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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Really enjoying the not-subtle implication that these women could get better if only they wanted to. Absolutely fuck that. My wife may not be an influencer--she has no interest in that social activity--but she's been told so many times that she could heal if she really wanted to. It's so cruel.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Anyone who didn't see this coming is...well I don't want to be mean to optimists.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Why are people acting like AI is so revolutionary for this sort of thing? This is just CliffNotes/SparkNotes. They're really abdicating rational thought and touting it as a modernist virtue. What the fuck do we do with this?

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Honest question: is "what if it's both?" a bad/harmful question to ask?

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Anyone using language that implies artists control any amount of wealth cannot be trusted.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Story idea combinatorics is my favorite math class.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I haven't yet met a cat who consistently played with the toys I bought them. They invariably snub their purchased toys and play with actual garbage instead.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It won't be fixed. Screens are dramatically cheaper for the manufacturer.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I want all my physical toggles in the car. I hate having to look at a screen to tap anything. I still have mostly physical knobs and stuff in my van, but I'll need a new vehicle soon and I dread the digitization I've seen.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

People these editions are so fantastic. The hardest part is deciding whether to shelve them with or without dust jackets. Incredible stamped leather? Beautiful alternate cover art? A conundrum of the highest order.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

What do they mean by "look elsewhere". Look for what? Magic spells to disperse wildfire smoke?

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Every time California gets an apparent reprieve from fire, something else bad happens. Really makes those rapture people sound less insane.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Big congrats. Love your books. I wish I had more time to read. My tbr is longer than my lifetime lol

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

That is an excellent name for a pet

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Yes! Excellent book and excellent series.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This video is AI fuckery, independent of the real book.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sad that this is now considered a long read.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Parks & Rec is always worth rewatching. Animal Control isn't over, but it scratches am itch right between Community and Parks & Rec.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

These guys were very clear a few years ago they they couldn't breathe while wearing a mask.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I'm enjoying the rage timeline. As an American, I agree that we really suck right now.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Isn't that basically the plot of 101 Dalmatians?

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

My cat charges next to an electrical outlet. She gets really twitchy sitting next to it then barks at it and becomes zoomies. (It's because it's on a glossy surface and she sees the vague reflection of what she thinks is another cat, but that's less funny.)

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

It's allegedly only a one week detox period. That's about how long it took for me when I quit caffeine that I've brief time long ago. Just headaches and being kinda irritable. Good luck!

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

The whole thing is very contrived. That dog is definitely big enough to just put it's front paws up on the fountain ledge and drink.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

They genuinely believe that? Yikes...

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I don't understand their chain of reasoning. Like they feel they grew up in a world without sexism?

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Will this one be available with book 4 goes up? Not sure I can swing it right now but my first two will need companions

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

So they can switch tactics now, from "it's harmless" to "but you knew the risks". The fuck.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In House of Dragons and Game of Thrones, how do the dragon riders control their dragons? They've got handlebars and reins and none of it makes sense in the air. These aren't sapient dragons; they're just smart animals.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

All cats are kittens and all dogs are puppies.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Right? Does he think those are the same thing?

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

This is unironically a good premise for a book. But it'd be from the perspective of someone else trying to unravel the mystery of what the heroes did to save the world because things don't add up.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I also have 500 words to go to hit today's goal! Though the daily goal is 500...

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Bill Adams - Willow Wraith Press author/owner @williamjadams3.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

New indie book rec, friends! Bounty Inc. by @adamholcombe.bountyink.com Take a nepo clone of Jango Fett but make him the newbiest of newbs starting up a bounty hunter business. This book was so much fun and you need to check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmU4...

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Bounty Inc. by Adam Holcombe

YouTube video by A Schmudgeon of Curmudgeon

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

I so rarely have my shit together that I need new language for it. Work is the only thing I ever have dialed in. Disaster seems like the default state for everything else. At a certain point, it's not 'disaster' if that's just the everyday normal, right? I need to surgically fuse my shit. Wait, ew

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Assuming this isn't sarcasm, I believe in you!

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Then I must have some genetic defect that makes me extra risk averse.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

You're my hero! My game group quotes that routinely.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

And only some of that is forgivable as homage to the history of the horror genre. I honestly forgot about Sam's episode one actual girlfriend. Textbook fridge. We never get anything else about her. At least the mom gets a full backstory, post death agency, and even a spin-off season.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

I think of 6+ as kinda spin-off or fanfiction. There is some really great material in there, but none of the cohesive tension of the first 5. I could rant for hours about the folly of Eve. Biggest villain letdown ever put on screen.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 24/05/2026

Definitely not something I noticed when I first watched it on TV in high school. But looking back now, they fridged a few girlfriends. Sam's werewolf, e.g. It could have been worse. Jo got a real personality and arc, but it's hard not to see that she only ever existed to be Dean's trauma.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Completely unrelated... Huge Vermintide fan. I have to ask--did you have anything to do with the Bardin line, "These stairs go up"?

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Welp, I'm glad I saw your post. I'll prioritize other films. I have too little time to pay attention to a screen that isn't my work computer. Any recent favorites?

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Ouch, that bad? I was looking forward to it. Not attached to the franchise, just like the visual aesthetic.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Yep. I'm regularly horrified at my wife's pain tolerance. She'll barely twitch one lip at a nerve conduction test while the guy down the hall is nearly screaming. The pain scale is such a joke...

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Even when I'm using the tools (required for work), I physically cringe every time I have to type "AI". But most of my constituents will be confused if I refer to them as LLMs.

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K. Andrew Conrad @kyleeyydub.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Every few weeks, I am reminded of the word 'concatenate' and I have to re-process my grief over the fact that it doesn't mean 'to add more cats'.

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