iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Getting pretty tired of not knowing what the deal is with FakeSawMan. Please Fujimoto I'm begging you #Chainsawman

Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

More Gen 1 #nuzlocke musings... Gloom pretty much hard-counters Misty, and is all but guaranteed on Route 5 or 6. I suppose if you somehow manage to miss the Oddish encounter, you can still grab a Magikarp, and after a bit of grinding, bite Starmie to death. I don't think Bubblebeam beats Gyarados.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Beating Gen 1 Brock with a Charmander (and a level cap of 14) isn't the hardest puzzle in the world: it just requires speed control so the Onix can't use Bide before your Ember. But when my Viridian Forest encounter is Kakuna, I don't exactly have a foolproof strategy yet... #nuzlocke

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

That new #Chainsawman chapter... Was over really fast.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

I know Charmander is considered the worst starter choice in Gen 1, but honestly, I tend to get destroyed by Blue's Gyarados and its Hydro Pump in Pokémon Tower, and picking Charmander makes sure that monster stays out of the equation. #nuzlocke

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Allow me to introduce to you... Galarian Porygon2. #pokemon #pokémon

3D render of an ethanol molecule, arguably bearing some resemblance to Porygon2

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Endlessness by #NalaSinephro is maybe a little intangible by good god is it gorgeous. Making me want to revisit Floating Points' Promises as well.

Album art for Endlessness by Nala Sinephro

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

God, alt-country really is the perfect genre for me. Some of the songs on Manning Fireworks may be duds to me, but even the duds fill me with happiness. #MJLenderman crafted such a lovely little thing with this record.

Album Art: Manning Fireworks by MJ Lenderman

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Oops I got overwhelmed by my technical debt and started a new game of #factorio yet again. That makes the... 4th time since the 2.0 release? Here's hoping I'll finally launch my first rocket this time and allow myself to buy Space Age.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

I think one of the gen I #pokemon that catches the most flak for its design is Seel. People think it's just an earless seal with a horn pasted on top. But one of the reasons I've always liked Seel is because of that face, with the tongue and the bottom teeth.

Seel: Pokémon # 86. Official Ken Sugimori art for Pokémon Fire Red and Leaf Green.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

How are Unown related to Arceus? Do you think Arceus created them, or did they create Arceus? Or did they both hatch from the Cosmic Egg together? Are they just best buds? Do they go out for drinks together? #pokemon

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

New const features in #Rust 1.83 are pretty exciting! I don't really have a use case for them at the moment but it's great to see how many const stabilizations this just unblocked. Very cool!

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Very excited that DoshDoshington finally has the #factorio Space Age video up. Maybe soon I'll finally launch my first Vanilla rocket and gift myself the DLC.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Murderers and serial killers provide such a benefit to society by providing thousands of hours of entertainment for middle aged mothers.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Ben Schwartz' callback game in that final minigame really solidified his position as Golden Ear recipient in that latest #MakeSomeNoise huh? Another great episode.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

The distribution of Nidoran♀ and Nidoran♂ is surprisingly interesting to me. In #Pokemon Red and Blue, it is available on route 22, west of Viridian City. But in Fire Red and Leaf Green, they have migrated to route 3 instead, and the encounter on route 22 is replaced by Mankey. What happened?

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Thank you Edmund McMillen for giving Northernlion a reason to return to #TheBindingOfISaac once again. I hadn't realized how much I missed this content.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Does anyone have a favorite track from those two albums #TheSmile released this year? I think mine is still just Bending Hectic. #Radiohead

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

It's still fascinating how many themes of urban sprawl there are in the original #pokemon games. Bulbasaur, Charmander and Squirtle were designed after frogs, lizards and turtles, that many children would find in nature. But in modern day Kanto, they have completely disappeared from the wild.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I know Anthony Padilla wants to take a step back from being on camera but every time he's on Smosh Pit is a little treat.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Wait, is Spit in the Sink supposed to sound like that children's song "Skidamarink"? In any case, this album is really pretty. Thank you Haley Heynderickx.

Album art: Haley Heynderickx - Seed of a Seed

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm remembering how much I enjoy screaming into the void about music because it makes me want to listen to more music to scream into the void about.

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I'm not fully sure what I just listened to but I like it more than Kiss My Super Bowl Ring just because it isn't titled Kiss My Super Bowl Ring. Man Of The People might be going in the playlist.

Album art: The Garden - Six Desperate Ballads

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

On initial listen, that new #thecure album really brings me back to that 2017 #slowdive comeback in a way I can't fully explain.

Album art: The Cure - Songs of a Lost World

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Thomas J. Stein @thomas-j-stein.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Little conflicted about the way in which #bluesky popped off, because it seems everyone was blindsided by the Trump victory, and the response is to move to yet another platform where we can pretend his voters don't exist. That being said, I'm happy to follow the #dropout cast to any website.

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