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Brandon

@chaoticruby.bsky.social
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Programmer, board game player, TTRPG fan, attempts watercolor painting and sketching.

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404 Media @404media.co · 30/09/2026
one of the most heated discussions on X is about the ethics of a project in which a person is running Saw-like “torture” and “pain” experiments on a series of locally hosted LLMs, sparking a wildly tiresome conversation about AI consciousness and the idea of “model welfare"... time 2 log off
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Someone ‘Torturing’ LLMs in a Robot Prison Has Triggered the Dumbest Debate in AI Yet
The "AI Torture Chamber" has opened an upsetting and absurd window into the effective altruist obsession with "model welfare."
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404 Media @404media.co · 22/09/2026
"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."
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Meta Tests Muse AI Agent Calls That Are Actually Made By Humans in a Call Center
"This has potential for so much negative PR. It could portray us as ‘their AI is not good enough so they still need humans’ kind of coverage for this launch."
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/09/2026
LMFAO -- Trump is holding an event at the White House right now but there's no audio because the press pool isn't there. The Newsmax host notes that this is an example of Trump's attacks on the press "backfiring just a little bit"
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Ian Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026
Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 06/09/2026
make bad art
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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nice to have a citation for the stuff we all sort of assume to be true but question if it's just our own biases making it look that way
Screenshot from the article in the quoted post, saying "Piff and his colleagues found that upper-class drivers were more likely to cut other cars off at junctions and ignore pedestrians at crossings. Wealthier people also appeared more willing to lie at work. In one experiment, volunteers were left alone with a jar of sweets ostensibly meant for children. When the researchers returned, upper-class people had snaffled nearly twice as many candies as lower-class people.

“The general pattern seems to be that with wealth and rising power, you become less engaged with the needs of others and less burdened by the needs of social relationships,” Piff said. “Taking candy from children might be the least of our worries but it’s emblematic of the tendency to prioritise one’s own needs over those of others.”
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Scott Fitzgerald Gray @scottfgray.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Optimist: The glass is half full. Pessimist: The glass is half empty. GM: The glass _appears_ half empty. Players: Mimic!!!
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404 Media @404media.co · 20/08/2026
"The emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum," Vader said during the meeting.
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'Darth Vader' Wants Flock in San Diego
"The emperor is a fan of Flock, and we must continue utilizing Flock technologies so that we can follow and surveil the rebel scum," Vader said during the meeting.
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Just D&D things, trying to figure out how you would describe a fish in water speaking to a player for when they inevitably cast "speak with animals" and want to ask their new pet fish questions.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
we can fix this. i believe in us.
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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
we did it fam
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‘I’ve definitely lost followers’: influencers face backlash over Meta ‘pervert glasses’ content
Using ‘spy glasses’ made by Facebook owner leads to floods of negative comments, say content creators
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Anna Meier @annameier.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
If you have so much work to do that you feel you need AI in order to get it all done: you don't. You need a union.
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warden @cairnrpg.com · 07/08/2026
To celebrate our first successful "Double Feature" all first party Cairn Press books are 25% off through this weekend! The code is "DOUBLEFEATURE1" but you can also just click the link below! store.cairnrpg.com/discount/DOU...
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Cairn RPG Store
Cairn Store
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There are a lot of Ohio Republicans in the news right now and it can get confusing. I'm here to help.
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Ohio State Fan's 'O..H..I..NO!!' Football Reaction
ALT: Ohio State Fan's 'O..H..I..NO!!' Football Reaction
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Go to start doing D&D session prep. Get distracted. Build out a JS tool for a homebrew system I use. This is why my D&D prep takes me hours to complete. The sidequests that spark my creativity are pretty distracting.
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404 Media @404media.co · 26/07/2026
“Print books from the pre-LLM era are structurally guaranteed to be free of this contamination." www.404media.co/ai-companies...
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AI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI Slop
ISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.”
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I admire our government's new commitment to honesty.
