Dancer (The)
@dancerv.bsky.social
You know, that guy. The one that did that thing.
Sometimes known as "The Half-Life guy" (but not for the Half-Life games that you're probably thinking of).
Ancient gamedev. He/Him. 🟨🟣🟨
Australia.
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Sometimes known as "The Half-Life guy" (but not for the Half-Life games that you're probably thinking of).
Ancient gamedev. He/Him. 🟨🟣🟨
Australia.
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I didn't say it. The Germans did.
January 23, 2026 at 8:42 PM
I didn't say it. The Germans did.
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@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: If Nixon was "our long national nightmare," Davos proves Trump is the world's nightmare now youtu.be/Hcv0NhpfBLY?...
January 22, 2026 at 2:48 PM
@lawrenceodonnell.bsky.social: If Nixon was "our long national nightmare," Davos proves Trump is the world's nightmare now youtu.be/Hcv0NhpfBLY?...
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That Shakespeare sonnet which was read in "Call The Midwife" (Ep 5, S14).
Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments; love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an ever-fixèd mark That looks on te...
www.poetryfoundation.org
January 23, 2026 at 1:01 PM
That Shakespeare sonnet which was read in "Call The Midwife" (Ep 5, S14).
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are the adults in the room with us right now
January 21, 2026 at 7:54 PM
are the adults in the room with us right now
Do folks in the background hold up those signs declaring the things the administration has failed on? Is that what they're for?
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 10:41 PM
Do folks in the background hold up those signs declaring the things the administration has failed on? Is that what they're for?
So, Trump's Greenland 'deal' is actually the same treaty the US already had, to begin with?
“.. Denmark would give the United States sovereignty over small pockets of Greenlandic land where the United States could build military bases, according to three senior officials ..”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 22, 2026 at 12:25 AM
So, Trump's Greenland 'deal' is actually the same treaty the US already had, to begin with?
Sounds like they need a new board.
"Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras board members have defied their members’ resolutions at its annual general meeting, which call for a stronger focus on transgender rights in the parade, anti-discrimination law reform and funding."
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
‘Spitting in the face of trans people’: Mardi Gras board slammed over defying members
In an email to members on Tuesday, the organisation’s board said it would not implement resolutions from its AGM as they did not “align” with their values.
www.smh.com.au
January 21, 2026 at 11:06 PM
Sounds like they need a new board.
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Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
His not being impeached by the end of the business day as a result of this threat is as much a problem as the threat itself. It’s not just Trump that the world has to worry about, it’s a GOP that supports him and Democrats who suck their thumbs and refuse to even discuss pushing to remove him
January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Even after Trump is gone, the world will remember that he threatened to forcibly seize the territory of a peaceful democratic ally, and our institutions failed to immediately remove him. That makes US dangerously unreliable, not just one senile gangster.
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*sighing, tapping the sign*
January 21, 2026 at 4:32 PM
*sighing, tapping the sign*
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
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there's basically two ways to create shareholder value
1 - make good stuff people want
2 - fire everyone who knows what they're doing even if the doors fly off your airplanes and make up some wild shit about how autocorrect is going to make it all better eventually
we are unfortunately in era 2
1 - make good stuff people want
2 - fire everyone who knows what they're doing even if the doors fly off your airplanes and make up some wild shit about how autocorrect is going to make it all better eventually
we are unfortunately in era 2
January 21, 2026 at 1:00 PM
there's basically two ways to create shareholder value
1 - make good stuff people want
2 - fire everyone who knows what they're doing even if the doors fly off your airplanes and make up some wild shit about how autocorrect is going to make it all better eventually
we are unfortunately in era 2
1 - make good stuff people want
2 - fire everyone who knows what they're doing even if the doors fly off your airplanes and make up some wild shit about how autocorrect is going to make it all better eventually
we are unfortunately in era 2
Okay, looks like I read 302 books in 2025, if I've done the figuring correctly. This is down a little from the 346 in 2024. But to be fair, 2025 was pretty fucked.
