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SWinxy
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Software developer, photojournalist, Minecrafter, and Wikimedian. (he/him)

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Pride was yesterday, right? commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Politicians in New York City raising a pride flag The pride flag back in Christopher Park People waving small pride flags and the transgender pride flag
February 14, 2026 at 12:41 AM
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tbh I would LOVE to read something on a very banal activity you do in your day job at VRChat
hit me up on discord or bsky if you have ideas or want me to write about something. no idea is off the table. i may also create and publish videos - i have recently learned how to use davinci resolve and its nice and comfy to flow state editing for a few hours sometimes.
February 12, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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😭
Header text: "Use AI to get real answers about real food" Paragraph: "From the guidelines to your kitchen. Ask AI to help you plan meals, shop smarter, cook simply, and replace processed food with real food. Not sure where to start? Use one of our example prompts." Jason typing into the search bar: "hi what is the healthiest color of play doh"
February 11, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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*banging fists on table* NOOOO
And on the technical front: This week's release is bringing some major changes to the world data format, so make sure to read through the full changelog below before upgrading your worlds.
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 PM
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it's still january, your honor
With a judicial finger in the constitutional dike, It is so ORDERED. SIGNED this 31st day of February, 2026.
January 31, 2026 at 8:55 PM
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I always like checking in on my YouTube account I use exclusively for dumping videos and seeing recommendations that astound me
lofi hip hop radio beats to relax study to Lofi Girl - 20k watching New Barisa Training - SNL Saturday Night Live - 7.4M views 11 months ago How to Stop Feeling Anxious.. Tranquility Insights - 1 view 26 minutes ago An old mans advice. Bernard Albertson - 32M views 12 years ago Fed-up teacher quits with shocking warning: 'These kids ... Fox News Clips - 5.8M views 8 months ago 1,000 Ants vs. Black Widow TerraGreen - 21M views 5 months ago Alyssa Liu makes crowd GO 'GAGA' with free skate at U.S. ... NBC Sports - 1.6M views 12 days ago 10 Subtle Signs Of Autism Most Parents Miss Emma Hubbard - 2.5M views 6 months ago
January 22, 2026 at 10:15 PM
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@pfrazee.com My Following timeline is skipping almost two weeks of skeets scrolling back. Is this a known issue?
A skeet from 4 hours ago directly above a skeet from 13 days ago
January 20, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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This one, of @marisakabas.bsky.social! commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NY...
Marisa Kabis
January 10, 2026 at 2:41 AM
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Photos from yesterday were up on Commons last night but I was too tired to post any here: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Anti-ICE protesters in Foley Square the morning after Renee Good was murdered. Protesters outside the entrance to One World Trade Center, where Kristi Noem (bitch) had a press conference responding to the murder of Renee Good. Protesters walk in a big circle near One World Trade Center, before where Kristi Noem (bitch) gave her press conference there responding to the murder of Renee Good.
January 9, 2026 at 10:48 PM
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The protest has moved to outside 1 World Trade Center
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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The scene right now downtown
Protesters at Foley Square
January 8, 2026 at 2:19 PM
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A woman named Renee Good was murdered this afternoon in Minnesota by the masked gestapo. New Yorkers protested it this evening. Here are photos of it: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Protesters at Foley Square A white rose laid against a lamppost.
January 8, 2026 at 4:42 AM
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getting photos captioned and making structured data around it is a pain so here are the photos from this afternoon outside the courthouse where maduro was arraigned commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
A crowd of people and press gather outside the United States District Court in Manhattan for Nicolás Maduro's arraignment. The entrance to the United States District Court in Manhattan for Nicolás Maduro's arraignment. A crowd of people and press gather outside the United States District Court in Manhattan for Nicolás Maduro's arraignment. A bunch of people are up high and are waving Venezuelan flags and anti-Maduro signs. A crowd of people and press gather outside the United States District Court in Manhattan for Nicolás Maduro's arraignment.
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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Uploaded 220 photos of today's Venezuela protest in Times Square & Columbus Circle to Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Protesters at Columbus Circle in NYC. Protesters at Columbus Circle in NYC.
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 AM
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Posted my photos from the inauguration this afternoon on Wikimedia Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...

(I didn't get up close because I planned to go with my friend :P)
A person holding a Palestinian flag in a crowd of people in Manhattan. People watching the Mamdani inauguration on Broadway.
January 2, 2026 at 3:45 AM
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Euclid Editor update: opening recent worlds is now implemented. The menu bar is now finally visible to the welcome screen, too. A nice primer before the annoying work of getting the NBT editor to a state I'm satisfied with.
A macOS menu with the "Open recent" item hovered over. The submenu that appears next to it lists two worlds: "1_21_10" and "Debug 1_21_10".
December 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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I can do this @amtrak.com
Tier: Member TQPs: 2,610 [Progress bar halfway full to 5,000] To reach SELECT status for 2026, you need 2,390 Tier Qualifying Points (TQPs) by Dec. 31.
December 28, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Oh, DC, I missed you
An ad on the DC Metro for a defense contractor named “General Atomics Aeronautical”, but the QR code is covered with a sticker imitating a Birdwatch/Community Note saying “Readers added context: This is an ad for weapons dealer. You, the metro rider, cannot buy military grade equipment.”
December 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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This is kind of big: Amulet is no longer being funded by Pathway Studios, and is becoming a paid (but still OSS) product.

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gentlegiantJGC 12/5/2025 After 6 years of funding the development of Amulet, Pathway Studios have decided to stop funding development from 2026. Developing Amulet has been my job since 2019 and I want to continue but I need financial support. Any contribution, no matter how small, is greatly appreciated. Without your support, development and maintenance of Amulet will stop and Amulet will not be able to open worlds from new versions. Support Amulet on Github https://github.com/sponsors/Amulet-Team Support Amulet on PayPal https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6G7P8K36W7TX2 The future of Amulet For the past two years I have been rewriting Amulet from the ground up. Most of the libraries are now written in C++ for improved speed and parallelisation and the new application uses Qt to allow more control over the user interface. I still have a way to go until the rewrite can replace this version of Amulet but experimental versions of the rewrite should be out soon provided funding continues.
December 18, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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great view distance performance now
Euclid Editor showing something like 30x30 chunks
December 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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Fixing one of the longest-standing bugs with a hacky solution! With equally hacky results (not shown)!
A screenshot of a Minecraft 1.8.9 world in Euclid. Previously, the mesher could not see blocks adjacent to it, leaving cubical anomalies. Now, block faces are not being erroneously added at chunk boundaries. Ditto on last alt text, but showing a 1.21.8 world.
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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A screenshot of Euclid Editor where some subchunk boundaries are somewhat being culled.
December 15, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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mmmmm... scaling...
A screenshot of Euclid Editor at 200% scaling.
December 12, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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"Shuttering metaverse efforts would allow the company to give more focus to [bigger, leakier buckets]."
Meta’s “Reality Labs division continues to be a leaky bucket,” he said in an email at the time, pointing to the unit’s losses. Shuttering metaverse efforts, Proulx said, “would allow the company to give more focus to its AI projects including Llama, Meta AI, and AI glasses.”
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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boooooo
Update your app You’ll need the latest version of Spotify to get the most out of Wrapped
December 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM