v buckenham
@v21.bsky.social
hello again
made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use
also i have a website: v21.io
made (and continuing to make) downpour.games, a game-making app that anyone can use
also i have a website: v21.io
new blog post: about having a nice time at the pottery studio blog.vbuckenham.com/pottery-open...
pottery open studio report
It is approximately half ten on a Sunday evening and I am feeling pleasantly tired and a little drunk. I am drinking tea from an extravagant mug* I purchased only hours ago. I purchased the mug in the...
blog.vbuckenham.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
new blog post: about having a nice time at the pottery studio blog.vbuckenham.com/pottery-open...
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Chicago: "The Busy Person's Correspondence Card", circa 1950
December 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Chicago: "The Busy Person's Correspondence Card", circa 1950
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
a simple pleasure: I sit down on the sofa and the cat immediately comes over to hang out
December 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
a simple pleasure: I sit down on the sofa and the cat immediately comes over to hang out
sometimes people just have a read on a film or another piece of art that is so different from your understanding that you worry that you're fundamentally misunderstanding everything all the time
December 7, 2025 at 11:30 AM
sometimes people just have a read on a film or another piece of art that is so different from your understanding that you worry that you're fundamentally misunderstanding everything all the time
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"You cannot process it. You never will. Just like the last two years. You’ll never process it. When you replace morality with performance, you get a democracy that offers you two choices at the ballot box: pro-genocide, or pro-genocide? Thank goodness for freedom!"
Refaat Alareer and the online culture war
Western media institutions excused the intellectual's murder by deeming him "controversial."
electronicintifada.net
December 7, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"You cannot process it. You never will. Just like the last two years. You’ll never process it. When you replace morality with performance, you get a democracy that offers you two choices at the ballot box: pro-genocide, or pro-genocide? Thank goodness for freedom!"
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Always important to remember that this is because these robots are "faking" being human
Theyre actually capable of way more and way weirder stuff
Theyre actually capable of way more and way weirder stuff
December 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Always important to remember that this is because these robots are "faking" being human
Theyre actually capable of way more and way weirder stuff
Theyre actually capable of way more and way weirder stuff
open studio at my pottery studio this weekend! already sold a few bits!
December 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
open studio at my pottery studio this weekend! already sold a few bits!
no more Lambeth Country Show???!
*Lambeth Country Show axed after 50 years
*The 81 year old running as the YIMBY mayor of London
*A £500 basement conversion in Lewisham
*WHY ARE LONDON’S BUSES GETTING SLOWER???
Completely chaotic mix of stories, what is the editor thinking, all here:
www.londoncentric.media/p/lambeth-co...
*The 81 year old running as the YIMBY mayor of London
*A £500 basement conversion in Lewisham
*WHY ARE LONDON’S BUSES GETTING SLOWER???
Completely chaotic mix of stories, what is the editor thinking, all here:
www.londoncentric.media/p/lambeth-co...
No more Lambeth Country Show: Battle for Brockwell Park returns
Plus: Why are London's buses getting slower, the 81-year-old running to be the YIMBY mayor of London, We R Blighty turn to body cams, and would you buy this basement for £500?
www.londoncentric.media
December 6, 2025 at 8:29 AM
no more Lambeth Country Show???!
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You don't realize how much just using the colors of sappanwood-derived dyes makes a setting "look Asian" until you actually just look at those colors
December 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
You don't realize how much just using the colors of sappanwood-derived dyes makes a setting "look Asian" until you actually just look at those colors
feeling a warm sense of nostalgia seeing people complain about an Ian Bogost take on the timeline
December 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
feeling a warm sense of nostalgia seeing people complain about an Ian Bogost take on the timeline
oh no, i have gotten caught in a bureaucracy hole. i think i am more susceptible to these because i design systems for a living and so notice when it's happening and understand exactly the nature of the hole i'm in.
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
oh no, i have gotten caught in a bureaucracy hole. i think i am more susceptible to these because i design systems for a living and so notice when it's happening and understand exactly the nature of the hole i'm in.
i'm gonna touch it
December 5, 2025 at 2:23 PM
i'm gonna touch it
pls imagine a blog post from me arguing in all apparent seriousness that it is a sign of how bad times are that portal fantasy (go to a magical land and then come back to yr kinda fine normal life) has been replaced in pop culture by isekai (die, and then be reincarnated somewhere you can succeed)
December 5, 2025 at 12:48 PM
pls imagine a blog post from me arguing in all apparent seriousness that it is a sign of how bad times are that portal fantasy (go to a magical land and then come back to yr kinda fine normal life) has been replaced in pop culture by isekai (die, and then be reincarnated somewhere you can succeed)
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Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
SVG Filters - Clickjacking 2.0
A novel and powerful twist on an old classic.
lyra.horse
December 5, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Developer attempts to replicate "Liquid Glass" in CSS, and once finished realizes what she'd actually created is an exploit for a fundamental, previously unknown, and rather serious browser vulnerability
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
lyra.horse/blog/2025/12...
