Rich LeDuc (He/Him)
@rich-leduc.bsky.social
Bioinformatician for a Children's Hospital research institute in Canada
Author of Rubble and Ruin, a TTRPG roleplaying game with the feel of fantasy, but all science fiction
All views are my own
Blog: https://ruduswritings.blogspot.com
Author of Rubble and Ruin, a TTRPG roleplaying game with the feel of fantasy, but all science fiction
All views are my own
Blog: https://ruduswritings.blogspot.com
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Maybe I am the last to know about this, but this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time.
#Nautical #Ghibli
Real-world Nausicaa Ghibli anime glider completes its final flight in Japan【Video】 | SoraNews24 -Japan News- share.google/uZLKXokfflWU...
#Nautical #Ghibli
Real-world Nausicaa Ghibli anime glider completes its final flight in Japan【Video】 | SoraNews24 -Japan News- share.google/uZLKXokfflWU...
Real-world Nausicaa Ghibli anime glider completes its final flight in Japan【Video】
Artist behind 22-year project takes to the skies one last time on real-world version of Hayao Miyazaki flying machine.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Maybe I am the last to know about this, but this is the coolest thing I've seen in a long time.
#Nautical #Ghibli
Real-world Nausicaa Ghibli anime glider completes its final flight in Japan【Video】 | SoraNews24 -Japan News- share.google/uZLKXokfflWU...
#Nautical #Ghibli
Real-world Nausicaa Ghibli anime glider completes its final flight in Japan【Video】 | SoraNews24 -Japan News- share.google/uZLKXokfflWU...
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“Every corporation operating under the laws of this state has all the corporate powers it held previously, except that nothing in this statute grants or recognizes any power to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity.”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
How to Get Rid of "Citizens United"
We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:49 PM
“Every corporation operating under the laws of this state has all the corporate powers it held previously, except that nothing in this statute grants or recognizes any power to engage in election activity or ballot-issue activity.”
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
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Strength In Numbers
www.gelliottmorris.com?r=16wq94&utm...
www.gelliottmorris.com?r=16wq94&utm...
Strength In Numbers | G. Elliott Morris | Substack
Independent, data-driven analysis of politics, public opinion, and elections. A place for thinking smarter with data. Click to read Strength In Numbers, by G. Elliott Morris, a Substack publication wi...
www.gelliottmorris.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Strength In Numbers
www.gelliottmorris.com?r=16wq94&utm...
www.gelliottmorris.com?r=16wq94&utm...
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Let's all do what we can to encourage smokers to quit & others to never start.
November 23, 2025 at 4:38 AM
Let's all do what we can to encourage smokers to quit & others to never start.
#AI #foundation models have an interesting weakness... their "guardrails," which filter inappropriate prompts, can be bypassed with poetry.
Can't make this up.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Can't make this up.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Adversarial Poetry as a Universal Single-Turn Jailbreak Mechanism in Large Language Models
We present evidence that adversarial poetry functions as a universal single-turn jailbreak technique for Large Language Models (LLMs). Across 25 frontier proprietary and open-weight models, curated po...
arxiv.org
November 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
#AI #foundation models have an interesting weakness... their "guardrails," which filter inappropriate prompts, can be bypassed with poetry.
Can't make this up.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Can't make this up.
arxiv.org/abs/2511.15304
Meanwhile, in #TechNews, #Minecraft runs on a light bulb...
Hardware hacker installs Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb — single 192 MHz RISC-V core with 276KB of RAM, enough to run tiny 90K byte world | Tom's Hardware share.google/OJZQJBfou5YT...
Hardware hacker installs Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb — single 192 MHz RISC-V core with 276KB of RAM, enough to run tiny 90K byte world | Tom's Hardware share.google/OJZQJBfou5YT...
Hardware hacker installs Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb — single 192 MHz RISC-V core with 276KB of RAM, enough to run tiny 90K byte world
AliExpress-bought LED bulb includes a BL602 RISC-V-powered microcontroller.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Meanwhile, in #TechNews, #Minecraft runs on a light bulb...
Hardware hacker installs Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb — single 192 MHz RISC-V core with 276KB of RAM, enough to run tiny 90K byte world | Tom's Hardware share.google/OJZQJBfou5YT...
Hardware hacker installs Minecraft server on a cheap smart lightbulb — single 192 MHz RISC-V core with 276KB of RAM, enough to run tiny 90K byte world | Tom's Hardware share.google/OJZQJBfou5YT...
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100% said this and feel free to quote me on it. Also @jackiekashian.bsky.social is a fantastic comedian and you should see her when she comes to your town.
@scalzi.com you say this? bc it’s the best - and your the best but people should know it’s you for realz.
