Eddy
@ally-once-nerds.bsky.social
PNW based lifeform, self-aware brain driving a bone mecha wrapped in the horrors of flapping meat. Doomer in hopes of being a bloomer. Here for arts, sciences, and policy for living together in better ways. Also here for occasional memes and shitposts.
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This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
February 1, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is Jerry Lawson. He invented the video game cartridge for the Fairchild Channel F system. Because of his invention, many consoles had cartridges and CD formats and would become the norm.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
The Atari 2600, NES, Genesis, and many consoles wouldn't exist without him.
Happy Black History Month.
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
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As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
January 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
As expected, the Trump team is already deleting climate info from government websites. In anticipation, our team at Urban Ocean Lab created a permanent archive of 100+ key resources and published a permanent archive: www.urbanoceanlab.org/resource-hub 👩🏽💻
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This month, the team at The Public Domain Review launched a new project aimed at artists, illustrators, designers, and creatives of all stripes.
A New Searchable Public Domain Archive Collects 10,000+ Images Free for Use
Need inspiration? A new database from The Public Domain Review is a veritable trove of creativity across centuries.
www.thisiscolossal.com
January 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
This month, the team at The Public Domain Review launched a new project aimed at artists, illustrators, designers, and creatives of all stripes.
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This is the perfect analogy.
If you want more people to run, you don’t give them mopeds.
If you want more people to make art, you don’t give them image generators.
This doesn’t “democratize” anything
If you want more people to run, you don’t give them mopeds.
If you want more people to make art, you don’t give them image generators.
This doesn’t “democratize” anything
December 16, 2024 at 11:12 AM
This is the perfect analogy.
If you want more people to run, you don’t give them mopeds.
If you want more people to make art, you don’t give them image generators.
This doesn’t “democratize” anything
If you want more people to run, you don’t give them mopeds.
If you want more people to make art, you don’t give them image generators.
This doesn’t “democratize” anything
Not to yuck someone's particular brand of educational ASMR but what's with cute academics making reels of themselves staring teary-eyed into the distance while a sad historical fact is displayed? Is this a new kathairein for our age?
December 12, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Not to yuck someone's particular brand of educational ASMR but what's with cute academics making reels of themselves staring teary-eyed into the distance while a sad historical fact is displayed? Is this a new kathairein for our age?
Me, quoting Merlin from T.H. White for the nth time in my life. Personal Power Word Heal.
If you think about it, the very best books are really just extremely long spells that turn you into a different person for the rest of your life
December 12, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Me, quoting Merlin from T.H. White for the nth time in my life. Personal Power Word Heal.
Just saw a random findomme on Bluesky sending out a cash ask into the wild after a disappointing dinner. Sort of feels like hearing a new bird call.
December 12, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Just saw a random findomme on Bluesky sending out a cash ask into the wild after a disappointing dinner. Sort of feels like hearing a new bird call.
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Stop worrying that the pages aren't good enough.
If they aren't good enough, you'll make them good enough when you edit. Sometimes, you have to see a thing on the page before you know exactly what it is supposed to be.
The rights words often only come after the wrong ones.
If they aren't good enough, you'll make them good enough when you edit. Sometimes, you have to see a thing on the page before you know exactly what it is supposed to be.
The rights words often only come after the wrong ones.
December 11, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Stop worrying that the pages aren't good enough.
If they aren't good enough, you'll make them good enough when you edit. Sometimes, you have to see a thing on the page before you know exactly what it is supposed to be.
The rights words often only come after the wrong ones.
If they aren't good enough, you'll make them good enough when you edit. Sometimes, you have to see a thing on the page before you know exactly what it is supposed to be.
The rights words often only come after the wrong ones.
I made ham and bean soup and ended up with a too-salty soup. It's more like a ham and bean demi-glace rn ugh.
December 10, 2024 at 5:41 AM
I made ham and bean soup and ended up with a too-salty soup. It's more like a ham and bean demi-glace rn ugh.
