# dark times (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover dark times. Page: Feed: --- ## [We’re Going To Need A Bigger Woodshed](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/19/were-going-to-need-a-bigger-woodshed/) _2026-08-19 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Angry thoughts. ## [Jason Kelce, Liquid Death, and Garage Beer Want To Send Your Pee To AI Data Centers](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/18/jason-kelce-liquid-death-and-garage-beer-want-to-send-your-pee-to-ai-data-centers/) _2026-08-18 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ "Let's pee on computers together" ## [Throwing Rocks At The Internet](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/17/throwing-rocks-at-the-internet/) _2026-08-17 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Eventually, someone breaks a window. ## [Throwing Rocks At The Internet](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/17/throwing-rocks-at-the-internet/) _2026-08-17 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Eventually, someone breaks a window. ## [Throwing Rocks At The Internet](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/17/throwing-rocks-at-the-internet/) _2026-08-17 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Eventually, someone breaks a window. ## [Sunday Morning Reading](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/16/sunday-morning-reading-168/) _2026-08-16 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ A moment to breathe differently ## [Sunday Morning Reading](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/16/sunday-morning-reading-168/) _2026-08-16 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ A moment to breathe differently ## [Sunday Morning Reading](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/16/sunday-morning-reading-168/) _2026-08-16 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ A moment to breathe differently ## [Stillness.](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/15/stillness/) _2026-08-15 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Necessary calm. ## [Stillness.](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/15/stillness/) _2026-08-15 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Necessary calm. ## [Retro Grid Dungeon Crawler (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cLEs8ylpTCrg) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Retro grid movement with first-person combat, loot and skill-tree progression. ## [Stillness.](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/15/stillness/) _2026-08-15 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Necessary calm. ## [Rough Perpetual Beta Season](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/13/rough-perpetual-beta-season/) _2026-08-13 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Nothing is just local anymore. ## [What Does It Mean To Live A Good Life?](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/11/what-does-it-mean-to-live-a-good-life/) _2026-08-11 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Intersecting, connecting, and missing the dots. ## [Sunday Morning Reading](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/09/sunday-morning-reading-167/) _2026-08-09 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Where does it begin? Where does it end? ## [Sunday Morning Reading](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/09/sunday-morning-reading-167/) _2026-08-09 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Where does it begin? Where does it end? ## [Sunday Morning Reading](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/09/sunday-morning-reading-167/) _2026-08-09 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Where does it begin? Where does it end? ## [Too Many Frankensteins](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/05/too-many-frankensteins/) _2026-08-05 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ There's a reason they call it science FICTION. ## [Too Many Frankensteins](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/05/too-many-frankensteins/) _2026-08-05 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ There's a reason they call it science FICTION. ## [Too Many Frankensteins](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/05/too-many-frankensteins/) _2026-08-05 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ There's a reason they call it science FICTION. ## [The Odyssey: A Review](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/03/the-odyssey-a-review/) _2026-08-03 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ A good, but not great film. ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/f9xLicd5xzaC) _2026-08-03 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [The Odyssey: A Review](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/03/the-odyssey-a-review/) _2026-08-03 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ A good, but not great film. ## [The Odyssey: A Review](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/03/the-odyssey-a-review/) _2026-08-03 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ A good, but not great film. ## [Sunday Morning Reading](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/02/sunday-morning-reading-166/) _2026-08-02 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Revelate ## [Sunday Morning Reading](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/02/sunday-morning-reading-166/) _2026-08-02 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Revelate ## [Fondling The Folds Of Samsung](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/01/fondling-the-folds-of-samsung/) _2026-08-01 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Nice tech to touch, pricey to own (or lease) ## [Fondling The