Eric Ravenscraft
@lordravenscraft.bsky.social
Clearly fake name. Freelance writer. Video essayist on YouTube. Formerly Lifehacker. Will shitpost for cash.
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Beast Wars Is Shakespeare: The Value of Garbage Media
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NEW VIDEO! FINALLY! Beast Wars Is Shakespeare: The Value of Garbage Media
I truly hope this one was worth the wait, because I've never made something so huge. Massive thanks to Dr. Drew Lichtenberg for sitting down with me for this one. youtu.be/8y_KsFaHRQk?...
I truly hope this one was worth the wait, because I've never made something so huge. Massive thanks to Dr. Drew Lichtenberg for sitting down with me for this one. youtu.be/8y_KsFaHRQk?...
here's the thing
the only reason to be upset by this, is if you feel like you're supposed to have an opinion on something you can't play yourself
and, my friend
my love
you don't!
you can just say "oh I haven't played that"
✨ you're free ✨
the only reason to be upset by this, is if you feel like you're supposed to have an opinion on something you can't play yourself
and, my friend
my love
you don't!
you can just say "oh I haven't played that"
✨ you're free ✨
November 25, 2025 at 7:34 PM
here's the thing
the only reason to be upset by this, is if you feel like you're supposed to have an opinion on something you can't play yourself
and, my friend
my love
you don't!
you can just say "oh I haven't played that"
✨ you're free ✨
the only reason to be upset by this, is if you feel like you're supposed to have an opinion on something you can't play yourself
and, my friend
my love
you don't!
you can just say "oh I haven't played that"
✨ you're free ✨
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The modern world is just pro wrestling and a gambling addiction standing on top of a mechanical Turk.
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The modern world is just pro wrestling and a gambling addiction standing on top of a mechanical Turk.
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory had Charlie Bucket say “I’m so sick of cabbage water” to communicate how poor his family was
Cabbage is affordable, delicious, and astoundingly versatile, @giladedelman.bsky.social writes. The underrated crucifer “is fit for a king”:
The Most Underrated Thanksgiving Vegetable
Embrace cabbage.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory had Charlie Bucket say “I’m so sick of cabbage water” to communicate how poor his family was
It is, unambiguously, a net benefit to the environment if people hold onto their devices for several years. The carbon footprint of new phones is astronomical compared to repairing and maintaining devices
So it's worth asking what makes a "productivity" loss so disastrous that it's worth this
So it's worth asking what makes a "productivity" loss so disastrous that it's worth this
stupid young people, stop buying a new phone every year if you don't want to be broke. wait no, not like that.
November 25, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It is, unambiguously, a net benefit to the environment if people hold onto their devices for several years. The carbon footprint of new phones is astronomical compared to repairing and maintaining devices
So it's worth asking what makes a "productivity" loss so disastrous that it's worth this
So it's worth asking what makes a "productivity" loss so disastrous that it's worth this
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They really made sure you were able to take the cuntiest selfie for the sick update.
November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
They really made sure you were able to take the cuntiest selfie for the sick update.
they really decided to give me decent lighting while I wait for them to take a piece of my kidneys
November 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
they really decided to give me decent lighting while I wait for them to take a piece of my kidneys
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Everyone’s cheering (for freelance reviews on Game File)
I hear it’s a hit (freelance reviews on Game File)
Buy an annual subscription today (for more freelance reviews on Game File)
I hear it’s a hit (freelance reviews on Game File)
Buy an annual subscription today (for more freelance reviews on Game File)
NEW: @jmrivera.bsky.social has written Game File's first freelance game review--about one of 2025's stranger games
"Blippo+ feels like something I was lucky enough to catch in the wee hours of the night, on a channel that I wasn’t supposed to receive"
www.gamefile.news/p/blippo-plu...
"Blippo+ feels like something I was lucky enough to catch in the wee hours of the night, on a channel that I wasn’t supposed to receive"
www.gamefile.news/p/blippo-plu...
