Down at the Cross is one of the most important pieces I’ve read in decades.

The amount of victimhood you are hoping to feel here could fuel a Mission to Mars.

I mean, I don’t love the Steam Deck so much as can we all just please start referring to our go-computers as decks in general?

I was promised Cyberdecks.

It’s 2021 folks. Come on. 

As someone who loves modern architecture and concrete, I see this as an absolute win

Yeah, I’m guilty of downloading it onto a PS4 once and a PS5 three times (to check on the bug and AI progress).

Honestly, I won’t DL again until the AI has something to offer. The world feels so shallow. 

Same. It was all, Oh cool kind of a Gears + Mass Effect + diablo loot mashup?

Then the delivery was just shite on all fronts. 

I can’t tell if this is Black Mirror or just a Facebook executive meeting quote. Facebook is fucking evil. 

It isn’t about clicks, it’s about time and attention.

They track how long the ad is on your screen, how quickly you scroll past, how much you engage with things after the add, other similar metrics.

When the ad enters your space, you are engaging with it, either by slowing or speeding past it, giving valuable metrics…

Luca isn’t gay. It’s trans.

It’s a narrative about “passing” or failing to pass.

About finding out that there are other people who are in hiding who pass better than you, who are older than you.

It’s a story about presentation, and that presentation being the dangerous thing.

100%
I’m in my 30s and I only learned about Sundown Towns and Tulsa because I have an HBO subscription (thanks Watchmen and Lovecraft Country).

Hell, I only started reading about James Baldwin because of Lovecraft Country and his quotes during episode 1.

The US does an absolute shit job of teaching its own historical…

When one man has the power to change the market with a single word?

Didn’t we all watch last year when a bunch of politicians in the US waiting to break the news about lockdowns until after they’d sold a ton of stock, so they could buy the bad news dip?

Bitcoin is a clear line example of what politicians who can own…

Superb response, thank you.

I absolutely believe that we are linguistically moving towards what you’re describing. I think the danger today is in people who push a genderless society with the goal of muddying the waters rather than pursuing what you describe here.

Its a meaningful distinction if you identify…

The fact that Animorphs is on a list with Beowulf is wondeful.

But if you’re gonna go with a Torrey Peters Fortnite crossover, I’d prefer “Infect” because a Fortnite mode where everyone starts as a genderless banana and only the winner gets to have a gender sounds funny as hell. 

While I understand the argument, it’s effectively “I would rather erase people’s experience of gender entirely because this is not a simple binary.”

If you’re willing to commit a person’s unique face to memory, it’s also OK to commit their preferred nomenclature to memory if you will be interacting with them or writing…

If you read the bible and look to the story of the tower of Babel, the biblical answer is, “Cause Fuck em, that’s why.”

I appreciated the bit on Dr. Manhattan. It does feel like the descriptions are written for someone who is just “bored” with about everything imaginable, so the most mundane action needs to be accentuated and made flowery with adjectives and descriptors.

There’s a whole high end service industry of writers trying to…

Lol, came here to join the “I miss Pebble” parade.

What a great watch.

Did everything I needed, no extra frills, deeply customizable and had the goofy tech vibe.

The antidote to all of that naysaying is just showing up and doing the work, regardless of their assistance or assent.

It’s impossible to win if you wait for the “moderates” to jump on board. It’s kind of like watching the Dems try to “negotiate” with the GOP in Congress and the House.

Stop trying to negotiate with…

The problem of white “moderates” undercutting progress because it is  progressive is not a new one.