Sam Bleckley
@sambleckley.com
I’m a consulting software engineer, designer, and artist working out of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He/him.
Me: sambleckley.com
Project estimation tool: quotes.vistimo.com
Rewrite of Bridgman's Constructive Anatomy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQRDGK9C
Me: sambleckley.com
Project estimation tool: quotes.vistimo.com
Rewrite of Bridgman's Constructive Anatomy: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DQRDGK9C
come to my talk it will be very safe and normal
sneak preview of slide 22
sneak preview of slide 22
April 20, 2025 at 7:04 PM
come to my talk it will be very safe and normal
sneak preview of slide 22
sneak preview of slide 22
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Tall and broad and vicious and ugly
The beast towards Bethlehem goes slouching
And when it passes
Each one it passes goes "aaaaaugh!"
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Tall and broad and vicious and ugly
The beast towards Bethlehem goes slouching
And when it passes
Each one it passes goes "aaaaaugh!"
🎶
April 3, 2025 at 2:13 AM
🎶
Tall and broad and vicious and ugly
The beast towards Bethlehem goes slouching
And when it passes
Each one it passes goes "aaaaaugh!"
🎶
Tall and broad and vicious and ugly
The beast towards Bethlehem goes slouching
And when it passes
Each one it passes goes "aaaaaugh!"
🎶
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Art from Vince Locke of Cannibal Corpse albums, A History of Violence, Sandman, Deadworld & more is added to the book! Original art available Tuesday noon EST! One last tease before Tuesday!
Back today! kck.st/4h6uXNo
#comics #cannibalcorpse #sandman #Kickstarter #horror #horrorcomics
Back today! kck.st/4h6uXNo
#comics #cannibalcorpse #sandman #Kickstarter #horror #horrorcomics
March 17, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Art from Vince Locke of Cannibal Corpse albums, A History of Violence, Sandman, Deadworld & more is added to the book! Original art available Tuesday noon EST! One last tease before Tuesday!
Back today! kck.st/4h6uXNo
#comics #cannibalcorpse #sandman #Kickstarter #horror #horrorcomics
Back today! kck.st/4h6uXNo
#comics #cannibalcorpse #sandman #Kickstarter #horror #horrorcomics
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I've just uploaded a 30+min youtube video about this trip to Colombia in 2023 - featuring this amazing blue weevil - and other beetles, bugs, and birds found during the trip: youtu.be/UUEdzRxucms
March 7, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I've just uploaded a 30+min youtube video about this trip to Colombia in 2023 - featuring this amazing blue weevil - and other beetles, bugs, and birds found during the trip: youtu.be/UUEdzRxucms
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First Night in the City
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
First Night in the City
a) Many artists manage to transform their personal suffering into something else when they make art
b) Suffering is not required to make art, and many artists who suffered greatly would have made more art if they had suffered less
there is nothing contradictory, here
b) Suffering is not required to make art, and many artists who suffered greatly would have made more art if they had suffered less
there is nothing contradictory, here
March 6, 2025 at 8:42 PM
a) Many artists manage to transform their personal suffering into something else when they make art
b) Suffering is not required to make art, and many artists who suffered greatly would have made more art if they had suffered less
there is nothing contradictory, here
b) Suffering is not required to make art, and many artists who suffered greatly would have made more art if they had suffered less
there is nothing contradictory, here
Thinkin' of that Teller quote, "Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect"
Some part of "years of practice," I think, is just the slow, constant re-realization that the work will improve even more when given even more time and attention
Some part of "years of practice," I think, is just the slow, constant re-realization that the work will improve even more when given even more time and attention
March 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thinkin' of that Teller quote, "Sometimes magic is just someone spending more time on something than anyone else might reasonably expect"
Some part of "years of practice," I think, is just the slow, constant re-realization that the work will improve even more when given even more time and attention
Some part of "years of practice," I think, is just the slow, constant re-realization that the work will improve even more when given even more time and attention
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First Day One launch party zombie portrait! Comic Signal in Grand Rapids MI until 3!
Returned is LIVE on Kickstarter! http://kck.st/4h6uXNo
#comics #KickstarterComics #art #Kickstarter #horror #horrorcomics
Returned is LIVE on Kickstarter! http://kck.st/4h6uXNo
#comics #KickstarterComics #art #Kickstarter #horror #horrorcomics
March 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
First Day One launch party zombie portrait! Comic Signal in Grand Rapids MI until 3!
Returned is LIVE on Kickstarter! http://kck.st/4h6uXNo
#comics #KickstarterComics #art #Kickstarter #horror #horrorcomics
Returned is LIVE on Kickstarter! http://kck.st/4h6uXNo
#comics #KickstarterComics #art #Kickstarter #horror #horrorcomics
Tryina learn how to design baroque-style scrollwork, a la engravings
(with rococo being the next stop)
Still missing some of the internal logic of the leaves, but progress!
(with rococo being the next stop)
Still missing some of the internal logic of the leaves, but progress!
