Author of DROWNING PRACTICE, FAT MAN AND LITTLE BOY, and a story about a fake videogame. Host of @librarypizza.bsky.social, librarypizza.com.https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml7zmv4njs2xThe bike is fixed again and I am glad07 May 2026 01:06 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7zmv4njs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml7xp5asjc2xWe love to see it [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 00:32 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7xp5asjc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml7wlneyn22xI yelped [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 May 2026 00:12 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7wlneyn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml7bi5g2n22cMan this is such a bad understanding of what these trainings are and what they're for it's hard to know where to begin. You *don't* necessarily know who the problem people are, because people are not necessarily filling you in, because (among other things) they may know you think like this! [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 17:54 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml7bi5g2n22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml6wglrzcs22Genuine question: We know our tech overlords love to build the Torment Nexus. What are some examples of building The Replicator from Star Trek instead? In other words, how does the history of developing altruistic technologies from SF compare to the history of developing evil cyberpunk tech?06 May 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6wglrzcs22https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml6s7tqj6k22The idea they need to talk to me even more like I'm an idiot is bizarre to me, but I have to concede that I am not the median voter [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6s7tqj6k22https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml6rygnups22I wonder if this stuff hasn't driven me insane quite yet because I assume everything is my fault. I'm a voting adult. Politicians doing something bad? That is, to an extent, on me. The kids are not all right? Well, yes they are, but to the extent they aren't: guess who's old enough to be their dad. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6rygnups22https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml5kzmjjcs22Same [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 May 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml5kzmjjcs22https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml57mctmyc22Who are some fun follows on here I would like to read more fun posts about art and stuff05 May 2026 22:16 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml57mctmyc22https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml4wlzong22205 May 2026 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4wlzong222https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml4rel4ens22A thing about being bullied is it causes people to crash out, because bullying is a humiliation ritual that establishes a person as outside the true community and unworthy of the community's protection. Then the crash out is offered as evidence the bullied person wants or deserves "the attention."05 May 2026 18:01 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4rel4ens22https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml4qlhaeos22A fun fact about me is that I don't have any "enemies" on this app and there is no one here I feel a need to attack, troll, or even criticize at length. If you were wondering whether it's normal to have enemies on here and be in poasting wars: it isn't! Even if your discord friends say it is.05 May 2026 17:47 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4qlhaeos22https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml4aphec5222I continue to chip away at my little Twine / Ink / parser interactive fiction engine, which will I think be pretty slick once I implement and test a hundred more features and completely overhaul the UI, which currently combines sixteen versions of various approaches.05 May 2026 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4aphec5222https://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml3evoamfs2cIs it an established Twin Peaks S3 theory that each character is in their own parallel universe that overlaps imperfectly with all of the other characters' parallel universe, and sometimes not at all05 May 2026 04:45 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml3evoamfs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml333uuu2k2cThe ambient level of rage here these days does not make the posting thumbs itch I will admit05 May 2026 01:49 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml333uuu2k2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3ml2dr3n7ls2cOh I missed this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 18:52 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2dr3n7ls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3mkyeuzbhx22cHey remember when that thing happened at that one dinner about a week ago. Remember when I said that at this point if you're predicting that one of these will be the pretext for an authoritarian crackdown, at this point you're just rooting for authoritarianism. Notice that the crackdown never came.04 May 2026 00:07 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkyeuzbhx22chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3mkya6yqlpk2cBike's rear tire was annihilated on my way home today. Had just gotten the dang thing fixed. Dang it, man. Dang03 May 2026 22:43 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkya6yqlpk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3mky65u3tzk2cMy latest vibescession theory is that before Trump 2 it's about a mix of outrage about prices and inflation, the immiserating effects of everyone being online, and the increasing desperation to return to a pre-COVID feeling that never existed and becomes still less achievable the more we freak out.03 May 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mky65u3tzk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3mkxzbwj7yk2eI've gotten to the point where I'm kind of curious whether gmail intentionally consistently surfaces the single most humiliating email in the preview of my promotions tab. It's been pushing the same one for a couple days now and I really, really need people not to see that particular bit of spam.03 May 2026 20:39 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxzbwj7yk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mikemeginnis.bsky.social/post/3mkxwwb7muc2ebeen a while since I did a "went to the gym" post, so now to indulge: went to the gym03 May 2026 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:x5ht46jp3q2xb7xbuw4cychj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkxwwb7muc2e