🛡 Jonathan "Swiftblade" Mazuraki 🛠
@toswiftblade.bsky.social
"Functionally Insane" Rubber Duck & Professional Troubleshooter
Timelines may involve video games and Disney IPs.
Randomly tweets (possibly nonsensical) things.
Not a scorpion of note...
Timelines may involve video games and Disney IPs.
Randomly tweets (possibly nonsensical) things.
Not a scorpion of note...
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So even when a company has no intention of doing monstrous things with your content, you tend to get licenses that let them do so if they want - not out of malice, but out of CYA and resource-management.
/fin
/fin
July 15, 2025 at 5:34 AM
So even when a company has no intention of doing monstrous things with your content, you tend to get licenses that let them do so if they want - not out of malice, but out of CYA and resource-management.
/fin
/fin
Tonight, on Fortune Cookie with @protonjon.bsky.social:
Local community of chaos gremlins tries (and fails) to push for an improvised episode of #DiscOnly. Fortunately, the Wheel of Shenanigans took up the slack... to the Glitchmaster's exasperation.
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
Local community of chaos gremlins tries (and fails) to push for an improvised episode of #DiscOnly. Fortunately, the Wheel of Shenanigans took up the slack... to the Glitchmaster's exasperation.
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
July 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Tonight, on Fortune Cookie with @protonjon.bsky.social:
Local community of chaos gremlins tries (and fails) to push for an improvised episode of #DiscOnly. Fortunately, the Wheel of Shenanigans took up the slack... to the Glitchmaster's exasperation.
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
Local community of chaos gremlins tries (and fails) to push for an improvised episode of #DiscOnly. Fortunately, the Wheel of Shenanigans took up the slack... to the Glitchmaster's exasperation.
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
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PS: The amount of text space available in the ALT text window is several times longer than what's available in the standard text field, so even long text passages can be pasted there. If you run out of space, break up the screenshot; it's probably too long at that point for just one post anyway.
April 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
PS: The amount of text space available in the ALT text window is several times longer than what's available in the standard text field, so even long text passages can be pasted there. If you run out of space, break up the screenshot; it's probably too long at that point for just one post anyway.
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I often get asked if revision of GL is necessary given the increasing frequency of such comparisons. My response has been that if you're falling into a black hole, the last thing you need to spend your limited time on is revising the law of gravity.
April 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I often get asked if revision of GL is necessary given the increasing frequency of such comparisons. My response has been that if you're falling into a black hole, the last thing you need to spend your limited time on is revising the law of gravity.
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What's the federal judge equivalent of a catsplosion?
April 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
What's the federal judge equivalent of a catsplosion?
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Is... is this a cry for help from the devs? Are they okay?
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April 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Is... is this a cry for help from the devs? Are they okay?
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Seeing a lot of news articles explaining that most Americans don’t want the jobs Trump wants to reshore. That doesn’t apply to everyone obviously. There’s lots of demand for high value add manufacturing jobs. But a lot of the push for “manly” jobs is a push for jobs for *other* people to do.
April 21, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Seeing a lot of news articles explaining that most Americans don’t want the jobs Trump wants to reshore. That doesn’t apply to everyone obviously. There’s lots of demand for high value add manufacturing jobs. But a lot of the push for “manly” jobs is a push for jobs for *other* people to do.
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Also on Reddit today, someone thinking that I am apologetic for being a white dude. Nah, friends. I think we all know that being a white dude in the US is pretty great. My sin, if you will, is thinking everyone else should have the same latitude in life that I get just by being a white dude.
April 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Also on Reddit today, someone thinking that I am apologetic for being a white dude. Nah, friends. I think we all know that being a white dude in the US is pretty great. My sin, if you will, is thinking everyone else should have the same latitude in life that I get just by being a white dude.
Tonight, on Game-Clearing with @protonjon.bsky.social:
The Glitchmaster strikes again in the world of Sly Cooper... a little closer to home, this time...
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
The Glitchmaster strikes again in the world of Sly Cooper... a little closer to home, this time...
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
Twitch
Twitch is the world
www.twitch.tv
April 1, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Tonight, on Game-Clearing with @protonjon.bsky.social:
The Glitchmaster strikes again in the world of Sly Cooper... a little closer to home, this time...
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
The Glitchmaster strikes again in the world of Sly Cooper... a little closer to home, this time...
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
Tonight with @protonjon.bsky.social:
R.E.P.O. work can be a rollercoaster of shenanigans... especially when dealing with recommissioned colleagues.
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
R.E.P.O. work can be a rollercoaster of shenanigans... especially when dealing with recommissioned colleagues.
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
April 1, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Tonight with @protonjon.bsky.social:
R.E.P.O. work can be a rollercoaster of shenanigans... especially when dealing with recommissioned colleagues.
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
R.E.P.O. work can be a rollercoaster of shenanigans... especially when dealing with recommissioned colleagues.
www.twitch.tv/protonjon/cl...
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Lee Atwater had a pungent and famous quote about how once conservatives could no longer use the n-word they used things like “states’ rights” to invoke the same spirit.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Lee Atwater had a pungent and famous quote about how once conservatives could no longer use the n-word they used things like “states’ rights” to invoke the same spirit.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
I don’t think it’s an exaggeration any more — if it ever was — to say they use DEI as the n-word.
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That's what you can expect from now on. Trump will blame every disaster, every dip in the stock market, every fire, every earthquake, every hurricane, every exploding rocket and jackknifed semi, and every failure of his administration on anyone who is not a straight, white Christian male.
2/2
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January 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
That's what you can expect from now on. Trump will blame every disaster, every dip in the stock market, every fire, every earthquake, every hurricane, every exploding rocket and jackknifed semi, and every failure of his administration on anyone who is not a straight, white Christian male.
2/2
2/2
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Here’s a problem with saying the connection between vaccines and autism has been “debunked.” If by “debunked” you mean there’s scientific consensus it’s not real, and only freaks and cranks believe it, if your population is indifferent to science and friendly to freaks and cranks, it’s not debunked.
December 13, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Here’s a problem with saying the connection between vaccines and autism has been “debunked.” If by “debunked” you mean there’s scientific consensus it’s not real, and only freaks and cranks believe it, if your population is indifferent to science and friendly to freaks and cranks, it’s not debunked.
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This seems to be a point that could use additional clarification. So here's another example:
There is a general rule that you can destroy your own property at any time for any reason. But that doesn't help you if you destroy records you own in an effort to derail an investigation.
There is a general rule that you can destroy your own property at any time for any reason. But that doesn't help you if you destroy records you own in an effort to derail an investigation.
But there are - *and always have been* - exceptions to that general rule. One exception has always been if the open source maintainer enters into a contract that commits them to continued maintenance. And there are others.
December 11, 2024 at 6:21 PM
This seems to be a point that could use additional clarification. So here's another example:
There is a general rule that you can destroy your own property at any time for any reason. But that doesn't help you if you destroy records you own in an effort to derail an investigation.
There is a general rule that you can destroy your own property at any time for any reason. But that doesn't help you if you destroy records you own in an effort to derail an investigation.
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I have an enduring image in my head of the German people (those who were left) standing in the rubble of their country, invaded, occupied, divided, and looking at each other- "hey fritz, you voted for this guy back in the day- how'd that "make Germany great again" work out for us?"
December 9, 2024 at 3:40 PM
I have an enduring image in my head of the German people (those who were left) standing in the rubble of their country, invaded, occupied, divided, and looking at each other- "hey fritz, you voted for this guy back in the day- how'd that "make Germany great again" work out for us?"
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Yeeeeeaaah, the doomerism thing is real bullshit. As a nation we were collectively stupid enough to let him get back into a seat of power, but it's now our responsibility to collectively put as many goddamn tacks onto that seat as we possibly can. Make Power Fucking Painful is the mantra for 2025.
a lot of you seem to basically believe that politics is over, history has ended and the absence of legal or electoral consequences for trump means that he is the only person with agency. you all are recapitulating the basic conceit of trump’s alleged invincibility, but from the center left
December 9, 2024 at 2:06 AM
Yeeeeeaaah, the doomerism thing is real bullshit. As a nation we were collectively stupid enough to let him get back into a seat of power, but it's now our responsibility to collectively put as many goddamn tacks onto that seat as we possibly can. Make Power Fucking Painful is the mantra for 2025.
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The one thing Threads has that I wish we had here is the "restrict" function, in which people can still read what you post, but all their comments are in a silo where no one else sees them. It's brilliant for the "you aren't evil but you sure are exhausting" category of person who exists online.
I wish there was a soft block. It doesn't seem to be.
December 7, 2024 at 4:59 PM
The one thing Threads has that I wish we had here is the "restrict" function, in which people can still read what you post, but all their comments are in a silo where no one else sees them. It's brilliant for the "you aren't evil but you sure are exhausting" category of person who exists online.
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this really feels less like an analysis of the pardons and more like reporters finally feeling like they have an excuse to voice their personal dislike for biden. which, fair. but like, be honest about it.
December 3, 2024 at 12:37 AM
this really feels less like an analysis of the pardons and more like reporters finally feeling like they have an excuse to voice their personal dislike for biden. which, fair. but like, be honest about it.
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After the Turkeys of the Year are presented next weekend, I think I'll do my first ever Inside the Backpack for bluesky. Meanwhile here's a look back at some theme park related ones, including the Permit Princess herself, @alicia.social
November 22, 2024 at 1:39 PM
After the Turkeys of the Year are presented next weekend, I think I'll do my first ever Inside the Backpack for bluesky. Meanwhile here's a look back at some theme park related ones, including the Permit Princess herself, @alicia.social
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This hits home for me, as I was a literal trailer park kid when I got accepted to the University of Chicago. HOWEVER, I was also going to one of the best private high schools in the country at the time (on scholarship), so I was a trailer park kid with elite kid camo. I know that this mattered.
Holy crap this is an astounding piece of historical research
Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it
www.nber.org/system/files...
Will post ungated link later today unless someone beats me to it
www.nber.org/system/files...
November 18, 2024 at 1:34 PM
This hits home for me, as I was a literal trailer park kid when I got accepted to the University of Chicago. HOWEVER, I was also going to one of the best private high schools in the country at the time (on scholarship), so I was a trailer park kid with elite kid camo. I know that this mattered.
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Even a good person will have incorrect opinions--it's not inherently an indicator of a character flaw. But promoting bullshit is always an indicator of a character flaw.
November 17, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Even a good person will have incorrect opinions--it's not inherently an indicator of a character flaw. But promoting bullshit is always an indicator of a character flaw.
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One of the cheap and easy things DOGE will do is pick entries in the federal budget, strip them of all context, and memeify and ridicule them.
Surely there are things in the budget are ludicrous. But do you trust any of these people to represent them honestly?
Surely there are things in the budget are ludicrous. But do you trust any of these people to represent them honestly?
November 14, 2024 at 6:32 PM
One of the cheap and easy things DOGE will do is pick entries in the federal budget, strip them of all context, and memeify and ridicule them.
Surely there are things in the budget are ludicrous. But do you trust any of these people to represent them honestly?
Surely there are things in the budget are ludicrous. But do you trust any of these people to represent them honestly?
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I mean (gestures at the world) it's not just social media where one finds out about weird shit. Fiction at least has to make narrative sense; the real world is under no such obligation.
Also, you know. My next book is about the moon turning into cheese. I don't worry much about implausibility.
Also, you know. My next book is about the moon turning into cheese. I don't worry much about implausibility.
Do you ever write something (fiction) and worry "I don't know if readers will buy this idea" then read something on social media and stop worrying?
November 15, 2024 at 2:52 PM
I mean (gestures at the world) it's not just social media where one finds out about weird shit. Fiction at least has to make narrative sense; the real world is under no such obligation.
Also, you know. My next book is about the moon turning into cheese. I don't worry much about implausibility.
Also, you know. My next book is about the moon turning into cheese. I don't worry much about implausibility.
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I try to be a decent human! That said, I did recently write a long piece noting that it's not a great idea to put creative people on pedestals, including me, because we inevitably fall off of them.
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
November 15, 2024 at 5:55 PM
I try to be a decent human! That said, I did recently write a long piece noting that it's not a great idea to put creative people on pedestals, including me, because we inevitably fall off of them.
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...
whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...