Michael Kindt Dalzen
@daskindt.bsky.social
Game Designer and Producer. Vegan, cyclist, pugdag. (he/him)
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This NeurIPS workshop claims that LLMs "provide an important foundation for exploring human cognition, emotion, and social interaction"
This is flawed logic, as @lmesseri.bsky.social and I argue here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This is flawed logic, as @lmesseri.bsky.social and I argue here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 9, 2025 at 3:23 PM
This NeurIPS workshop claims that LLMs "provide an important foundation for exploring human cognition, emotion, and social interaction"
This is flawed logic, as @lmesseri.bsky.social and I argue here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
This is flawed logic, as @lmesseri.bsky.social and I argue here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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I appreciate the work of these authors to show that this problem not only is still here but has grown:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
AI's capabilities may be exaggerated by flawed tests, according to new study
A study from the Oxford Internet Institute analyzed 445 tests used to evaluate AI models.
www.nbcnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I appreciate the work of these authors to show that this problem not only is still here but has grown:
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-ne...
But it is also quite frustrating 🧵>>
I totally memory holed that they remade Wings of Desire—one of my favorite films.
This soundtrack owned the world for like six months. It was a strange period of time. (The soundtrack was great though!)
November 3, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I totally memory holed that they remade Wings of Desire—one of my favorite films.
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New article on Old Men Running the World, where I drill down into what makes me want to run a game and what makes me run a mile. #ttrpg
What Makes Me Want To Run A Game? - Old Men Running The World
Or, to give it its true clickbait title, "Why I have absolutely no interest in running 7/9 of the games Quinns Quest has reviewed."
oldmenrunningtheworld.com
October 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
New article on Old Men Running the World, where I drill down into what makes me want to run a game and what makes me run a mile. #ttrpg
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In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
Not a shitpost: #NoKings is feel-good performative activism for comfortable mostly upper and upper middle class white folks and that’s good, actually. Millions of people in the streets protesting a fascist regime is good. It is good for the normie baseline to be massive displays of public dissent.
October 19, 2025 at 1:44 AM
In social movement studies, we talk about how marches and protests expand the threshold of acceptable risk so that people take more and bigger social risks IN PUBLIC, EN MASSE. This is extremely important for the bourgeois white folks holding signs and building social rapport.
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Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America
steady.page
October 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Where Is the Line?
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
On Ezra Klein, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and the struggle to define the boundaries of what is acceptable in America. If we can’t even agree to hold the line against Trumpism, democracy must perish.
New piece:
steady.page/en/democracy...
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The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.
October 2, 2025 at 2:39 PM
The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.
Apparently this is my all time favorites Apple Music playlist… I tend to listen to a lot of albums in their entirety, so there’s a lot of tracks from specific sources.
@iamxofficial.bsky.social / Massive Attack / Recoil / Clint Mansell / Christoph De Babalon / NIN
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
@iamxofficial.bsky.social / Massive Attack / Recoil / Clint Mansell / Christoph De Babalon / NIN
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
Replay All Time on Apple Music
Playlist · 100 Songs
music.apple.com
August 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Apparently this is my all time favorites Apple Music playlist… I tend to listen to a lot of albums in their entirety, so there’s a lot of tracks from specific sources.
@iamxofficial.bsky.social / Massive Attack / Recoil / Clint Mansell / Christoph De Babalon / NIN
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
@iamxofficial.bsky.social / Massive Attack / Recoil / Clint Mansell / Christoph De Babalon / NIN
music.apple.com/us/playlist/...
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Carved from Brindlewood Fantasy Adventure Game: Thoughts...
I made a joke on here a few weeks ago about a Carved from Brindlewood fantasy adventure game. It was good for a laugh at the time, but I've been having genuine, earnest thoughts about it ever since. (1/X)
I made a joke on here a few weeks ago about a Carved from Brindlewood fantasy adventure game. It was good for a laugh at the time, but I've been having genuine, earnest thoughts about it ever since. (1/X)
July 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Carved from Brindlewood Fantasy Adventure Game: Thoughts...
I made a joke on here a few weeks ago about a Carved from Brindlewood fantasy adventure game. It was good for a laugh at the time, but I've been having genuine, earnest thoughts about it ever since. (1/X)
I made a joke on here a few weeks ago about a Carved from Brindlewood fantasy adventure game. It was good for a laugh at the time, but I've been having genuine, earnest thoughts about it ever since. (1/X)
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We now need $4825 to publish the first all Black women fantasy graphic novel anthology from @burningphoenixpr.bsky.social We are almost there! Please less than 5k now with 13 hours left #sdcc #comicbooks #Blackbooksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...
Midnight Mystics: An Anthology of Fantasy Comics By Black W
A comic anthology featuring ten fantasy stories from Black women creators.
www.kickstarter.com
July 26, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We now need $4825 to publish the first all Black women fantasy graphic novel anthology from @burningphoenixpr.bsky.social We are almost there! Please less than 5k now with 13 hours left #sdcc #comicbooks #Blackbooksky www.kickstarter.com/projects/844...
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City of Six Moons is a board game with a rulebook entirely written in an alien language… and it is FASCINATING.
Tom lost his mind a bit, playing this one, and you can watch the results right here:
www.shutupandsitdown.com?post_type=vi...
Tom lost his mind a bit, playing this one, and you can watch the results right here:
www.shutupandsitdown.com?post_type=vi...
Review: City of Six Moons - Shut Up & Sit Down
This is probably one of the most unique games that Shut Up & Sit Down has ever covered. It’s a bundle of components crammed into a box with an accompanying rulebook written entirely in an alien langua...
www.shutupandsitdown.com
June 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
City of Six Moons is a board game with a rulebook entirely written in an alien language… and it is FASCINATING.
Tom lost his mind a bit, playing this one, and you can watch the results right here:
www.shutupandsitdown.com?post_type=vi...
Tom lost his mind a bit, playing this one, and you can watch the results right here:
www.shutupandsitdown.com?post_type=vi...
Fiona Apple
RAtM
Luscious Jackson
(EBtG gave me pause, but that’s mostly because of “Protection” by Massive Attack)
RAtM
Luscious Jackson
(EBtG gave me pause, but that’s mostly because of “Protection” by Massive Attack)
This week's #pick3: alternative album releases from 1996.
You can only pick 3.
You can only pick 3.
June 6, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Fiona Apple
RAtM
Luscious Jackson
(EBtG gave me pause, but that’s mostly because of “Protection” by Massive Attack)
RAtM
Luscious Jackson
(EBtG gave me pause, but that’s mostly because of “Protection” by Massive Attack)
Garbage, PJ, and Elastica
This week's #pick3: alternative albums from 1995.
You can only pick 3.
You can only pick 3.
May 30, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Garbage, PJ, and Elastica
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🚨 Tuesday, May 20 is my next Bluesky Board Game Night at Brooklyn Art Haus in Williamsburg! 🚨
Free + open to all!
BYOG (Bring Your Own Games) or play something from my own collection!
The inaugural event last month was a blast - we hope to build up & grow this fun new fab game night so join me!
Free + open to all!
BYOG (Bring Your Own Games) or play something from my own collection!
The inaugural event last month was a blast - we hope to build up & grow this fun new fab game night so join me!
May 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
🚨 Tuesday, May 20 is my next Bluesky Board Game Night at Brooklyn Art Haus in Williamsburg! 🚨
Free + open to all!
BYOG (Bring Your Own Games) or play something from my own collection!
The inaugural event last month was a blast - we hope to build up & grow this fun new fab game night so join me!
Free + open to all!
BYOG (Bring Your Own Games) or play something from my own collection!
The inaugural event last month was a blast - we hope to build up & grow this fun new fab game night so join me!
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My dear friend, the wonderful @425suzanne.bsky.social, has an outstanding starter pack of board game companies that includes a LOT of companies I didn't know were on bsky.
If you love board games, check it out and follow some great companies! Also follow Suzanne, you nerds! She's awesome!
If you love board games, check it out and follow some great companies! Also follow Suzanne, you nerds! She's awesome!
Sounds like a new wave of folks are giving Bsky a try. Welcome!
For #BoardGame fans I have two "Starter Packs" to help you find accounts... you can do a fast "follow all" or just scroll the pack and select accounts.
