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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social
@squirrelbaffler.bsky.social
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Graphics programmer working at Astrobotic simulating the Moon.
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aplante.com
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
screenshot of a tumblr post from user “wildmansters” The thing that really boils my potatoes about Al in general is that I have been a creative professional for over a decade now and the devil has ALWAYS been in the details. Big and small, I've had single-person businesses rip me to shreds over how their colors turned out on newsprint, and have worked with huge companies with THICK brand guidelines with every detail of their brand identity laid out and enforced with an iron fist. But I guess all of that stuff doesn't matter anymore? Who gives a fuck if this Al generated baby has six fingers, that mom-and-pop shop is still going to use it. That rug from Temu says Happy Thanksgivirg? Oh well haha it's just a silly funny thing now (nevermind that you never would have given a B-grade item from a craft show the same consideration). I don't actually care that the Al Coca-cola ad has a truck that changes size every scene, but I can't help but think about how, if it had been some poor underpaid artist, they would have been laughed out of the building. I don't really know how to put it in a succint way but it just feels all the more obvious how much more grace and flexibility has always been possible but never offered.
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
squirrelbaffler.bsky.social
I was not mentally prepared for my uncle to not know the far side of the moon gets sunlight during the new moon.
November 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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punkrockscience.bsky.social
Today’s xkcd made me cry.

In a good way.

xkcd.com/3172/
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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momentsingraphics.bsky.social
My third and final blog post on spectral rendering is out. This one compares results of RGB and spectral rendering under different illuminants and draws conclusions.
momentsingraphics.de/SpectralRend...
November 20, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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oldfriend99.bsky.social
The funny thing about the invention of the wheel is the guy who invented it died penniless. It wasn't until much much later that pennies were invented
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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jendrikillner.bsky.social
Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 417 - November 15th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
November 17, 2025 at 2:55 PM
squirrelbaffler.bsky.social
It's interesting how, even though nerd culture has gone through this massive boom, nerdy content is still diluted with self-deprecation. Billion dollar franchises that still don't think people are actually nerdy.
November 15, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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spacenewsinc.bsky.social
New Glenn launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission, lands booster

Blue Origin successfully launched a NASA Mars mission on the second flight of its New Glenn booster Nov. 13, landing the vehicle’s first stage in the process.
New Glenn launches NASA’s ESCAPADE Mars mission, lands booster
Blue Origin successfully launched a NASA Mars mission on the second flight of its New Glenn booster Nov. 13, landing the vehicle’s first stage in the process.
spacenews.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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jendrikillner.bsky.social
Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 416 - November 9th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
November 11, 2025 at 4:06 PM
squirrelbaffler.bsky.social
There are a lot of true things to be mad about today, but beware the merchants of doubt who benefit from sowing discord.
November 10, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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momentsingraphics.bsky.social
RGB rendering is founded on lies and perpetuated by misconceptions about the practicality of spectral rendering. My new blog post series describes a spectral GPU path tracer. Part 1 focuses on how to make it work with existing RGB assets.
momentsingraphics.de/SpectralRend...
November 6, 2025 at 6:46 PM
squirrelbaffler.bsky.social
Video of stuff hitting the moon! Unfortunately actual video on the muskrat's site. Gift article here. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/s...
2 Spooky Flashes Lit Up the Moon. Here’s What Made Them.
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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cleefouti.bsky.social
Captain Torture
A four frame comic about Captain Torture. The first frame shows the sign "BREAKING NEWS" and the drawing of a man, with the words "CAPTAIN TORTURES PASSES AWAY" near him. The second frame shows a journalist holding a mic, as she says "A controversial and divisive figure, Captain torture will be remembered for his key role in history." The News title is "Mourning day for Captain-". The third frame shows three posts on social media. The first one is by a man called Paul James @Paulitician. He writes: "I didn't always agree with Captain Torture but he sure was a man who believed in something." The second post by James Paul @Avegetable reads: "I pay my respects to Captain Torture and his family. His heart was in the right place- with our country." The third post is by SonicVomit @SonicBleh , and reads "HE TORTURED PEOPLE". The fourth frame shows an interview on TV. An angry man on the right is saying: "Let me tell you something, Jen. I think it's SICK to celebrate Captain Torture's death. These people should be LOCKED UP, and also tortured-". The news below says: "Every president on earth pays homage-".
November 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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jacobgeller.com
a crab is crawling on a sandy beach
ALT: a crab is crawling on a sandy beach
media.tenor.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:08 PM
squirrelbaffler.bsky.social
It was misty today
The PPG place building rises above two pine trees with the top of a lamp post in the center. The building is disappearing into the clouds and mist at the top, with its 4 spires fading from view.
October 31, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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jendrikillner.bsky.social
Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 414 - October 26th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
October 29, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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spacenewsinc.bsky.social
Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 lander mission to mid-2026

Astrobotic Technology says it now plans to launch its large lunar lander carrying a commercial rover no earlier than mid-2026.
Astrobotic delays Griffin-1 lander mission to mid-2026
Astrobotic Technology says it now plans to launch its large lunar lander carrying a commercial rover no earlier than mid-2026.
spacenews.com
October 26, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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jessemakkonen.com
I self-published Without a Dawn in May. I made zero compromises, and I couldn't be happier how it turned out: store.steampowered.com/app/3145620/... 💛💚
Unfortunately, I've had very little luck with exposure, including the gaming press. 😩
#visualnovel #gamedev #steam
July 21, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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jendrikillner.bsky.social
Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 413 - October 19th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
October 20, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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tomforsyth.bsky.social
Working my way through @edzitron.com 's article about the AI bubble. It's fantastic. I do kinda know all this stuff peripherally, but to see it all laid out very clearly with hard numbers is incredibly useful. Thanks Ed!
www.wheresyoured.at/the-case-aga...
The Case Against Generative AI
Soundtrack: Queens of the Stone Age - First It Giveth Before we go any further: This is, for the third time this year, the longest newsletter I've ever written, weighing in somewhere around 18,500 wo...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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gwenckatz.bsky.social
I saw a tragically AI-generated version of this poster, so I have recreated a 100% human-made version for all your protest sign needs.
The Obama Hope poster, but it's a frog and it says "Hop"
October 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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kyleor.land
"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
October 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
squirrelbaffler.bsky.social
Microsoft has clearly never used Xbox live with the average microphone people have. How on earth is the AI going to parse that garbage?
tomwarren.co.uk Tom Warren @tomwarren.co.uk · Oct 16
This is the future of Windows. Microsoft wants to rewrite Windows to turn computers into AI PCs that you talk to. It's now bringing AI features to all Windows 11 PCs today, in a bid to convince you to talk to your PC and let AI control it. Full details 👇 www.theverge.com/news/799768/...
Microsoft wants you to talk to your PC and let AI control it
Copilot Voice and Vision are now rolling out.
www.theverge.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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runevision.bsky.social
I had an impulse to see if I could make a basic hair shader that doesn't require any specially made meshes or textures. Came up with this modification of the Unity Standard shader.

The shapes below are just standard Unity spheres and capsules and only a simple normal map is used; no other textures.
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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jendrikillner.bsky.social
Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 412 - October 12th, 2025 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...
October 15, 2025 at 12:55 PM