Mx Blazewing
@vampireblazewing.bsky.social
Storyteller. Gender Muppet. Photographer. Journalist. Enby. Brujah/Toreador. Owner of @Echovisionofficial.bsky.social
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~~Communications Specialist~~
They/them
Goth AF.
Founder of The Black Butterfly Society
https://taplink.cc/vampireblazewing
~~Communications Specialist~~
They/them
Goth AF.
Founder of The Black Butterfly Society
This is the best thing I've seen today
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
This is the best thing I've seen today
DH500 tackled massive ethical debates this week: Is social media "living data"? When is cleaning data erasure? And how do we stop AI bias in facial recognition? Plus, a great talk on Failure Studies in code. Read the full critique!
When Code Breaks: DH500 on Ethics, Failure, and The Messy Archive
DH500 - 2025-11-18
blazewing.substack.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:58 PM
DH500 tackled massive ethical debates this week: Is social media "living data"? When is cleaning data erasure? And how do we stop AI bias in facial recognition? Plus, a great talk on Failure Studies in code. Read the full critique!
My Spotify apparently chose violence this morning.
I Fucked Yr Mom
Sorry Mom · Juno Goes to the Big House · Song · 2021
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November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My Spotify apparently chose violence this morning.
The Macy Velour case is breaking open. The overdose story is a lie. Our findings reveal abduction, violence, and a strategic coverup tied to Edmonton’s nightlife undercurrent. The truth is darker than anyone reported… until now.
Deets are in the article!
Deets are in the article!
EchoVision | Mx Blazewing | Substack
EchoVision investigates the strange patterns hiding in everyday places—missing people, quiet anomalies, and stories that vanish from official records. This is the archive of what the city tries to ignore. Click to read EchoVision, by Mx Blazewing, a Substack publication. Launched 2 days ago.
echovisionfiles.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:00 PM
The Macy Velour case is breaking open. The overdose story is a lie. Our findings reveal abduction, violence, and a strategic coverup tied to Edmonton’s nightlife undercurrent. The truth is darker than anyone reported… until now.
Deets are in the article!
Deets are in the article!
Reposted by Mx Blazewing
#Vamily, join Huddy, Avery, Azure, Az, Ramos, and Luna for Episode 4 of our Elder Chronicle, 'Echoes of Blood,' "Elegy & Ode."
We're live RIGHT NOW on twitch.tv/rollingnomads!
Tonight, the Elders are invited to Berlin's Camarilla Elysium...
#ttrpg #actualplay #worldofdarkness #whitewolf
We're live RIGHT NOW on twitch.tv/rollingnomads!
Tonight, the Elders are invited to Berlin's Camarilla Elysium...
#ttrpg #actualplay #worldofdarkness #whitewolf
November 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
#Vamily, join Huddy, Avery, Azure, Az, Ramos, and Luna for Episode 4 of our Elder Chronicle, 'Echoes of Blood,' "Elegy & Ode."
We're live RIGHT NOW on twitch.tv/rollingnomads!
Tonight, the Elders are invited to Berlin's Camarilla Elysium...
#ttrpg #actualplay #worldofdarkness #whitewolf
We're live RIGHT NOW on twitch.tv/rollingnomads!
Tonight, the Elders are invited to Berlin's Camarilla Elysium...
#ttrpg #actualplay #worldofdarkness #whitewolf
When I tell you that I'm soooo looking forward to this semester being over.....
November 14, 2025 at 1:18 AM
When I tell you that I'm soooo looking forward to this semester being over.....
We built a cipher-cracking system in DH520, learned how Levenstein distance (Edit Distance) and "rocket-fast" dictionaries fix bad OCR text, turning messy scans of "The Raven" into clean data.
OCR Correction Workflow
DH520 - 2025-11-06
blazewing.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
We built a cipher-cracking system in DH520, learned how Levenstein distance (Edit Distance) and "rocket-fast" dictionaries fix bad OCR text, turning messy scans of "The Raven" into clean data.
Final push in DH510. We finished readings and dove into Time Management (hello, Pomodoro and GTD!). Key lesson: Synthesis over summary in the Lit Review, and clarify that supervisor fit. Full steam ahead to the final grant!
Hitting the Final Stretch: From Synthesis to Survival in DH510
DH510 - 2025-11-04
blazewing.substack.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Final push in DH510. We finished readings and dove into Time Management (hello, Pomodoro and GTD!). Key lesson: Synthesis over summary in the Lit Review, and clarify that supervisor fit. Full steam ahead to the final grant!
DH500 Week 9 asked a tough question: Is our digital infrastructure inherently biased? We connected UNIX modularity to social structures, discussed the massive AI bubble, and learned why preserving original analog archives is still vital. The digital stack is never neutral!
Why Our Digital Tools Are Never Neutral
DH 500 - Class 9 - 2025-11-04
blazewing.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:18 AM
DH500 Week 9 asked a tough question: Is our digital infrastructure inherently biased? We connected UNIX modularity to social structures, discussed the massive AI bubble, and learned why preserving original analog archives is still vital. The digital stack is never neutral!
HAPPY SPOOKYWEEN
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
HAPPY SPOOKYWEEN
Grad life is intense. Going deep on cultural critique in games while battling massive Impostor Syndrome. It's tough, but we keep coding and critiquing. Full reflection on the blog!
Impostor In The Machine
Week: 2025-10-20 - Surviving The Grad School Grind - Reflexive Entry
blazewing.substack.com
October 25, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Grad life is intense. Going deep on cultural critique in games while battling massive Impostor Syndrome. It's tough, but we keep coding and critiquing. Full reflection on the blog!
