George Wanfried
gwanfried.bsky.social
George Wanfried
@gwanfried.bsky.social
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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February 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
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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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For every retweet I will make Zuckerberg’s creep glasses 5% thicker
February 1, 2026 at 4:46 PM
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January 30, 2026 at 2:32 PM
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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don't have negative thoughts. remember your magnetic storage media
Ok. Weird prayer but I will keep that in mind I guess.
January 26, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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IT Dance - Gator Days
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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January 23, 2026 at 4:25 PM
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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
January 17, 2026 at 7:12 AM
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
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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...
January 16, 2026 at 3:25 PM
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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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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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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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"y cant metroid crawl?" is an all-timer but honestly the whole saga is gold too
January 9, 2026 at 11:58 PM
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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January 8, 2026 at 1:59 AM
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really not looking forward to setting up my life again on a discord replacement when this inevitably kills the app
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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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
Cookies are essentially a more interesting way of eating butter.
December 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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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
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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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.
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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December 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM