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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Currently on sabbatical, glad The Special One is not my manager.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

DUDES. Dudes. Music is so good.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Don't bother chasing immortality. If it's meant for you, it'll find you.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The tweet that immediately came to mind:

We're a modest company with modest goals:
1: sell a quality product at a fair price
2: drain the world's oceans so we can find and kill god
6:19 PM • Oct 21, 2014 • Twitter for iPhone
9.8K Retweets
32.7K Likes

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

With the closing of the AFL Grand Final (which apparently was a great one!), we move on to Melbourne's next grand event: IEEE Virtual Reality 2027! We are now FIVE MONTHS away from kicking off the conference in Melbourne. We've got great things planned for you! ieeevr.org

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Ed Maibach @maibached.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov Day He passed in 2017. As Encyclopedia Britannica puts it, “He is survived by his two children, two grandchildren, and the entire human race.” If you don't know his story, please take 3 minutes now to learn it. @gchalliance.bsky.social @docsforclimate.bsky.social

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Happy Stanislav Petrov Day

Take five minutes to not destroy civilization

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I did not know this before today, but I love it. Doing the boring bits right Is The Job.

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Chris Hewson @chrishewson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I miss the halcyon days of peak Twitter, which perfectly(ish) balanced 'state of the nation' commentary with nerdy professional discussions, and rampant absurdism. The vibe on here is 'punching up, all the time', which is often admirable, but also energy sapping.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Make a band edible: They Might Be Friands

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Crossposting a QUESTION FOR ALL MY VR HOMIES! What results/phenomena/concepts in xR are confusing or surprising to you? (I’m mainly thinking about presence and embodiment research, but the question is intended in the broadest sense possible.) Thanks!

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

As a lifelong fan, the Mets usually just make me hate myself. But perhaps I should hate the Mets instead.

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Greg Egan @gregegansf.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

While the Fields Medal celebrates the under-40s, the mathematician Joan Birman has, at the age of 99, solved a major open problem in representations of the Braid groups, a topic she has worked on for more than 60 years.

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Yuri Cath @ywcath.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Just resharing this job🚨because the deadline for applications is this Sunday (11.55pm Melbourne time). #philjobs

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Why on Earth would you be a scholar if you don't actually like being a scholar?

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

In case you have not seen the good news, we've published the key dates for the IEEE VR 2026 papers track: (Mandatory) Abstracts will be due 24 August AoE, with full submissions due one week later 31 August. Please consider submitting your VR-related work and joining us in Melbourne early next year!

A screenshot of the IEEE VR 2027 website, with key dates for papers highlighted: August 24 AoE for abstracts, August 31 AoE for full submissions.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Do you have a PhD (preferably in philosophy)? Do you want to work with us to explore empathy, knowing-what-it-is-like, prosocial behavior, and VR? Check out the advertisement at philjobs.org/job/show/31529

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Research Officer (Philosophy), La Trobe University - PhilJobs:JFP Research Officer (Philosophy), La Trobe University

An international database of jobs for philosophers

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Boy, www.82-0.com really passes the time.

82-0.com

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Took a quick trip down memory lane with a crate of games that made the trip to Australia. A couple were just things I found late in packing or otherwise couldn't be bothered with before the big move, but several are Certified Bops.

Stacks of video games, primarily Gamecube, Playstation 1 / 2, Xbox eras.

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Holly Anderson 🍇 @hollyanderson.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

can’t spell Dale Earnhardt International without DEI 🙌🏻

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

I am reading books again. On the whole, I consider this to be a good thing.

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Dr. Ayah Nuriddin @ayahnerd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

*screams in history of science*

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

THE PEOPLE UNITED WILL NEVER BE DEFEATED

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Jessica Hullman @jessicahullman.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

"Machine learning research is not serious research & therefore hallucinated references are not necessarily a big deal, agrees prestigious group of ML researchers" I ❤️ when the titles write themselves But seriously, I don't think there's much to debate statmodeling.stat.columbia.edu/2026/01/26/m...

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Machine learning research is not serious research and therefore hallucinated references are not necessarily a big deal, agrees a prestigious group of machine learning researchers | Statistical Modeli...

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Yup, that's what's top of mind on this app right now, the oeuvre of Hitchcock.

