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Chris Adamson

@invalidname.me

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I write, stream, and code stuff. I also raise children and sometimes clean things. Working on docs for 🍏. He/Him/His. Also https://mastodon.social/@invalidname (follow via BridgyFed for BlueSky: @invalidname.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy)

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · Oct 19

Reintro:
• I was invalidname on Twitter, left 2 yrs ago.
• People followed me there b/c I wrote tech books for macOS/iOS. I work @ 🍏 now, so I can’t post about secret work stuff.
• Seems like I’m mostly engaging with anime people here. Tech on Mastodon, and replies only on Threads.

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1h

Or kids who were into “Ranma 1/2” in the 90s, a manga and anime about a boy who turns into a girl when splashed with or immersed in cold water. Don’t think that that wasn’t wish fulfillment for a significant part of the audience.

a cartoon character in a red jacket stands in front of a wooden door

ALT: a cartoon character in a red jacket stands in front of a wooden door

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 3h

And Lower Decks was better still at upholding the Star Trek spirit, particularly the final season where Mariner starts growing up and taking responsibility.

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 3h

“It’s past time Star Trek returns to its roots: intelligence over action, diplomacy over death, and exploration over explosions.”
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It’s Past Time Star Trek Stops Trying To Be Star Wars

The Season 3 finale of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds boldly went where the franchise had never gone before with … Continue reading "It’s Past Time Star Trek Stops Trying To Be Star Wars"

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 4h

I never had any of the heavy duty wargames of the day like PanzerBlitz; I mostly just collected Microgames.

OGRE microgame contents, showing the rulebook with a price of two dollars 95 cents, some maps, and the counters representing the various combat units.

Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 4h

The OGRE microgame, showing its rulebook, map, and counters.

Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 15h

I loved it last year when the Victoire joined the Canadiens for their skills competition event, especially when Jennifer Gardiner won the accuracy contest. www.youtube.com/live/Wv2b08A...

2025 Canadiens Skills Competition | FULL EVENT

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 15h

Oh god, Portillo’s is gonna make a fortune off these guys.

Leon Thomas @renegadecut.bsky.social · 16h

the texas national guard is showing up in chicago to let everyone see what the most unfucked dudes look like.

Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 23h

I’m so spoiled. They never dropped the chili cheese burrito in Michigan.

Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1d

Little bit of both?

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 1d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1d

I guess the other weird thing about making TRON movies 10-25 years apart is that the filmmakers can’t assume anyone saw or particularly liked the one that came before it, which means that you can’t really depend on any established elements, and raises the question of why they’re even making a sequel

Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1d

I post to Tumblr once every 3-4 years, and the last tIme I did, it was a deep dive into how TRON: Legacy’s story structure is a fiasco that betrays a strong first act and some rich thematic material. www.tumblr.com/invalidtumbl...

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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 4 · De-rezzed in the Second Act · So, I have this weird habit: I am fascinated not by perfect stories, but those that start well and fall apart for no particularly good reason. I remem…

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1d

So, 100% on-brand for a TRON movie, then.
www.reddit.com/r/tron/s/DNZ...

From the tron community on Reddit: ‘TRON: Ares’ First Reactions Revealed: Hailed An Audiovisual Treat Let Down By A Weak Script

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1d

This doesn’t look very online. It’s too heavy.

Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1d

There are over 600 pages just like that.

Valkyria Chronicles page from “A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games”, showing two columns of text illustrated by two screenshots and a photo of box art in the right gutter with a caption.

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1d

Yeah, when I saw how many pictures were in their JRPG book, I immediately thought “there is zero chance they negotiated the rights for all these; they’ve gotta be leaning hard on a US-style Fair Use claim”.

A page on Sakura Wars from “A Guide to Japanese Role-Playing Games“. The two columns of text are accompanied by four screenshots. In the gutter, two pictures of box art are captioned.

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1d

Stephen Miller is what the “while you were out having premarital sex, I studied the blade” kid grows up to become.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Stephen Miller claims that in Portland "ICE officers have to street battles against antifa, hand to hand combat every night, to come and go from their building"

Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 1d

Stephen Miller is what the “while you were out having premarital sex, I studied the blade” kid grows up to become, huh?

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

I have a relative we all call “contrarian” and not one of us means it as a compliment

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Aaron Ross Powell ☸️ @aaronrosspowell.com · 2d

As the people who insist otherwise try to burn the country, it's important to affirm that immigrants, from everywhere, are awesome, and America is better the more immigrants we have. You have to be just empty and vapid and unimaginably small to reject that.

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Tom Weber @tweber.bsky.social · 2d

This doesn’t feel like “background” but instead the heart of a story that should be leading national news for days. Yes there has been coverage but not enough that gets at these on the ground details and moves them to the top of stories.

Some background on the escalating battle over troop deployments: Chicago has been roiled by the presence of federal immigration agents in the city and its suburbs for weeks. Agents have deployed tear gas with no warning, raided apartments and zip-tied residents for hours in the middle of the night, and handcuffed a City Council member at a hospital after she asked to see an arrest warrant for a detainee.

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 2d

Reading Hamlet in 11th grade English class and saying to my friend next to me “holy shit, this is `Strange Brew`, and Bob & Doug McKenzie are Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.”

Laura Helmuth @laurahelmuth.bsky.social · 3d

Do you have a favorite example of learning about high culture from low culture? Mine is the episode of Gilligan's Island where the castaways stage a musical adaptation of Hamlet set to the tune of Carmen (70s TV was wild) <1/n>

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Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 2d

Ooh, I don't have that volume of Nozaki-kun yet. It'll have to go on my next order.

Chris Adamson @invalidname.me · 2d

Gotta admit, I’ve been pretty confused by The Discourse over the last day or two.

Scene from "Do the Right Thing" as a meme template. Buggin Out, sitting at a table in Sal's Pizzeria under the photos of the Italian American Hall of Fame, calls out "Hey Sal, how come you ain't got no AIs up on the wall?"

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