Seth laVox
@saytael.bsky.social
Hi, I'm Seth! A lover of sci-fi and fantasy, a player of tabletop and videogames. I am Tangata Tiriti of Aotearoa. North of 30, He/Him or They/Them pronouns.
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I’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period…
RT if you've never had a tab of ChatGPT open 'just to do quick research'
January 15, 2026 at 7:37 AM
I’ve never had a tab of ChatGPT open, period…
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Did you know that Wolverines are genetically predisposed to being extremely photogenic and looking absolutely stunning?
January 15, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Did you know that Wolverines are genetically predisposed to being extremely photogenic and looking absolutely stunning?
I wish I could wipe chants of senaar from my mind so I could play it again.
January 15, 2026 at 2:32 AM
I wish I could wipe chants of senaar from my mind so I could play it again.
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Did I miss it? 👀
Anyway, hello #Portfolioday!
I'm Maria, and I love fantasy, darkness, and emotional sublimation through sketches and your characters.
Thanks for the support, I'm always happy to meet new people! 🖤
Anyway, hello #Portfolioday!
I'm Maria, and I love fantasy, darkness, and emotional sublimation through sketches and your characters.
Thanks for the support, I'm always happy to meet new people! 🖤
January 13, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Did I miss it? 👀
Anyway, hello #Portfolioday!
I'm Maria, and I love fantasy, darkness, and emotional sublimation through sketches and your characters.
Thanks for the support, I'm always happy to meet new people! 🖤
Anyway, hello #Portfolioday!
I'm Maria, and I love fantasy, darkness, and emotional sublimation through sketches and your characters.
Thanks for the support, I'm always happy to meet new people! 🖤
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📸 Thank you to Vicky Stephenson for capturing these Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds off the Ruahine ranges a couple of weeks ago.
ℹ️ Kelvin Helmholtz clouds form when faster-moving air "scoops" at the surface of cloud in a slower-moving air layer, creating waves 🌊
ℹ️ Kelvin Helmholtz clouds form when faster-moving air "scoops" at the surface of cloud in a slower-moving air layer, creating waves 🌊
January 13, 2026 at 1:24 AM
📸 Thank you to Vicky Stephenson for capturing these Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds off the Ruahine ranges a couple of weeks ago.
ℹ️ Kelvin Helmholtz clouds form when faster-moving air "scoops" at the surface of cloud in a slower-moving air layer, creating waves 🌊
ℹ️ Kelvin Helmholtz clouds form when faster-moving air "scoops" at the surface of cloud in a slower-moving air layer, creating waves 🌊
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You want good costume and character design? Learn costume history
You want good armor designs? Check real armor sets at museums
Humanity did not spent centuries developing fashion and incredible armor-making techniques for an AI to regurgitate a bunch of pics for a moodboard
You want good armor designs? Check real armor sets at museums
Humanity did not spent centuries developing fashion and incredible armor-making techniques for an AI to regurgitate a bunch of pics for a moodboard
January 9, 2026 at 10:17 PM
You want good costume and character design? Learn costume history
You want good armor designs? Check real armor sets at museums
Humanity did not spent centuries developing fashion and incredible armor-making techniques for an AI to regurgitate a bunch of pics for a moodboard
You want good armor designs? Check real armor sets at museums
Humanity did not spent centuries developing fashion and incredible armor-making techniques for an AI to regurgitate a bunch of pics for a moodboard
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IBM's "A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision" was from 1979. That was 47 years ago.
That was before AOL, the Macarena, and Google.
Half a century ago it was considered obvious that CEO's would deflect blame from themselves onto "AI"
That was before AOL, the Macarena, and Google.
Half a century ago it was considered obvious that CEO's would deflect blame from themselves onto "AI"
If you're reporting on the deepfake porn site because of Grok, please make clear in the headline that governments not acting are allowing the scaled abuse of women and children online.
Don't say Grok is doing that harm. Grok isn't doing anything. It's human men who are doing these things.
Don't say Grok is doing that harm. Grok isn't doing anything. It's human men who are doing these things.
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM
IBM's "A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision" was from 1979. That was 47 years ago.
That was before AOL, the Macarena, and Google.
Half a century ago it was considered obvious that CEO's would deflect blame from themselves onto "AI"
That was before AOL, the Macarena, and Google.
Half a century ago it was considered obvious that CEO's would deflect blame from themselves onto "AI"
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Wrapping up the 2025 with what I think is my favorite frame I've put together yet.
2025 was a year. 2026 will also be a year, and I'll just keep on keeping on with my lil' wasp waisted mecha~
2025 was a year. 2026 will also be a year, and I'll just keep on keeping on with my lil' wasp waisted mecha~
January 1, 2026 at 2:46 AM
Wrapping up the 2025 with what I think is my favorite frame I've put together yet.
