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SWinxy.webp (scary)

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Software developer, photojournalist, Minecrafter, and Wikimedian. (he/him) 🌐 swinxy.me

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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 09/10/2026
Oh, this quote is awesome
Adds [Abdullah] Saeed, “We are inevitable. Just by nature of diffusion, we are going to end up in the positions of power. We are going to end up with the microphone, with the platform. Resistance to diversity and storytelling is a fool’s errand because storytelling is an uncontrollable river of energy, and you can’t constrain that. We’ve seen what happens to art and creativity when you restrain it; it ceases to be art and creativity. I believe that we are in that transitional time, not just in the business, but our whole world is making that shift, and we just have to be patient and hold onto each other and get through it,” says Saeed. “The golden age for the Browns is coming.”
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 01/10/2026
Damn, I haven't played on Hypixel in four years
Player Information
[MVP+] SWinxy

First login: 2013-09-02 12:48 EDT
Last login: 2022-06-30 22:43 EDT
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 30/09/2026
Gah, 26.3-snapshot-7 changed some palette structure and I skipped over it because the changelog listed it under "data pack" changes. I suppose this saves some amount of bytes?
Euclid Editor screenshot with a slightly different format to storing block IDs
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 29/09/2026
yay new debug overlay!
Minecraft 26.4-snapshot-2 with the new debug overlay, which is cleaner than before
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 21/09/2026
searching for jobs be like
THE JOB

Job title and summary that includes overarching responsibilities, as well as location (needs to be specific. If remote, we will need to post to internal boards the same day it is posted externally to be compliant with different state laws.) Try to make summary exciting, as this is the hook to entice potential candidates to continue reading and to apply.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 18/09/2026
cats, ungovernable creatures
Me: "What compels this cat to chew on cables?"
Friend: "Pure rage for technology"
Me: "understandable"
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 04/09/2026
In the Nintendo Direct press release email, they gave all times in PT, somehow
Join us next week for a special The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct on Tuesday, followed by a second Nintendo Direct and a Nintendo Treehouse: Live on Wednesday!
Tune in on Sept. 8 at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. PT for The Legend of Zelda 40th Anniversary Direct. To celebrate the series’ 40th anniversary, we will deliver a variety of information related to The Legend of Zelda. The livestream will last roughly 30 minutes.
Then join us on Sept. 9 at 7 a.m. PT / 10 a.m. PT for Nintendo Direct 9.9.2026. The livestream will last roughly 45 minutes and focus on Nintendo Switch 2 games launching this winter. Afterward, tune in to Nintendo Treehouse: Live | September 2026 to watch gameplay of select titles featured in the Nintendo Direct. The livestream will last roughly 110 minutes.
You can watch the livestreams on Nintendo Today!, YouTube, and Twitch.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 26/08/2026
The Internet Archive's Wayback Machine has been so spotty this year. It's incredibly frustrating.
This site can’t be reached
web.archive.org took too long to respond.

Try:
Checking the connection
Checking the proxy and the firewall
Running Windows Network Diagnostics

ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 15/08/2026
The decision to stop enforcing laws appears to undercut President Trump's publicly stated ambitions to cut down on crime.
Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies

The Trump administration will not enforce reporting requirements of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act, which was intended to crack down on money laundering.

The decision appeared to undercut President Trump’s publicly stated ambitions of cracking down on financial crime, money laundering and drug trafficking.Credit...Doug Mills/The New York Times

By Alan Rappeport
Reporting from Washington

Aug. 12, 2026
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 04/08/2026
Help, I'm capitulating to Trump and he's saying things I never agreed to! Something he's never done before and uncharacteristic of him, to twist things in his favor!
Mr. Karp was floored. “I cannot believe this,” he wrote to partners in an email reviewed by The Times. “He changed the agreement, added a no-DEI provision, and came up with a completely false quote saying I acknowledged things I never said. My god.”
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 29/07/2026
I, uh, I'm not supposed to map and unmap memory each time I update a buffer? uhhhhhhh later engine optimization
We map the buffer right after creation using vk::raii::DeviceMemory::mapMemory to get a pointer to which we can write the data later on. The buffer stays mapped to this pointer for the application’s whole lifetime. This technique is called "persistent mapping" and works on all Vulkan implementations. Not having to map the buffer every time we need to update it increases performances, as mapping is not free.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 27/07/2026
It's really funny when the news reports that a leader privately is angered by leaks... by way of more leaks. And then brags about how many sources it has for this leak.
Now, Mr. Martin is both paralyzed by the idea of leaks and surrounded by them. During a May meeting with the full staff of the D.N.C. days after the draft autopsy’s release, he admitted that times were tough and chided the team for revealing to reporters what was happening inside party headquarters.

