20,000 years of this, seven more to go
@uhhhclem.bsky.social
You have to make allowances for the fact that everything we're seeing tonight is real.
Very occasional updates at blog.particleman.org.
Very occasional updates at blog.particleman.org.
This is not making me _less_ interested in closing my BofA accounts.
December 20, 2025 at 8:48 PM
This is not making me _less_ interested in closing my BofA accounts.
A zydeco musician I knew was told by a band mate to come out to the parking lot after the show. A skeevy-looking guy was selling something out of the trunk of his car. My friend was sure it would be drugs, but it turned out to be thick coils of andouille sausage.
December 20, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A zydeco musician I knew was told by a band mate to come out to the parking lot after the show. A skeevy-looking guy was selling something out of the trunk of his car. My friend was sure it would be drugs, but it turned out to be thick coils of andouille sausage.
One hardly knows what to say.
December 19, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One hardly knows what to say.
Are you sure that’s not a phishing site? Why do you think it’s legit?
December 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Are you sure that’s not a phishing site? Why do you think it’s legit?
Well, now that you asked I have to listen to this for the thousandth time. Satomi's cutoff gesture is life itself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbZ...
Deerhoof - Milk Man - Juan's Basement
YouTube video by Pitchfork
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December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Well, now that you asked I have to listen to this for the thousandth time. Satomi's cutoff gesture is life itself.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQbZ...
Patricia Lockwood’s NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS.
December 17, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Patricia Lockwood’s NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS.
Don't threaten me with a good time.
December 16, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Don't threaten me with a good time.
(I am very attuned to the irony of making this argument at the same time auto-complete is making me look barely literate.)
December 16, 2025 at 3:52 PM
(I am very attuned to the irony of making this argument at the same time auto-complete is making me look barely literate.)
But I don’t want to get good at troubleshoot installactions. I want to get good at building software that uses node.js. Not wasting time on bullshit problems let’s me develop skills I want to develop faster.
I’m sure not going to boycott a game whose developers used AI in this way.
I’m sure not going to boycott a game whose developers used AI in this way.
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
But I don’t want to get good at troubleshoot installactions. I want to get good at building software that uses node.js. Not wasting time on bullshit problems let’s me develop skills I want to develop faster.
I’m sure not going to boycott a game whose developers used AI in this way.
I’m sure not going to boycott a game whose developers used AI in this way.
But I’m absolutely going to use a machine that can tell my how my node.js install got fucked and how to unfuck it. I don’t feel like I’m threatening anyone’s career or stealing anyone’s intellectual labor by doing that. I AM failing to develop my own ability to troubleshoot node.js installations.
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
But I’m absolutely going to use a machine that can tell my how my node.js install got fucked and how to unfuck it. I don’t feel like I’m threatening anyone’s career or stealing anyone’s intellectual labor by doing that. I AM failing to develop my own ability to troubleshoot node.js installations.
I think, intuitively, that there’s a difference between a machine that can generate artwork for you and a machine that can tell you why a horrible bash script that you inherited is fucking up. Maybe there isn’t and I’m just fooling myself.
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I think, intuitively, that there’s a difference between a machine that can generate artwork for you and a machine that can tell you why a horrible bash script that you inherited is fucking up. Maybe there isn’t and I’m just fooling myself.
Disclosing that you used AI is going to end up like California’s Prop. 65 warnings unless you disclose specifically what you used it for. MCP in particular raises the quality of agent results so substantially that it’s increasingly difficult to justify not using them.
December 16, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Disclosing that you used AI is going to end up like California’s Prop. 65 warnings unless you disclose specifically what you used it for. MCP in particular raises the quality of agent results so substantially that it’s increasingly difficult to justify not using them.
Ouch. Be well. Soon.
December 13, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Ouch. Be well. Soon.
I grew up in a verywhite suburb. When I went to college, it was in a predominantly Black city. The first movie I went to see in my new town was Re-Animator.
I didn’t know it was even _legal_ to make so much noise in a movie. After I got over being mortified it was unbelievably fun.
I didn’t know it was even _legal_ to make so much noise in a movie. After I got over being mortified it was unbelievably fun.
December 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
I grew up in a verywhite suburb. When I went to college, it was in a predominantly Black city. The first movie I went to see in my new town was Re-Animator.
I didn’t know it was even _legal_ to make so much noise in a movie. After I got over being mortified it was unbelievably fun.
I didn’t know it was even _legal_ to make so much noise in a movie. After I got over being mortified it was unbelievably fun.
CHOTINER: You're saying things that I can hardly believe.
December 12, 2025 at 7:17 PM
CHOTINER: You're saying things that I can hardly believe.
You can think of Dien Bien Phu as the Viet Minh ruthlessly and overwhelmingly kicking out the French but keeping pate and butter.
December 12, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You can think of Dien Bien Phu as the Viet Minh ruthlessly and overwhelmingly kicking out the French but keeping pate and butter.
The other morning I caught a look at my face in the mirror and thought, that's weird, what are those?
Cheekbones. They're called cheekbones. Mine disappeared some time during the Reagan administration. Unlike a lot of other things, they're back.
Cheekbones. They're called cheekbones. Mine disappeared some time during the Reagan administration. Unlike a lot of other things, they're back.
December 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The other morning I caught a look at my face in the mirror and thought, that's weird, what are those?
Cheekbones. They're called cheekbones. Mine disappeared some time during the Reagan administration. Unlike a lot of other things, they're back.
Cheekbones. They're called cheekbones. Mine disappeared some time during the Reagan administration. Unlike a lot of other things, they're back.
The look on Liz’s face in the last quarter second before she jumps is the realest, most emotionally naked thing I’ve ever seen in a music video.
December 11, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The look on Liz’s face in the last quarter second before she jumps is the realest, most emotionally naked thing I’ve ever seen in a music video.
If you haven’t, watch their delightful video for “Knees Deep.”
December 10, 2025 at 3:04 AM
If you haven’t, watch their delightful video for “Knees Deep.”
They’re so good.
December 10, 2025 at 2:32 AM
They’re so good.