Kuro von Sleepyclaws
@drkuro.bsky.social
AuDHD fluffy dragon with a PhD. Bioinformatician by training, nerd by existence. He/They/It
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It was a blast getting to draw this dude! I've always had a soft spot for dragons
Day 3 of posting my sona art. This is my pfp. I love it so much. @kaladania.bsky.social did such a good job. I love it and use it everywhere!
November 15, 2025 at 1:09 PM
It was a blast getting to draw this dude! I've always had a soft spot for dragons
Day 3 of posting my sona art. This is my pfp. I love it so much. @kaladania.bsky.social did such a good job. I love it and use it everywhere!
November 15, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Day 3 of posting my sona art. This is my pfp. I love it so much. @kaladania.bsky.social did such a good job. I love it and use it everywhere!
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From Children Of Memory, by @aptshadow.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
From Children Of Memory, by @aptshadow.bsky.social
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Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Random person who plays indie games, you are the most important cog in an indie game's success.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Most gamers don't know or care that indies exist.... unless a friend tells them.
Our games succeed because you tell other people you liked our game. Word of mouth is the best marketing there is.
Day two of posting my sona pictures. @keidaarts.bsky.social did a great job on this pfp! It isn't the main one I use, but still so good. (Redoing this because I forgot alt text)
November 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Day two of posting my sona pictures. @keidaarts.bsky.social did a great job on this pfp! It isn't the main one I use, but still so good. (Redoing this because I forgot alt text)
I don't know why, but I always hear one of the lyrics in Cigarette Daydreams as "You can dry heave, all night" which would be a weird lyric but would also fit the song.
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I don't know why, but I always hear one of the lyrics in Cigarette Daydreams as "You can dry heave, all night" which would be a weird lyric but would also fit the song.
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Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
November 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Pizzagate: If you replace the word “hot dog” with “little boy” and “pizza party” with “child sex orgy,” you will see the lengths these elites go to cover up their crimes.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
Real elite emails: Send me nude pictures of those 8th graders we abused last weekend post-haste! I am the Ambassador to Turkey.
I made a thing. On an unrelated note, I eated too much.
November 12, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I made a thing. On an unrelated note, I eated too much.
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Packing the essentials for #DesertBus2025
November 12, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Packing the essentials for #DesertBus2025
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Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Exclusive: Here's How Much OpenAI Spends On Inference and Its Revenue Share With Microsoft
As with my Anthropic exclusive from a few weeks ago, though this feels like a natural premium piece, I decided it was better to publish on my free one so that you could all enjoy it. If you liked or f...
www.wheresyoured.at
November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Exclusive: Based on documents viewed by this newsletter, OpenAI spent over $12.4 billion on inference from 2024 to September 2025. As part of its Microsoft revenue share, it sent $493.8m in 2024/$865.8m Jan-Sep 2025, implying lower revenues than previously reported.
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
www.wheresyoured.at/oai_docs/
Realised I don't have pictures of my sona easily accessible on my profile courtesy of @konaburd.bsky.social so I'll start posting. Starting with the first one I had done. I've definitely started going a bit chunkier since this first one, but it set the direction.
November 12, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Realised I don't have pictures of my sona easily accessible on my profile courtesy of @konaburd.bsky.social so I'll start posting. Starting with the first one I had done. I've definitely started going a bit chunkier since this first one, but it set the direction.
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Here's a massive scoop from Ed showing OpenAI has been lying about their revenue for years
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought on.ft.com/43qoQ2L
How high are OpenAI’s compute costs? Possibly a lot higher than we thought
Inference inferred, revenue reconstructed, cash burn quantified
on.ft.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Here's a massive scoop from Ed showing OpenAI has been lying about their revenue for years
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Even on projects that don’t feature AI, it’s often difficult to justify how little voice actors get paid for work on projects that sell in the millions
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
The argument I'm hearing about it is "the voice actors got paid for it so it's all good"
We don't know how much they got paid, or if they get royalties every time those lines get used.
It's a slippery slope being brushed off because "game good"
if Arc Raiders had plagiarized art, would it matter?
We don't know how much they got paid, or if they get royalties every time those lines get used.
It's a slippery slope being brushed off because "game good"
if Arc Raiders had plagiarized art, would it matter?
November 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Even on projects that don’t feature AI, it’s often difficult to justify how little voice actors get paid for work on projects that sell in the millions
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
So it’s fascinating to see folks say “they were compensated fairly” repeatedly on this occasion where we don’t even have the voice actors credited.