“It pisses me off when I see leaks out of this building,” Mr. Martin said, according to four people who heard the remarks, adding, “No more.”
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 26/07/2026
Bluesky is great because I go to the “trending topic” of the Berlin attacks and all the posts it shows are all about London
A bunch of posts about London under a feed titled “Berlin Attack”
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 26/07/2026
calling out my new yorker tote smh
Just stick with a tote bag this time, a non-pretentious brand. (You know exactly what I’m talking about.)
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 21/07/2026
It seems like they've renamed Blaze3D to Renderpearl or something
Order-independent Transparency (OIT)-related Shader Changes
The B3D_IS_ZERO_TO_ONE define has been renamed to RENDERPEARL_IS_ZERO_TO_ONE
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 15/07/2026
Anyway all my Met Gala photos being added to celebrities' articles has done wonders for my stats
Top 5 language Wikipedias using my photos, in page views for June 2026:
1. English: 6 million
2. French: 175 thousand
3. Spanish: 134 thousand
4. Japanese: 73 thousand
5. Russian: 58 thousand
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 15/07/2026
Oh so that's why people were talking about the other Avatar a few days ago
YouTube thumnail screenshot: Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender | Official Movie Trailer | Paramount+ | Avatar
Avatar Legends and Paramount Plus
11M views • 7 days ago
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 04/07/2026
Photos up on Commons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Categor...
Madison Square Garden digital signage saying "JUST&T MARRIED!"Outside Madison Square Garden, where police barricades have been erected.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 04/07/2026
“Just&T married” just appeared on MSG
A digital billboard outside of Madison Square Garden that says “JUST&T MARRIED”
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 03/07/2026
Somebody is wishing her a happy marriage in the subway underneath MSG
A digital subway ad at 34 St–Penn Station reads “Congrats on Forever! 13+87=100”
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 03/07/2026
Outside Madison Square Garden and there’s a bunch of SUVs pulling up
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 03/07/2026
new acloudyskye the week after a new adam tell. we're living it up, boys.
Housekeeping - Adam TellIn a while this will all be gone - acloudyskye
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 27/06/2026
"Who?" *searches name* "Oh I like her!"
Britmonkey's political alignment test
73% Woke, 45% Techbro, 69% Hopepilled (nice), 94% Davos
Your Closest Match: Sanna Marin, Prime minister of Finland (2019-2023)
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 22/06/2026
Besides the whole thing about this, Backrooms (2026) is the highest domestic grossing A24 film?? Greater than EEAAO and Marty Supreme combined?!
Highest-grossing films in North America (Wikipedia):
1. Backrooms (2026): $175,191,407
2. Marty Supreme (2025): $96,040,064
3. Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022): $77,191,785
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 21/06/2026
I definitely receive and give much engagement on this website, yes, sure kojira.github.io/bluesky-lice...
SWinxy's Bluesky License: mileage 4581 / WoT 50 / engagement 1047 / generosity 21 / velocity 4.1/d / streak 18d / peak 04–06 UTC / verified ✓
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 20/06/2026
i saw a few at the water's edge this afternoon lol
Three National Guardsmen at the edge of the Reflecting Pool (which is green)Four National Guardsmen at the Reflecting Pool (which is green)
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 19/06/2026
Some photos at the Reflecting Pool. Comically green.
A pool scrubber clearing algae off of the bottom of the Reflecting pool. It is very green.A view from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial across the Reflecting Pool, which is green.A hose dumping green slime into a drain. The green-ness cannot be overstated.A National Parks Service employee is wearing waders and vacuuming algae from the bottom of the Reflecting Pool, which, as a reminder, is green.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 19/06/2026
NPS is doing their best to get all the algae off of the Reflecting Pool, but all that’s doing is making it look a lighter shade of green lol.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 18/06/2026
lol
SHIMON RIKLIN: I don’t have a lot of moments like this. I don’t remember someone in modern history who would go with you and do wonderful things, and then suddenly disappear and go against you. So now I am the bad guy? I supported you! I was the good guy! How did I become the bad guy, and the Ayatollah is the good guy?

