iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Someone smarter than me should make a bot that posts random flyers from this account (while at it preserving them before the auctions expire). Lots of cool shit here. auctions.yahoo.co.jp/seller/2XUwy...

Flyer for for the arcade game "Baraduke II" showing a futuristic astronaut with a large gun running in front of what appears to be a planet with an even larger gun, surrounded by flying critters.

Source: https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f1234065512

Flyer for the Nintendo 64 game "Bomberman 64" showing 3D models of Bomberman and Sirius with lightning striking behind them on a digital landscape.

Source: https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e1227025473

Cover for a "Namcot News" flyer featuring artwork of the arcade game "SkyKid" which depicts anime-style birds piloting biplanes above the countryside.

Source: https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/s1217147628

Flyer for the arcade game "Guevara" showing watercolor artwork of Che Guevara smoking, Fidel Castro with a rifle, and a map of Japan.

Source: https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/x1234059488

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Gotta be. Also, looking this up, it's very funny to me that these Hellfire Club-looking enemies call Not-Wolverine a ho when their sprite is inverted.

Cover for the game "WERE WOLF" for the bootleg console Game Theory Admiral, showing artwork of Wolverine on the cover. Source: https://x.com/RecDTRH/status/1784661663091712006

Screenshot from the game Werewolf/Choujinrou Senki Warwolf for NES/Famicom, showing enemies similar to the Hellfire Club guards from the X-Men comics. One points at the titular Werewolf character saying "OH!". Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLM6arnZ8x0

Another Hellfire Club-looking enemy points at the Werewolf, this time from the other direction. His sprite is inverted and now says "!HO". Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLM6arnZ8x0

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fascinated to learn this thing also uses little NES cartridges compatible with a Game Boy-shaped Famiclone called DR. BOY or LITTLE LIBERTINE. BG Wiki: "Most if not all game releases for the system use completely unrelated boxart (e.g, a release of Kyatto Ninden Teyandee uses artwork of Garfield)"

A Game Theory Admiral bootleg Famicom console with two "139 in 1" and "125 in 1" cartridges the size of Game Boy carts. Source: Aliexpress

A Dr. Boy, bootleg Famicom cartridge shaped like a Game Boy, in its box, showing a similar cartridge to the one on the previous photo. Source: https://bootleggames.fandom.com/wiki/Dr._Boy

Screenshot of a Discord embed of a Twitter post by @RedDTRH:

"Found someone on eBay who appears to have a complete set of Game Theory Admiral games along with a ton of Bootleg Game Boy stuff and these are taking me out"

Includes photos of Game Theory Admiral cartridges for the games "WERE WOLF" (with Wolverine artwork), "HUNTING IN RED OCTOBER" (with Obi Wan Kenobi and Mace Windu artwork), "NINJA CAT" (Garfield artwork) and a game with a Japanese title and chibi mecha characters.

Source: https://x.com/RecDTRH/status/1784661663091712006

Screenshot of a Discord embed of a Twitter post by @RedDTRH:

"A few more Game Theory Admiral hits, including MONSTER, Jurassic Park, Mario 16 and...Cuba."

Includes photos of Game Theory Admiral cartridges for the games "MONSTER" (Pokémon artwork), "JURASSIC PARK" (Super Mario Sunshine artwork), "MARIO 16" (Mario and Wario artwork), and "CUBA" (artwork of soldiers with large guns, plus part of the poster for the James Bond film "The World is Not Enough").

Source: https://x.com/RecDTRH/status/1784663381686829283

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This really says a lot about society

vgdb.co search results page for "street fighter" showing there are 62 results.

vgdb.co search results page for "street lover" showing there are 0 results.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Yes it can. Check this out: no. futurism.com/future-socie...

deadline,” the report reads. “There are early signals, however, that overreliance on chatbots can have a range of significant negative consequences — diminishing critical thinking, weakening memory, eroding confidence, and undermining mastery.”

It’s a thorny subject as administrators continue to push for more AI adoption, not less. That’s despite countless educators, who’ve watched helplessly as their AI-dependent students struggle in the classroom, are bristling at the thought.

“I think you have to lean in, but you have to do so in a way that’s thoughtful and ethical and asks the right questions,” University of Hawaii president Wendy Hensel told the New York Times. “The right answer to AI is not just ‘no.’ It can’t be. It has to be approached with curiosity and understanding of the implications.”