Trending:
1. Noir Films
2. Election Concerns
3. NRA Criticism
4. Liverpool FC
5. Tariffs

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Their guns are not enough. They - that is, the domestic terrorist group ICE and their fascist fellow travelers - are the ones who are not welcome, cannot be welcome, will not be welcome in the America they purport to serve. Power, love, and solidarity to Minnesota.

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Their guns are not enough

Photo illustration; original photograph by Alex Kormann of the Minnesota Star Tribune I have a dark joke that plays on loop in my head, like two lines of an earworm when you’re trying to fall…

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 18/01/2026

oh it's going to be a Recession recession

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

I might be becoming a Grateful Dead guy. Early days. We'll see...

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Luke O'Neil @lukeoneil47.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Aware that he only had a few months left to live the great Mike Davis gave one of his final interviews to the Guardian in 202. "You’ve been organizing for social change your whole life. How do you deal with a future that feels so bleak?" Lois Beckett asked.

"For someone my age who was in the civil rights movement, and in other struggles of the 1960s, I’ve seen miracles happen," the revolutionary and historian responded.

"I’ve seen ordinary people do the most heroic things. When you’ve had the privilege of knowing so many great fighters and resisters, you can’t lay down the sword, even if things seem objectively hopeless."

"I’ve always been influenced by the poems Brecht wrote in the late 30s, during the second world war, after everything had been incinerated, all the dreams and values of an entire generation destroyed, and Brecht said, well, it’s a new dark ages … how do people resist in the dark ages?"

"What keeps us going, ultimately, is our love for each other, and our refusal to bow our heads, to accept the verdict, however all-powerful it seems. It’s what ordinary people have to do. You have to love each other. You have to defend each other. You have to fight."

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

A better world is not just possible, but necessary. It doesn't have to be this way.

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Noah J. Nelson, Spooky Cat Enthusiast 🎃 @noahjnelson.com · 12/11/2025

ChatGPT out here starting cults while the heavy magick is in the dwarf fortress code.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I’ll cite you when we’re both not so emotional.

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alternate rending 😱 🪓 @jamiroqueer.bsky.social · 28/08/2024

when you try to tell me anything

A young man in a suit asks, serious-faced: “What does that have to do with Godzilla?”

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Revan @revan.eurosky.social · 02/11/2025

Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...

And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Very excited to be co-CI on this awarded ARC Discovery Project investigating whether and how knowledge gained from VR experiences corresponds to knowledge gained from their "real" "equivalents". Let me know if you're interested in collaborating, especially at #IEEEVR 2026! #VRresearch

ARC grant announcement: "This project aims to investigate the idea that virtual reality (VR) is an ‘empathy machine’ that can simulate the experiences of other people and thereby give us knowledge of what it is like to have those experiences. The project expects to advance our understanding of this issue by bringing together philosophical work on ‘what it is like’ knowledge and work in psychology on immersive VR. Expected outcomes include a theory of how VR can give us degrees of ‘what it is like’ knowledge, and a normative analysis of what can go wrong when we try to use VR to understand other people. This should provide significant benefits, including guidelines for the ethical use of these 'empathy machines', and practical advice on improving their accuracy."

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

First I can recall is Number Munchers on a ][gs. nom nom nom

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 07/07/2025

proprioception was a mistake. why should I know where my limbs happen to be at any given time. how is that any of my business

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I'm at the Lil' Caese I'm at the Chicken Shack I'm at the combination Little-Caesars-Chicken-Shack.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I am mad about a lot of things - maybe most things - a lot of the time. (Probably most of the time.) But I am grateful for Ron Carter and the music he's made, for the fact that this titan is still with us, and for @themountaingoats.bsky.social, for both the tip and their own tremendous catalogue.

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Album - Alone Together

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Joe Bak-Coleman @jbakcoleman.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

This is a fascinating piece. It says a lot that #metascience is apparently not the place to discuss competing interests. One of the more conspicuously missing reforms is competing interest disclosure, as though the sources of bias aren’t worth consideration or examination.

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Rick Skarbez @rickskarbez.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Gendo Ikari would get his bag in Silicon Valley.

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tobiaslanglotz.bsky.social @tobiaslanglotz.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Please share: I am looking for 1-2 PhD students working with me at the intersection of perception and augmented reality. Different directions are possible, depending on the background of the applicant. Application deadline 1st of August – read more here: phd.nat.au.dk/for-applican...

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Perceptually driven Augmented Reality interfaces

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