Jim Van Verth
@cthulhim.bsky.social
Woodworker, musician, co-author of Essential Math for Games, host of The Vintage Gamer, occasional gad about town. Formerly: GPU Engineer for the Skia 2D graphics library; game developer for Red Storm Entertainment and Insomniac Games. He/him.
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U.S. legislators: "Soldiers and sailors, if you are ordered to kill someone and you believe the order is unlawful, don't do it. Remember your oath to The Constitution.
U.S. President: "Kill the legislators."
Am I missing something? Anything at all?
I still have characters left, if so.
U.S. President: "Kill the legislators."
Am I missing something? Anything at all?
I still have characters left, if so.
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
U.S. legislators: "Soldiers and sailors, if you are ordered to kill someone and you believe the order is unlawful, don't do it. Remember your oath to The Constitution.
U.S. President: "Kill the legislators."
Am I missing something? Anything at all?
I still have characters left, if so.
U.S. President: "Kill the legislators."
Am I missing something? Anything at all?
I still have characters left, if so.
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Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
November 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Joint Statement from Goodlander, Slotkin, Kelly, Crow, Deluzio, and Houlahan
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This is very cool! I got to see “Much Ado About Nothing” there on my Europe trip last year!
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Shakespeare's Globe | LEGO® Ideas
Shakespeare's Globe is a world famous theatre in London. This set recreates it's iconic shape and style, whilst celebrating the many plays of William Shakespear…
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November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
This is very cool! I got to see “Much Ado About Nothing” there on my Europe trip last year!
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Amazon has summarily terminated my KDP account for made-up reasons.
This means my KDP titles, Vaporware & Firefly Rain & Snowbird Gothic, are no longer available through Amazon.
But, if you want 'em, you can still get 'em from my online store (and I'll sign 'em):
richard-dansky-books.square.site
This means my KDP titles, Vaporware & Firefly Rain & Snowbird Gothic, are no longer available through Amazon.
But, if you want 'em, you can still get 'em from my online store (and I'll sign 'em):
richard-dansky-books.square.site
Home | Welcome To Richard Dansky's Online Store
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November 20, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Amazon has summarily terminated my KDP account for made-up reasons.
This means my KDP titles, Vaporware & Firefly Rain & Snowbird Gothic, are no longer available through Amazon.
But, if you want 'em, you can still get 'em from my online store (and I'll sign 'em):
richard-dansky-books.square.site
This means my KDP titles, Vaporware & Firefly Rain & Snowbird Gothic, are no longer available through Amazon.
But, if you want 'em, you can still get 'em from my online store (and I'll sign 'em):
richard-dansky-books.square.site
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We can confirm reports that Customs and Border Patrol will be expanding their operation to the Raleigh area as early as tomorrow, Tuesday, November 18th.
Today is day three of CBP's operations in our state.
Today is day three of CBP's operations in our state.
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
We can confirm reports that Customs and Border Patrol will be expanding their operation to the Raleigh area as early as tomorrow, Tuesday, November 18th.
Today is day three of CBP's operations in our state.
Today is day three of CBP's operations in our state.
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Our office is aware of reports that the Border Patrol is bringing its operation to Raleigh.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Our office is aware of reports that the Border Patrol is bringing its operation to Raleigh.
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Discover the 100-Year-Old Self-Playing Violin, One of the Most Complex Music Players Ever Made
Discover the 100-Year-Old Self-Playing Violin, One of the Most Complex Music Players Ever Made
At the 1910 World’s Exhibition in Brussels, Ludwig Hupfeld unveiled the Phonoliszt-Violina, an instrument once dubbed 'the eighth wonder of the world.' A leading maker of automated instruments in Germ...
www.openculture.com
September 9, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Discover the 100-Year-Old Self-Playing Violin, One of the Most Complex Music Players Ever Made
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BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
November 13, 2025 at 1:31 PM
BREAKING: Starbucks workers have launched a massive, nationwide strike.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
Baristas in 40 cities have walked off the job on the busiest day of Starbucks' year.
Upwards of 12,000 @sbworkersunited.org members could ultimately go on strike as the union escalates.
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The first sentence/page of Infinite Archive:
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The first sentence/page of Infinite Archive:
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
An article that does a good job of running down Rosalind Franklin's role in discovering the structure of DNA. The story is more subtle than usually presented. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
An article that does a good job of running down Rosalind Franklin's role in discovering the structure of DNA. The story is more subtle than usually presented. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Live your life so that they talk about your accomplishments upon your death, and not about the people whose research you stole.
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Live your life so that they talk about your accomplishments upon your death, and not about the people whose research you stole.
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Needs to be included as part of every operating system course.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Needs to be included as part of every operating system course.
Was you ever bit by a dead bee?
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Was you ever bit by a dead bee?
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
I believe this is required:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I believe this is required:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
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BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
This quote is going to linger in the air for a long time.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This quote is going to linger in the air for a long time.
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
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If you haven't voted, and you have an election today, GO VOTE NOW.
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Happy Halloween from all of us!
October 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Happy Halloween from all of us!