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He /him, adult, taken, soldier, goat, ZH in CH, Eng /Ger /Fra, Geography & Geology academia (GG for gamers)
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Arga 🇨🇭
@argakyan.bsky.social
· Oct 13
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shower thought: In terms of people having names, I have experienced the opposite of pattern-seeking cognition. Many people I have talked to before who didn't have prior exposure to the idea of names holding meaning never thought about it being a thing. Especially when mixing languages.
December 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
shower thought: In terms of people having names, I have experienced the opposite of pattern-seeking cognition. Many people I have talked to before who didn't have prior exposure to the idea of names holding meaning never thought about it being a thing. Especially when mixing languages.
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Im Schweizer Parlament gibt es nur zwei Parteien, in denen die Mitglieder mehrheitlich ihre Nebeneinkünfte transparent offenlegen: Grüne und SP.
December 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Im Schweizer Parlament gibt es nur zwei Parteien, in denen die Mitglieder mehrheitlich ihre Nebeneinkünfte transparent offenlegen: Grüne und SP.
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These guys were run off the road by armed cops, had their photos splashed across the internet with accusations of a follow up attack and were on holiday doing absolutely nothing.
Seven men who were violently arrested and injured by NSW police on suspicion of planning an "Islamist terror attack" near Bondi Beach have been released without charges.
No terror links were found, the men were traveling on holiday to their Airbnb.
No terror links were found, the men were traveling on holiday to their Airbnb.
‘We did nothing wrong’: seven men released from custody in Sydney deny Islamist links
After being held for 24 hours, the men say they had been driving to a holiday rental when they were detained by police
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:50 AM
These guys were run off the road by armed cops, had their photos splashed across the internet with accusations of a follow up attack and were on holiday doing absolutely nothing.
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#OtD 28 December 1894, Tuareg fighters attacked a French colonial patrol near Timbuktu, Mali. The French had been looting and abducting women into slavery. 2 French officers and 18 collaborators were killed. More information, sources and map: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1272...
December 28, 2025 at 10:10 PM
#OtD 28 December 1894, Tuareg fighters attacked a French colonial patrol near Timbuktu, Mali. The French had been looting and abducting women into slavery. 2 French officers and 18 collaborators were killed. More information, sources and map: stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1272...
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another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
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Goat down! I repeat: Goat down! www.dn.se/sverige/stor...
December 27, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Goat down! I repeat: Goat down! www.dn.se/sverige/stor...
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“The Heritage Foundation, the intellectual engine behind the 922-page blueprint that has become the key policy manual for Trump’s second term, is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook for countering progressive policies.” 11/10/25 …1/
The Heritage Foundation goes from MAGA to MEGA — Make Europe Great Again
On the agenda: pro-natalism, freedom of expression, opposing trans rights and fighting Chinese influence.
www.politico.eu
December 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“The Heritage Foundation, the intellectual engine behind the 922-page blueprint that has become the key policy manual for Trump’s second term, is partnering with a constellation of European nationalist far-right movements to export its playbook for countering progressive policies.” 11/10/25 …1/
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right wingers in 2026
December 25, 2025 at 3:43 PM
right wingers in 2026
Same reason why there is not one realistic survival game thus far. All of them do time compression which clashes with the point of the game being survival. The result of you acting one minute per minute, but your hunger meter going down one hour of food per minute, means you're constantly scavenging
realistic military sim games sound rly cool until you install one and discover that 99% of war is just dicking around waiting for something to happen
December 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Same reason why there is not one realistic survival game thus far. All of them do time compression which clashes with the point of the game being survival. The result of you acting one minute per minute, but your hunger meter going down one hour of food per minute, means you're constantly scavenging
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Mosaic Canyon debris flow deposits (sedimentary breccia). ⚒️
December 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Mosaic Canyon debris flow deposits (sedimentary breccia). ⚒️
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Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
I had five fascinating conversations for this RPS piece, gathering perspectives on genAI chatbots in games, as seen in Where Winds Meet. Thanks to @meghna.bsky.social, @pyrofoux.bsky.social, @maxkreminski.bsky.social, and @chrisgardiner.bsky.social www.rockpapershotgun.com/horrible-bor...
