Real Deal Pumpkin Spice Energy (C.A. MacLean)
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Novelist, author of sci-fi action series Architects Of The Illusion (and others to come!). Canadian. Find my media-analysis articles, novels and other links: https://thegamerslookingglass.com/?page_id=398
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Tonight's vibes are old Supernatural episodes, Noora's twisty-turny vocal hooks on the new Battle Beast album, various Aviators songs, and picking away at bits and pieces of lines in two separate WIPS (it still counts as progress)
November 26, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Tonight's vibes are old Supernatural episodes, Noora's twisty-turny vocal hooks on the new Battle Beast album, various Aviators songs, and picking away at bits and pieces of lines in two separate WIPS (it still counts as progress)
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
If you're wondering how oligarch-owned media is framing the act of stating, objectively, that soldiers don't have to obey illegal orders. The framing of literal facts as 'controversial' plays right into the endgame of making a population so gaslit that baseline reality is whatever Trump says it is.
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you're wondering how oligarch-owned media is framing the act of stating, objectively, that soldiers don't have to obey illegal orders. The framing of literal facts as 'controversial' plays right into the endgame of making a population so gaslit that baseline reality is whatever Trump says it is.
The statement "Donna Noble is the Mae Borowski of Doctor Who companions in all the most beautifully aggravatingly human ways" is taking up too much real estate in my mind palace so here, it's public domain now, it's yours, take it
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 AM
The statement "Donna Noble is the Mae Borowski of Doctor Who companions in all the most beautifully aggravatingly human ways" is taking up too much real estate in my mind palace so here, it's public domain now, it's yours, take it
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
This character design is so cool and Alec's art does it so much justice. *shoves it in your face* LOOK HOW COOL SHE IS
November 21, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This character design is so cool and Alec's art does it so much justice. *shoves it in your face* LOOK HOW COOL SHE IS
So weird when you see closed-down decaying urbex-ass malls that still have a fully functional anchor store open. Like in a game when you go past the happy merchant, the game janks as you hit a load zone and you are immediately in The Blighted Lands
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 AM
So weird when you see closed-down decaying urbex-ass malls that still have a fully functional anchor store open. Like in a game when you go past the happy merchant, the game janks as you hit a load zone and you are immediately in The Blighted Lands
Insane thing about the Hazbin Hotel S2 soundtrack is that, okay, lots of cast recordings have THAT SONG, maybe even a handful of THAT SONGs if we're blessed, but with the HH Season 2 soundtrack, a good 2/3rds (at least) of the OST is THAT SONG and man, people aren't talking enough about how it hits
November 20, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Insane thing about the Hazbin Hotel S2 soundtrack is that, okay, lots of cast recordings have THAT SONG, maybe even a handful of THAT SONGs if we're blessed, but with the HH Season 2 soundtrack, a good 2/3rds (at least) of the OST is THAT SONG and man, people aren't talking enough about how it hits
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
As much as I love the holy trinity of Land through Powerplant, this album hitting at just the right time in my life created a one of a kind nostalgia storm. That fall/winter was a special time for me and this was a perfect album for that period.
As much as I love the holy trinity of Land through Powerplant, this album hitting at just the right time in my life created a one of a kind nostalgia storm. That fall/winter was a special time for me and this was a perfect album for that period.
November 17, 2025 at 4:44 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
As much as I love the holy trinity of Land through Powerplant, this album hitting at just the right time in my life created a one of a kind nostalgia storm. That fall/winter was a special time for me and this was a perfect album for that period.
As much as I love the holy trinity of Land through Powerplant, this album hitting at just the right time in my life created a one of a kind nostalgia storm. That fall/winter was a special time for me and this was a perfect album for that period.
I feel Bouie has run across the destined nemesis of the guy I saw in jury duty who had a single huge carrot, thrust through his briefcase as one would set an umbrella, and he would occasionally take it out, take a loud, decisive bite, then put it back in.
watching a dude on the metro eat a box of three krispy kreme donuts. what a king.
November 16, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I feel Bouie has run across the destined nemesis of the guy I saw in jury duty who had a single huge carrot, thrust through his briefcase as one would set an umbrella, and he would occasionally take it out, take a loud, decisive bite, then put it back in.
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Y'all need to have the same kind of smoke for AI Music as you have for AI Art. Okay?
Music is an extremely important part of artistic human expression, and we must not allow it to rot away because 'it sounds just like the real thing' or whatever.
Musicians are going through it too. Fuck AI.
Music is an extremely important part of artistic human expression, and we must not allow it to rot away because 'it sounds just like the real thing' or whatever.
Musicians are going through it too. Fuck AI.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Y'all need to have the same kind of smoke for AI Music as you have for AI Art. Okay?
Music is an extremely important part of artistic human expression, and we must not allow it to rot away because 'it sounds just like the real thing' or whatever.
Musicians are going through it too. Fuck AI.
Music is an extremely important part of artistic human expression, and we must not allow it to rot away because 'it sounds just like the real thing' or whatever.
Musicians are going through it too. Fuck AI.
Cannot get over how Activision cancelled a Crash Bandicoot: It's About Time sequel that crossed Spyro back in & instead sent the team to the Call Of Duty mines, & now CoD is an AI-slathered slopjob instead of those artists actually getting to make art
November 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Cannot get over how Activision cancelled a Crash Bandicoot: It's About Time sequel that crossed Spyro back in & instead sent the team to the Call Of Duty mines, & now CoD is an AI-slathered slopjob instead of those artists actually getting to make art
Genuinely wondering if the people dooming over the Metroid Prime 4 federation trooper presence would be relieved if you told them dialogue can be turned down/off and that other footage implies this is mostly an early-game thing, or really REALLY mad that you gave their doom parade a reality bath.
