James Keith
@chumblespuzz.bsky.social
Board game enthusiast and film nerd.
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looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
*SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW TRUMP’S BIRTHRIGHT CITIZENSHIP ROLLBACK
December 5, 2025 at 6:57 PM
looking forward to either a 6-3 decision that trump as God Emperor of the United States can change the constitution by fiat or a 5-4 decision that 14th amendment means what it says with a dissent from thomas that actually the constitution recognizes donald j. trump as sovereign
2025 has been pretty heinous for losing people, but this one really hit me.
December 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
2025 has been pretty heinous for losing people, but this one really hit me.
I QAed my first LLM a few days ago and wanted to stab myself in the face with an ice pick. The exact same prompt resulted in three wildly different answers, two of which showed a regression in functionality and a final one that didn't! What if I'd gotten that one first?! Complete insanity!
“we estimate employment-weighted share of Americans using AI at work has fallen by a percentage point & now sits at 11%. Adoption has fallen sharply at the largest businesses, those employing +250 people. 3 yrs into the genAI wave, demand looks surprisingly flimsy” www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
www.economist.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I QAed my first LLM a few days ago and wanted to stab myself in the face with an ice pick. The exact same prompt resulted in three wildly different answers, two of which showed a regression in functionality and a final one that didn't! What if I'd gotten that one first?! Complete insanity!
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Reconstruction 2 is going to require a level of seizing assets that I am very comfortable with but you may still need to work through
New: “Eric Trump Has Gotten 10 Times Richer Since Dad’s Election”
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
@kylekhanmullins.bsky.social for @forbes.com
Here’s How Much Eric Trump Is Worth
Crypto took the real estate heir’s fortune and supersized it, briefly making the president’s second-oldest son a billionaire in early September.
www.forbes.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Reconstruction 2 is going to require a level of seizing assets that I am very comfortable with but you may still need to work through
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really funny to see someone refer to a metroid game as "a metroidvania." oh word?
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
really funny to see someone refer to a metroid game as "a metroidvania." oh word?
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Always good to be reminded that one doesn't have to be in thrall to the streamers for one's entertainment. As someone who's recently been dismayed at how many DVD's are out of print because their manufacturer has gone out of business, I found this passage especially telling:
![Locating out-of-print physical media can be difficult. [Library video curator John] Scalzo knows this, which is why he keeps a running list of films known to be unavailable commercially at any given time, so that when a batch of films are donated to the library, Scalzo will set aside extra copies, just in case a rights dispute puts a piece of legacy cult media in licensing purgatory for a few years.
"It's what's expected of us," Scalzo added.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nos6kfqibuacnxxlkgtwdl2c/bafkreigivao57uy6kvigtql4ceh4apistcnbjcoyzj3bgdwyptxcjqzdxq@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Always good to be reminded that one doesn't have to be in thrall to the streamers for one's entertainment. As someone who's recently been dismayed at how many DVD's are out of print because their manufacturer has gone out of business, I found this passage especially telling:
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“The game is played over nine seasons, with three special scoring seasons coming after Seasons 3, 6, and Season 9, which is the last season. Each season is made up of five rounds of two turns each. On your turn you get a choice of five actions, of which you'll play two…”
December 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“The game is played over nine seasons, with three special scoring seasons coming after Seasons 3, 6, and Season 9, which is the last season. Each season is made up of five rounds of two turns each. On your turn you get a choice of five actions, of which you'll play two…”
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i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
i’m setting you free. i’m releasing you from the discourse
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I think there’s a % of my brain’s memory devoted just to old albinoblacksheep videos. Wish I would’ve used the neuroplasticity of youth on something more useful like another language or something, but sure. Cat, I’m a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance and I dance dance dance.
December 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I think there’s a % of my brain’s memory devoted just to old albinoblacksheep videos. Wish I would’ve used the neuroplasticity of youth on something more useful like another language or something, but sure. Cat, I’m a kitty cat, and I dance dance dance and I dance dance dance.
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***STOCK UPDATE***
A reprint of #TwilightZone: The Movie (which has been OOP and hard to find for some time) is now available on Amazon. This is a legit release:
https://amzn.to/49QQlGK
#BluRay #Ad #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected
A reprint of #TwilightZone: The Movie (which has been OOP and hard to find for some time) is now available on Amazon. This is a legit release:
https://amzn.to/49QQlGK
#BluRay #Ad #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected
December 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
***STOCK UPDATE***
A reprint of #TwilightZone: The Movie (which has been OOP and hard to find for some time) is now available on Amazon. This is a legit release:
https://amzn.to/49QQlGK
#BluRay #Ad #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected
A reprint of #TwilightZone: The Movie (which has been OOP and hard to find for some time) is now available on Amazon. This is a legit release:
https://amzn.to/49QQlGK
#BluRay #Ad #PhysicalMedia #BluRays #BoutiqueBluRay #CultMovies #DiscConnected
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More in the good news department!
Remarkable story of a Georgia high school team who used CRISPR to make a rapid diagnostic test strip for Lyme disease, speeding dx from 2 weeks to days
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
www.cbsnews.com/news/teens-m...
Teens may have come up with a new way to detect, treat Lyme disease using CRISPR gene editing
To compete at iGEM, a sort of science Olympics, teens at a Georgia high school set their sights on finding a better way to detect and treat Lyme disease. Their approach uses CRISPR gene editing.
www.cbsnews.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:08 PM
More in the good news department!
