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Here are microblog posts that I published recently:

• Look, I’m biased, but it feels like a self-own for a “school picture day” flyer to use an AI-generated approximation of a school picture instead of an actual photograph?

• me: “hey, kiddo, can you plug your headphones into your Switch?” kiddo: “ugh, fine, I guess SOME people don’t want to hear the melodious sound of going through portals” me: “…” kiddo: begins humming Portal theme song louder than the sound effects were coming through her Switch

Here are news articles and podcasts I commented on recently:

• 🔗 linkblog: Trump Claims He Was Falling Man

• 🔗 linkblog: McClatchy guts Lexington Herald-Leader newsroom, among nationwide layoffs

• 🔗 linkblog: Pluralistic: But do you use keyboard shortcuts? (14 Sep 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Here are my reviews of books and other media I consumed recently:

• 🍿 movieblog: Judgment Day (❤️❤️❤️🖤🖤)

• 📺 tvblog: Severance Season 2 (❤️❤️❤️❤️🖤)

• 🍿 movieblog: Across the Spider-Verse (❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️)

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Spencer