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George Wanfried
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A puzzle and tactics aficionado, interested in how programming, art, expression and the world all interact with one another.

I have a YouTube channel where I commentate over various video games: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChJfRYO1o4YYoqv5m7iIQtQ/
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goodtrailcams.bsky.social
February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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kellybarnhill.bsky.social
A reminder that jd vance (not his real name) and his mentor/master Peter Thiel helped start a speculation tool called AcreTrader, which allows investors to scoop up distressed or underwater farmland for pennies on the dollar.

In case you thought this nightmare wasn't entirely intentional.
February 3, 2026 at 9:18 PM
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molleindustria.org
For every retweet I will make Zuckerberg’s creep glasses 5% thicker
February 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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today-maybe.bsky.social
A digital illustration. Seen mostly in silhouette (with some hints of detail if you zoom in) we see Sisyphus in his classical Greek togs against a reddish orange background. He is working very hard to shove an extremely large, roughly spherical boulder up a very steep grade. Large letters carved into the side of the boulder facing us read ‘Maybe it will happen today’.
January 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
gwanfried.bsky.social
I've reached the "considering baking bread so that I don't have to leave the house for a few more days" point of winter.
January 27, 2026 at 5:34 PM
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xkeeper.net
don't have negative thoughts. remember your magnetic storage media
fussybabybit.ch Bearhat @fussybabybit.ch · 11d
Ok. Weird prayer but I will keep that in mind I guess.
Priest in Faxanadu says I shall teach you the words of a prayer He says floppy disk game saved
January 26, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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fieldexplores.bsky.social
IT Dance - Gator Days
IT Dance - Gator Days Transcript Panel 1 August is at the office and looking at a computer that's being difficult. It can't seem to connect to the network. The screen says "ERROR No connection So alone". Poor computer. August tried the usual fixes but the problem isn't obvious. He's begun searching for answers on his phone with a search engine called "searchle". August: This might take a while to fix. Robin: Okay, let me know when it's- Panel 2 Robin has noticed that August is searching online for solutions. Why did he even bring IT into this when he could have done that himself? Robin: Wait, you're just looking up how to fix it on your phone! I could have done that. August: You still can do that. Panel 3 Robin looks to the side and contemplates the situation. August wouldn't mind being able to skip this task but is also aware not everyone knows the right thing to search for and he will probably still have to do it in the end. Panel 4 Robin has decided to stop questioning things and take this as an opportunity to get some coffee. This moment is a gift. August is unbothered, he would probably do the same thing. Robin: I'm going to get some coffee. You want anything? August: No thanks.
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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shivambhatt.bsky.social
Photo of a beautiful scrimshaw pie crisper made of aged ivory in the shape of a sea horse. Caption reads: Whaler made scrimshawed whale ivory Sea horse pie crimper, circa 1850. @tonyhawktruther replies "string of words your grandpa lets out when he stubs his toe"
January 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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alanjstedman.bsky.social
This photo was taken in 1911 using glass plate technology by Herbert Ponting who was part of Scott's Antarctic expedition,

The composition and detail are exquisite with the band of white snow/ice creating a perfect frame around the two people and the ship in the distance

Iconic imo
Photograph from 1911 taken by Herbert Ponting whilst with Scott's Antarctic Expedition The monochrome photo is taken from within a cave. The walls of the cave are made of ice. The cave entrance is in the mid distance with two figures standing looking out towards a distant ship. Between them and the ship there is first a 'beach' of ice before the sea itself. The ship could be up to 800 metres away What makes the photo so special is that where the figures are at the cave entrance there is a band of very white snow and ice (contrasting with the comparatively dark inside of the cave) that creates a stark framework in which the men and the ship are captured. It is made even more dramatic by the fact that the cave entrance is at least 30 metres high and is in the shape of a distorted elipse with the tail sloping off to the right at the top of the elipse The photo being in monochrome in a largely white environment makes the photographers skill all the more laudable
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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mysteriosox.bsky.social
This is quite a post

www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...
January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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joshuasweitz.bsky.social
Full survey results show American public have high levels of confidence in scientists while revealing some partisan differences (including on how to fund science), but statements asserting lost trust should be read instead as intentional efforts to degrade trust.

www.pewresearch.org/science/2026...
Americans still have more confidence in scientists than many other groups in society
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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bugsmaytrix.bsky.social
i'm sorry but the mormons partnering with a guy named Mr Beast is way too on the fuckin nose man
January 16, 2026 at 8:13 PM
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umaw.bsky.social
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.

