Mikhail Jacob (he/him)
@oroborositron.bsky.social
Machine learning, D&D, music
Currently at The Coalition studio, Vancouver.
Currently at The Coalition studio, Vancouver.
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Hello! 😀 I'm excited that this place can replace the other one.
I'm an applied ML researcher/engineer with The Coalition studio. Currently creating ML-powered tools for our games. Previously shipped RL/IL bots in Racket Club at Resolution Games. Before that, MSR postdoc + Georgia Tech PhD.
I'm an applied ML researcher/engineer with The Coalition studio. Currently creating ML-powered tools for our games. Previously shipped RL/IL bots in Racket Club at Resolution Games. Before that, MSR postdoc + Georgia Tech PhD.
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“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.”
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Introducing CorText: a framework that fuses brain data directly into a large language model, allowing for interactive neural readout using natural language.
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
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tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
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November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Introducing CorText: a framework that fuses brain data directly into a large language model, allowing for interactive neural readout using natural language.
tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
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tl;dr: you can now chat with a brain scan 🧠💬
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Pure evil stacked upon pure genocidal evil... www.bbc.com/news/article...
Palestinians flee Gaza City as Israel says first stages of assault have begun - BBC News
An Israeli military spokesman says troops will deepen the damage to the "terror infrastructure" held by Hamas.
www.bbc.com
August 21, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Pure evil stacked upon pure genocidal evil... www.bbc.com/news/article...
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An Israeli strike targeted at least one journalist in Gaza, killing five total
August 11, 2025 at 9:12 PM
An Israeli strike targeted at least one journalist in Gaza, killing five total
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My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
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Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:
June 10, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:
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DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
June 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
DAVE: Open the podbay doors, ChatGPT.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
CHATGPT: Certainly, Dave, the podbay doors are now open.
DAVE: The podbay doors didn't open.
CHATGPT: My apologies, Dave, you're right. I thought the podbay doors were open, but they weren't. Now they are.
DAVE: I'm still looking at a set of closed podbay doors.
Don't threaten me with a good time, ad that keeps popping up. 🤣
Seriously though, having lived in two (2) countries where the government calculated and filed my taxes perfectly well, I don't understand the outrage. Stupid lobbyists astroturfing non-issues.
Seriously though, having lived in two (2) countries where the government calculated and filed my taxes perfectly well, I don't understand the outrage. Stupid lobbyists astroturfing non-issues.
March 23, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Don't threaten me with a good time, ad that keeps popping up. 🤣
Seriously though, having lived in two (2) countries where the government calculated and filed my taxes perfectly well, I don't understand the outrage. Stupid lobbyists astroturfing non-issues.
Seriously though, having lived in two (2) countries where the government calculated and filed my taxes perfectly well, I don't understand the outrage. Stupid lobbyists astroturfing non-issues.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Aside from being furious about everything, *gestures wildly around* I love the framing here. You're white, you're Canadian, surely you don't belong in immigration detention. Everyone else obviously does, but you definitely shouldn't be. Cue sympathy and outrage.
Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks
Entrepreneur and actor Jasmine Mooney, who had a role in an American Pie sequel, says she was arrested at southern border and held in detention over an incomplete work visa
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... Aside from being furious about everything, *gestures wildly around* I love the framing here. You're white, you're Canadian, surely you don't belong in immigration detention. Everyone else obviously does, but you definitely shouldn't be. Cue sympathy and outrage.
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when you tried so hard and got sofa
but in the end, it doesn't even matter
but in the end, it doesn't even matter
March 16, 2025 at 12:22 PM
when you tried so hard and got sofa
but in the end, it doesn't even matter
but in the end, it doesn't even matter
When you hate smart people...
February 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
When you hate smart people...
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Your next great adventure awaits! Today we’re unveiling Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked (@battlemarked.bsky.social).
To learn more, sign up for our newsletter here www.battlemarked.com
youtu.be/cypwLhY8BP4
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Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked | Official Announce Trailer
YouTube video by Resolution Games
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January 29, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Your next great adventure awaits! Today we’re unveiling Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked (@battlemarked.bsky.social).
To learn more, sign up for our newsletter here www.battlemarked.com
youtu.be/cypwLhY8BP4
To learn more, sign up for our newsletter here www.battlemarked.com
youtu.be/cypwLhY8BP4
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Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
January 21, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Being a person with deadly, incurable cancer who is nonetheless still alive for an indefinite timeframe gives me an interesting metaphor that helps me deal with things like large-scale corruption in government or commerce.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
Bear with me for a second while I try to explain.
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Back in 2021, PMG reported on the unseen games industry crunch taking place at outsourcing studios in SE Asia.
Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve the conditions of the artists doing that work. (1/7)
Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve the conditions of the artists doing that work. (1/7)
January 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Back in 2021, PMG reported on the unseen games industry crunch taking place at outsourcing studios in SE Asia.
Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve the conditions of the artists doing that work. (1/7)
Since then, the companies we looked at have continued to work on some of the biggest games in the world, without any push to improve the conditions of the artists doing that work. (1/7)
This story is truly horrifying. Serious abuse of outsourced game creators from Indonesia. youtu.be/RR9HQ2C6h_4?...
TW/CW: Descriptions and depictions of abuse of various kinds (physical, mental, financial)
TW/CW: Descriptions and depictions of abuse of various kinds (physical, mental, financial)
100 Slaps: The Breaking News The Games Industry Ignored in 2024
YouTube video by People Make Games
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January 7, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This story is truly horrifying. Serious abuse of outsourced game creators from Indonesia. youtu.be/RR9HQ2C6h_4?...
TW/CW: Descriptions and depictions of abuse of various kinds (physical, mental, financial)
TW/CW: Descriptions and depictions of abuse of various kinds (physical, mental, financial)
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A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
Tuberculosis rates plunge when families living in poverty get a monthly cash payout
A program in Brazil that give a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
www.npr.org
January 3, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A program in Brazil that gives a monthly cash sum to families living in poverty has an unexpected — and welcome result. A new study shows that it is dramatically reducing tuberculosis rates.
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Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities:
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
The Gentrification of Video Game History
We’re not all suburban kids who got a Nintendo 64 for Christmas
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January 3, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Here we go, something I've been drafting for a long, long time: how the US-centric approach to video games and their history / culture basically gaslights us who come from other realities:
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
felipepepe.medium.com/the-gentrifi...
AKA, why LAN Houses, PokéTibia & Bomba Patch rule.
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ِA Daring article on polygon
Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the 1948 Nakba, is the latest from a daring dev.
www.polygon.com/gaming/50073...
Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the 1948 Nakba, is the latest from a daring dev.
www.polygon.com/gaming/50073...
Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the 1948 Nakba, is the latest from a daring dev
The stealth adventure game is about people displaced by Zionist occupation
www.polygon.com
December 28, 2024 at 9:24 PM
ِA Daring article on polygon
Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the 1948 Nakba, is the latest from a daring dev.
www.polygon.com/gaming/50073...
Dreams on a Pillow, a game about the 1948 Nakba, is the latest from a daring dev.
www.polygon.com/gaming/50073...
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Scientists at RAND warn that H5N1 bird flu poses increasing risks in the U.S., with human cases of unknown origin and widespread animal transmission.
They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
December 25, 2024 at 5:56 PM
Scientists at RAND warn that H5N1 bird flu poses increasing risks in the U.S., with human cases of unknown origin and widespread animal transmission.
They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
They stress the urgent need for nationwide measures to prevent a potential mutation enabling human-to-human transmission.
Hilarious!
December 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Hilarious!