Alex Ashpool
@alexashpool.bsky.social
Gamer, writer and editor, design and consultation, marketing. Sometimes produce something worthwhile. Boring business stuff. He/Him Youtube https://rb.gy/2rrw4
I can't believe I have to say it, but don't buy the drone metal game boy.
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Retro Gaming Now Brought to You by the Military-Industrial Complex - Manastone
You won't believe this isn't an ad from Robocop.
manastone.ca
December 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I can't believe I have to say it, but don't buy the drone metal game boy.
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It's absolutely monstrous to make a Gameboy out of drone metal. Don't purchase that thing and if you are part of a retro game community you need to push back HARD against this shit.
December 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
It's absolutely monstrous to make a Gameboy out of drone metal. Don't purchase that thing and if you are part of a retro game community you need to push back HARD against this shit.
Hey look, you can take a stand.
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
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And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Hey look, you can take a stand.
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and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
December 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
and tiny tim, who was NOT in the epstein files,
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If you're Canadian, and you support this decision, it's worth sending Skate Canada an email saying so. I'm sure they're about to hear from people opposing it, and it would be good to make sure they’re hearing from people who think they did the right thing as well. skatecanada.ca/about/contac...
Contact Us
Skate Canada National Office
261 – 1200 St. Laurent Blvd., Box 15
Ottawa, ON.
K1K 3B8
Phone: 613-747-1007
Toll Free: 1-888-747-2372 or 1-877-211-2372
E-mail: [email protected]
Accessibility Req...
skatecanada.ca
December 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
If you're Canadian, and you support this decision, it's worth sending Skate Canada an email saying so. I'm sure they're about to hear from people opposing it, and it would be good to make sure they’re hearing from people who think they did the right thing as well. skatecanada.ca/about/contac...
Chat is Taylor Swift unc
December 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Chat is Taylor Swift unc
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The Inner Sphere upscaled cover artwork by Chris Moeller, published in 2000
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Inner Sphere upscaled cover artwork by Chris Moeller, published in 2000
I need to break something.
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 14, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I need to break something.
That Awful-Looking “Deus Ex Remastered” is Dead - Manastone
"What a shame." - JC Denton
manastone.ca
December 13, 2025 at 7:01 PM
For 2026 consider deleting twitter. You aren't going to change a Nazi's mind and it's making you stupid.
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
For 2026 consider deleting twitter. You aren't going to change a Nazi's mind and it's making you stupid.
Friendly reminder that the game awards are a waste of time and you don't actually need to watch them. Your life will be improved in no tangible way whatsoever by watching the game awards.
December 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Friendly reminder that the game awards are a waste of time and you don't actually need to watch them. Your life will be improved in no tangible way whatsoever by watching the game awards.
Yeah I read theory.
December 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Yeah I read theory.
This probably goes hard if you're stupid.
The interesting, sophisticated thing about games is not whether they can tell stories as well as books or movies (they can’t) or float shocking themes as well as fine art (honestly, who cares).
It’s the manipulation of systems, the play of contingency, the brokenness of machines.
It’s the manipulation of systems, the play of contingency, the brokenness of machines.
December 5, 2025 at 7:51 PM
This probably goes hard if you're stupid.
Metaverse 2 but this time its ONLY legs.
December 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Metaverse 2 but this time its ONLY legs.
This is excellent.
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
December 4, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This is excellent.
This rips.
December 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
This rips.
Okay does everything need a year-in-review function now? Discord just told me it had one and then no sorry you have a privacy setting enabled so we can't do it.
Does discord really need this?
Does discord really need this?
December 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Okay does everything need a year-in-review function now? Discord just told me it had one and then no sorry you have a privacy setting enabled so we can't do it.
Does discord really need this?
Does discord really need this?
You simply can't expect gamers to understand context or be media literate. They don't even know games can be political yet.
i am going completely insane watching gamers make up shit about horses and interrogating every single thing the devs have said for inconsistencies and then deciding well it probably had cp in it. this is the easy mode version of the kinds of censorship that are to come and you're failing like babies
December 4, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You simply can't expect gamers to understand context or be media literate. They don't even know games can be political yet.
You might be having a rough morning but you probably aren't making dough-brained defenses of a eugenics scam and getting your ass beat in the quotes.
December 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
You might be having a rough morning but you probably aren't making dough-brained defenses of a eugenics scam and getting your ass beat in the quotes.
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The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
December 2, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The real question is not "Why is Bluesky so left-coded," the real question is "Why can't the right exist in a social media environment without algorithmic assistance, where people can ignore them"
I think you mean made it better.
HBOMax has started showing a 'remastered' 4K Mad Men and they’ve messed things up so during Roger’s oyster vomit scene you can now see the crew men with the vomit hose on the right
December 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
I think you mean made it better.
I can't believe Platner is still being pushed so hard by people who claim to be liberal or leftists. It's so embarassing.
November 26, 2025 at 11:34 PM
I can't believe Platner is still being pushed so hard by people who claim to be liberal or leftists. It's so embarassing.
Taylor Lorenz is very funny because she always seems so close to just engaging in legitimate journalism but she always has to make these incredibly stupid jabs at liberals/leftists/democrats/whoever because I guess she honestly just despises everyone?
She has a future with the Democratic Party.
She has a future with the Democratic Party.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Taylor Lorenz is very funny because she always seems so close to just engaging in legitimate journalism but she always has to make these incredibly stupid jabs at liberals/leftists/democrats/whoever because I guess she honestly just despises everyone?
She has a future with the Democratic Party.
She has a future with the Democratic Party.
They're doing this to me tomorrow.
November 25, 2025 at 9:18 PM
They're doing this to me tomorrow.