Eric Frederiksen
@piratesyar.bsky.social
Soundwave is the best transformer
it's crazy that this dude spent his entire childhood inside a Barnes and Noble
"The Barnes and Noble in York—where Fetterman was born and raised—had sold zero copies. The Barnes and Noble in Philadelphia had sold two copies. An independent store in Pittsburgh and an independent store in Philadelphia each told me they weren’t stocking Unfettered" defector.com/john-fetterm...
John Fetterman's Memoir Is As Low-Effort As His Senate Tenure | Defector
John Fetterman’s just-released memoir, Unfettered, argues that he’s turned a corner and has everything under control. Fetterman was a “stubborn asshole” (his words), he was clinically depressed, he wa...
defector.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:21 PM
it's crazy that this dude spent his entire childhood inside a Barnes and Noble
now put it on desktops
Xbox Full Screen Experience, first seen on Xbox Ally and Xbox Ally X, will be available for other Windows handhelds tomorrow.
Legion Go and other Windows handhelds finally get Xbox Ally X's Full Screen Experience — And it drops tomorrow
During the Xbox Partner Preview, it was revlealed that Xbox Full Screen Experience is finally coming to all Windows handhelds, not just ROG devices.
buff.ly
November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
now put it on desktops
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Every once in a while, I check my son's Steam reviews.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Every once in a while, I check my son's Steam reviews.
It seems like no one I know is playing Ghost of Yotei. I have a lot of thoughts on it, especially in relation to Assassin's Creed Shadows. but at this current moment, I'm fighting Takezo the Unrivaled, who is based on Miyamoto Musashi.
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
It seems like no one I know is playing Ghost of Yotei. I have a lot of thoughts on it, especially in relation to Assassin's Creed Shadows. but at this current moment, I'm fighting Takezo the Unrivaled, who is based on Miyamoto Musashi.
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We will need Nuremberg-like trials
ICE secretly kidnap autistic boy during bathroom break—never notify parents.
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
Mother reported him missing a week ago—turns out ICE had him detained the whole time.
He was helping sell fruit and asked to go to the restroom—by the time she was done helping a customer he was gone.
Houston, Texas
October 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
We will need Nuremberg-like trials
I have issues with Silent Hill f, but by and large it's an EXCELLENT game. It feels authentically Silent Hill while doing its own thing. Hinako is an interesting protagonist, and the game tries to tangle with thoughts about gender and relationships through the lens of 1960s Japanese culture.
October 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
I have issues with Silent Hill f, but by and large it's an EXCELLENT game. It feels authentically Silent Hill while doing its own thing. Hinako is an interesting protagonist, and the game tries to tangle with thoughts about gender and relationships through the lens of 1960s Japanese culture.
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Genuine question: for those enthusiastically pushing AI tools into every part of our education system—what checks/guardrails are there around algorithmic biases like this?
The administration “is currently pressuring OpenAI and other AI companies to make their models more conservative-friendly.”
OpenAI is trying to clamp down on ‘bias’ in ChatGPT
GPT-5 is better at resisting liberal ‘pressure,’ the company says.
www.theverge.com
October 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Genuine question: for those enthusiastically pushing AI tools into every part of our education system—what checks/guardrails are there around algorithmic biases like this?
and yet he'll keep right on going out of pure hatred and spite (and access to literally the best healthcare)
Per my mother, a retired nurse, who never otherwise opines on these things: she says with complete confidence Trump is in congestive heart failure, his circulation sucks, his kidneys are shitting the bed processing the backlog of fluid retention, he's on IV therapy everyday, it is incurable
Is Donald Trump’s physical health ok
Like is he going to keel over and die of a heart attack?
what is going on he looks awful
Like is he going to keel over and die of a heart attack?
what is going on he looks awful
August 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
and yet he'll keep right on going out of pure hatred and spite (and access to literally the best healthcare)
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SCOOP from me: Trump's AI action plan released last week makes a specific set of recommendations around loosening Clean Water Act permits for data centers — recommendations mirrored in letters sent to the administration by Big Tech lobbyists earlier this year:
Big Tech Asked for Looser Clean Water Act Permitting. Trump Wants to Give It to Them
New AI regulations suggested by the White House mirror changes to environmental permitting suggested by Meta and a lobbying group representing firms like Google and Amazon Web Services.
www.wired.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
SCOOP from me: Trump's AI action plan released last week makes a specific set of recommendations around loosening Clean Water Act permits for data centers — recommendations mirrored in letters sent to the administration by Big Tech lobbyists earlier this year:
I'm trying to finally finish House of Leaves. I stopped reading it because the narrator sucks real hard. The fiction about the house itself and the Navidson family is super compelling, but Johnny is just the far end opposite. And in between that, 200 pages of footnotes.
July 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm trying to finally finish House of Leaves. I stopped reading it because the narrator sucks real hard. The fiction about the house itself and the Navidson family is super compelling, but Johnny is just the far end opposite. And in between that, 200 pages of footnotes.
