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techstepper.bsky.social
cloud engineer, reader, parent. black. he/they. disaster bi. kinky. curmudgeon. philly. into synths, fountain pens, opera, economic history, film, metal, knitting, ham radio, watches, math, retrocomputing. absolutely boring. discord: techstepper
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Given how many kids were breakdancing to “Beat Box” and “Close (to the Edit)”, and “Moments in Love” being a Quiet Storm staple, I could kinda see how this could happen. Still hilarious af though.

I've retitled the thing I'm working on, gotten a book cover (thanks to @benjanun.bsky.social!!!), and it's now getting published to THREE different places! www.royalroad.com/fiction/1152... archiveofourown.org/works/65171134 www.scribblehub.com/series/15646... It is queer and anti-colonialist af!

Took a bit of a break from bluesky, news, and other things that were causing me to spiral. Now making tentative steps back.

I would have a shot of this, even after knowing the smell of blown capacitors.

I didn’t think I’d be this gutted by him dying. But his movies are at turns nightmarish and compassionate, surreal and visceral, fever dreams that can also be comfort watching.

I would love to do this if given the chance. I just don’t think I will ever have that level of fame to do so.

Ten artists to get to know me: Genesis Talk Talk Richard Thompson Tropical Fuck Storm DOOM DJ Rashad Anna Meredith Scott Walker Silkworm Game Theory

As much as I’m all about descriptive linguistics, this just makes me want to stare in the middle distance, take a pull from a bottle of Malört, and realize this isn’t even in the top 10 absurd things I’ve seen today.

In the 80s, I went to an elementary school that attempted to answer the question: “suppose we taught inner city kids via Socratic method and taught the Great Books?” complete with Mortimer Adler’s involvement. I suspect as fifth graders we engaged with the material deeper than the 4chan crowd.