Warcabbit
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Just a Warcabbit, still running City of Titans
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Imagining Asimov's three laws of robotics, plus several extensions to the laws based on how easy it is to trick an LLM going off the rails
isaac asimov's three laws of robotics vs. sam altman's "we built a chatbot that tells teenagers to kill themselves"
December 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Imagining Asimov's three laws of robotics, plus several extensions to the laws based on how easy it is to trick an LLM going off the rails
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Classic three act structure.
December 1, 2023 at 2:30 PM
Classic three act structure.
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this is the funniest fucking part i've ever seen in my LIFE
![Ben Nowack ☀️🌎🪞
@bennbuilds
LA machinists - we need 12 of these ASAP. 12x quantity to start, 7075 AL, dimensions 4.5 *10.5 * 13.5. Dm me if interested in taking this on.
[Image of an extremely complex machined part in curved materials with mutltiple standoffs, lines, etc on it]
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December 19, 2025 at 9:17 PM
this is the funniest fucking part i've ever seen in my LIFE
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#fossilfriday If you want to read more about the fossil record of "surfboard whales", check out my recent blog post on the fossil baleen whales of New Zealand: coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
December 19, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#fossilfriday If you want to read more about the fossil record of "surfboard whales", check out my recent blog post on the fossil baleen whales of New Zealand: coastalpaleo.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...
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Somebody on Twitter years ago floated the idea of an anthology filled with stories featuring the Maltese Falcon as it passed through the hands of various people throughout its history.
It’s such a great idea, but I can’t swipe it…& I CAN’T REMEMBER WHOSE IDEA IT WAS!
Damn my ethics.
It’s such a great idea, but I can’t swipe it…& I CAN’T REMEMBER WHOSE IDEA IT WAS!
Damn my ethics.
The Maltese Falcon entering public domain in 2026 means that in 2030 it'll be The Thin Man's turn...
pardon me, I need to put something on my calendar right quick--
pardon me, I need to put something on my calendar right quick--
On January 1, 2026, works published in 1930 will enter the public domain in the US.
web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
Some examples from that post:
Books:
* _As I Lay Dying_, by William Faulkner.
* _The Maltese Falcon_ (full book version), by Dashiell Hammett.
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web.law.duke.edu/cspd/publicd...
Some examples from that post:
Books:
* _As I Lay Dying_, by William Faulkner.
* _The Maltese Falcon_ (full book version), by Dashiell Hammett.
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December 20, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Somebody on Twitter years ago floated the idea of an anthology filled with stories featuring the Maltese Falcon as it passed through the hands of various people throughout its history.
It’s such a great idea, but I can’t swipe it…& I CAN’T REMEMBER WHOSE IDEA IT WAS!
Damn my ethics.
It’s such a great idea, but I can’t swipe it…& I CAN’T REMEMBER WHOSE IDEA IT WAS!
Damn my ethics.
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Progression of making Big Convoy not look like a chocolate Easter bunny.
December 20, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Progression of making Big Convoy not look like a chocolate Easter bunny.
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It’s really good, you guys.
ANYWAY happy Friday! Today is a good day to get THE BUTCHER OF THE FOREST and read it safely indoors! :D (Or wrap it up and give it to some unsuspecting person, I don't know your life.)
A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎
A finalist for the Nebula, Hugo, Aurora, Locus, Ignyte, and World Fantasy Award! 🦊🦄🍎
The Butcher of the Forest
"A perfect mix of horror and fantasy."—The New York Times“The Butcher of the Forest” shows exactly why Mohamed is one of fantasy’s rising stars."—T...
us.macmillan.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
It’s really good, you guys.
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This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This studio awards-season email is really matching the current mood in a way I’m not sure they intended.
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Rewatching Citizen Kane.
Incredible to see how many different jobs he was doing whilst making it.
Incredible to see how many different jobs he was doing whilst making it.
December 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Rewatching Citizen Kane.
Incredible to see how many different jobs he was doing whilst making it.
Incredible to see how many different jobs he was doing whilst making it.
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last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
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Two books for spooky season:
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.
October 19, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Two books for spooky season:
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.
COFFIN MOON, Keith Rosson: Best modern vampire story ever (although it's set in the 70s).
THE TWISTED ONES, by T. Kingfisher: It lures you in with chatty good humor (especially about NPR Pledge Week) and a lovely dog...then slams the door and bites you in the dark.
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My latest article for @forbes.com is about MOCHI....nope, not the rice cake. A new class of materials that could transform windows. MOCHI is as thermally insulating as walls but more optically transparent than glass 🤯 I interviewed the lead scientist to learn more 🧪⚛️👩🔬
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
December 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My latest article for @forbes.com is about MOCHI....nope, not the rice cake. A new class of materials that could transform windows. MOCHI is as thermally insulating as walls but more optically transparent than glass 🤯 I interviewed the lead scientist to learn more 🧪⚛️👩🔬
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...
