Chris Pressey
@cpressey.bsky.social
Chief Nonentity @ https://catseye.tc/ - Explorations in Programming Languages, (Techno-)Aesthetics & Advanced WTAF Studies. Opinions are my own.
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Chris Pressey
@cpressey.bsky.social
· May 30
THE FEELING WHEN you see that you might have to do more than the bare minimum in order to hold the line.
It's not lost yet. Keep it up!
#elbowsup #holdtheline #democracy
It's not lost yet. Keep it up!
#elbowsup #holdtheline #democracy
I published my #NaNoGenMo entry today, and got the coveted green "completed" label.
I learned some #Rust.
I worked out my ideas on parse tree rewriting.
I only implemented a toy example. Implementing all the ideas *while* learning a new language would've been too much.
github.com/NaNoGenMo/20...
I learned some #Rust.
I worked out my ideas on parse tree rewriting.
I only implemented a toy example. Implementing all the ideas *while* learning a new language would've been too much.
github.com/NaNoGenMo/20...
November 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I published my #NaNoGenMo entry today, and got the coveted green "completed" label.
I learned some #Rust.
I worked out my ideas on parse tree rewriting.
I only implemented a toy example. Implementing all the ideas *while* learning a new language would've been too much.
github.com/NaNoGenMo/20...
I learned some #Rust.
I worked out my ideas on parse tree rewriting.
I only implemented a toy example. Implementing all the ideas *while* learning a new language would've been too much.
github.com/NaNoGenMo/20...
Don Relyea
"15_03"
2007
#generativeart #geometricart #digitalart #abstractart #mathart #hilbertcurve #spacefillingcurve #squares
www.donrelyea.com/hilbert_algo...
"15_03"
2007
#generativeart #geometricart #digitalart #abstractart #mathart #hilbertcurve #spacefillingcurve #squares
www.donrelyea.com/hilbert_algo...
November 26, 2025 at 10:09 PM
To each their own, of course: the "fingerprints of its creator" is not at all what makes a work of art beautiful to me.
A work by Sophie Tauber-Arp (or anyone else) is beautiful because of its composition&execution, not because it's by Sophie Tauber-Arp (or anyone else).
Just my opinion of course.
A work by Sophie Tauber-Arp (or anyone else) is beautiful because of its composition&execution, not because it's by Sophie Tauber-Arp (or anyone else).
Just my opinion of course.
I love how every artist has a different style that's wholly and uniquely them. even if ppl draw in the same general style, there's still just ✨something✨ about it that has the fingerprints of its creator and I think that's part of what makes art so beautiful
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
To each their own, of course: the "fingerprints of its creator" is not at all what makes a work of art beautiful to me.
A work by Sophie Tauber-Arp (or anyone else) is beautiful because of its composition&execution, not because it's by Sophie Tauber-Arp (or anyone else).
Just my opinion of course.
A work by Sophie Tauber-Arp (or anyone else) is beautiful because of its composition&execution, not because it's by Sophie Tauber-Arp (or anyone else).
Just my opinion of course.
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#abstract #abstractart #geometricart #abstractartwork #composition #geometricartwork #colurs #structure #geometric #mixedmedia
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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Characters in yellow, 1937
Paul Klee https://t.co/ThjALu0n1n
Paul Klee https://t.co/ThjALu0n1n
December 4, 2024 at 9:11 PM
Characters in yellow, 1937
Paul Klee https://t.co/ThjALu0n1n
Paul Klee https://t.co/ThjALu0n1n
Eduardo Paolozzi
Jazz Panel Study for Tottenham Court Road
1982
#abstractart #geometricart #20thcenturyart
Jazz Panel Study for Tottenham Court Road
1982
#abstractart #geometricart #20thcenturyart
November 24, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Eduardo Paolozzi
Jazz Panel Study for Tottenham Court Road
1982
#abstractart #geometricart #20thcenturyart
Jazz Panel Study for Tottenham Court Road
1982
#abstractart #geometricart #20thcenturyart
A mystic is free to locate love outside the existential maze. A materialist has no such luxury.
But even if you're forced to admit that love is a drug, not essentially different from any other drug - you can still hold the opinion that love is the *best* drug.
But even if you're forced to admit that love is a drug, not essentially different from any other drug - you can still hold the opinion that love is the *best* drug.
November 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
A mystic is free to locate love outside the existential maze. A materialist has no such luxury.
