Elizabeth Zelle
@kohizeri.bsky.social
Head of User Research @ Amazon Games | Making games since 2008 | Bethesda and Volition alum | Midwest is Best | Opinions expressed are my own | She/Her
He actually said the “Monroe Doctrine” part out loud…
January 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
He actually said the “Monroe Doctrine” part out loud…
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Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Trump on Venezuela: "We're going to run the country until such time as we can do a safe, proper, and judicious transition"
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We're going to need a bigger Hague.
January 3, 2026 at 9:51 AM
We're going to need a bigger Hague.
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Happy ‘Was that gunfire or fireworks?’ night to all who celebrate!
January 1, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Happy ‘Was that gunfire or fireworks?’ night to all who celebrate!
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2025 recapped
December 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
2025 recapped
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
December 28, 2025 at 2:55 AM
post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't nirvana, soundgarden, pearl jam, or alice in chains.
New Christmas cookie I tried out this year was a real winner. Presenting gingerbread marshmallow cookies.
December 26, 2025 at 1:59 AM
New Christmas cookie I tried out this year was a real winner. Presenting gingerbread marshmallow cookies.
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Seems worth noting at this point that Weiss's internal critics at the Times were correct and her many apologists among elite pundits were wrong
December 22, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Seems worth noting at this point that Weiss's internal critics at the Times were correct and her many apologists among elite pundits were wrong
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now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.
December 22, 2025 at 12:09 AM
now seems like a good time to remind you all to support independent, worker run, billionaire free, and/or reader funded news how and where you can.
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One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
One day something will happen — a wedding, a graduation, a job promotion, Jake Paul getting knocked out, Andrew Tate getting knocked out the next day — and you’ll want the right outfit to celebrate. Buy that special outfit now, so you’re ready when that next unexpected moment arrives.
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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
www.popsci.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality.
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
And trans lives are grounded in reality.
We see y'all. No matter what.
www.popsci.com/science/tran...
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Texas widow receives immigration approval letter months after husband's death in ICE shooting
The approval letter would've allowed Miguel Garcia to move forward with obtaining a visa or green card
The approval letter would've allowed Miguel Garcia to move forward with obtaining a visa or green card
Texas widow receives immigration approval letter months after husband’s death in ICE shooting
A Texas woman received a letter approving her late husband’s request to move forward with obtaining legal status — two months after he was killed in a Dallas ICE facility shooting.
www.nbcwashington.com
December 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Texas widow receives immigration approval letter months after husband's death in ICE shooting
The approval letter would've allowed Miguel Garcia to move forward with obtaining a visa or green card
The approval letter would've allowed Miguel Garcia to move forward with obtaining a visa or green card
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The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
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At last we have created the Hunger Games from the classic dystopian novel Don’t Create The Hunger Games
Trump announces an "unprecedented four-day athletic event" with "one young man and one young woman from each state and territory"
December 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
At last we have created the Hunger Games from the classic dystopian novel Don’t Create The Hunger Games
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there being no ethical consumption under capitalism is not an excuse for knowingly consuming something patently unethical
December 17, 2025 at 6:25 PM
there being no ethical consumption under capitalism is not an excuse for knowingly consuming something patently unethical
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it's a very interesting conflict:
the normies broadly don't care about genAI ethics (unless it already came for their job)
the terminally online care VERY much about genAI ethics and hate AI passionately
corpos think everyone's a normie but rely heavily on the online folks for hype and marketing
the normies broadly don't care about genAI ethics (unless it already came for their job)
the terminally online care VERY much about genAI ethics and hate AI passionately
corpos think everyone's a normie but rely heavily on the online folks for hype and marketing
December 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
it's a very interesting conflict:
the normies broadly don't care about genAI ethics (unless it already came for their job)
the terminally online care VERY much about genAI ethics and hate AI passionately
corpos think everyone's a normie but rely heavily on the online folks for hype and marketing
the normies broadly don't care about genAI ethics (unless it already came for their job)
the terminally online care VERY much about genAI ethics and hate AI passionately
corpos think everyone's a normie but rely heavily on the online folks for hype and marketing
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Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
December 17, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Swen Vincke of Larian Studios responded to backlash for using AI with a promise to rewind time to before anyone knew about that.
paletteswap.site/dif...
paletteswap.site/dif...
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Larian are you in the right headspace to receive information that could possibly hurt your KPIs
NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’
‘I think this one is going to be way better’ than ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ Larian CEO Vincke says
www.bloomberg.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Larian are you in the right headspace to receive information that could possibly hurt your KPIs
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I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I wrote this brief talk on why “augmenting diversity” with LLMs is empirically unsubstantiable, conceptually flawed, and epistemically harmful and a nice surprise to see the organisers have made it public
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
synthetic-data-workshop.github.io/papers/13.pdf
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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Amazon Games Studios has divested upcoming MOBA March of Giants to Ubisoft, original home of its creative leadership team.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-acqu...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-acqu...
Ubisoft acquires upcoming MOBA March of Giants from Amazon Game Studios
The news follows significant cutbacks to Amazon's game publishing business as part of a global reduction in headcount.
www.gamesindustry.biz
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Amazon Games Studios has divested upcoming MOBA March of Giants to Ubisoft, original home of its creative leadership team.
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-acqu...
www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-acqu...
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.