The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.

Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
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angeloslh.bsky.social
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 13, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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akoolkoopa.bsky.social
"y cant metroid crawl?" is an all-timer but honestly the whole saga is gold too
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
gwanfried.bsky.social
Here's a status update about (a little bit of) Life, and what games I'm considering playing/commentating in 2026. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXFn...
2026-01-08 Status Update
YouTube video by Leylite
www.youtube.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:58 AM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
This is useful. open.substack.com/pub/cardcata...
The Verification Ladder: A Framework for Evaluating Video When You Can’t Tell What’s Real
"Is this real?" isn't a straightforward question anymore. What to ask instead, and why the source often matters more than the footage itself.
open.substack.com
January 8, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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goodtrailcams.bsky.social
January 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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arivelazquez.com
really not looking forward to setting up my life again on a discord replacement when this inevitably kills the app
bloomberg.com Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · Jan 7
Discord filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, adding to a rapidly growing pipeline of venture capital-backed tech listings. bloom.bg/4plpBlz

📷: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg
January 7, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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retrotechdreams.bsky.social
This reflective acrylic sheet shows how 1980s illustrators were able to trace real-life objects on the computer. Once it was aligned, it reflected whatever was in front of it over the monitor's display, allowing artists to trace it in a tool like MacPaint or MS Paint. Simple, low tech and effective.
January 5, 2026 at 5:09 PM
gwanfried.bsky.social
Cookies are essentially a more interesting way of eating butter.
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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dryad.technology
In general, AI adoption levels are a measurement of to what extent a particular reward system (a corporation, a market, academia as a whole system) has ceased to distinguish between doing a thing and pretending to do a thing
daveyfwright.bsky.social Dr. Davey F. Wright ⛏️🦕🧬 @daveyfwright.bsky.social · Dec 21
One of many things the pro-AI crowd doesn't seem to understand is the very important distinction between academic scholarship and the production of papers. Of course they can be related but they're not necessarily the same thing
December 22, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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tommchenry.bsky.social
There is a prison of judgment and success-chasing most artists get heaved into at an early age and can take a lifetime to get free from. You gotta understand that the process—not the product!—is the thing.

Others are entertained as a byproduct of you attending to rituals you construct for yourself.
austinwalker.bsky.social austin_walker @austinwalker.bsky.social · Dec 18
Most of us did not choose to write or draw or design so that we could put products on the shelf. We chose to do it because it’s a set of skills we enjoy exercising, that give us fulfillment.

It’s like asking a pro pitcher to just let a machine pitch for them. Fuck off and give me the ball.
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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xkeeper.net
[serverfault screenshot - https://serverfault.com/questions/68673/ipv6-equivalent-of-192-168-x-x-configuring-a-static-ipv6-address] Since IPv6 will become the main growth protocol on the Internet around 2011, it is a good idea to keep IPv6 enabled and to learn how to do these things right. (answered Oct 19, 2009 at 15:50) [comment screenshot] As a note from the future (2013): That IPv6 thing still isn't gaining a lot of traction ;) – Oct 13, 2013 at 21:36 [comment screenshot] As a note from the future (2016): That IPv6 thing still isn't gaining a lot of traction ;) ;) –Commented Nov 8, 2016 at 13:57 [comment screenshot] As a note from the future (2022): That IPv6 thing still isn't gaining a lot of traction :( –Commented Sep 7, 2022 at 0:21
December 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM