Author | Lightnews

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Jesse Raub @jesseraub.bsky.social · 2d

POSTER: In my post I invented the Don’t Misunderstand the Torment Nexus Metaphor as a cautionary tale

CTO: At long last, I have misunderstood the Torment Nexus Metaphor from the classic post Don't Misunderstand The Torment Nexus Metaphor

Paul Frazee @pfrazee.com · 2d

"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale
Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from the classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

23 540 2.3K

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 3d

Interesting paper! When you ask people about the most important issue "facing the country," they often say immigration. But when you ask them about issues facing them personally, it doesn't crack the top 10.

This indicates that voters are reacting to media narratives, not their own experience.

Immigration is the most important issue facing your country

Immigration is the 14th most important issue facing you personally

52 760 2.2K

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

docvember @docseuss.bsky.social · 2d

godzilla got busy

11 170 430

Elliot Hudson @ekhudson.bsky.social · 2d

This video of a rubber band factory in Japan is like watching a David Cronenberg film

youtu.be/Ht-y69JRkmE

Mass Rubber Band Production Factory! A Japanese Factory That Has Lasted 100 Years

YouTube video by Inside Japanese Factories

youtu.be

1 1

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Xavier needs a character art job @xavierck.com · 2d

Got some very weird work coming up, so I'm building a system to convert Metahuman heads to low-poly assets with baked lighting and texture data. From there I'll clean up and paint over the textures by hand to add characterization and such

Doing some real sicko shit and it's deeply pleasing

A low poly, unlit head model with pixelated textures

7 11 110

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 3d

Microsoft is now warning investors about the pushback against its massive data centers.

The tech giant's latest earnings reports says: “We also face community opposition, local moratoriums and hyper-local dissent that may impede or delay infrastructure development."

34 230 860

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Rocketengine @rocketengine.bsky.social · 3d

南極観測用雪上車 SM40S

1 36 170

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Daniel Schroeder @dan5sch.bsky.social · Aug 18

Here's an update on my small-voxel renderer, inspired by the look of games like Doom and Quake. The work I shared last year focused on handling simpler environment geometry. Since then, I've greatly expanded the scope of what I can depict in this art style. More info in thread.

11 55 270

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

tante @tante.cc · 4d

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/

Screenshot of an article headline "AI layoffs to backfire: Half quietly rehired at lower pay" with "at lower pay" being highlighted

13 610 1.3K

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Emily @emilyonhere.gay · 5d

“what radicalized you” idk paying attention

100 4.2K 13K

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

cameron @famousceleb.co · 4d

My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings. Look on my works and let me know if you have any questions! 🤗

7 1.1K 5.4K

Elliot Hudson @ekhudson.bsky.social · 4d

I just started playing this (finally)! I didn't know that they came from theatre. That's awesome!

1

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Liz Ryerson @ellaguro.bsky.social · 4d

was just reminded of an old great thread on Doomworld: the Doom level progress diagram. it was created to address the age old question about when a map should be considered linear or non-linear www.doomworld.com/forum/topic/...

level progress diagrams of all of the maps from The Ultimate Doom - check the thread linked more more details

8 100 320

Elliot Hudson @ekhudson.bsky.social · 5d

God, I feel like the art style of this game is going to prove to be absolutely timeless. So excellent.

Finji @finjico.bsky.social · 5d

Looking for something eerie to play before Halloween? 🎃 Check out Overland! It's filled with scary creatures, unsettling atmospheres, a haunting soundtrack, and moments that will make all the hairs stand up on your arms.

Two screenshots from Overland stacked on top of each other: the first featuring a large map showing locations for the road trip and a group of travelers camping beside a car and the second showing gameplay with a group of characters (a man and two dogs) trying to make their escape from alien creatures in a snowy woodland.

1 4

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 5d

i think this usefully focuses on some neglected aspects within the discussion: we exist in an economic context, and LLMs are products with a specific, non-neutral shape and context, which have been significantly overhyped and which have safeguards significantly underimplemented.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

“Relying on chatbots isn’t fringe — it’s the predictable result of care made scarce, stigmatized, and costly. Recognizing that doesn’t mean uncritically embracing chatbot care, but it’s past time to name what’s happening: Privately owned chatbots are functioning as public health resources.”

