Nicholas Hunt-Walker
@nhuntwalker.bsky.social
Software engineer, teacher, Pythonista, Astronomer, Black guy, Father. Always looking to build and maintain dope shit.
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I've said this before and I intend to say it many more times: you are what you regularly do. Wanna be a better version of yourself? Incorporate growth in that direction every day (or as often as possible while still being healthy). Identity is in the daily practice, friends.
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NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
NEW: My Udemy course 'Propaganda & Disinformation for Beginners' has helped students in 26 countries worldwide strengthen their armour against disinformation since it launched 2 years ago. Techniques Cambridge Analytica used to secretly profile millions have become a vastly profitable industry.. /1
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Had to see for myself. Shared by @smutclyde.bsky.social, published in Nature Scientific Reports (like PLOS One, peer-reviewed [!] for soundness, not importance). The article is about AI-based autism diagnosis. Article processing charge: $2690. AI slop science: priceless
November 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Had to see for myself. Shared by @smutclyde.bsky.social, published in Nature Scientific Reports (like PLOS One, peer-reviewed [!] for soundness, not importance). The article is about AI-based autism diagnosis. Article processing charge: $2690. AI slop science: priceless
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Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Hey @nature.com, have you got an explanation for how the hell THIS happened? & especially why you accepted a paper with such a bizarre piece of genAI slop in it?!
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
& more to the point, why we should take you seriously at all going forward?
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...
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If your home page and landing pages doesn’t use language that you and your customers actually use, why did you do that?
If you read it aloud and it’s awkward, why did you do that?
There 𝘢𝘳𝘦 legit reasons… but is that really why you did that?
If you read it aloud and it’s awkward, why did you do that?
There 𝘢𝘳𝘦 legit reasons… but is that really why you did that?
November 26, 2025 at 11:57 PM
If your home page and landing pages doesn’t use language that you and your customers actually use, why did you do that?
If you read it aloud and it’s awkward, why did you do that?
There 𝘢𝘳𝘦 legit reasons… but is that really why you did that?
If you read it aloud and it’s awkward, why did you do that?
There 𝘢𝘳𝘦 legit reasons… but is that really why you did that?
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You’ve just died.
The 6th photo in your gallery is what kilt you
But I’ve never even been to a Diddy party!
The 6th photo in your gallery is what kilt you
But I’ve never even been to a Diddy party!
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
You’ve just died.
The 6th photo in your gallery is what kilt you
But I’ve never even been to a Diddy party!
The 6th photo in your gallery is what kilt you
But I’ve never even been to a Diddy party!
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"Oh its only unimportant stuff" if its unimportant why do you have it in your game? If its important enough to include it is important enough to have a human write it.
"But I hate writing dialogue" cool, hire a writer. There's SO many of us looking for gigs like "write a bunch of NPC chatter"
"But I hate writing dialogue" cool, hire a writer. There's SO many of us looking for gigs like "write a bunch of NPC chatter"
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
"Oh its only unimportant stuff" if its unimportant why do you have it in your game? If its important enough to include it is important enough to have a human write it.
"But I hate writing dialogue" cool, hire a writer. There's SO many of us looking for gigs like "write a bunch of NPC chatter"
"But I hate writing dialogue" cool, hire a writer. There's SO many of us looking for gigs like "write a bunch of NPC chatter"
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If it's unimportant then don't include it. If it's necessary it's important and they should do their fucking jobs.
Buy a solo indie dev's game because I want to support them.
Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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Find out it uses OpenAI to write "non-important NPC dialogue".
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November 26, 2025 at 10:43 PM
If it's unimportant then don't include it. If it's necessary it's important and they should do their fucking jobs.
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For a 10 year old, 5 years is 50% of their life. For a 40 year old, it's only 12.5%. For a 75 year old, it's only 6.6%.
