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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 457 - September 27th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I spend a lot of time on the internet. But recently I participated in a "scheduled go visit your neighbors" thing, and I gotta say there's something to talking to real humans outside your house.

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Maximilian Tarpini @maxtarpini.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Emissive shaders. Type a temperature in K and get a blackbody colour – that's how most shaders do it, and it's wrong for practically every real material. Kirchhoff's law fixes it. www.linkedin.com/pulse/therma...

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Thermal light emission from hot objects

Most emissive shaders in CG make hot metal glow the same way: you type a temperature in Kelvin, a blackbody function turns it into a colour, and that colour is added on top of the material. Gold, iron...

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Only squirrels scream at you with their whole ass

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 456 - September 20th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I always judge myself for the things I forget, but never credit myself for the things I remember.

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I wonder how much the impact of AI will end up like autotune, pushing audiences to pursue perceived authenticity

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Greedling @greedling1729.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Virgin AGI risk vs Chad Global Warming

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Incredibly unusual to get a news notification that I actually want to look at. But a new cat species? And it's *tiny*? Wonderful!

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 454 - September 6th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

That feeling when a script you wrote a whole back is fed new data for a new project and it Just Works

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is 9/11 the new Christmas? This whole month has been headlines buzzing about it. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New Ocarina of Time discourse is mostly about how Link looks, but I really take issue with the AAA quest design and extra button prompt and dialogue nonsense. Navi out here telling me how to solve puzzles? Please stop.

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I read that the AI Navier-Stokes solution cost 15M in equivalent Astra tokens, and I can't stop wondering about the value from paying 100 Math professors for a year instead. Or spending the upfront cost before this 15M. The Manhattan Project cost 40B in 2026 $ in total!

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

You've heard of "can it play Doom", get ready for "Can you play it in Doom?"

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Megan Fox @glassbottommeg.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Ok, so Furball, a (no gen-AI) brush-based Godot level design tool, just hit its first release: codeberg.org/YaveinLeCret... but that's not the crazy thing the dev goofed and listed their ACTUAL KOFI on there: ko-fi.com/yavin You can just, give them money! to work on Godot level editor tooling!

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 453 - August 30th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I was told the peppers in my CSA basket were *sweet* peppers. This left out the fact that these things, while sweet, are hotter than jalapenos and should not be snacked on directly.

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Pretty darn good for a phone camera in a light-polluted area

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 452 - August 23rd, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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amy brown 👻 @amybrown.xyz · 27/08/2026

did bluesky hear about Miss Teen Indiana’s Garfield costume

A young woman in a Garfield inspired outfit with a Garfield headdress

The young woman from the first photo is holding a lasagna that says “lasagna my love language”

missinteenusa Tonight, Indiana is going Garfield!
My state costume celebrates one of Indiana's most iconic creations-Garfield, created by fellow Hoosier Jim Davis.
Born in Marion and raised in Fairmount, Davis turned an orange cat with a big personality into a character recognized and loved around the world.
But this costume represents more than a famous Hoosier.
The hand-painted comic panels on my skirt share messages inspired by my initiative, Captivating Confidence:
"Our differences are what make us beautiful."
"If we don't have love, we have nothing."
"Outer beauty attracts, but inner beauty captivates."
To me, true confidence is found in embracing what makes each of us different and recognizing that our greatest beauty comes from within. I am so excited to bring a little Hoosier humor, creativity and confidence to the Miss Teen USA stage tonight!
This one-of-a-kind costume was inspired by my vision and brought to life by Indianapolis-based costume designer, Jess West. @jesswestcostumes

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The pre-movie ads for this oddessey showing I'm at are targeted at a *significantly* older audience than I'm used to. How many bathroom remodel ads are there?

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 451 - August 16th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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ceruleite.bsky.social @ceruleite.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Slides for SIGGRAPH 2026 Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games course's talk on Variable Rate Ray Tracing in Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 by Michał Olejnik from Activision are now online - enjoy!! advances.realtimerendering.com/s2026/index....

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 450 - August 9th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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Johnny Normality (Spooky Mode) @probgobl.in · 14/08/2026

EVERY STORY ABOUT BEAVERS FOR THE LAST DECADE READS LIKE: WE RELEASED A DOZEN PADDLE TAILED LITTLE FREAKS AND THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN A TERRAFORMING PROJECT THAT REVERSED A CENTURY OF ECOLOGICAL DAMAGE IN THREE WEEKS.

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I'm booting into Win11 for the first time in months, for corporate reasons, and holy moly is this slow. I'm having such a better time in Linux.

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

DS1 Deathless Any% glitchless complete! Man there's so much glitchy nonsense that can suddenly kill you in this game.

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chess!! Hhalloween october @videochess.world · 11/08/2026

hey, here's a fun lil proof of concept i threw together a couple months ago and never posted about. made with godot (.net) and libsm64-godot. #chess_arts

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Red Blob Games @redblobgames.com · 28/07/2026

I've been trying to write this page since … 2015! Each time I try, get frustrated, quit, start over. But this time I think I might have gotten the page to a good state … www.redblobgames.com/pathfinding/...

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Red Blob Games: Improving Heuristics

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 449 - August 2nd, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 448 - July 27th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 30/07/2026

Hello I am here to tell you about the best-written game I’ve played this year: UNBEATABLE

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Of tetris can manage to avoid consecutive pieces, twitch can figure out how to not show me the same ad twice in a row

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

A generation of MBAs were trained on the idea that massive gains could come from optimizing a business, but never on what happens once the business is optimized.

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Does the 3d quality of a physical book matter in your mental model of it? I'm finding that ebooks disconnect me from that extra dimension of where I am in a story.

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I don't understand how a post I made 6 months ago of a mem I saved from God knows where is somehow popping off, but it feels like I stole someone's cred.

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Jendrik Illner @jendrikillner.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Graphics Programming weekly - Issue 447 - July 19th, 2026 www.jendrikillner.com/post/graphic...

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Aaron Hertzmann @aaronhertzmann.com · 14/07/2026

For years, I've heard from my fellow computer scientists that "the brain is a computer" or "we can simulate brains in a computer." I think both are wrong, and, now that we're hearing them from corporate tech leaders too, it's no longer just an academic topic. 🧵 aaronhertzmann.com/2026/07/13/b...

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The Brain Is Not Just A Computer, and Cannot Be Simulated by One

Digital computers perform fixed logical operations on clock cycles; brains are biological systems of staggering complexity.

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 14/07/2026

This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days. ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I never thought schrodingers cat would be so politically relevant to my life.

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Man, if I wore earplugs to your concert venue and my ear is still ringing afterwards, what are we even doing here?

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JessEviltelli @mamavitelli.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Games Done Quick is such an unfettered source of pure good, distilled into the most concentrated essence. A motivating beacon for people to show the power of coming together and rallying around an important cause. A powerful moment that underscores the desire to help in all of us. GDQ forever.

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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 10/07/2026

I spoke to Mitch McConnell for what felt like an eternal howling airless moment of shrieking static across the bones of the soul and when i asked if & when he was coming back to the senate he lowly intoned "Libera te tutemet ex inferis" & assured me that where he was going he won't need eyes to see.

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squirrelbaffler.bsky.social @squirrelbaffler.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I've been thinking a lot lately about how the Count of Monte Cristo called all fortunes of speculation "third rate", in this age of the stonks

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