lol.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 13/08/2026

the fact I have followers here is actually very good for my mental health because the embarrassment of people seeing me arguing with randos who have dumb opinions is often the only thing that stops me from doing just that.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 13/08/2026

literally how did that guy think this could be enforced, like no you cannot run that game for the marathon that said you could because some other people who play the game said so lmfao

THE MYTH OF "CONSENSUAL" SPEEDRUNNING

KingJ: I CONSENT
GDQ: I CONSENT
Game's Speedrunning Community: I DON'T!

ISN'T THERE SOMEBODY YOU FORGOT TO ASK?

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JCog @jcog.dev · 12/08/2026

note that even if you opt your channel out, your chat messages will still be used to train twitch/amazon's generative AI models if you chat in someone's stream who hasn't opted out. my advice is to be annoying about asking. any streamer who's opted out will be glad to tell you so.

What channel content (clips, chat, metadata, etc.) is eligible to be used for generative AI training?

Your stream and the stream's chat, your VODs, your Clips, Highlights, and any text or images on your Channel may be used. If you chat on someone else's stream, their opt-out preferences govern if that chat can be used for training.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 12/08/2026

obviously this sucks and you should opt out, but yet again twitch is conflating generative AI (bad) and regular machine learning (generally good and useful, been around forever), which is beyond frustrating.

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

Training for Generative AI

Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon. Turning this off does not opt you out of Twitch and Amazon using your channel content for other purposes described in the Twitch Privacy Notice, including using AI-supported Twitch features that benefit the community by facilitating streamer growth and monetization (such as real-time sponsorship campaign assistance), viewer discovery (such as recommendations), and community safety (such as AutoMod). Learn more

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JCog @jcog.dev · 07/08/2026

finally finished. easily one of my favorite games of all time, and definitely my game of the year.

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Phantom @phantom-games.com · 03/08/2026

FYI - If you have a GitHub account, you can check if your personal repositories are being used to train AI + opt-out: huggingface.co/spaces/Huggi...

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JCog @jcog.dev · 04/08/2026

it's been nearly 8 hours and I'm finally forcing myself to stop so I can eat lol. never felt more stupid or like a genius before.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 03/08/2026

it's been four hours, I've found an old notebook and pencil, I've replaced the batteries in my TI-84, and I'm having the time of my life

store.steampowered.com

The Message from Deep Space on Steam

Mission: Translate an interstellar message, using the universal languages of math & science.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 02/08/2026

messed up getting the splits screenshot, but sub 7 glundo, over a half hour PB!!

Paper Mario Glitchless 101% splits with a time of 6:50:12

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JCog @jcog.dev · 30/07/2026

the thing about watching amazing digital circus on youtube is that now the algorithm thinks I want to watch all the videos *about* the amazing digital circus, which could not be any less true.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 29/07/2026

omg I didn't realize it'd been nearly seven years since I figured this out 💀

discord screenshot from August 21, 2019

JCog: this game is stupid
[video of me demonstrating the same thing as Supper Mario Broth]
iyce: ...
Rain: what
iyce: I fucking hate this game
Rain: lol

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Supper Mario Broth @mariobrothblog.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

In Paper Mario, a bizarre and inexplicable detail is that some Dry Bones will be intimidated into not throwing bones at Mario if he is accompanied by Sushie specifically. No other partners have that power.

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carrie carrarium 🏕️ @carrarium.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

It's okay to ban someone from your chat for no other reason than "their vibes are bad." I promise, it'll be better for your peace of mind and your chatroom's morale.

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NESbot @nesbot.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Team Cherry's lead programmer came out as trans www.resetera.com/threads/15...

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JCog @jcog.dev · 21/07/2026

just accidentally discovered that if you go to User Settings -> Accessibility -> Reduced Motion in discord and toggle "Enable Reduced Motion", it goes straight to replies and message links when you click them instead of the animated scroll that doesn't always scroll the whole way.

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JCog @jcog.dev · 20/07/2026

frame advance, coming very soon to the pape practice rom, courtesy of Official_Vladimir_Lenin 👀

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JCog @jcog.dev · 17/07/2026

so interesting thing: while it feels like a majority of software devs are pretty pro-AI these days, at least in some capacity (certainly not all though), r/ProgrammerHumor seems to be pretty consistently making fun of it, and tbh I'm not really sure what to make of that.

screenshot of the current top post on the r/ProgrammerHumor subreddit. there is a smiling stick figure wearing a beanie next to text that reads:

"This is Luke
Luke just implemented Tetris
Actually he didn't because the AI did
Luke didn't learn anything
Don't be like Luke"

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JCog @jcog.dev · 15/07/2026

waiting for the day when this image stops being relevant (it's not coming)

woman taking a mirror selfie with text that says "trying to be chill at the function but can't help noticing how misogyny bleeds through the cracks of normal interactions"

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JCog @jcog.dev · 14/07/2026

since I'm getting back into doing paper mario randos, I've decided to start putting lightly-edited versions of them on youtube again, and here's the first one!

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Do I actually need Goombario this seed??

YouTube video by JCog VODs

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JCog @jcog.dev · 14/07/2026

oh my god this could be the run!!

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authorblues @authorblu.es · 13/07/2026

I'm just going to say the unpopular thing: Cheering for somebody to get fired because a mistake was made (and summarily corrected) is ghoulish. Clearly there was an oversight and people don't have to demand blood for every error. Some of you should reevaluate your morals.

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