Mark Gritter
@markgritter.bsky.social
Math and startup geek. Software Engineer at Thirdlaw. Ex-Postman, Ex-HashiCorp, ex-Tintri. he/him
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Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Wow. Can't say much else. The overhead corona was unbelievable. The most intense reds and greens. ❤️💚😍💃 She'll be dancing until sunrise.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
I visited Franconia Sculpture Park over summer and it has been on my aurora photo bucket list ever since. That's where I went last night.
Schafer, Minnesota.
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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For about another 21 hours all our games are suspiciously cheap:
🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G...
🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H...
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/...
🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G...
🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H...
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/...
Save 40% on Tactical Breach Wizards on Steam
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to ...
store.steampowered.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
For about another 21 hours all our games are suspiciously cheap:
🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G...
🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H...
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/...
🕵️ Gunpoint is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/206190/G...
🚀 Heat Signature is 80% off! store.steampowered.com/app/268130/H...
🧙♂️ Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/...
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His comments were not going out to nowhere. He directly told the brilliant and incredible grad students, postdocs, particularly people he had no reason to fear because they were in vulnerable and low power positions -- that they did not belong in science
bsky.app/profile/anal...
bsky.app/profile/anal...
When I was a postdoc, CSHL held a Burns poetry night, which Watson attended.
I did a dramatic reading of Ice Ice Baby.
I hope he found it deeply offensive, and that the graduate students (many of whom he told didn't belong there) found it at least mildly entertaining.
This is a good day for CSHL.
I did a dramatic reading of Ice Ice Baby.
I hope he found it deeply offensive, and that the graduate students (many of whom he told didn't belong there) found it at least mildly entertaining.
This is a good day for CSHL.
Watson was a racist who, "near the end of his life, faced condemnation and professional censure for offensive remarks, including saying Black people are less intelligent than white people"
November 8, 2025 at 5:15 PM
His comments were not going out to nowhere. He directly told the brilliant and incredible grad students, postdocs, particularly people he had no reason to fear because they were in vulnerable and low power positions -- that they did not belong in science
bsky.app/profile/anal...
bsky.app/profile/anal...
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Upwards of three-quarters of men marry and the divorce rate for first marriages, once as high as 50% has fallen to around 40%, so 60% of those marriages do, in fact, last forever.
So the modal straight man - 45+% of them - in the United States does, in fact, find a woman to stay with him forever.
So the modal straight man - 45+% of them - in the United States does, in fact, find a woman to stay with him forever.
November 8, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Upwards of three-quarters of men marry and the divorce rate for first marriages, once as high as 50% has fallen to around 40%, so 60% of those marriages do, in fact, last forever.
So the modal straight man - 45+% of them - in the United States does, in fact, find a woman to stay with him forever.
So the modal straight man - 45+% of them - in the United States does, in fact, find a woman to stay with him forever.
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Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
November 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Haha, this from the New Yorker is getting passed around the math dork community. I did a comic about this kind of thought a few years ago: www.smbc-comics.com/comic/commut...
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As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
As a bookstore that sells pamphlets and magazines, the criminalization of such materials feels pretty close to home. So let's take a closer look at the materials the federal government is claiming tie readers to "antifa terrorism." We can pick out six titles in these grainy photos. 1/
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Big EV gap between China and the USA.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
November 3, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Big EV gap between China and the USA.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
- China has 52 BEV models with >400-mile range with many under $50k; USA has 4 all priced above $75k
- EV sales share in 2024: China 47%; USA 10%
Great paper in Science by @jhelvy.bsky.social.
Dan Lew built some code to completely enumerate all possible #Balatro erratic decks, looking for the least random:
blog.danlew.net/2025/11/03/b...
I was surprised to see that there are only about 2.3 trillion seeds possible (and that there's a NaN bug!)
Via androiddev.social/@danlew/1154...
blog.danlew.net/2025/11/03/b...
I was surprised to see that there are only about 2.3 trillion seeds possible (and that there's a NaN bug!)
Via androiddev.social/@danlew/1154...
Balatro’s Least Erratic Decks
My most recent “just for fun” project was to find the least erratic of the Erratic decks in Balatro (a poker-ish roguelike deckbuilder game).
Before each game, you pick a deck that has a special powe...
blog.danlew.net
November 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Dan Lew built some code to completely enumerate all possible #Balatro erratic decks, looking for the least random:
blog.danlew.net/2025/11/03/b...
I was surprised to see that there are only about 2.3 trillion seeds possible (and that there's a NaN bug!)
Via androiddev.social/@danlew/1154...
blog.danlew.net/2025/11/03/b...
I was surprised to see that there are only about 2.3 trillion seeds possible (and that there's a NaN bug!)
Via androiddev.social/@danlew/1154...
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Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off in today's Daily Deal! The cheapest the wizards have ever allowed us to price them.
To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
Save 40% on Tactical Breach Wizards on Steam
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to ...
store.steampowered.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Tactical Breach Wizards is 40% off in today's Daily Deal! The cheapest the wizards have ever allowed us to price them.
To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
To celebrate, we've added a community missions pack, featuring some great ones players have made since launch.
store.steampowered.com/app/1043810/... .
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Okok, using this chance to try out ✨stylometrics w AI✨ - tonight just seeing how far we can push this with str_count-ing basic features.