Folds Of Samsung](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/08/01/fondling-the-folds-of-samsung/) _2026-08-01 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ Nice tech to touch, pricey to own (or lease) ## [AI Workhorses Keep Escaping The Barn](https://warnercrocker.com/2026/07/31/ai-workhorses-keep-escaping-the-barn/) _2026-07-31 · Warner Crocker · Life on the Wicked Stage: Act 3_ The world we now live in. ## [Life is a blip](https://www.angiemason.com/post/life-is-a-blip) _2026-05-23 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ My birthday poem… I hope you enjoy Life is a blip, slow blink your way through it. Life is a blip. Flash pan party. Blink twice and you're done. Bliptoid, freakazoid, life lived party pants, do the dance, you're done. Life is a blip. You’re here, you're gone. The world isn't watching, and you do it anyway. Trip, flip, life crumbs risk. The blinks blip, and it's over. Life is a blip, and you're… ## [Time Goes by and so do I...](https://www.angiemason.com/post/time-goes-by-and-so-do-i) _2026-05-02 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ Some reflections on time as I approach another birthday later this month in May. I have been making art seriously for 4 decades. That is pretty bananas. So much of being an artist is behind the scenes. Undercover. Head down in sketchbooks, dreaming up new ideas, building them out in the dark. Then there's this moment — suspended in time, feeling like an eternity and a blip all at once — where you… ## [Make Art. Especially Now.](https://www.angiemason.com/post/make-art-now) _2026-01-04 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ Make Art. Especially Now. by Angie Mason You know it. I know it. Every day, the world feels like it’s on fire and falling apart. And sometimes… well. It literally is. Sometimes it’s just you, scrolling the news, trying to get through the day without falling apart. It’s heavy. It’s dark. It can leave you questioning everything. What’s the point? Does it even matter if I’m making anything right now?… ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/WifvvzepPbQa) _2026-01-04 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [The Snowstorm : a memory blip](https://www.angiemason.com/post/memoryblipexcerpt) _2025-12-31 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ Below is a story, which is included in a 28-page zine booklet download, you can get over on my Patreon if you become a paid member, or you can also purchase the one-time download here. I hope you enjoy this excerpt and also wish you a peaceful in-between and happy new year! The Snowstorm : a memory blip I was 19. It was another late night of hanging out with friends and not paying attention to the… ## [Once Upon An Art Life: The Story of Angie Mason](https://www.angiemason.com/post/once-upon-an-art-life-the-story-of-angie-mason) _2025-12-01 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ Sometimes the best way to see where you’re going is to look back at where you’ve been. Recently, I had the chance to do just that. I created a short film presentation called Once Upon an Art Life: A Creative Life in Progress. It’s the story of my creative journey so far, told in a fairytale style. This film was originally made for the Creative Collective at Scholastic, as part of their Member… ## [Battling the Comparison Monster](https://www.angiemason.com/post/comparisonmonster) _2025-10-28 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ When the Comparison Monster Shows Up Yesterday I was looking at my old work — really looking at it — and I got hit with this wave of mean clarity. That sharp feeling that creeps in and whispers, “Wow… this isn’t as good as you thought.” I started asking myself: How did I even get those art shows? Why were people nice to me? Did they just like me as a person and not actually like the work? When the… ## [MAGIC MIND - A POEM by Angie Mason](https://www.angiemason.com/post/magic-mind-a-poem-by-angie-mason) _2025-07-05 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ MAGIC MIND - A POEM by Angie Mason Magic is in all of us No wands, smoke or mirrors are needed to fuss Forget about rabbits jumping from hats Or floating while sawing someone in half Magic beans and magic tricks Never helped me worth a lick In fact, they all should be a crime When all they do is waste your time This I tell you is all true you can’t get home with the click of your shoe But you can… ## [9 Lives CatHaus Collection LTD ED](https://www.angiemason.com/post/9lives-cathaus-collection) _2025-06-29 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ I am so excited to present this new, super charming collection with you all! The 9 Lives CatHaus Collection – Limited Series of 9 Signed Charm Necklaces is perfectly imperfect, hand-made by me, Angie Mason. Introducing the 9 Lives CatHaus Collection – a very limited, signed series of nine unique art charms designed by Angie Mason. Each piece is an original wearable artwork from the CatHaus series,… ## [You’re not cooked, you might just be in Creative Hibernation in a Heat Wave](https://www.angiemason.com/post/creativehibernation) _2025-06-25 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ A reflection on the quiet part of the creative process. ## [90s Web Nostalgia is Virtually Real ;)](https://www.angiemason.com/post/90s-web-nostalgia) _2025-06-06 · Angie Mason · Angie Mason | Playful Visions Art_ 90s web nostalgia is virtually real ;) I’ve been time-traveling on a special project and having way too much fun looking at old websites I designed—man, I miss the internet of the 90s. In many ways, the early web of the mid-90s was like today’s dark web— raw, decentralized, chaotic, and free. Before the rise of mega-platforms like Facebook, Google, and Amazon, the web felt like a digital overgrown…