Ernst-Jan van Melle
@ejvanmelle.bsky.social
Artist, miniature botherer, film and game dilettante
https://ejvanmelle.com/
https://ejvanmelle.com/
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ENEMIES FROM VENUS! (~1965) (Surviving clip)
YouTube video by Ernst-Jan van Melle
youtu.be
My animated short and #GerryAnderson #Supermarionation homage, ENEMIES FROM VENUS: youtu.be/ME7SVM7bwKU?... #animation #3danimation #scifi
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Holy shit, and there we have why the humanities are vital for those in STEM, that's absolutely magical
December 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Holy shit, and there we have why the humanities are vital for those in STEM, that's absolutely magical
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Armando Iannucci eat your heart out.
December 2, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Armando Iannucci eat your heart out.
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Proffsssor Plummm, in the master roksn, with the candlcstrikk
December 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Proffsssor Plummm, in the master roksn, with the candlcstrikk
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Oh really
Three years into the generative-AI wave, demand for the technology seems surprisingly flimsy
Investors expect AI use to soar. That’s not happening
Recent surveys point to flatlining business adoption
econ.st
December 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Oh really
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This is good and the more cool people who talk like this the better.
Corporations love to think of themselves as cool taste makers and spend tons of money trying to appear that way, but they're not. It's just marketing. Works to a point, but like anything real cool can't be faked.
Corporations love to think of themselves as cool taste makers and spend tons of money trying to appear that way, but they're not. It's just marketing. Works to a point, but like anything real cool can't be faked.
Bong Joon Ho hit me up for the squad you legend deadline.com/2025/11/bong...
December 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is good and the more cool people who talk like this the better.
Corporations love to think of themselves as cool taste makers and spend tons of money trying to appear that way, but they're not. It's just marketing. Works to a point, but like anything real cool can't be faked.
Corporations love to think of themselves as cool taste makers and spend tons of money trying to appear that way, but they're not. It's just marketing. Works to a point, but like anything real cool can't be faked.
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this is all generative tech! almost all the time, it is better to just do the thing yourself than to try to build a monkey with poor cognition that can occasionally, in perfect conditions, do it for you
emergence is only useful in contexts where a random vector is desirable and intentional!
emergence is only useful in contexts where a random vector is desirable and intentional!
I'll say it again -- I'm on my firm's AI committee: every canned demo has had brutal, malpractice-level errors, and every live trial has required more time and care to vet the output than to just do it, like working with an unteachably incompetent associate you'd need to sit down for a Hard Talk.
Loving that AI productivity boost!
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
"the more artificial intelligence is used within a law firm, the more lawyers are needed to vet the technology’s outputs."
www.afr.com/companies/pr...
December 1, 2025 at 8:04 AM
this is all generative tech! almost all the time, it is better to just do the thing yourself than to try to build a monkey with poor cognition that can occasionally, in perfect conditions, do it for you
emergence is only useful in contexts where a random vector is desirable and intentional!
emergence is only useful in contexts where a random vector is desirable and intentional!
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Let this be the motto of the AI movement.
"Hey, miss doesn't-find-me- attractive-sexually-anymore
I just tripled my productivity."
I just tripled my productivity."
November 28, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Let this be the motto of the AI movement.
Working through my backlog, five miniatures at the time. Today, Koryu Initiate for Ronin, a Frostgrave Leechwolf in the back, the War Doctor (for a very hypothetical StarGrave game), a Guard Captain for Traitor's Toll, and a bastard crow for Burrows & Badgers #miniaturepainting #tabletop
November 30, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Working through my backlog, five miniatures at the time. Today, Koryu Initiate for Ronin, a Frostgrave Leechwolf in the back, the War Doctor (for a very hypothetical StarGrave game), a Guard Captain for Traitor's Toll, and a bastard crow for Burrows & Badgers #miniaturepainting #tabletop
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Le héros dont nous avons besoin.
Le septuagénaire qui a balancé un œuf sur Bardella avait déjà fait cette Masterclass en 2022 🥰
November 30, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Le héros dont nous avons besoin.
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I think we're very close to coming up with a humorous spelling of Donald Trump's name that will finally bring the whole crooked edifice shuddering down to earth. Drumpf, tRump, PeDon, Trumpelstiltskin, Doesnalt Tellthetrumth. We are getting there, people.
