iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 17/10/2026

Finally finished a bookmark that's been sitting at 95% done for months. Came out pretty okay!

A cross-stitch bookmark featuring Pikachu flying through the sky, held aloft by three helium balloons.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 16/10/2026

He's taking it well, considering the literally dozens of novelty podcast invitations vanishing as we speak.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 16/10/2026

B-b-b-but I was told this was the future!

A small child plays with a Hot Wheels loop de loop track.

That the child has the car on the wrong side of the track isn't an added metaphor or anything, but it is kinda funny.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 16/10/2026

Right on. You're in good company.

Epic Handshake Meme

Gita and "My 7yo" are handshaking on "I'm a cat"

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 13/10/2026

The funny thing is that I don't think the folks that love or hate it have fundamentally different things to say. Just differing opinions on whether gesticulating at something is the same as "having something to say". Suffice it to say, I plan to hate watch dumb Strangelove at a later date.

The "anime guy looks at butterfly" meme.

The butterfly is labeled "Look at bad thing!"

The guy says, "Is this satire?"

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 13/10/2026

Oh shit, I forgot to do my back-door-brag-about-my-high-school bit! There is a pool, but it's not on the roof.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 11/10/2026

Since I've studied Japanese for so long, and its syllabary is similar to Korean, I keep getting surprised by the tricks Korean can do that Japanese can't with loan words. It feels like katakana's more attractive friend and I'm being unfaithful. "Oh, you can make an 'uh' sound? That's so hot."

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 10/10/2026

For the non-locals, Tim Eyman is a notorious anti-tax crank in WA. He was once best known for his initiatives railing against car registration fees, these days he's more known for strolling out of an Office Max with a ln office chair... ...in his very recognizable campaign shirt. A true genius.

Security cam footage of the incident described above. A non descript man is seen from behind waking a rolling chair out the door.

...at least he would be nondescript if he wasn't wearing a bright red tshirt with his political slogans on it...

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 10/10/2026

Please enjoy this aggressively local insult.

An image from an unsolicited political campaign text.

The image reads: "YES I-645 Repeal the Income Tax"

Pictured is a giant apple in a rural apple field, labeled "YOUR HARD-EARNED INCOME" with a bite taken out of it labeled "INCOME TAX".

I have responded: "Go shoplift an office chair you whiny fuckers."

Fun Fact: Income of those impacted by the millionaires tax is generally not hard-earned. Definitionally!

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

So yeah, I'd be super embarassed to be featured in this scroll if I was a company, but maybe that's just me. 🤷

A snippet of their "trusted by" scroll featuring:
Accenture, Sport Lisboa e Benfica FC, Warner Bros., The UAE space agency, Dick's Sporting Goods, DMCC

More trusted by logos:
IMPERIAL, Fenerbahçe SK, LeadingResults, Microsoft

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

A sexualized fictional black woman whose job is to tell the bosses whether AAVE is accurate IMMEDIATELY tells you exactly the Kind of Guy this is for. I'm floored by how textbook an example it is. Racism through a megaphone.

One of the AI agents advertised on the home page.

A young black woman is pictured, with long hair in braided rows, large hoop earings, and a nose ring. She's wearing a blue and orange letterman jacket and half dozen gold chains over a sports bra.

Text reads:
HIP HOP
Nyx
"I can tell in the first eight bars if you're speaking hip-hop or just doing a bad accent."

Brooklyn confidence meets studio precision. Builds tracks that hit before the lyrics register.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

Our entire business model is that you can build a "digital twin" that is an agent custom tailored to behave and make decisions just like you. Also:

PLEASE DO NOT ENTER OR PROVIDE CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION, SENSITIVE PERSONAL INFORMATION, OR OTHER DATA IN YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH ANY AI FEATURE THAT YOU WOULD NOT WANT A HUMAN REVIEWER TO ACCESS FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSES DESCRIBED IN THIS POLICY.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

Another good treasure trove is the privacy policy. At the risk of sounding like Jeff Foxworthy, when your privacy page has a special caveat for every locality under the sun, there's some privacy fuckery going on. It's like a guy who suspiciously knows every state's age of consent...

Special Notice for Other State Residents

Some U.S. states, including Connecticut, Colorado, Utah, Virginia, and others, provide residents with additional privacy rights regarding personal information. This section describes rights available to residents of such states. When you make a request, we may provide more detailed information regarding whether your request is subject to applicable law and whether any exception or limitation applies.