‘AI psychosis’ discussions ignore a bigger problem with chatbots

Don’t frame chatbot failures as human “insanity.”

www.statnews.com

1 4 43

Elliot Hudson @ekhudson.bsky.social · 5d

My lukewarm take is that Video Games are broadly miscategorized as descendant from Film, when in fact they are much, much closer to the deep roots of Theatre. Or, more correctly, they grow from the same root of "Play" as Theatre & Sport; Film is actually a distant cousin later down the line.

meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 5d

love @mackeza.bsky.social on participatory video-game play + i love the idea of a "video game book club". have been thinking a lot about how we can bring video games into real-world social circumstances, gentle or raucous crowd participation, allowing social discovery. i want new event formats!

It made me want to invite friends round my house and pass the controller around all day like we used to in our early 20s. My friend was reminded of a video game book club she used to run, where six people would play through a game such as What Remains of Edith Finch together (and laugh at it, in that specific instance). Asses.Masses is specifically designed around collective play, but I can think of plenty more shortish, thought-provoking games that could be staged like this, and that would inspire an interesting reaction from audiences. And if the number of people who engage with Twitch is any indication, I think a lot of people would come.

Stumbling out of the theatre and into the rainy Glasgow night, I felt a real sense of camaraderie with the small crowd I’d been playing with. Often when I finish a game, I’m on my own in the living room in the middle of the night, while my family sleeps, and I have nobody to turn to to discuss it with. This time, I had a whole group of people to debrief with, and it reminded me that it is always the addition of human players that animates games with soul.

4 9 32

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 5d

In retrospect, the time to fight back was when the tech industry started using us to train LLMs by making CAPTCHAs ubiquitous and required.

3 43 420

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Sarah Ford 🐍🎨🖥️ Time Zone Era @angeloslh.bsky.social · 6d

I miss the office as a social hangout but I dont miss the bullying & gaslighting, dont miss eating lunch alone while watching groups of men who never seem to invite a she/her colleague along go get food together, don't miss the office dick loudly saying edgy jokes that are practically approved by HR

Dan Johnson @coil.bsky.social · 6d

Those parts were great.

It's the moving every two years, the 3 hours commuting every day, the nanny manager that I don't miss. And the daily covid risk that I don't want to sign up for.

Michel Dinel @padder.bsky.social · 6d

Unpopular Opinion:
I do miss going into the office for work, having my own desk, chatting with colleagues with our daily little updates, going out for lunch, knowing the beat of what's going on with the project and the company, communicating in person. The stability of it all.

2 4 24

Elliot Hudson @ekhudson.bsky.social · 6d

Oh wow, this looks SO GOOD

Knoebel @knoebel.bsky.social · 6d

'The Florist' announced for consoles and PC.

store.steampowered.com/app/3152440/...

youtu.be/Sbvgu1hnQkQ?...

1

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 6d

Always thought it was sad that Ayn Rand—one of the most successful authors of children's fantasy books of all time—had little enough saved in the bank in her old age that she had to rely on public assistance until her death, but I'm glad it was there for her.

52 300 2K

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Python Software Foundation @python.org · 7d

TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
🧵

The official home of the Python Programming Language

www.python.org

130 2.7K 6.3K

Elliot Hudson @ekhudson.bsky.social · 8d

Still so bummed about Scavenger's Reign and how we'll never know the ongoing story of its greatest character... the little guy who washes his eyeballs in a river

4 36

Elliot Hudson @ekhudson.bsky.social · 9d

I had the exact same experience! I said out loud "this game has CHAPTERS?"

1

Reposted by Elliot Hudson

Sarah Ford 🐍🎨🖥️ Time Zone Era @angeloslh.bsky.social · 9d

Woop woop, Pacific Drive is now on Xbox/Game Pass!

Eurogamer @eurogamer.bsky.social · 10d

Ace road trip mystery, Pacific Drive, arrives on Xbox Game Pass, and there's a new expansion too

www.eurogamer.net/ace-road-tri...

1 2 17