Bent Chinrest

Jack of all Dungeons, Master of None
Parks, RPGs, bicycles
Glass isn't cut, it is broken
Stronger technical skills than creative talents

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2026-08-12 11:37:28 UTC

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This essay hits something way too palpable in my physical surroundings
I've been increasingly convinced I owe an apology to the spirit of Asimov's "Multivac" stories, which I naively read to be about the machine and not the people enacting (thus furthering) its conclusions

2026-06-30 11:03:06 UTC

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and there's more!
Sure, you know about "Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI" and "Enshittification" - but there's also "The Internet Con" and "Chokepoint Capitalism" (co-authored with Rebecca Giblin) for the non-fiction, as well as a flurry of important fiction

2026-06-20 21:08:32 UTC

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and don't snooze on this absolute banger:
https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brian-merchant/blood-in-the-machine/9780316487740/?lens=little-brown

2026-01-18 16:06:37 UTC

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I love this
please please please tell me it's #CreativeCommons licensed (or, better, public domain)

2025-11-07 14:52:56 UTC

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oh wow, what an A-hole
And am I seeing that seemingly-murderous hand gesture at 8:08 correctly?

2025-11-05 03:42:46 UTC

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the federal government is currently shut down because Democrats are fighting Republican cuts to individual healthcare subsidies for Americans. That's gotta count for something

2025-08-25 15:48:46 UTC

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I had 10 emails the moment the project unlocked!
Also not a complaint, because I'm proud to support authors and artists delivering on their own terms!

2025-08-06 17:07:42 UTC

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I'm always fairly curious about who is included in that "university administrators" label, because there are loads of essential, professional workers on university campuses who never see the the inside of a classroom

2025-06-10 17:34:06 UTC

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Cory is, indeed, rather skilled at "diagnosing the present"