ritchie
@ritchie.bsky.social
Recovering academic.
I make tools for facial animation and game narrative at JALI. (@jaliresearch.bsky.social)
I make tools for facial animation and game narrative at JALI. (@jaliresearch.bsky.social)
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Carl Sagan lived through, among other things, Vatican II, liberation theology, and the ordination of women - and that's just in Western Christianity. This is well meaning ignorance on his part.
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Carl Sagan lived through, among other things, Vatican II, liberation theology, and the ordination of women - and that's just in Western Christianity. This is well meaning ignorance on his part.
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NYT: “Epstein emails a distraction from the Republican shutdown victory”
WSJ: “We estimate the Epstein files to be 67% Trump by weight”
WSJ: “We estimate the Epstein files to be 67% Trump by weight”
November 14, 2025 at 11:08 PM
NYT: “Epstein emails a distraction from the Republican shutdown victory”
WSJ: “We estimate the Epstein files to be 67% Trump by weight”
WSJ: “We estimate the Epstein files to be 67% Trump by weight”
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Dasha Dropped by Gersh Following Gab with Groyper
Dasha Nekrasova has been fired by Gersh and from an upcoming film project for a recent episode with Christian nationalist Nick Fuentes.
Hollywood Finally Listened to Red Scare
Dasha Nekrasova has been fired by Gersh and from an upcoming film project for a recent episode with Christian nationalist Nick Fuentes.
www.vulture.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Dasha Dropped by Gersh Following Gab with Groyper
Wow this is awesome!
Paul F Tompkins has officially hit 3000 hours of podcasting
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@pftompkins.bsky.social
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@pftompkins.bsky.social
The Paul F. Tompkins podcast appearance master list
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November 15, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Wow this is awesome!
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This was never the idea
Paul F Tompkins has officially hit 3000 hours of podcasting
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
@pftompkins.bsky.social
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
@pftompkins.bsky.social
The Paul F. Tompkins podcast appearance master list
docs.google.com
November 14, 2025 at 11:59 PM
This was never the idea
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During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 PM
During the height of the pandemic, Tyson used Palantir to predict Covid-19 infections among meatpacking workers down to a nearly exactly figure. But rather than using this data to increase worker protections, Tyson used it plan for labor shortages + plant closures
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
My latest for @sentientmedia.org
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P L A S T I C G O D S (unfinished)
November 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
P L A S T I C G O D S (unfinished)
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The part I hate most is when they decide to have the bark delay by some time as a "oh if the player doesn't notice it, THEN we'll give them a hint", then when I play I enter the room and am like "oh what a cool room, I will explore and enjoy the ambiance a minute" and I exceed the timer and it Barks
If you're making a game for the players who absolutely need extremely high-frequency nagging barks from an NPC, you're kind of making a game for no one *but* those players
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The part I hate most is when they decide to have the bark delay by some time as a "oh if the player doesn't notice it, THEN we'll give them a hint", then when I play I enter the room and am like "oh what a cool room, I will explore and enjoy the ambiance a minute" and I exceed the timer and it Barks
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Phone Didion
Nuzzi, like TCW, exists as a kind of simulacrum of the midcentury public intellectual. Not even ripping off the writers of that era, but imitating a sort of half-remembered, half-invented idea of what those writers were sort of like and what their general vibe was.
November 14, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Phone Didion
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what people are reacting to is that on here you make a peep and get banned for it whereas on the former Twitter guys just post Auschwitz photos like "This is what must happen. This is what we must do, brothers." and everyone is supposed to be cool that Nazis get that and you get permanent NetNanny.
November 14, 2025 at 6:21 PM
what people are reacting to is that on here you make a peep and get banned for it whereas on the former Twitter guys just post Auschwitz photos like "This is what must happen. This is what we must do, brothers." and everyone is supposed to be cool that Nazis get that and you get permanent NetNanny.
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Clouds are one of my favorite things to paint, but they can be tricky! Here’s a few tips I’ve learned along the way.
Questions welcomed!
Questions welcomed!
November 13, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Clouds are one of my favorite things to paint, but they can be tricky! Here’s a few tips I’ve learned along the way.
Questions welcomed!
Questions welcomed!
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My video demo painting from the other night. 8”x6” oil
November 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My video demo painting from the other night. 8”x6” oil
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Sitting at a campfire staring at another campfire. 5”x5” oil
November 13, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Sitting at a campfire staring at another campfire. 5”x5” oil
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we are all Vtubers now
November 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
we are all Vtubers now
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Once it was clear what the post was and that it was a 3-day ban a lot of my anger dissipated but still:
1) they refused as a point of principle to explain what was going on before backing down
2) interval between post and ban was a month
3) they got this basic info wrong in their explanation
1) they refused as a point of principle to explain what was going on before backing down
2) interval between post and ban was a month
3) they got this basic info wrong in their explanation
everyone gets so mad at the mods here for doing basic mod shit. sometimes you gotta make a little murder joke and eat a three day ban for it. that’s life baby, there’s beauty in that.
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Once it was clear what the post was and that it was a 3-day ban a lot of my anger dissipated but still:
1) they refused as a point of principle to explain what was going on before backing down
2) interval between post and ban was a month
3) they got this basic info wrong in their explanation
1) they refused as a point of principle to explain what was going on before backing down
2) interval between post and ban was a month
3) they got this basic info wrong in their explanation
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a group of kobolds that are convinced that a large alligator they found is actually a dragon
November 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
a group of kobolds that are convinced that a large alligator they found is actually a dragon
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Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
November 14, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Happy Partially Muscled Skeleton Day to all who celebrate. Be sure to let all your screams out and then disappear.
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Relatedly, Schaeffer claims that the current paradigm in AI of competitions/leaderboards as a driver of progress started in game AI, w/ the computer chess tournament at the 1970 ACM National Conference being the earliest he can identify w/ the key components (open entry, published rankings, etc.).
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Relatedly, Schaeffer claims that the current paradigm in AI of competitions/leaderboards as a driver of progress started in game AI, w/ the computer chess tournament at the 1970 ACM National Conference being the earliest he can identify w/ the key components (open entry, published rankings, etc.).
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Surprised by a mention in this keynote that Claude Shannon attended the 1989 World Computer Chess Championship at the University of Alberta. I was alive then!
November 14, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Surprised by a mention in this keynote that Claude Shannon attended the 1989 World Computer Chess Championship at the University of Alberta. I was alive then!
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anybody know any good free unity scenes that are good at testing large low-poly outdoor stuff like a city? doesn't have to look super pretty
November 14, 2025 at 1:53 AM
anybody know any good free unity scenes that are good at testing large low-poly outdoor stuff like a city? doesn't have to look super pretty
Everything is True Detective now?
November 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Everything is True Detective now?