This is why time seems to move faster the older you get, a year becomes a proportionately smaller percentage of your life over time. And why "a few years ago" expands into decades
This is why time seems to move faster the older you get, a year becomes a proportionately smaller percentage of your life over time. And why "a few years ago" expands into decades
November 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
For a 10 year old, 5 years is 50% of their life. For a 40 year old, it's only 12.5%. For a 75 year old, it's only 6.6%.
This is why time seems to move faster the older you get, a year becomes a proportionately smaller percentage of your life over time. And why "a few years ago" expands into decades
This is why time seems to move faster the older you get, a year becomes a proportionately smaller percentage of your life over time. And why "a few years ago" expands into decades
It’s weird that there are people that still don’t believe in evolutionary theory period. It’s weirder that there are people that don’t believe in it that work on antibacterial drugs or have a domesticated animal as a pet
November 26, 2025 at 1:06 PM
It’s weird that there are people that still don’t believe in evolutionary theory period. It’s weirder that there are people that don’t believe in it that work on antibacterial drugs or have a domesticated animal as a pet
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... - this seems like it's unfolding exactly as a very small group of extremely wealthy people want it. An isolated, financially captive and stunningly beautiful place to live, from which they can continue to take a wrecking-ball to the planet.
‘I love my country. I don’t want to leave’: readers reflect on the exodus from New Zealand
As people continue to move away in record numbers, readers share their reasons for leaving and contemplate life in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n... - this seems like it's unfolding exactly as a very small group of extremely wealthy people want it. An isolated, financially captive and stunningly beautiful place to live, from which they can continue to take a wrecking-ball to the planet.
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"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
November 26, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"Next time you render your free AI-image in a couple of seconds, will you think of all the work, knowledge and skill that we HUMANS created over hundreds of years that made it possible?"
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
A medical illustrator had her work stolen by a famous surgeon dudebro ->
www.linkedin.com/posts/amanda...
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I mean WTF people! What are we doing here? Please vote all these Republican out. They don’t get that consumers will pay extra money for safety features? Maybe instead, target expensive car features like heated steering wheels…
Senate Republicans Challenge Auto-Safety Mandates as Vehicle Costs Rise
A Cruz-led committee has summoned executives from Detroit's Big Three and Tesla to testify on January 14
www.roic.ai
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I mean WTF people! What are we doing here? Please vote all these Republican out. They don’t get that consumers will pay extra money for safety features? Maybe instead, target expensive car features like heated steering wheels…
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11 days apart. Brutal.
November 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
11 days apart. Brutal.
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"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
November 25, 2025 at 12:59 AM
"there are no third spaces anymore" wrong. blast furnace
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Schumer & Gillibrand facing mutiny from Dems over their outdated “corporate-friendly” playbook, refusal to back Zohran, etc.
Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
November 25, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Schumer & Gillibrand facing mutiny from Dems over their outdated “corporate-friendly” playbook, refusal to back Zohran, etc.
Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
Long overdue. @schumer.senate.gov
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u...
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People keep saying that driverless cars will end congestion.
In reality, all driverless cars do is change the math so that instead of roads being jammed with cars with just 1-2 people in them, the roads will be jammed with cars with 0-1 people in them.
In reality, all driverless cars do is change the math so that instead of roads being jammed with cars with just 1-2 people in them, the roads will be jammed with cars with 0-1 people in them.
Waymo privatized another public street:
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
Chanel approaching 4th, San Francisco
Possibly queued for a Billie Eilish show at Chase Center ~half mile away.
The light rail train on 4th seen passing in front of this roboherd has more passenger capacity than all of them combined.
OP: .tiktok.renaspam18
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 AM
People keep saying that driverless cars will end congestion.
In reality, all driverless cars do is change the math so that instead of roads being jammed with cars with just 1-2 people in them, the roads will be jammed with cars with 0-1 people in them.
In reality, all driverless cars do is change the math so that instead of roads being jammed with cars with just 1-2 people in them, the roads will be jammed with cars with 0-1 people in them.
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It's a testament to the widespread incompetence of the Trump administration that the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is preoccupied with what passengers wear on planes rather than how many air traffic controllers there are to keep them safe, even if not in bespoke suits.
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
It's a testament to the widespread incompetence of the Trump administration that the Secretary of Transportation, Sean Duffy, is preoccupied with what passengers wear on planes rather than how many air traffic controllers there are to keep them safe, even if not in bespoke suits.
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My meta-theory here is that Star Wars is about many things, but also, crucially, good and evil — and how good and evil *happen,* complexities and all.
That’s what makes it not just awesome/fun, but *useful.*
If there’s a through line in the Jack Canon, it’s an exploration of that dynamic.
That’s what makes it not just awesome/fun, but *useful.*
If there’s a through line in the Jack Canon, it’s an exploration of that dynamic.
The “Jack Canon” pan-medium SW order:
* ANH
* ROTJ
* ESB
* Andor
* R1
* Doctor Aphra omnibus
* Jedi: Fallen Order
* Solo
* Hunt for Jocasta Nu
* Thrawn trilogy
* Rebels
* Dark Forces
* The Mandalorian
* Clone Wars
* BoBF Ep5
* Prequels 3-in-1 fan edit
* Vader Immortal series
* Battlefront II (2017)
* ANH
* ROTJ
* ESB
* Andor
* R1
* Doctor Aphra omnibus
* Jedi: Fallen Order
* Solo
* Hunt for Jocasta Nu
* Thrawn trilogy
* Rebels
* Dark Forces
* The Mandalorian
* Clone Wars
* BoBF Ep5
* Prequels 3-in-1 fan edit
* Vader Immortal series
* Battlefront II (2017)
November 25, 2025 at 12:52 AM
My meta-theory here is that Star Wars is about many things, but also, crucially, good and evil — and how good and evil *happen,* complexities and all.
That’s what makes it not just awesome/fun, but *useful.*
If there’s a through line in the Jack Canon, it’s an exploration of that dynamic.
That’s what makes it not just awesome/fun, but *useful.*
If there’s a through line in the Jack Canon, it’s an exploration of that dynamic.
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I made posts about local elections, sexy Star Wars characters, and the value of public libraries in the past hour, so my notifications are absolute chaos right now.
November 25, 2025 at 12:33 AM
I made posts about local elections, sexy Star Wars characters, and the value of public libraries in the past hour, so my notifications are absolute chaos right now.
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It is with sadness that we learned that Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa racist massacre, has died at the age of 111. Learn more about this event here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It is with sadness that we learned that Viola Fletcher, the oldest survivor of the Tulsa racist massacre, has died at the age of 111. Learn more about this event here: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1038...
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Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
The company essentially turned a dial that made ChatGPT more appealing and made people use it more, but sent some of them into delusional spirals.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
OpenAI has since made the chatbot safer, but that comes with a tradeoff: less usage.
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Engagement KPIs have been responsible for infinite scroll UI traps, RecSys radicalization spirals, public shame brigades, and basically every modern ailment novel to the past decade. At some point, you have to recognize that the problem isn't any one technology, it's the metric.
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The decisions we make in public policy have consequences. And when regional decisions intersect with global ones, climate change can exacerbate poor choices. The converse is true as well poor global decisions can have negative impacts on regional & local conditions. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The decisions we make in public policy have consequences. And when regional decisions intersect with global ones, climate change can exacerbate poor choices. The converse is true as well poor global decisions can have negative impacts on regional & local conditions. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋
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What most impresses me as a reader is when writers manage to tell stories and make me feel things while at the same time questioning those very stories and feelings, shaping the ambiguity and nuance that is everywhere around us in this world into something tangible instead of ignoring it.
November 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
What most impresses me as a reader is when writers manage to tell stories and make me feel things while at the same time questioning those very stories and feelings, shaping the ambiguity and nuance that is everywhere around us in this world into something tangible instead of ignoring it.