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'When Notre-Dame reopened on 7 December, it was thanks, in part, to the efforts of 175 researchers with expertise across a range of disciplines: acoustics, art, data, history, archaeology, anthropology.' Example of why blue-skies research matters for 'real-life' problems we've not yet imagined. 1/2
The academics who helped breathe new life into Notre-Dame
Five years after a devastating fire, the Paris cathedral has finally reopened, with the help of a vast team of researchers
www.timeshighereducation.com
December 9, 2024 at 8:06 AM
'When Notre-Dame reopened on 7 December, it was thanks, in part, to the efforts of 175 researchers with expertise across a range of disciplines: acoustics, art, data, history, archaeology, anthropology.' Example of why blue-skies research matters for 'real-life' problems we've not yet imagined. 1/2
The ordeal of being perceived during the holiday season.
and for successfully resisting the urge to eat a little treat, I shall reward myself with a little treat
December 9, 2024 at 9:21 PM
The ordeal of being perceived during the holiday season.
"Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there's no reason or excuse for committing thought-crime. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won't be any need even for that. . . ."
I'm so serious, if you stop using your creativity, imagination and thinking abilities you will lose them. Millions of people willingly giving up their intellects, the very thing that makes them human, is a nightmare straight out of our darkest science-fictions.
December 5, 2024 at 8:08 AM
"Every year fewer and fewer words, and the range of consciousness always a little smaller. Even now, of course, there's no reason or excuse for committing thought-crime. It's merely a question of self-discipline, reality-control. But in the end there won't be any need even for that. . . ."
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So about ten years ago I found a small network of bots on Reddit dedicated to spreading hate. The thing about it is that these weren't even responding to political topics - they were just responding to random keywords with insults and hate.
The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵
The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵
this is kind of a niche issue but: if you are getting weird and hostile responses that feel a little off, there are some folks on here making accounts that automatically reply to large quantities of posts in a vaguely hostile manner. you can ignore them, and also, it's not personal
December 3, 2024 at 1:55 PM
So about ten years ago I found a small network of bots on Reddit dedicated to spreading hate. The thing about it is that these weren't even responding to political topics - they were just responding to random keywords with insults and hate.
The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵
The same bots are now here. You should understand why. 🧵
Me: try to be pleasant to call center people to make their holidays easier
People: Enjoy the pleasantness, spend extra time with me.
[my introvert ass panics as I run out of chatgas]
People: Enjoy the pleasantness, spend extra time with me.
[my introvert ass panics as I run out of chatgas]
December 3, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Me: try to be pleasant to call center people to make their holidays easier
People: Enjoy the pleasantness, spend extra time with me.
[my introvert ass panics as I run out of chatgas]
People: Enjoy the pleasantness, spend extra time with me.
[my introvert ass panics as I run out of chatgas]
The duality of my brain that nods appreciatively to this but hisses at every video essay or TT dance that could have been two sentences.
We do not want to be part of a wider societal problem in which our collective expectations of immediacy outweigh the need for accuracy and thoughtfulness.
If we can curate just a corner of the internet where the fastest take is not king, then we feel like we're doing our job.
If we can curate just a corner of the internet where the fastest take is not king, then we feel like we're doing our job.
December 3, 2024 at 3:54 PM
The duality of my brain that nods appreciatively to this but hisses at every video essay or TT dance that could have been two sentences.
I dreamt that a friend and I were eating a block of cheddar filled with pockets of cognac goo and cheddar goo. Is this how new TikTok food trends are invented?
December 3, 2024 at 12:53 AM
I dreamt that a friend and I were eating a block of cheddar filled with pockets of cognac goo and cheddar goo. Is this how new TikTok food trends are invented?
Advent snack calendars are fidget toys for my stomach. Two should be enough, yet is not.
