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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · 10h

Five days out from Roguelike Celebration! We can't wait to share our MUD-like social space with you. Here's another blast from the (2016) past: Josh Ge talks about developing Cogmind and the process of going from player to dev. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9se2...

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Josh Ge - Cogmind & becoming a dev

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

the history of charging the mound, episode 9: ROBIN VENTURA vs. NOLAN RYAN youtu.be/p6gXBCvf8q0?...

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ROBIN VENTURA vs. NOLAN RYAN

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Dan Lew @danlew42.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

When someone says "you are perfect the way you are."

Optimal packing of 17 squares, a monstrosity of squares in three different angles.

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Sam Bergman @violanorth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I def don't have all the answers as to why there is such a persistent crisis/lull cycle in US orchestras, but one thing I do know from my 25 years at the high end of that business is that WAY too many execs and board leaders are convinced there is a magic sustainability formula hiding somewhere.

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Small Robots @smolrobots.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

1298) Hydrabot. Has got a lot of heads. #SmallRobotsRemonstered #Halloween

A robot in the form of a mythological hydra. It has an ovoid body with a banded tail and legs that have clawed feet. Five heads emerge from its body, mounted on sinuous, banded necks. The heads are ovoid too, with large mouths that contain sharp teeth. One head is distracted, looking at a butterfly, one is frowning at the ground, one is smiling, one has its mouth open and another is angry about something. Some have their tongues out, which are forked like a snake's. Text in the top right reads, "Small Robots Remonstered."

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Mark Gritter @markgritter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Gotta figure out a way to calculate Pi using a Fourier Transform and get Matt Parker to assemble a room full of nerds to execute it with pencil and paper

A YouTube banner for Matt Parker: 6 days, 400 people, 10,000 long divisions: can we calculate Pi?

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Didn't get enough opinionated weapons from reading A DUBIOUS CLAMOR? Quench your thirst for the blood of the unrighteous--uh, tales about magic swords, your thirst for TALES ABOUT MAGIC SWORDS--with this @wiswell.bsky.social in @lightspeedmagazine.com : www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/cong...

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Congratulations on your Magic Sword™ - Lightspeed Magazine

Congratulations on your Magic Sword"! For all inquiries as to its powers and perils, please consult the Virtue Exercises Manual". However, we know new users sometimes get in over their heads. That’s w...

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Cat Hicks @grimalkina.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I'm not allowed to look at my book reviews 😇 but Ashley just told me The Psychology of Software Teams "readers also enjoyed" recommendations include Ann Leckie, Martha Wells and Malka Older???!?!!? stooooooop I've read all of them 😭🥰

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Dan Lew @danlew42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Preparing for the movie by reading the book first.

Me holding the book "Digger", a graphic novel which has nothing to do with "Digger", the movie.

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Elizabeth Bear @matociquala.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I have a new novella out in the 20th Anniversary edition of Clarkesworld this month! "The Job" is about a woman with serious self-image issues who takes a contract to survey an alien ocean for corporate exploitation, wearing the body of a bioengineered whale. clarkesworldmagazine.com/bear_10_26/

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The Job by Elizabeth Bear

Clarkesworld Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine and Podcast.

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Riley Major @rileymajor.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

The bravery to beat box on stage while relying on a cutting edge app you built to translate that to actual drum sounds in front of a theater full of fellow technologists is next level. Props to Sean Hobin and BeastBox. github.com/AbstractMonkey #Minnedemo

Sean Hobin beat boxes on stage at #Minnedemo with his BeastBox app in the background.

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Alexei Pepers @apepers.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The schedule for @roguelike.club is up! We’ve got yet another stunning lineup with multiple people who are such a good fit I had assumed they’d spoken already 🤣 Time is fake and it’s just over two weeks until the con so check it out, buy a ticket, come hang out! www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

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Roguelike Celebration - Event 2026

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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

"I should sometimes see my Sneak Attack add 90 points of damage." If by "sometimes" you mean 0.00000000021268224907305% of the time then awesome, man.

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Mark Gritter @markgritter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

... that there is a right answer to be found, if you first ground yourself in a particular picture of the real numbers -- or other objects. But there is also an aesthetic judgement that solutions like L=V are "too small", that things they would like to study should continue to be allowed.

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Mark Gritter @markgritter.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I have watched a talk or two from Hugh Woodin (though there are so many I couldn't track the exact one) which was somewhat enlightening. He was able to show that there are some rather concrete statements about the real numbers that depend on CH. So the mathematicians studying seem to have a sense...

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Cameron Reed (she|they) @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The Kindle edition of The Fortunate Fall is on sale now for $2.99. The deal is Amazon-only and seems to be US and Canada-only. It ends at midnight Pacific so don't dither! www.amazon.com/Fortunate-Fa...

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The Fortunate Fall

The Fortunate Fall - Kindle edition by Reed, Cameron, Walton, Jo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Fortunate Fall.

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Jeremy Kun @jeremykun.com · 26/09/2026

Working on this topic a bit for my book, I learned that CORDIC is mostly not used anymore, except in very special circumstances where a hardware multiplier isn't available. Polynomial or rational approximations win the day on modern processors, for most functions.

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Minnestar @minnestar.org · 23/09/2026

🥁 Drumroll, please... the Minnedemo42 lineup is: 🎙️ Sean Hobin, BeastBox 🐟 Lori Ryan + Arun Batchu, Gutchx 💡 Charlie Murray, Watt Window 🎫 Chris Minoko, Haflad 🤖 Sage Faraday, Rosenblatt 📦 Koy Payne, WhereHowSpace 🎮 Scott Bromander, SnekLab Learn more + come see them live Oct 1: lnkd.in/gZm7HEpK

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Molly White @molly.wiki · 23/09/2026

huh, I didn't realize Red Delicious apples were still such a large portion of US apple production via commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:US...

Average U.S. apple production from 2021 to 2025, measured in terms of 42-pound bushels. Red Delicious is at 14%, second only to Gala (18%) and other (19%)

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Lizbeth Myles @lizbethmyles.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Since I'm trying to self-promote more, I guess I'll take this as an opportunity to link to my essay? But, yeah, I'm really quite upset. Afaik I've not been plagiarised before. www.uncannymagazine.com/article/doct...

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Doctor Who in an Exciting Adventure with AI Slop 1969 AD - Uncanny Magazine

One of the joys of Doctor Who is when decades after first broadcast, a story’s themes are suddenly painfully relevant again, and you can marvel at the timelessness of the world’s greatest Science Fict...

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

SOMETHING MORE THAN NIGHT by Ian Tregillis. Another one I feel like only I have read. It's a noir mystery set in Heaven, where our hard-boiled protagonist drops by hellish bars and gets roughed up by cherubim. Great premise, great execution, and a killer twist.

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Mark Gritter @markgritter.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

My Elliptic Curve Tigger from @acidlich.bsky.social arrived! Now I need to figure out where it will live.

A red print of a tiger contemplating an elliptic curve (and flowers). It is propped up against the wall next to a stack of math and CS books.

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mollypeonies @mollypeonies.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

NEW! How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community MPD dedicated 101 personnel to a memorial deployment where just seven people were holding vigil. It was part of a four-day MPD operation that generated $1.92 million in overtime.

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How MPD Built a Police Surveillance Operation Around Renee Good’s Memorial — and What It Cost the Community

Records reveal a coordinated system of drones, city cameras, command-post intelligence, body-worn and helmet cameras, person and vehicle checks, and evidence preservation around the memorial site as p...

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 18/09/2026

If we're only "pacing" and regulating to prevent an imagined future "Superintelligent AI" Armageddon, we're leaving the door open for these people to keep doing all kinds of very real, immediate, present-day harms, and that is exactly what they want. www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol...

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Ultimately all the doomer talk distracts from addressing the real problems that AI is causing or exacerbating, he and the other critics said. The data centers used to train and run the models are increasingly contributing to climate change because they require vast amounts of energy that in many cases is coming from fossil-fuel plants, they noted.

The models were trained on creative works from writers, artists and others who frequently weren’t compensated for that. And companies have been increasingly using the threat of AI as an excuse to lay off workers en masse.

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Meanwhile, the development of the systems has empowered and enriched a small number of people leading, working or investing in these companies.

“I don’t know that the AI slowdown that’s being proposed now is really going to get at the heart of what the real issues are, which is the values behind these systems,” Williams said. “The values that drive their development, their proliferation and their use are harmful values.”

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

IT'S TODAY!!! My fantasy novella, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR, is out today! From here on out, if you suddenly have the urge to read about harpies, opinionated weapons, and a bunch of misfits fighting the fash, you can just DO THAT! Order direct or from bookstores: hornedlarkpress.com/product/a-du...

Happy author Marissa Lingen, a long-haired white woman, holds up a copy of her book, A DUBIOUS CLAMOR

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Bryan Cantrill @bcantrill.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The contagion of fear bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/t...

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The contagion of fear | The Observation Deck

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Michael Clemens @mclem.org · 13/09/2026

You might ask: How can ICE levy a tax? What law gives legal authority for that? No law does; it is an illegal action. That is why the forthcoming proposed rule calls it a 'fee', which it certainly is not. I explain why on pages 5 and A-10, here—> www.rfberlin.com/network-pape...

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Taxes on High-Skill Immigration: Demand and Supply Response in the International Student-OPT-Work Visa Pipeline

ROCKWOOL Foundation

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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 11/09/2026

A cellular automaton from Minecraft crafting recipes

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Matt Little @littleforcongress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My opponent, Eric Pratt, hired a self-described white Christian nationalist bigot to lead his field team.

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Jo Miles @jomiles.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

On Sept 23rd, @marissalingen.bsky.social and I are going to hang out online and talk about our new books from @hornedlarkpress.com--and you can join us! We'll likely cover alien plants, dubious swords, portals, harpies, and fighting fascism with stories. RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/alien-fore...

