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Rik Eberhardt

@rikaru2000.bsky.social

Making and playing games about complex systems. Helping students do likewise. Games … history ... post punk … hip-hop … comix … birds ... cats ... bicycles

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McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · 4d ago

"Look, I’ve got nothing against Queequeg. He’s a nice guy. And he can spy a whale spout in a hurricane. And hit a nickel-sized moving target in open water in one steel stroke. But all those 'biggee' tattoos? Tell me they don’t scream 'diversity hire.'"

I’d Be Lead Harpooner on the Pequod If It Wasn’t for These DEI Hires

“Look, I’ve got nothing against Queequeg. He’s a nice guy. And he can spy a whale spout in a hurricane. And hit a nickel-sized moving target in open water in...

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thank u, hexed@lindsaykingmiller.bsky.social · 5d ago

Using lists of three is not an "AI tell." It's a common trait in human writing because our brains biologically want to make sure there's always one thing to marry, one thing to fuck, and one thing to murder.

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 3w ago

a thousand monster / dinosaur / megafauna movies since Jurassic Park have tried and failed to replicate its magic, but the thing Jurassic Park understood is that we aren’t just hooked by the Big Toothy Creature, we’re hooked by the moment a crotchety old grump rediscovers his sense of wonder

Cezary Jan Strusiewicz@ostrichson.bsky.social · 3w ago

I remember the first time I saw "Jurassic Park" and how weird it felt when Neill's character got all emotional at real dinosaurs. Earlier he was threatening to slit a kid's throat with a raptor claw. He was the Main Guy Hero. Those don't show emotions! But he did, and it got me Thinking (C). RIP.

Aaron Stewart-Ahn@badideas.bsky.social · 4w ago

An enormous loss. The English translator for countless Asian cinema masterpieces, if you’ve seen a Wong Kar-wai movie with English subtitles you know his work. Will never forget he once drafted a few of us to subversively help rescue Bong Joon Ho’s Snowpiercer from Harvey Weinstein. Rest in peace 🙏.

Dylan Cheung@dylancheung.bsky.social · 4w ago

RIP Tony Rayns, one of the few English-language critics who genuinely knew what they were talking about (most of the time) when it came to East Asian cinema, especially Hong Kong's.

Broken Frontier@brokenfrontier.bsky.social · last mo.

Last week at Broken Frontier... The Interpretant – Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro Return with More Intriguing Questions About the Nature of Humanity. www.brokenfrontier.com/the-interpre...

The Interpretant - Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro Return with More Intriguing Questions About the Nature of Humanity  – Broken Frontier

Broken frontier's Lindsay Pereira reviews the newest comic from Lily Thu Fierro and Generoso Fierro - 'The Interpretant'.

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Anna Holmes@annabookwriter.bsky.social · last mo.

I really hate that AI has turned the internet into a pit of suspicion. It used to be a place where you could go to marvel at the weirdness of the world and now we have to evaluate every single thing that seems wondrous.

McSweeney's@mcsweeneys.net · last mo.

What's more likely, that a group of twisted phytoplankton enthusiasts dumped algae spores into the reflecting pool, then hacked up the paint with a box cutter? Or that a pool of shallow water in direct sun grew algae, and the hydrogen peroxide used to treat it ate away at the paint?

Vandalizing Washington, DC, Is a Crime—Unless You’re Overturning an Election

“Ask yourself: What’s more likely, that a group of twisted phytoplankton enthusiasts deliberately dumped a bunch of algae spores into the reflecting pool, th...

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