ISAAC CHOTINER: This is why I was wondering whether you had ever observed Donald Trump.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 13/06/2026
Quick, someone alert Nancy Mace
A bunch of beans in a puddle on the sidewalk
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 08/06/2026
we warned you about chewing wires in the server room smh
API Issues Subscribe

Identified - We've identified the issue as a hardware failure and are working to mitigate it
Jun 08, 2026 - 03:24 UTC

Investigating - We're seeing increased latency and errors with our API
Jun 08, 2026 - 03:14 UTC
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 04/06/2026
AMC wants me to wait for... 41 minutes? What?
AMC Theaters website:
"You are now in line"
[progress bar]
41 minutes
Status last updated: 1:38:36 PM
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 25/05/2026
again, strasz?? smh my head.
API Outage
Investigating - We're currently investigating an increase in errors and latency with our API
May 25, 2026 - 00:59 UTC
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 17/05/2026
The Glaze Strat isn't working anymore
The Glaze Strat Isn't Working Anymore - Atrioc Reacts
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 13/05/2026
There are many a good poasters who would rather delete themselves than keep a good one up
If there are any unresolved bits of discourse at the end of the day I'm happy to resolve it and let you guys know who's right before I lock up for the night
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 05/05/2026
Photos from the Met Gala protest!
A woman in a beautiful blue dress and black face mask. She is partially turning and smiling.A woman in a "V for Vendetta" mask, a red dress, a black cape, and black boots. She is holding two daggers in her arms, which are raised above her head to make an 'X'.A woman wearing a green sequin dress, a picture of a cloud shirt, blue shoulder frills, and a green handbag strapped around her shoulder. On her head is a custom painted paper hat with fake dollar bills on it. The text on the hat reads "White Men Ruin Everything".A man in a grey suit, prismarine tie, and a tophat, with a cigar in his mouth. In his chest pocket is a stack of cash. He is holding a sign that reads "A bubble economy lifts all yachts. Trillionaires for Trump."
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 05/05/2026
Aaand that’s a wrap! I’ll upload my photos to Commons tonight.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 04/05/2026
I clinched a spot
The front of the Met with the entrance under a cover.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 04/05/2026
Group shot of the protesters
A group of people together for a photo, all wearing political clothing and outfits to spear the powerful and wealthy.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 04/05/2026
Met Gala (but better)
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 17/04/2026
Those annoying genspark ai ads have burned in to one of the screens lol
Screen burn-in from those obnoxious ads from a genAI company on the subway.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 10/04/2026
oh this update is *good*
Avatar Performance Gating in Group Instances
We have added the ability for Groups to add minimum avatar performance levels to their instances. How does this work? We have a very long post about it in our Dev Update! You can read that here.

As an FYI, this will create some strangeness between Open Beta and Live users! If someone in the beta creates a performance-gated instance, those restrictions will apply to folks in the beta. 

For Live users, they'll experience it as a normal instance. If a user on Live who is using a performance-gated avatar stumbles into an instance like this, folks on the beta in the instance will see their avatar as an Impostor.

(Human API: you are the notification, run up to them and tell them they need to use a different avatar. This is a joke. Don't do that. I mean, unless you really want to. We're trying to fix you having to do that, you know.)
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 03/04/2026
Also he was being heckled by another internet personality who flashed him (lol) (I dunno her name, but I've seen her a lot at big events and want to know.)
A female internet personality lifting up her shirt to reveal her breasts to Nick Shirley.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 02/04/2026
Early this morning, someone discovered that I had taken a photo of Nick Shirley back in September, and I'm like, "oh my god" commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pr...
Nick Shirley holding up his phone on a gimbal amongst a crowd of anti-genocide protestors, during the opening week of the 80th UN GA meeting.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 01/04/2026
omg vertical slabs!
A screenshot of snapshot 26w14a with a living entity slab that is vertical
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 01/04/2026
lmao. this whole discourse is perpetuated by people with melted brains.
Skeet 1: "Please, PLEASE think of the cishet writer that was sloppy as fuck with their words on this trans day of visibility!

Skeet 2: Mark Joseph stern is gay.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 20/03/2026
A fake movie poster for Dune: Part 3, but it says "Avatar: The Way of Sand"
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 19/03/2026
Whoah! They even do book reviews!
Book Review
Death Dust: The Rise, Decline, and Future of Radiological Weapons Programs
William C. Potter, Sarah Bidgood, Samuel Meyer, and Hannah Notte, Stanford University Press, 2023
Reviewed by: Maj. Parker Stevens
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 13/03/2026
Minor changes to the splash window: - Using JLabel to paint the text (much more flexible than Graphics#drawString) - Copyright added - Background image always repaints the image rather than having a manual white box being painted to hide the previous loading text
The Euclid Editor splash window, with my shitty drawing from 2019. There is a progress bar at the bottom and copyright text.
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SWinxy.webp (scary) @swinxy.me · 24/02/2026
hexing is vexing
A screenshot of Euclid Editor with a very primitive hex editor
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