Mat
@thatnuttyfanboy.bsky.social
Software engineer by day, author, 3D guy and Nutty Fanboy by night.
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Thread.
So as someone who's a professional creator, and has always been a creator of art in many mediums ...
I've encountered a lot of people in life
A LOT OF PEOPLE
who want to do art, who think they have good ideas for art, but don't want to do the work
Now...
I've encountered a lot of people in life
A LOT OF PEOPLE
who want to do art, who think they have good ideas for art, but don't want to do the work
Now...
If a machine can fart out a 400-page novel based on any stray shower thought, why would even the “author” want to read it?
But they don’t get it. Or maybe they do but are in deep denial
But they don’t get it. Or maybe they do but are in deep denial
January 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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Happy New Year 🖖
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) - 'The Blue Danube' (waltz) scene [1080p]
YouTube video by Screen Themes
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December 31, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Happy New Year 🖖
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orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
orcas have the chance to do the funniest thing
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I have so little time for personal art nowadays that it has become precious to me. This year of 2025 I made these two that I adore - Time's End and Sea of Giants, both for a personal project :)
December 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I have so little time for personal art nowadays that it has become precious to me. This year of 2025 I made these two that I adore - Time's End and Sea of Giants, both for a personal project :)
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The correlation between companies named after the Tolkien legendarium and their CEO/Founder being a chittering skinwalker fingering his own taint at the idea of draining the planet of all its resources and then fucking off to a sealed dome in New Zealand while everyone else suffers is extremely high
December 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
The correlation between companies named after the Tolkien legendarium and their CEO/Founder being a chittering skinwalker fingering his own taint at the idea of draining the planet of all its resources and then fucking off to a sealed dome in New Zealand while everyone else suffers is extremely high
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David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
December 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
David Attenborough [whispering]:
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
“Like a grain of sand in a vast desert, the predator blends seamlessly into its environment, nearly imperceptible to the naked eye.”
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merry christmjlmxh.,//ml
December 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
merry christmjlmxh.,//ml
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The Wing Commander community is going to clean up in the RAM shortage; the latest game only wants 32 megabytes. We’ll leave the light on for you!
December 17, 2025 at 5:44 PM
The Wing Commander community is going to clean up in the RAM shortage; the latest game only wants 32 megabytes. We’ll leave the light on for you!
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Not saying my son is awesome, but he’s 3D printed the Ea-Nasir tablet for me.
December 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Not saying my son is awesome, but he’s 3D printed the Ea-Nasir tablet for me.
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This. 😄
If the writer’s eyes light up when asked, “why did the character do that?” then it’s real.
December 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
This. 😄
Just saw a comment somewhere that described the AI bubble all too well in my eyes.
'so.. The market manipulation bots of Wall Street are hallucinating an economy?'
'so.. The market manipulation bots of Wall Street are hallucinating an economy?'
December 3, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Just saw a comment somewhere that described the AI bubble all too well in my eyes.
'so.. The market manipulation bots of Wall Street are hallucinating an economy?'
'so.. The market manipulation bots of Wall Street are hallucinating an economy?'
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My entire life in one cartoon, you might ask? This little masterwork, from the latest Private Eye.
November 26, 2025 at 2:41 PM
My entire life in one cartoon, you might ask? This little masterwork, from the latest Private Eye.
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Wie immer eine super Bezirksgeschichte von „Zwischenbrücken“ von @nazk.bsky.social
Warum es im Nordbahnviertel so leer bleibt. Eine Freundin hatte btw 2 Jahre eine Wohnung dort, abends war es so tot, wie ich es echt selten in Wien erlebt hab.
www.zwischenbruecken.at/report/die-g...
Warum es im Nordbahnviertel so leer bleibt. Eine Freundin hatte btw 2 Jahre eine Wohnung dort, abends war es so tot, wie ich es echt selten in Wien erlebt hab.
www.zwischenbruecken.at/report/die-g...
Die große Leere im Nordbahnviertel
20.000 Bewohner:innen wünschen sich mehr Möglichkeiten zum Einkaufen. Warum sind etliche Erdgeschoßlokale dennoch nicht vermietet?
www.zwischenbruecken.at
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Wie immer eine super Bezirksgeschichte von „Zwischenbrücken“ von @nazk.bsky.social
Warum es im Nordbahnviertel so leer bleibt. Eine Freundin hatte btw 2 Jahre eine Wohnung dort, abends war es so tot, wie ich es echt selten in Wien erlebt hab.
www.zwischenbruecken.at/report/die-g...
Warum es im Nordbahnviertel so leer bleibt. Eine Freundin hatte btw 2 Jahre eine Wohnung dort, abends war es so tot, wie ich es echt selten in Wien erlebt hab.
www.zwischenbruecken.at/report/die-g...
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"Someone goes back in the source history and compiles the original game as it shipped - nope, that original version is also broken. How can this possibly be? At this point people are freaking out - this isn't a normal bug - it appears to have traveled backwards in time and infected the original!"
November 22, 2025 at 9:19 PM
"Someone goes back in the source history and compiles the original game as it shipped - nope, that original version is also broken. How can this possibly be? At this point people are freaking out - this isn't a normal bug - it appears to have traveled backwards in time and infected the original!"
November 22, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
November 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I haven’t seen this get covered in English yet so let me translate.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
Grok is saying that the crematories at Auschwitz’s were conceived as disinfectant chambers, not mass execution and that the law has made it taboo to acknowledge that this is what they were
X is a Nazi site. Get off the Nazi site.
@wombat37.bsky.social #WomsLastStand a random assortment of impressions from foreign soil. Bonus cat pic with Eleventh Doctor cushion visible.
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
@wombat37.bsky.social #WomsLastStand a random assortment of impressions from foreign soil. Bonus cat pic with Eleventh Doctor cushion visible.
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If you fancy a go, why not do a short video showing me what's interesting in your locale or town? I'd love to see them.
#WomsLastStand
#WomsLastStand
I love that people are offering to undertake to do one of my Kick-the-Bucket List activities so I can enjoy it vicariously. You absolute bobby dazzlers make an old codger glow with pleasure.
#WomsLastStand #FuckCancer
#WomsLastStand #FuckCancer
Now it's too late, here's a list of things I never got round to but really wish I had.
Joining a choir.
Playing the flute.
Visiting Brighton.
Owning more dogs.
Gliding.
Walking the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
Meeting even more online friends.
Archery.
Learning to knit.
Visiting a load more countries.
Joining a choir.
Playing the flute.
Visiting Brighton.
Owning more dogs.
Gliding.
Walking the Yorkshire Wolds Way.
Meeting even more online friends.
Archery.
Learning to knit.
Visiting a load more countries.
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
If you fancy a go, why not do a short video showing me what's interesting in your locale or town? I'd love to see them.
#WomsLastStand
#WomsLastStand
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JWST's recent Cycle 5 call garnered 2,935 proposals (requests to use this amazing telescope and its data 🔭), breaking the record that it set last year! The proposals represent 7,509 unique investigators over a range of career stages, and come from institutions in 59 countries and 47 U.S. states!
November 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
JWST's recent Cycle 5 call garnered 2,935 proposals (requests to use this amazing telescope and its data 🔭), breaking the record that it set last year! The proposals represent 7,509 unique investigators over a range of career stages, and come from institutions in 59 countries and 47 U.S. states!
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
![Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo.
At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25
Then beneath it
TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:j5hrotody26iqi24hcusufxu/bafkreib7wnor7hl45ryvmifde4sov74rrnexa3iecbyu7zxjx6brrslsiy@jpeg)
November 3, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
I know how hard you worked for this.
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BTW, re the Ladin-translation thread and the Sudtirolese / Grödnertal dishes: Seems like the Pasta Grannies stumbled across the *crafuncins* a while back. Check these out: https://youtu.be/6ZT15cpsl_Q?si=exUES14rk_vE3zST
Pasta Grannies discover spinach ravioli called crafuncins from the Süd Tirol!
YouTube video by Pasta Grannies
youtu.be
October 31, 2025 at 3:58 PM
BTW, re the Ladin-translation thread and the Sudtirolese / Grödnertal dishes: Seems like the Pasta Grannies stumbled across the *crafuncins* a while back. Check these out: https://youtu.be/6ZT15cpsl_Q?si=exUES14rk_vE3zST