Peter Rood
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KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
GAME OVER: $25k+ of tech stolen from Kent arcade
Tens of thousands of dollars worth of vintage video game equipment was stolen from a Kent arcade this week.
www.kiro7.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:32 AM
KIRO 7 ran an article and two TV pieces on the theft of a box truck full of arcade PCBs, artwork, and machines from my workplace yesterday. If anyone in the Seattle area sees someone offloading a ton of CPS2/NAOMI/Neo Geo PCBs, stuff of that nature, please reach out.
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
www.kiro7.com/news/local/g...
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Hmm: Ms Kendzior said: “the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles”. From her most recent “When I loved New York”: “for example, arrest war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu”. I wonder if that phrase gets you banned? sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/when-i-lov...
When I Loved New York
Will Mamdani bring back the city I remember? Can anyone?
sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Hmm: Ms Kendzior said: “the last things I posted were excerpts from my substack newsletter articles”. From her most recent “When I loved New York”: “for example, arrest war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu”. I wonder if that phrase gets you banned? sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/when-i-lov...
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Still thinking about this young mathematician. Her name was Yulia Zdanovska. She could have done so much for her country and for our shared world. We all lost her.
Killed by Putin’s Russia in Kharkiv almost exactly three years ago.
Memorial from the ACM: cacm.acm.org/news/in-memo...
Killed by Putin’s Russia in Kharkiv almost exactly three years ago.
Memorial from the ACM: cacm.acm.org/news/in-memo...
March 1, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Still thinking about this young mathematician. Her name was Yulia Zdanovska. She could have done so much for her country and for our shared world. We all lost her.
Killed by Putin’s Russia in Kharkiv almost exactly three years ago.
Memorial from the ACM: cacm.acm.org/news/in-memo...
Killed by Putin’s Russia in Kharkiv almost exactly three years ago.
Memorial from the ACM: cacm.acm.org/news/in-memo...
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Heads up for the Weather Community!
You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!
You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!
January 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Heads up for the Weather Community!
You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!
You can now find NOAA (@noaa.gov), NOAA Climate (@climate.noaa.gov) & NWS HQ (@nws.noaa.gov; still being set up) on Bluesky!
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Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78. bit.ly/40is3yQ
David Lynch, Visionary Director of ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Blue Velvet,’ Dies at 78
Director David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like 'Blue Velvet,' has died. He was 78.
bit.ly
January 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78. bit.ly/40is3yQ
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One of the finest hackers & humans to ever hack the planet needs our help.
Marc Rogers (@marcwrogers on the other site) is lucky to be alive & we are luckier to be able to help him.
Donate if you can, and please *share* to spread the word.
gofund.me/27112e30
Marc Rogers (@marcwrogers on the other site) is lucky to be alive & we are luckier to be able to help him.
Donate if you can, and please *share* to spread the word.
gofund.me/27112e30
Donate to Support Marc Rogers' Road to Recovery, organized by Katie Vogel
cjunkie (Marc Rogers) is an invaluable and beloved member of our hacker community: a… Katie Vogel needs your support for Support Marc Rogers' Road to Recovery
gofund.me
January 6, 2025 at 3:49 AM
One of the finest hackers & humans to ever hack the planet needs our help.
Marc Rogers (@marcwrogers on the other site) is lucky to be alive & we are luckier to be able to help him.
Donate if you can, and please *share* to spread the word.
gofund.me/27112e30
Marc Rogers (@marcwrogers on the other site) is lucky to be alive & we are luckier to be able to help him.
Donate if you can, and please *share* to spread the word.
gofund.me/27112e30
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Introducing ASAL: Automating the Search for Artificial Life with Foundation Models
Blog: sakana.ai/asal/
We propose a new method called Automated Search for Artificial Life (ASAL) which uses foundation models to automate the discovery of the most interesting and open-ended artificial lifeforms!
Blog: sakana.ai/asal/
We propose a new method called Automated Search for Artificial Life (ASAL) which uses foundation models to automate the discovery of the most interesting and open-ended artificial lifeforms!
December 24, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Introducing ASAL: Automating the Search for Artificial Life with Foundation Models
Blog: sakana.ai/asal/
We propose a new method called Automated Search for Artificial Life (ASAL) which uses foundation models to automate the discovery of the most interesting and open-ended artificial lifeforms!
