James Crowley
@structuregeek.bsky.social
My usual bio is: "Pop culture and narcissism, from a chronically ill movie buff. I try to be one of the good randos." https://boxd.it/35y5
This, however, is mostly a doomscrolling, "spent 14 years on Twitter and it broke my brain" account.
This, however, is mostly a doomscrolling, "spent 14 years on Twitter and it broke my brain" account.
Which is an interesting example in this context, because Bethesda actually hired the primary dev on that mod. His primary visible/credited output is writing Creation Club intro quests without the ability to record new dialogue or make non-hostile NPCs, i.e. the things he's clearly good at.
January 17, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Which is an interesting example in this context, because Bethesda actually hired the primary dev on that mod. His primary visible/credited output is writing Creation Club intro quests without the ability to record new dialogue or make non-hostile NPCs, i.e. the things he's clearly good at.
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The developers of PEAK explain pricing
January 12, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The developers of PEAK explain pricing
Not a great day to be unexpectedly setting up a new phone and rediscovering the ubiquity of apps auto playing video by default.
(Genuinely don't think individuals need to personally watch someone murdered by an agent of the state from 3 angles to be an informed citizen and empathetic human being.)
(Genuinely don't think individuals need to personally watch someone murdered by an agent of the state from 3 angles to be an informed citizen and empathetic human being.)
January 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Not a great day to be unexpectedly setting up a new phone and rediscovering the ubiquity of apps auto playing video by default.
(Genuinely don't think individuals need to personally watch someone murdered by an agent of the state from 3 angles to be an informed citizen and empathetic human being.)
(Genuinely don't think individuals need to personally watch someone murdered by an agent of the state from 3 angles to be an informed citizen and empathetic human being.)
Can't beat a lifetime of being expected to have profound things to say about the specific world-changing stuff you were part of decades ago as far as actor motivation and paratext to draw on, but it's worth emphasizing how thoroughly Hamill nails a character arc he was himself initially dubious of.
January 8, 2026 at 3:22 AM
Can't beat a lifetime of being expected to have profound things to say about the specific world-changing stuff you were part of decades ago as far as actor motivation and paratext to draw on, but it's worth emphasizing how thoroughly Hamill nails a character arc he was himself initially dubious of.
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important message to all bluesky users
January 7, 2026 at 7:53 PM
important message to all bluesky users
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one of my long-running campaigns finally died. as an intermezzo before the next one, we've decided to to play a few sessions of Triangle Agency set in 1974
January 6, 2026 at 4:58 AM
one of my long-running campaigns finally died. as an intermezzo before the next one, we've decided to to play a few sessions of Triangle Agency set in 1974
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"Sidney Sweeney, Elon Musk, RFK, cybertruck
Six-seven, Bowsette, Jeffrey Epstein's private jet
Skibiddi toilet, Isabelle's titties, fear of 15 minute cities
Space lasers, covid doubt, keep my wife's name out your mouth!
(chorus) We didnt start the fire..."
Six-seven, Bowsette, Jeffrey Epstein's private jet
Skibiddi toilet, Isabelle's titties, fear of 15 minute cities
Space lasers, covid doubt, keep my wife's name out your mouth!
(chorus) We didnt start the fire..."
Trying to figure out what rhymes with curvy Isabelle for the Bluesky version of We Didn't Start The Fire
January 5, 2026 at 9:55 AM
"Sidney Sweeney, Elon Musk, RFK, cybertruck
Six-seven, Bowsette, Jeffrey Epstein's private jet
Skibiddi toilet, Isabelle's titties, fear of 15 minute cities
Space lasers, covid doubt, keep my wife's name out your mouth!
(chorus) We didnt start the fire..."
Six-seven, Bowsette, Jeffrey Epstein's private jet
Skibiddi toilet, Isabelle's titties, fear of 15 minute cities
Space lasers, covid doubt, keep my wife's name out your mouth!
(chorus) We didnt start the fire..."
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BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 AM
BREAKING: Explosions felt across New York City as full socialism begins
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BlueSky: in 2026 may we see a Reconstruction Caucus elected to Congress to scourge the evil-doer inshallah
Twitter: 2026—year of the orbiting data center? This new year’s, my resolution is to do all I can to help put AI in space.
Threads: is it just me or does 2026 has less aura than 2025?
Twitter: 2026—year of the orbiting data center? This new year’s, my resolution is to do all I can to help put AI in space.
Threads: is it just me or does 2026 has less aura than 2025?
January 1, 2026 at 1:29 AM
BlueSky: in 2026 may we see a Reconstruction Caucus elected to Congress to scourge the evil-doer inshallah
Twitter: 2026—year of the orbiting data center? This new year’s, my resolution is to do all I can to help put AI in space.
Threads: is it just me or does 2026 has less aura than 2025?
