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AI tools (chatbots, creative, agents, vibecoding) https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/9QeRhqRUs3 | https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/j0U4gEydIi | Podcast (https://xitter.twitterapi.xyz/t.co/ae9M5iGCnR) | Books (Pragmatist's Guide series)

Valley Forge, PA
Joined June 2008
What does an AI-heavy family look like in 2026? It looks like your husband making character reference sheets of your family so he can quickly generate fan art for the kids and frame it on your walls. 🧵
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It looks like custom-designed family wardrobes with look-alike models showing off different potential designs and quickly spun-up webpages to compare options technopuritan.com/wardrobe
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It looks like tablet flashes for the kids that gamify homeschool and are collaboratively designed by the entire family: mudpuppy.ai/os Weirdest thing is, it looks a lot like parenting USED to look: Just parents and kids working side by side to build and make things.
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As parents who people see as evil and abusive (and who are currently having a documentary team film their lives, parenting, and kids), it has been interesting to watch people react to Colin Gosselin's book, In The Shadow of Eight. 🧵
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That said, even the best parents we know are subject to criticism and it's rich when people backseat parent based on skewed retellings or glimpses of very limited facets of a family's life. It sucks that parents—especially moms—are constantly made to feel guilty and inadequate.
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Ultimately, I think It's GOOD to be transparent and open so that one can course correct (obviously this wasn't the case with the Kate + 8 family). That said, outsiders with limited information can, at best, surface hints and advice and what parents need most is positive support.
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We're glad Trump cut off military aid to Israel. Everyone wants it. Wished it happened way earlier. This shift will likely strengthen our alliance by reducing dependency and political resentment (both pretty major issues)—but WHAT IS UP WITH THE TIMING AND FRAMING OF THE CUTOFF???
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We thought "broken dating markets" was a young person problem, but as it just so happens, a large contingent of single, divorced, and widowed boomer women are trying to date and having a pretty rough time of it. Boomer dating is TERRIFYING.
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WEEKEND!!!! YESSS! Malcolm just turned 40 and to celebrate his looming demise, he wanted to hang out with his favorite people. He may or may not be crashing @Leaflit's evening along with top drawer folks. Pretty excited.
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Malcolm started building a video game one sabbath (trying to not do productive work and just chill with the kids while toying around) but then couldn't put it down. He ultimately went suuuuuuuper deep, finished it, and now over 430 people have wishlisted it (as of day two). 🧵
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In case you're curious: Broodfall is a roguelikes tower defense game with dating sim elements in which you are exterminating an alien species for a far future Christian post-democracy coalition.
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Malcolm wanted to take the story and feel of a game like Red Alert 2, combine it with mechanics and ideas from more modern roguelikes, and work in unfolding gameplay that takes inspiration from Inscription.
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Our "lol people need to calm down about porn; it's not the damaging thing people say it is—at least if it's only drawn/written and no real people were involved" is now, officially, recanted. We realize now that some genres that are all too likely to lead you down a dark path.
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The best part of the Anakin memeing is the people who yearn for the Empire are the same people who will actually build the future when today's ossified bureaucracies fall.
This is what they stole from us
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