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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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.
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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.
#ShareGoodNewsToo
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#ShareGoodNewsToo
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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
www.jaist.ac.jp/english/what...
#ShareGoodNewsToo
www.jaist.ac.jp/english/what...
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Hey folks! I'm a concept artist & illustrator with over 10 years of experience. I've worked at 343, Ubisoft, Bungie, Adidas and more. Looking for fulltime work but always open to freelance! www.artstation.com/belgianboolean
You can always help me pay bills through my Ko-fi ko-fi.com/belgianboolean
You can always help me pay bills through my Ko-fi ko-fi.com/belgianboolean
December 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hey folks! I'm a concept artist & illustrator with over 10 years of experience. I've worked at 343, Ubisoft, Bungie, Adidas and more. Looking for fulltime work but always open to freelance! www.artstation.com/belgianboolean
You can always help me pay bills through my Ko-fi ko-fi.com/belgianboolean
You can always help me pay bills through my Ko-fi ko-fi.com/belgianboolean
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.
At this point in time, I’d probably look at it blankly and shrug my shoulders like the Clue gang finding another body.
You look outside your window and see this, what are you doing? 🫣
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 AM
At this point in time, I’d probably look at it blankly and shrug my shoulders like the Clue gang finding another body.
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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'ElecTrick' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Sapele wood with upcycled plug.
Lazy knows no bounds. Plugged it in... and it didn't even work!
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #design #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #whimsical #object
'ElecTrick' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Sapele wood with upcycled plug.
Lazy knows no bounds. Plugged it in... and it didn't even work!
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #design #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #whimsical #object
December 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
A repost...
'ElecTrick' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Sapele wood with upcycled plug.
Lazy knows no bounds. Plugged it in... and it didn't even work!
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #design #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #whimsical #object
'ElecTrick' ~ Wooden spoon carved in Sapele wood with upcycled plug.
Lazy knows no bounds. Plugged it in... and it didn't even work!
#spoon #spoontaneous #art #craft #woodworking #design #woodenspoon #carving #sculpture #whimsical #object
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Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
'Forks Out': A Benoit Blanc Sesame Street Mystery | Wake Up Dead Man | Netflix
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December 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Oh @rianjohnson.bsky.social played all innocent "I'm not doing a muppet thing with Knives Out" he knew HE KNEW
My first stick chair has a friend now. Shameless in its nakedness but quite comfortable. #woodworking #chairmaking
December 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
My first stick chair has a friend now. Shameless in its nakedness but quite comfortable. #woodworking #chairmaking
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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