But even if you're forced to admit that love is a drug, not essentially different from any other drug - you can still hold the opinion that love is the *best* drug.
But even if you're forced to admit that love is a drug, not essentially different from any other drug - you can still hold the opinion that love is the *best* drug.
idk but I'm a lot less worried about the USA now than I was in the summer.
The administration'll still do everything it can (deny, bully, lie, cheat, etc) to cling to power. So people still need to be prepared for that.
But it feels like they're on the back foot now.
The administration'll still do everything it can (deny, bully, lie, cheat, etc) to cling to power. So people still need to be prepared for that.
But it feels like they're on the back foot now.
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
idk but I'm a lot less worried about the USA now than I was in the summer.
The administration'll still do everything it can (deny, bully, lie, cheat, etc) to cling to power. So people still need to be prepared for that.
But it feels like they're on the back foot now.
The administration'll still do everything it can (deny, bully, lie, cheat, etc) to cling to power. So people still need to be prepared for that.
But it feels like they're on the back foot now.
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We can all measure the price of ground beef at the supermarket.
No federal report needed.
No federal report needed.
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We can all measure the price of ground beef at the supermarket.
No federal report needed.
No federal report needed.
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If he actually controlled all sources of information, that would be effective. But, like the Epstein redactions, the greater the cover up, the greater the attention. A Streisand Effect.
November 21, 2025 at 1:02 PM
If he actually controlled all sources of information, that would be effective. But, like the Epstein redactions, the greater the cover up, the greater the attention. A Streisand Effect.
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He knows it's all falling apart. This is a clear reaction to that. He's going to be lashing out more and more as things get worse and worse for him. As I said in a previous post, it's called an 'extinction burst'...and it's happening now in real time.
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
He knows it's all falling apart. This is a clear reaction to that. He's going to be lashing out more and more as things get worse and worse for him. As I said in a previous post, it's called an 'extinction burst'...and it's happening now in real time.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
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"I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards."
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
"I know writers who use subtext and they're all cowards."
I couldn't figure this one out until I translated it to:
"You wouldn't say it's elitist to read the spec of the programming language you claim to be a programmer of"
And I don't know if I've heard those actual *words*, but I believe I have been in the presence of that attitude more than once
"You wouldn't say it's elitist to read the spec of the programming language you claim to be a programmer of"
And I don't know if I've heard those actual *words*, but I believe I have been in the presence of that attitude more than once
I sympathise with the frustration at a certain flavour of TTRPG fans claiming it's elitist to learn the rules of the game you're playing, but I have to laugh at analogies like "you wouldn't say it's elitist to watch a TV show you claim to be a fan of"; people in TV show fandoms 100% do say that.
November 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I couldn't figure this one out until I translated it to:
"You wouldn't say it's elitist to read the spec of the programming language you claim to be a programmer of"
And I don't know if I've heard those actual *words*, but I believe I have been in the presence of that attitude more than once
"You wouldn't say it's elitist to read the spec of the programming language you claim to be a programmer of"
And I don't know if I've heard those actual *words*, but I believe I have been in the presence of that attitude more than once
Others turn their attention to questions like, what does it mean to be the BEST artist. What does that even mean
I think most artists hit a point where they’re like, well if I can’t be the best artist, I shall be the most ME artist.
November 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Others turn their attention to questions like, what does it mean to be the BEST artist. What does that even mean
1 frame: "cartoon"
3 frames: "comic" (strip)
30 frames: "comic" (book)
300+ frames: "cartoon"
3 frames: "comic" (strip)
30 frames: "comic" (book)
300+ frames: "cartoon"
November 15, 2025 at 12:37 PM
1 frame: "cartoon"
3 frames: "comic" (strip)
30 frames: "comic" (book)
300+ frames: "cartoon"
3 frames: "comic" (strip)
30 frames: "comic" (book)
300+ frames: "cartoon"
I don't know who needs to hear this but you don't need to make art if it doesn't make you happy to make art
November 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this but you don't need to make art if it doesn't make you happy to make art
tfw your Federal Statistical System have permanently been damaged
WHITE HOUSE: FEDERAL STATISTICAL SYSTEM MAY HAVE PERMANENTLY BEEN DAMAGED WHITE HOUSE: OCTOBER JOBS REPORTS LIKELY NEVER RELEASED
November 12, 2025 at 8:10 PM
tfw your Federal Statistical System have permanently been damaged
I'm sorry, "I'm sorry, this isn't something the Democratic Party can help you with" isn't something I can help you with
Still happy to provide support on the sane people vs fascist liars thing though
Still happy to provide support on the sane people vs fascist liars thing though
November 10, 2025 at 2:07 PM
I'm sorry, "I'm sorry, this isn't something the Democratic Party can help you with" isn't something I can help you with
Still happy to provide support on the sane people vs fascist liars thing though
Still happy to provide support on the sane people vs fascist liars thing though
When your function is to go up on stage and go "ooga booga" to your audience of broken-brains, does it matter if you understand how insurance works or not? It does not.