A new video game that's all fake TV shows
A review of Blippo+, one of 2025's stranger new games for Switch and PC (previously on Playdate!)
www.gamefile.news
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Everyone’s cheering (for freelance reviews on Game File)
I hear it’s a hit (freelance reviews on Game File)
Buy an annual subscription today (for more freelance reviews on Game File)
I hear it’s a hit (freelance reviews on Game File)
Buy an annual subscription today (for more freelance reviews on Game File)
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Wow I wonder why
12th grade girls are now less likely to say they want to get married someday
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
1993: 83%
2023: 61%
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Wow I wonder why
I was a prolific commenter on a website and gave extremely correct Firefly opinions to the guy who ran that website
November 23, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I was a prolific commenter on a website and gave extremely correct Firefly opinions to the guy who ran that website
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✨ You don't need to buy anything for Black Friday ✨
November 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
✨ You don't need to buy anything for Black Friday ✨
you do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to him
...but that 𝘸𝘢𝘴 pretty damn funny
...but that 𝘸𝘢𝘴 pretty damn funny
Reporter: Are you affirming that you think the president is a fascist?
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
Mamdani: I've spoken about --
Trump: Just say yes, it's easier than explaining.
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
you do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to him
...but that 𝘸𝘢𝘴 pretty damn funny
...but that 𝘸𝘢𝘴 pretty damn funny
haha sick
BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene says she's resigning from Congress — effective January 5, 2026.
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
haha sick
this mfer would do a The Purge for Kids if someone sarcastically recommended it. absolute brain rot
what the fuck
November 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
this mfer would do a The Purge for Kids if someone sarcastically recommended it. absolute brain rot
If ADHD meds help with ADHD symptoms, and all that's left are "emotional ups and downs at times", then I am going to have to prescribe the most difficult, experimental treatment I can:
talk to your fuckin kids???
talk to your fuckin kids???
trying to start a moral panic and the stories are all like “the ADHD meds really helped but didn’t solve everything”
November 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
If ADHD meds help with ADHD symptoms, and all that's left are "emotional ups and downs at times", then I am going to have to prescribe the most difficult, experimental treatment I can:
talk to your fuckin kids???
talk to your fuckin kids???
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"By firing me and my fellow organizers, my former employer, ostensibly a beacon of the 'liberal media,' seems all too happy to align themselves with the Republican Party’s gutting of workers’ rights"
This is an awesome piece from @goodbyealma.bsky.social, one of @condeunion.bsky.social's Fired four
This is an awesome piece from @goodbyealma.bsky.social, one of @condeunion.bsky.social's Fired four
If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe
The Trump administration is making employers think they can ignore their legal obligations and trample on the rights of workers.
www.thenation.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:51 AM
"By firing me and my fellow organizers, my former employer, ostensibly a beacon of the 'liberal media,' seems all too happy to align themselves with the Republican Party’s gutting of workers’ rights"
This is an awesome piece from @goodbyealma.bsky.social, one of @condeunion.bsky.social's Fired four
This is an awesome piece from @goodbyealma.bsky.social, one of @condeunion.bsky.social's Fired four
the most radical belief I have that I actually think should be normal is this:
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
November 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
the most radical belief I have that I actually think should be normal is this:
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
The people whose job it is to figure out how to make a business make money should not be the ones in charge of a company. They should be, at best, a subservient department within a company, on par tech support or HR
you did wHAT
Am I a hypocrite for wanting this after giving a hard no to muppet knives out
Okay, I'm making my case for the only Muppet I want to see on Broadway right now...
November 19, 2025 at 5:35 AM
you did wHAT
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three more!!!!
November 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
three more!!!!
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Don't do any of this.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Don't do any of this.
there IS a middle ground, and it's the one where machine learning has been in use 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 for years and years
but you're not looking for a "middle ground" for an artistic tool, you're waiting for courts to tell you how much plagiarism is legal
which is the coward's route btw
but you're not looking for a "middle ground" for an artistic tool, you're waiting for courts to tell you how much plagiarism is legal
which is the coward's route btw
![“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today,” Jorjani said. “We’re waiting for the courts to decide what is fair use and not, and there may be some similarities to the whole ‘it’s so over’, ‘we’re so back’, black and white takes of everything.