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🦇Red Vampire🦇 @redvampire.itch.io · 19/08/2026

CORRIDOR ASSET PACK of Star Trek inspired corridor modular meshes to make spaceship and scifi game levels now availble for $4.50 USD on my itch page

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

That last sig deserves a close up. Wasn't finding info on this guy because of the similarly-named skydiver who jumped from space, but then I realized his personal site is on archive: web.archive.org/web/19961222... Cool guy, did a TON of work for XBAND (way more impressive than skydiving from space)

$/ \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~__________________ / _ \ Felix Baumgardner "The Creation of the |_________________() / //\ \ Software Engineer Universe was made | ________________ / // \\ \ Catapult Entertainment possible by a grant | | |____________() / /____\\ \ Cupertino, CA from Texas Instruments"| |/______________ /________\\ \ PLAY ON XBAND! -- From a PBS special |_________________() \__________\/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8^) ) http://www.best.com/~slab [Wayback]$

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Looked up "XBAND" on that new Usenet search engine (usenet-rewind.com) and found another kewl XBAND girl.

Author: Schorn6 <> Message-ID: <1E0915424AB@page.lamphere.k12.mi.us> Nov 8, 1995
finet.freenet.kidlink.response
View full message headers — upgrade
1. My name is Melissa Hanley. I am 12 years old. Iam a young woman
that lives in Madison Hights, Michigan. I go to John Page Middle
School. Some of my intrests are horse back riding and playing on
XBand. My hobbies are collecting model horses and dolls. I am
concerned about my grades in school.
2. When I grow up I would like to be a horse trainer. To accoplish
this I will have to go to school and get good grades.
3. I would like to clean up the world for future generations. I would
also like others to treat each other with respect.
4. To accomplish my goals I will have to get a good education and get
good grades. To clean up the world I will have to stop littering and
influence others to stop also.

Source: https://www.usenet-rewind.com/message/MUUwOTE1NDI0QUJAcGFnZS5sYW1waGVyZS5rMTIubWkudXM

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The only ethical reaction if you work for an AI company you believe is going to end the world.

Miles Dyson's final moment in Terminator 2.

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Michael Kupperman @mkupperman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Doing a BACK TO SCHOOL sale on my site, all prints are at crazy low prices! 8x10 prints for $15, 11x14 for $30, 13x19 at $40! Insane savings! michaelkupperman.com/shop

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Yakumono @luigiblood.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

We have a trailer up for #Satellaview Super Mario Bros. 2 English MSU1 Version, which explains everything you need to know in 1 minute www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX2I...

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Trailer - Satellaview Super Mario Bros. 2 English MSU1 Version

YouTube video by LuigiBlood

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Chris Sims @theisb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“Dr. Doom was there. Great man, Victor Doom — I call him Victor. Many people say things, nasty things, but I was there. I saw him crying. Shedding tears through his metal mask. Can you believe that? Right next to Kingpin.”

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

The eight rules of gaming, according to this 1986 Super Mario Bros. 2 (J) notebook, and Google Translate: ① Don't fall asleep while playing games. ② Do not play for more than one hour continuously. ③ Do not make strange noises or yell during the game. ④ Exercise to develop quick reflexes and power.

A Super Mario Bros. 2 notebook. The cover shows Mario doing a "peace" sign inside a circle. Above the circle it says "FAMICOM NOTE" and below "SUPER MARIO BROS." with a big 2 under that. The cover has a brown brick pattern on the spine and barely visible line art of Super Mario Bros. enemies, items, and Toads all through it. Source: https://buyee.jp/mercari/item/m26289798841

Back cover of the notebook, which has artwork of Mario, Peach and three Toads at the top and a box with text in Japanese underneath.

Close up on the box with Japanese text, which reads:

スーパープレイヤー8ケ条

① ゲームしながら寝ない。
② 連続して1時間以上プレイしない。
③ ゲーム中に奇声を発したり、どなったりしない。
④ 運動をして、素早い反射神経とパワーを身につける。
⑤ ベストの体調でプレイする。
⑥ GAME OVER になっても、カセットやディスクを、たたきつけない。
⑦ 自分は正義のために戦っているんだという自覚を持つ。
⑧ 勉強との両立ができてこそ、真のスーパープレイヤーである。

ファミリーコンピュータ・ファミコンは任天堂 (株)の商標です。

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Apparently the innovation of the century is "half the people you know forgetting how to do things they could do 3 years ago"

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Friend pointed out this prototype could be interesting because Capcom only released three games on the N64 but had a bunch of cancelled ones: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of... Could be Resident Evil Zero! Or Ghouls 'n' Ghosts 64! Or an identical Magical Tetris Challenge proto! Or y'know, dead chips.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Super Mario All-Stars on my Game Gear, what a time etc