I looked at:
- en-dash
- em-dash
- mean sentence length
- max sentence length
- comma
- quotes <">
- Fancy Quotes <„>
Per category which exists for all 5 years
I looked at:
- en-dash
- em-dash
- mean sentence length
- max sentence length
- comma
- quotes <">
- Fancy Quotes <„>
Per category which exists for all 5 years
November 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Okok, using this chance to try out ✨stylometrics w AI✨ - tonight just seeing how far we can push this with str_count-ing basic features.
I looked at:
- en-dash
- em-dash
- mean sentence length
- max sentence length
- comma
- quotes <">
- Fancy Quotes <„>
Per category which exists for all 5 years
I looked at:
- en-dash
- em-dash
- mean sentence length
- max sentence length
- comma
- quotes <">
- Fancy Quotes <„>
Per category which exists for all 5 years
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ok so I made a list of good Halloween-themed Star Trek episodes for My Own Reasons and I've decided to share them here! If you're staying in tonight but want some seasonally appropriate Star Trek episodes to watch, here you go! #StarTrek #Halloween
October 31, 2025 at 6:43 PM
ok so I made a list of good Halloween-themed Star Trek episodes for My Own Reasons and I've decided to share them here! If you're staying in tonight but want some seasonally appropriate Star Trek episodes to watch, here you go! #StarTrek #Halloween
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new blog post: i got distracted listening to @worldenddisk.com's Roguelike Celebration talk blog.vbuckenham.com/paying-atten...
Paying attention to trees
I was just watching Ada Null's 2025 Roguelike Celebration talk, and there's a bit where she's riffing off Kate Compton:
Picture a garden full of wild trees of the same species. If you compare any two...
blog.vbuckenham.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
new blog post: i got distracted listening to @worldenddisk.com's Roguelike Celebration talk blog.vbuckenham.com/paying-atten...
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PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
PROCJAM - The Procedural Generation Jam
A game jam from 2025-11-21 to 2025-12-01 hosted by PROCJAM. Let's Make Something! PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is a creative coding jam about making things that make things. This normally...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:35 PM
PROCJAM - the Procedural Generation Jam - is back for another year! Join us on itch.io this November for another week of making something that makes something - a bskybot, a videogame, a digital artwork, a dice table or something else!
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
🗓️ Nov 21st - Dec 1st
🔮 itch.io/jam/procjam
High-res version of the visualization I showed in my #RoguelikeCelebration talk (attaching it directly to the post didn't work.) raw.githubusercontent.com/mgritter/rog...
Source code slides, and images at github.com/mgritter/rog...
Source code slides, and images at github.com/mgritter/rog...
October 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
High-res version of the visualization I showed in my #RoguelikeCelebration talk (attaching it directly to the post didn't work.) raw.githubusercontent.com/mgritter/rog...
Source code slides, and images at github.com/mgritter/rog...
Source code slides, and images at github.com/mgritter/rog...
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Just had the honor of presenting my talk at @roguelike.club! Slightly more erratic than I wanted, but it came from the heart. Before replays are up, here's my favorite slide:
October 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Just had the honor of presenting my talk at @roguelike.club! Slightly more erratic than I wanted, but it came from the heart. Before replays are up, here's my favorite slide:
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An idea (via @pyrofoux.bsky.social) I am excited to think about more after I have had caffeine
October 26, 2025 at 5:18 PM
An idea (via @pyrofoux.bsky.social) I am excited to think about more after I have had caffeine
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Tune in to @roguelike.club in 3 hours for my talk about the analogy between physics and procedural generation! We'll see how generators can be solid, liquid or gaseous and why –just like Maxwell's Demon– designers are underrated little guys. 🍵🫖
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Tune in to @roguelike.club in 3 hours for my talk about the analogy between physics and procedural generation! We'll see how generators can be solid, liquid or gaseous and why –just like Maxwell's Demon– designers are underrated little guys. 🍵🫖
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Fandom as we know it exists today because of female Star Trek fans. It’s just so frustrating to have women’s roles in sci-fi history denied, because it extends well beyond fandom and creates the perception that women haven’t contributed as much to society at large as men, which is violent erasure
October 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Fandom as we know it exists today because of female Star Trek fans. It’s just so frustrating to have women’s roles in sci-fi history denied, because it extends well beyond fandom and creates the perception that women haven’t contributed as much to society at large as men, which is violent erasure
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Really enjoyed my first time at @roguelike.club!
If anyone is interest in my talk, "Planning and Replanning Structured Adaptive Stories: 25 Years of History" it's here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikrP...
If anyone is interest in my talk, "Planning and Replanning Structured Adaptive Stories: 25 Years of History" it's here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikrP...
Planning and Replanning Structured Adaptive Stories: 25 Years of History
YouTube video by Narrative Intelligence Lab
www.youtube.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Really enjoyed my first time at @roguelike.club!
If anyone is interest in my talk, "Planning and Replanning Structured Adaptive Stories: 25 Years of History" it's here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikrP...
If anyone is interest in my talk, "Planning and Replanning Structured Adaptive Stories: 25 Years of History" it's here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikrP...
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Thank you @jbrew.bsky.social for adding the Brooklyn Interpretation of karaoke to our collective community toolkit.
October 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Thank you @jbrew.bsky.social for adding the Brooklyn Interpretation of karaoke to our collective community toolkit.
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biblically accurate soccer ball by @zenorogue.bsky.social at @roguelike.club
October 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
biblically accurate soccer ball by @zenorogue.bsky.social at @roguelike.club