A real tweet from the Department of Defense that says "It's not an option" above a meme that just says WINNING.
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SlyFlourish.com @slyflourish.com · 24/07/2026
RPG tip from the archive: Run simple adventures. Your players will make them complicated. #dnd #ttrpg
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SlyFlourish.com @slyflourish.com · 06/07/2026
The Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster Kickstarter is live! Back it now at: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sly... - Eight Steps Expanded - Building and running Lazy Campaign - Ten adventure types - Lazy GM's Toolkit with 60 tools - System agnostic - Stands alone and complements other Lazy GM books #ttrpg
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Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster
Run great tabletop RPGs by preparing less.
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Shawn Tomkin @shawntomkin.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Backed! I've looked at drafts for the latest @slyflourish.com opus via his Patreon, and it looks great. Tons of great procedures and inspirational tables for low-prep and improvisational play in your fantasy TTRPG of choice. www.kickstarter.com/projects/sly...
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Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster
Run great tabletop RPGs by preparing less.
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I made these because every time I need a clock I suddenly forget how to make all the various segment sizes outside of a four or eight segment clock.
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If you want these you can download the PDF I made here. www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/kniet...
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A constructive use of my time to prepare for tomorrow's D&D session, making printable clocks and then putting them in card sleeves to make them reusable. 😆 #ttrpg #dnd
A stack of PbtA/BitD style clocks printed and put in card sleeves with numbers on the clocks.A stack of PbtA/BitD style clocks printed and put in card sleeves without numbers on the clocks.A PbtA/BitD style four segment clock printed and put in card sleeves with numbers on the clock and a written name and markings on part of the clock.A PbtA/BitD style clock printed and put in card sleeves blank with an 8 segment clock drawn and partially filled in.
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mel thomas @pagemelt.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
I just put out a new video 🙂. it's about American visual culture—where it's been (derogatory) and where it's going (vaguely ominous). viewable by tRUE PATRIOTS ONLY rAAHH 🦅🇺🇸 youtu.be/45ynsws5zVk
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The New Americana
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
"We need to use AI to work smarter." Proceeds to give me a 4 page output of AI slop that just tells me that the screenshot of my own validations do validate. Even though I validated them by hand faster than the prompt writing + LLM.
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SlyFlourish.com @slyflourish.com · 18/06/2026
Pick up Lazy DM books and fantastic adventures at the Sly Flourish Bookstore! shop.slyflourish.com #dnd #ttrpg
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 18/06/2026
This is George. He just tried freshly grated pecorino romano for the first time. Will not be accepting anything less from here on out. 14/10 (IG: citygeorge)
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I can't use doordash anymore. They have AI chatbots only on their support and trying to get a refund for an order that wasn't delivered has taken over an hour so far. I just wanted tacos delivered to me and not credits to my account when I can't have those tacos.
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404 Media @404media.co · 09/06/2026
Jeff Bezos believes AI is going to lead to unprecedented productivity gains which could result in cheaper food and housing. Internally, Amazon employees mock the company’s AI tools, refer to its output as “slop,” and joke about the company’s failed attempt to motivate employees to use AI.
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“Sloppenheimer:” Amazon Employees Mock the Company’s AI on Slack
Amazon employees have a Slack channel for memes where the mock and commiserate about the company’s faulty AI coding product.
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SlyFlourish.com @slyflourish.com · 09/06/2026
Rise of the Lazy Gamemaster! And a Sample For You!: Sly Flourish Patreon Exclusive www.patreon.com/posts/rise-of-lazy-… #dnd #ttrpg
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Molly White @molly.wiki · 06/06/2026
NYT cooking recession indicator continues to deliver "I developed these spinach meatballs as a way to feed six people with just a pound of meat"
NYT cooking post on Instagram: video of someone eating pasta with meatballs, overlaid caption "six people wtih just a pound of meat"

nytcooking @itsalislagle's Spinach Meatballs With Pasta recipe is at the link in our bio!