December 2, 2024 at 12:13 AM
Advent snack calendars are fidget toys for my stomach. Two should be enough, yet is not.
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Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
November 26, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Public library energy is the best energy. Like here is all the knowledge we could find, it's been meticulously organized and vetted and it will cost you nothing today, welcome to the absolute pinnacle of human civic evolution, feel free to pull up any bean bag chair you like
Wake up, babe. New Jordan Peele film idea just dropped.
New from me: Two influencers make very similar content promoting Amazon products. They dress the same. They buy the same stuff. They even have a similar tattoo.
Now one is suing the other, claiming her rival won't stop copying her. But who influenced whom? www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...
Now one is suing the other, claiming her rival won't stop copying her. But who influenced whom? www.theverge.com/2024/11/26/2...
The influencer lawsuit that could change the industry
Behind the scenes of a court battle for the “clean girl” look.
www.theverge.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:32 AM
Wake up, babe. New Jordan Peele film idea just dropped.
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These male & female memento mori figurines were used for spiritual contemplation in the 19th century. They reminded the owner of the transience of life and material luxury. They are now part of the Wellcome Collection in London.
Personally, I think they'd make great wedding cake toppers!
Personally, I think they'd make great wedding cake toppers!
November 25, 2024 at 1:17 PM
These male & female memento mori figurines were used for spiritual contemplation in the 19th century. They reminded the owner of the transience of life and material luxury. They are now part of the Wellcome Collection in London.
Personally, I think they'd make great wedding cake toppers!
Personally, I think they'd make great wedding cake toppers!
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gentle thought that big political "activist" accounts may not be worth your attention if they post lots of angry soundbites but never post any call to for practical action like calling your reps or supporting your local library or mutual aid group or doing anything other than scrolling and clicking
November 15, 2024 at 5:49 PM
gentle thought that big political "activist" accounts may not be worth your attention if they post lots of angry soundbites but never post any call to for practical action like calling your reps or supporting your local library or mutual aid group or doing anything other than scrolling and clicking
Overheard in my house: "Chefsteps is home ec for cryptobros."
November 24, 2024 at 10:41 PM
Overheard in my house: "Chefsteps is home ec for cryptobros."
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“The success of childhood vaccination has a perverse effect of making the benefits of these vaccines invisible.”
It’s a classic conundrum of preventative measures against disease:* success is when you see nothing when you otherwise would
Nice article from @sarahzhang.bsky.social
“The success of childhood vaccination has a perverse effect of making the benefits of these vaccines invisible.”
It’s a classic conundrum of preventative measures against disease:* success is when you see nothing when you otherwise would
Nice article from @sarahzhang.bsky.social
Gift article. "For most of human history, half of all children died before reaching age 15; that number is down to just 4 percent worldwide, and far lower in developed countries, with vaccines one of the major drivers of improved life expectancy." Medsky www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
Here’s How We Know RFK Jr. Is Wrong About Vaccines
Children used to die of diseases far more gruesome and deadly than we remember.
www.theatlantic.com
November 24, 2024 at 6:24 AM
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“The success of childhood vaccination has a perverse effect of making the benefits of these vaccines invisible.”
It’s a classic conundrum of preventative measures against disease:* success is when you see nothing when you otherwise would
Nice article from @sarahzhang.bsky.social
“The success of childhood vaccination has a perverse effect of making the benefits of these vaccines invisible.”
It’s a classic conundrum of preventative measures against disease:* success is when you see nothing when you otherwise would
Nice article from @sarahzhang.bsky.social
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Pretty much every serious photographer here tries to capture photos of the volcano and the northern lights together. Sometimes, they succeed quite well ;) Photos from Wioleta Gorecka, taken near Reykjanesvíti.
November 23, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Pretty much every serious photographer here tries to capture photos of the volcano and the northern lights together. Sometimes, they succeed quite well ;) Photos from Wioleta Gorecka, taken near Reykjanesvíti.