This idiot does not understand how insurance works
November 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
When your function is to go up on stage and go "ooga booga" to your audience of broken-brains, does it matter if you understand how insurance works or not? It does not.
For #NaNoGenMo this year I decided to try to write a generator in Rust, with the goal of learning #Rust.
Why? Because, umm... one questionable idea deserves another?
Why? Because, umm... one questionable idea deserves another?
November 9, 2025 at 10:08 AM
For #NaNoGenMo this year I decided to try to write a generator in Rust, with the goal of learning #Rust.
Why? Because, umm... one questionable idea deserves another?
Why? Because, umm... one questionable idea deserves another?
Where are the high-key debunkings of "SNAP was being given away willy-nilly under Biden" and "The law prevents funding SNAP under shutdown"?
These need to be waved in MAGAs face.
You'd have to be a real monster to support SNAP removal knowing these things are false, and people *know* it.
These need to be waved in MAGAs face.
You'd have to be a real monster to support SNAP removal knowing these things are false, and people *know* it.
MAGA folks are claiming that Trump can’t fund SNAP even if he wants to because it’s against the law.
First, no it’s not.
Second, he’s a 34 time convicted felon. He was found liable for sexual assault. He’s been murdering people in the Caribbean.
Don’t pretend he cares about the law.
First, no it’s not.
Second, he’s a 34 time convicted felon. He was found liable for sexual assault. He’s been murdering people in the Caribbean.
Don’t pretend he cares about the law.
November 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Where are the high-key debunkings of "SNAP was being given away willy-nilly under Biden" and "The law prevents funding SNAP under shutdown"?
These need to be waved in MAGAs face.
You'd have to be a real monster to support SNAP removal knowing these things are false, and people *know* it.
These need to be waved in MAGAs face.
You'd have to be a real monster to support SNAP removal knowing these things are false, and people *know* it.
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we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
November 7, 2025 at 5:40 PM
we talk too much about the male loneliness crisis and not enough about the male suckerfication crisis maxread.substack.com/p/prediction...
I now see this as similar to the tariffs.
All whip, no carrot, "the market will adapt". Ayn Rand invisible hand type stuff.
I don't think the administration actually holds these economic theories so much as they're appealing to a base who do.
They're in it for the cruelty. Eliminate the parasites!
All whip, no carrot, "the market will adapt". Ayn Rand invisible hand type stuff.
I don't think the administration actually holds these economic theories so much as they're appealing to a base who do.
They're in it for the cruelty. Eliminate the parasites!
I’ve never seen an American elected official fight so hard to starve people.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I now see this as similar to the tariffs.
All whip, no carrot, "the market will adapt". Ayn Rand invisible hand type stuff.
I don't think the administration actually holds these economic theories so much as they're appealing to a base who do.
They're in it for the cruelty. Eliminate the parasites!
All whip, no carrot, "the market will adapt". Ayn Rand invisible hand type stuff.
I don't think the administration actually holds these economic theories so much as they're appealing to a base who do.
They're in it for the cruelty. Eliminate the parasites!
Reposted by Chris Pressey
For those interested in computer generated writing, including but going way beyond #AI, check out #NaNoGenMo, starting today it’s 13th yearly tradition of dedicating the month of November to writing code that generates a 50k word novel and sharing it and the code on GitHub. nanogenmo.github.io
#elit
#elit
NaNoGenMo
nanogenmo.github.io
November 1, 2025 at 12:36 PM
For those interested in computer generated writing, including but going way beyond #AI, check out #NaNoGenMo, starting today it’s 13th yearly tradition of dedicating the month of November to writing code that generates a 50k word novel and sharing it and the code on GitHub. nanogenmo.github.io
#elit
#elit