Jez Becker
@jezbecker.bsky.social
Writing sci-fi and fantasy to salve my soul. #bipolar --- DnD. Nerdy nonsense... a little science and a twist of art. Shaken well and served over ice.
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The artwork on a 4300-year-old silver goblet unearthed in the Palestinian West Bank appears to show the universe forming out of primordial chaos – making it the oldest known visual representation of a creation myth.
Ancient silver goblet preserves oldest known image of cosmic creation
The images hammered into the sides of a goblet found in Palestine give us an idea of what people living more than 4000 years ago imagined the creation of the cosmos looked like
www.newscientist.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The artwork on a 4300-year-old silver goblet unearthed in the Palestinian West Bank appears to show the universe forming out of primordial chaos – making it the oldest known visual representation of a creation myth.
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Part 83 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Part 83 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
Queen Boudica revenge was so great against Rome she burned Londinium leaving a scorch layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon'
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I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 PM
I’m sorry I just found out that in 1379, as in, 650 years ago, a baby girl was born in Yorkshire and named Diot Coke
history is a fucking joke lmao
history is a fucking joke lmao
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Port Huron Times Herald, November 12, 1966. I did not know Leonard Nimoy based Spock's speech patterns on Somerset Maugham! Remarkable.
"Spock probably learned English formally. To achieve this kind of speech pattern I listened to recordings of Somerset Maugham reading his own short stories."
"Spock probably learned English formally. To achieve this kind of speech pattern I listened to recordings of Somerset Maugham reading his own short stories."
November 12, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Port Huron Times Herald, November 12, 1966. I did not know Leonard Nimoy based Spock's speech patterns on Somerset Maugham! Remarkable.
"Spock probably learned English formally. To achieve this kind of speech pattern I listened to recordings of Somerset Maugham reading his own short stories."
"Spock probably learned English formally. To achieve this kind of speech pattern I listened to recordings of Somerset Maugham reading his own short stories."
This will never get through the filters..
but trump giving Hungary Russian oil exceptions is so cunt to cunt it should be called tribbing.
but trump giving Hungary Russian oil exceptions is so cunt to cunt it should be called tribbing.
November 8, 2025 at 12:41 AM
This will never get through the filters..
but trump giving Hungary Russian oil exceptions is so cunt to cunt it should be called tribbing.
but trump giving Hungary Russian oil exceptions is so cunt to cunt it should be called tribbing.
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This may be one of the best things I’ve ever seen.
November 7, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This may be one of the best things I’ve ever seen.
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Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass
May 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Me waiting for the bus omw to kick your ass
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Wallace the priest must defend the Chapel while surviving waves of undead trout, and lay them to rest for good.
A short, spooky experience coming VERY soon!
demmy.itch.io/troutpriest
#indiegame #trailer #dark #spooky
A short, spooky experience coming VERY soon!
demmy.itch.io/troutpriest
#indiegame #trailer #dark #spooky
November 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Wallace the priest must defend the Chapel while surviving waves of undead trout, and lay them to rest for good.
A short, spooky experience coming VERY soon!
demmy.itch.io/troutpriest
#indiegame #trailer #dark #spooky
A short, spooky experience coming VERY soon!
demmy.itch.io/troutpriest
#indiegame #trailer #dark #spooky
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
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Re: tendencies to ascribe personhood to #AI:
"...it was impossible not to invest the machine with some faculty of intellect; it seemed to have made the first step from brute matter to life and purpose, showing its progress by great power."
Dorothy Wordsworth, 1803, encountering steam-powered pump
"...it was impossible not to invest the machine with some faculty of intellect; it seemed to have made the first step from brute matter to life and purpose, showing its progress by great power."
Dorothy Wordsworth, 1803, encountering steam-powered pump
November 5, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Re: tendencies to ascribe personhood to #AI:
"...it was impossible not to invest the machine with some faculty of intellect; it seemed to have made the first step from brute matter to life and purpose, showing its progress by great power."
Dorothy Wordsworth, 1803, encountering steam-powered pump
"...it was impossible not to invest the machine with some faculty of intellect; it seemed to have made the first step from brute matter to life and purpose, showing its progress by great power."