"Horrible", "boring", and "cheap": Experts pan new chatbot NPCs, but some leave room for optimism
We speak to a collection of developers and AI experts about the potential impact of LLM-powered NPCs in videogames.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
December 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Essentially, I think that LLM-generated dialogue only makes sense if you believe that the product of writing is words.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
But the product of writing isn't words, any more than the product of justice is prisoners, or the product of love is weddings. The product of writing is meaning.
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KJ Muldoon, at less than a year old, was the first known person to receive a personalised CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3MMMxN2
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3MMMxN2
The baby whose life was saved by the first personalized CRISPR therapy
Nature - KJ Muldoon is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
KJ Muldoon, at less than a year old, was the first known person to receive a personalised CRISPR-based genome-editing therapy
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3MMMxN2
He is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025
go.nature.com/3MMMxN2
also just had to think about "Nation's Pride", a fictional nazi propaganda film created for the over-arching film "Inglorious Basterds". In the fictional film, a Wehrmacht sniper shoots 250 or so American soldiers. Wonder how many people had that moment where their brain goes "this is Call of Duty".
December 26, 2025 at 2:31 PM
also just had to think about "Nation's Pride", a fictional nazi propaganda film created for the over-arching film "Inglorious Basterds". In the fictional film, a Wehrmacht sniper shoots 250 or so American soldiers. Wonder how many people had that moment where their brain goes "this is Call of Duty".
Wondering rn if anyone ever used Assassin's Creed 3 as a case example of not just how nationalism can shape media, but how people recognize or fail to notice it, or rationalize it once noticed.
December 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Wondering rn if anyone ever used Assassin's Creed 3 as a case example of not just how nationalism can shape media, but how people recognize or fail to notice it, or rationalize it once noticed.
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You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
You can tell that LotR was written by an academic because Gandalf disappears for like 20 years doing research to answer a single question.
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The most “festive season” lichen photo I have.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays +++ from snowy Newfoundland, Canada!
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays +++ from snowy Newfoundland, Canada!
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
December 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
The most “festive season” lichen photo I have.
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays +++ from snowy Newfoundland, Canada!
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays +++ from snowy Newfoundland, Canada!
#lichen #fungi #fungifriends
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Greetings from Krampus ✨🐐🎄✨
December 25, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Greetings from Krampus ✨🐐🎄✨
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"God jul vänner, tacksam för er alla ✨
Merry Christmas my friends ✨"
Merry Christmas my friends ✨"
December 24, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"God jul vänner, tacksam för er alla ✨
Merry Christmas my friends ✨"
Merry Christmas my friends ✨"
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I liked them so much I adopted one for myself ! Or did it adopt me?...
Viscoxite concept belongs to @skiaskai.bsky.social ! I absolutely love these goopy aliens !!
Viscoxite concept belongs to @skiaskai.bsky.social ! I absolutely love these goopy aliens !!
December 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I liked them so much I adopted one for myself ! Or did it adopt me?...
Viscoxite concept belongs to @skiaskai.bsky.social ! I absolutely love these goopy aliens !!
Viscoxite concept belongs to @skiaskai.bsky.social ! I absolutely love these goopy aliens !!
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If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.” https://cnn.it/4b6g3rd
Oklahoma instructor removed from teaching for failing a Bible-based gender essay | CNN
The University of Oklahoma has removed an instructor who was accused by a student of religious discrimination over a failing grade on a psychology paper in which she cited the Bible and argued that promoting a “belief in multiple genders” was “demonic.”
cnn.it
December 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
If you’re wondering why your friends in academia are a little on edge right now, it’s because an eighteen-year-old who hasn’t done the reading, doesn’t look at the assignment, and has does no critical thinking skills more complex than “because I think it’s in the Bible” can literally end your career
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Dudes Rock
December 24, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Dudes Rock
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Interesting things happening in Norway
December 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Interesting things happening in Norway