DH 520, Class 8: We moved past simple scripts to master Modules (thanks, PyPI!) and used Frequency Analysis to decrypt text, just like fixing bad OCR. Next up: Functions, the leap to intermediate coding!
DH520: The Secret Language Of Code
DH520 - Class 8 - 2025-10-23:
blazewing.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
DH 520, Class 8: We moved past simple scripts to master Modules (thanks, PyPI!) and used Frequency Analysis to decrypt text, just like fixing bad OCR. Next up: Functions, the leap to intermediate coding!
DH 510, Class 7: We moved past grant writing to the execution phase, defining Agile vs. Waterfall and tackling a $75K budgeting exercise. Learned that communication is 90% of a PM's job and ethics must be task #1. Now to synthesize those LR themes!
From Proposals to Execution
DH510 - 2025-10-21 - Class 7
blazewing.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 12:44 AM
DH 510, Class 7: We moved past grant writing to the execution phase, defining Agile vs. Waterfall and tackling a $75K budgeting exercise. Learned that communication is 90% of a PM's job and ethics must be task #1. Now to synthesize those LR themes!
Debated game ethics, why markup is knowledge, and the history of visualization. Full post on procedural rhetoric and play is up.
Visualizing Data and Defining Play
DH 500 - Class 7 - 2025-10-21
blazewing.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Debated game ethics, why markup is knowledge, and the history of visualization. Full post on procedural rhetoric and play is up.
DH520 Week 7: We learned the crucial difference between sequential List searches and lightning-fast Dictionary (hash table) lookups. Plus, we mastered the with statement for clean file handling. Time to debug and prep for cryptography!
The Inner Life Of Code
DH 520, Class 7, 2025-10-16 - Loops, Files, and why dictionaries are God-Tier fast
blazewing.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
DH520 Week 7: We learned the crucial difference between sequential List searches and lightning-fast Dictionary (hash table) lookups. Plus, we mastered the with statement for clean file handling. Time to debug and prep for cryptography!
DH510 Week 6 was a crash course in funding! We got expert tips on applying for SSHRC grants, learned the assertive language of a great proposal, and outlined the 5 core questions every fundable project must answer. Time to turn my LR into a $$75K pitch!
Show Me the Money! Navigating Grants and Ambition in DH510
DH 510 - Class 6, 2025-10-14
blazewing.substack.com
October 17, 2025 at 12:44 AM
DH510 Week 6 was a crash course in funding! We got expert tips on applying for SSHRC grants, learned the assertive language of a great proposal, and outlined the 5 core questions every fundable project must answer. Time to turn my LR into a $$75K pitch!
Finished DH500 Class 6! We went from 13th-century concordances to modern AI visualization, debated if a text adventure is even a game, and learned how markup is knowledge production. My brain is officially in hypertext mode.
From Moths to Murals: Visualizing History in DH500
We hit Class 6 of DH500 this week, and it was a whirlwind tour covering everything from 13th-century Bibles to the philosophical distinction between a game and interactive fiction.
blazewing.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Finished DH500 Class 6! We went from 13th-century concordances to modern AI visualization, debated if a text adventure is even a game, and learned how markup is knowledge production. My brain is officially in hypertext mode.
It's Wednesday. Godspell takes flight.
October 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
It's Wednesday. Godspell takes flight.
Pierre Poillievre is running his mouth on the exact same lines the Nazis in the Whitehouse ran.
October 15, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Pierre Poillievre is running his mouth on the exact same lines the Nazis in the Whitehouse ran.
Unplugged DH class revelation: in-person talks make me uncomfortable! We also tackled the data degradation crisis—our digital history is decaying. The bright spot? Falling in love with Python for analysis and information retrieval.
Reflections on DH: October 6 - 10
Discomfort, Coding, and the Data Dilemma
blazewing.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Unplugged DH class revelation: in-person talks make me uncomfortable! We also tackled the data degradation crisis—our digital history is decaying. The bright spot? Falling in love with Python for analysis and information retrieval.
Time Magazine caught a hell of a photo of Trump's undamaged ear. Who ever took that photo is a gods-damned genius
October 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Time Magazine caught a hell of a photo of Trump's undamaged ear. Who ever took that photo is a gods-damned genius
If you study fascism, you most likely see the signs. Remember: By the time it was bad enough to leave, it was already too late.
October 11, 2025 at 10:23 PM
If you study fascism, you most likely see the signs. Remember: By the time it was bad enough to leave, it was already too late.
We went deep into Python's core: mastering data structures (Mutable vs. Immutable!), fixing the infamous Boolean bug, and learning the beauty of "Pythonic" code. Now, it's time to design our game simulation in pseudocode. Full breakdown of the logic lab on the blog!
It's Not a Bug, It's a Feature! (The Moth's Legacy)
DH 520 - Class 6 - 2025-10-09
blazewing.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
We went deep into Python's core: mastering data structures (Mutable vs. Immutable!), fixing the infamous Boolean bug, and learning the beauty of "Pythonic" code. Now, it's time to design our game simulation in pseudocode. Full breakdown of the logic lab on the blog!
Week 5 of DH520 was all about the foundations! We debated Epistemology vs. Ontology, explored qualitative research methods, and got strict guidelines on using AI (like ChatGPT) in academic work (validation is key!).
Week 5: From Philosophies of Existence to the Perfect Grant Proposal
DH510 - Class 5 - 2025-10-07
blazewing.substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Week 5 of DH520 was all about the foundations! We debated Epistemology vs. Ontology, explored qualitative research methods, and got strict guidelines on using AI (like ChatGPT) in academic work (validation is key!).