Barry Beldam
@bbeldam.bsky.social
Dad, husband, software-management-type overhead, painter of little warhammer models, beer appreciator. Highest ranked Apex player, Netrunner worlds 2022. He/him.
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guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
guys, "the judges at the ICC are being sanctioned by the USA and can't access their iphones or bank accounts" and "why aren't any countries banning twitter or prosecuting elon musk for owning a site that manufactures CSAM" stories are the same story
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happy anniversary to the rightest call I have ever made
January 1, 2026 at 3:45 PM
happy anniversary to the rightest call I have ever made
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Preorders for both #VantagepointNR and the coming restock of our existing products are available. However, please note that, due to a bug, Vantage Point appears as "out of stock" in the EU. We won't be able to resolve the issue until tomorrow at the earliest.
nullsignal.games/blog/distrib...
nullsignal.games/blog/distrib...
Distribution and Pre-orders Update for Vantage Point - Null Signal Games
Distribution updates us about pre-ordering Vantage Point and some accompanying policy changes.
nullsignal.games
January 1, 2026 at 2:14 PM
Preorders for both #VantagepointNR and the coming restock of our existing products are available. However, please note that, due to a bug, Vantage Point appears as "out of stock" in the EU. We won't be able to resolve the issue until tomorrow at the earliest.
nullsignal.games/blog/distrib...
nullsignal.games/blog/distrib...
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pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
December 31, 2025 at 6:15 PM
pound for pound this might be the funniest thing ever written
Thank god that's over.
2025 can go get fucked. Let's hope 2026 turns out better. Let's do what we can to make it happen.
2025 can go get fucked. Let's hope 2026 turns out better. Let's do what we can to make it happen.
December 31, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Thank god that's over.
2025 can go get fucked. Let's hope 2026 turns out better. Let's do what we can to make it happen.
2025 can go get fucked. Let's hope 2026 turns out better. Let's do what we can to make it happen.
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If we lived in a just media landscape, this would now be a trilogy.
December 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
If we lived in a just media landscape, this would now be a trilogy.
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I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
In 2025, AI became pervasive in American life and the economy, with ChatGPT surging in adoption much faster than any other major technology in memory. @nytopinion.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I hate these charts so much because they imply chatgpt is comparable to the internet or phones
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
You could create the same graphic for full screen pop-up advertising on websites and make them look like ultra-rapid technology adoption when really they were just baked unavoidably into the internet
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Immigration is incredible because it's one of the few policy areas where people are willing to suffer real, concrete consequences in order to solve completely imaginary problems.
ICE raids appear to be 100% responsible for the current housing crunch in south Texas. Indeed, they have brought residential construction to an end.
South Texas homebuilders say ICE arrests have slowed work
More than 380 people attended an impromptu meeting that industry leaders in the Rio Grande Valley hosted to draw attention to the chilling effect ICE arrests have had on construction.
www.texastribune.org
December 28, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Immigration is incredible because it's one of the few policy areas where people are willing to suffer real, concrete consequences in order to solve completely imaginary problems.
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Blanket censoring the word “gambling” is literally a pro gambling move.
Gambling platforms avoid the word for obvious reasons, so YouTube eliminating its use under the pretense of combating gambling is the best fucking cover a gambling platform could ask for.
It’s pretty disgusting.
Gambling platforms avoid the word for obvious reasons, so YouTube eliminating its use under the pretense of combating gambling is the best fucking cover a gambling platform could ask for.
It’s pretty disgusting.
YouTube removed another of my anti-videogame gambling videos for being pro-gambling.
What a fucking farce of a website.
What a fucking farce of a website.
December 28, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Blanket censoring the word “gambling” is literally a pro gambling move.
Gambling platforms avoid the word for obvious reasons, so YouTube eliminating its use under the pretense of combating gambling is the best fucking cover a gambling platform could ask for.
It’s pretty disgusting.
Gambling platforms avoid the word for obvious reasons, so YouTube eliminating its use under the pretense of combating gambling is the best fucking cover a gambling platform could ask for.
It’s pretty disgusting.
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Welcome back to Canada, President Zelenskyy.
