Alec Hipshear

Software and my dogs and left-ish stuff. Formerly PayPal, Braintree, NDU, etc.

[Matt Colville? @mattcolville]

There's a bit in Dan Olson's new video about how SF is not intended to be predictive. And he says, "The things science fiction writers invent do not have to actually work."

This is not something you would have to explain to a culture that had a healthy relationship with art.

[We're just normal men @wejustnormalmen]

We’re just normal men

[DnD_Shorts @DnD_Shorts]

New leak: Turns out the reason why @Wizards responses are tone deaf and insulting to the community is due to WotCs internal process, ignoring and threatening own staff while retreating to legal.

"People are afraid of speaking out because they fear losing their jobs " #opendnd

[BODEGA PEPTIDES @bigsnugga]

twitter was cool cause it was the only place online where u could @ a head of state or a billionaire and tell them to eat a dick and there was a high chance they'd read it

[Cain Maddox @ctrlshifti]

every time musk fires a twitter engineer for calling out his bs, the general response is "sad, but you shouldn't call out your boss in public". why? why is it assumed that people in power can say or do whatever tf they want without even being called out for it. serf mentality

[Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer]

Your Senate Democratic Majority!

[Connor Ratliff 🎭 @connorratliff]

Didn't take long for Mr. "I LOVE COMEDY" to turn into the fucking Vice Principal

[Alec Hipshear @xionon]

@arkmashton Somehow, Fail Whale returned.

[Forrest Brazeal @forrestbrazeal]

new little song:

"The Re-Org Rag (I'm My Own VP)"

[Alec Hipshear @xionon]

@arkmashton The motion control is the coolest part tho

[Krakoa Welcomes🌺 @KrakoaWelcomes]

Lizzo has played the Sea Horn

[soul nate @MNateShyamalan]

the founding fathers would be rolling over if they knew what lizzo did with that old flute. imagine telling ben franklin what twerking is. he’d be like “i’m down for that freak shit”

[Alec Hipshear @xionon]

@arkmashton @davidcrespo bad joke 🙁

"if you look you can find people who are mad"

they probably don't have to look hard: their algo shows different tweets than ours

the joke: internalizing that others experience a different algorithm is like internalizing that others experience a different mind

[Alec Hipshear @xionon]

@arkmashton It’s not too late

[Alec Hipshear @xionon]

If LA County were carved out of California and made into a separate state, it would be the 11th largest state by population (between Michigan and New Jersey)… and California would still (barely) be the largest state by population

[Virago X is done with all of this @ViragoX]

Hans Christian Andersen wrote The Little Mermaid in 1837. It's not "a folk tale" or a myth. Her skin is described as translucent green. Her hair color is never mentioned. She is in constant agony with every step she takes, the prince treats her like a pet, then marries another.

[Neil Gaiman @neilhimself]

Tolkien didn't say "The Harfoots spent longer in the sun than any of the other hobbits and were a lot more tanned". He said they were "browner of skin".

[Alec Hipshear @xionon]

Had been looking forward to finding out the backstory of Elronds fivehead but APPARENTLY they skipped right over it