Queen of Nerds
@thequeenofnerds.bsky.social
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I am the real Queen of Nerds! (since the early 2000s, even though a pretender stole my name lol)
Cats, nature, crafts, retro, RPGs, science, and cool people are what I'm all about. Positive vibes, only! (Negativity will be ignored; No time for that!)
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Development files for Super Mario Kart show that the earliest sprite for Koopa Troopa did not have his eyes visible from the back, making him appear like an unknown bald man (left). The eyes were made prominent in the finished version to avoid this (right).
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CavsKermit
@cavskermit.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Meta HIRED the “chemicals are turning the frogs gay” guy to police AI bias against, presumably, complete morons:
“He [Starbuck] falsely asserted that exposure to the pesticide atrazine turned amphibians "gay,” prompting male frogs to mate — a claim that has been repeatedly debunked.”
“He [Starbuck] falsely asserted that exposure to the pesticide atrazine turned amphibians "gay,” prompting male frogs to mate — a claim that has been repeatedly debunked.”
Meta appoints anti-DEI and anti-LGBTQ+ conspiracy theorist Robby Starbuck as AI bias advisor
Robby Starbuck has been appointed as an AI bias advisor at Meta with the goal of making the company's chat bot less "woke."
www.advocate.com
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Laura Bassett
@lebassett.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
Nintendo has successfully acquired a US patent covering the ability to summon characters in a game and make them battle for you.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nintend...
Nintendo now has a US patent on summoning characters and making them battle for you | VGC
The new patent theoretically covers an action that is present in numerous non-Nintendo games…
www.videogameschronicle.com
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