Pen Dragon
@thependrake.bsky.social
Author of The Fire Bearers trilogy, Koa of the Drowned Kingdom
California ♥ Married to Jakebe ♥ Weightlifter ♥ Queer af
he/him
California ♥ Married to Jakebe ♥ Weightlifter ♥ Queer af
he/him
Something tells me a lot of angry white dudes are gonna have huge future trouble explaining conspicuous holes in their resumes around 2025-26
they want to feed more agents to the minnesota humiliation machine and they’re not finding many volunteers
January 13, 2026 at 1:06 AM
Something tells me a lot of angry white dudes are gonna have huge future trouble explaining conspicuous holes in their resumes around 2025-26
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ahh that explains it
January 12, 2026 at 11:14 PM
ahh that explains it
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lol a full 50% of the new Stranger Things season runtime is characters grabbing random items off a table and explaining the Big Plan to each other
January 12, 2026 at 11:13 PM
lol a full 50% of the new Stranger Things season runtime is characters grabbing random items off a table and explaining the Big Plan to each other
Slightly diminish a band
Wu-tang Relative
Wu-tang Relative
Slightly diminish a band
Radioneck
Radioneck
Three Inch Nails
January 11, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Slightly diminish a band
Wu-tang Relative
Wu-tang Relative
Gollum should have bounced
January 11, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Gollum should have bounced
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I don't know why i feel like i know this but I THINK, in theory anyway, yeah you'd see them all over? Someone who actually knows anything about geomagnetic storms please correct me if i'm wrong.
January 10, 2026 at 10:49 PM
I don't know why i feel like i know this but I THINK, in theory anyway, yeah you'd see them all over? Someone who actually knows anything about geomagnetic storms please correct me if i'm wrong.
You know how randomly (like every 450k years or so) the earth's magnetic poles switch polarity?
I wonder what happens to the aurora during that time? Does it move across the sky? Could it be seen at the equator and gone from the poles for a moment?
I wonder what happens to the aurora during that time? Does it move across the sky? Could it be seen at the equator and gone from the poles for a moment?
January 10, 2026 at 10:07 PM
You know how randomly (like every 450k years or so) the earth's magnetic poles switch polarity?
I wonder what happens to the aurora during that time? Does it move across the sky? Could it be seen at the equator and gone from the poles for a moment?
I wonder what happens to the aurora during that time? Does it move across the sky? Could it be seen at the equator and gone from the poles for a moment?
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Jesus fucking christ
In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Jesus fucking christ
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Add another one to the great big board of "Urban Planning Debates: Academic Research vs. Some Guy"
January 8, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Add another one to the great big board of "Urban Planning Debates: Academic Research vs. Some Guy"
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If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.
January 8, 2026 at 3:51 AM
If you are anxious and sad about the state of the world, that's fine, and there are plenty of strategies for dealing with that. But I think you already know that drive-by online dooming isn't a strategy. It's selfish and adolescent. It's a contagion that only spreads the worst of you, not the best.
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We’re entering the age of AI slop that people believe en masse.
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
January 6, 2026 at 8:03 AM
We’re entering the age of AI slop that people believe en masse.
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
This post is 100% fake and probably AI generated. All made up. Yet massive number of upvotes, views and shares.
Journalist @caseynewton.bsky.social got in touch with the “whistleblower.” The guy faked all “evidence” with AI…
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Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.
January 1, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Happy new year! My all sky camera imaged the sky every 15 seconds and this picture shows what happened in the sky in 2025. It shows the length of the night and day with the hourglass shape, the monthly lunar cycle with the diagonal bands, the elevation of the Sun at local noon, and lots of clouds.
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I'm going to give Small Saga a little discount for AGDQ, but if you would prefer to play it on the Switch and want to know how long you'll have to wait until that version is out, the answer is "about 3 months". 🐀
January 6, 2026 at 11:24 AM
I'm going to give Small Saga a little discount for AGDQ, but if you would prefer to play it on the Switch and want to know how long you'll have to wait until that version is out, the answer is "about 3 months". 🐀
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Today is the *first* day you can repost this...
January 1, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Today is the *first* day you can repost this...
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EXASPERATED SET DESIGNER: look, buddy,
January 3, 2026 at 10:01 PM
EXASPERATED SET DESIGNER: look, buddy,
"Sweet, free albatross!" --Jakebe
January 3, 2026 at 9:26 PM
"Sweet, free albatross!" --Jakebe
What am I doing differently than other people, that so many people seem to have loads of email they need to respond to, and I never do? The number of personal emails I need to respond to is perhaps one per month.
January 2, 2026 at 9:51 PM
What am I doing differently than other people, that so many people seem to have loads of email they need to respond to, and I never do? The number of personal emails I need to respond to is perhaps one per month.
One big perspective change I've had is:
I used to believe everyone innately wants to think of themselves as a good person
I am now positive that there is a significant percentage of people who are utterly uninterested in that question
I used to believe everyone innately wants to think of themselves as a good person
I am now positive that there is a significant percentage of people who are utterly uninterested in that question
January 2, 2026 at 9:28 PM
One big perspective change I've had is:
I used to believe everyone innately wants to think of themselves as a good person
I am now positive that there is a significant percentage of people who are utterly uninterested in that question
I used to believe everyone innately wants to think of themselves as a good person
I am now positive that there is a significant percentage of people who are utterly uninterested in that question
"When I was in prison I found Jesus."
"Yeah it makes sense that's where he'd end up these days."
"Yeah it makes sense that's where he'd end up these days."
January 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
"When I was in prison I found Jesus."
"Yeah it makes sense that's where he'd end up these days."
"Yeah it makes sense that's where he'd end up these days."
Dang it can we not bring two of THOSE onto the ark
The least surprising thing of all time possibly.
January 2, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Dang it can we not bring two of THOSE onto the ark