Black Rat Big Hat
@blackratbighat.bsky.social
I have many interests and little executive function
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friend: i was gonna pick this character in this dating sim, but now i can't since you voice him
me: ah, so you're a coward
me: ah, so you're a coward
January 12, 2026 at 10:43 PM
friend: i was gonna pick this character in this dating sim, but now i can't since you voice him
me: ah, so you're a coward
me: ah, so you're a coward
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Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
![Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]
He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihmgl3sxrmb5t6edpjnixyanj2rvcf43zdv46mbifhl7hdtmz5u6y@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
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"You know those are based on your browsing history" no, you don't get it: I tried obfuscating my identity on YouTube with a burner freemail account on a public terminal and actually got MORE boner pill ads. Boner pill ads appear to be the default experience when they don't know your demographic.
January 12, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"You know those are based on your browsing history" no, you don't get it: I tried obfuscating my identity on YouTube with a burner freemail account on a public terminal and actually got MORE boner pill ads. Boner pill ads appear to be the default experience when they don't know your demographic.
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This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
January 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
This bobtail squid burrowing into the sand is already adorable, but please watch till the very end!
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
It sticks out its little arms and earnestly sprinkles sand over itself 🦑𓂃◌𓈒𓐍
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"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" Well, I asked the voices in my head and they said I must pet fluffy creatures
January 11, 2026 at 11:10 AM
"I asked ChatGPT" "I asked Grok" Well, I asked the voices in my head and they said I must pet fluffy creatures
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Hi. For anyone seeing this, this is fake (or likely misiattributed). The survey in question didn't ask for authentication. On top of that, clicking a link can't steal your auth token because that would be a MAJOR CSRF exploit. Also, here's the survey site's SSL cert info.
January 11, 2026 at 5:09 AM
Hi. For anyone seeing this, this is fake (or likely misiattributed). The survey in question didn't ask for authentication. On top of that, clicking a link can't steal your auth token because that would be a MAJOR CSRF exploit. Also, here's the survey site's SSL cert info.
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A muppet movie where elmo gets trapped in an open crevice and they rescue him by cutting off the puppeteer's arm, call that 123 Hours
January 10, 2026 at 5:46 PM
A muppet movie where elmo gets trapped in an open crevice and they rescue him by cutting off the puppeteer's arm, call that 123 Hours
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(2/2) When you see dumbfuck takes like a comic artist insisting that it's okay to use generative AI to produce a comic's script but not to produce its art, that's not a new brand of dumbfuckery – it's a time-honoured dumbfuckery adapting to the times.
January 9, 2026 at 4:29 PM
(2/2) When you see dumbfuck takes like a comic artist insisting that it's okay to use generative AI to produce a comic's script but not to produce its art, that's not a new brand of dumbfuckery – it's a time-honoured dumbfuckery adapting to the times.
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Of all platforms I shared my Art vs Artist video, Twitter been the only place where some people were actually disappointed I was black!
I screenshoted that one because it's so hilarious to me!
If you are a popular animator and make cute things, you can't be black? So Twitter 😂😭
I screenshoted that one because it's so hilarious to me!
If you are a popular animator and make cute things, you can't be black? So Twitter 😂😭
January 9, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Of all platforms I shared my Art vs Artist video, Twitter been the only place where some people were actually disappointed I was black!
I screenshoted that one because it's so hilarious to me!
If you are a popular animator and make cute things, you can't be black? So Twitter 😂😭
I screenshoted that one because it's so hilarious to me!
If you are a popular animator and make cute things, you can't be black? So Twitter 😂😭
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I still mark the abolition of NSFW content on Tumblr as the death knell of the old, good internet. It was the moment when censorship and sanitization became the norm.
And it's very important to always point the blame at Apple, because it's a perfect example of how monopolistic tech operates.
And it's very important to always point the blame at Apple, because it's a perfect example of how monopolistic tech operates.