November 15, 2025 at 10:40 PM
100% said this and feel free to quote me on it. Also @jackiekashian.bsky.social is a fantastic comedian and you should see her when she comes to your town.
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Friends! Here is the first episode of a new podcast i'm hosting. I'm thinking of it as a way of trying to have more of the conversations I have w/ smart ppl about the internet/politics/broken attention economy in public. first guest is the great @hankgreen.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=A492...
Hank Green: It’s Going to Get Worse Before It Gets Better | Galaxy Brain
YouTube video by The Atlantic
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November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Friends! Here is the first episode of a new podcast i'm hosting. I'm thinking of it as a way of trying to have more of the conversations I have w/ smart ppl about the internet/politics/broken attention economy in public. first guest is the great @hankgreen.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=A492...
I love #Hermitcraft. If you like #Minecraft, check it out. It's a group of artists and professional Youtubers who tell an emergent story. I honestly think it is the most innovative thing I have seen in storytelling.
New session just started, good time to see if you like it.
hermitcraft.com
New session just started, good time to see if you like it.
hermitcraft.com
HermitCraft | hermitcraft.com
The Official HermitCraft Website. Watch the latest HermitCraft videos!
hermitcraft.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I love #Hermitcraft. If you like #Minecraft, check it out. It's a group of artists and professional Youtubers who tell an emergent story. I honestly think it is the most innovative thing I have seen in storytelling.
New session just started, good time to see if you like it.
hermitcraft.com
New session just started, good time to see if you like it.
hermitcraft.com
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New Chester Bridge: Mississippi River 65 miles South of St. Louis My Home Area Pic Oct. 2025 Keep up to Date 👉 www.facebook.com/nealman.777 Open mid 2026 @piperformissouri.bsky.social @stltoday.com @kansascity.com @lesliejones4mo.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 1:17 AM
New Chester Bridge: Mississippi River 65 miles South of St. Louis My Home Area Pic Oct. 2025 Keep up to Date 👉 www.facebook.com/nealman.777 Open mid 2026 @piperformissouri.bsky.social @stltoday.com @kansascity.com @lesliejones4mo.bsky.social @tebarrett.bsky.social @tammykomoff.bsky.social
#AI like #LLM and #GenAI make those who aren't very good at a task overestimate their initial skills. There's a link to the peer-reviewed paper in this report. I've had this conversation at work several times recently. Nice to see others are finding the same.
techxplore.com/news/2025-10...
techxplore.com/news/2025-10...
AI use makes us overestimate our cognitive performance, study reveals
When it comes to estimating how good we are at something, research consistently shows that we tend to rate ourselves as slightly better than average. This tendency is stronger in people who perform lo...
techxplore.com
November 1, 2025 at 1:28 PM
#AI like #LLM and #GenAI make those who aren't very good at a task overestimate their initial skills. There's a link to the peer-reviewed paper in this report. I've had this conversation at work several times recently. Nice to see others are finding the same.
techxplore.com/news/2025-10...
techxplore.com/news/2025-10...
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Today, on Halloween, The Chaosium officially turns 50 years old. 🧵
On October 31, 1975 our founder Greg Stafford went down to the Alameda County Clerk’s office and filed the paperwork to officially register the company...
On October 31, 1975 our founder Greg Stafford went down to the Alameda County Clerk’s office and filed the paperwork to officially register the company...
November 1, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Today, on Halloween, The Chaosium officially turns 50 years old. 🧵
On October 31, 1975 our founder Greg Stafford went down to the Alameda County Clerk’s office and filed the paperwork to officially register the company...
On October 31, 1975 our founder Greg Stafford went down to the Alameda County Clerk’s office and filed the paperwork to officially register the company...
Happy 50th birthday to @chaosium.bsky.social. Born on Halloween 1975.
November 1, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Happy 50th birthday to @chaosium.bsky.social. Born on Halloween 1975.
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Read this great review article from @morganeilish.bsky.social about canadian friends @hitpointpress.bsky.social first original (and upcoming) game, SHIFT, currently on Kickstarter!
#CanadianTTRPGScene #Ottawa #ClosePersonalFriendsofCCU
#CanadianTTRPGScene #Ottawa #ClosePersonalFriendsofCCU
A SHIFT in Canada's TTRPG Scene
Join now to unlock exclusive Canadian Creators United content
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October 31, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Read this great review article from @morganeilish.bsky.social about canadian friends @hitpointpress.bsky.social first original (and upcoming) game, SHIFT, currently on Kickstarter!
#CanadianTTRPGScene #Ottawa #ClosePersonalFriendsofCCU
#CanadianTTRPGScene #Ottawa #ClosePersonalFriendsofCCU
From the Free DC project.
