Clayton Ashley
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The Great Game: The Making of Spycraft | Full Polygon Documentary
YouTube video by Polygon
youtu.be
I've been working on this doc for the last 3.5 years! Please give it a watch if you have any interest at all in COLD WAR CIA/KGB history, strange FULL MOTION VIDEO GAMES, or even just the ODD BUBBLE of TIME we call the MID 90s. youtu.be/tFYBsnVfT-w?...
a sad sight in my apartment lobby this morning
November 25, 2025 at 1:32 PM
a sad sight in my apartment lobby this morning
[search “dynamite”]
Oh good, they correctly put Black Dynamite on the list, my favorite comedy! Let’s see how high…
Oh
variety.com/lists/best-c...
Oh good, they correctly put Black Dynamite on the list, my favorite comedy! Let’s see how high…
Oh
variety.com/lists/best-c...
The 100 Best Comedy Movies of All Time
Variety's list of the 100 best comedy movies of all time includes 'Annie Hall,' 'Pretty Woman,' 'Waiting for Guffman' and 'Young Frankenstein.'
variety.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
[search “dynamite”]
Oh good, they correctly put Black Dynamite on the list, my favorite comedy! Let’s see how high…
Oh
variety.com/lists/best-c...
Oh good, they correctly put Black Dynamite on the list, my favorite comedy! Let’s see how high…
Oh
variety.com/lists/best-c...
i know people were making lots of jokes about how Mayor Mamdani's White House visit would go but sheesh
i feel…nuts
Q: Are you affirming that you think President Trump is a fascist?
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
MAMDANI: I've spoken about--
TRUMP: That's okay. You can just say yes. I don't mind.
November 21, 2025 at 9:02 PM
i know people were making lots of jokes about how Mayor Mamdani's White House visit would go but sheesh
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We're hiring a guides writer at GamesRader. Like writing about games and solving puzzles? Then take a look. UK based but remote's okay. All the details are in the link. apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...
Guides Writer, GamesRadar+ - Future Publishing
Future's Games group creates international, market-leading content, delivered through scale websites GamesRadar and PC Gamer, award-winning print brands, and Events that reach millions of gamers.The g...
apply.workable.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We're hiring a guides writer at GamesRader. Like writing about games and solving puzzles? Then take a look. UK based but remote's okay. All the details are in the link. apply.workable.com/futureplc/j/...
extremely funny he quit every part of his job EXCEPT the teaching part, which everyone agreed was fucked up, but then he just delivers his "shame speech" to one half-empty class and quits teaching too
Larry Summers discusses his “statement of regret” for his disturbing messages to Jeffrey Epstein with Harvard students
November 20, 2025 at 1:01 AM
extremely funny he quit every part of his job EXCEPT the teaching part, which everyone agreed was fucked up, but then he just delivers his "shame speech" to one half-empty class and quits teaching too
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hey instead of reading and sharing some book that sucks by a woman in love with an insane corpse who neither deserves nor needs the coverage, why not instead buy and read MY book. due to me being normal simplicitybook.xyz
November 17, 2025 at 5:34 PM
hey instead of reading and sharing some book that sucks by a woman in love with an insane corpse who neither deserves nor needs the coverage, why not instead buy and read MY book. due to me being normal simplicitybook.xyz
i think Jeffries having an election next year (but not Schumer) is why he ultimately endorsed Zohran through clenched teeth, so in that way Chi Ossé is already doin' great!
NEW: Chi Ossé, an ally of Mamdani, has filed paperwork to challenge Jeffries from the left.
Chi Ossé files paperwork to challenge Hakeem Jeffries from the left
The NYC City Council member said in a statement that Democratic leadership is "failing to effectively fight back against Donald Trump."
www.axios.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:57 AM
i think Jeffries having an election next year (but not Schumer) is why he ultimately endorsed Zohran through clenched teeth, so in that way Chi Ossé is already doin' great!
really solid essay, gets into why it's not nearly as simple as more or less CGI
This is a really remarkable video essay on contemporary film and the theories of Laura Marks. It's making me think about movies in a new way.
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
www.youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 PM
really solid essay, gets into why it's not nearly as simple as more or less CGI
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1 hour into anno 117: i will build an equitable rome for all romans
10 hours into anno 117: i'm sorry but someone has to live by the glass factory
10 hours into anno 117: i'm sorry but someone has to live by the glass factory
November 15, 2025 at 4:01 PM
1 hour into anno 117: i will build an equitable rome for all romans
10 hours into anno 117: i'm sorry but someone has to live by the glass factory
10 hours into anno 117: i'm sorry but someone has to live by the glass factory
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Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rest in Power, Alice Wong.
Vaxxed!? [earnest plea]
A mutation in the flu virus means this year’s flu season is expected to be a bad one, potentially even worse than last year’s record-breaking season. www.huffpost.com/entry/severe...
Experts Are Sounding The Alarm On This Winter Virus — Here’s What You Should Know
It's currently starting to hit the United Kingdom and is also popping up in Canada and Japan.
www.huffpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Vaxxed!? [earnest plea]
Hellgate is a great (worker owned!) local news source totally worth the subscription, but if you need convincing, the $20 dinner map is worth the price of admission alone!