2025 was a year. 2026 will also be a year, and I'll just keep on keeping on with my lil' wasp waisted mecha~
2025 was a year. 2026 will also be a year, and I'll just keep on keeping on with my lil' wasp waisted mecha~
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Inside you are two cats. They are both asleep
January 1, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Inside you are two cats. They are both asleep
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Good thread about junk science. In 2018 I was part of a team that exonerated a man in CA who had been convicted based on false microscopic hair comparison analysis. Spent 15 years incarcerated because of junk science
Reminder that years ago it was found out that the FBI straight up made up a whole bunch of fake forensic sciences, plural. People have gone to jail and been executed due to literally pseudoscience.
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
Hair forensics, for instance, is totally nonsense.
They admitted it.
slate.com/news-and-pol...
The FBI Faked an Entire Field of Forensic Science
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December 30, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Good thread about junk science. In 2018 I was part of a team that exonerated a man in CA who had been convicted based on false microscopic hair comparison analysis. Spent 15 years incarcerated because of junk science
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A half memory clings like a scrap of flesh on carrion.
Once upon a time, in another life, the path you walked was that of a…
Once upon a time, in another life, the path you walked was that of a…
December 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
A half memory clings like a scrap of flesh on carrion.
Once upon a time, in another life, the path you walked was that of a…
Once upon a time, in another life, the path you walked was that of a…
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Finally got the Welsh Red Dragon finished
September 24, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Finally got the Welsh Red Dragon finished
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UPDATE on Nebula Awards and LLMs:
SFWA just announced: "SFWA does not support the use of LLM generative models in the production of creative work. … Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible [in the Nebulas]."
SFWA just announced: "SFWA does not support the use of LLM generative models in the production of creative work. … Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible [in the Nebulas]."
December 19, 2025 at 9:54 PM
UPDATE on Nebula Awards and LLMs:
SFWA just announced: "SFWA does not support the use of LLM generative models in the production of creative work. … Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible [in the Nebulas]."
SFWA just announced: "SFWA does not support the use of LLM generative models in the production of creative work. … Works that are written, either wholly or partially, by generative large language model (LLM) tools are not eligible [in the Nebulas]."
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I sincerely believe this is Gavin Newsom's inner monologue:
August 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I sincerely believe this is Gavin Newsom's inner monologue:
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December 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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We got all the hits:
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
“They burned millions but got nothing.” Major Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle
automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
automaton-media.com/en/news/japa...
“They burned millions but got nothing.” Japanese game font provider’s aggressive price hike could be result of parent company’s alleged AI failure and financial struggle - AUTOMATON WEST
After it replaced a domestic $380 annual license plan for game fonts with a $20,500 plan, Monotype has come under scrutiny.
automaton-media.com
December 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
We got all the hits:
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
- purchased by private equity firm
- hid a bunch of layoffs
- invested a bunch of money in AI
- tried to make that money back by ruining the best product it now owned
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After scavenging carcasses, fending off predators, digging tunnels, climbing trees, enduring harsh weather, breaking into people's cabins, and swimming through ice-cold rivers, it can be nice to take a nap.
December 17, 2025 at 11:17 PM
After scavenging carcasses, fending off predators, digging tunnels, climbing trees, enduring harsh weather, breaking into people's cabins, and swimming through ice-cold rivers, it can be nice to take a nap.
Goofyass helmet decorations, I fucking love it.
December 14, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Goofyass helmet decorations, I fucking love it.
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Ye the Van Helsing werewolves are just great. The sad puppy eyes gets me everytime.
December 11, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Ye the Van Helsing werewolves are just great. The sad puppy eyes gets me everytime.
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: drags out the drum labeled "venture capital is a financial project to appropriate and privatize communal savings vehicles under the guise of 'institutional investment' while socializing and devolving risk and has been since ~1976" and bangs it was gesturing aggressively at this thread :
These ridiculous mega-projects like "datacenters in space" (doomed by thermodynamics) make a LOT more sense when you realize they're massive Ponzi schemes designed to transfer wealth from pension funds to VC's through "fee stacking."
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
It's the old Assets Under Management con. It should be illegal.
“.. Skeptics believe the technical risks are being underestimated and say space-based data centers won’t be competitive on cost, especially if power and other constraints ease on the ground.”
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
@wsj.com
www.wsj.com/tech/bezos-a...
December 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
: drags out the drum labeled "venture capital is a financial project to appropriate and privatize communal savings vehicles under the guise of 'institutional investment' while socializing and devolving risk and has been since ~1976" and bangs it was gesturing aggressively at this thread :