"CSS hack accidentally becomes regular hack"
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youtu.be/CPmRsHBRU6k this is so wonderfully dreamlike
NEW Out of Bounds Exploit Found in Mario Kart World!
YouTube video by Chrop
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
youtu.be/CPmRsHBRU6k this is so wonderfully dreamlike
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OK! SO! I have made the ultimate illustration of this.
Ariana Grande November 2024 (interview) vs Cynthia Erivo November 2025 (audiobook recording by the author)
Ariana Grande November 2024 (interview) vs Cynthia Erivo November 2025 (audiobook recording by the author)
December 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
OK! SO! I have made the ultimate illustration of this.
Ariana Grande November 2024 (interview) vs Cynthia Erivo November 2025 (audiobook recording by the author)
Ariana Grande November 2024 (interview) vs Cynthia Erivo November 2025 (audiobook recording by the author)
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Haven't been posting much lately but had to come share the latest piece I helped edit + produce @bloomberg.com — worth your time!
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
Illustrations by the amazing Anand RK (anandrk.art)
Written by a crack reporting team
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
Illustrations by the amazing Anand RK (anandrk.art)
Written by a crack reporting team
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.
www.bloomberg.com
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Haven't been posting much lately but had to come share the latest piece I helped edit + produce @bloomberg.com — worth your time!
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
Illustrations by the amazing Anand RK (anandrk.art)
Written by a crack reporting team
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel
Illustrations by the amazing Anand RK (anandrk.art)
Written by a crack reporting team
Gift link:
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Did you know that: everything happens so much
December 4, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Did you know that: everything happens so much
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holy shit, crucial has been one of the big players in the ram market for almost 20 years. i think whatever the hell this is turning into is going to change the relationship we have with personal computing
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead. It’s already getting hard to build an affordable PC, and the exit of the longstanding provider of consumer memory is going to make that even more challenging www.theverge.com/news/837594/...
Crucial is shutting down — because Micron wants to sell its RAM and SSDs to AI companies instead
Another blow to PC gaming.
www.theverge.com
December 3, 2025 at 10:39 PM
holy shit, crucial has been one of the big players in the ram market for almost 20 years. i think whatever the hell this is turning into is going to change the relationship we have with personal computing
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WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
WELCOME TO THE DRACULA PAPRIKA DISCOURSE!!
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
(meme from tumblr, not my own, original link seems to be dead now)
thinking out loud here, feel free to tell me I'm wrong:
- the stock market provides a service - it helps allocate capital to enterprises which need it
- prediction markets... don't? they're zero sum. or negative sum if you count the vig.
- the stock market provides a service - it helps allocate capital to enterprises which need it
- prediction markets... don't? they're zero sum. or negative sum if you count the vig.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
thinking out loud here, feel free to tell me I'm wrong:
- the stock market provides a service - it helps allocate capital to enterprises which need it
- prediction markets... don't? they're zero sum. or negative sum if you count the vig.
- the stock market provides a service - it helps allocate capital to enterprises which need it
- prediction markets... don't? they're zero sum. or negative sum if you count the vig.
the far right is arguing we should ban brown people from being MPs and the girl guides and the WI are banning trans women from being members. the consensus opinion from those with power seems to be that offering any opposition would threaten their own position and so is, regrettably, not worth it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
the far right is arguing we should ban brown people from being MPs and the girl guides and the WI are banning trans women from being members. the consensus opinion from those with power seems to be that offering any opposition would threaten their own position and so is, regrettably, not worth it.
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BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed.
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
B M Kelly v Leonardo UK Ltd: 8001497/2024
Employment Tribunal decision.
www.gov.uk
December 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
BREAKING: Employee who demand a trans-exclusive toilet policy loses employment tribunal. All claims, direct and indirect discrimination, harassment, and 1992 Regs, dismissed.
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...
Judgment: www.gov.uk/employment-t...