Sam Wood
@northrax.bsky.social
Concept/storyboard artist for games. All opinions my own and of dubious value. He/him. Lesser Seattle area
https://linktr.ee/northrax
https://linktr.ee/northrax
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
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His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.
Trump on Walz: "You look at what he's done with Somalia where Somalia, which is barely a country -- they have no anything, they just run around killing each other. When I see somebody like Ilhan Omar, I always watch her, for years I've watched her complain about our Constitution ... "
December 3, 2025 at 2:02 AM
His obsession with me is creepy. I hope he gets the help he desperately needs.
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A 20 point swing turns every gerrymander into a dummymander
#TN07 reminder, from @politico.com today:
> “If our victory margin is single digits, the conference may come unhinged,” one senior House Republican said. A loss would be catastrophic and the conference would “explode,” the Republican added.
> “If our victory margin is single digits, the conference may come unhinged,” one senior House Republican said. A loss would be catastrophic and the conference would “explode,” the Republican added.
House Republicans sweat Tennessee election, despite Hudson’s assurances
“It was not overtly comforting,” one member said.
www.politico.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
A 20 point swing turns every gerrymander into a dummymander
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its actually pretty great when your enemy surrenders without a fight because they believe you will treat them humanely
December 3, 2025 at 12:57 AM
its actually pretty great when your enemy surrenders without a fight because they believe you will treat them humanely
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that is literally how you maintain a culture that we are known here for in the US, its like pollinating a flower
Rep. Kat Cammarck: "Today, one in six people in the US is foreign born. That quite frankly is not sustainable to maintain a culture that we are known for here in the United States."
December 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
that is literally how you maintain a culture that we are known here for in the US, its like pollinating a flower
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Dan Houser of GTA fame lays down some truths.
December 2, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Dan Houser of GTA fame lays down some truths.
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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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I am sorry but every time Joe Biden closed his eyes in a meeting it was a 36-hour international news story, and the media consensus is that they didn't cover it enough!
Trump dozes while Marco Rubio speaks to him directly next to him. Just insane optics.
December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
I am sorry but every time Joe Biden closed his eyes in a meeting it was a 36-hour international news story, and the media consensus is that they didn't cover it enough!
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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TIL an older version of ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ had the line ‘The wood-pigeon lifts up her tail / And shits before she goes’, why have we sanitised all our carols
December 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
TIL an older version of ‘The Holly and the Ivy’ had the line ‘The wood-pigeon lifts up her tail / And shits before she goes’, why have we sanitised all our carols
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Asking my Pluribus chaperone important questions like
“Who committed the Max Headroom signal intrusion?”
“What was Kash Patel up to between January 6th and January 20th, 2021?”
“Did any of my friends have an unrequited crush on me?”
“Who committed the Max Headroom signal intrusion?”
“What was Kash Patel up to between January 6th and January 20th, 2021?”
“Did any of my friends have an unrequited crush on me?”
November 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Asking my Pluribus chaperone important questions like
“Who committed the Max Headroom signal intrusion?”
“What was Kash Patel up to between January 6th and January 20th, 2021?”
“Did any of my friends have an unrequited crush on me?”
“Who committed the Max Headroom signal intrusion?”
“What was Kash Patel up to between January 6th and January 20th, 2021?”
“Did any of my friends have an unrequited crush on me?”
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Women's bodies - states can regulate
AI slop - no touchy
AI slop - no touchy
November 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Women's bodies - states can regulate
AI slop - no touchy
AI slop - no touchy
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But if the court finds OpenAI knowingly trained on pirated books and deleted the evidence to to avoid scrutiny, that could mean actual consequences to the tune of billions of dollars.
November 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
But if the court finds OpenAI knowingly trained on pirated books and deleted the evidence to to avoid scrutiny, that could mean actual consequences to the tune of billions of dollars.
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Brother, are these your medals?
- I really cant sayyyyy
Brother, they're lodge medals
- I *really* can't sayyyyy
I think I have to tell someone!
The Mournival will start to worry
- Garviel, what's your hurry?
And Horus will be pacin' the floor
- Brother the lodge! is! finnnneeee!
- I really cant sayyyyy
Brother, they're lodge medals
- I *really* can't sayyyyy
I think I have to tell someone!
The Mournival will start to worry
- Garviel, what's your hurry?
And Horus will be pacin' the floor
- Brother the lodge! is! finnnneeee!
November 29, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Brother, are these your medals?
- I really cant sayyyyy
Brother, they're lodge medals
- I *really* can't sayyyyy
I think I have to tell someone!
The Mournival will start to worry
- Garviel, what's your hurry?
And Horus will be pacin' the floor
- Brother the lodge! is! finnnneeee!
- I really cant sayyyyy
Brother, they're lodge medals
- I *really* can't sayyyyy
I think I have to tell someone!
The Mournival will start to worry
- Garviel, what's your hurry?
And Horus will be pacin' the floor
- Brother the lodge! is! finnnneeee!
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In the spirit of Thanksgiving I'm gonna tell you part of how I deal with life.
It is understanding all the little miracles that are comparatively worthless but emotionally salient.
I go into a Waffle House and I hold that knife and I think about how recent our advanced metallurgy is. Like 70 years
It is understanding all the little miracles that are comparatively worthless but emotionally salient.
I go into a Waffle House and I hold that knife and I think about how recent our advanced metallurgy is. Like 70 years
November 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In the spirit of Thanksgiving I'm gonna tell you part of how I deal with life.
It is understanding all the little miracles that are comparatively worthless but emotionally salient.
I go into a Waffle House and I hold that knife and I think about how recent our advanced metallurgy is. Like 70 years
It is understanding all the little miracles that are comparatively worthless but emotionally salient.
I go into a Waffle House and I hold that knife and I think about how recent our advanced metallurgy is. Like 70 years
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What do Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, and Marshall Jefferson have in common? 3 notes, 4 chords and magic. Magic that transcends time, just like that scene from Sinners.
You didn't know you needed to see this.
Volume up.
You're welcome.
😎
You didn't know you needed to see this.
Volume up.
You're welcome.
😎
November 27, 2025 at 5:47 PM
What do Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, and Marshall Jefferson have in common? 3 notes, 4 chords and magic. Magic that transcends time, just like that scene from Sinners.
You didn't know you needed to see this.
Volume up.
You're welcome.
😎
You didn't know you needed to see this.
Volume up.
You're welcome.
😎
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ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
ICE DETAINED MARILYN. Fuck these people. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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Something we love to revisit during Native American Heritage Month: 23rd Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s signature project that celebrates the poetry of contemporary Native American poets.
www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
November 24, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Something we love to revisit during Native American Heritage Month: 23rd Poet Laureate Joy Harjo’s signature project that celebrates the poetry of contemporary Native American poets.
www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
www.loc.gov/programs/poe...
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Joe Biden should have seized the Times under asset forfeiture
November 26, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Joe Biden should have seized the Times under asset forfeiture
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maybe everybody else’s art is more important than they think and in fact the act of creating anything at all is kind of miraculous, but *I* have an overinflated view of my work and a secret evil mark on me that makes that not true for only me, personally
November 25, 2025 at 11:36 PM
maybe everybody else’s art is more important than they think and in fact the act of creating anything at all is kind of miraculous, but *I* have an overinflated view of my work and a secret evil mark on me that makes that not true for only me, personally
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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Jesus and a big blue fish
November 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Jesus and a big blue fish
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.