Blog: sakana.ai/asal/
We propose a new method called Automated Search for Artificial Life (ASAL) which uses foundation models to automate the discovery of the most interesting and open-ended artificial lifeforms!
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History will look back on America's car-centric era of urban development the way we look back on cities that just emptied their sewage into the streets.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cars-have-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cars-have-...
Cars Have Fucked Up This Country Bad
The car-centric age of development is one long mistake.
www.hamiltonnolan.com
September 5, 2024 at 3:22 PM
History will look back on America's car-centric era of urban development the way we look back on cities that just emptied their sewage into the streets.
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cars-have-...
www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/cars-have-...
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Given posts coming my way, some suggesting I unalive myself in some fashion, I remind folks that I supported the Internet Archive in their lawsuit, donating time and money, and I did not support the publishers. The IA has confirmed this. I'm sorry they lost.
terribleminds.com/ramble/2023/...
terribleminds.com/ramble/2023/...
No, I Still Don’t Have Anything To Do With The Publisher Lawsuit Against The Internet Archive
Given recent news, and given that any time such news tends to surface, it feels like it’s time for my semi-annual reminder that I have nothing to do with the lawsuit against the Internet Arch…
terribleminds.com
September 4, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Given posts coming my way, some suggesting I unalive myself in some fashion, I remind folks that I supported the Internet Archive in their lawsuit, donating time and money, and I did not support the publishers. The IA has confirmed this. I'm sorry they lost.
terribleminds.com/ramble/2023/...
terribleminds.com/ramble/2023/...
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Excellent new essay by Ted Chiang, who gets to the heart of why language and art are inherently about conveying meaning and experience, not just form:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
www.newyorker.com
August 31, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Excellent new essay by Ted Chiang, who gets to the heart of why language and art are inherently about conveying meaning and experience, not just form:
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Interesting article. It’s disappointing to learn how complicated the process is.
Also, I learned about Project Sunroof from Google sunroof.withgoogle.com which seems helpful
Also, I learned about Project Sunroof from Google sunroof.withgoogle.com which seems helpful
August 17, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Interesting article. It’s disappointing to learn how complicated the process is.
Also, I learned about Project Sunroof from Google sunroof.withgoogle.com which seems helpful
Also, I learned about Project Sunroof from Google sunroof.withgoogle.com which seems helpful
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“They’ll tell me, ‘Your music changed my life.’ It makes me want to cry, man.”
Techno godfather Juan Atkins: ‘There were 5,000 white kids going crazy to my music’
How did a kid from rural Michigan – who lived among cows, haybales and strawberry festivals – change the face of music? As Atkins blazes into the UK, he relives his wild times at early British raves
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2024 at 6:52 PM
“They’ll tell me, ‘Your music changed my life.’ It makes me want to cry, man.”
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I was laid off today from Bungie after 2 years. It hurts but I'm proud of my work and my team. I'm looking for new opportunities as a Technical Producer/Technical Program Manager. Let me know if you have any leads!
July 31, 2024 at 8:13 PM
I was laid off today from Bungie after 2 years. It hurts but I'm proud of my work and my team. I'm looking for new opportunities as a Technical Producer/Technical Program Manager. Let me know if you have any leads!
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I'm not sure I know any financial analysts, but if you're out there... @oxidecomputer.bsky.social is looking for one
oxide.computer/careers/fina...
oxide.computer/careers/fina...
Financial Analyst / Oxide
oxide.computer
July 31, 2024 at 9:16 PM
I'm not sure I know any financial analysts, but if you're out there... @oxidecomputer.bsky.social is looking for one
oxide.computer/careers/fina...
oxide.computer/careers/fina...
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got laid off today from bungie so, if ya need a gameplay capture artist that is bungie-certified and won a few awards, hit me up.
July 31, 2024 at 6:34 PM
got laid off today from bungie so, if ya need a gameplay capture artist that is bungie-certified and won a few awards, hit me up.
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Over at Esquire, you can read N.K. Jemisin's amazing introduction to the 10-year anniversary edition of Authority, which, along with Annihilation and Acceptance (intros by Karen Joy Fowler and Helen Macdonald), are being reissued July 30!