Hello Tim Cook I worked at Tumblr when you gave us 48 hours to get rid of all the consenting, adult boobs. Up all night at your whim, out of the blue. But you're still cool with Twitter and its CSAM and revenge porn and whatever the fuck this is? Why do you even HAVE guidelines?
Previously, several of these companies, like Apple, IBM, and Disney, have paused advertising on X in response to antisemitic content. But antisemitism on X never slowed, sexual abuse imagery increased, and all of these companies quietly resumed advertising anyways.
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January 9, 2026 at 12:28 AM
I still mark the abolition of NSFW content on Tumblr as the death knell of the old, good internet. It was the moment when censorship and sanitization became the norm.
And it's very important to always point the blame at Apple, because it's a perfect example of how monopolistic tech operates.
And it's very important to always point the blame at Apple, because it's a perfect example of how monopolistic tech operates.
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January 8, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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"Hibernating"
May the next year treat you kinder than this one has
An old end-of-the-year image, but since art has been glacial and I didn't get he sequel done in time, a lil' cheeky repost will do for now
May the next year treat you kinder than this one has
An old end-of-the-year image, but since art has been glacial and I didn't get he sequel done in time, a lil' cheeky repost will do for now
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
"Hibernating"
May the next year treat you kinder than this one has
An old end-of-the-year image, but since art has been glacial and I didn't get he sequel done in time, a lil' cheeky repost will do for now
May the next year treat you kinder than this one has
An old end-of-the-year image, but since art has been glacial and I didn't get he sequel done in time, a lil' cheeky repost will do for now
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Elf daughter pt12 🧝♀️
January 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Elf daughter pt12 🧝♀️
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I'm going to run Doom on the waifu
More details on the AI waifu/husbandos :
Razer is making an AI anime waifu hologram for your desk
Another cursed AI gadget, now with RGB.
www.theverge.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I'm going to run Doom on the waifu
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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OH MY GOSH THIS YEEN
January 4, 2026 at 12:16 AM
OH MY GOSH THIS YEEN
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I had to grab more photos what a sweetheart 😭
January 4, 2026 at 12:25 AM
I had to grab more photos what a sweetheart 😭
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To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
January 3, 2026 at 9:38 AM
To sum up, a US president is going to war without congressional authorization against a sovereign nation that has not attacked or threatened it, and is doing so like a thief in the night, with no explanation for the American people or the world. It is all so unimaginable that it strains credulity.
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“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
one unexpected outlook change from being a dad is taking the self care people 10x more seriously when it comes to dealing with weirdly directed anger and rage (including Online). many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers
December 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
“many angry posts should have been naps or little packets of crackers” is deep wisdom and you don’t need to reproduce to embrace it!
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I can't be trusted to fancast a tarot deck because my background as a Big Stupid Tables guy would inevitably compel me to assign characters to arcana entirely at random and figure out how to justify each assignment after the fact. I'd never admit it, but you'd know.
December 30, 2025 at 3:56 AM
I can't be trusted to fancast a tarot deck because my background as a Big Stupid Tables guy would inevitably compel me to assign characters to arcana entirely at random and figure out how to justify each assignment after the fact. I'd never admit it, but you'd know.
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Started reading Absolute Batman and it's so good I had to do a quick sketch. Might clean it up later.
December 27, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Started reading Absolute Batman and it's so good I had to do a quick sketch. Might clean it up later.
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I know everyone has refs from when they first see a thing and I don't expect ppl to know stuff they never saw but a tiny part of me sighs erverytime someone mentions "Kingpin, like they did in Spider-verse" and not "That Bill Sienkiewicz Kingpin design" If you didn't know that's what they copied.
December 20, 2025 at 3:42 AM
I know everyone has refs from when they first see a thing and I don't expect ppl to know stuff they never saw but a tiny part of me sighs erverytime someone mentions "Kingpin, like they did in Spider-verse" and not "That Bill Sienkiewicz Kingpin design" If you didn't know that's what they copied.