The Wandering Mage
@thewanderingmage.bsky.social
Let's be honest, you're going to see a lot of Wordle scores here. But other than that, this guy loves games of the tabletop, roleplaying and virtual varieties, but his true loves are reading, writing, watching, and wrangling words.
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
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Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Wordle 1,650 5/6
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December 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Genuinely mean spirited, but also Christmas Spirited, so I'll take it.
December 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Genuinely mean spirited, but also Christmas Spirited, so I'll take it.
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Sounds about right.
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sounds about right.
For god’s sake
Fuck this. Fuuuuuuck this
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
December 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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December 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Never really took time to clean up this one. I felt like it didn’t really need it|
December 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Never really took time to clean up this one. I felt like it didn’t really need it|
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submitted my Quake level "One Need Not Be A House" to Quake Brutalist Jam 3, one of 50+ maps!! the mod will maybe release in a few weeks, after QA and bug fixes
December 8, 2025 at 9:49 AM
submitted my Quake level "One Need Not Be A House" to Quake Brutalist Jam 3, one of 50+ maps!! the mod will maybe release in a few weeks, after QA and bug fixes
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This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
December 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
This is exactly what churches should be doing, calling out injustice.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
📌 Lake Street Church Nativity: a bold social justice statement with ICE-like Roman soldiers, the Virgin Mary in a gas mask, baby Jesus zip-tied, Joseph on the ground, pushing viewers to think about immigration.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Every time I see an article on Skies of Arcadia I get so excited that it might come back. Give me my sky pirates!!!!
Our first Archetypes article is by game designer Gareth Damian Martin, examining how the architecture of Skies of Arcadia draws the player's gaze towards azure skies.
vist.ly/4h9kp
vist.ly/4h9kp
The Blue-Sky Optimism of Skies of Arcadia
A view towards the horizon is baked into the very foundations of Skies of Arcadia, with architecture that draws the eye towards azure skies.
www.eteogames.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Every time I see an article on Skies of Arcadia I get so excited that it might come back. Give me my sky pirates!!!!
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a whole new world to explore
December 4, 2025 at 3:16 PM
a whole new world to explore
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while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
The Republican Dream
Thinking of the student Mary Young who 106 years ago today 'said "shan't" under [her] breath when told to repeat poor work'.
December 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The Republican Dream
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I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
December 2, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I hope someone draws this wonderful story about Tom Stoppard's Arcadia and the power of the arts to help us see things differently, to the attention of our Education Secretary. Do read it, it will lift your spirits.
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December 3, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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STAR OF PEACE (2002)
Acrylic on Panel - 18” x 12”
The holidays are a magical time when we allow ourselves to set aside cynicism and doubt. 1/2
Acrylic on Panel - 18” x 12”
The holidays are a magical time when we allow ourselves to set aside cynicism and doubt. 1/2
December 2, 2025 at 4:06 PM
STAR OF PEACE (2002)
Acrylic on Panel - 18” x 12”
The holidays are a magical time when we allow ourselves to set aside cynicism and doubt. 1/2
Acrylic on Panel - 18” x 12”
The holidays are a magical time when we allow ourselves to set aside cynicism and doubt. 1/2
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Dear friends and followers, we need your help this #GivingTuesday after a bad year for nonprofits in the US. Please donate and spread the word: cartoonistsrights.org/donate
December 2, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Dear friends and followers, we need your help this #GivingTuesday after a bad year for nonprofits in the US. Please donate and spread the word: cartoonistsrights.org/donate
Astonishing that there is such a push to destroy scientific medicine when this was the result.
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
December 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Astonishing that there is such a push to destroy scientific medicine when this was the result.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Winter’s Poem 2 (2024)
December 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Winter’s Poem 2 (2024)
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a man is playing a game with a toy hippo
ALT: a man is playing a game with a toy hippo
media.tenor.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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November 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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