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Alien Forests and Dubious Swords: A chat with Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen

Join authors Jo Miles and Marissa Lingen for this special virtual book event! Hosted by author Kevin Hearne.

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Matt Zucker @mattz.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

New #MathArt sculptures: reaction-diffusion Truchet tilings of the sphere! These are made from 3D-printed nylon and each individual tile can be removed/replaced. If you think these look cool or interesting, stick around to learn a little bit about how they were made and the math behind them... 🧵

A mysterious purple orb with a coral-like relief texture. Its exterior is subdivided into alternating square and triangular tiles.

A red coral-like orb made of triangular tiles.

A green coral-like orb made of hexagonal and square tiles.

A blue coral-like orb with pentagonal and triangular tiles.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

I would like to hug a four-legged shark and take him for walkies.

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · 07/09/2026

Excited to see y'all in our freshly painted MUD space with preview event speakers @martinpi.bsky.social, @matronboy.bsky.social, and Greg L. who made this lovely little ad as part of a coding demo for his talk! September 13, 2026, 2PM PDT | 21:00 UTC www.roguelike.club/event2026.html

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Horned Lark Press @hornedlarkpress.com · 07/09/2026

If ye exist in Minneapolis, mark ye thy calendar and attend the hootenanny at Moon Palace Books! If ye do not exist in Minneapolis, call ye the store and order signed copies from @marissalingen.bsky.social and @naomikritzer.bsky.social!

You’re invited
BOOK LAUNCH EVENT
Join Marissa Lingen for the release of her new book A DUBIOUS CLAMOR and a conversation with Naomi Kritzer!
SEPTEMBER 17 2026 6:00 PM -7:00 PM
MOON PALACE BOOKS
3032, MINNEHAHA AVE
MINNEAPOLIS, MN

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

mainstream/big media in its quest to show “both sides” is now regularly platforming people at conservative think tanks who didn’t give a shit about Flock until a month ago and who are doing little more than parroting the company and its investors’ points and accusing their opponents of being paid

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I am begging whoever is in charge of Android OS updates to give autistic people the option to be informed of app design changes so I am not suddenly caught off guard by a new layout for alarms

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Lydy @lydy.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I have a weird theory about Altman, Yudkowsky, AI, Roko's Basilisk, and Rationalism. The basic theory, which they are sometimes honest about but more often they obfuscate, is that if we must invent AI god, because otherwise we are harming future humans. /1

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nat alison @tesseralis.site · 02/09/2026

c'mon why are RPGs the only video game genre that gets a novel genre named after them. Where are the LitMetroidbrainias

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Cameron Reed (she|they) @lateonsetgirl.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Kendall Walton has a thought experiment about genres: how would we see Picasso's Guernica if it were part of a genre of Guernicas, all with the same shapes and colors, but the others are all bas-reliefs? Now wondering how we'd see it if normal Guernicas were made of seeds and contained loons

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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 01/09/2026

Here I draw a circle by hand. In a universe where it is the perfect circle- what does a sine wave look like? What is its value of pi?

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Mark Gritter @markgritter.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

!!! (Just finished Daggerheart and loves it.)

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Neil G. @skyrefuge.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

So if you click this link, and you see the old name of "Spring Lake" AND you also see "Lake America" in the same app/website, that seems to imply that the "Lake America" was NOT just a natural consequence of their algorithm inhaling new database updates, as their statement suggested. (4/5)

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Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

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Matt Henderson @matthen.com · 30/08/2026

sequence of the smallest numbers that are not listed in the OEIS: 20990, 23543, 23735, 24085, 24159, 24555, 26301, 26673, 26708, 27266, 27815, 27988, 28330, 28353, 28869, 28946, 29577, 29962, 30131, 30146, 30193, 30328, 30466, 30473…

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Anise K. Strong @anisekstrong.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

#Daggerbound by @tkingfisher.com was a delightful, often utterly hilarious tribute to the importance of niceness, trivia, and believing in the potential goodness of all creatures great and small. These books continue to remind me so much of Robin McKinley in their wry & gentle turns of phrase.

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Marissa Lingen @marissalingen.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hey Twin Cities, come hear me, Martin Law, and Cole Sarar at this fun event with both science fiction reading and music! Tickets available now! (September 10, Bryant Lake Bowl) www.bryantlakebowl.com/theater/scif...

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Bryant Lake Bowl Theater

A live reading series featuring original science fiction from Cole and special guest writers, underscored with futurist soundscapes by accomplished musicians. Two writers spin original science fiction...

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Roguelike Celebration @roguelike.club · 28/08/2026

The Roguelike Celebration Preview Event is coming soon to an internet near you! Join us on September 14th for these exciting talks explore our exciting custom-built multiplayer game/chat space, and see cool talks! Get your free ticket here: ti.to/roguelike-ce...

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Roguelike Celebration: Preview Event 2026

Roguelike games have been part of gaming culture for over 30 years and they have a deep and special place in our hearts. We'd love to get to spend some time with you all learning about roguelikes and ...

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 27/08/2026

RIP Yayoi Kusama

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