Your California Privacy Rights

If you are a California resident, you have the following rights, subject to certain exceptions. Your rights are not absolute and are subject to limitations under applicable law:

Special Notice for EU and UK Users — GDPR and UK Data Protection Act Rights

Under the General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR") and the UK Data Protection Act 2018, you have the following rights, each of which is subject to applicable exceptions, limitations, and conditions under applicable law:

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

I'm seeing a lot of questions answered by may "dedicated page for reporting Napster employee behavior"...

Report unethical behavior.

If you believe a Napster employee is behaving unethically, please follow the process below. All reports are taken seriously and handled with care. This form is intended for reports of ethical misconduct.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

"'It’s a revealing thing, an author’s index of his own work,' she informed me. 'It’s a shameless exhibition—to the trained eye.'" -Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle

A screenshot of the sitemap at the bottom of their page. I've circled the "Ethics" heading, with an arrow labeled, "WHAT HAVE WE HERE?!"

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

...when I see "reflects a global audience" my first thought was, "oh, they do business with Saudi Arabia". I was thinking too small. My bad.

Press Release:
Napster is now officially incorporated in Saudi Arabia. Building the future of AI, in the Kingdom.

Napster Incorporates in Saudi Arabia, Deepening Its Investment in the Kingdom's AI Economy

The company establishes a locally governed entity with support from the Ministry of Investment of Saudi Arabia, formalizing more than a year of commitments across Saudi Arabia and the Gulf

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

The whole job posting was a turduckin of red flags. "Diversity of backgrounds and experience" is a classic. It means, "we think unpopular (READ: fascist) political opinions are a the REAL underrepresented minority" But before I could even process that, there's that last sentence...

Napster Corp embraces a diversity of backgrounds and experiences and provides equal opportunity for all applicants and employees. We strive to build a company that reflects a global audience.Napster Corp

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 06/10/2026

When you play "VC Zombie Brand" bingo, "Steal the valor of the IP you just bought" is the free square. Oh yeah, buds. *YOU'VE* done this before. That's the stuff! Bonus points when you have a "[OUR GRIFT] is the same thing as [THING YOU LIKED]!"

Snapshot from the napster homepage. Text reads:

Music for everyone
We've done this before.
When music was locked behind gatekeepers, Napster changed the game. Now we're doing it again with expertise. Same belief. New frontier.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 05/10/2026

Vanity Fair, when the Project of Journalism fell.

VF interviewee, when told they shouldn't do photo shoots that lionize interview subjects they purport to hold to account: "I don't think that's the project of journalism."

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 30/09/2026

Look, I know that typo is egregious, but can we talk about this signature for a second...

Close up of Greg Brockman, President of OpenAI's signature.

It consists of a very hastily scribbled, lowercase "g d b" of wildly varying sizes/thicknesses.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 27/09/2026

Okay, this one is arguably weirder than the TMNT x Sanrio one they did a while back...

Spongebob Squarepants x One Piece mash up. I won't attempt to describe it all, but squidward is Sanji, and his wig is killing me.

Spongebob Squarepants x One Piece mash up. I won't attempt to describe it all, but Patric is Zorro with three butterfly nets. Do with that what you will.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 24/09/2026

Somewhere, and antique clock chimes. That clock never chimes! Werner has already booked a flight.

Werner Herzog, looking somewhere between stoned and bemused.

It is literally impossible to find him with any other expression.

Like, I wanted to do a Godfather Part III "they pull me back in" bit, but I challenge you to find a picture of Werner looking angry or put upon.

"Stoic" is the best you're gonna get!

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 22/09/2026

It's an amazing time for story driven games. While i've been enjoying Zero Parades for Dead Spies, I've been surprised that Esoteric Ebb has pulled me away from it, with a similar vibe but completely different trappings. Sorta like if Disco Elysium was set in Discworld.

Screenshot from Esoteric Ebb where the Cleric (you) speaks with a goblin queen.

He ignores you.
The goblin takes a deep bow.
"Yes, Lady Sageleaf. Your will be done."
"The evil forces at work will be vanquished! Huzzah!"
LADY SAGELEAF
Miska Sageleaf looks at you the way one observes kitchen mold.
CONTINUE

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 22/09/2026

Reminder that the only reason they pretended to care about capping prices was they got their market cap wrecked by a shitpost. Fuck these death profiteers.

The fake Eli Lily tweet from the great $8 blue check era of 2022. Tweet reads, "we are excited to announce insulin is now free"

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 19/09/2026

👍🏻 Minimum Derek 👍🏻

Jason Mantzoukus as Derek in The Good Place. He's saying "maximum Derek" but i've flipped it, you see. I am very clever.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 19/09/2026

The blessed generation what had to understand file systems.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 18/09/2026

If cyber obelisks are Web Scale, I will use them! IYKYK

The xtranormal dog (it's a mid 00's meme thing...), as seen in the "MongoDB is Web Scale" short that sysadmins of a certain age know by heart.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 18/09/2026

One of the things I find endlessly endearing about Hackers is how it blends legitimate hacking culture (social engineering, phone phreaking, et al) with absolute batshit nonsense. That said, obelisk cities as a file system is infinitely better than any snow crash/RP1 metaverse, fight me.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 18/09/2026

You'll be back, Protestants. You'll be back.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 14/09/2026

Lest you think I exaggerate. Behold! Master of using a lot of words to say absolutely fuck all.

Today, I want to focus on a topic that seems to be front of mind for our elementary school community: recess.

Let me start by saying that recess is very important. Having time for unstructured play, to run around outside, socialize, and generally expend the copious amount of energy that our young people have is a very good thing.

And . . . we have to balance that need with the other competing concerns around school. When I got to Seattle, what I saw across the district was over 100 schools doing their own thing. Some of it was great, and some of it needed adjustment.

But the biggest concern I had was that some schools were teaching the state-mandated subjects, and others were not. Many classrooms I visited didn't teach social studies, including the state-mandated John McCoy (lulilaš) Since Time Immemorial curriculum. There was also a lack of adherence to the math, ELA, and science curricula.

Instead, what I saw was incredibly hard-working teachers trying their best to meet the needs of their students without any sort of clear expectation around what a day should look like. So, what we got were some classes that did a lot of independent reading, some that did lots of small-group instruction, and some that did a lot of Social and Emotional Learning. Some did a lot of math; some didn't do much math at all.

The instruction one 2nd grader got in one school looked very different from what a 2nd grader received in another school. To be clear, I love choice and flexibility, and I think our educators were doing the absolute best with the direction (or lack thereof) they were given. But there are standards we also need to address, and I was certainly worried we were not addressing them consistently.

So, for many months, we looked at what could be best for our kids. We just adopted a new ELA curriculum that calls for 120 minutes a day. We have a math curriculum that needs about 90 minutes a day and a science program that we felt needed about 45 minutes a day. We also wanted to make sure that every child got time for SEL, social studies, recess, specials such as art, music, library and P.E., and lunch. So, the Curriculum Department came up with a thoughtful schedule that looked at our current school day and tried to best fit what we needed.

Since around 75% of our elementary schools had two recesses, plus lunch, plus 100 minutes a week of PE, while around 25% of our elementary schools had three recesses, the standard schedule that was presented attempted to take into consideration not only the curricular needs of the students, but also the vast majority of current schedules.

However, since we recognize that each school is different and has different needs, we have created a waiver process so that principals can ask to modify the suggested daily schedule. And because we understand the need for flexibility around different ages, the waiver allows for a request for just Kindergarten as well as for the whole school.

It is certainly our hope to try to create cogent, clear, and concise programming so that families know what to expect from our schools, while also being understanding of individual schools and their needs.

We just have to make sure that all of the mandated learning occurs. This is why our principals, along with their Executive Directors and the Curriculum Department, have the ability to work together to address the needs of our students holistically.

I hope this makes sense.

Thank you all for believing in SPS. With your help and hard work, SPS truly will be the best urban public school district in the country.

Ben

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 14/09/2026

I *thought* I smelled the familiar stink of the NYC BOE leadership on you!

Snippet of Ben's LinkedIn showing that he was a member of the NYC school board from Apr 2015 to Jun 2018.

This isn't a gotcha, really. He's not in the era of the rubber room or anything. I'm just being a petty bitch with old grievances.

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Rycar @rycar.cryptoanarchy.network · 14/09/2026

Less an email signature, more of a prayer. Maybe next time, Ben! P.S. He's proposing the previous floor on recess (30 min.) become the new ceiling. When you're so bad at making an argument, I find what you don't want me to know because I can't understand what you're trying to tell me.