Michael
@tactical-grace.bsky.social
(He/Him) Virtual Photography nerd and happy old gamer. Lover of books, science in all its forms, science fiction, and most especially my wife. British immigrant in Bavaria.
My Virtual Photography work: http://www.purplecatpc.de/virtualphotography/
My Virtual Photography work: http://www.purplecatpc.de/virtualphotography/
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Michael
@tactical-grace.bsky.social
· Jan 24
I don't think I've actually done an introduction post yet, so here it is. I'm a nerdy British immigrant, living in Bavaria with my equally nerdy Bavarian wife. I have a love for one hit wonder bands, sci-fi, actual science, and virtual photography in video games. I love everyone except fascists!
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streaming in five minutes or so. waow
December 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
streaming in five minutes or so. waow
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A large language model thinks like a human to the same degree that the Stratolaunch ROC flies like a hummingbird.
December 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A large language model thinks like a human to the same degree that the Stratolaunch ROC flies like a hummingbird.
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Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
December 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Every installment of this MTG rehabilitation tour feels like “Nice Scorpion Regrets Past Stings, Needs Help With River Crossing!”
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
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Well, after another day of building, she's 99% done! 46cm from top of the head to her toes, and the spear is 62cm long! All that's left to do is build her other weapons, and then finish off the greeblies in her hands. Now I just need to get Unit-02 when it comes back in stock.
#evangelion
#evangelion
December 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Well, after another day of building, she's 99% done! 46cm from top of the head to her toes, and the spear is 62cm long! All that's left to do is build her other weapons, and then finish off the greeblies in her hands. Now I just need to get Unit-02 when it comes back in stock.
#evangelion
#evangelion
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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I experienced this many years back when I went to a comic convention in the U.S. over a decade ago.
I ended up at a table with the "non-name" artists as all the big boy artists schmoozed and networked.
I ended up at a table with the "non-name" artists as all the big boy artists schmoozed and networked.
Networking is a LinkedIn Wanker term and we shouldn’t use it
#thediscourse
#thediscourse
December 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I experienced this many years back when I went to a comic convention in the U.S. over a decade ago.
I ended up at a table with the "non-name" artists as all the big boy artists schmoozed and networked.
I ended up at a table with the "non-name" artists as all the big boy artists schmoozed and networked.
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A bit late to the party but I got the chance to watch Love Lies Bleeding. I thought the movie was alright, felt like I was watching the director's fetish (which I am a part of) while trying to tie in a plot to keep people watching.
December 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A bit late to the party but I got the chance to watch Love Lies Bleeding. I thought the movie was alright, felt like I was watching the director's fetish (which I am a part of) while trying to tie in a plot to keep people watching.
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If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
December 27, 2025 at 6:29 PM
If this is true, it is the most impeachable offense ever.
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To state what should be obvious but I'll bet isn't to everyone who watches this...
This is what the thought process of a racist who cannot possibly allow themselves to think they're a racist looks like. This is how they rationalize their behavior and deflect from cognitive dissonance.
This is what the thought process of a racist who cannot possibly allow themselves to think they're a racist looks like. This is how they rationalize their behavior and deflect from cognitive dissonance.
This is an incredibly illuminating video on what we're up against.
She thinks I'm with ICE
YouTube video by Ben Palmer
www.youtube.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
To state what should be obvious but I'll bet isn't to everyone who watches this...
This is what the thought process of a racist who cannot possibly allow themselves to think they're a racist looks like. This is how they rationalize their behavior and deflect from cognitive dissonance.
This is what the thought process of a racist who cannot possibly allow themselves to think they're a racist looks like. This is how they rationalize their behavior and deflect from cognitive dissonance.
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Just noting that Mark Kelly voted in favor of Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
December 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Just noting that Mark Kelly voted in favor of Scott Bessent as Treasury Secretary.
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
www.senate.gov/legislative/...
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Still up. Glad I posted here and not YouTube. This is what Bari Weiss and CBS tried to hide from us.
BREAKING: WATCH the full 60 Minutes CECOT segment here. This was sent to me anonymously. It appears to be the segment CBS' Bari Weiss killed. www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
www.muellershewrote.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Still up. Glad I posted here and not YouTube. This is what Bari Weiss and CBS tried to hide from us.
