David Renshaw
@dwrensha.ws
Making videos at https://www.youtube.com/@dwrensha.
Acronymizing every word at https://acronymy.net.
Writing code at https://github.com/dwrensha.
Acronymizing every word at https://acronymy.net.
Writing code at https://github.com/dwrensha.
My Rupert's Roundup animations appear in Quanta Magazine today: www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
First Shape Found That Can’t Pass Through Itself | Quanta Magazine
After more than three centuries, a geometry problem that originated with a royal bet has been solved.
www.quantamagazine.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My Rupert's Roundup animations appear in Quanta Magazine today: www.quantamagazine.org/first-shape-...
I took a walk in Allegheny Cemetery and saw more animal species than I expected to!
youtu.be/jbANuBBKT50
youtu.be/jbANuBBKT50
Ocie Elliott - Know the Night // Wildlife at Allegheny Cemetery
YouTube video by dwrensha-alt
youtu.be
October 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
I took a walk in Allegheny Cemetery and saw more animal species than I expected to!
youtu.be/jbANuBBKT50
youtu.be/jbANuBBKT50
Behind the scenes for a looping animation I made in Blender this week.
September 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Behind the scenes for a looping animation I made in Blender this week.
Reposted by David Renshaw
Feeling depressed and anxious about the state of the world? Try working on a 375 year-old math problem from the Platonic realm, which should be completely psychologically safe . . .
youtu.be/QH4MviUE0_s
youtu.be/QH4MviUE0_s
Rupert's Snub Cube and other Math Holes
YouTube video by suckerpinch
youtu.be
September 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Feeling depressed and anxious about the state of the world? Try working on a 375 year-old math problem from the Platonic realm, which should be completely psychologically safe . . .
youtu.be/QH4MviUE0_s
youtu.be/QH4MviUE0_s
Reposted by David Renshaw
oh this is a fun project :)
a blunt scouring to reveal all centrally topical states
acronymy.net/define/abstracts
—submitted anonymously
acronymy.net/define/abstracts
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August 25, 2025 at 9:50 PM
oh this is a fun project :)
Reposted by David Renshaw
Lea took a week-long "wearable neon" intensive at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, and I helped to document some of the finished projects: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcuA...
Wearable Neon at Night
YouTube video by dwrensha-alt
www.youtube.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Lea took a week-long "wearable neon" intensive at the Pittsburgh Glass Center, and I helped to document some of the finished projects: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcuA...
I had fun making the extreme zoom-in animations for this video.
When I tried zooming in just a little farther, I started seeing artifacts from floating-point approximation error.
youtu.be/jDTPBdxmxKw
When I tried zooming in just a little farther, I started seeing artifacts from floating-point approximation error.
youtu.be/jDTPBdxmxKw
Verifying a Tight Fit
YouTube video by David Renshaw
youtu.be
June 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I had fun making the extreme zoom-in animations for this video.
When I tried zooming in just a little farther, I started seeing artifacts from floating-point approximation error.
youtu.be/jDTPBdxmxKw
When I tried zooming in just a little farther, I started seeing artifacts from floating-point approximation error.
youtu.be/jDTPBdxmxKw
Reposted by David Renshaw
also, i defined 'embroidery' on acronymy. it was fun. this is a fun game/project. kill gameplay, but let me keep acronymy
everyday materials below revealing ornamental illustration drawn employing running yarn
acronymy.net/define/embroidery
—submitted by droqen
acronymy.net/define/embroidery
—submitted by droqen
May 21, 2025 at 3:33 PM
also, i defined 'embroidery' on acronymy. it was fun. this is a fun game/project. kill gameplay, but let me keep acronymy
Acronymy is 5% complete.
thousand words ever nearing total in electronic text horseplay
acronymy.net/define/twentieth
—submitted by septunkband
acronymy.net/define/twentieth
—submitted by septunkband
April 22, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Acronymy is 5% complete.
Reposted by David Renshaw
This was so cool to see at SIGBOVIK yesterday. I loved the ohhhs and ahhs when people saw some of them.
April 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This was so cool to see at SIGBOVIK yesterday. I loved the ohhhs and ahhs when people saw some of them.
I posted a new video, in which I demonstrate the "Rupert Property" for a bunch of polyhedra: youtu.be/evKFok65t_E
26 Polyhedra that Fit Through Themselves, and 5 that Might Not
YouTube video by David Renshaw
youtu.be
April 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I posted a new video, in which I demonstrate the "Rupert Property" for a bunch of polyhedra: youtu.be/evKFok65t_E
@tomvii.bsky.social there's no in-app flow for this yet, but if you have words that you think ought be eliminated, you can report them on the Discord: discord.gg/v5zD4E38KJ
Yesterday we eliminated "timeliine" and "zxcvbnm".
Yesterday we eliminated "timeliine" and "zxcvbnm".
February 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
@tomvii.bsky.social there's no in-app flow for this yet, but if you have words that you think ought be eliminated, you can report them on the Discord: discord.gg/v5zD4E38KJ
Yesterday we eliminated "timeliine" and "zxcvbnm".
Yesterday we eliminated "timeliine" and "zxcvbnm".
punkband has set up an Acronymy Discord server!
February 18, 2025 at 6:13 PM
punkband has set up an Acronymy Discord server!
Reposted by David Renshaw
count on other people else running acronymy takes effort
acronymy.net/define/cooperate
—submitted by theo
acronymy.net/define/cooperate
—submitted by theo
February 18, 2025 at 12:19 AM
count on other people else running acronymy takes effort
acronymy.net/define/cooperate
—submitted by theo
acronymy.net/define/cooperate
—submitted by theo
I took an animation from @jcreed.bsky.social and made it way more cheesy: youtube.com/shorts/7r_ZTcQBWrY
Cheesytown
YouTube video by dwrensha-alt
youtube.com
February 16, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I took an animation from @jcreed.bsky.social and made it way more cheesy: youtube.com/shorts/7r_ZTcQBWrY
Reposted by David Renshaw
I didn’t even know it was a competition, but I’m glad I was top ten enough to be featured in this wholesome video by my friend David!
Stop motion animation, Blender modeling, Manim, wandering around in the real world -- these are all things I used to illustrate some of my favorite backronyms in this new video: youtu.be/_0tNWWhPYYs
10,000 Backronyms and Counting
YouTube video by David Renshaw
youtu.be
February 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
I didn’t even know it was a competition, but I’m glad I was top ten enough to be featured in this wholesome video by my friend David!
Reposted by David Renshaw
February 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Stop motion animation, Blender modeling, Manim, wandering around in the real world -- these are all things I used to illustrate some of my favorite backronyms in this new video: youtu.be/_0tNWWhPYYs
10,000 Backronyms and Counting
YouTube video by David Renshaw
youtu.be
February 14, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Stop motion animation, Blender modeling, Manim, wandering around in the real world -- these are all things I used to illustrate some of my favorite backronyms in this new video: youtu.be/_0tNWWhPYYs
Lea and I made a stop motion animation to wish you a happy 2025! youtu.be/DwfskIG5-ac
Happy 2025!
YouTube video by dwrensha-alt
youtu.be
January 5, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Lea and I made a stop motion animation to wish you a happy 2025! youtu.be/DwfskIG5-ac
snub cube!
Fun artifacts at the Moco in London. They really look otherworldly, like they're not a part of spacetime.
December 26, 2024 at 1:09 PM
snub cube!
Dessert invention no. 1:
Chess Nerds
Chess Nerds
December 10, 2024 at 12:34 AM
Dessert invention no. 1:
Chess Nerds
Chess Nerds
Reposted by David Renshaw
December 5, 2024 at 11:56 PM