A Game Gear console on a table, displaying gameplay from level 1-1 in Super Mario Bros. with Super Mario All-Stars-style graphics, on a modded LCD screen.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Should have called it "Everyone's 38"

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Daniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's time to go back to Gotham City. My book, I AM THE NIGHT: THE ULTIMATE UNAUTHORIZED HISTORY OF BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, comes out today! It's a narrative history of the landmark cartoon, packed with new interviews and deep-dive research. Grab a copy here: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My latest box of cheap junk from Japan arrived faster than expected, including a VR visor for Atari Jaguar that I got for 66 cents. I'm not currently taking questions about how much customs charged me for it.

Several retro gaming items laid out on a piece of cardboard on the floor. An HMD Dynovisor for Atari Jaguar next to its box and cables, a PlayStation 2 remote controller with its receiver, a Mario Kart Advance / Mario Kart Super Circuit (Game Boy Advance) cartridge, two Pocket Family GB (Game Boy Color) cartridge, a Super B-Daman Fighting Phoenix (Game Boy Color cartridge), a Voicer-kun peripheral for Super Famicom, a TV-Net modem for famicom with its remote controller and a Sunline F-III software card, a Famicom Network System modem for Famicom with a Nomura no Famicom Trade software card, an 8M Satellaview memory pack, a Doraemon LCD game, a Game Boy Advance link cable, a GBA-Pico-Link USB adapter for Game Boy Advance, an Ongaku Tsukuru Kanaderu 2 (PlayStation) strategy guide, two PocketStation peripherals for PlayStation, a Keitai Eddy Connection Cable for connecting late '90s mobile phones to the PlayStation, and a late '90s DoCoMo P207 mobile phone with its wall charger and manuals.

Screenshot of an HMD Dynovisor auction showing that it sold for 100 yen (0.66 USD).

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Three sentence horror. (Open for optioning.)

My phone wouldn't stop buzzing in my pants.

I don't have a phone, or pants.

Sorry, this post has been removed by the moderators of r/TwoSentenceHorror.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Huh, really? Here are all the JP XBAND character icons, tag yourself I'm raccoon doing the laundry

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"If you don't use AI you'll get left behind" Brother I've sent emails from a Super Nintendo, I fucking love getting left behind

Photo of a CRT monitor next to a Super Famicom console with an XBAND modem inserted. The monitor's screen shows the XBAND's email composing screen. The message being composed has the subject line "I'm writing from a snes :00" and is addressed at a user named "フフフ".

Screenshot of the email composing screen from the previous photo.

Screenshot of the bsnes-plus Super Nintendo emulator open on Ubuntu. The game loaded is identified as "X-Band Modem BIOS (J)" and the emulator window shows the XBAND email inbox screen. There are two emails: one from user "mrmxy" with the subject line "i'm writing from a snes :0" and one from "System" with the subject line "Welcome!!" Behind the emulator window is a terminal window showing the emulator's log (indicating emulated modem activity) and a file explorer window with some Super Nintendo ROMs and save files.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

BlueSky after turning off one person's reposts

Doctor Octopus in Spider-Man: No Way Home saying "It's so quiet. I'd almost forgotten."

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There's a new English dub of BS Super Mario Bros. USA for Satellaview (basically, SMB2 but a radio show constantly butts into the gameplay) and a comment by me is read at the start of this ep. I can now say I'm in the same video as Vinny Vinesauce (see if you can identify the voice he does at 26:57)

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EPISODE 3: "Fryguy at the Sea of Ice!" - Satellaview Super Mario Bros. 2/BS Super Mario USA(ENG DUB)

YouTube video by Steven Medina

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I'm going to use the lying machine, the machine built on theft, the technology human devils keep insisting I use, to make my work faster and easier and I expect no negative consequences from this down the line because I have never read or watched a piece of fiction ever.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

I'm sorry but this doesn't even look like the real Titenic.

Screenshot from "Titenic" for Famicom. The player character, Jack, punches an old lady with a cane in a room of the ship Titenic.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Pleased to report Zero Racers on Virtual Boy has the juice because I almost had a heart attack here:

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

TIL Rube Goldberg told his kids to change their surnames and one picked George and so the other, already named George, also adopted it to keep the family together, ending up as George George. I now believe Luigi Mario and Mario Mario came to be under the exact same circumstances.

