Ryan Melsom

thinking about stealing fire from the gods. a hot take

Hang on, the Copilot ad is real?

Mama! OooOoooOooOooooo!

How can I like Weezer so much as a vibe, but so little as an actual band?

I was a clay pigeon puller for one session (1-2hrs), until several very bad calls made it clear I needed corrective lenses.

Is it possible to endure Under the Volcano one more time?

Ramones interviewed by Laurie Brown on Muchmusic in 1987: "People are unsettled." youtu.be/V8JInk2Tu3U?...

Thinking of writing an insane rococo-inspired cyberpunk trillioniare.

Ya, I'm calling you from the future, and it is geometric. To. The. Max.

I'm okay with this.

Any company that participates in shrinkflation should be legally obligated to add a label like "Now with less for the same price!"

Sorry, I'm confused. Is there a different way to sing?

Regarding the hullabaloo on Carney today, can I just say I'd be really scared to have a Prime Minister (ever) who hadn't studied the risk of US Invasion? The thought is an absolute nightmare, but it would be foolish not to be think through it as a possibility. www.politico.com/news/2026/09...

Had to look up the word "mendacious" today. Any guess what the context was?

Spent a chunk of the weekend in the "You can only get anywhere by car" part of town, and I am so, so grateful for my walkable neighbourhood.

Type of guy who only types "lol" when he actually laughs out loud.

This weekend was all about Dungeon Crawler Carl, and this makes me very happy. #Booksky

Going to Japan next year. 🇯🇵✈️ What is the most futuristic thing I can see? What's the most uniquely Japanese thing I can see? Recommendations welcome!

Toss up between King's Quest and Simcity for me. These two solidified my love of single-player PC games, which is still going strong ~40 years on.

Nominating Hey by the Pixies as Gnostic canon.

Anti-banana republic.

I am an associate European, and this makes me very happy.

What it's all about.

Haha alt author photo. Excellent hair. Eyes too shadowy.

You are almost there.

I spent a few hours goofing around searching for old sci-fi novels and Nintendo games this weekend at the Stittsville Flea Market. They're closing down at the end of September and I'm sad because places like this are disappearing. Truly "one person's trash is another's treasure."

That's a nifty number!

It's so cold outside, but I refuse to stop enjoying my evenings until they will literally freeze the blood in my veins.

Is it pronounced "clode" or "clawed"?

Just encountered this as a description of Cyberpunk advertising: "cheerful, frictionless, aspirational copy sitting directly on top of something ontologically horrifying"

Imma pet so many dogs in GTA VI in three years when it comes out for pc.

Just installed LibreOffice and it looks good! It's lean, focused, and seems highly functional. The dream is to replace Word, which had gotten less and less functional over time.

Bluesky is creaking again.

The Creaking Oak... 🌳🏰👿😇⚔🌏🔥 Coming Late 2027/Early 2028

When I was raising toddlers, I came to recognize the critical importance of not engaging when one was throwing a tantrum.

Lake I Don't Care

I don't think AI is nearly as dangerous as the psychopaths wielding it to extract capital from everyone and everything.

[Exit Queen.]

I have no love for Doug Ford except when he talks smack to Trump.

I try to live in the moment and all that, but seriously can we collapse time so that it can be Neuromancer's date of release?