Jim Van Verth
@cthulhim.bsky.social
Woodworker, musician, co-author of Essential Math for Games, host of The Vintage Gamer, occasional gad about town. Formerly: GPU Engineer for the Skia 2D graphics library; game developer for Red Storm Entertainment and Insomniac Games. He/him.
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The first sentence/page of Infinite Archive:
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
The first sentence/page of Infinite Archive:
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
An article that does a good job of running down Rosalind Franklin's role in discovering the structure of DNA. The story is more subtle than usually presented. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
An article that does a good job of running down Rosalind Franklin's role in discovering the structure of DNA. The story is more subtle than usually presented. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Fedora man unmasked: Meet the teen behind the Louvre mystery photo
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux has become an internet sensation after an Associated Press photo captured him outside the Louvre on the day of a crown jewels heist.
apnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Loving today's news that the mysterious "fedora man" outside the Louvre heist was actually a 15-year-old museum visitor who dresses like a 1940s French detective all the time, just because. apnews.com/article/louv...
Live your life so that they talk about your accomplishments upon your death, and not about the people whose research you stole.
November 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Live your life so that they talk about your accomplishments upon your death, and not about the people whose research you stole.
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Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Hey folks, as news of Watson's demise spreads, please don't set aside his weighty legacy of misogyny and racism. He was truly among the worst of us. www.vox.com/2019/1/15/18...
DNA scientist James Watson has a remarkably long history of sexist, racist public comments
“People say it would be terrible if we made all girls pretty,” he said in 2003. “I think it would be great.”
www.vox.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Rosalind Franklin died at 37 of ovarian cancer attributed to radiation exposure from the methods she & her assistant used to photograph a cross-section of the DNA double helix.
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
Meanwhile, Watson won a Nobel off that work & survived to the ripe old age of 97 by simply: stealing those notes!
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Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Rosalind Franklin and the damage of gender harassment
Spurred by a recent report on sexual harassment in academia, our columnist revisits a historical case and reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t
www.science.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).
Needs to be included as part of every operating system course.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Needs to be included as part of every operating system course.
Was you ever bit by a dead bee?
November 7, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Was you ever bit by a dead bee?
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Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 6, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
I believe this is required:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
I believe this is required:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzT...
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BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
November 2, 2025 at 4:55 AM
BREAKING: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center is illegally closing 13 campus buildings (including ~100 laboratories).
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
Report coming from GESTA, the Goddard employee union
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VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
VP Cheney will be honoured with a 21 gun salute accidentally aimed directly at 21 of his friends
This quote is going to linger in the air for a long time.
Border Patrol agent Lairmore testifies that he was not injured by the sandwich, but he felt the impact through his ballistic vest.
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
The sandwich came apart and "kind of exploded" on his chest upon impact, he says.
"I could smell the onions and mustard."
November 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This quote is going to linger in the air for a long time.
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Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
November 3, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Good morning.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
I don't know who did this, but I love you.
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👇👇👇👇
If you haven't voted, and you have an election today, GO VOTE NOW.
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Happy Halloween from all of us!
October 31, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Happy Halloween from all of us!
If you see this, quote with a robot that is not from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Transformers.
October 31, 2025 at 11:10 AM
If you see this, quote with a robot that is not from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Transformers.
A moment of zen for you.
October 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
A moment of zen for you.
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Many countries are increasing their forests, especially China.
#ShareGoodNewsToo
e360.yale.edu/digest/china...
#ShareGoodNewsToo
e360.yale.edu/digest/china...
China Has Added Forest the Size of Texas Since 1990
e360.yale.edu
October 28, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Many countries are increasing their forests, especially China.
#ShareGoodNewsToo
e360.yale.edu/digest/china...
#ShareGoodNewsToo
e360.yale.edu/digest/china...
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I am excited to announce the release of Radical Pie, version 1.0! This is the professional equation typesetting application that I've been working on for the last year. See the website for details.
radicalpie.com
radicalpie.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I am excited to announce the release of Radical Pie, version 1.0! This is the professional equation typesetting application that I've been working on for the last year. See the website for details.
radicalpie.com
radicalpie.com
Current location. Can confirm that Horizon: Forbidden West captured it perfectly.
October 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Current location. Can confirm that Horizon: Forbidden West captured it perfectly.
Get rid of Rob Manfred.
Completely fix baseball with five words.
October 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Get rid of Rob Manfred.