i often think of bush jr.'s presidency as the outblown then-as-farce to his dad's first-as-tragedy; at the same time i guess this kind of event really shows that sometimes even the farce gets a then-as-farce…worth noting that bush sr.'s administration also kidnapped a powerful south american perhaps

new little interactive toy - Captive Princess Simulator cmoorhen.itch.io/captive-prin... pretty self explanatory

i feel like the state of the culture right now is one in which like, e.g. einstein publishing work on the theory of relativity would not lead to headlines like "lights all askew in the heavens" but rather the public would just say "uh okay 🙃 personally i prefer 19th-century physics" and then move on

i feel so sad and angry at all the immigration stuff going on. it hurts everyone. immigrants in the U.S., people in other countries, everyone in the U.S. itself, just for the sake of meaningless, pointless racism and xenophobia. i wish i had something more productive or insightful to say, just upset

a landscape in utah

YOU TOO can experience visions of the underworld, if only you'll join me...

apropos of relatively nothing, i think a nice way to think about (in Ruby) the syntax of `alias` and `alias_method` is as analagous to `def`; e.g. `alias_method :inspect, :to_s` is like saying "here we define a new method called 'inspect' that's just an alias of 'to_s'"

one upside of using vim is that when your cat walks on your keyboard it's particularly crazed 😂 as you can see this single line comes out to 3,539,131 characters (approx. 3.5 MB of text)

No, HIPAA does not protect these records. Here's why, from my preprint.

Working on getting a copy of this up on SSRN this week now that I'm back from vacation. Incredibly relevant. bsky.app/profile/esqu...

The DOJ subpoenas to providers of gender affirming care wanted the therapy notes, social security numbers, and addresses of patients. This is an unprecedented and disgusting violation of medical privacy. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...

finally getting this going

stampede of roaches

DO YOU NEED ART IMAGES FOR YOUR PROJECT???? YOU MAY USE ME!! HERE I AM!! LOOKING PENSIVE, FEELING MELANCHOLY, PLANNING A ROBBERY, THINKING OF FRIENDS!!!!

do y'all know what i'm talking about? i know "extraordinary rendition" hasn't been in the media much since like, the 2000s, but i do think that tendency has an awful lot in common with the current style of deportations, both in terms of the diplomatic mechanics and the u.s. executive mentality

if anyone wonders where the u.s. executive picked up the impulse to skirt around the courts by unilaterally throwing people it's afraid of into holes of state in more conveniently repressive countries, or how it built up the connections to do this quickly and easily, i can't help but recall…

i think this would make for a lovely design on a trivet or potholder

re last rt, lily and i did the aquarium zone for that game, v fun project ^^ iir she did most of the 3D models and textures, and i did most of the animations and materials/shading, as well as the audio…we did everything together tho ultimately, it was very side-by-side collaborative

Melting Encyclopedia is out Now! Check it out! #GameDev #IndieGame #IndieDev #GameTeaser

found the juicy asteroids (raw: spinnylights.net/misc/found_t...)

in the morning light, the gigantic gem-studded blob creature began to sing (raw: spinnylights.net/misc/morning...)

found on the ocean floor (raw: spinnylights.net/misc/found_o...)

this is turning out to be one of the most fun small programs i've ever written (i'm working on a post for my new website…it's almost done…soon…soon…)

trees with hung lights and ribbons in bloom over water at nighttime, viewed from the water…if you don't see it at first it helps to stare for a while

just letting y'all know, i am spinnylights from twitter, if any of y'all meant to follow me, the other account is not mine…otherwise pls disregard @icecreamjones.bsky.social @celtis1.bsky.social @esseoglubeskulak.bsky.social @tumbleopossum.bsky.social @curiousepic.bsky.social @eggsquash.bsky.social

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I need to buy my migraine medicine again.. It’s $40 ko-fi.com/ophanimkei vgen.co/ophanimkei

i sent this letter to the editor last week but i doubt they'll publish it and based on some arguments i've seen recently i'm worried about this message getting lost in the noise

@spinnylights.bsky.social are you purposefully using my handle? i've had several people get confused and think that your account is mine…

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do you ever feel like this

Mouse and Crumb 2025

ちょんまげ

i can do music for these as well, although the migraines are slowing me down a lot in that department and i have something of a backlog, but still, if you can wait a bit, i'm a classically-trained composer, experienced synth programmer, and long-time guitarist soundcloud.com/spinnylights

y'know, i have to say, i really wonder how much the news stories about people "going crazy from using chatgpt" are really just about people having like, normal psychotic breaks…that just happens sometimes, and like, chatgpt is just around

i feel so fucked ;;;;;;;_;;;;;;; this has been my worst nightmare for ten years, i have no idea what i'm going to do apnews.com/live/donald-...

hearing that the reconciliation bill passed the senate i'm sick with fear about losing my healthcare. in the last 30 days i've had constant back-to-back migraines and haven't been able to go out; i'm not on my adhd meds because i need to go to the doctor to get refills, so i'm rationing what i have

There was essentially zero coverage of the disabled protest to stop Medicaid cuts. Capitol police dragged protesters out, many in wheelchairs, and arrested 34 people. It was barely a blip on the news because nobody really cares about the disabled.

in a supreme irony, the rationale for this program deftly demonstrates one of the most significant reasons why diveristy benefits everyone: in /any/ group of living things, a greater degree of diversity makes the group as a whole better able to cope with or survive threats

designing wheat-based crafting for /gilgamesh ii/

Demand an affidavit ballot and submit it. Your vote will count.

wrote a lil brower-based fractal generator using c++/emscripten last night—the ultimate plan is to use this to generate tiling wallpaper backgrounds for my website by arranging them in various patterns, but i'll probably also add it as a lil standalone thing just for people's fun

in light of recent events but also just in general, i just want to say, i think the u.s. should have completely open borders, anyone should be able to move here who wants to idgf it makes the country way better

if you're not sure how, just go to www.senate.gov/senators/sen... and put in your state. contact info for your senators should appear. feel free to send them a letter as well. they should be flooded with opposition to the bill—they've been trying to ram it through congress without people noticing.

please call your senators and urge them to leave medicaid and SNAP alone—no to the work requirements, no to the block grants, no cuts /whatsoever/. the whole country would be harmed immensely, just so the government can hand a bunch of its money to rich people for nothing. shameful and pathetic.