Vadim Zaytsev
@piperatdawn.bsky.social
34 y.o. ex-terminally unemployed Ruby on Rails developer (redemption arc?). TTRPG enjoyer, gamer, big music fan. Robertevanspilled Behindthebastardsmaxxer.
Sometimes I fight windmills in the comment section.
Sometimes I fight windmills in the comment section.
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Vadim Zaytsev
@piperatdawn.bsky.social
· Dec 30
Folks, I am currently and preemptively sorry if I offend you by barging in and trying to match your energy. It's a public forum. I come here expecting to be degraded and humiliated like a clown whore on Main Street. No offence to clowns, whores or clown whores. Except John Wayne Gacy. Fuck that guy.
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basically believe that this mostly depends on when you got Properly Online - before a certain cut-off your normal internet experience was high agency/high effort, but it eventually became low agency/low effort, and it's impossible to create a social media experience that caters to both groups
yes I think @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com has talked about this, it's deeply alienating to find out that the vast majority of people do not want the curated timeline / engagement / discussion version of social media that I find to be the only good version of the experience
November 12, 2025 at 3:31 PM
basically believe that this mostly depends on when you got Properly Online - before a certain cut-off your normal internet experience was high agency/high effort, but it eventually became low agency/low effort, and it's impossible to create a social media experience that caters to both groups
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Today is a special day for us at Owlcat Games, because we have just released Rue Valley. This narrative RPG, inspired by games like Disco Elysium and classic Lucas Arts adventures, was developed by Emotion Spark Studio, and we helped them along the way as a publisher.
youtu.be/j7ahyZ-RcuM
youtu.be/j7ahyZ-RcuM
Rue Valley Release Trailer
YouTube video by Emotion Spark Studio
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Today is a special day for us at Owlcat Games, because we have just released Rue Valley. This narrative RPG, inspired by games like Disco Elysium and classic Lucas Arts adventures, was developed by Emotion Spark Studio, and we helped them along the way as a publisher.
youtu.be/j7ahyZ-RcuM
youtu.be/j7ahyZ-RcuM
Aw yeah, so many new Viagra Boys shows on YouTube.
In the words of one of the top comments: "I love these boys the way a 21 year old suburban white woman loves Taylor swift"
In the words of one of the top comments: "I love these boys the way a 21 year old suburban white woman loves Taylor swift"
Viagra Boys - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)
YouTube video by KEXP
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Aw yeah, so many new Viagra Boys shows on YouTube.
In the words of one of the top comments: "I love these boys the way a 21 year old suburban white woman loves Taylor swift"
In the words of one of the top comments: "I love these boys the way a 21 year old suburban white woman loves Taylor swift"
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Elon Musk did this. I’m not being facetious. He personally killed 400k kids.
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 7:50 AM
Elon Musk did this. I’m not being facetious. He personally killed 400k kids.
Мой провайдер заблокировал трафик с моего сервачка. Подробнее по понятным причинам писать не буду, но такого я не ожидал) Видимо какая-то автоматизированная система(
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Мой провайдер заблокировал трафик с моего сервачка. Подробнее по понятным причинам писать не буду, но такого я не ожидал) Видимо какая-то автоматизированная система(
I fucking love how persistent the body's deep-seated stress responses are. I don't have any problems participating in group activities or talking before large groups of people, haven't had them for a while, but my body can still shoot me up with stress hormones in the blink of an eye in the run-up.
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I fucking love how persistent the body's deep-seated stress responses are. I don't have any problems participating in group activities or talking before large groups of people, haven't had them for a while, but my body can still shoot me up with stress hormones in the blink of an eye in the run-up.
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This is a fantastic, career-spanning interview with Bob Mould and Greg Norton about Hüsker Dü, who @steviechick.bsky.social rightfully identifies as "one of the most important groups of the 1980s." Another gem from @thequietus.com digest... (great pic too!) thequietus.com/interviews/h... 1/2
Plans That They Made: Hüsker Dü Interviewed | The Quietus
Stevie Chick talks to Bob Mould and Greg Norton about Grant Hart, American punk and paving the road for Nirvana
thequietus.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is a fantastic, career-spanning interview with Bob Mould and Greg Norton about Hüsker Dü, who @steviechick.bsky.social rightfully identifies as "one of the most important groups of the 1980s." Another gem from @thequietus.com digest... (great pic too!) thequietus.com/interviews/h... 1/2
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Concept art by Mary Blair for Alice in Wonderland (1951), dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske, Walt Disney Productions
October 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Concept art by Mary Blair for Alice in Wonderland (1951), dir. Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson and Hamilton Luske, Walt Disney Productions
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I suspect this is true, but one reason prominent people are having their brains cooked by Twitter is that Elon is working to turn the platform into that reflection Ioop for right wing ideas.
Having 40,000 chuds call you based for saying black people are subhuman is worse than ChatGPT
doing it.
Having 40,000 chuds call you based for saying black people are subhuman is worse than ChatGPT
doing it.
I agree, adding that I’m very concerned about its effects on adult brains too. I think it’s much more psychologically dangerous to interact with an LLM designed to reflect your own ideas back flatteringly than to post on social media, where someone will always be ready to call you a c***
I personally am significantly more worried about the effects of LLMs and AI video slop on children’s brain development than I am about even social media. I am very worried that our school systems and laws are pushing kids toward AI artificial “friends” while banning social apps.
October 29, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I suspect this is true, but one reason prominent people are having their brains cooked by Twitter is that Elon is working to turn the platform into that reflection Ioop for right wing ideas.
Having 40,000 chuds call you based for saying black people are subhuman is worse than ChatGPT
doing it.
Having 40,000 chuds call you based for saying black people are subhuman is worse than ChatGPT
doing it.
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Ronald Glendening’s fabulous art for the 1957 London Underground poster, “The bright lights of the West End”.
October 28, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Ronald Glendening’s fabulous art for the 1957 London Underground poster, “The bright lights of the West End”.
Watching pros review poker hands:
"I don't want to mention the name of the site in case we get flagged…"
Meanwhile, my ads from the Netherlands:
"YOUUUUU BETCHAAAAA"
"I don't want to mention the name of the site in case we get flagged…"
Meanwhile, my ads from the Netherlands:
"YOUUUUU BETCHAAAAA"
October 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Watching pros review poker hands:
"I don't want to mention the name of the site in case we get flagged…"
Meanwhile, my ads from the Netherlands:
"YOUUUUU BETCHAAAAA"
"I don't want to mention the name of the site in case we get flagged…"
Meanwhile, my ads from the Netherlands:
"YOUUUUU BETCHAAAAA"
Some more relationship goals from Toyah and the Fripperino.
Toyah & Robert's Halloween Sunday Lunch NEW EPISODE
YouTube video by Toyah
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Some more relationship goals from Toyah and the Fripperino.
Seb is such a rock god.
Viagra Boys - live at Pukkelpop 2025
YouTube video by Pukkelpop
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Seb is such a rock god.
I didn't notice just how hard the drums go in this track while hearing it as a backdrop to the boss battle. But turns out, they got the drummer from Knower and Clown Core, and he's absolutely playing his ass off!
Hades II - The End of Time (feat. Louis Cole)
YouTube video by Supergiant Games
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I didn't notice just how hard the drums go in this track while hearing it as a backdrop to the boss battle. But turns out, they got the drummer from Knower and Clown Core, and he's absolutely playing his ass off!
WELL NOW, that's quite some irl lore. In a thread about the imminent shutdown of Sigil, Wizards of the Coast's failed Virtual Tabletop that just launched earlier this year
www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/co...
www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/co...
October 25, 2025 at 1:08 PM
WELL NOW, that's quite some irl lore. In a thread about the imminent shutdown of Sigil, Wizards of the Coast's failed Virtual Tabletop that just launched earlier this year
www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/co...
www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/co...
I fucking hate the ragebait slop economy and the sloprage culture it generates.
But on the bright side, looks like an interesting channel about life in Japan!
But on the bright side, looks like an interesting channel about life in Japan!
Chris Broad, a guy who lives in and has made his living as a sort of cultural ambassador of Japan, made a video about the emerging content slop genre of "immigrants and tourists are destroying the pure, unconquered land of Japan" that ties in with its current right-wing swing.
very interesting
very interesting
What is Happening to Japan?
YouTube video by Abroad in Japan
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I fucking hate the ragebait slop economy and the sloprage culture it generates.
But on the bright side, looks like an interesting channel about life in Japan!
But on the bright side, looks like an interesting channel about life in Japan!
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This is also, in fact, the proverbial stuff.
Frank Zappa - Cosmik Debris (Dub Room Tapes - Dub Room Special)
YouTube video by GIGS
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
This is also, in fact, the proverbial stuff.
Oh yeah, that's the stuff.
In The Blood from HADES, feat. Darren Korb & Ashley Barrett - GDC 2024 Live Concert
YouTube video by Austin Wintory
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Oh yeah, that's the stuff.
I don't know if it's some nasty covid strain messing with my immune system or I shouldn't have gotten fat and out of shape again, but damn, I've never been sick three times in a row like this. First time was barely anything, to be fair, but this is definitely two viral infections in a row.
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I don't know if it's some nasty covid strain messing with my immune system or I shouldn't have gotten fat and out of shape again, but damn, I've never been sick three times in a row like this. First time was barely anything, to be fair, but this is definitely two viral infections in a row.
WOMEN AMIRITE *looks around ambiguously*
Running for office and revealing a giant back tattoo that just says WOMEN. Nobody can agree if it's good or bad
October 22, 2025 at 7:25 PM
WOMEN AMIRITE *looks around ambiguously*
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Social media users adopt the toxic behaviors of ingroup members
An analysis of 7 million tweets from over 700,000 accounts finds that exposures to toxic behavior by ingroup members is the primary driver of contagious toxicity online academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...
An analysis of 7 million tweets from over 700,000 accounts finds that exposures to toxic behavior by ingroup members is the primary driver of contagious toxicity online academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...
October 22, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Social media users adopt the toxic behaviors of ingroup members
An analysis of 7 million tweets from over 700,000 accounts finds that exposures to toxic behavior by ingroup members is the primary driver of contagious toxicity online academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...
An analysis of 7 million tweets from over 700,000 accounts finds that exposures to toxic behavior by ingroup members is the primary driver of contagious toxicity online academic.oup.com/jcmc/article...
G N O M E
GNOME — Full Live Set | Bloodstock Open Air 2025 [PRO-SHOT] 🤘
YouTube video by Bloodstockfestivals
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
G N O M E
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in hindsight feeling a little guilty my generation completely blew through all the colorful clear plastic on earth leaving none for the kids after us
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 AM
in hindsight feeling a little guilty my generation completely blew through all the colorful clear plastic on earth leaving none for the kids after us
Крайне специфическая проблема: увидел недорогую механическую клавиатуру с хорошими отзывами, купил, чтобы пощадить клавиши ноутбука. Всё замечательно, только клавиша Ё у неё сдвинута в правый край, а на её месте ESC. А я привык писать Ё. Даже этот пост один раз случайно сбросил, пока писал.
October 21, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Крайне специфическая проблема: увидел недорогую механическую клавиатуру с хорошими отзывами, купил, чтобы пощадить клавиши ноутбука. Всё замечательно, только клавиша Ё у неё сдвинута в правый край, а на её месте ESC. А я привык писать Ё. Даже этот пост один раз случайно сбросил, пока писал.