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Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
November 12, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Friendly reminder that dishwashers made after 1995 or so are so water and energy efficient that even if you ran them twice fully loaded it would still use less water than handwashing the same load.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
So many "green" things feel like sacrifices. Dishwashers are not one of them.
@edzitron.com have you seen this? The UK government continues to be run by clowns.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:08 AM
@edzitron.com have you seen this? The UK government continues to be run by clowns.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
November 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
no quote about the US political system has ever gone harder than this one
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sam altman’s wife after sex: wow, you were… actually pretty bad
sam altman: yeah but just imagine how good i’ll be in six months if you just give me another twenty billion dollars
sam altman: yeah but just imagine how good i’ll be in six months if you just give me another twenty billion dollars
November 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
sam altman’s wife after sex: wow, you were… actually pretty bad
sam altman: yeah but just imagine how good i’ll be in six months if you just give me another twenty billion dollars
sam altman: yeah but just imagine how good i’ll be in six months if you just give me another twenty billion dollars
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This is interesting drama to follow lol
TLDR, the people who made the AI coke commercial are denying it and generating fake concept art, actual concept artists are ripping it all apart as fake because the guy has no idea how any of this works
TLDR, the people who made the AI coke commercial are denying it and generating fake concept art, actual concept artists are ripping it all apart as fake because the guy has no idea how any of this works
The disconnected Apple Pencil? The expression sheet with all the same expression? The art with the footsteps in the snow in front of the characters running? The file with one (1) background layer? Erasing the “hand drawn” background by hand on said one (1) layer file? Where do I starttttttt
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This is interesting drama to follow lol
TLDR, the people who made the AI coke commercial are denying it and generating fake concept art, actual concept artists are ripping it all apart as fake because the guy has no idea how any of this works
TLDR, the people who made the AI coke commercial are denying it and generating fake concept art, actual concept artists are ripping it all apart as fake because the guy has no idea how any of this works
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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We have a big @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social episode this week featuring baker and magician Claire Saffitz. Listen wherever you listen to podcasts.
November 6, 2025 at 1:58 PM
We have a big @hyperfixedpod.bsky.social episode this week featuring baker and magician Claire Saffitz. Listen wherever you listen to podcasts.
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New awareness campaign
November 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
New awareness campaign
They look so good. @paljus.me and @chuff.dev look amazing too. Highly recommend Nibbles!
@drkuro.bsky.social tysm! I was commissioned by Kuro von Sleepyclaws on here! I loved making them and their friends Castle Crashers! I'm still creating custom Castle Crashers for $15 each! tysm to them for commissioning me! #art #castlecrashers #commissionsopen #commissionart #commission #digitalart
October 27, 2025 at 6:23 PM
They look so good. @paljus.me and @chuff.dev look amazing too. Highly recommend Nibbles!
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Fun fact: The book was originally named "The Widening Gyre" but both my US & UK editors warned that a) maybe not everyone would get the allusion, b) no one was sure how to pronounce "gyre". Fair points; I changed the name, and then put the title into a climactic speech.
I was reading a book by @scalzi.com and heard a line ("I am the Consuming Fire") and thought wow, that would be a great name for the book, before remembering he clearly agreed because it was in fact the name of the book.
October 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Fun fact: The book was originally named "The Widening Gyre" but both my US & UK editors warned that a) maybe not everyone would get the allusion, b) no one was sure how to pronounce "gyre". Fair points; I changed the name, and then put the title into a climactic speech.
I was reading a book by @scalzi.com and heard a line ("I am the Consuming Fire") and thought wow, that would be a great name for the book, before remembering he clearly agreed because it was in fact the name of the book.
October 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I was reading a book by @scalzi.com and heard a line ("I am the Consuming Fire") and thought wow, that would be a great name for the book, before remembering he clearly agreed because it was in fact the name of the book.
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Yesterday Reform UK were given the Rusty Razor award for the worst pseudoscience of the year. From denying climate change to platforming quacks, Reform propagate dangerous nonsense.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...
www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...
Reform UK win 2025 Rusty Razor award for worst psuedoscience of the year - The Skeptic
Nigel Farage's political party, Reform UK, has been named The Skeptic's 'Rusty Razor' award winner for worst pseudoscience of 2025
www.skeptic.org.uk
October 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Yesterday Reform UK were given the Rusty Razor award for the worst pseudoscience of the year. From denying climate change to platforming quacks, Reform propagate dangerous nonsense.
www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...
www.skeptic.org.uk/2025/10/refo...