4 hours in and my Meng Models Test Type-01 Eva is starting to take shape. The quality of this kit is stunning, and I'm super thankful to my wife for buying it for me! Hopefully by the end of Monday this will be complete. This is the per-coloured iridescent version.
#evangelion
#evangelion
December 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
4 hours in and my Meng Models Test Type-01 Eva is starting to take shape. The quality of this kit is stunning, and I'm super thankful to my wife for buying it for me! Hopefully by the end of Monday this will be complete. This is the per-coloured iridescent version.
#evangelion
#evangelion
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shout out to every artist this year who has to grin and bear it as family members show them the "nice" AI prints they received
December 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
shout out to every artist this year who has to grin and bear it as family members show them the "nice" AI prints they received
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Smudge is watching gifts get unwrapped
December 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Smudge is watching gifts get unwrapped
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I'm wishing to bring tidings of comfort and joy with this new video.
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
I made my whole-home humidifier slightly less terrifying
YouTube video by Technology Connections
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'm wishing to bring tidings of comfort and joy with this new video.
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
Or at least comfort and slightly reduced stress levels!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCVs...
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If ICE can threaten arrest for filming, then journalists, watchdogs, and protesters can all be silenced the same way. You don’t have freedom of the press if recording police is treated as terrorism. #holdfast
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
The Government Unconstitutionally Labels ICE Observers as Domestic Terrorists
A free country must have an absolute wall of protection for those who record government actions.
www.cato.org
December 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If ICE can threaten arrest for filming, then journalists, watchdogs, and protesters can all be silenced the same way. You don’t have freedom of the press if recording police is treated as terrorism. #holdfast
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
www.cato.org/blog/dhs-pol...
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Happy holidays, and be thankful for a government striving to protect you and your family from spying.
December 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Happy holidays, and be thankful for a government striving to protect you and your family from spying.
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The willfully-ignorant fool in the Oval Office wants you to believe he cut drug prices by as much as 3,000%. If this were the case, the drug company would pay YOU 30x the price of the drug, every time you got a refill. No wonder he bankrupted a casino.
December 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The willfully-ignorant fool in the Oval Office wants you to believe he cut drug prices by as much as 3,000%. If this were the case, the drug company would pay YOU 30x the price of the drug, every time you got a refill. No wonder he bankrupted a casino.
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In my life I’ve always been predisposed toward forgiving a fuck up and I extend that to game dev too.
Arriving to that conclusion about AI on your own and doing the work to undo it, that takes some integrity I think. I can’t in good faith judge that harshly.
Arriving to that conclusion about AI on your own and doing the work to undo it, that takes some integrity I think. I can’t in good faith judge that harshly.
Curious what your stance is on companies that used it and then realized it was a mistake (not from backlash) after the fact and removed it. Im personally a proponent of supporting people that are willing to reevaluate and change. Several small indie projects I've enjoyed had this kind of trajectory.
December 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
In my life I’ve always been predisposed toward forgiving a fuck up and I extend that to game dev too.
Arriving to that conclusion about AI on your own and doing the work to undo it, that takes some integrity I think. I can’t in good faith judge that harshly.
Arriving to that conclusion about AI on your own and doing the work to undo it, that takes some integrity I think. I can’t in good faith judge that harshly.
Figured @andyparmo.co.uk and @nellucnhoj.bsky.social are both of the age where they might appreciate the Christmas present my wonderful wife got me. It's a Transformer version of K.I.T.T. (Yes, today is Christmas day here in Bavaria, and yes it still feels weird even after 13 years)
#transformers
#transformers
December 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Figured @andyparmo.co.uk and @nellucnhoj.bsky.social are both of the age where they might appreciate the Christmas present my wonderful wife got me. It's a Transformer version of K.I.T.T. (Yes, today is Christmas day here in Bavaria, and yes it still feels weird even after 13 years)
#transformers
#transformers
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kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass
Brett Kavanaugh (September 2025): The facts and how they relate to the law don’t matter. Assume ICE and other federal forces always act with integrity, always respect rights, and consistently impose minimal burden.
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Brett Kavanaugh (December 2025): Should I not have done that? Was that wrong?
Kavanaugh in a footnote in today's opinion says "the officers must not make interior immigration stops or arrests based on race or ethnicity."
December 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
kavanaugh not beating the allegations that he’s a dumbass
Well I never. It's snowing on Christmas day here in Bavaria!
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Well I never. It's snowing on Christmas day here in Bavaria!