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Andy Baio

@andy.baio.net

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The poster formerly known as "waxpancake". I make @Waxy.org and @xoxofest.com. Also: Skittish, Upcoming, Supercut, Playfic, Kind of Bloop. Helped build Kickstarter. WWW: https://waxy.org Mastodon: https://xoxo.zone/@andybaio

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Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 14m

Instant buy!

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 10d

It was glorious all day, and it's STILL nice out at 10pm

Reposted by Andy Baio

Daniel @c418.org · 10d

Woah woah woah woah I’m upset the XOXO
festival has come to an end too, but we don’t need to send the military in town for that

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 10d

Why are you spreading misinformation about our city, Will?? Pyro Pizza doesn't even have a fig & balsamic flavor! (Also, there's a cannoli popup here tomorrow if you want to swing by.)

Photo of Pyro Pizza's craft sodas: sarsaparilla, watermelon mint, cucumber lime, hibiscus, lemon lime, Dr. Whatever, basil lime, and natural cola

Poster advertising a cannoli popup with an illustration of a cannoli. "Please join us for a special pop up event, Cartopia X Holy Shannoli, Sunday September 28 12-8pm at 1207 SE Hawthorne"

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 10d

I want to try it! Ami always fries them, but the batter is thicker than this recipe and much closer to pancakes than a crepe

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 10d

Sounds a lot like pudla, savory vegan/gf Indian pancakes that Ami makes all the time www.thekitchn.com/recipe-pudla...

Recipe: Pudla (Indian Chickpea Crepes)

When I visited cookbook author and blogger Mallika Basu at her home in London last year, I found her ready and waiting to whip up a batch of pudla, chickpea crepes with cilantro, green chili, and ginger — a quick and easy breakfast staple she makes frequently for her family. I loved how light yet satisfying these gluten-free, vegan pancakes were, soft in the middle, and with a crisp edge. I asked her for the recipe and tried a batch in my own kitchen, and here are they are for you today.

www.thekitchn.com

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 11d

I will probably never run a game jam, but that was really interesting.

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 11d

still love this idea

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 11d

git gud, baby

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 12d

ah, a man of culture

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 12d

One tip if anyone else is thinking of using an autoclicker: only click once a second and set your coordinate to the far left side of the button. Otherwise, you'll click too quickly and miss the ending!

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 12d

I got eggbugged! Very fun and surprising to see a @staff.cohost.org shoutout. Still two endings left to find.

Steam achievements screenshot with three unlocked: Your Coin A Splode (Ending: Destroy the Coin, 30% chance), Get Eggbugged (Ending: Say hello to an old friend, 20% chance), Heads 10X (Ending: Get heads 10 times in a row, 10% chance). And three still locked: Oops (Land the coin on its side, 20% chance), and ...? (Ending: Flip the coin too high, 20% chance)

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 12d

For sure, that's where I thought most people probably gave up. But fascinating to see that people committed to playing it also bounced 6-8 hours in. It's a shame.

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 12d

This is really interesting! I wonder how many people just don't like reading in-game text and focus on physical exploration, which would make the game impossible to proceed. I feel like a background in adventure games/interactive fiction helps here, you have to read everything and follow every lead.

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 15d

The first I found! Guitar cat is on the back of a guy's shirt sitting at a table under an umbrella, the Chili's sign is in a random storefront

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 15d

I had to remap my arrow keys to ASDF keys so they lined up visually. Totally impossible for me otherwise.

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 15d

Guitar cat, kissing couple, or Chili's sign?

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 19d

can i pay you $799 to humiliate me on stage in a live demo

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 20d

There's an unused indoor pool at Buckman Elementary too, but good luck getting access to it. They shut it down in 2016 because of lead paint in the changing rooms. Nearly a decade later, it's still closed.

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 21d

I've never played Silksong, but apparently this is pretty hard to do? He just did a deathless 100% run in Steel Soul mode with no quit-outs (i.e. quitting when you're about to die to restore from a savepoint) in a little over 12 hours.

Screenshot of end game screen: "You played masterfully and proved you have a Steel Soul. Thank you for taking the time to explore and conquer the world of Hollow Knight: Silksong. We'll meet again with a new challenge for you... Team Cherry"

Game Completion: Percentage 100%, Time 12 hours 9 minutes 58 seconds

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 27d

Yes! This is a really great point.

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 28d

Substack recently made it impossible to migrate all paying subscribers, which was also inevitable. mail.bigdeskenergy.com/p/substack-j...

With Substack's latest launch, writers are actually ceding control of the billing relationship to Apple, which now owns and controls the subscription. These transactions, subscriptions, and customers will no longer be accessible in their Stripe account.

Most importantly, that means that if writers choose to leave Substack, they won't be able to port their paid subscriptions over to another platform like they could previously.

This predatory platform lock-in is incredibly dangerous for writers. It strips away data and control, while locking them into the platform.

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 28d

I'm not going to identify them publicly, but I'm confident they're real. The photo in my post is both of them from the festival, found only on his private Instagram account. I cross-referenced his identity on LinkedIn.

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 28d

Thanks! I just posted a followup. bsky.app/profile/andy...

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 28d

A followup to my post two weeks ago, I found the couple at the center of the Will Smith AI crowd video. I wanted to know what it was like to find yourselves in the middle of a hypermodern problem: being confused for AI slop. waxy.org/2025/09/inte...

Interviewing the couple in the Will Smith AI crowd video: "The sign was real. The emotions were real too" - Waxy.org

I tracked down the couple at the center of the viral Will Smith AI concert video. What does it feel like for millions of people to think you're an AI hoax?

Andy Baio @andy.baio.net · 28d

A followup to my post two weeks ago, I found the couple at the center of the Will Smith AI crowd video. I wanted to know what it was like to find yourselves in the middle of a hypermodern problem: being confused for AI slop. waxy.org/2025/09/inte...

Interviewing the couple in the Will Smith AI crowd video: "The sign was real. The emotions were real too" - Waxy.org

I tracked down the couple at the center of the viral Will Smith AI concert video. What does it feel like for millions of people to think you're an AI hoax?