ilzolende
@ilzo.bsky.social
...and I'd tell you more about it, but they fused with all the data • this account is not central to my social media strategy • my interests include Wikimedia editing, vector art, fanfic, TTRPGs, transhumanism, rationality, and vegetarian recipes
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What happens when you turn a designer into an interpretability researcher? They spend hours staring at feature activations in SVG code to see if LLMs actually understand SVGs. It turns out – yes~
We found that semantic concepts transfer across text, ASCII, and SVG:
We found that semantic concepts transfer across text, ASCII, and SVG:
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 PM
What happens when you turn a designer into an interpretability researcher? They spend hours staring at feature activations in SVG code to see if LLMs actually understand SVGs. It turns out – yes~
We found that semantic concepts transfer across text, ASCII, and SVG:
We found that semantic concepts transfer across text, ASCII, and SVG:
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The Uncurated feed is back! If you like AI cards, we'll be sporadically posting some over there as well. A bit less curated, but just as strange.
September 2, 2025 at 1:18 AM
The Uncurated feed is back! If you like AI cards, we'll be sporadically posting some over there as well. A bit less curated, but just as strange.
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Putting all the responsibility for the game on a (hopefully AAA-class) GM while minimising players' mechanical authority does not make for a newbie-friendly game.
July 31, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Putting all the responsibility for the game on a (hopefully AAA-class) GM while minimising players' mechanical authority does not make for a newbie-friendly game.
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I am bored of self-proclaimed "RPGs suitable for players new to the hobby", and annoyed with most of their designs and assumptions.
I want to see RPGs made for people who have never GMed before.
I want to see RPGs made for people who have never GMed before.
July 31, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I am bored of self-proclaimed "RPGs suitable for players new to the hobby", and annoyed with most of their designs and assumptions.
I want to see RPGs made for people who have never GMed before.
I want to see RPGs made for people who have never GMed before.
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Starfleet captain is accused of crime by the Klingons and just immediately goes "I demand trial by combat" because he's the one Starfleet captain who is an insane HEMA head and immediately starts beating the klingon to death with a pommel
July 27, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Starfleet captain is accused of crime by the Klingons and just immediately goes "I demand trial by combat" because he's the one Starfleet captain who is an insane HEMA head and immediately starts beating the klingon to death with a pommel
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"I do have a cause, and it's obscenity. I'm for it."
RIP
RIP
July 28, 2025 at 5:03 PM
"I do have a cause, and it's obscenity. I'm for it."
RIP
RIP
social networking app that checks your blood sugar and if you're hungry (or hyperglycemic i guess) you're not allowed to post
July 14, 2025 at 12:55 AM
social networking app that checks your blood sugar and if you're hungry (or hyperglycemic i guess) you're not allowed to post
israel-palestine discourse is like. author of offensive essay "the IDF should reliably discipline soldiers who commit rape" sentenced to 10 years in prison for hate speech. meanwhile, protesters gather outside a holocaust survivor's home in response to him saying "israeli salad".
June 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
israel-palestine discourse is like. author of offensive essay "the IDF should reliably discipline soldiers who commit rape" sentenced to 10 years in prison for hate speech. meanwhile, protesters gather outside a holocaust survivor's home in response to him saying "israeli salad".
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INVENTOR OF PLAYING CARDS: Okay so there are four suits: diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades. We need an icon for each one
DESIGNER: Well that's excellent because I know what every single one of those things really looks like, no need to check
DESIGNER: Well that's excellent because I know what every single one of those things really looks like, no need to check
May 28, 2025 at 12:23 AM
INVENTOR OF PLAYING CARDS: Okay so there are four suits: diamonds, hearts, clubs and spades. We need an icon for each one
DESIGNER: Well that's excellent because I know what every single one of those things really looks like, no need to check
DESIGNER: Well that's excellent because I know what every single one of those things really looks like, no need to check
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if you wanted to be on a platform just for leftists then you shouldn’t have joined bluesky — that’s not what this place has ever been and isn’t trying to be
signed, someone who has been here since basically the beginning (user #1,216)
signed, someone who has been here since basically the beginning (user #1,216)
May 26, 2025 at 4:07 PM
if you wanted to be on a platform just for leftists then you shouldn’t have joined bluesky — that’s not what this place has ever been and isn’t trying to be
signed, someone who has been here since basically the beginning (user #1,216)
signed, someone who has been here since basically the beginning (user #1,216)
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here is a helpful illustration
May 12, 2025 at 2:57 PM
here is a helpful illustration
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You can’t claim to care about the chronic illness epidemic while actively undermining public health and encouraging the spread of diseases like covid and measles.
Many chronic illnesses can be traced back to a viral infection. Allowing contagious diseases to run rampant creates more disability.
