Siobhan Beeman
@profbeeman.bsky.social
Game industry veteran for an absurdly long time.
Tanned, rested and ready, and #OpenToWork again. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhanbeeman)
Tanned, rested and ready, and #OpenToWork again. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/siobhanbeeman)
Heads up, people who voted in the Seattle mayoral race.
There are 1,700 ballots that need signature confirmation. That is enough to change the election.
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
Go. Check. Your. Ballot.
komonews.com/news/local/s...
November 11, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Heads up, people who voted in the Seattle mayoral race.
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Incidentally, Barilla’s owner is a big Trump supporter and has said he doesn’t want gay people buying his pasta.
November 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Incidentally, Barilla’s owner is a big Trump supporter and has said he doesn’t want gay people buying his pasta.
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books have no tech tree, no fog of war
November 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
books have no tech tree, no fog of war
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
Machine learning is money laundering for bias.
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
AI chatbots could help stop prisoner release errors, says justice minister
HMP Wandsworth gets ‘green light’ to use AI after team sent in to find ‘quick fixes’ after spate of mistakes
Artificial intelligence chatbots could be used to stop prisoners from being mistakenly released from jail, a justice minister told the House of Lords on Monday.
Lord Timpson said HMP Wandsworth had been given the “green light” to use artificial intelligence (AI) after a specialised team was sent in to find “some quick fixes”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Machine learning is money laundering for bias.
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“This man knows no beauty and his whole world has devolved into fights on the Internet.”
Man: “Liar. I will fight you on the Internet.”
Man: “Liar. I will fight you on the Internet.”
November 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
“This man knows no beauty and his whole world has devolved into fights on the Internet.”
Man: “Liar. I will fight you on the Internet.”
Man: “Liar. I will fight you on the Internet.”
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And now we know why the shutdown is ending.
The Federal Aviation Administration will limit business jets and other private flights to some of the country’s largest airports to ease strains on air-traffic personnel.
FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports
The restrictions will affect private jet flights at a dozen airports, including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, and Chicago’s O’Hare, according to the National Business Aviation Association trade group.
on.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:11 PM
And now we know why the shutdown is ending.
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I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
November 10, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:
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Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
November 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Dealer: alright everyone ante up
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
Chuck Schumer: I fold
Dealer: … we haven’t even dealt the hand yet
Chuck Schumer: I 👏 fold 👏
You know what would be a great counter to this rhetoric? A campaign focused entirely on short-term extensions of ACA credits.
Signed,
Every Democratic Consultant in America
Signed,
Every Democratic Consultant in America
Tuberville: “We just saw what happened in NY. We lost NY. It will be completely Muslim in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”
November 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
You know what would be a great counter to this rhetoric? A campaign focused entirely on short-term extensions of ACA credits.
Signed,
Every Democratic Consultant in America
Signed,
Every Democratic Consultant in America
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BRING ME PICTURES! PICTURES OF RIGHT-WING CRASHOUTS!
November 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
BRING ME PICTURES! PICTURES OF RIGHT-WING CRASHOUTS!
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*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
*whispers* you can continue to read me, the pundit who insisted the other pundits were wrong about these conclusions
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Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
November 5, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Mamdani going so hard for trans right and winning is some juicy proof that every dem that abandoned us didn’t do it for politically advantageous reasons. They did it because they’re transphobes and they will lose for it
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Remember, gang, if you’re yelling insults at ICE, stick to things that will be deeply humiliating if they’re read aloud in court. Consider “Your parents only love you out of obligation, not because they like you,” “l bet you jerk off to the Teletubbies” and of course, the Yo Mama joke.
It's not just here but in some charged threat cases where DOJ is treating, "you're a Nazi" or "you're a fascist" as a threat rather than a reasonable observation.
From Bovino's deposition: (1) he calls protestors "violent" if they articulate views hostile to ICE, even if no violence is manifested; (2) he instructs his forces to attack and arrest protestors who express "hyperbolic comments," which is to say, criticism of ICE and Bovino.
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Remember, gang, if you’re yelling insults at ICE, stick to things that will be deeply humiliating if they’re read aloud in court. Consider “Your parents only love you out of obligation, not because they like you,” “l bet you jerk off to the Teletubbies” and of course, the Yo Mama joke.
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How poor leadership slows down game development
How poor leadership slows down game development
No tool—AI or otherwise—can speed up game development if leaders don't rise to the occasion.
www.gamedeveloper.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
How poor leadership slows down game development
The villains of Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s Objectivist roman à thèse so beloved of Republicans, were what she contemptuously called “the aristocracy of pull”, government hangers-on doling out favors not based on worthiness or wealth but on toadying and proximity to power.
Anyway, in other news...
Anyway, in other news...
Trump posts that he’s going to help Dilbert cartoonist Scott Adams, who made an appeal to the president on Twitter because his insurer has been too slow to schedule a drug treatment for his cancer.
November 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The villains of Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s Objectivist roman à thèse so beloved of Republicans, were what she contemptuously called “the aristocracy of pull”, government hangers-on doling out favors not based on worthiness or wealth but on toadying and proximity to power.
Anyway, in other news...
Anyway, in other news...
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Good. Seriously. Please let Trump pick every SEC coach. Let him make every decision for the entire conference. The only way we'll ever break Trump fever in that part of America is to let him get involved with their college football decisions because they care deeply about that shit
November 2, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Good. Seriously. Please let Trump pick every SEC coach. Let him make every decision for the entire conference. The only way we'll ever break Trump fever in that part of America is to let him get involved with their college football decisions because they care deeply about that shit
“We will protect Christians anywhere *except* the Caribbean” I guess… unless the five dozen fishermen Hegseth has murdered so far were all part of a Manichaean colony I wasn’t previously aware of. 🤔
He is planning to start wars everywhere. Nigeria is next, I guess can no one stop him?
November 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
“We will protect Christians anywhere *except* the Caribbean” I guess… unless the five dozen fishermen Hegseth has murdered so far were all part of a Manichaean colony I wasn’t previously aware of. 🤔
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RFK Jr. Greets Trick-Or-Treaters With Big Bowl Of Ape Glands https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-greets-trick-or-treaters-with-big-bowl-of-ape-glands/
October 31, 2025 at 3:01 PM
RFK Jr. Greets Trick-Or-Treaters With Big Bowl Of Ape Glands https://theonion.com/rfk-jr-greets-trick-or-treaters-with-big-bowl-of-ape-glands/
This also includes “don’t make delivery workers drive for you.”
October 31, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This also includes “don’t make delivery workers drive for you.”
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This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
October 30, 2025 at 12:05 PM
This is sometimes read as "look 'AI' isn't working". But the opposite is true.
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/
_This_ is what "AI" is _for_. Push down labor power, push down wages, make employment more insecure.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/forrester_ai_rehiring/