J.R. Raith
@jrronimo.bsky.social
Giant nerd, IT manager/support for physicists.
Co-founder Slow Jam Studio.
https://hotdog.zone/
He/him.
Pretty glad I got WiFi installed on the JILA H-bar patio last year. It's like 65°F/18°C today.
February 5, 2026 at 8:24 PM
Pretty glad I got WiFi installed on the JILA H-bar patio last year. It's like 65°F/18°C today.
This is who runs this account
February 3, 2026 at 6:15 AM
This is who runs this account
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If you're new to the show, No More Whoppers is a podcast in which @rdbaaa.space and I plumb the depths of our 25-year friendship to navigate modern life and bicker like an old married couple; Draw Game is where we assess how good/accurate/fun/horny video game anime adaptations are
nomorewhoppers.com
nomorewhoppers.com
We've revamped the No More Whoppers Patreon (patreon.com/nomorewhoppers) with the addition of two new INTER-TIERS: $3 tiers added for our individual bonus shows! $5 a month still gets you the entirety of the shebang, and this month is what we call BOLD & FULL-BODIED:
February 3, 2026 at 4:36 AM
If you're new to the show, No More Whoppers is a podcast in which @rdbaaa.space and I plumb the depths of our 25-year friendship to navigate modern life and bicker like an old married couple; Draw Game is where we assess how good/accurate/fun/horny video game anime adaptations are
nomorewhoppers.com
nomorewhoppers.com
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ah, morning. time to see which one of my paranoid delusions is in the news today
February 1, 2026 at 3:33 PM
ah, morning. time to see which one of my paranoid delusions is in the news today
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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I got up at 5 AM to record with the TWiR crew… totally worth it! It was really fun getting to chat retro with them. What a great bunch!
PicoIDE, the CD-ROM and HD replacement, is here and so is creator @polpo.org to tell us all about it! youtu.be/NcWE9F3F85c
Then it's preservation problems with Little Computer People and Alternate Reality: The City, and a discussion of the all-in-one TV/VCR combo on This Week in Retro 253!
Then it's preservation problems with Little Computer People and Alternate Reality: The City, and a discussion of the all-in-one TV/VCR combo on This Week in Retro 253!
January 31, 2026 at 3:37 PM
I got up at 5 AM to record with the TWiR crew… totally worth it! It was really fun getting to chat retro with them. What a great bunch!
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90% of the reason I own a Commodore 64 is to listen to cool SID music
January 31, 2026 at 5:13 AM
90% of the reason I own a Commodore 64 is to listen to cool SID music
I know that @markmacdo.bsky.social doesn't check here, so @gabrieldeleon.bsky.social and @johntv.bsky.social and @tinabuttz.bsky.social please let him know that I missed nicknames this week. It feels like something is just missing from my life. 😢
January 31, 2026 at 1:16 AM
I know that @markmacdo.bsky.social doesn't check here, so @gabrieldeleon.bsky.social and @johntv.bsky.social and @tinabuttz.bsky.social please let him know that I missed nicknames this week. It feels like something is just missing from my life. 😢
This loud, dirty, adorable dirt elemental. 🥰
January 29, 2026 at 2:27 AM
This loud, dirty, adorable dirt elemental. 🥰
Dear people on the Strontium team at work: Please do not dip your arms in Strontium-90.
I know you already know this way more inherently than I ever will, but this comic made me chuckle.
I know you already know this way more inherently than I ever will, but this comic made me chuckle.
January 29, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Dear people on the Strontium team at work: Please do not dip your arms in Strontium-90.
I know you already know this way more inherently than I ever will, but this comic made me chuckle.
I know you already know this way more inherently than I ever will, but this comic made me chuckle.
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Once, when I was digging in FFT map files, I found an unused map file where each of the 4 camera angles allowed you to see a different room. I thought it was so cool, I was determined to make a level like that in Radiant Sword. Now it's real! #rpg #jrpg #turnbased #indiedev #indiegames
January 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
Once, when I was digging in FFT map files, I found an unused map file where each of the 4 camera angles allowed you to see a different room. I thought it was so cool, I was determined to make a level like that in Radiant Sword. Now it's real! #rpg #jrpg #turnbased #indiedev #indiegames
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May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
November 13, 2024 at 11:20 AM
May as well dive right in.
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?
According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”
Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
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Artifice - Gyromancy out today on streaming platforms
Gyromancy - Single by Artifice on Apple Music
Album · 2026 · 1 Song
music.apple.com
January 23, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Artifice - Gyromancy out today on streaming platforms
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Time to post this rather incredible photo again.
The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, with one of the Solar System's smallest moons, Phobos, crossing it.
Photographed from Mars orbit.
Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social CC BY
The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, with one of the Solar System's smallest moons, Phobos, crossing it.
