M. Ryder
@wanderways.bsky.social
Just the letter.
Wizard of the Coast; Product Manager & Content Design on MTG Arena | prev. Narrative on Eternal CCG | They/Them✨🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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M. Ryder
@wanderways.bsky.social
· Oct 17
We doin’ pinned posts now? Cool.
What’s up, I’m M.
Yes, just the letter.
Gamedev, writer, worldbuilder, queer, trans, hilarious, anxious, tired; not always in that order.
I post abt game design, narrative, Magic: the Gathering, cooking, my cat & any stupid joke that pinballs across my brain.
What’s up, I’m M.
Yes, just the letter.
Gamedev, writer, worldbuilder, queer, trans, hilarious, anxious, tired; not always in that order.
I post abt game design, narrative, Magic: the Gathering, cooking, my cat & any stupid joke that pinballs across my brain.
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"oh it shows abuse, it shows sexual violence, it shows this, it shows that" you are simply not qualified to even begin to participate in an adult conversation about this. be quiet and drink your chocolate milk
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"oh it shows abuse, it shows sexual violence, it shows this, it shows that" you are simply not qualified to even begin to participate in an adult conversation about this. be quiet and drink your chocolate milk
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Also how childish is it to be boiling down a piece of art to just an enumeration of things it depicts that you find objectionable. If we care about video games we have to eradicate this kind of reductive nonsense.
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Also how childish is it to be boiling down a piece of art to just an enumeration of things it depicts that you find objectionable. If we care about video games we have to eradicate this kind of reductive nonsense.
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I think a lot of people got caught up in this idea of "well, the water/power cost of data center hyperscaling isn't that big on aggregate" and took that to mean you can dismiss concerns but local effects can be pretty obviously severe
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
West London housing was delayed by new data centres, report finds
The London Assembly found the growth of new data centres temporarily halted building some houses in 2022.
www.bbc.com
December 4, 2025 at 3:34 AM
I think a lot of people got caught up in this idea of "well, the water/power cost of data center hyperscaling isn't that big on aggregate" and took that to mean you can dismiss concerns but local effects can be pretty obviously severe
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
December 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Sorry to anyone who thought Wokeness was annoying but as we now know it's the price we pay for a civilized society
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I'm at the combination
December 4, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I'm at the combination
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This is what the prediction markets people want! You know how you absolutely *hate* that every sports broadcast is loaded up with ads for draftkings and shit? They want you to have that feeling but for everything everywhere.
Fuckin people watching Netflix making prop bets on what minute of the episode we’re first gonna see Vecna. People betting on whether it’s gonna be a Toyotathon commercial or an Activia commercial. Just a little QR code in the bottom corner of every show asking you to bet on everything.
December 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is what the prediction markets people want! You know how you absolutely *hate* that every sports broadcast is loaded up with ads for draftkings and shit? They want you to have that feeling but for everything everywhere.
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This is going to be the post-AI pivot.
And I expect AI to linger—even more than crypto—but in this race to the bottom as financiers, technobros, politicians and other disconnected authoritarian heels attempt to recoup tech investments, maintain control, extract resources, and keep us hungry.
And I expect AI to linger—even more than crypto—but in this race to the bottom as financiers, technobros, politicians and other disconnected authoritarian heels attempt to recoup tech investments, maintain control, extract resources, and keep us hungry.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is going to be the post-AI pivot.
And I expect AI to linger—even more than crypto—but in this race to the bottom as financiers, technobros, politicians and other disconnected authoritarian heels attempt to recoup tech investments, maintain control, extract resources, and keep us hungry.
And I expect AI to linger—even more than crypto—but in this race to the bottom as financiers, technobros, politicians and other disconnected authoritarian heels attempt to recoup tech investments, maintain control, extract resources, and keep us hungry.
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I think some democrats should probably say forthrightly that though Hegseth among others deserves impeachment and removal, the process is broken because the republican majority has forsaken their duties to the country, and pursuing it would risk misinforming the country that acquittal = innocence.
Mark Warner, the top Dem on the Senate Intelligence Committee, says he reviewed the DOD IG's Signalgate report and Pete Hegseth either needs to be fired or resign.
December 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM
I think some democrats should probably say forthrightly that though Hegseth among others deserves impeachment and removal, the process is broken because the republican majority has forsaken their duties to the country, and pursuing it would risk misinforming the country that acquittal = innocence.
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It's not a coincidence that Twitter made both Rowling and Dawkins way, way worse than they'd ever been.
They're bellweathers for the fact that Britain's already small and incestuous establishment was Too Online--and we know it's a major radicalisation vector for transphobia.
They're bellweathers for the fact that Britain's already small and incestuous establishment was Too Online--and we know it's a major radicalisation vector for transphobia.
a lot of it genuinely comes down to the fact that almost all their elites were too online on X and the post-Musk thing has basically driven the socially conservative, fiscally socialist types insane (see e.g. the Blue Labour guy) and the right is basically now calling for ethnic purges
The UK is weird and getting weirder right? Thats not my imagination? I know that's rich coming from an American, but still, I'm right on this arent I?
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 PM
It's not a coincidence that Twitter made both Rowling and Dawkins way, way worse than they'd ever been.