February 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Tryina learn how to design baroque-style scrollwork, a la engravings
(with rococo being the next stop)
Still missing some of the internal logic of the leaves, but progress!
(with rococo being the next stop)
Still missing some of the internal logic of the leaves, but progress!
Did some darning; this sweater has had a couple small holes for ages. There is satisfaction in fixing things after I ought to have but still long before they are catastrophic.
February 23, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Did some darning; this sweater has had a couple small holes for ages. There is satisfaction in fixing things after I ought to have but still long before they are catastrophic.
This is essentially @tshahan.bsky.social’s actual opinion
"anarcho-communist? oh, no, you misheard me.
I'm an arachno-communist. I believe we shouldn't have private property, and also the only legitimate form of government is THE SPIDER"
I'm an arachno-communist. I believe we shouldn't have private property, and also the only legitimate form of government is THE SPIDER"
February 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This is essentially @tshahan.bsky.social’s actual opinion
This is excellent sashachapin.substack.com/p/how-to-lik..., and I needed it today.
How to like everything more
on the skill of enjoyment
sashachapin.substack.com
February 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is excellent sashachapin.substack.com/p/how-to-lik..., and I needed it today.
The Consolation of Discernment
Doing Jesuit things without Jesus
sambleckley.com
February 21, 2025 at 4:33 PM
My migraines are relatively tame; but I do remember the first time I saw a diagram like the "Migraine is Cyclical" one in this article. It was a revelation! The headache is just the tentpole of the event.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Migraine is more than a headache — a radical rethink offers hope to one billion people
Drugs that can prevent or relieve migraine attacks are only effective for some people. Research is starting to untangle the reasons why.
www.nature.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
My migraines are relatively tame; but I do remember the first time I saw a diagram like the "Migraine is Cyclical" one in this article. It was a revelation! The headache is just the tentpole of the event.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Today I'm thinking about trial by jury and efficiency: sambleckley.com/writing/the-...
The Inefficient Courtroom
On the hidden robustness of slow and expensive systems
sambleckley.com
February 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Today I'm thinking about trial by jury and efficiency: sambleckley.com/writing/the-...
thinkin about the nika riots
February 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
thinkin about the nika riots
Dropped my razor last week and broke the brittle old Bakelite scales
Made some new ones outta walnut this morning
Made some new ones outta walnut this morning
February 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Dropped my razor last week and broke the brittle old Bakelite scales
Made some new ones outta walnut this morning
Made some new ones outta walnut this morning
for sure macduff lifted, bro, but he bulked in summer and cut in winter
brah was untimely ripp'd
brah was untimely ripp'd
February 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
for sure macduff lifted, bro, but he bulked in summer and cut in winter
brah was untimely ripp'd
brah was untimely ripp'd
If this judgement holds, the "Theft" section of my "AI in 2024" essay is wrong; I've added a note. It wasn't (and isn't) legal advice and I wasn't a lawyer, nor have I become one.
I do mostly agree with the below thread on the upsides and downsides of Bibas' analysis.
I do mostly agree with the below thread on the upsides and downsides of Bibas' analysis.
Major AI/fair use decision out of D. Del today. It is not good news for AI proponents for many reasons, including:
1: The judge reversed his own prior ruling that was more AI-favorable.
2: This is one of the three cases I thought most strongly favored AI
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
1: The judge reversed his own prior ruling that was more AI-favorable.
2: This is one of the three cases I thought most strongly favored AI
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If this judgement holds, the "Theft" section of my "AI in 2024" essay is wrong; I've added a note. It wasn't (and isn't) legal advice and I wasn't a lawyer, nor have I become one.
I do mostly agree with the below thread on the upsides and downsides of Bibas' analysis.
I do mostly agree with the below thread on the upsides and downsides of Bibas' analysis.
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you know what they say: you can't make an omelette without a few eggs
February 9, 2025 at 12:03 PM
you know what they say: you can't make an omelette without a few eggs
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There's nothing in the rules that say a dog can't kill God
February 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
There's nothing in the rules that say a dog can't kill God
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These prints will be in my shop TOMORROW, 12pm CDT!
February 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
These prints will be in my shop TOMORROW, 12pm CDT!
Free local learn-to-code event aimed at women and members of other categories underrepresented in tech, late this March
I know lots of these folks, this is a great way to dip your toe into coding. djangogirls.org/en/grandrapi...
I know lots of these folks, this is a great way to dip your toe into coding. djangogirls.org/en/grandrapi...
Django Girls Grand Rapids on 29th March 2025
Django Girls is a one-day workshop about programming in Python and Django tailored for women.
djangogirls.org
February 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Free local learn-to-code event aimed at women and members of other categories underrepresented in tech, late this March
I know lots of these folks, this is a great way to dip your toe into coding. djangogirls.org/en/grandrapi...
I know lots of these folks, this is a great way to dip your toe into coding. djangogirls.org/en/grandrapi...