Sean Barrett
@nothings.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 ally, BLM, gamedev (Thief, Promesst), Indie Game Jam cofounder, popularized C header-file-only libs w/stb. he/him
Larry, I'm on DuckTales.
https://nothings.org
Larry, I'm on DuckTales.
https://nothings.org
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“Hey everyone! We made the ‘AI version of a dead loved one’ from the infamous Black Mirror episode ‘Don’t make AIs of dead loved ones….’ “
November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
“Hey everyone! We made the ‘AI version of a dead loved one’ from the infamous Black Mirror episode ‘Don’t make AIs of dead loved ones….’ “
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If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
If you have to get permission to teach in your area of expertise from people who are definitionally not qualified to adjudicate your expertise then you are no longer working at a university.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
You’re working at a state propaganda factory.
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if you tax billionaires and trillionaires you'll generate an absolute shitton of new millionaires
NEW: The first two years of Massachusetts' millionaire tax has raised $3 billion more than expected.
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
And rather than driving the rich away, IPS researchers found that the number of millionaires has *increased.*
Tax the rich. Greg Ryan in @bloomberg.com:
Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
www.bloomberg.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:53 AM
if you tax billionaires and trillionaires you'll generate an absolute shitton of new millionaires
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New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
Google Has Chosen a Side in Trump's Mass Deportation Effort
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while simultaneously removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable gr...
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 2:11 PM
New: Google has chosen a side in Trump's mass deportation campaign. Google is hosting a CBP facial recognition app to hunt immigrants; no indication Google will remove. At same time Google takes down apps for reporting ICE sightings
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
“Big tech has made their choice”
www.404media.co/google-has-c...
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I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
November 13, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I simply refuse to accept that police ever have to look like this. this is just pure cosplay. it should be illegal for cops to be dressed like soldiers going to war.
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appreciate this article breaking down a taxonomy of knowledge games (also, unfortunately, known as metroidbrainias)
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
appreciate this article breaking down a taxonomy of knowledge games (also, unfortunately, known as metroidbrainias)
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
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As a reminder, there is no legislative backing to this. Exact change is still required. It's just that everyone will be struggling to find enough pennies to do it correctly. And we'll all have to muddle through haphazardly.
November 13, 2025 at 5:32 AM
As a reminder, there is no legislative backing to this. Exact change is still required. It's just that everyone will be struggling to find enough pennies to do it correctly. And we'll all have to muddle through haphazardly.
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“From almost the moment the sandwich left his hand—before it either did or did not explode on a border agent’s bulletproof vest—the incident had transcended the act of simply hurling a hoagie.”
Good read!
Good read!
The tl:dr on the 7 hours of deliberations: 2 of the jurors were holdouts (on acquittal) and the other 10 didn't want to "steamroll" them www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
www.theatlantic.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:03 AM
“From almost the moment the sandwich left his hand—before it either did or did not explode on a border agent’s bulletproof vest—the incident had transcended the act of simply hurling a hoagie.”
Good read!
Good read!
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"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes, or rather extrajudicial executions, and believes the attacks are illegal" www.economist.com/britain/2025...
Why Britain may have stopped sharing some intelligence with America
And how America might respond
www.economist.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:45 PM
"The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes, or rather extrajudicial executions, and believes the attacks are illegal" www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Sadly, the most obvious "tell" that these deportation videos are AI generated slop is that the ICE agents show their faces.
The most horrifying AI slop of ICE raids you can possibly imagine is wildly viral on Facebook, collectively totaling tens of millions of views from a single account. First spotted by @chadloder.bsky.social
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
www.404media.co/ai-generated...
AI-Generated Videos of ICE Raids Are Wildly Viral on Facebook
An account is spamming horrific, dehumanizing videos of immigration enforcement because the Facebook algorithm is rewarding them for it.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Sadly, the most obvious "tell" that these deportation videos are AI generated slop is that the ICE agents show their faces.
Y'know, this was really a dick move by Riff Raff:
"I'm your new commander
You now are my prisoner
We return to Transylvania"
"When I said *we* were to return to Transylvania, I referred only to Magenta and myself. I'm sorry, however, if you found my words misleading..."
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
"I'm your new commander
You now are my prisoner
We return to Transylvania"
"When I said *we* were to return to Transylvania, I referred only to Magenta and myself. I'm sorry, however, if you found my words misleading..."
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
November 12, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Y'know, this was really a dick move by Riff Raff:
"I'm your new commander
You now are my prisoner
We return to Transylvania"
"When I said *we* were to return to Transylvania, I referred only to Magenta and myself. I'm sorry, however, if you found my words misleading..."
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
"I'm your new commander
You now are my prisoner
We return to Transylvania"
"When I said *we* were to return to Transylvania, I referred only to Magenta and myself. I'm sorry, however, if you found my words misleading..."
DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT
There are more grains of sand on Earth than there are stars in the solar system. DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT.
November 12, 2025 at 7:26 PM
There are more grains of sand on Earth than there are stars in the solar system. DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT.
51% of the world population is below average. DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT.
November 12, 2025 at 7:22 PM
51% of the world population is below average. DO NOT REPEAT THIS INSIGHT.
A favorite thing is when video essayists talking about movies use the idiom "cut to the chase" to talk about movie editing or writing that moves plot along or skips boring stuff, where the essayist seems to be using it in the traditional idiomatic "metaphorical" way even though it applies literally.
November 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A favorite thing is when video essayists talking about movies use the idiom "cut to the chase" to talk about movie editing or writing that moves plot along or skips boring stuff, where the essayist seems to be using it in the traditional idiomatic "metaphorical" way even though it applies literally.
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how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:18 PM
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
I've written an article with a hopefully-complete technical description for implementing planetary atmosphere rendering as seen from space.
Looking for readers to beta-test the rough draft. Mutuals get priority. DM for link.
Looking for readers to beta-test the rough draft. Mutuals get priority. DM for link.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
I've written an article with a hopefully-complete technical description for implementing planetary atmosphere rendering as seen from space.
Looking for readers to beta-test the rough draft. Mutuals get priority. DM for link.
Looking for readers to beta-test the rough draft. Mutuals get priority. DM for link.
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Sigh.
Darth Vader Fortnite AI stuff dropped less than a week after I decided to quit. I don't know what I'd have done if I hadn't already decided.
Darth Vader Fortnite AI stuff dropped less than a week after I decided to quit. I don't know what I'd have done if I hadn't already decided.
June 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Sigh.
Darth Vader Fortnite AI stuff dropped less than a week after I decided to quit. I don't know what I'd have done if I hadn't already decided.
Darth Vader Fortnite AI stuff dropped less than a week after I decided to quit. I don't know what I'd have done if I hadn't already decided.
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As I’m sure you already know, the Edmund Fitzgerald met her doom 50 years ago today. In honor of this somber occasion, here’s a very detailed bathymetric map of Lake Superior.
November 11, 2025 at 5:21 AM
As I’m sure you already know, the Edmund Fitzgerald met her doom 50 years ago today. In honor of this somber occasion, here’s a very detailed bathymetric map of Lake Superior.
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no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
King County Elections
Led by Director Julie Wise, King County Elections conducts accurate, secure, and accessible elections for King County's over 1.4 million registered voters.
info.kingcounty.gov
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
no joke Seattle: check your fucking ballots to make sure they were counted!! there are a Bunch of incomplete or invalid ballots in our age range right now, and it's a quick check to see if yours went through okay. it's not too late to fix it!
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...
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3 years ago Elon enabled the funniest day in Twitter history.
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
3 years ago Elon enabled the funniest day in Twitter history.
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a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!