BK Ryer

Fri, 14 Aug 2026 19:37:51 -0700

It turns out the Bourne Identity is actually a romance.

I hadn’t noticed all these years. Hmm.

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Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:07:46 -0700

I always forget about Chicago—not the operating system, and not the movie musical, but the city itself. I just forget that it’s there. It’s a wonderful city I’m sure, and they are doing MLS proud, but I just don’t have many threads running to or from it.

Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:52:14 -0700

The reason God is such a great audience is because God gets everybody’s references, sort of by definition, right?

Sat, 08 Aug 2026 16:13:05 -0700

I don’t particularly care for players who think they are refs, nor refs who allow themselves to be conned by those players. ⚽️

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 17:08:43 -0700

You know why it feels so hard to move mountains?

Because you are the mountain.

Mon, 20 Jul 2026 09:51:05 -0700

Here is an idea for a new word:

Pseudofaux —

(adjective): genuinely real but deliberately styled to read as artificial.

(noun): a work or object whose apparent fakeness conceals its authenticity

Teleprompters Delight

Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:42:26 -0700

Kalshi, and its ilk, could be in part, and I stress could be and in part, an operation to surface national security threats. Those that would expose national security information through digital trails archiving actions taken during their journey of greed and betrayal.

Because the business looks doomed to eat itself.

“Don’no win so much, okay? Take it easy.” They back and forth over cannelloni and Abruzzo with the slicked back racial stereotypes— “Yeah, and all that shit.”

But to those living sub-meta, maybe the thrill is just too much. ”I know and I win because I know and I win…” Oh dear, disaster nears.

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 20:14:23 -0700

”So when they say ‘..aggregating the local fecalities…‘ I should hear—“ ”Picking up dog crap, yep that’s right."

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:48:03 -0700

All right England! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:42:19 -0700

Color reproduction of the rare Japanese Fighting Nail , 1987 by Mǎdup Ubodit

Thu, 09 Jul 2026 21:19:44 -0700

Just watched Moonfall and it really looks like a movie.

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:48:41 -0700

Someone could come at me today and say “Hey grandpa, what happened? Did you lose a hair gel fight?” and I would simply have to nod in assent.

Sun, 05 Jul 2026 18:02:55 -0700

But he brought his head down to the guys boot! Ach. Mexico vs England #WorldCup #WC2026 🇲🇽🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Mon, 22 Jun 2026 18:43:52 -0700

At the core of my politics is the memory of my mother’s vocal indignation when a contestant on a game show got what she thought was a bad break.

Sun, 21 Jun 2026 20:32:46 -0700

7-11 recently devalued its currency. A Big Bite was 50% cheaper just a few days ago. Where is the financial reporting on this…? 😜

Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:25:32 -0700

“Somehow we got sucked into the game…” — So many characters in so many movies

Prepare for the Unexpected

Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:45:20 -0700

“Prepare for the unexpected!” they say.

This is another example of the kind of the thing done with language all the time, an utterance that doesn’t make any sense at all, but which, perhaps lamentably, everyone understands.

When we prepare for the unexpected, whatever the unexpected was before we started preparing for it is, now, of course, expected. We can only prepare for the expected.

Preparing for the unexpected is a chimera, but an interesting one because it hints at the critical distinction between training and education, between problem solving and thinking.

Natural Intelligence

Tue, 19 May 2026 18:23:43 -0700

I sometimes entertain the idea that I might “just” be AI of some sort, which is unnerving in the same way that “it is only a simulation” theories are. Sometimes I imagine the AI CEOs are themselves AI. This is not too much of a stretch considering the unnaturally high levels of obtuse awkwardness exhibited by Zuck, Elon, Altman, the whole lot really, when interacting with regular humans with only natural intelligence.

Tue, 12 May 2026 21:34:51 -0700

Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:18:24 -0700

Somehow there should be a steerable kite sliding through all of that blue.

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:37:55 -0700

Wait though—what if life is already giving you lemonade?

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 21:42:29 -0700

Ruse rhymes with “views” not “loose”.

No Parking, Some Exclusions

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 13:07:46 -0700

It is easier for people to simply obey the rules rather than understand the intent expressed by the rule’s existence. More difficult still is to understand the need for the rules in the first place.

I’m using “rules” here to stand in for a rather wide category of artifacts: instructions, methods, algorithms, legal structures, moral guidelines, etc.

People have a need for rules, in order to account for the past and (re)design the future.

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:26:48 -0700

I abandon more projects before 6am than most people start in a week! #grindcultureprocrastinators

Sat, 28 Mar 2026 15:50:16 -0700

Fresh Pinks and Purples

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The cacti have been budding lately. Ah, spring.