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Hmm, could very efficient localized extraction (read: highly focused points of greater outward heat flux) cause more violent mantle convection? Would those plumes implant big ferromagnetic chunks in the lithosphere? I clearly need to go read up on crustal fields for some more cool not not-whys
February 23, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Hmm, could very efficient localized extraction (read: highly focused points of greater outward heat flux) cause more violent mantle convection? Would those plumes implant big ferromagnetic chunks in the lithosphere? I clearly need to go read up on crustal fields for some more cool not not-whys
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something i've been sitting with for a few months is that the reason we shouldn't see classic-style dyson spheres isn't because they'd be hard to see, or because no aliens, but because blocking the solar wind collapses the heliosphere and it would just get obliterated by interstellar media.
February 22, 2025 at 11:58 PM
something i've been sitting with for a few months is that the reason we shouldn't see classic-style dyson spheres isn't because they'd be hard to see, or because no aliens, but because blocking the solar wind collapses the heliosphere and it would just get obliterated by interstellar media.
Whoville (dir. George M. Cohan)
Whoville (dir. George Romero)
Whoville (dir. M. Night Shyamalan)
December 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Whoville (dir. George M. Cohan)
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The animation for that section was done by Jim Henson himself, long before he was a puppeteer he was a graphic designer.
December 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
The animation for that section was done by Jim Henson himself, long before he was a puppeteer he was a graphic designer.
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A quartet of creepy classic kids' Christmas shows 😁 :
* Lassie: The Christmas Story (1958)
* Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
* Howdy Doody Christmas (1957)
* Santa Claus (AKA Santa Claus versus Satan) (1959)
Links to videos & descriptions in replies!
* Lassie: The Christmas Story (1958)
* Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
* Howdy Doody Christmas (1957)
* Santa Claus (AKA Santa Claus versus Satan) (1959)
Links to videos & descriptions in replies!
December 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A quartet of creepy classic kids' Christmas shows 😁 :
* Lassie: The Christmas Story (1958)
* Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
* Howdy Doody Christmas (1957)
* Santa Claus (AKA Santa Claus versus Satan) (1959)
Links to videos & descriptions in replies!
* Lassie: The Christmas Story (1958)
* Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)
* Howdy Doody Christmas (1957)
* Santa Claus (AKA Santa Claus versus Satan) (1959)
Links to videos & descriptions in replies!
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Meet Dr. Strangemeister from National Lampoon's Men in White (Fox Family/Saban Entertainment, 1998).
Thanks, @tacomasterstudios.bsky.social.
Re-Used Power Rangers/Beetleborgs Monsters and CHEAP Puppets in a random musical number, everyone.
This is why ABC Family took over.
Thanks, @tacomasterstudios.bsky.social.
Re-Used Power Rangers/Beetleborgs Monsters and CHEAP Puppets in a random musical number, everyone.
This is why ABC Family took over.
December 18, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Meet Dr. Strangemeister from National Lampoon's Men in White (Fox Family/Saban Entertainment, 1998).
Thanks, @tacomasterstudios.bsky.social.
Re-Used Power Rangers/Beetleborgs Monsters and CHEAP Puppets in a random musical number, everyone.
This is why ABC Family took over.
Thanks, @tacomasterstudios.bsky.social.
Re-Used Power Rangers/Beetleborgs Monsters and CHEAP Puppets in a random musical number, everyone.
This is why ABC Family took over.
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if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
December 18, 2025 at 2:05 AM
if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄
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I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!
December 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I have a weird question for the #bird people on here. Do you think someone could tell that a book was pooped on specifically by a sparrowhawk (or perhaps hawks generally) just from the feces? I'm looking at a 16th c. case where witnesses claim books were pooped on specifically by sparrowhawks!
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Politicians In My Eyes, by Death
from the album …For The Whole World To See
deathfromdetroit.bandcamp.com
December 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
While I understand this at a reasonable level, the elimination of tariff surcharges would either lower prices, or raise profits. I'm not seeing the downside of lowering prices in that case.
There has been one (1) period of sustained deflation (eg prices down for multiple years in a row) since the 1910s. That was the Great Depression. I understand why people (not Chris, he gets it) naively think prices should fall but I cannot emphasize enough how Bad that would be.
December 17, 2025 at 11:39 PM
While I understand this at a reasonable level, the elimination of tariff surcharges would either lower prices, or raise profits. I'm not seeing the downside of lowering prices in that case.
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There was something of a tradition in MI6 post-war. If you did some super crazy shit in WW2 that was still classified but not THAT relevant now, then just find a friend or journalist who'll write it up as a thinly-veiled fiction story.
50s spy/war novels are a goldmine of real-world stuff.
50s spy/war novels are a goldmine of real-world stuff.
Not that surprising once you think about it- who better to write great fiction than people who lived double lives for real? When authors were actual spies, the tension and detail hit different. #SpyHistory #Espionage #Writers #AuthorsOfTwitter #books #spythrillers
www.bookbub.com/blog/authors...
www.bookbub.com/blog/authors...
8 Authors You Probably Didn’t Know Were Spies
John le Carré is actually the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell.
www.bookbub.com
December 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
There was something of a tradition in MI6 post-war. If you did some super crazy shit in WW2 that was still classified but not THAT relevant now, then just find a friend or journalist who'll write it up as a thinly-veiled fiction story.
50s spy/war novels are a goldmine of real-world stuff.
50s spy/war novels are a goldmine of real-world stuff.
Why don't we get things started?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i344...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i344...
The Muppet Show | Official Teaser | Disney+
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December 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Why don't we get things started?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i344...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i344...