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Marcia B. @traversefantasy.itch.io · 04/06/2026
people who reverse into parking spaces piss me off
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I've always had this idea that bard in 5e is kinda bad and shouldn't be a full caster. So trying to see if I have what it takes to do anything resembling game design. Wow that's a difficult thing to do. Hats off to game designers, I really like to make cool little magic items and spells it seems 😂
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404 Media @404media.co · 22/05/2026
OK ya'll, we have it: Body cam footage of the Texas Cybertruck driver who intentionally drove the vehicle into a lake to test the Tesla's "wade mode" feature. It got stuck. He got arrested. “Obviously I wasn’t thinking at all." Read now: www.404media.co/heres-the-bo...
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
And that reason is that you, right now, are going to ask yourself whether you can buy this year's Crash Course Coin. Some portion of you will realize that, yes, perhaps you can! And those folks will click on this link: complexly.info/CCcoin26-6
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The 2026 Crash Course Coin
At Crash Course, we believe that high-quality educational videos should be available to everyone for free!
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Painted up two ghasts (left) and ghouls (right) to go with my undead collection. #dnd #dnd5e #dndminis #miniaturepainting #minipainting
Two blue-green ghasts D&D miniature figures on the left and two green ghouls D&D miniature figures on the right.
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Complexly @complexly.org · 13/05/2026
@vornietom.bsky.social is in the house, pondering what happened to all those child inventors? @hankgreen.bsky.social has the answers. The full episode is out now. 📺️: youtu.be/rveUASDFk58
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404 Media @404media.co · 13/05/2026
“It's making me dumber for sure.”
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Software Developers Say AI Is Rotting Their Brains
“It's making me dumber for sure.”
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 06/05/2026
This is Walsh, Dane, Sweetpea, and Wiley. They are all service dog dropouts. Together they have successfully completed one single task. 13/10 for all (IG: dogtor.walsh)
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SlyFlourish.com @slyflourish.com · 04/05/2026
Quantum Ogres and the Eight Steps: SlyFlourish.com slyflourish.com/quantum_ogres_and_t… #dnd #ttrpg
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Recession tornado siren.
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I think this guy is all finished. Progress from base coating (top), to washing (middle), then dry brush and highlights (bottom). Not too bad I think. #dnd #dnd5e #dndminiatures
Three front-on views of the same cloaked dwarven miniature at different stages of painting. Base coated on the top, washed in the middle, and dry brushed and highlighted on the bottom.Right view of a dwarven miniature pained with a green cloak and holding a dagger.Rear view of a dwarven miniature pained with a green cloak and holding a dagger.Front view of a dwarven miniature pained with a green cloak and holding a dagger.
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Today was a tiny painting day. I also painted a trio of tiny paintings. #watercolor
Three tiny watercolor paintings in frames. One of a cat, one of a sail boat, and one of a dark hilly landscape.
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
These are the ReaperMini wererat figures, came in a pack of the four of them.
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Painted a pack of wererats. #dnd #dnd5e #dndminis
Painted wererat leader mini holding a large sword. Painted wererat mini swinging a cleaver. Painted wererat mini holding two daggersPainted wererat mini holding two daggers
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Brandon @chaoticruby.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Trio of skeleton archers to harass the party from a distance. Minis are the ReaperMinis Bones. #dnd #dnd5e #dndminiatures #dndminis
Three hand painted skeleton archer miniatures for TTRPGs.
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13/04/2026
Here are my top 10 dog and news reporter interactions!
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Futurism @futurism.com · 09/04/2026
This is catastrophic.
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Analysis Finds That Google's AI Overviews Are Providing Misinformation at a Scale Possibly Unprecedented in the History of Human Civilization
A new analysis commissioned by The New York Times suggests that Google's AI Overviews are wrong an astonishing percentage of the time.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/04/2026
Fork also found in kitchen
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