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The fact that itchio is looking into alternate payment options and talking about all this like an ongoing situation instead of being like "these are the new rules and always will be, fuck off" says a lot about how much they care about this. I know you want to yell at them but they're working hard
July 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The fact that itchio is looking into alternate payment options and talking about all this like an ongoing situation instead of being like "these are the new rules and always will be, fuck off" says a lot about how much they care about this. I know you want to yell at them but they're working hard
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Wanted to revisit this briefly and reemphasize this point - I agree in principle with the idea that you shouldn't sell your work for cut-rate, unsustainable pay, but that mostly assumes that alternatives exist
Individual writers aren't the problem, they should be working with editors who are equipped to give them useful feedback and guidance on how to build a compelling and legally sound story. That layer of the business is effectively extinct
July 23, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wanted to revisit this briefly and reemphasize this point - I agree in principle with the idea that you shouldn't sell your work for cut-rate, unsustainable pay, but that mostly assumes that alternatives exist
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the research showing Google AI Overview is stopping people from clicking links is a huge huge huge problem not just for websites but for people's brains which are about to be absolutely mangled www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
Google’s AI Is Destroying Search, the Internet, and Your Brain
Google’s AI Overview, which is easy to fool into stating nonsense as fact, is stopping people from finding and supporting small businesses and credible sources.
www.404media.co
July 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
the research showing Google AI Overview is stopping people from clicking links is a huge huge huge problem not just for websites but for people's brains which are about to be absolutely mangled www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
I bought a couch (My last one lasted 10 years).The bottom broke within 3 months. They tried to fix it, but failed. They replaced it. That one broke too. So I bought a totally different couch from a totally different retailer.
Guess what happened.
I just want to sit, you guys
Guess what happened.
I just want to sit, you guys
July 23, 2025 at 9:39 PM
I bought a couch (My last one lasted 10 years).The bottom broke within 3 months. They tried to fix it, but failed. They replaced it. That one broke too. So I bought a totally different couch from a totally different retailer.
Guess what happened.
I just want to sit, you guys
Guess what happened.
I just want to sit, you guys
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FYI, this is why every website you love is laying off writers or closing up entirely.
Hey is it bad if google AI search results stop people from leaving google dot com 99% of the time? All our news and information creators can survive just fine with one percent of their previous search traffic right? I’m sure it’s fine. www.404media.co/googles-ai-i...
![Yesterday the Pew Research Center released a report based on the internet browsing activity of 900 U.S. adults which found that Google users who encounter an Al summary are less likely to click on links to other websites than use 's who don't encounter an Al summary. To be precise, only [my emphasis] 1 percent of users who encountered an Al summary clicked the link to the page Google is summarizing.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:rfoctmk4guq56gensuermj7q/bafkreihrwrukrvisav54a24jeuv7tlhfwe62yvui5d27gxhnopbdworowe@jpeg)
July 23, 2025 at 8:30 PM
FYI, this is why every website you love is laying off writers or closing up entirely.
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I recently spoke with GameSpot about global illumination and how we approached it in #AssassinsCreedShadows
www.gamespot.com/articles/the...
www.gamespot.com/articles/the...
The Hidden Tech That Makes Assassin's Creed Shadows Feel More Alive (And Not Require 2TB)
An Assassin's Creed developer sheds some light on how new, often hidden technology, is making games better for developers and gamers alike.
www.gamespot.com
June 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I recently spoke with GameSpot about global illumination and how we approached it in #AssassinsCreedShadows
www.gamespot.com/articles/the...
www.gamespot.com/articles/the...
The entire 90s internet was like this. We had it so good. www.thick-coins.net
June 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The entire 90s internet was like this. We had it so good. www.thick-coins.net
Shrek's daughter is named Meechee CONFIRMED
June 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Shrek's daughter is named Meechee CONFIRMED
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump adm...
theonion.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
I'm doing a good amount of reading about ray tracing lately for an upcoming piece of writing, and I went back to a piece I wrote about path and ray tracing a few years ago. While there are things I'd certainly change, I'm still really happy with it. www.gamespot.com/articles/nvi...
Nvidia Says Real-Time Path Tracing Is On the Horizon, But What Is It?
Ray tracing arrived a few years ago, and now path tracing is almost within reach.
www.gamespot.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
I'm doing a good amount of reading about ray tracing lately for an upcoming piece of writing, and I went back to a piece I wrote about path and ray tracing a few years ago. While there are things I'd certainly change, I'm still really happy with it. www.gamespot.com/articles/nvi...
NEW LUMINES GAME
preparing myself for RSIs to come.
preparing myself for RSIs to come.
June 4, 2025 at 9:05 PM
NEW LUMINES GAME
preparing myself for RSIs to come.
preparing myself for RSIs to come.