i write stuff, sometimes it's good / unimportantbird.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3muzbpqe2nk2oDoing some old-fashioned link blogging https://unimportantbird.com/posts/2026/09/08/post-holiday-links/08 Sep 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3muzbpqe2nk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mscjbzsdxk26I’m playing Shadow of the Colossus and feeling bad about it. I keeping saying “sorry buddy” out loud every time I kill a colossus05 Aug 2026 02:48 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mscjbzsdxk26https://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mrsmdytqz227In the spirit of transparency, I want to share a statement about the role of AI in my writing process: I would rather cave in my face with a brick than use it29 Jul 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrsmdytqz227https://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mrngrffho22fI say this as someone who has been way less hot on Nolan's film than a lot of people I know but: That review from Emily Wilson is genuinely awful. We're talking a step or two away from cinema sins level criticism here27 Jul 2026 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrngrffho22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mrlo2qlqlk2rthinking about how much time alfred must spend scraping guano off the batmobile27 Jul 2026 00:43 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrlo2qlqlk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mrbqpfklrc2fI'm hesitant to declare that an individual text I'm predisposed to hate signals the downfall of civilization (cause that feels like right-wing nonsense most of the time) but Angry Birds 3 starring MrBeast sure seems like it could only be the product of a dying empire23 Jul 2026 02:03 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbqpfklrc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mr3fydl2ws26Solrad kindly let me ramble at length about truth and fiction in the context of Joe Sacco's latest book. give it a read! [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jul 2026 13:35 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3fydl2ws26https://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mqxy2wqhms2xthe odyssey was a genuine spectacle. but i was left wondering: if you took away Nolan's budget and IMAX and gave him a shitty camera, could he still make a good movie?19 Jul 2026 04:48 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqxy2wqhms2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mqupdq733224driving three hours to see the odyssey in 70mm is simultaneously the most film bro coded thing I've ever done and also so mild compared to some of the travel itineraries I've heard about17 Jul 2026 21:34 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqupdq733224https://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mqukpt2xgs22the Aeneid produced by the Asylum [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Jul 2026 20:12 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqukpt2xgs22https://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mqpvqutw222tLooks like Scalawag magazine got duped into publishing something from a pretty well-known AI scammer. I'm glad they quickly unpublished it. But the editors seemingly didn't do a single google search to check on this new contributor's credentials?15 Jul 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqpvqutw222thttps://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mqczz4r3n223I don't care how often I see this, I'm still not going to buy the panopticon shades10 Jul 2026 20:57 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqczz4r3n223https://bsky.app/profile/tynan.unimportantbird.com/post/3mqaak5wwfc2rNo reason gay Jesus couldn't also be shredded. People forget that he rolled that boulder away from the entrance to his tomb all by himself [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jul 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:uimkl3f6xxsg6rsofyyk4c2w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqaak5wwfc2r