“I find that anything that is [an] AI-related debate in the games industry ends up being on both ends of the spectrum. Either we have Square Enix executives talking about 77% being automated through QA, or we have developers who feel that their livelihood is completely on… the very fabric of their being is being threatened and therefore all AI is bad AI.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wt5cnjsnwwb7mxfac5of2pdo/bafkreigw2u6qe7b2qesux2eizlu5ehvgd753sbbgsag5ysexlozvnad7ui@jpeg)
November 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
there IS a middle ground, and it's the one where machine learning has been in use 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 for years and years
but you're not looking for a "middle ground" for an artistic tool, you're waiting for courts to tell you how much plagiarism is legal
which is the coward's route btw
but you're not looking for a "middle ground" for an artistic tool, you're waiting for courts to tell you how much plagiarism is legal
which is the coward's route btw
it was also very obvious that it accelerated literally the minute that roe v. wade passed
"won't someone think of the children?!" is a flashpoint for conservatives. once abortion wasn't the wedge issue they could wield, they turned to vilifying trans people
it is a brazen and obvious tactic
"won't someone think of the children?!" is a flashpoint for conservatives. once abortion wasn't the wedge issue they could wield, they turned to vilifying trans people
it is a brazen and obvious tactic
Once again, I have to point out how obviously inorganic the entire anti-trans backlash is. A handful of billionaires are astroturfing the whole thing with enormous amounts of cash.
They're actively paying people to complain now...
November 16, 2025 at 10:06 PM
it was also very obvious that it accelerated literally the minute that roe v. wade passed
"won't someone think of the children?!" is a flashpoint for conservatives. once abortion wasn't the wedge issue they could wield, they turned to vilifying trans people
it is a brazen and obvious tactic
"won't someone think of the children?!" is a flashpoint for conservatives. once abortion wasn't the wedge issue they could wield, they turned to vilifying trans people
it is a brazen and obvious tactic
this has been the wildest aspect of my experience growing up autistic and developing a special interest in communication
the number of NT friends I have who come to me for help parsing relationship problems is nuts because I had to learn on purpose what a lot of people don't really study at all
the number of NT friends I have who come to me for help parsing relationship problems is nuts because I had to learn on purpose what a lot of people don't really study at all
it's frustrating because autistic people aren't actually worse at communication in general. autist-autist communication is just as effective as allist-allist (if not more so!) and alistics do just as poorly communicating with autistics as autistics do with them journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Autistic peer-to-peer information transfer is highly effective - Catherine J Crompton, Danielle Ropar, Claire VM Evans-Williams, Emma G Flynn, Sue Fletcher-Watson, 2020
Effective information transfer requires social communication skills. As autism is clinically defined by social communication deficits, it may be expected that i...
journals.sagepub.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
this has been the wildest aspect of my experience growing up autistic and developing a special interest in communication
the number of NT friends I have who come to me for help parsing relationship problems is nuts because I had to learn on purpose what a lot of people don't really study at all
the number of NT friends I have who come to me for help parsing relationship problems is nuts because I had to learn on purpose what a lot of people don't really study at all
The one time Georgia was able to rely on mail-in ballots due to the pandemic, the state swung left and sent two democratic senators to DC.
The next year, the R-controlled state passed aggressive legislation to suppress the vote further: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
The next year, the R-controlled state passed aggressive legislation to suppress the vote further: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The one time Georgia was able to rely on mail-in ballots due to the pandemic, the state swung left and sent two democratic senators to DC.
The next year, the R-controlled state passed aggressive legislation to suppress the vote further: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
The next year, the R-controlled state passed aggressive legislation to suppress the vote further: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electio...
oh, so Welcome to Derry is like BAD bad
November 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
oh, so Welcome to Derry is like BAD bad
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Okay but unironically Trump stopping to explain his joke in the middle of his post like he’s Bojack Horseman because otherwise it makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t work at all as a burn might be one of the funniest things he’s ever done
An aggressively funny anti-joke
An aggressively funny anti-joke
Trump lashing out in fear at GOP lawmakers will not end well for him.
November 15, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Okay but unironically Trump stopping to explain his joke in the middle of his post like he’s Bojack Horseman because otherwise it makes absolutely no sense and doesn’t work at all as a burn might be one of the funniest things he’s ever done
An aggressively funny anti-joke
An aggressively funny anti-joke