Jim Van Verth
@cthulhim.bsky.social
Woodworker, musician, co-author of Essential Math for Games, host of The Vintage Gamer, occasional gad about town. Formerly: GPU Engineer for the Skia 2D graphics library; game developer for Red Storm Entertainment and Insomniac Games. He/him.
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Good news
The first vaccine designed to target the entire SARS virus family, GBP511, has entered human clinical trials.
Developed by UW Medicine and brought to trial by SK Bioscience, it aims to protect against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses before they spark the next pandemic.
The first vaccine designed to target the entire SARS virus family, GBP511, has entered human clinical trials.
Developed by UW Medicine and brought to trial by SK Bioscience, it aims to protect against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses before they spark the next pandemic.
February 3, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Good news
The first vaccine designed to target the entire SARS virus family, GBP511, has entered human clinical trials.
Developed by UW Medicine and brought to trial by SK Bioscience, it aims to protect against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses before they spark the next pandemic.
The first vaccine designed to target the entire SARS virus family, GBP511, has entered human clinical trials.
Developed by UW Medicine and brought to trial by SK Bioscience, it aims to protect against COVID-19 and future coronaviruses before they spark the next pandemic.
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
January 14, 2026 at 12:13 AM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
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Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.
A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.
wrd.cm
January 11, 2026 at 2:25 PM
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.
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You're not lazy, or unfocused, your brain is just busy processing if you're in danger. Take care of yourselves ♥️
January 10, 2026 at 7:44 PM
You're not lazy, or unfocused, your brain is just busy processing if you're in danger. Take care of yourselves ♥️
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2026 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 6, 2026 at 4:16 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
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BTW, you might have missed this silly shirt I released around the holidays. Perfect for your favorite fan of fantasy (or feet). Utterly baffling to everyone else. danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/he-b...
He Broke His Toes When He Kicked That Helmet Men's T-Shirt | Daniel Solis' T-Shirt Shop
He Broke His Toes When He Kicked That Helmet on Men's T-Shirt – Did you know he broke his toes when he kicked that helmet? That scream was real. IYKYK
danielsolis.threadless.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:24 PM
BTW, you might have missed this silly shirt I released around the holidays. Perfect for your favorite fan of fantasy (or feet). Utterly baffling to everyone else. danielsolis.threadless.com/designs/he-b...
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Windows make all our buildings into human aquariums for the birds. They love to peep in and watch us work, it seems very entertaining for them.
January 9, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Windows make all our buildings into human aquariums for the birds. They love to peep in and watch us work, it seems very entertaining for them.
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Basically: if someone really hypes up LLM's but can't write a one-liner to automate meaningless grudgework, I find their very existence offensive.
May 19, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Basically: if someone really hypes up LLM's but can't write a one-liner to automate meaningless grudgework, I find their very existence offensive.
Happy Wrestling Day everyone!
December 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Happy Wrestling Day everyone!
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I am not a Christian of course but like all Americans I have spent my life marinating in Christian mythography, and so around this time of year I have a lot of thoughts about the Nativity and the part where the innkeeper says there's no room in the inn.
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I am not a Christian of course but like all Americans I have spent my life marinating in Christian mythography, and so around this time of year I have a lot of thoughts about the Nativity and the part where the innkeeper says there's no room in the inn.
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Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
Mystery as hundreds of Victorian shoes wash up on Ogmore beach
More than 400 leather hobnailed boots, thought to date back to the 19th Century, have been found.
www.bbc.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Not now, haunted Victorian shoes
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It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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December 21, 2025 at 2:51 AM
It’s the “season of love and giving”…but this year, doesn’t it seem more like a “season of fear and taking”? Like many of you, I’ve been saddened by the human impact of draconian government budget cuts and how angry many housed Americans are at unhoused Americans.
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We may have found a new, very successful was of dealing with cancer.
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Gut Bacteria from Amphibians and Reptiles Achieve Complete Tumor Elimination
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December 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
We may have found a new, very successful was of dealing with cancer.
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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If I put off Christmas cards long enough, maybe I won't have to write them.
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
If I put off Christmas cards long enough, maybe I won't have to write them.
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Thanks to the learning I received from my college roommate / percussionist Daniel, I know a little bit about musical phasing and Steve Reich. That's the framework I use to analyze THE WICKED + THE DIVINE # 27 from @kierongillen.bsky.social & @mckelvie.bsky.social
The Wicked + Divining Comics # 27
Annotations of THE WICKED AND THE DIVINE # 27 In the early 2010s, Image comics began one of its most prolific, critically acclaimed, and high selling eras since its founding. High-profile creators …
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December 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Thanks to the learning I received from my college roommate / percussionist Daniel, I know a little bit about musical phasing and Steve Reich. That's the framework I use to analyze THE WICKED + THE DIVINE # 27 from @kierongillen.bsky.social & @mckelvie.bsky.social
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How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
So shines a good deed in a naughty world.
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It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
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All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names…
December 13, 2025 at 4:22 PM
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names…
“And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.”
December 14, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“And if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.”
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Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
December 14, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, has been identified as the man who disarmed one of the Sydney attackers.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
Ahmed was shot by the second shooter, who was firing from a bridge. He suffered 2 gunshot wounds and is undergoing surgery.
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What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
December 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
What a world to go to bed thinking about one mass shooting and wake up to news of another, a targeted hate crime, at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. And also in the video where an actual hero, Ahmed al Ahmed chooses not to kill one of the terrorists.
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“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
“I miss blockbuster video” the library has every dvd totally untouched and I never see you there
The interesting thing to me about Clair Obscur winning all the awards is what it might mean for future production models. The giant AAA team is clearly not sustainable.
December 12, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The interesting thing to me about Clair Obscur winning all the awards is what it might mean for future production models. The giant AAA team is clearly not sustainable.
Total War: Warhammer 40K. Hot damn, that will sell well.
December 12, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Total War: Warhammer 40K. Hot damn, that will sell well.