November 15, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Genuinely wondering if the people dooming over the Metroid Prime 4 federation trooper presence would be relieved if you told them dialogue can be turned down/off and that other footage implies this is mostly an early-game thing, or really REALLY mad that you gave their doom parade a reality bath.
Happy "I've been locked out of my main email because my work site also uses the same email client as a login portal and it thinks I logged in too many times because the work site keeps logging you out so now I guess I just wait or something" day to all who celebrate
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Happy "I've been locked out of my main email because my work site also uses the same email client as a login portal and it thinks I logged in too many times because the work site keeps logging you out so now I guess I just wait or something" day to all who celebrate
Adverts in 1995 were like "Milton's premium cheese. IT'S UDDERLY INSANE" and there are some cows glaring murderously at you from inside a padded cell
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Adverts in 1995 were like "Milton's premium cheese. IT'S UDDERLY INSANE" and there are some cows glaring murderously at you from inside a padded cell
Man. Silenced is such S-tier Hellaverse, right up there with Mastermind for me. #HazbinHotel #Hazbinhotelseason2
November 12, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Man. Silenced is such S-tier Hellaverse, right up there with Mastermind for me. #HazbinHotel #Hazbinhotelseason2
I used more secure coding when I was in high school classes writing story notes for fanfics because I didn't want the people around me to know I was doing that, than this fucking IRL Game Of Thrones villain used when chatting in retrievable mediums about his sex slave trafficking operation
QANON CULTIST IN 2017: "In this 1,879 page thread I will unravel the byzantine system of codewords and phrases the global elite use to mask their pedophile cabal."
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
JEFFREY EPSTEIN WRITING AN EMAIL AT THE SAME TIME: "helo its me jeff had fun cmmitting sex crimes wit u lst weeknd"
pretty funny in retrospect that QAnon hinged on the idea that powerful elites at the highest levels of government were smart enough to talk in code when sending emails to each other about their despicable crimes
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I used more secure coding when I was in high school classes writing story notes for fanfics because I didn't want the people around me to know I was doing that, than this fucking IRL Game Of Thrones villain used when chatting in retrievable mediums about his sex slave trafficking operation
Being completely serious that the Super Smash Bros Melee orchestral concert CD included with Nintendo Power's December 2002 issue came at just the right time to have an absolutely immeasurable impact on my musical development.
November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Being completely serious that the Super Smash Bros Melee orchestral concert CD included with Nintendo Power's December 2002 issue came at just the right time to have an absolutely immeasurable impact on my musical development.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
Never got over those AI bros offering "adopts" that are clearly just copyrighted characters but in a slightly tweaked outfit. No you can't actually own that, that's just Loona. You...you can't own that one either in any real sense, that is also just Loona. No you can't own that one, that's also just
November 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Never got over those AI bros offering "adopts" that are clearly just copyrighted characters but in a slightly tweaked outfit. No you can't actually own that, that's just Loona. You...you can't own that one either in any real sense, that is also just Loona. No you can't own that one, that's also just
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Don't worry about perfection when you capture an idea!
One thing that helped me work faster & with confidence is getting ideas on the canvas fast and having fun with it. I scribble roughs for comics without worrying about perfection. The sooner I visualise an idea, the more it can grow in my mind.
One thing that helped me work faster & with confidence is getting ideas on the canvas fast and having fun with it. I scribble roughs for comics without worrying about perfection. The sooner I visualise an idea, the more it can grow in my mind.
November 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Don't worry about perfection when you capture an idea!
One thing that helped me work faster & with confidence is getting ideas on the canvas fast and having fun with it. I scribble roughs for comics without worrying about perfection. The sooner I visualise an idea, the more it can grow in my mind.
One thing that helped me work faster & with confidence is getting ideas on the canvas fast and having fun with it. I scribble roughs for comics without worrying about perfection. The sooner I visualise an idea, the more it can grow in my mind.
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Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
November 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Just a reminder that writing a book, being creative, in the current state of the world is heroic.
Keep creating.
💜
Keep creating.
💜
Elon Musk is one of our world's greatest living evils and deserves the universal contempt, and the punishments, reserved for history's worst monsters. And those dumbasses at the car board just used their made-up stock options crap to technically make him the world's first trillionfuckingaire.
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Elon Musk is one of our world's greatest living evils and deserves the universal contempt, and the punishments, reserved for history's worst monsters. And those dumbasses at the car board just used their made-up stock options crap to technically make him the world's first trillionfuckingaire.
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My question is whether it was the drug use, Nazi salutes, election interference, racist and antisemitic tweets, creepy pronatalism, chilling sociopathy, puzzling inarticulateness, allegations of IP theft or persistent flouting of US law that pushed Tesla bros over the top on gifting Elon $1 trillion
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
My question is whether it was the drug use, Nazi salutes, election interference, racist and antisemitic tweets, creepy pronatalism, chilling sociopathy, puzzling inarticulateness, allegations of IP theft or persistent flouting of US law that pushed Tesla bros over the top on gifting Elon $1 trillion
Tentatively pulling out some early-days Supernatural episodes to watch tonight, knowing full well the last time I pulled out "just a couple episodes" I ended up soft-marathonning the entire series again
November 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Tentatively pulling out some early-days Supernatural episodes to watch tonight, knowing full well the last time I pulled out "just a couple episodes" I ended up soft-marathonning the entire series again