spraxinoscope

I am: some guy, 35, in socal.

Interested in leftist/socialist/antifascist politics and organizing.

If you followed me for Homestuck art: Cool! I don't do that very often, but there will be more.

Grew up irreligious, in a majority white evangelical small town, in a red state, and that experience informs my politics. Fuck christian dominionism. i'm an edgy internet atheist at heart, but i do not have the redditor soul, so i have to wander elsewhere.

Edgy internet atheism brought me to lesswrong in the early 10s, and that brought me here via Ozy, but a lot of core rationalist spaces are way, way too racist for me to want to hang out there. over the last 15 years i've found a slice of the rat adjacency that appeals to me. but, however carefully i select the blogs i follow, i'm still being exposed to tendrils of slate star codexian thought, which pisses me off.

I have technically been on tumblr since 2012! but I wasn't paying much attention for most of that time. I made this account in 2020.

some larger politics blogs i like plus a rough percentage of how often i agree with them:

argumate 80% (do not disagree with his takes on chinese domestic policy, just don't really follow)

tanadrin 70%

quoms >90%

transgenderer ~80%

afloweroutofstone 70%

discoursedrome ~80%

collapsedsquid ~80%

honorable mention: the former triviallytrue 95% but that last 5% was terrible. never figured out what was up with him.

I am a left unity guy. I care about antifascist/anti-imperialist coalition-building. I would not call myself a marxist or an anarchist but i am interested in both of those strains of thought. I think they're important and meaningful. In a better world I'd call myself a socialist, but what I am in reality is a subject of empire and it sucks.

i do not have the ratsphere trait of liking argument for its own sake, or the trait of seeking earnest dialogue with right-wingers on here. i don't believe that accomplishes anything worthwhile.

am i a doomer? i am a pessimist about some things, but i promise i am not going to put unfiltered expressions of grief or despair on your dash. It's bad out there but there's important work to do, and that provides a sense of purpose that negates feelings of hopelessness. I think a vital part of forming connections is having things to feel good about and sharing those good feelings with other people, even in dark times, but we can't ignore the dark times either. It's hard to find that balance but it's possible. This is all to say that I still enjoy talking about frivolous nerd shit with friends.

general interests:

science fiction, classic anime, bad movies, crime, printing presses, independent animation

specific media interests:

(some of these are my real favorites, and some of these are more like things I'm a fan of, as in, I'm more likely to put fan content from these things on your dash. some are both! all of them are things I'd love to talk to people about)

books:

Seth Dickinson

Greg Egan

Charles Stross and Adrian Tchaikovsky, sometimes

Terry Pratchett and Douglas Adams

The Expanse

Frankenstein

nonfiction about

cults

disasters

submarines

narcotraffic

burglary

gambling (Addiction by Design by Natasha Dow Schüll is one of my very favorite books)

theory I've read at least a little bit of and liked:

Judith Butler

Fanon

Popper

Gramsci

Deleuze

tv:

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, my favorite show ever not even close.

classic tokusatsu. Ultraseven, Kamen Rider Black, Jetman

Gundam

Better Call Saul

i keep a mostly-up-to-date anime log with reviews here: anilist.co/user/spraxinoscope/

movies:

MST3K

dadcore crime thrillers, especially Michael Mann

games:

Metal Gear

Finals Fantasy 7-13

Armored Core 6 and Sekiro

neo XCOM

Kerbal

music:

00s electronica

Gustavo Cerati

Yoko Kanno soundtracks

neo-y2k aesthetic experimentation

grouptherapy.

internet:

the Abnormal Mapping / Ranged Touch / Friends at the Table podcast sphere

holly hollowtones

the Normal for Girls collective https://www.youtube.com/@lynnedrum

Homestuck

maybe still Wildbow a little bit

other interests:

gunpla

video editing

sketchin'

ridin' trains

for mutuals:

If we are mutuals and we never interact that is fine, but in general I would like to make connections that will outlast this website! I would be happy to give any mutuals an alternate way to reach me! I am often hanging out on Discord on sunday afternoons. I also have a Signal account. dm me about it.

I only follow blogs I really like. So even if I don't interact with your posts much, if I follow you, you can assume I'm a fan of your whole deal.