Official Board Game Publisher Accounts: go.bsky.app/DSNtxDE
For #BoardGame fans I have two "Starter Packs" to help you find accounts... you can do a fast "follow all" or just scroll the pack and select accounts.
Official Board Game Publisher Accounts: go.bsky.app/DSNtxDE
May 9, 2025 at 4:53 PM
My dear friend, the wonderful @425suzanne.bsky.social, has an outstanding starter pack of board game companies that includes a LOT of companies I didn't know were on bsky.
If you love board games, check it out and follow some great companies! Also follow Suzanne, you nerds! She's awesome!
If you love board games, check it out and follow some great companies! Also follow Suzanne, you nerds! She's awesome!
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LLMs are nothing more than models of the distribution of the word forms in their training data, with weights modified by post-training to produce somewhat different distributions. Unless your use case requires a model of a distribution of word forms in text, indeed, they suck and aren't useful.
There are a lot of critiques of LLMs that I agree with but "they suck and aren't useful" doesn't really hold water.
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
I understand people not using them because of social, economic, and environmental concerns. And I also understand people using them because they can be very useful.
Thoughts?
April 24, 2025 at 4:54 PM
LLMs are nothing more than models of the distribution of the word forms in their training data, with weights modified by post-training to produce somewhat different distributions. Unless your use case requires a model of a distribution of word forms in text, indeed, they suck and aren't useful.
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If you're looking for great games (including Coyote & Crow) please head over to All Play and support some great publishers. Plus - they have AMAZING deals on shipping. www.allplay.com/board-games/... Your support during this insanity may help save a favorite publisher!
#boardgames #TTRPG #RPG
#boardgames #TTRPG #RPG
April 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you're looking for great games (including Coyote & Crow) please head over to All Play and support some great publishers. Plus - they have AMAZING deals on shipping. www.allplay.com/board-games/... Your support during this insanity may help save a favorite publisher!
#boardgames #TTRPG #RPG
#boardgames #TTRPG #RPG
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You involved in the Tabletop Game community in any way? Have a Patreon, or know another creator who does?
Recommend them here!
Recommend them here!
April 19, 2025 at 8:16 PM
You involved in the Tabletop Game community in any way? Have a Patreon, or know another creator who does?
Recommend them here!
Recommend them here!
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🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
April 18, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🧵 THREAD: A federal whistleblower just dropped one of the most disturbing cybersecurity disclosures I’ve ever read.
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
He's saying DOGE came in, data went out, and Russians started attempting logins with new valid DOGE passwords
Media's coverage wasn't detailed enough so I dug into his testimony:
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On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Being a trans author is fucking weird right now. Hell is actively unfolding all around us but I still need to be like, "hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book? It won't make anything better, but it's kinda fun?"
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
So....hey, everyone, wanna buy my silly little queer book?
Looking for a supernatural queer read?
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:
a.co/d/bufFU4f
🏳️🌈 F/F friends to lovers
💀 Evil cult serving a fallen god
🦅 Weird birds
👼 Queers with wings and claws
🌲 Cursed forest
🌎 Lesbians vs god for the fate of reality
Ghost Flower by Jessica Conwell
Available here:
a.co/d/bufFU4f
February 22, 2024 at 4:15 PM
On that note:
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day.
Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links.
Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo
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Get tickets now and check out the schedule for PaizoCon Online! Enjoy fun streams and hours of gaming with friends or staff, while being the first in line to learn about upcoming releases!
buff.ly/vSiUVV3
buff.ly/vSiUVV3
April 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Get tickets now and check out the schedule for PaizoCon Online! Enjoy fun streams and hours of gaming with friends or staff, while being the first in line to learn about upcoming releases!
buff.ly/vSiUVV3
buff.ly/vSiUVV3
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The adorable murder cat on the cover of the Starfinder Second Edition Galaxy Guide really speaks to me. 😂
April 8, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The adorable murder cat on the cover of the Starfinder Second Edition Galaxy Guide really speaks to me. 😂
Wait… how else would one do it?
April 6, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Wait… how else would one do it?
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The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records
www.youtube.com
March 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM