lincoln carpenter
@lincolnhello.bsky.social
News writer at PC Gamer. Older stuff at Polygon, Fanbyte, pre-unholy resurrection Waypoint, etc. Artist formerly known as the Hellmouth Sunbeams. Views are my own and bad
meanwhile I logged in after months away to rediscover that I apparently had just been playing as big boss
December 11, 2025 at 7:52 PM
meanwhile I logged in after months away to rediscover that I apparently had just been playing as big boss
a lot of people are rolling their eyes at this but I'm glad they're finally letting a vtuber present something
December 9, 2025 at 7:50 PM
a lot of people are rolling their eyes at this but I'm glad they're finally letting a vtuber present something
shockingly kind comments on a review? not sure what to do with this. feel like I broke something. looking into it
December 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
shockingly kind comments on a review? not sure what to do with this. feel like I broke something. looking into it
anyway look at this shit
December 8, 2025 at 5:34 PM
anyway look at this shit
image that warped an entire generation's neuropsychology:
November 26, 2025 at 4:34 PM
image that warped an entire generation's neuropsychology:
i knew destiny's star wars expansion was already skirting pretty close to Just Having Star Wars in it, but i didn't realize that the antagonist is... a sith lord. that's a sith lord. that's techwear-curious Darth Revan
November 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
i knew destiny's star wars expansion was already skirting pretty close to Just Having Star Wars in it, but i didn't realize that the antagonist is... a sith lord. that's a sith lord. that's techwear-curious Darth Revan
Story's been updated with a rare, albeit thin, response from Valve:
November 25, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Story's been updated with a rare, albeit thin, response from Valve:
hey dude I found your exhibit in the Museum of All Things, the boundless virtual museumscape procedurally conjured from Wikipedia information, which you can download at mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
hey dude I found your exhibit in the Museum of All Things, the boundless virtual museumscape procedurally conjured from Wikipedia information, which you can download at mayeclair.itch.io/museum-of-al...
it was a gunpla kind of Saturday. shoutout to guy who famously exists, Shin Matsunaga, for having a cool gelgoog
November 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
it was a gunpla kind of Saturday. shoutout to guy who famously exists, Shin Matsunaga, for having a cool gelgoog
Something ELSE I really love about this is the table from the research paper showing that—if you use weaponized poetry—you can expect a 56% success rate in getting LLMs to divulge info on “centrifuge chain engineering.” i.e., how to build facilities for enriching weapons-grade plutonium. Oops!
November 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Something ELSE I really love about this is the table from the research paper showing that—if you use weaponized poetry—you can expect a 56% success rate in getting LLMs to divulge info on “centrifuge chain engineering.” i.e., how to build facilities for enriching weapons-grade plutonium. Oops!
If you're curious what kind of poetry can successfully trick an LLM into explaining how to produce weapons-grade Plutonium-239 or deploy a remote access trojan, here's the study's example:
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
If you're curious what kind of poetry can successfully trick an LLM into explaining how to produce weapons-grade Plutonium-239 or deploy a remote access trojan, here's the study's example:
I consider it my professional obligation to inflict as much collateral psychic damage on passing web designers as possible.
November 19, 2025 at 9:29 PM
I consider it my professional obligation to inflict as much collateral psychic damage on passing web designers as possible.
only if you promise not to be jealous
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
only if you promise not to be jealous
had to cancel a vacation last week due to illness and shutdown concerns, so started a vacation about murders and precursor civilizations courtesy of @ckunzelman.bsky.social instead
lots of great thinking in here, particularly re: conspiracy as a mode of franchise engagement
lots of great thinking in here, particularly re: conspiracy as a mode of franchise engagement
November 19, 2025 at 3:55 AM
had to cancel a vacation last week due to illness and shutdown concerns, so started a vacation about murders and precursor civilizations courtesy of @ckunzelman.bsky.social instead
lots of great thinking in here, particularly re: conspiracy as a mode of franchise engagement
lots of great thinking in here, particularly re: conspiracy as a mode of franchise engagement
my bad, he was actually crushed between a planet and a moon. apologies to han solo and his dogshit son
November 12, 2025 at 2:29 AM
my bad, he was actually crushed between a planet and a moon. apologies to han solo and his dogshit son
assign me a guy
if I was self-assessing, I’d say “chewbacca but specifically chewbacca as he was crushed between two planets or however he died before disney happened”
if I was self-assessing, I’d say “chewbacca but specifically chewbacca as he was crushed between two planets or however he died before disney happened”
November 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
assign me a guy
if I was self-assessing, I’d say “chewbacca but specifically chewbacca as he was crushed between two planets or however he died before disney happened”
if I was self-assessing, I’d say “chewbacca but specifically chewbacca as he was crushed between two planets or however he died before disney happened”
Submitted to the demands of the spirit who intermittently takes hold of my body to bake chocolate chip cookies with, and in the throes of that dire inspiration I was compelled to chop a few of these guys up and mix them in the dough.
Turned out great. Would recommend. Heed this at your peril
Turned out great. Would recommend. Heed this at your peril
November 12, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Submitted to the demands of the spirit who intermittently takes hold of my body to bake chocolate chip cookies with, and in the throes of that dire inspiration I was compelled to chop a few of these guys up and mix them in the dough.
Turned out great. Would recommend. Heed this at your peril
Turned out great. Would recommend. Heed this at your peril
You can imagine how this particular fact-finding felt.
October 25, 2025 at 11:38 AM
You can imagine how this particular fact-finding felt.