1. Do not obey in advance
2. Prioritize joy
3. Take up Space
4. Practice solidarity.
5. Organize
#Resistance is not futile!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34U_...
1. Do not obey in advance
2. Prioritize joy
3. Take up Space
4. Practice solidarity.
5. Organize
#Resistance is not futile!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34U_...
Successful Resistance needs to do these 5 things. Are you doing them?
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
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October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
From the Free DC project.
1. Do not obey in advance
2. Prioritize joy
3. Take up Space
4. Practice solidarity.
5. Organize
#Resistance is not futile!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34U_...
1. Do not obey in advance
2. Prioritize joy
3. Take up Space
4. Practice solidarity.
5. Organize
#Resistance is not futile!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=34U_...
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In a world at war, two hearts fought their own battle.
One for love.
One for survival.
🔗 mybook.to/Nightingales
#nightingale #historicalromance #bookrecommendation #readersoftwitter #bookaddict #historicalfictionlovers #bookstagram #indiebooks #WomenWriters
One for love.
One for survival.
🔗 mybook.to/Nightingales
#nightingale #historicalromance #bookrecommendation #readersoftwitter #bookaddict #historicalfictionlovers #bookstagram #indiebooks #WomenWriters
October 26, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In a world at war, two hearts fought their own battle.
One for love.
One for survival.
🔗 mybook.to/Nightingales
#nightingale #historicalromance #bookrecommendation #readersoftwitter #bookaddict #historicalfictionlovers #bookstagram #indiebooks #WomenWriters
One for love.
One for survival.
🔗 mybook.to/Nightingales
#nightingale #historicalromance #bookrecommendation #readersoftwitter #bookaddict #historicalfictionlovers #bookstagram #indiebooks #WomenWriters
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Wow. Based on the comments, a lot of people saw me on Maddow tonight!
To everyone asking me how they can help Democracy Docket fulfill its critical pro-democracy mission while receiving critical information ands analysis, it's easy. Sign-up now! hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
To everyone asking me how they can help Democracy Docket fulfill its critical pro-democracy mission while receiving critical information ands analysis, it's easy. Sign-up now! hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
October 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Wow. Based on the comments, a lot of people saw me on Maddow tonight!
To everyone asking me how they can help Democracy Docket fulfill its critical pro-democracy mission while receiving critical information ands analysis, it's easy. Sign-up now! hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
To everyone asking me how they can help Democracy Docket fulfill its critical pro-democracy mission while receiving critical information ands analysis, it's easy. Sign-up now! hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0
My father, a child of the Great Depression, said, "They're called banks because you put food in when you have extra, so you can take it out when you don't."
As other people have noted, if you have local food banks, now would be an excellent time to donate cash to them, if you have the cash to spare. We will be upping our donations to food banks and hunger-related charities here in Ohio.
US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk
October 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
My father, a child of the Great Depression, said, "They're called banks because you put food in when you have extra, so you can take it out when you don't."
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The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
October 25, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The post from the Reagan Foundation is just complete gibberish.
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
The ad did not, in fact, misrepresent Reagan's views. But the idea that anyone needs the Reagan Foundation's goddamn permission to use the publicly broadcast official remarks of a former president and/or edit them for brevity is crazy
Hey @sixtystonepress.co.uk has joined BlueSky! If you're into #CofC (Call of #Cthulhu), or #d100 games in general, check them out.
www.sixtystonepress.co.uk
www.sixtystonepress.co.uk
Sixtystone Press
www.sixtystonepress.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hey @sixtystonepress.co.uk has joined BlueSky! If you're into #CofC (Call of #Cthulhu), or #d100 games in general, check them out.
www.sixtystonepress.co.uk
www.sixtystonepress.co.uk
Not trying to detract from Mr. Stafford's great legacy or Chaosium's tribute. I just think it's ironic my first blog post was about how I, in fact, never met Greg Stafford. For me, Stafford is the hero of modern #ttrpg, not the corporate folks from TSR.
ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2024/12/star...
ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2024/12/star...
October 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Not trying to detract from Mr. Stafford's great legacy or Chaosium's tribute. I just think it's ironic my first blog post was about how I, in fact, never met Greg Stafford. For me, Stafford is the hero of modern #ttrpg, not the corporate folks from TSR.
ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2024/12/star...
ruduswritings.blogspot.com/2024/12/star...
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I just posted this graph on bluesky this week: I think it was very illuminating of the bubbly state of AI recently.
For example
October 11, 2025 at 12:34 PM
I just posted this graph on bluesky this week: I think it was very illuminating of the bubbly state of AI recently.