January 21, 2026 at 1:52 PM
Okay, looks like I read 302 books in 2025, if I've done the figuring correctly. This is down a little from the 346 in 2024. But to be fair, 2025 was pretty fucked.
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One thing that inhibits productive conversations about the ethics of the current state of AI is how fuzzy the terminology is (sometimes deliberately so, I suspect). We've had machine learning, neural nets, and expert systems for decades. Modern LLMs are a very specific thing with unique issues.
January 21, 2026 at 7:51 AM
One thing that inhibits productive conversations about the ethics of the current state of AI is how fuzzy the terminology is (sometimes deliberately so, I suspect). We've had machine learning, neural nets, and expert systems for decades. Modern LLMs are a very specific thing with unique issues.
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Weird that it’s turning out to be the providers, not the recipients, ripping off the NDIS.
It’s almost as if the Morrison government was so incompetent that it’s taken three years of organised work to clean it up. Incompetent and/or corrupt.
#AusPol
It’s almost as if the Morrison government was so incompetent that it’s taken three years of organised work to clean it up. Incompetent and/or corrupt.
#AusPol
Director of NDIS provider charged over alleged $3.6m fraud
Australian Federal Police allege Billal Chami submitted claims for supports and services never provided to participants.
www.abc.net.au
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 AM
Weird that it’s turning out to be the providers, not the recipients, ripping off the NDIS.
It’s almost as if the Morrison government was so incompetent that it’s taken three years of organised work to clean it up. Incompetent and/or corrupt.
#AusPol
It’s almost as if the Morrison government was so incompetent that it’s taken three years of organised work to clean it up. Incompetent and/or corrupt.
#AusPol
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Furries remain undefeated
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Furries remain undefeated
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“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
January 21, 2026 at 5:30 AM
“nobody is insider trading off his death so it almost certainly didn’t happen” really sums up the state of the world in 2026 huh
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In Australia we have signs that tell you when the birds are fucking
January 21, 2026 at 1:35 AM
In Australia we have signs that tell you when the birds are fucking
That's enough guns to arm one quarter of adult Australian citizens. That's a lot of guns. #auspol
Australia Institute research shows the number of guns in the Australian community has surged to more than 4 million and a gun is stolen every four hours in Australia.
Read more on our website: https://theaus.in/4b9M8i0
Read more on our website: https://theaus.in/4b9M8i0
January 20, 2026 at 11:45 PM
That's enough guns to arm one quarter of adult Australian citizens. That's a lot of guns. #auspol
A majority of the people with the right and the authority to stop the USA's mad dictator are basically uninterested in doing so. They don't see themselves as the "Then they came for me" in the classic poem.
January 20, 2026 at 11:42 PM
A majority of the people with the right and the authority to stop the USA's mad dictator are basically uninterested in doing so. They don't see themselves as the "Then they came for me" in the classic poem.
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Gravity Well is looking for a great Systems Designer. Job posting below. Studio website is here: gravitywell.games
Hoping you'll consider joining a small independent studio that is making something new!
Hoping you'll consider joining a small independent studio that is making something new!
January 20, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Gravity Well is looking for a great Systems Designer. Job posting below. Studio website is here: gravitywell.games
Hoping you'll consider joining a small independent studio that is making something new!
Hoping you'll consider joining a small independent studio that is making something new!
ICE has military technology. Protestors have... whistles.
Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino said well-organized protesters in Minnseota make the ICE operation harder.
"They've got some excellent communications," Bovino said.
"They've got some excellent communications," Bovino said.
Live: Minnesota officials subpoenaed in federal probe of state’s response to ICE surge
The federal investigation marks an escalation in tensions between federal and state officials.
bit.ly
January 20, 2026 at 11:05 PM
ICE has military technology. Protestors have... whistles.
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The party line has gone from "women have to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or genAI will be left behind."
AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns
Big tech boss tells delegates at Davos that broader global use is essential if technology is to deliver lasting growth
www.irishtimes.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The party line has gone from "women have to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or they'll be left behind" to "everyone has to start using genAI or genAI will be left behind."
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