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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
B8
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ah, the nostalgia of first reading Neuromancer decades ago while sitting on the beach in Osoyoos, B.C., during high school summer vacation is coming back to me. Can't wait to see it on the screen. (In my deepest fantasies, they will adapt the whole Sprawl trilogy.)
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Looks great, I love this 2D 3D style and you can tell the time and care that went into every pixel.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mesmerizing to watch. Knowing what to throw away is an important skill.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Gonna run a detailed analysis of your bean intake and gut micro-biome before I can decide.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The sense of superiority that pervades Bluesky definitely reminds me of the olden days of Something Awful. But, since there is no tenbux required here, the smugness is not nearly as justified. (lol)
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Don't sell yourself short, I remember my first opengl window with great nostalgia, this was an achievement fr fr
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
You got a point there. 😂
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Hardly a long time? 🤣 Herman Melville wrote Moby-Dick in a year and a half, btw.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Gosh, loved this book when I read it 20 years ago. Ended up reading almost every other book by William Gibson since. Might be time for a reread, actually.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
As a dinosaur, I look forward to returning to the climate of my ancestors.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
A man of the people. I love this guy.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
They say not marketable, I say underserved niche! Looks awesome.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I love a lot of Le Guin's novels, but The Dispossessed is #1 for me. One of my all time favorites hy anyone. Have you read The Left Hand of Darkness? Most analysis focuses on the politics of both novels, but I think the emotional journey they take you on is what will always stick with me.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Crazy to think that if Nancy Reagan hadn't been as good at sloppy toppy we'd be in a better timeline.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I can't wait to visit the tropical island of San Francisco, I bet it's lovely.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
This is incredibly cool, awesome work.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Andy Weir is sadly not a good writer on a prose level. I think most people that loved the book probably don't read much written SF, or they don't care about actual writing. Don't get me wrong, I liked the interactions with Rocky and I thought it was a fun story, but not a good *book* per se.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
This is how I learned they have a new album! Thanks!
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Sadly, many people stagnate around the second level of Kohlberg's stages of moral development. They get trapped in the idea that authority and social order are the most important considerations.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Angsty lesbian vampires were a much better use of your time, don't worry
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Cool concept, love the Game Boy style
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Loved that book. Also, reminds me of the last time I bought a vacuum cleaner and for months afterward I kept getting personalized ads for more vacuums. Like they thought I was a vacuum cleaner collector now. I just needed the one!!
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
As a reader I honestly find the second example more compelling. It's real.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
The desire is the only qualification you need, but also the only one you can't fake. Persistence trumps skill every time. As an unpublished author struggling with my own manuscript, your post is quite reassuring!
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
One of the greatest SFF authors to ever do it! It's so nice to hear people still discovering her work.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Scary potential for a super El Niño this year.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Astronauts are extremely well educated and good at their jobs. They value accomplishing their mission above all, and as it turns out, that usually requires cooperation among a diverse group of people. Competence is woke.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
The scientists and engineers who work on projects like this are just joyful, diverse, cooperative people in general. Many of the most skilled workers at NASA could make more money in the private sector, they choose not to do so because they love what they do.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I believe the post was sarcasm.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The idea of AI being a "collaborative editor" is so funny to me, because how can an AI really collaborate in the truest sense of the word? I think writers would be better served making writer friends and forming critique groups if they want feedback or editing help! Collaborate with actual ppl!
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Fair enough, I actually agree with you here. It's unfortunate that the Moon landing happened in the atmosphere of the Cold War, and couldn't have been pursued for more noble reasons.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The idea that robotic tech could have been moved forward by 20 years if Apollo focused on that is laughable. If it could have been done, the military would have (DARPA has a much bigger budget than NASA, and has been working on military applications of robotics since 60s as well...).
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The technology possible in the 1960s would not have allowed meaningful robotic exploration of the Moon, it just wasn't there yet. Look at the Mars rovers for comparison, limited in many ways compared to manned missions (but still great for a planet we can't visit), and those happened much later!
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I hear you, though ultimately NASA is a really small fraction of the budget. The fact is we could fund everything you mentioned, and still do space exploration, if we spent less money on bombing foreign countries and maintaining the largest military in the world. NASA costs peanuts in comparison.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Set a small goal. One little sketch, or write a paragraph or two. You can do it. It's like a muscle, it takes time to build, but it does get easier.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
That's not at all what the actor said, but you clearly have an axe to grind about this. Good luck, bro. Be mad forever.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This is a braindead comment to make about a show where so much screen time was spent on the main character's heterosexual romance plot.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
As someone who has found your reporting on these Supreme Court decisions really helpful and illuminating, I'm sorry to hear this. Totally understand your decision, though. Thanks for all your hard work!
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Keep it up! I'm about 8000 words from the end of a novel first draft myself. I need to fix a lot of mistakes and inconsistencies, but I keep reminding myself that's what the second draft is for. You're doing great to get so close to the finish line!
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
He's like a fish swimming in the ocean who can't see the water. He doesn't think his own worldview is political. Politics are just the beliefs of other people.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
For real. The "action sequences" in old school Trek are mostly just the camera shaking while the cast awkwardly pretends to fall over. And that's usually just a couple minutes of the episode, the vast majority of the run-time was always dialogue.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
"short-term fluctuation" 🤣 We'll see about that.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
That's fair, I was thinking more about Speaker for the Dead and some of the later books, but admittedly I haven't read any of them since I was a child. I might have a very different opinion now, but for obvious reasons I feel zero desire to ever re-read them!
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Writers who don't seem to understand the implications of their own stories always amuse me. Reminds me of Orson Scott Card in a way...
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Arguing with the Chair of the A.M.A. Board is not a good look. You are "journalists" (theoretically, not always in practice), not doctors. How the fuck do y'all sleep at night? For shame.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Why would you want to give Neil Gaiman any more money and attention for those stories, though? So he can hire more nannies to assault? You sound like a petulant child, maybe you need a nanny yourself.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Those same people are probably mad now that Ciri will be the main protagonist of The Witcher 4. You better take the opportunity to tell them, "It's okay bro, I'm sure you can still play as her Dad now and then." lol
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Sounds like you're on the right track. That's farther than most people who want to write a novel will ever get. Just keep working at it.
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scarcityoftime.bsky.social @scarcityoftime.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Language evolves, you know? It's a colloquial phrase, but one that's commonly understood. You should go shout at clouds or something. It would be a better use of your time.
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