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More anec-data for my "executives know and are terrified by how little they contribute to a company and will grasp at any illusion of productivity to justify themselves" theory.
The numbers in here are hilarious.
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Do you use AI on the job?
Execs: 87%
Managers: 57%
Workers: 27%
Planned investment by 2030: $5T
"Necessary" annual revenue to justify that spend: $650B
Current annual revenue: $50B
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
December 1, 2025 at 10:06 PM
More anec-data for my "executives know and are terrified by how little they contribute to a company and will grasp at any illusion of productivity to justify themselves" theory.
Lasers, Lights, and Music doing yeoman's work keeping the spirit of Animusic alive:
youtu.be/79AwB7c2fIc?...
youtu.be/79AwB7c2fIc?...
Rails - Original Music Animation
YouTube video by Lasers, Lights, and Music
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Lasers, Lights, and Music doing yeoman's work keeping the spirit of Animusic alive:
youtu.be/79AwB7c2fIc?...
youtu.be/79AwB7c2fIc?...
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The Best Of
Everett True
By A.D. Condo
Everett True
By A.D. Condo
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
The Best Of
Everett True
By A.D. Condo
Everett True
By A.D. Condo
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remember when they called John Wick "Baba Yaga" because they thought it meant "real cool killer who's maybe a ghost" and then they found out it was a witch who lives in a hut that's held up by chicken legs and then they didn't call him that anymore
November 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
remember when they called John Wick "Baba Yaga" because they thought it meant "real cool killer who's maybe a ghost" and then they found out it was a witch who lives in a hut that's held up by chicken legs and then they didn't call him that anymore
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Rogue One’s growing reputation is just misplaced Andor affection change my mind.
November 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Rogue One’s growing reputation is just misplaced Andor affection change my mind.
Gilroy did absolutely heroic work salvaging that movie, but Andor really puts into perspective just how dysfunctional Rogue One is.
I wish Tony had done a *worse* job putting it back together, because it pretends to be coherent enough to let fans deflect criticism, which I find frustrating!
I wish Tony had done a *worse* job putting it back together, because it pretends to be coherent enough to let fans deflect criticism, which I find frustrating!
my expectation of any star wars movie is "are there characters who experience any measure of growth over a two hour runtime?" if yes, then i can vibe with it. if no, then i can't. guess where rogue one fits.
November 24, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Gilroy did absolutely heroic work salvaging that movie, but Andor really puts into perspective just how dysfunctional Rogue One is.
I wish Tony had done a *worse* job putting it back together, because it pretends to be coherent enough to let fans deflect criticism, which I find frustrating!
I wish Tony had done a *worse* job putting it back together, because it pretends to be coherent enough to let fans deflect criticism, which I find frustrating!
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After watching Pedro Pascal play so many sweet natured dudes doing their best, it's kind of refreshing watching Freaky Tales where he's an absolute disaster of a violence machine with an empty soul and dead eyes.
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
After watching Pedro Pascal play so many sweet natured dudes doing their best, it's kind of refreshing watching Freaky Tales where he's an absolute disaster of a violence machine with an empty soul and dead eyes.
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I guess Native Angelenos just sit out this “A movie that takes place where you’re from” game.
November 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I guess Native Angelenos just sit out this “A movie that takes place where you’re from” game.
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are
- Two empathetic, reasonable authority figures attempt to broker a shaky peace between their distrustful factions.
- Journalism!
- The witty, loquacious lives of miserable people
- Hand-to-hand stylish fighting is rad as hell
- Kindness matters
- Two empathetic, reasonable authority figures attempt to broker a shaky peace between their distrustful factions.
- Journalism!
- The witty, loquacious lives of miserable people
- Hand-to-hand stylish fighting is rad as hell
- Kindness matters
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are
* - Two-bit gumshoes and no good dames
* - Damn, that's a lot of blood
* - No no, it's actually satire
* - Everyone is sad, are you also sad?
* - yeehaw
* - Two-bit gumshoes and no good dames
* - Damn, that's a lot of blood
* - No no, it's actually satire
* - Everyone is sad, are you also sad?
* - yeehaw
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are
* Elaborate Metaphor For Time Escaping Between Our Fingers
* Elderly King Divides His Realm
* Jennifer Lopez Smiles Directly Into The Camera And I Forget The Rest Of The Movie
* Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
* and DAVID THEWLIS as
* Elaborate Metaphor For Time Escaping Between Our Fingers
* Elderly King Divides His Realm
* Jennifer Lopez Smiles Directly Into The Camera And I Forget The Rest Of The Movie
* Worthwhile Canadian Initiative
* and DAVID THEWLIS as
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 AM
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are
- Two empathetic, reasonable authority figures attempt to broker a shaky peace between their distrustful factions.
- Journalism!
- The witty, loquacious lives of miserable people
- Hand-to-hand stylish fighting is rad as hell
- Kindness matters
- Two empathetic, reasonable authority figures attempt to broker a shaky peace between their distrustful factions.
- Journalism!
- The witty, loquacious lives of miserable people
- Hand-to-hand stylish fighting is rad as hell
- Kindness matters
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I'm also not much in the bag for Network - it's one of those ones where every other year I'll think "Well, maybe I'll give it another shot" and I get to maybe the last 30 minutes and realize I haven't been paying attention. Still there's some choice lines, you must admit:
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm also not much in the bag for Network - it's one of those ones where every other year I'll think "Well, maybe I'll give it another shot" and I get to maybe the last 30 minutes and realize I haven't been paying attention. Still there's some choice lines, you must admit: