Ian M Rountree
@ianmrountree.com
Copywriter, fiction writer, spreadsheet enthusiast.
Executive Director @ LITE Winnipeg
www.ianmrountree.com
Executive Director @ LITE Winnipeg
www.ianmrountree.com
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"back in my day i paid a single time for a piece of software that actually did the thing it said"
you are just a luddite afraid of RELENTLESS innovation
you are just a luddite afraid of RELENTLESS innovation
December 8, 2025 at 5:10 PM
"back in my day i paid a single time for a piece of software that actually did the thing it said"
you are just a luddite afraid of RELENTLESS innovation
you are just a luddite afraid of RELENTLESS innovation
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
Galloway speedrunning the Jordan Peterson curve
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
Scott Galloway on the masculinity crisis: ‘I worry we are evolving a new breed of asexual, asocial males’
When his book Notes on Being a Man was released last month, it raced to the top of the bestseller lists. The US author, tech entrepreneur and podcaster explains his theories on dating, crying – and the rise of Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Galloway speedrunning the Jordan Peterson curve
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Yes. The idea becomes make them unanimously vote to support a manifestly unfit, and very possibly criminal man-baby. Cause them them wear it, own him.
“Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor of the House of Representatives, and we know that's the case," Jeffries said at a press conference Monday.
Okay but why not…….. try anyway?
Okay but why not…….. try anyway?
December 2, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Yes. The idea becomes make them unanimously vote to support a manifestly unfit, and very possibly criminal man-baby. Cause them them wear it, own him.
All set for breakfast
November 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
All set for breakfast
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On the one hand, Reddit explodes every time a single asset in anything game-related is found to be AI, on the other the billionaire CEOs with massive AI investments are saying all the normal people they know don't care about AI use. It's hard to draw any conclusions as to which might be true.
November 27, 2025 at 2:29 PM
On the one hand, Reddit explodes every time a single asset in anything game-related is found to be AI, on the other the billionaire CEOs with massive AI investments are saying all the normal people they know don't care about AI use. It's hard to draw any conclusions as to which might be true.
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
There is only one account location I can trust on the hellsite, and I barely even trust that despite its current accuracy.
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 PM
There is only one account location I can trust on the hellsite, and I barely even trust that despite its current accuracy.
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Requiem for Early Blogging. “I still look for people with early blogger energy, though — people willing to make an effort to understand the world and engage in a way that isn’t a performance, or trolling, or outright grifting.” [elizabethspiers.com]
Requiem for Early Blogging
As part of Talking Points Memo’s 25th anniversary, I wrote an essay on early blogging, and what I miss about it. Here it is, in its entirety: Whether I like it or not, the first line of my obituary will probably be that I was the founding editor of Gawker.
www.elizabethspiers.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Requiem for Early Blogging. “I still look for people with early blogger energy, though — people willing to make an effort to understand the world and engage in a way that isn’t a performance, or trolling, or outright grifting.” [elizabethspiers.com]
I was on CBC Radio this morning, talking about LITE's hamper program and how this year's different from last year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_p...
Feed more people insufficiently or fewer properly, local non-profit organization says
YouTube video by CBC News Manitoba
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:44 PM
I was on CBC Radio this morning, talking about LITE's hamper program and how this year's different from last year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_p...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eo_p...
This is the single hardest post I've read all year, read this thread.
The damned in hell are not more powerful for the fact that the fires do not consume them; it is part and parcel of their torment.
November 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is the single hardest post I've read all year, read this thread.
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I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
November 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
I don't understand how anyone can watch how blatantly Grok is manipulated to answer the way ownership desires it to and then act like the other LLM chatbots couldn't possibly be similarly but less obviously compromised to produce responses in whatever way corporate interests and priorities dictate.
The original plan for the book's inciting incident was a 'demonic' assault against a mountain pass citadel.
Every. Single. Revision. To the outline has made removing it more sensible, but I really wanted that set piece :(
Every. Single. Revision. To the outline has made removing it more sensible, but I really wanted that set piece :(
What's something you wanted to include in your last book that just didn't make the cut for one reason or another? #WritingPrompt
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The original plan for the book's inciting incident was a 'demonic' assault against a mountain pass citadel.
Every. Single. Revision. To the outline has made removing it more sensible, but I really wanted that set piece :(
Every. Single. Revision. To the outline has made removing it more sensible, but I really wanted that set piece :(
Public speaker problems:
Stage fright? Nah, not once.
Starstruck by celebs? No, why would I be.
Writing a bio for myself? ALARM ALARM ALL HANDS ON DESK IMPOSSIBLE TASK ASSIGNED HELP
Stage fright? Nah, not once.
Starstruck by celebs? No, why would I be.
Writing a bio for myself? ALARM ALARM ALL HANDS ON DESK IMPOSSIBLE TASK ASSIGNED HELP
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Public speaker problems:
Stage fright? Nah, not once.
Starstruck by celebs? No, why would I be.
Writing a bio for myself? ALARM ALARM ALL HANDS ON DESK IMPOSSIBLE TASK ASSIGNED HELP
Stage fright? Nah, not once.
Starstruck by celebs? No, why would I be.
Writing a bio for myself? ALARM ALARM ALL HANDS ON DESK IMPOSSIBLE TASK ASSIGNED HELP
Watching a video and all I can see is this painting which has come off its hooks, but also the lamps which would cover portions of it *anyway* even if it hadn't, and the worst part is that it isn't cantered between the window frames.
I wish I understood my own wiring with this stuff.
I wish I understood my own wiring with this stuff.
November 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Watching a video and all I can see is this painting which has come off its hooks, but also the lamps which would cover portions of it *anyway* even if it hadn't, and the worst part is that it isn't cantered between the window frames.
I wish I understood my own wiring with this stuff.
I wish I understood my own wiring with this stuff.
Unlike many hedonists, Grevault understands that his comfort and happiness are NOT mutually exclusive with others, and happy people around him means he's more likely to be happy himself.
So like... Elaine Benes, but honest with himself about it?
So like... Elaine Benes, but honest with himself about it?
What's your main character's greatest virtue? #WritingPrompt
November 18, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Unlike many hedonists, Grevault understands that his comfort and happiness are NOT mutually exclusive with others, and happy people around him means he's more likely to be happy himself.
So like... Elaine Benes, but honest with himself about it?
So like... Elaine Benes, but honest with himself about it?
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
Insulting to the players, insulting to the IP, insulting to the medium, the developers. And the craft itself. Fuck you executives who pushed this garbage.
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
frvr.com/blog/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI art slop, because your $70 means nothing anymore
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 is littered with AI generated artwork which makes the $70 feel like a complete rip-off.
frvr.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
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I swear Venjent is the last haven of 90s rave culture on YouTube, just for nonsense like this
www.youtube.com/shorts/56DHj...
www.youtube.com/shorts/56DHj...
Don’t suffer in silence
YouTube video by Venjent
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I swear Venjent is the last haven of 90s rave culture on YouTube, just for nonsense like this
www.youtube.com/shorts/56DHj...
www.youtube.com/shorts/56DHj...