Ren
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an experiment I dunno
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
an experiment I dunno
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happy international men's day to all strange little dunces carrying a big handful of damp leaves for no reason obvious to anyone, not least themselves
A pile of maple leaves appeared on our deck out of nowhere last night. Mystery solved! #opossum we call Esteban.
November 19, 2025 at 8:28 PM
happy international men's day to all strange little dunces carrying a big handful of damp leaves for no reason obvious to anyone, not least themselves
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Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
Coming soon: Realis
A new tabletop roleplaying game by Austin Walker
www.kickstarter.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Surprise, we're getting pretty close to the final version of REALIS!
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
ICYMI: I've been making a TTRPG about mystical moons and living spaceships and sentences that can kill you. A preview is available now (see my pinned post), but the full version draws near!
www.kickstarter.com/projects/cru...
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
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Playtime is great, overall might not be in my top 5, but I think the restaurant scene might be the best scene they ever put in any movie
the thing about playtime is that it's all so good but, contained within it, the restaurant scene is somehow an even better movie within the movie
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Playtime is great, overall might not be in my top 5, but I think the restaurant scene might be the best scene they ever put in any movie
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Any bailout should go to where the negative impact is. Not the AI companies themselves, but construction companies who won't get their contracts completed, towns that suffer from the effect of massive, wasteful datacenters, universities, etc.
The AI companies MUST fall.
The AI companies MUST fall.
my hot AI take is that regardless of how we feel about it, bailing out the big AI companies may be *necessary* to avoid long-term systemic harm to real people
as always, the system acts too late to contain the blast radius
as always, the system acts too late to contain the blast radius
November 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Any bailout should go to where the negative impact is. Not the AI companies themselves, but construction companies who won't get their contracts completed, towns that suffer from the effect of massive, wasteful datacenters, universities, etc.
The AI companies MUST fall.
The AI companies MUST fall.
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the united states of america will be remembered as a historically evil country that hastened the destruction of a livable world
This is quite a story: the US employed every strongarm tactic available, including personal threats against delegates and their families, to derail an agreement on reducing shipping emissions that was almost finalized. on.ft.com/47lq3dZ
November 4, 2025 at 3:20 AM
the united states of america will be remembered as a historically evil country that hastened the destruction of a livable world
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As SNAP benefits are cut, this should be something we demand of state governors to do with their states national guard.
Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this
Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this
October 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
As SNAP benefits are cut, this should be something we demand of state governors to do with their states national guard.
Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this
Food banks & other forms of community aid will feel the stress caused by these cuts. There will undoubtedly be understaffing and shortages, this is one way we can prepare for this
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black cat by Endre Penovác
October 22, 2025 at 3:02 PM
black cat by Endre Penovác
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Cats are cute but when they yawn, they look so terrifying, I love it
October 22, 2024 at 1:10 PM
Cats are cute but when they yawn, they look so terrifying, I love it
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Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.
If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.
Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.
If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.
Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.
October 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.
If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.
Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.
If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.
Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.
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1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
September 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it).
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that
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This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.
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September 11, 2025 at 10:20 AM
This one's maybe a little on the ling side, but trust me, it's worth it. I've cried reading it multiple times.
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Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
The problem with every post-Millennial generation is they got to go straight to high speed internet. Of course you'll get computer madness that way. Make them start with those old screeching modems and work their way up
September 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Discovering computer as an adult makes you go crazy. Discovering computer as a baby makes you go crazy. In all of human history, there will only ever be one generation to discover computer at the correct age: 13
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Nominating "There's no justification for this however you cut it but the beatings will continue until a stillborn god is born." for perfect sentences, @lifewinning.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Nominating "There's no justification for this however you cut it but the beatings will continue until a stillborn god is born." for perfect sentences, @lifewinning.com
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Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
www.theatlantic.com
September 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.
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also if you get called for jury duty DONT TELL THEM YOU KNOW ABOUT JURY NULLIFICATION! for that screening process you are the most white-bread milquetoast cop-believing motherfucker in the room until they actually select you, okay?
September 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
also if you get called for jury duty DONT TELL THEM YOU KNOW ABOUT JURY NULLIFICATION! for that screening process you are the most white-bread milquetoast cop-believing motherfucker in the room until they actually select you, okay?
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September 8, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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fascinated by Intel, in 1994, commissioning a Navajo / Diné weaver to make a rug using traditional techniques replicating the Pentium die
September 7, 2024 at 8:04 PM
fascinated by Intel, in 1994, commissioning a Navajo / Diné weaver to make a rug using traditional techniques replicating the Pentium die
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The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.
September 7, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The eye exam is the perfect game design. That big E is a great tutorial that teaches you the basic mechanic. But it doesn't baby you and quickly gets hard as they introduce the small and blurry enemies.
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*ezra klein guy voice* The problem with the left is that they've lost the willingness to speak reasonably with their opponents, such as this guy I interviewed recently who easily conned me into supporting eugenics
September 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
*ezra klein guy voice* The problem with the left is that they've lost the willingness to speak reasonably with their opponents, such as this guy I interviewed recently who easily conned me into supporting eugenics
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Hi, I'm starting a personal training business and I want to start taking on clients soon, so I made this survey to gauge interest!
FILL IT OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING MY ARMY OF INCREDIBLY POWERFUL TRANSEXUALS AND OTHER QUEERS
esp if you're in PDX
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
FILL IT OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING MY ARMY OF INCREDIBLY POWERFUL TRANSEXUALS AND OTHER QUEERS
esp if you're in PDX
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
September 5, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Hi, I'm starting a personal training business and I want to start taking on clients soon, so I made this survey to gauge interest!
FILL IT OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING MY ARMY OF INCREDIBLY POWERFUL TRANSEXUALS AND OTHER QUEERS
esp if you're in PDX
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
FILL IT OUT IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN JOINING MY ARMY OF INCREDIBLY POWERFUL TRANSEXUALS AND OTHER QUEERS
esp if you're in PDX
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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