commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "The Kuba Problem, and Other Stuff and Things" A couple of posts ago, when I was talking about all the ways Bluesky has been disappointing, and sorta kinda enshitifying itself, despite claims of being bulletproof in regard to … being enshitified, ...

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The Kuba Problem, and Other Stuff and Things | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

A couple of posts ago, when I was talking about all the ways Bluesky has been disappointing, and sorta kinda enshitifying itself, despite claims of...

#blog #writing #thoughts #bluesky

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "Spotify is Adding DMs, Still Doesn't Pay Artists" While I patiently wait for Distrokid to give me (and other artists) the ability to remove our music specifically from Spotify, I'm forced to watch as the dunces behind Spotify make wrong move after wr...

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Spotify is Adding DMs, Still Doesn

While I patiently wait for Distrokid to give me (and other artists) the ability to remove our music specifically from Spotify, I

#blog #writing #social-media #music #apps

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "A Protocol, in the Works" https://mkultra.monster/thoughts/2024/04/11/a-protocol-in-the-works/ #blog #writing

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "Hot Allostatic Load, a Rebuttal" The funny thing about the article written ten years ago by Porpentine, aside from it being incredibly long, is that despite it’s message, the only people who ever reference it, are the types of people...

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Hot Allostatic Load, a Rebuttal | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

The funny thing about the article written ten years ago by Porpentine, aside from it being incredibly long, is that despite it’s message, the onl...

#blog #writing #thoughts #transcommunity #hotallostaticload

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "The Decentralization LARP: Why Your Favorite 'Federated' App is Just Web2 in a Fake Mustache"

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The Decentralization LARP: Why Your Favorite

Bluesky is just an HOA where they let you choose your front door color while they own the pavement. Crypto is shareholder capitalism with worse UI....

#blog #writing #decentralization #bluesky #activitypub

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "The Gates are Closing: Why Mastodon’s Flagship Instances are Hiding Their Timelines" While checking my **Discover the Fediverse** (DiscoverFedi) app to ensure everything was running smoothly, I noticed something significant. At some point in the last couple of months—perhaps even long... https://mkultra.monster/socialmedia/2026/02/10/mastodon-gone-invisible/ #blog #writing #mastodon #fediverse #discoverfedi

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "The Death of Connection: From 2010 Era Dating to Modern Humans as 'Content'" You probably didn’t even know that there *was* a dating scene in Second Life. At least, it’s never been as prominent as it is now, thanks to a developer releasing the “Thundr” dating app. I believe I’... https://mkultra.monster/dating/2026/02/10/humans-as-content/ #blog #writing #secondlife #dating #culture

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "ERASERHEAD: Almost Fifty Years Late?" We all know that David Lynch passed away a little over a year ago (at the time of writing this post), and it was a sad day. We’ll probably never see anything else quite like what he gave to the world....

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ERASERHEAD: Almost Fifty Years Late? | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

We all know that David Lynch passed away a little over a year ago (at the time of writing this post), and it was a sad day. We’ll probably never ...

#blog #writing #movies #eraserhead #lynch

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "Go Back! To The Social" I've been mulling some things over, thinking about how I *like* Akkoma, but *don't* really like how there's multiple points of contact I have to check in order to keep things up-to-date. Plus, updatin... https://mkultra.monster//2026/01/21/go-back-to-the-social/ #blog #writing #fediverse #socialmedia #gts

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "As Google Increases Predatory Practices, Should You Switch to Peertube?"

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As Google Increases Predatory Practices, Should You Switch to Peertube? | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

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#blog #writing

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "I Experimented On Myself With Ai" So, for a little bit I've been sort of in an in-between state. Trying to figure out what I want to do, what I want my presence on the Fediverse to be, what I want to do with my website. I think I've c... https://mkultra.monster/ai/2026/01/18/i-experimented-on-myself-with-ai/ #blog #writing #ai #tech

commander_nova 1 month ago

📝 New blog post: "i'm Tired Of People Pretending To Hate Super Mario Bros (1993)" I get it. You want Super Mario Brothers in its on-screen form to be identical to the games. You want to see a spaghetti eating pudgy guy in a red suit running through a CGI world of turtles and dinosa...