Goldberg married Irma Seeman on October 17, 1916.[5] They lived at 98 Central Park West in New York City and had two sons: Thomas and George. During World War II, as each of his sons headed off to college, Goldberg insisted that they change their surname because of antisemitic sentiment toward him stemming from the political nature of his cartoons.[9] Thomas chose the surname George, and his brother, whose given name was already George, followed suit. In adopting the same surname, George wanted to keep a sense of family cohesiveness.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Goldberg#Personal_life

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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 30/07/2026

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Not a YouTube thumbnail, but I saved this one years ago and refer to it every so often.

A Nintendo Life Twitter post for an article titled "Random: These Sausages Could Imply The Existence Of A Third Mario Brother" with the hashtages #Random #Mario #Luigi #Pablo #Sausages and an article thumbnail showing Mario, Luigi, and a Mario-like silhouette in front of a plate of sausages.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

It is once again "box full of cheap retro junk from Japan" time. Mostly got stuff with interesting downloadable data and/or user data to dump, plus an Arale LCD game I got because look at it, how could I resist.

Several retro gaming items laid out on a piece of cardboard on the floor. An Arale LCD game, a Famicom Network System modem with its controller and a PiT Motorboat Racing card, a Famicom with its power supply and RF adapter, and the following cartridges: a reflashable Nintendo Power cartridge (Super Famicom), Dezaemon (Famicom), Daigasso Band Brothers P (3DS), Daigasso Band Brothers DX (DS), DSVision (DS), Derby Stallion 96 with 8M Satellaview memory pack (Super Famicom), SD Gundam G-Next with 8M Satellaview memory pack (Super Famicom), Mobile Trainer (GBC), Pocket Bomberman (GBC), and Super B-Daman Fighting Phoenix (GBC).

Close up on the Arale LCD game. It has Akira Toriyama artwork of Arale and other Dr. Slump characters on the sides of the LCD screen.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

WAIT he's here but hasn't posted yet: @laurensk.wsocial.eu Sir, we must know: did it work?

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is the only morally acceptable form of Vibe coding.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is so cool. Can't believe the MiSTer can finally do this.

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Game Boy Advance version now, courtesy of @garrettgilchrist.bsky.social who is expanding the GBA Video library considerably here: archive.org/details/game...

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

‪ [Roy Batty "I've seen things..." voice] "I hate... every ape I see..."

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Announcement: I currently hold the world record on the "No Character Dance" category of "Mario and Yoshi's Adventure Land", a VHS game you play with a children's toy phone called Terebikko (or with this new emu, the first ever for Terebikko: github.com/gameblabla/T...). I would like to thank no one.

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Super Mario World: Mario And Yoshi's Adventure Land - Speedrun.com

View Super Mario World: Mario And Yoshi's Adventure Land speedruns, leaderboards, forums and more on Speedrun.com

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Seeing the strangely prescient track names on the last John Lennon album always gives me a chill...

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I'm Stepping Out" John Lennon 4:06
2. "Sleepless Night" Yoko Ono 2:34
3. "I Don't Wanna Face It" Lennon 3:22
4. "Don't Be Scared" Ono 2:45
5. "Stephen King's Stalking Me" Lennon 3:34
6. "O' Sanity" Ono 1:05
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
7. "Borrowed Time (Because of Stephen King)" Lennon 4:29
8. "Never Gonna Happen" Ono 3:04
9. "Stephen King Hired by the CIA to Kill Me Blues" Lennon 2:28
10. "Crybaby Husband Blues" Ono 2:17
11. "Grow Old with Me (Sarcastic)" Lennon 3:07
12. "Sean Definitely Won't Grow Into a Crypto Shithead" Ono 3:56
Total length: 36:49

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Reading old game store ads on the VGHF archives

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Maxwell Yezpitelok @mrmxy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I deeply regret beating Wario's Woods on SNES because look how devastated Wario looks. I went from wow to WAW (Worried About Wario)

Wario's Woods results screen showing a jubilant Toad celebrating a win while Wario has his eyes closed with tears coming out.

Wario's Woods credits screen crediting MAKI SENGOKU and KOUSEI KAZETOU above an image of Wario looking on a checkered floor between columns.

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anna @ort.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

japanese toilet paper instructions that sound like the text that flashes on screen during a boss fight in a sega saturn shooter PULL SLOWLY !! TAKE OUT THE CORE !! CUT FROM THE EDGE !! SLIDE !!

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Mark Hill @mehill.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

It's crushingly hot out in much of the world, so buy my book with snow on the cover and you'll feel refreshed in no time

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