November 30, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I think we're very close to coming up with a humorous spelling of Donald Trump's name that will finally bring the whole crooked edifice shuddering down to earth. Drumpf, tRump, PeDon, Trumpelstiltskin, Doesnalt Tellthetrumth. We are getting there, people.
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The more you have to lose by not doing your job, the less likely you are to farm it out to a bullshit generator
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
The more you have to lose by not doing your job, the less likely you are to farm it out to a bullshit generator
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A quick post for anyone who just bought a 3D printer in the Black Friday sales.
I design nostalgic prints for wargaming that are easy to print on an FDM printer with no supports so there is no hassle removing them.
Links to my stores below.
#3Dprinting #Oldhammer #Nerdlings #SelfPromotionSaturday
I design nostalgic prints for wargaming that are easy to print on an FDM printer with no supports so there is no hassle removing them.
Links to my stores below.
#3Dprinting #Oldhammer #Nerdlings #SelfPromotionSaturday
November 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
A quick post for anyone who just bought a 3D printer in the Black Friday sales.
I design nostalgic prints for wargaming that are easy to print on an FDM printer with no supports so there is no hassle removing them.
Links to my stores below.
#3Dprinting #Oldhammer #Nerdlings #SelfPromotionSaturday
I design nostalgic prints for wargaming that are easy to print on an FDM printer with no supports so there is no hassle removing them.
Links to my stores below.
#3Dprinting #Oldhammer #Nerdlings #SelfPromotionSaturday
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Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
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Experimentation, risk-taking, invention, whatever you call it, is everything. And when entities of outsized power, whatever the form, begin to impede that process, it is every single layer of this industry that suffers. https://bit.ly/4rw43oW
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Experimentation, risk-taking, invention, whatever you call it, is everything. And when entities of outsized power, whatever the form, begin to impede that process, it is every single layer of this industry that suffers. https://bit.ly/4rw43oW
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Reminder!: Its totally fine to torrent games made with AI. Its not pirating its just scraping the game off the web :) (not sure why people would want slop but knock yourself out)
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
https://www.reddit.com/r/pcgaming/comments/1p7eh60/epic_ceo_says_ai_disclosures_like_steams_make_no/
Epic CEO says AI disclosures like Steam's make "no sense" because AI will be involved in "nearly all" future game development
r/pcgaming
www.reddit.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Reminder!: Its totally fine to torrent games made with AI. Its not pirating its just scraping the game off the web :) (not sure why people would want slop but knock yourself out)
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Every company in the world "Try our new feature where you can ask an insane guy who hallucinates and lies important questions that deeply affect your life! He also steals from artists!"
November 28, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Every company in the world "Try our new feature where you can ask an insane guy who hallucinates and lies important questions that deeply affect your life! He also steals from artists!"
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Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Translation: "If you don't use AI then the guys using our chips can't pretend to make money and can't pay the loans they took out to pay for the original loans they took out for all the money they're not making and it all falls apart and we can't sell chips to fuel the money they're not making."
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It’s insane that a tool like this a) exists and b) is useful.
Slop Evader is a tool from artist and researcher Tega Brain that lets you search the web for results exclusively before November 30, 2022—the day that ChatGPT was released to the public.
'Slop Evader' Lets You Surf the Web Like It’s 2022
Artist Tega Brain is fighting the internet’s enshittification by turning back the clock to before ChatGPT existed.
www.404media.co
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It’s insane that a tool like this a) exists and b) is useful.
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Bluesky suspended Goran Gligovic, the guy that makes nice art. Jesus fucking Christ Bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Bluesky suspended Goran Gligovic, the guy that makes nice art. Jesus fucking Christ Bluesky
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There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.
November 26, 2025 at 4:35 PM
There should be more games inspired by avant-garde stage design.
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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So apparently gay rams are often killed because they don't tend to make more rams.
So this gay farmer buys the gay rams to keep them alive and sells the wool!
So this gay farmer buys the gay rams to keep them alive and sells the wool!
November 25, 2025 at 5:01 AM
So apparently gay rams are often killed because they don't tend to make more rams.
So this gay farmer buys the gay rams to keep them alive and sells the wool!
So this gay farmer buys the gay rams to keep them alive and sells the wool!
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When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"
The "Frieren Looking Up" Art Trend attracted some Big Names in Animation! Excited for Season 2?
November 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
When ever one of those AI bros tires to tell you that artist are gatekeeping art remember that pros, armatures, hobbyist all stopped what they where doing to provide guidance to a newbie artist over the shared experience that "this one angle is hard to draw"