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I

I get it. You want Super Mario Brothers in its on-screen form to be identical to the games. You want to see a spaghetti eating pudgy guy in a red s...

#blog #writing #movies #media #gaming

commander_nova 2 months ago

📝 New blog post: "Onward To Cosmic, And Then Back To Gnome!" It's been a couple of years since I upgraded from a soon-to-be out of support Windows PC, to a System76 Pop!_OS PC, and it's been *pretty great* ever since. I've been ... aware of System76's updated "...

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Onward To Cosmic, And Then Back To Gnome! | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

It

#blog #writing #tech #linux

commander_nova 2 months ago

📝 New blog post: "404 Not Found" I spend a lot of time *thinking* about what I want to write. I have a couple of books I'm working on, sure. But it's the blog writing I like to be 100% consistent with, and yet ... I'm not. It's not t... https://mkultra.monster//2026/01/05/404-not-found/ #blog #writing #thoughts

commander_nova 2 months ago

📝 New blog post: "Dusk Incarnate is Rising from the Grave (And She’s Meaner Than Ever)" A couple of weeks ago, on one of those quiet December nights when the year is wheezing out its last breath, I opened a folder on my PC I hadn’t touched since 2017 (that’s traveled hdd transfer to hdd ...

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Dusk Incarnate is Rising from the Grave (And She’s Meaner Than Ever) | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

A couple of weeks ago, on one of those quiet December nights when the year is wheezing out its last breath, I opened a folder on my PC I hadn’t t...

#blog #writing #fiction #writing #vampires

commander_nova 2 months ago

📝 New blog post: "She Bleeds Subspace: Meeting the Astraea" I’ve been carrying this sci-fi world in my head for years now—quietly mapping it, loving it, letting it grow. Writing a whole book feels like wrestling a leviathan, and yeah, sometimes I wonder, “Does...

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She Bleeds Subspace: Meeting the Astraea | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

I’ve been carrying this sci-fi world in my head for years now—quietly mapping it, loving it, letting it grow. Writing a whole book feels like w...

#blog #writing #fiction #writing #scifi

commander_nova 2 months ago

📝 New blog post: "My Return to Writing Fiction" Returning to writing, and I mean, in fiction, is something I’ve been struggling with for quite some time. It’s not that I struggle to think up worlds, and characters, and scenarios. No, that’s all in ...

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My Return to Writing Fiction | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

Returning to writing, and I mean, in fiction, is something I’ve been struggling with for quite some time. It’s not that I struggle to think up ...

#blog #writing #writing #fiction #scifi

commander_nova 3 months ago

📝 New blog post: "This is Me, Wrapped, for 2025" It’s the end of the year, and I’ve done a lot! Of course, I *also* had a list of things I wanted to do in my Apple Notes, and uh … I actually don’t think I did even one of them. Seems, “Get more serio...

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This is Me, Wrapped, for 2025 | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

It’s the end of the year, and I’ve done a lot! Of course, I also had a list of things I wanted to do in my Apple Notes, and uh … I actually d...

#blog #writing #thoughts #updates #wrapped

commander_nova 3 months ago

📝 New blog post: "I Bought and Played the Banned Horror Game: Horses" It’s not very often we see games get banned from the likes of Steam, or even Epic Games Store. Heck, Steam is well-known for hosting some of the most depraved content you’ll ever see from a game vendo...

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I Bought and Played the Banned Horror Game: Horses | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

It’s not very often we see games get banned from the likes of Steam, or even Epic Games Store. Heck, Steam is well-known for hosting some of the ...

#blog #writing #gaming #steam #banned

commander_nova 3 months ago

📝 New blog post: "My Bad Habits Threaten to Catch-Up with Me" Since I was seventeen, I’ve been a smoker. I should warn you, this whole post is about nicotine, smoking, and addiction, and if that’s something you don’t want to read about, click away. But, I smoked...

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My Bad Habits Threaten to Catch-Up with Me | cmdr-nova@internet:~$

Since I was seventeen, I’ve been a smoker. I should warn you, this whole post is about nicotine, smoking, and addiction, and if that’s somethin...

#blog #writing #thoughts #life #vaping