Today in Halifax, we committed critical new support to help Ukraine end Russia’s war of aggression, and to recover and rebuild. When peace comes — and it will come — Canada will be there for the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Today in Halifax, we committed critical new support to help Ukraine end Russia’s war of aggression, and to recover and rebuild. When peace comes — and it will come — Canada will be there for the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
December 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Welcome back to Canada, President Zelenskyy.
Today in Halifax, we committed critical new support to help Ukraine end Russia’s war of aggression, and to recover and rebuild. When peace comes — and it will come — Canada will be there for the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
Today in Halifax, we committed critical new support to help Ukraine end Russia’s war of aggression, and to recover and rebuild. When peace comes — and it will come — Canada will be there for the Ukrainian people. Slava Ukraini. 🇨🇦🇺🇦
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this is why i always read the alt text
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
December 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
this is why i always read the alt text
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Since they have all deleted their original posts, I want to make clear that this was said in response to some AI enthusiasts arguing that existing AI could do the job of a historian in part because all existing information you would need to do history research was already on the Internet.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Since they have all deleted their original posts, I want to make clear that this was said in response to some AI enthusiasts arguing that existing AI could do the job of a historian in part because all existing information you would need to do history research was already on the Internet.
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This post is the sign you’ve been waiting for to get into painting miniatures in 2026. Don’t worry about your skill level, or learning the lore, or having to play the game after - I promise you, you will thoroughly love the journey of simply painting a mini. It’s also so therapeutic. Do it :)
December 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This post is the sign you’ve been waiting for to get into painting miniatures in 2026. Don’t worry about your skill level, or learning the lore, or having to play the game after - I promise you, you will thoroughly love the journey of simply painting a mini. It’s also so therapeutic. Do it :)
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Be the light you want to see in the world 🔥
October 5, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Be the light you want to see in the world 🔥
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The kid: What’s a 10x engineer?
Me: a myth
Wife: maybe a more useful explanation?
Me: I dunno, that really covers it
Me: a myth
Wife: maybe a more useful explanation?
Me: I dunno, that really covers it
December 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
The kid: What’s a 10x engineer?
Me: a myth
Wife: maybe a more useful explanation?
Me: I dunno, that really covers it
Me: a myth
Wife: maybe a more useful explanation?
Me: I dunno, that really covers it
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The big day has arrived!
The day I post the Adama Maneuver again.
Next time: 2026 🫡
The day I post the Adama Maneuver again.
Next time: 2026 🫡
December 24, 2025 at 1:19 AM
The big day has arrived!
The day I post the Adama Maneuver again.
Next time: 2026 🫡
The day I post the Adama Maneuver again.
Next time: 2026 🫡
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This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don’t need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it. Relatedly I think the biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 11:25 PM
This is a model for what actual masculinity should be. Men don’t need to spend more time in caves beating their chests with other men; they need to take their daughters to a meaningful thing and talk to them about it. Relatedly I think the biggest cure for toxic masculinity is platonic women friends
Important milestone: watched Die Hard with the boy for the first time. His verdict: Yes, Christmas movie.
December 23, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Important milestone: watched Die Hard with the boy for the first time. His verdict: Yes, Christmas movie.
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i had to drop what i was doing to make this
December 23, 2025 at 3:59 PM
i had to drop what i was doing to make this
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I kind of like this whole “We won’t buy your liquor but we will air your state-suppressed news stories” niche that Canada’s apparently carved out.
December 23, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I kind of like this whole “We won’t buy your liquor but we will air your state-suppressed news stories” niche that Canada’s apparently carved out.
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Northern solidarity.
December 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Northern solidarity.
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hi, tank expert here! this is not funny, tanks only do this when they’re in extreme distress.
Russia has begun deploying tanks topped with... shipping containers?
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
hi, tank expert here! this is not funny, tanks only do this when they’re in extreme distress.
I convinced my Bambu that it's a resin printer
Big "my cat thinks it's a dog" energy
Big "my cat thinks it's a dog" energy
December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I convinced my Bambu that it's a resin printer
Big "my cat thinks it's a dog" energy
Big "my cat thinks it's a dog" energy