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maddi [jock era]

@maddilo.bsky.social

soup enthusiast, knitter, weightlifter, editor for Sidequest.zone. sometimes I write about video games.

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We don’t use generative AI at Strange Scaffold and I can confirm that a *lot* of other studios are notβ€”whether indie or AAA.

Get outta here with this normalization bullshit.

12.11.2025 03:25 β€” πŸ‘ 6798    πŸ” 2396    πŸ’¬ 68    πŸ“Œ 52

'measles outbreak at the child prison' seems entirely avoidable, it's really the kind of thing that only happens if you do several unthinkably evil things on purpose all at once

02.02.2026 04:31 β€” πŸ‘ 14121    πŸ” 4651    πŸ’¬ 136    πŸ“Œ 77

The fascist right is not being hypocritical on gun rights, this is the playbook. Everything is what they say it is the moment they say it. Fascism demands subservience to itself alone. They demand you accept they are the sole engine of truth making.

26.01.2026 16:32 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
22.01.2026 23:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1040    πŸ” 449    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

I really despise how much my tv tries to sell me gambling

04.01.2026 21:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

my final review is that it was 4,000 plot twists in a clown car and a badly executed mystery. also most books don’t need to be 80 chapters

31.12.2025 14:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am on a personal mission to get everyone in my life to read Ancillary Justice and Piranesi. Two of my favorites!!

31.12.2025 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

two weeks ago I tried 170 on a whim and it did not go up clean (without a spot) but I wasn’t too far off?? so I think I can get there in the next calendar year

29.12.2025 18:39 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it’s the best day of the week, which is bench press day

29.12.2025 18:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

my mom was so excited

28.12.2025 05:00 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

3. The Goblin Emperor (and the Cemeteries of Amalo trilogy), Katherine Addison - a combination of political drama and mystery that I could read probably 30 volumes of before I ever got bored, with some of the most detailed and interesting worldbuilding I’ve read in a while

17.12.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2. The Devils, Joe Abercrombie - funny and heartbreaking in equal measure, with some really fun twists on classic monsters/mythical creatures

17.12.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

anyway here are three fantasy books I’ve read and really really loved this year:
1. The Raven Tower, Ann Leckie - few novels have made me think so meaningfully about existence and god, I think about this book and its narrator all the time

17.12.2025 20:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes! The other thing I’ve noticed about the two I have not liked is that they also really hold my hand as a reader, which is not just insulting but actively detrimental to my immersion in the story

17.12.2025 20:33 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I am reading another widely praised 2025 fantasy novel that I find quite mediocre. consequently I’m thinking a lot about why it’s not working for me and have concluded that some authors just write in a style where it’s extremely obvious they know about cell phones and the internet

17.12.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

10,000 Maniacs cover band called 9,999 Plus One Maniacs, is this anything

13.12.2025 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

successfully executed a simultaneous tubular cast on and two-at-a-time setup for the pair of socks I’m knitting, which will mean nothing to most people, including the recipient of these socks, but I’m feeling very πŸ’… about it

09.12.2025 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

my favorite gaming moment this year was teaching my mom how to play rocket league and her getting so into it that she accidentally managed to kick over a full can of seltzer which then rolled under the couch

09.12.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Maddi’s hand holding up a small, squat handmade ceramic cup containing a cortado with a double heart design in the milk. The cup is glazed in a translucent mousy gray and has decorative ridges trimmed into the side.

Photo of Maddi’s hand holding up a small, squat handmade ceramic cup containing a cortado with a double heart design in the milk. The cup is glazed in a translucent mousy gray and has decorative ridges trimmed into the side.

a little cup. for my little drinks.

03.12.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œAI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to

01.12.2025 23:29 β€” πŸ‘ 23434    πŸ” 9534    πŸ’¬ 197    πŸ“Œ 294
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24.11.2025 11:35 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

videod my top set of deadlifts today which was a set of 10 and you can see the both the moment I lose count and the moment my soul leaves my body on the 11th rep

22.11.2025 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I had a dream they invented a new kind of root beer barrel candy

17.11.2025 13:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

every AFC North team’s #1 enemy is themselves and every AFC North team’s #2 enemy is all other teams in the AFC North which makes it extremely entertaining despite the overall air of dysfunction

16.11.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

stoically drinking americanos because the milk I achieve with my espresso machine dishonors the cow that produced it

13.11.2025 15:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

squatted 225 beltless and without pain. huge dub

13.11.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the super soldier tank was a metaphor, they actually just had Steve Rogers drinking two gallons of water per day and hand-digging swimming pools in Key West for two months

11.11.2025 19:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

to get to this description you also have to suspend any disbelief you may feel about a 38-year-old man putting on 40lbs of β€œpure, hard muscle” in two months

11.11.2025 19:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

shelled or unshelled????? neither appeals!!

11.11.2025 19:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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