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
We Need Speculative Fiction Now More Than Ever
Amid a terrifying political moment, escapism can be dangerous. But as we celebrate ten years of the Southern Reach trilogy, N.K. Jemisin reminds us that stories can help deconstruct colonial power.
www.esquire.com
July 23, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Over at Esquire, you can read N.K. Jemisin's amazing introduction to the 10-year anniversary edition of Authority, which, along with Annihilation and Acceptance (intros by Karen Joy Fowler and Helen Macdonald), are being reissued July 30!
www.esquire.com/entertainmen...
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I need help promoting our contest.
I think it's a fun and easy one but we barely have any submissions :(
Any ideas where I should post it?
I think it's a fun and easy one but we barely have any submissions :(
Any ideas where I should post it?
Our open science ideathon contest is still open! Write a few words and win an iPad!
🧪
ideathon.nibb.ac.jp
🧪
ideathon.nibb.ac.jp
NIBB: AI-Biology ideathon
Trans-Scale Biology Challenge: combining community science and AI
Japan's National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB) has for ultimate goal to explain the mechanisms and functions of biological phenom...
ideathon.nibb.ac.jp
July 21, 2024 at 10:37 PM
I need help promoting our contest.
I think it's a fun and easy one but we barely have any submissions :(
Any ideas where I should post it?
I think it's a fun and easy one but we barely have any submissions :(
Any ideas where I should post it?
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we seem to be mostly on track inconvergent.net/a-history/
June 15, 2024 at 9:56 PM
we seem to be mostly on track inconvergent.net/a-history/
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V v good Heated edition on the grassroots fight against big tech's shocking data centre growth
It has been astonishing to see people being blase or dismissive about these concerns, writing them off as environmentalism hysterics. This is extremely bad stuff
heated.world/p/how-grassr...
It has been astonishing to see people being blase or dismissive about these concerns, writing them off as environmentalism hysterics. This is extremely bad stuff
heated.world/p/how-grassr...
June 13, 2024 at 4:35 PM
V v good Heated edition on the grassroots fight against big tech's shocking data centre growth
It has been astonishing to see people being blase or dismissive about these concerns, writing them off as environmentalism hysterics. This is extremely bad stuff
heated.world/p/how-grassr...
It has been astonishing to see people being blase or dismissive about these concerns, writing them off as environmentalism hysterics. This is extremely bad stuff
heated.world/p/how-grassr...
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Looky here, one of my short stories (published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ) gets a shout-out in this Reactor Mag article, along with 5 other stories! reactormag.com/six-surprisi...
Six Surprisingly Hopeful Stories About Facing the End of the World - Reactor
Thoughtful and thought-provoking fiction about living in the end times.
reactormag.com
June 13, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Looky here, one of my short stories (published in @uncannymagazine.bsky.social ) gets a shout-out in this Reactor Mag article, along with 5 other stories! reactormag.com/six-surprisi...
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“UniSuper, an Australian pension fund that manages $135 billion worth of funds and has 647,000 members, had its entire account wiped out at Google Cloud, including all its backups that were stored on the service.”
“Unprecedented” Google Cloud event wipes out customer account and its backups
UniSuper, a $135 billion pension account, details its cloud compute nightmare.
arstechnica.com
May 18, 2024 at 1:07 AM
“UniSuper, an Australian pension fund that manages $135 billion worth of funds and has 647,000 members, had its entire account wiped out at Google Cloud, including all its backups that were stored on the service.”
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Aid is still getting into Gaza! The Rafah crossing is not the only route. Now more than ever, aid orgs need your support.
If you are feeling helpless about Israel bombing the 1,400,000 Palestinian refugees in Rafah right now, please consider donating to @distributeaid.org and ANERA.
We are working together to deliver everything from medical equipment to soap to water filters to baby clothing.
We are working together to deliver everything from medical equipment to soap to water filters to baby clothing.
Help us deliver life-saving aid to Palestinians in Gaza! | Distribute Aid (Powered by Donorbox)
Distribute Aid can deliver humanitarian aid into Gaza, the West Bank, Jordan, and Lebanon. We are supporting frontline medical aid organizations like ANERA, to help scale their capacity, share their ...
donorbox.org
May 7, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Aid is still getting into Gaza! The Rafah crossing is not the only route. Now more than ever, aid orgs need your support.