Ersatz Haderach
@striderhlc.bsky.social
Euclid-class poster, lowkey trainwreck. (He/Him, also cool w/ singular they)
How common are ventriloquist dummies specifically in horror? Granted, I generally don't horror, but I feel like normal dolls are much more common to the point were I can't really think of any others? Maybe there was a Twilight Zone ep about one?
February 6, 2026 at 4:33 PM
How common are ventriloquist dummies specifically in horror? Granted, I generally don't horror, but I feel like normal dolls are much more common to the point were I can't really think of any others? Maybe there was a Twilight Zone ep about one?
Conservatism is all podcasters and YouTubers and other folks whose core personality trait is narcissism and whose core competency is Maximizing Drama now.
February 6, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Conservatism is all podcasters and YouTubers and other folks whose core personality trait is narcissism and whose core competency is Maximizing Drama now.
I feel like part of the deal is that there are no high-profile normie conservatives anymore? With the exception of the NYT Opinion rear guard. the David Brookses have been chased out of the movement.
February 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I feel like part of the deal is that there are no high-profile normie conservatives anymore? With the exception of the NYT Opinion rear guard. the David Brookses have been chased out of the movement.
Reposted by Ersatz Haderach
odd feature of our time in how many liberals and progressive are bog standard monogamous family types--Serwer, Bouie, Hayes, AOC, etc--and how many Traditional Family Values conservatives are fuckin drugged up perverts
February 6, 2026 at 3:32 PM
odd feature of our time in how many liberals and progressive are bog standard monogamous family types--Serwer, Bouie, Hayes, AOC, etc--and how many Traditional Family Values conservatives are fuckin drugged up perverts
FOUR TIMES A DAY
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
FOUR TIMES A DAY
FOUR TIMES A DAY
February 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM
FOUR TIMES A DAY
To this day I have no idea how Andrei Ulmeyda failed to become a meme
February 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
To this day I have no idea how Andrei Ulmeyda failed to become a meme
Unfortunately, Twitter also seems to be cooking the brains of a lot of Democratic party consultants.
February 6, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Unfortunately, Twitter also seems to be cooking the brains of a lot of Democratic party consultants.
As Mamdani is a high-profile Dem despite the party's best efforts, I wonder how much halo effect they're getting from it.
February 6, 2026 at 3:11 PM
As Mamdani is a high-profile Dem despite the party's best efforts, I wonder how much halo effect they're getting from it.
Schumer definitely isn't going by his playbook & I don't think it's coordinated at all, but since his election it's been a steady stream of "Mamdani secures funding for universal daycare, Mamdani pushes rent control, Mamdani cuts transit costs."
February 6, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Schumer definitely isn't going by his playbook & I don't think it's coordinated at all, but since his election it's been a steady stream of "Mamdani secures funding for universal daycare, Mamdani pushes rent control, Mamdani cuts transit costs."
An even worse case of what fucked the Dems in 2024; topline economic numbers were positive* but the things people saw most frequently & directly were bad. It short-circuited a lot of people who are normally good at messaging.
(* Yes, there are a lot of qualifiers & asterisks on this statement)
(* Yes, there are a lot of qualifiers & asterisks on this statement)
February 6, 2026 at 3:08 PM
An even worse case of what fucked the Dems in 2024; topline economic numbers were positive* but the things people saw most frequently & directly were bad. It short-circuited a lot of people who are normally good at messaging.
(* Yes, there are a lot of qualifiers & asterisks on this statement)
(* Yes, there are a lot of qualifiers & asterisks on this statement)
Honestly wondering how much is halo effect from Mamdani, too. On one hand you've got Dems talking about affordability & at the same time you've got a high-profile Dem out there taking real, meaningful steps to address affordability every day; the one-two punch.
February 6, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Honestly wondering how much is halo effect from Mamdani, too. On one hand you've got Dems talking about affordability & at the same time you've got a high-profile Dem out there taking real, meaningful steps to address affordability every day; the one-two punch.
Minecraft Steve is fully voiced but has like 50 frames of animation total like an OG Mortal Kombat character because it's funnier that way
February 6, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Minecraft Steve is fully voiced but has like 50 frames of animation total like an OG Mortal Kombat character because it's funnier that way
I also kinda wonder if the gatcha is wrapping and they figure this is a way to get a little more cash out of it? Like, if they've reached the end of their story and they're going into maintenance mode, this feels like a pretty straightforward way to repackage the game for a few more sales.
February 6, 2026 at 2:59 PM
I also kinda wonder if the gatcha is wrapping and they figure this is a way to get a little more cash out of it? Like, if they've reached the end of their story and they're going into maintenance mode, this feels like a pretty straightforward way to repackage the game for a few more sales.
*VSCode was good at what it did and most of the plugins played nice but they were under a lot of layers of abstraction. It felt like it was working by magic a lot of the time.
I am trying to write fewer run-on sentences.
I am trying to write fewer run-on sentences.
February 6, 2026 at 2:48 PM
*VSCode was good at what it did and most of the plugins played nice but they were under a lot of layers of abstraction. It felt like it was working by magic a lot of the time.
I am trying to write fewer run-on sentences.
I am trying to write fewer run-on sentences.
I wonder how much of it is the influence of oldhead devs/management who want something more similar to the traditional game market.
February 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
I wonder how much of it is the influence of oldhead devs/management who want something more similar to the traditional game market.
Maybe the latter days of Terra Battle but again, Japanese game and not released standalone.
February 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Maybe the latter days of Terra Battle but again, Japanese game and not released standalone.
Interesting that the gamest thatseem to be doing this are from Japanese devs specifically though (the high-profile examples being Mega Man X Dive, Octopath 0, and now this).
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Interesting that the gamest thatseem to be doing this are from Japanese devs specifically though (the high-profile examples being Mega Man X Dive, Octopath 0, and now this).
Really hoping this turns into a trend. I bounced off the game last year but I'd pay for an offline version of Arknights that had a less Gatcha progression.
February 6, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Really hoping this turns into a trend. I bounced off the game last year but I'd pay for an offline version of Arknights that had a less Gatcha progression.
VSCode was good at what it did and most of the plugins played nice but they were under enough layers of abstraction that it also felt like it was working by magic a lot of the time.
February 6, 2026 at 2:45 PM
VSCode was good at what it did and most of the plugins played nice but they were under enough layers of abstraction that it also felt like it was working by magic a lot of the time.
I've just recently switched to Sublime Text to and so far I really like it, though I haven't tried any serious dev work with it yet (beyond Hello World-level). Took a while to get plugins working but I feel a lot more like I know what it's actually doing.
February 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
I've just recently switched to Sublime Text to and so far I really like it, though I haven't tried any serious dev work with it yet (beyond Hello World-level). Took a while to get plugins working but I feel a lot more like I know what it's actually doing.