Photographed from Mars orbit.
Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social CC BY
January 27, 2026 at 8:22 PM
Time to post this rather incredible photo again.
The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, with one of the Solar System's smallest moons, Phobos, crossing it.
Photographed from Mars orbit.
Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social CC BY
The largest volcano in the Solar System, Olympus Mons, with one of the Solar System's smallest moons, Phobos, crossing it.
Photographed from Mars orbit.
Credit: Credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin/Andrea Luck @andrealuck.bsky.social CC BY
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neo geo pocket horoscope said today would be a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💰 Day for us leos and:
-i got a new ongoing gig i’m excited to talk about soon
-a client paid me ahead of schedule
-i just got $55 from a class action settlement i forgot about
so YES astrology is REALER THAN SCIENCE and this is hard proof
-i got a new ongoing gig i’m excited to talk about soon
-a client paid me ahead of schedule
-i just got $55 from a class action settlement i forgot about
so YES astrology is REALER THAN SCIENCE and this is hard proof
January 27, 2026
#NeoGeo #PocketHoroscope
#NeoGeo #PocketHoroscope
January 28, 2026 at 2:45 AM
neo geo pocket horoscope said today would be a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 💰 Day for us leos and:
-i got a new ongoing gig i’m excited to talk about soon
-a client paid me ahead of schedule
-i just got $55 from a class action settlement i forgot about
so YES astrology is REALER THAN SCIENCE and this is hard proof
-i got a new ongoing gig i’m excited to talk about soon
-a client paid me ahead of schedule
-i just got $55 from a class action settlement i forgot about
so YES astrology is REALER THAN SCIENCE and this is hard proof
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anyone I know in the UK like lringles enough to get me a code for the bowtie in wow
I like pringles but they won't give me the code in the US 🥺
I like pringles but they won't give me the code in the US 🥺
January 27, 2026 at 4:32 PM
anyone I know in the UK like lringles enough to get me a code for the bowtie in wow
I like pringles but they won't give me the code in the US 🥺
I like pringles but they won't give me the code in the US 🥺
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Anyway, this is still the world's best, most comprehensive guide to the stuff you can newly play on NSO today:
limitedrungames.com/collections/...
Or you can fall back on the video version if that's your jam:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(If nothing else, check out The Mansion of Innsmouth)
limitedrungames.com/collections/...
Or you can fall back on the video version if that's your jam:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(If nothing else, check out The Mansion of Innsmouth)
Virtual Boy Works Hardcover Book
– Limited Run Games
After Nintendo achieved world-shaking success with its Game Boy handheld system, a next-generation follow-up seemed inevitable. Yet few could have predicted the form it would take—or how poorly it wou...
limitedrungames.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Anyway, this is still the world's best, most comprehensive guide to the stuff you can newly play on NSO today:
limitedrungames.com/collections/...
Or you can fall back on the video version if that's your jam:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(If nothing else, check out The Mansion of Innsmouth)
limitedrungames.com/collections/...
Or you can fall back on the video version if that's your jam:
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
(If nothing else, check out The Mansion of Innsmouth)
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As hoped for in our newest issue, Dragon Hopper has just been confirmed for release 30 years after its Summer 1996 release plans were cancelled!
January 27, 2026 at 2:12 PM
As hoped for in our newest issue, Dragon Hopper has just been confirmed for release 30 years after its Summer 1996 release plans were cancelled!
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Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics – Overview Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVva...
January 27, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Virtual Boy – Nintendo Classics – Overview Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVva...
Holy Shit: Nintendo is putting Zero Racer and Dragon Hopper on the Switch 2 Virtual Boy Classics release! www.videogameschronicle.com/news/2-unrel...
For Virtual Boy fans, this is basically equivalent to Nintendo casually releasing Mother 3. Or maybe the N64 version of it. This is astounding! 🤯
For Virtual Boy fans, this is basically equivalent to Nintendo casually releasing Mother 3. Or maybe the N64 version of it. This is astounding! 🤯
2 unreleased Virtual Boy games are coming to Nintendo Switch as part of the NSO Expansion Pack | VGC
Zero Racer and D-Hopper will be playable for the first time…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Holy Shit: Nintendo is putting Zero Racer and Dragon Hopper on the Switch 2 Virtual Boy Classics release! www.videogameschronicle.com/news/2-unrel...
For Virtual Boy fans, this is basically equivalent to Nintendo casually releasing Mother 3. Or maybe the N64 version of it. This is astounding! 🤯
For Virtual Boy fans, this is basically equivalent to Nintendo casually releasing Mother 3. Or maybe the N64 version of it. This is astounding! 🤯
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Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate
January 27, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Happy large boulder the size of a small boulder day for all who celebrate