Peter Svidler
@polborta.bsky.social
i have the best dog. chessplayer, cricket tragic, reader of books
very brief bit as it turns out
i'm going to have to wake up at 5 for a bit, aren't i #ashes
November 22, 2025 at 8:42 AM
very brief bit as it turns out
evergreen
why can’t england bat
November 22, 2025 at 6:11 AM
evergreen
I recently read the lathe of heaven (and then listened to @aptshadow.bsky.social & @emmanewman.bsky.social discuss it on their pod), and it occurres to me that Stokes is George Orr, but without the buddhist inhibitions - and, thankfully, so far content to bend only cricket realities to his will.
just an absolutely ridiculous cricketer (laudatory)
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I recently read the lathe of heaven (and then listened to @aptshadow.bsky.social & @emmanewman.bsky.social discuss it on their pod), and it occurres to me that Stokes is George Orr, but without the buddhist inhibitions - and, thankfully, so far content to bend only cricket realities to his will.
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steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
November 21, 2025 at 7:52 AM
steve smith, you scored 17 on your specialist subject, "getting hit by jofra archer"
i'm going to get a lot of mileage out of this in the next couple of months
just an absolutely ridiculous cricketer (laudatory)
November 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
i'm going to get a lot of mileage out of this in the next couple of months
just an absolutely ridiculous cricketer (laudatory)
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
just an absolutely ridiculous cricketer (laudatory)
toothy goofball <3
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
toothy goofball <3
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I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
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Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Whomst among us hasn't felt a little vacuum about snackie all done
fab
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent cattle I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
fab
how the hell did i manage not to watch any of that test at all. moronic inferno
November 16, 2025 at 8:46 AM
how the hell did i manage not to watch any of that test at all. moronic inferno
it's on me but holy cow this was NOT the week to finally decide to play adios. excellent game, doc @docseuss.bsky.social but yeah, not right now would have been wiser
November 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
it's on me but holy cow this was NOT the week to finally decide to play adios. excellent game, doc @docseuss.bsky.social but yeah, not right now would have been wiser
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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I still think this is a strong contender for the funniest video ever uploaded. Absolutely unbeatable comedic rhythm
June 20, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I still think this is a strong contender for the funniest video ever uploaded. Absolutely unbeatable comedic rhythm
this one appears to be a) extra long and b) aimed at more or less me exactly. if you're curious about the intersection of text, dialogue, and plot in gamedev - this is great stuff
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:19 PM
this one appears to be a) extra long and b) aimed at more or less me exactly. if you're curious about the intersection of text, dialogue, and plot in gamedev - this is great stuff
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magnus is currently commentating the world cup tiebreaks, by the way
hard to overstate just how good that is to watch if you're at all interested in chess
www.youtube.com/live/NAaIig3...
hard to overstate just how good that is to watch if you're at all interested in chess
www.youtube.com/live/NAaIig3...
FIDE World Cup 2025: Pragg, Vidit & Nodirbek Face Risk Of Upsets! Will They Survive? Rd 2 Tiebreaks
YouTube video by chess24
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
magnus is currently commentating the world cup tiebreaks, by the way
hard to overstate just how good that is to watch if you're at all interested in chess
www.youtube.com/live/NAaIig3...
hard to overstate just how good that is to watch if you're at all interested in chess
www.youtube.com/live/NAaIig3...
welcome to the club, wesley
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
welcome to the club, wesley
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New favourite example of structural ambiguity
November 5, 2025 at 4:54 AM
New favourite example of structural ambiguity
yeah ok it's 7am i'm going back to sleep, go smaller birds but this is probably it, right? if you don't win from there..
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
yeah ok it's 7am i'm going back to sleep, go smaller birds but this is probably it, right? if you don't win from there..
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