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I was stuck in a room with my thoughts for an unknowable period of time. Nobody should have let that happen. ajheller.substack.com/p/conversation…

I turned 47. The internet had thoughts about what that meant. This is my formal complaint. open.substack.com/pub/ajheller/p…

An essay about modern isolation, written from inside my house, where I am absolutely fine. There’s also a van with a wizard on it. open.substack.com/pub/ajheller/p…

Honestly, the most unrealistic thing in five seasons of Stranger Things is that there's only one "Mike" or "Steve" in that friend group.

This started as a small thought about AI. It didn't stay that way. ajheller.substack.com/p/a-heart-buil…

I tried minding my own business about the Christmas music. It did not reciprocate. open.substack.com/pub/ajheller/p…

My issue with AI is that the computer is genuinely stupid

Hey, I'm on Substack now, too. Because it's 2025 and... uh... I guess you kind of have to be? I'll be attempting my usual nonsense on a monthly basis (maybe more, depending on how stupid things get). ajheller.substack.com

Woah. It's been a minute. justwestofhell.blog/2025/11/29/a-b…

Is this thing still here? Like, all the light-hearted content I used to see has either vanished or been replaced with existential dread. Is... is the world okay?

Podcast Ep. #218 - Tech And Online Culture With @TaylorLorenz is a journalist and opinion columnist who covers a wide range of the current tech and online culture. Starting out as a blogger, then hopping onto mainstream media like The Washington Post or The New York Times, she is now back as a freelance journalist yet again, offering her expertise with her independent @UserMagazine publication and her #PowerUser #podcast. The interview starts at minute 40:06 into the podcast: scene.world/taylorlorenz #TaylorLorenz #OnlineCulture #Technology #blogger

This is yet another good example of why men are too emotional to be in leadership.

Over £20,000 raised on the #Kickstarter for my new book #C64Dreams in association with @Retro_Fusion - back before the 8th of May! kickstarter.com/projects/zzap6…

if i see a trailer for a game and i, for whatever reason, don’t like it, i simply do not play that game

God that's so many fascists

@greggeorge747 @FloppyDeepDive Port one interferes with the keyboard (they share registers, so there are directions tied to keys and whatnot), so if you want to use both a joystick and keyboard it's generally easier to just use port two.

@FloppyDeepDive Why Joystick Port 2? I don't get why developers didn't make J1 the port for all games...

In my 40 years of using the C64, I have never seen this warning that comes with Jumpman. If you have any problems playing Jumpman, you need to warm up your C64 for 2 to 20 minutes. Has anyone ever heard this one before? Since this is my show and tell, I figured I would get Robin’s thoughts. @8BitShowAndTell Was this common with early games? Does anyone know any other games that offered this warning? #c64reposts #c64 #commodore64 #jumpman #epyx

why stop at Fauci? they need to investigate whoever his boss was in 2020

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Oh no!!! The MAGATs are calling me a slut!!! 𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘭 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰 𝘧𝘶𝘤𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘢. 😈

Hey! There's a couple of days remaining to back @merman1974's book, Commodore Nightmares, on @Kickstarter! Andrew's an absolute UNIT when it comes to retro computing and writing, and I can guarantee this is going to be an amazing book! kickstarter.com/projects/zzap6…

Check out Commodore Nightmares on @Kickstarter - my new book with @Retro_Fusion #C64Nightmares #retrogaming #c64 kickstarter.com/projects/zzap6…