Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 29/09/2026Any company that participates in shrinkflation should be legally obligated to add a label like "Now with less for the same price!" 020
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 24/09/2026Regarding the hullabaloo on Carney today, can I just say I'd be really scared to have a Prime Minister (ever) who hadn't studied the risk of US Invasion? The thought is an absolute nightmare, but it would be foolish not to be think through it as a possibility. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...politico.comCanada’s Carney says he studied risk of US invasionThe prime minister said it’s his responsibility to “look at extreme tail risk” of American military action but said he now has a “good relationship” with Trump. 001
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 22/09/2026Absolutely! Next time you should look the IT person in the eye and say, "You and I, we're not so different." 120
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 22/09/2026This is a unique but immediately legible type of satisfaction. 110
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 21/09/2026Played it through twice. Best Tokyo vibes of any game I've found. It's hit and miss, but had some pretty cool vibes overall. 010
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 21/09/2026Had to look up the word "mendacious" today. Any guess what the context was? 020
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 21/09/2026Spent a chunk of the weekend in the "You can only get anywhere by car" part of town, and I am so, so grateful for my walkable neighbourhood. 030
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 21/09/2026"What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight. Build anyway." 010
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 21/09/2026Type of guy who only types "lol" when he actually laughs out loud. 120
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 21/09/2026This weekend was all about Dungeon Crawler Carl, and this makes me very happy. #Booksky 050
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 21/09/2026Going to Japan next year. 🇯🇵✈️ What is the most futuristic thing I can see? What's the most uniquely Japanese thing I can see? Recommendations welcome! 010
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 21/09/2026This book is so exceptionally good. I blew through it in 3 sittings. I'm happy for you. 110
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 20/09/2026Toss up between King's Quest and Simcity for me. These two solidified my love of single-player PC games, which is still going strong ~40 years on. 020
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 17/09/2026I am an associate European, and this makes me very happy. 010
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 08/09/2026It's just tragic people are still figuring this out 250 years later. 010
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 06/09/2026I'm starting to think corporate advertising was never actually about rebellion... ;-) 100
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 31/08/2026In the last month I've visted them a few times, and scooped up about 15. A lot of my faves (All the Super Mario Bros, Zelda I & II, some racing ones, RPGs etc.) The prices aren't super cheap for those ($3-$50 CAD). Worth every penny. 010
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 31/08/2026I spent a few hours goofing around searching for old sci-fi novels and Nintendo games this weekend at the Stittsville Flea Market. They're closing down at the end of September and I'm sad because places like this are disappearing. Truly "one person's trash is another's treasure." 120
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 29/08/2026It's so cold outside, but I refuse to stop enjoying my evenings until they will literally freeze the blood in my veins. 000
Ryan Melsom @ryanmelsom.com · 28/08/2026Just encountered this as a description of Cyberpunk advertising: "cheerful, frictionless, aspirational copy sitting directly on top of something ontologically horrifying" 000