They're bellweathers for the fact that Britain's already small and incestuous establishment was Too Online--and we know it's a major radicalisation vector for transphobia.
They're bellweathers for the fact that Britain's already small and incestuous establishment was Too Online--and we know it's a major radicalisation vector for transphobia.
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I think about this a lot, I feel like it’s deeply related to generative AI
Some things in life are supposed to be a little bit hard! Some things should require effort! Human beings should routinely hear “no” and “not yet” and “you can’t do that” and “that is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard”
Some things in life are supposed to be a little bit hard! Some things should require effort! Human beings should routinely hear “no” and “not yet” and “you can’t do that” and “that is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard”
I think part of What's Going On with billionaires is that the daily friction of interacting with normal people is part of what anchors people to the real world, and once you have enough money to buy your way out of the friction you can knock down a load-bearing column propping up your sanity.
December 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I think about this a lot, I feel like it’s deeply related to generative AI
Some things in life are supposed to be a little bit hard! Some things should require effort! Human beings should routinely hear “no” and “not yet” and “you can’t do that” and “that is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard”
Some things in life are supposed to be a little bit hard! Some things should require effort! Human beings should routinely hear “no” and “not yet” and “you can’t do that” and “that is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard”
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I saw a quote from the Klarna guy recently saying that people taking out loans to pay for groceries doesn’t signal an economic crisis, but is rather a positive sign that people are more interested in “liquidity management,” which is what credit cards allow. And what harm have those done ever!
December 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I saw a quote from the Klarna guy recently saying that people taking out loans to pay for groceries doesn’t signal an economic crisis, but is rather a positive sign that people are more interested in “liquidity management,” which is what credit cards allow. And what harm have those done ever!
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ROSE/HOUSE by @byzantienne.bsky.social: an astonishing sci-fi gothic thriller by Hugo Award-winning author Arkady Martine, filled with unseen corners of wonder and haunting. Find a signed copy at Brew&Forge Book Fair through 12/3!
www.brewandforge.com/bookfair/p/r...
www.brewandforge.com/bookfair/p/r...
Rose/House by Arkady Martine — Brew & Forge
Tordotcom, 2025. “Martine’s soaring, crystalline prose evokes Shirley Jackson’s Hill House if designed by Frank Gehry. She builds a twisted cathedral of story and fills every inch with equal parts b...
www.brewandforge.com
December 3, 2025 at 11:19 PM
ROSE/HOUSE by @byzantienne.bsky.social: an astonishing sci-fi gothic thriller by Hugo Award-winning author Arkady Martine, filled with unseen corners of wonder and haunting. Find a signed copy at Brew&Forge Book Fair through 12/3!
www.brewandforge.com/bookfair/p/r...
www.brewandforge.com/bookfair/p/r...
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6-fold ward against AI-induced psychosis
November 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
6-fold ward against AI-induced psychosis
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This is going to be the post-AI pivot.
And I expect AI to linger—even more than crypto—but in this race to the bottom as financiers, technobros, politicians and other disconnected authoritarian heels attempt to recoup tech investments, maintain control, extract resources, and keep us hungry.
And I expect AI to linger—even more than crypto—but in this race to the bottom as financiers, technobros, politicians and other disconnected authoritarian heels attempt to recoup tech investments, maintain control, extract resources, and keep us hungry.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 11:41 PM
This is going to be the post-AI pivot.
And I expect AI to linger—even more than crypto—but in this race to the bottom as financiers, technobros, politicians and other disconnected authoritarian heels attempt to recoup tech investments, maintain control, extract resources, and keep us hungry.
And I expect AI to linger—even more than crypto—but in this race to the bottom as financiers, technobros, politicians and other disconnected authoritarian heels attempt to recoup tech investments, maintain control, extract resources, and keep us hungry.
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*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
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fukuyama predicted this
The Anglophone world getting so bored out of its mind it entered a self-inflicted death spiral is one of those "stop, get me off this ride" realizations
December 3, 2025 at 11:24 PM
fukuyama predicted this
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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I want to make a movie where Santa has claws and he uses his claws to claw things and santa's claws allow him to save the world with his santa claws, I would call this movie "crab santa"
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I want to make a movie where Santa has claws and he uses his claws to claw things and santa's claws allow him to save the world with his santa claws, I would call this movie "crab santa"
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Jace, the Living Guildpact energy
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Jace, the Living Guildpact energy
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If you happen to be looking for an alternative audiobook listening platform, there are many out there, including us at Libro.fm 👋
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
December 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you happen to be looking for an alternative audiobook listening platform, there are many out there, including us at Libro.fm 👋
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
We aim to build community in many ways, including by supporting independent bookshops with every purchase you make—versus tearing communities apart.
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It was way too difficult to find a well-reviewed gooseneck kettle that does not have a goddamned internet connection and an app. It’s a kettle. It does not need an app. This is hell we’re in hell.
December 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
It was way too difficult to find a well-reviewed gooseneck kettle that does not have a goddamned internet connection and an app. It’s a kettle. It does not need an app. This is hell we’re in hell.
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took a break from this one at just the right time to feel vaguely satisfied so. possibly a WIP? cat dad :-)
December 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
took a break from this one at just the right time to feel vaguely satisfied so. possibly a WIP? cat dad :-)