Dorothy Wordsworth, 1803, encountering steam-powered pump
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New capybara just dropped
(Commissioned)
(Commissioned)
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
New capybara just dropped
(Commissioned)
(Commissioned)
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I would watch every one of these
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I would watch every one of these
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Soviet submarine commodore Vasily Arkhipov may well have saved the world today in 1962.
Off Cuba, Soviet sub B-59 was being depth charged by US ships & was out of contact with the USSR. The captain, assuming they were at war, wished to launch a nuclear torpedo. Arkhipov vetoed it.
Off Cuba, Soviet sub B-59 was being depth charged by US ships & was out of contact with the USSR. The captain, assuming they were at war, wished to launch a nuclear torpedo. Arkhipov vetoed it.
October 27, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Soviet submarine commodore Vasily Arkhipov may well have saved the world today in 1962.
Off Cuba, Soviet sub B-59 was being depth charged by US ships & was out of contact with the USSR. The captain, assuming they were at war, wished to launch a nuclear torpedo. Arkhipov vetoed it.
Off Cuba, Soviet sub B-59 was being depth charged by US ships & was out of contact with the USSR. The captain, assuming they were at war, wished to launch a nuclear torpedo. Arkhipov vetoed it.
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Today's sketch: now on YouTube! See if you can spot the very subtle continuity error when the airlock opens.
youtu.be/NWoEWDJr6tA
youtu.be/NWoEWDJr6tA
Let Me Tell You a Story (Before the Ship Explodes)
YouTube video by Alasdair Beckett-King
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today's sketch: now on YouTube! See if you can spot the very subtle continuity error when the airlock opens.
youtu.be/NWoEWDJr6tA
youtu.be/NWoEWDJr6tA
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Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Why does everyone keep calling it “The Epstein Ballroom?” Please stop repeating “The Epstein Ballroom” because it is not called “The Epstein Ballroom!” Don’t tell the news that it’s called “The Epstein Ballroom” and please don’t repost this!!!!!
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I know I've mentioned how it seems house spiders are massive this year but this is bloody ridiculous
October 22, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I know I've mentioned how it seems house spiders are massive this year but this is bloody ridiculous
Having 3I Atlas get its Earth closest point on Dec 25 is basically this year's Dr Who Christmas Special.
October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Having 3I Atlas get its Earth closest point on Dec 25 is basically this year's Dr Who Christmas Special.
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It would have been a better plot if the AWS outage had been on at the same time as the Louvre robbery...
"I told you... there's nothing Pierre can't do with a laptop."
"Stop yapping and get the other end of this ladder."
"I told you... there's nothing Pierre can't do with a laptop."
"Stop yapping and get the other end of this ladder."
October 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It would have been a better plot if the AWS outage had been on at the same time as the Louvre robbery...
"I told you... there's nothing Pierre can't do with a laptop."
"Stop yapping and get the other end of this ladder."
"I told you... there's nothing Pierre can't do with a laptop."
"Stop yapping and get the other end of this ladder."
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.
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New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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October 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
New preprint 🌟 Psychology is core to cognitive science, and so it is vital we preserve it from harmful frames. @irisvanrooij.bsky.social & I use our psych and computer science expertise to analyse and craft:
Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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Critical Artificial Intelligence Literacy for Psychologists. doi.org/10.31234/osf...
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17 yo daughter made this on our walk:
October 19, 2025 at 9:08 AM
17 yo daughter made this on our walk:
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I'm ready for the next World Cup⚽️
サッカー大好きですっ☆特に関節技が得意ですっ☆
サッカー大好きですっ☆特に関節技が得意ですっ☆
August 13, 2025 at 12:28 PM
I'm ready for the next World Cup⚽️
サッカー大好きですっ☆特に関節技が得意ですっ☆
サッカー大好きですっ☆特に関節技が得意ですっ☆
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Which gunpla in this store in Japan do you think is load bearing
October 16, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Which gunpla in this store in Japan do you think is load bearing