Many chronic illnesses can be traced back to a viral infection. Allowing contagious diseases to run rampant creates more disability.
May 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
You can’t claim to care about the chronic illness epidemic while actively undermining public health and encouraging the spread of diseases like covid and measles.
Many chronic illnesses can be traced back to a viral infection. Allowing contagious diseases to run rampant creates more disability.
Many chronic illnesses can be traced back to a viral infection. Allowing contagious diseases to run rampant creates more disability.
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Final point added to the ChatGPT post, trying to get across how strange this discourse is
April 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Final point added to the ChatGPT post, trying to get across how strange this discourse is
Had some fun with this one, which allows edits. (Backgrounds are unsplash.com/photos/birds..., Thanksgiving Chapel, and commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Am...)
April 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Had some fun with this one, which allows edits. (Backgrounds are unsplash.com/photos/birds..., Thanksgiving Chapel, and commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Am...)
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This morning rather than having fun like a normal person I wrote 5000 words on my thoughts on fictional political economy and its role in fantasy world-building, with reference to 40k.
sherdenpact.neocities.org/GrimDarkEcon
sherdenpact.neocities.org/GrimDarkEcon
Sherden Pact
sherdenpact.neocities.org
April 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This morning rather than having fun like a normal person I wrote 5000 words on my thoughts on fictional political economy and its role in fantasy world-building, with reference to 40k.
sherdenpact.neocities.org/GrimDarkEcon
sherdenpact.neocities.org/GrimDarkEcon
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Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
April 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Wall Street bets discord is so goddamn funny right now
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90% of writing a book is just having the courage to look at how bad your draft is and staying there at the desk trying to fix it instead of running away.
February 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
90% of writing a book is just having the courage to look at how bad your draft is and staying there at the desk trying to fix it instead of running away.
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unnamed sorcery
Submission by WillWeaverRVA
Submission by WillWeaverRVA
March 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
unnamed sorcery
Submission by WillWeaverRVA
Submission by WillWeaverRVA
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I'll add it doesn't even matter if he does support Hamas (not that I believe he does) - everyone is entitled to due process.
Everyone.
Everyone.
Ok I know this is old-man irritability but I don’t care if Mahmoud Khalil has a pregnant wife, I don’t care if he and his wife are childfree, I don’t care if he’s in a fucking polycule with a hedgehog and a jar of mayonnaise, NOBODY should be detained for protected speech, including singletons.
March 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I'll add it doesn't even matter if he does support Hamas (not that I believe he does) - everyone is entitled to due process.
Everyone.
Everyone.
i was browsing artstation for dracoliches and i found @danimays.bsky.social's stuff! check out this cool velociraptor wizard she drew
March 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
i was browsing artstation for dracoliches and i found @danimays.bsky.social's stuff! check out this cool velociraptor wizard she drew
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Back in 2021 I drew this battle token of the BBEG in a dungeons and dragons campaign I was in: A draconic god of destruction, in the form of a dracolich with a crown of corpses.
Graphite pencil base with digital color.
#dnd #art #fantasyart #dragons #ttrpgs #dungeonsanddragons #dragonart
Graphite pencil base with digital color.
#dnd #art #fantasyart #dragons #ttrpgs #dungeonsanddragons #dragonart
February 8, 2024 at 11:36 PM
Back in 2021 I drew this battle token of the BBEG in a dungeons and dragons campaign I was in: A draconic god of destruction, in the form of a dracolich with a crown of corpses.
Graphite pencil base with digital color.
#dnd #art #fantasyart #dragons #ttrpgs #dungeonsanddragons #dragonart
Graphite pencil base with digital color.
#dnd #art #fantasyart #dragons #ttrpgs #dungeonsanddragons #dragonart
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Went through to see what my most-liked art on twitter is, and I'm pretty sure it's this one. I still love this drawing to bits
#paleoart #art #dinosaurs
#paleoart #art #dinosaurs
November 14, 2024 at 10:05 AM
Went through to see what my most-liked art on twitter is, and I'm pretty sure it's this one. I still love this drawing to bits
#paleoart #art #dinosaurs
#paleoart #art #dinosaurs
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Tired criticism of modern art: "I could have drawn that" - Negative, dismissive, lacking understanding.
Vs
Wired appreciation for "rough" art: "I could have drawn that" - Thankful, aspirational, empathetic.
Vs
Wired appreciation for "rough" art: "I could have drawn that" - Thankful, aspirational, empathetic.
March 2, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Tired criticism of modern art: "I could have drawn that" - Negative, dismissive, lacking understanding.
Vs
Wired appreciation for "rough" art: "I could have drawn that" - Thankful, aspirational, empathetic.
Vs
Wired appreciation for "rough" art: "I could have drawn that" - Thankful, aspirational, empathetic.