Twitter: 2026—year of the orbiting data center? This new year’s, my resolution is to do all I can to help put AI in space.
Threads: is it just me or does 2026 has less aura than 2025?
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Every time I've failed in my life, and Lord have I, it's because I let a system decay. Every success was iterated out of intentionally building a framework around the nebulous, weird, creative bit. Not eliminating the creative, but, like, building a Volvo to drive Gandalf to where he needs to go.
December 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Every time I've failed in my life, and Lord have I, it's because I let a system decay. Every success was iterated out of intentionally building a framework around the nebulous, weird, creative bit. Not eliminating the creative, but, like, building a Volvo to drive Gandalf to where he needs to go.
Yep, you can buy & refill physical OMNY cards with cash at NYC MTA kiosks (and also through chain retail outlets like prepaid gift cards). Which I do, because I don't want my phone to be a point of failure for commute. No worse (and in some ways marginally better) than the Metrocard in practice IMO.
December 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Yep, you can buy & refill physical OMNY cards with cash at NYC MTA kiosks (and also through chain retail outlets like prepaid gift cards). Which I do, because I don't want my phone to be a point of failure for commute. No worse (and in some ways marginally better) than the Metrocard in practice IMO.
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The transit payment equivalent of audio cassettes going extinct. From a technical perspective way shittier than what replaced them and lacked the romantic low-tech simplicity of what they replaced.
the amount of sad you should feel about the retirement of the NYC Metrocard should be like “mildly wistful pre-nostalgia” — more than that, IMO, is kinda silly
December 30, 2025 at 6:43 PM
The transit payment equivalent of audio cassettes going extinct. From a technical perspective way shittier than what replaced them and lacked the romantic low-tech simplicity of what they replaced.
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I've waited 3 years to make this post
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've waited 3 years to make this post
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[cherrypicking scenes to define genre the way people do with Ghibli movies] The Godfather is "cozy."
December 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
[cherrypicking scenes to define genre the way people do with Ghibli movies] The Godfather is "cozy."
(Also it's surprisingly easy to screw up your liver with acetaminophen if you're not the type who reads & follows dosage instructions, and/or thinks your headache is a 10 on the pain scale requiring All The Medicine. When you start measuring Tylenol in grams per dose, you need to actually measure.)
December 30, 2025 at 6:11 AM
(Also it's surprisingly easy to screw up your liver with acetaminophen if you're not the type who reads & follows dosage instructions, and/or thinks your headache is a 10 on the pain scale requiring All The Medicine. When you start measuring Tylenol in grams per dose, you need to actually measure.)
I have chronic illness and limited pain management options, and once "invented" the Drugstore Depth Charge (a shot glass of NyQuil dropped into Monster Energy Zero). Even I raise an eyebrow at PainQuil: it's classic Liquid Tylenol, But For Men™ vanity branding.
I know its for pain relief but the color and name just makes me think you can take a sip to make your whole body hurt
December 30, 2025 at 6:06 AM
I have chronic illness and limited pain management options, and once "invented" the Drugstore Depth Charge (a shot glass of NyQuil dropped into Monster Energy Zero). Even I raise an eyebrow at PainQuil: it's classic Liquid Tylenol, But For Men™ vanity branding.
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You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
December 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
You FUCKED UP, your LEFTY politics have ALIENATED the BILLIONAIRES who run the CHILD BONE EXTRACTION FACTORIES and now they will do a MASS EXODUS from your STATE or CITY. Don’t CRY to ME when you no longer see their CHILD CATCHING VANS in your STATE or CITY, YOU IDIOT
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Watch a 7 year old have more compassion for homeless New Yorkers in the subway than your typical centrist marinating their brains on posts on X and The New York Post.
Two weeks ago I spent the whole day at the Museum of the Moving Image to listen to New Yorkers. This is what Liam shared with me.
December 28, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Watch a 7 year old have more compassion for homeless New Yorkers in the subway than your typical centrist marinating their brains on posts on X and The New York Post.
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This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death - Anonymous - The Lottery - Shirley Jackson [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
December 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
This is great, "Why one small American town won’t stop stoning its residents to death," a story where Isaac Chotiner interviews the guy who administers the lottery from "The Lottery"
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
archiveofourown.org/works/733964...
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Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
December 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Shout out to my road dogg Pot Bear
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LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk
"they will be, one day"
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
no, they won't, any more than tires can help you fly. They're not built for that. They're a fundamentally different technology. An LLM does not exist to model conscious thought, it exists to take advantage of your willingness to see faces in things that aren't there.
December 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
LLM consciousness is exactly the same in character and quality as Pot Bear, a pot that I own that looks exactly like a friendly bear when viewed at a particular angle while drunk
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December 25, 2025 at 3:23 AM