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A few years back, I ran a Mothership game that I thought would make a good tale. So here’s me writing the damn thing. Dr. Carol Chee wasn’t part of our game, but she’s now the protagonist of my scifi survival horror story, and it’s a delight getting to know her. She’s just woken from what she thinks is a...

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@josephaleo.bsky.social I’ve been avoiding reviews because I want to go in knowing nothing and just experience it. But as I said, I’m not barely seeing any good or bad takes about it on my feeds.

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@bitdepth It takes a lot to get me in the theater these days. I saw Close Encounters with my grandma back in the day, so I might see Disclosure Day out of sentimentality.

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@jthingelstad Intrigued. What are you trying to accomplish?

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Not hearing much about Disclosure Day in my feeds. Not a good sign.

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Truelife Cyberpunk: josephaleo.com

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Won my first against AI in a game of Go.

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The Future of Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, and Civilization to 2126: josephaleo.com

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Deep Research Brief: AI, Robotics, and Civilization 100 Years From Now: josephaleo.com

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Finished reading: I Am Not a Robot: My Year Using AI to Do (Almost) Everything by Joanna Stern 📚

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@josephaleo.bsky.social Good to have you back!

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I finished reading: Spiritual Enlightenment:: The Damnedest Thing by Jed McKenna 📚

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Nori and sardines. Not bad.

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Last night I learned to use a lower heat when using my moka pot when making espresso. I tried it out this morning and it made all the difference.

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@fromjason this has been going on for the last few years and comes and goes.

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Finished reading: The Kaiju Film by Jason Barr 📚

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Fasting one day a week for the next month to see how it goes. Today has been going well, only a touch peckish. Looking forward to a bowl of ramen this evening. 🍜

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@ner3y When I left Evernote I moved all my notes out to Obsidian and Notes and then nukes my account. If I go back to Evernote I’d have to start from scratch. I made my bed.

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@cheesemaker I have an orange Visor on my shelf. I don’t think I’ve used it in 20 years. Read my first ebook on that device.

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@ner3y I cancelled my Evernote account a few years back and regret it.

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@tttlllrrr.bsky.social DJ George Costanza? Love it.

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@josephaleo.bsky.social Thanks. Very kind of you. I’m a fan of Momofuku’s instant ramen, but after your rave review, I had to try these.

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@tkoola The Avatar Water movie was such a snooze that I spectacle alone won’t get me to the theaters to see Avatar Fire.

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Finished reading: Oklahoma City by Andrew Gumbel 📚

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Bravo.

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@JohnPhilpin @kaa I have IA Writer and would love to use it instead of paying Ulysses subscription fee, but Ulysses is my writing app of choice. Drafts comes in second.

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@fromjason I see a lot of that on Reddit.

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Bummed that Las Cuatro Milpas and Buona Forchetta have closed. Fond memories of both places.

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Let the Yuletide ring with my Winter Wonderland mix. Enjoy!

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Finished reading: On the Suffering of the World by Arthur Schopenhauer 📚

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@pcora I want to use Net News Wire for privacy, but Feedly has the best UI I’ve come across, and I’ve tried a lot of RSS readers.

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@Munish I know Day One has a lot of bells and whistles, but I just use it to journal and add a photo or two. I haven’t looked at Apple’s Journal app in a while.

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Read this in a Recommendo newsletter:

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I’m one of those people who loves to look up the menu before arriving at a restaurant, but I often get confused by menus full of complex food jargon. Now, I use AI to translate them for me. My go-to prompt: “Translate this menu into simple, everyday language and describe the taste and flavors of each dish.” This has even helped me become more adventurous and order dishes I’d normally avoid.

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The tradition of Thanksgiving fireworks in my neighborhood continues.

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Finished reading: A Brief History of Seventh-Day Adventists by George R. Knight 📚

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Creepy Still Creeps Me Out: josephaleo.micro.blog

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@iChris what’s Transistor?

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@tttlllrrr.bsky.social I’m outraged at whatever post you deleted.

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@hawaiiboy I’ve has disappointing experiences with both Apple and Google Maps, but overall they’re solid. I just happen to prefer Apple Maps.

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@amerpie I’m considering dropping my music streaming service an going back to all the CDs I have that are collecting dust. Been listening to Samhain lately, which isn’t available anywhere else.

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@Gentry @mroutley I’ve been using Overcast since it was first released. Even with recent problems, I prefer it to all other podcast apps.

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@josephaleo.bsky.social Books I’m focused on at the moment:

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Against Civilization edited by John Zerzan

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Geek Love by Katherine Dunn

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Oklahoma City by Andrew Gumbel

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Step Right Up: The Adventure of Circus in America by Lavahn G. Hoh and William Rough

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The Big Book of Cyberpunk, edited by Jared Shurin

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@josephaleo.bsky.social As a Sim City player from back in the day, that sounds pretty interesting. Let me know what you think when you’ve finished reading it.

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@josephaleo.bsky.social I’m not familiar with The Power Broker. What’s it about?

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Jerusalem is Moore’s Ulysses, Finnegan’s Wake and then some. Glad I read it, and glad I finished it.

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@JoeHoffman I admit that writing reviews of H. P. Lovecraft’s stories in the dread master’s style has been great fun. Still, come next year, I’ll switch up my tradition and read a story a day by Thomas Ligotti or Laird Barron.

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@bloftin2 @garyonline I recently locked up a Kobo because I soured on Amazon restricting downloading ebooks to your devices. Nice thing about the Kobo, no adds on the lock screen.

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