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Eric Ravenscraft

@lordravenscraft.bsky.social

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Clearly fake name. Freelance writer. Video essayist on YouTube. Formerly Lifehacker. Will shitpost for cash. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/lordravenscraft

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 19d

NEW VIDEO! FINALLY! Beast Wars Is Shakespeare: The Value of Garbage Media

I truly hope this one was worth the wait, because I've never made something so huge. Massive thanks to Dr. Drew Lichtenberg for sitting down with me for this one. youtu.be/8y_KsFaHRQk?...

Beast Wars Is Shakespeare: The Value of Garbage Media

YouTube video by Lord Ravenscraft

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 2h

nebula hmu

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 2h

anyway, subscribe to my Patreon patreon.com/LordRavenscr...

creating videos, video essays, and assorted words

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 2h

I wish I could write something else. I do my best to do the most meaningful version I can, but the truth is, no company will pay for writing unless you at least sometimes do deal posts

it wasn't this way even 10 years ago, but this market has become fully captured

Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 7h

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 6h

I have absolutely no evidence to add, and have done no further thinking on this beyond reading this post, yet this immediately makes sense and I now fully believe this with my whole heart

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 6h

(I have no idea what this original conversation is about btw. which is kinda my point. the "well you're talking about it" bar is such a silly and bad metric)

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 6h

"well, you're talking about it! It clearly worked!"

man, we will talk about ANYTHING. remember when we all collectively lost our shit about whether a hot dog is a sandwich?

you're not charting on the attention leaderboard because people shot off a couple tweets on the toilet

Themperor Kennedy🐸🏳️‍🌈 @kennedytcooper.bsky.social · 7h

People will get online and claim anything is 5D Chess

"Taylor Swift wanted to write a song that people would make fun of" "Taylor Swift wanted us all to praise Charli XCX"

No she didn't, that doesn't make sense

Brandon @brandonmyers.net · 1d

Marketing genius honestly because look at how it all made you discuss her...this is all an impression game.

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 20h

okay this one is somehow even worse

the study absolutely does not in any way find that those *people* are contributing to climate change

and if you're burying the lede on alternative delivery mechanisms, you're misrepresenting the study

come on, man
bsky.app/profile/cnn....

CNN @cnn.com · 2d

The people who are most vulnerable to the hard-to-breathe air that comes with climate change may inadvertently be adding to the problem, new research finds. https://cnn.it/4pWQMoh

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 21h

If this is your way of telling me they're shooting an Animorphs thing over there, I'm listening

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 22h

this HAS to be it

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 22h

I really thought say Shakespeare's work is gay and wearing the shirt would be enough! oh well!

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 22h

yuuuup

my best guess is this person extrapolated from my Let's Go Bite Throats shirt that had gay/bi flags for the first letters

which tells me next time I need to make sure to get the trans flag on Throats in the shot

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 22h

the funny thing is, if I even had half a clue what "agenda" or "influence" this dude is glad I didn't voice, my first instinct would be that I fucked up and need to make it even louder next time

but I truly cannot tell lol

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 22h

honestly, this sucks

I don't even know what "agenda" this person thinks I might have. I could speculate but it's not worth that kind of time. Regardless, it sure reads as "I'm glad you shut the hell up about things I don't want to hear" and, quite frankly, fuck that noise

anyway, trans rights

"Excellent video. I dont want to make it political, but i think it influences who we are to a degree and our world view, Its apparent to my your worldviews and mine differs, but i found your logic sound and your philosophical breakdowns poignant, and you kept it in that realm, honorably, not favoring any other influence and giving credit where it was due without an agenda. It's always nice to be reminded to listen as much as think and learn whatever you can when it's good. Thank you for some excellent philosophy and a nostalgia burn to boot."

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

(which is, in my opinion, a very good approach)

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

At this point I'm convinced this exists primarily because WoW Classic was a moderately successful thing, and the Overwatch team was like "uh, sure, here you go" and put it in arcade to satisfy execs and reddit nerds at the same time with minimal wasted effort

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

oh fuck

MEDIA ALERT: GENGAR RETURNS: SHADOWS SPREAD ACROSS THE GLOBE

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

genuinely so glad you enjoy it, and also sorry about waking you up with that MUTHA FUCKIN DINOBOT bit

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TemporalWolf @temporalwolf.bsky.social · 1d

I am one of those. I have a whole playlist of stuff like that and your videos are so relaxing. Though when it's on if I wake up in the middle of the night, it's hard to get back asleep because I get so invested in the video again. (This is not a bad thing!)

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

Oh HUGE career liability, that one (💙)

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

Giving a shit about other people really fucks with the career, huh?

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

for the last few days (at least), traffic on my Beast Wars video has been peaking at around midnight to 1AM

so to all the people putting it on to sleep to: good night, sweet dreams, and don't forget your meds in the morning 💜

A real-time traffic chart, showing spikes late in the evening. One highlighted peak shows 137 new views at 1AM, the highest hour on the chart

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

aww, do we have to?

Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

The optical flow frame interpolation tests are absolutely wild and i kinda love that aesthetic on its own (also very cool behind the scenes)

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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 1d

"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI

Chibdm @chibdm.bsky.social · 2d

Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

It's really worth noticing that, in the original thread, people are (rightly!) annoyed at the idea of being shamed for using inhalers but not private jets

and that idea didn't originate with the study. it originated with the poor coverage of it.

now imagine readers who don't know why it's wrong

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Eric Ravenscraft @lordravenscraft.bsky.social · 1d

But the real takeaway is that legislating emissions is complicated, and we can't just blindly apply a couple of rules and hope it all works out.

And if this study deserves news coverage at all, THAT'S the story

But "using your inhaler is as bad for the climate as driving a car" is bad journalism

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