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Luke M.

@geekelite.geekerific.com

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SFF Author. Board Game Nerd. Comic Book Geek. Video game dork. Moviephile. Foodie. I swear a lot. Quitting social media platforms since 2016. He/Him. www.chroniclersaga.com

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Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 1d

Good night, Bluesky. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely quit you in the morning.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 1d

These are only four of the 10-12 awful things I saw in about 15 minutes of scrolling. I'm now in a hole I need to spend the rest of my day (weekend?) digging out of.

What a horrible way to start a day... and it's increasingly common.

Seriously: Fuck social media.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 1d

Bluesky this morning:
1. A complaint about susceptible relatives falling for AI slop
2. A creator I like posting a shitty AI video made in Sora
3. One of my favorite video game designers praising AI
4. My favorite "cute animal" account posting something so awful it made me cry.

Fuck social media.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 1d

It's even more hilarious because Cameron has done a few different public interviews on the subject in the last couple years.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

Good night, Bluesky. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely quit you in the morning.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

I really like that movie. And TIL it's a remake!

Genuinely never knew until now.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

I don't want to live in this world anymore.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 2d

This minimalist, paper-based to-do manager can help you focus on completing your important tasks while staying offline. nyti.ms/4h8ijiC

An Ugmonk Analog card standing up in the card holder on a desk beside a keyboard and laptop sitting on a riser.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

Know what else has a "low barrier to entry"? Awful, bad faith, low effort, low information internet takes that cause seemingly intelligent people to show their whole ass in public.

Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 2d

There are basically only two positions in the debate about AI.
1. I’ve barely invested any time in learning how to use it effectively. AI sucks.
2. I’ve invested in learning how to use this tool. Holy cow, it’s transformational.

Position #1 has lower barriers to entry.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

Wait... you *do* love his economic takes? Because WOW a lot of those are just as bad.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

Of course women don't like the Cybertruck.

Women only want one thing, and it's Dragula.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

🤢

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

As a former Seattleite and Sounders season ticket holder, lemme say: The George is a FANTASTIC place to watch a Sounders game - as long as you're into the loud, hype atmosphere.

If you're on the Eastside and don't want to go into Fremont, check out the Three Lions in Redmond.

Sounders FC @soundersfc.com · 2d

Looking for a place to watch #NYCvSEA? 📺

Join us at The George and Dragon this Saturday for a watch party!

Michelob ULTRA | #NYCvSEA

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

That earned an actual LOL from me. 😂

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

Awesome, thank you!

A wedding we went to a few years ago served "Bacon Roast", which was effectively just a massive slab of slow-roasted cured pork belly that they'd cut hunks off of.

It was glorious.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

At some point, when you're not at risk of doxxing your location, do you mind revealing what restaurant this is?

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

It genuinely surprises me that little LCD games like this haven't made a weird retro resurgence yet.

Now that I think of it, though, those purpose-built LCD panels would probably be really expensive to produce nowadays.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

My wife and I literally just bought that album on vinyl a few months ago. 😄

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

Yep. Nailed it. Just keep your eye on it.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

"Remarkably swift conversion of Alderaan into mine-able asteroids showcases the Empire's power and efficiency"

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 2d

This is how The Boston Globe chooses to frame the kidnapping of a local teenager.

Remarkably swift passage of Everett teen into deportation system showcases ICE reach and efficiency

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

That's crazy.

I've worked a few different phone customer service jobs, and while our incoming calls would shut down at a specific time, it was part of our job to clear the queue of anyone who'd already made it in.

Of the available options, "leave them hanging" is literally the worst.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

1. The nails are beautiful. 2. Gawd DAYUM that ring!

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

Kleenex?

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

It's been a long time since I've gone to a live concert, and even longer a festival. I'm definitely aging out.

But as someone whose music tastes are defined by the late 90s through early '10s, I can't honestly believe I hadn't heard of Whrn We Were Young before now.

This lineup is FUCKING BONKERS.

A lineup poster for the 2025 "When We Were Young" music festival in Las Vegas. The lineup lists:

Panic at the Disco, Blink 182, Weezer, Avril Lavigne, The Offspring, All Time Low, The Used, Knocked Loose, The Gaslight Anthem, Bad Religiin, Yellowcard, Ice Nine Kills, Motionless In White, I Prevail, Beartooth, Simple Plan, Kublai Khan, The Plot In You, Mayday Parade, Loathe, Asking Alexandria, Puris!, We Came As Romans, Boys Like Girls, The Cab, Taking Back Sunday, The Maine, Letlive, Story of the Year, Sleeping With Sirens, Breathe Carolina, Jack's Mannequin, Set Your Goals, The Staring Line, We The Kings, Crown The Empire, Plain White T's, Destroy Boys, The Story So Far, Sunami, The Ammity Affliction, Straylight Run, The Rocket Summer, Never Shout Never, Don Broco, Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Taylor Acorn, The Summer Set, Holding Absence, The Movielife, Alexisonfire, Her Leather Jacket, and Arm's Length.

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

Arkanoids, absolutely. Arkanoid's the arcade game I grew up playing, so it's the "xerox" of my brick-breaking games (another reference that dates me).

Luke M. @geekelite.geekerific.com · 2d

I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.