A new $20 Dinner from @scoboco.bsky.social is coming your way later today. In the meantime, here’s the ad for the $20 Dinner series that aired on our election livestream last week! And check out our constantly-updated map here: hellgatenyc.com/20-dinner-map/
November 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hellgate is a great (worker owned!) local news source totally worth the subscription, but if you need convincing, the $20 dinner map is worth the price of admission alone!
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A big reason proc gen feels so different to AI in spite of superficial similarities is exactly this!!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
In case anyone ever asks, I *have* written a material generator and a music generator for Eldritch 2, but that's not AI. That's me taking all the things I personally know about those things, and writing my own tools to make the process a little faster and easier for myself. It's still 100% me, baby.
November 12, 2025 at 7:36 AM
A big reason proc gen feels so different to AI in spite of superficial similarities is exactly this!!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
Proc Gen systems reflect the interests and creative preferences of the tool makers, whereas AI is catch-all sludge that reflects no specific point of view. It’s not remotely the same!
obviously y’all would know about this if you listened to @nogodsnomayors.com , the podcast about mayors and dangerously unexploded boats
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 4:24 PM
obviously y’all would know about this if you listened to @nogodsnomayors.com , the podcast about mayors and dangerously unexploded boats
I think if they tried this for a couple years you might just get president AOC and FDR majorities in congress elected on a mandate to pass Medicare for All
I don’t want to post a ton of identical looking screenshots and this isn’t worth it’s own thread but
Gosh yay everyone’s an entrepreneur of their own health care lucky us
Gosh yay everyone’s an entrepreneur of their own health care lucky us
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I think if they tried this for a couple years you might just get president AOC and FDR majorities in congress elected on a mandate to pass Medicare for All
New Pat's Labor! It's Coup, Part Two!
Even though this show is over 30 years old, it's focus on government bureaucracy, feckless leadership, and geopolitics is uniquely prescient!
www.rogue.site/podcasts/pat...
Even though this show is over 30 years old, it's focus on government bureaucracy, feckless leadership, and geopolitics is uniquely prescient!
www.rogue.site/podcasts/pat...
Pat's Labor Episode 06: The SV2's Longest Day (Part 2)
Coup, Part Two
www.rogue.site
November 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
New Pat's Labor! It's Coup, Part Two!
Even though this show is over 30 years old, it's focus on government bureaucracy, feckless leadership, and geopolitics is uniquely prescient!
www.rogue.site/podcasts/pat...
Even though this show is over 30 years old, it's focus on government bureaucracy, feckless leadership, and geopolitics is uniquely prescient!
www.rogue.site/podcasts/pat...
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Y'know, it makes perfect sense that Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron were roommates who introduced each other to Patlabor and Battle Angel Alita.
November 9, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Y'know, it makes perfect sense that Guillermo del Toro and James Cameron were roommates who introduced each other to Patlabor and Battle Angel Alita.
ever since my colleagues @briamgilbert.bsky.social and @karenhan.bsky.social wrote a pilot script for a Podracing series i've just grown more and more angry it hasn't happened drive.google.com/file/d/1i65H...
November 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
ever since my colleagues @briamgilbert.bsky.social and @karenhan.bsky.social wrote a pilot script for a Podracing series i've just grown more and more angry it hasn't happened drive.google.com/file/d/1i65H...
Literally been waiting years for a solid James Garfield assassination movie/show, this era in American history is ugly and fascinating
No piece on it at the moment but Death by Lightning is out and Death by Lightning rocks, the nomination of James Garfield at the 1880 RNC is just like conclave
November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Literally been waiting years for a solid James Garfield assassination movie/show, this era in American history is ugly and fascinating
This is what I hear over and over again from people in Astoria who know Zohran. And he was only a state rep in the first place because he primaried a moderate dem in a seat that should not have been moderate. Lay the groundwork and anything can happen!
All I’m saying is the guy means what he says and does what he means. And a lot of people have put in work organizing for this moment for years and years.
November 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This is what I hear over and over again from people in Astoria who know Zohran. And he was only a state rep in the first place because he primaried a moderate dem in a seat that should not have been moderate. Lay the groundwork and anything can happen!
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In 1918, Eugene Debs was convicted of sedition for publicly opposing American participation in World War I. Debs gave a statement upon being convicted that was, among other things, hopeful that we would make a more just society. Last night, Mamdani said those words from his victory stage.
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
In 1918, Eugene Debs was convicted of sedition for publicly opposing American participation in World War I. Debs gave a statement upon being convicted that was, among other things, hopeful that we would make a more just society. Last night, Mamdani said those words from his victory stage.
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Was watching Zohran’s speech with a crowd outside a coffee shop in Astoria and this was a VERY popular line
Zohran Mamdani: "So Donald Trump, since I know you're watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Was watching Zohran’s speech with a crowd outside a coffee shop in Astoria and this was a VERY popular line
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i love new york city. many people are weird about it but it’s a special place. and i’m very relieved that we did not allow a politics of despair to get a foothold
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
i love new york city. many people are weird about it but it’s a special place. and i’m very relieved that we did not allow a politics of despair to get a foothold
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I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏
June 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