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Posts by Sam Seltzer-Johnston

a beautiful little writeup.

Since I cook a lot I didn't find the cooking puzzles hard at all, they use very simple standard techniques (lauditory) but found them quite inspiring and educational, particularly the dosa and idli sequences; I feel personally empowered to cook these dishes by this game!

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Cassandra Dracott - Pacific Drive Key Art Pacific Drive key art and deluxe edition Key Art rendered in Unreal Engine 4 with minimal tweaks in post. Responsible for lighting, VFX, design, and Environment. The car was done by Jacob Stone and lo...

Worth getting this account going with some artwork! Finally posting some #pacificdrive work. This is the key art made for the game cdracott.artstation.com/projects/XJ5...

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Subnautica 2 Steam page. Krafton is not listed as the publisher.

Subnautica 2 Steam page. Krafton is not listed as the publisher.

SteamDB page showing Krafton removed on April 7, 2026.

SteamDB page showing Krafton removed on April 7, 2026.

The Unknown Worlds / Krafton story is a gift that keeps on giving. Looks like Krafton is out of the Subnautica picture entirely.

I have thoughts about what this extrication deal might be (waive the earnout, dismiss any countersuits, Krafton doesn’t get a dime)… and if so, a good deal for Krafton.

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The “Calvin’s dad explains two types” meme, inspired by a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon.

Clockwise from top left:
1) Calvin’s dad walks into frame to find Calvin trying to operate a record player. The dad says: “There are only two industries left in America: gambling, and fraud.”

2) The dad shows where the record goes, and how to turn on the player, while Calvin watches. Dad says “Derivatives? Gambling. AI? Fraud. Video games? Gambling. Social media? Fraud.” Calvin says “yeah”.

3) With one hand open palm up, Calvin’s dad cheerfully explains to Calvin out of frame below him, “The stock market looks like gambling, but it’s actually fraud.”

4) In bed in a dark room, Calvin clutches at his pillow, eyes wide in existential terror. There is no text in the panel.

The “Calvin’s dad explains two types” meme, inspired by a Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. Clockwise from top left: 1) Calvin’s dad walks into frame to find Calvin trying to operate a record player. The dad says: “There are only two industries left in America: gambling, and fraud.” 2) The dad shows where the record goes, and how to turn on the player, while Calvin watches. Dad says “Derivatives? Gambling. AI? Fraud. Video games? Gambling. Social media? Fraud.” Calvin says “yeah”. 3) With one hand open palm up, Calvin’s dad cheerfully explains to Calvin out of frame below him, “The stock market looks like gambling, but it’s actually fraud.” 4) In bed in a dark room, Calvin clutches at his pillow, eyes wide in existential terror. There is no text in the panel.

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Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices.

A new report from the University of California shows that the state's decision to raise the minimum wage for fast food workers to $20/hr didn’t hurt jobs, or raise prices much.

Data from over 2,000 restaurants shows that the $20/hr minimum wage didn’t reduce employment.

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The longer a species stays in the wildlife trade, the more dangerous it becomes. A new study explains why A study finds that 41% of traded mammal species share at least one pathogen with humans, compared with just 6.4% of species not involved in trade.

Nice coverage of our study in the LA Times! www.latimes.com/science/stor...

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For folks who watch indie game industry news, Slay the Spire 2, in early access, outsold the *lifetime earnings* of Hades 2 AND Silksong in its first two weeks alone. Soft estimates suggest they are on track to make $250M over the next 12 months; a new record high for the Godot engine.

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gonna make a game where you can quicksave and quickload whenever you want but every time you quickload without dying you come back wrong. gradually your character falls ill, starts losing the occasional tooth, scratch an itch and too much skin comes away

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you are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm

you are not required to set yourself on fire to keep other people warm

This is an important lesson to learn when you barely have enough energy to get thru the day

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Join the orx Discord Server! Check out the orx community on Discord - hang out with 298 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

It's already been a year since our last live event!
It's time to have a new one and talk about some of the new features that have been added to #orx since then.

Please join us on Discord on April 18th: discord.gg/jEXxAXuM?eve...

We'll also be happy to answer any orx-related questions you'll have.

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A brownish-black insect with four yellow spots ion his elytra and a pair of pincer protruding from his abdomen. He is standing on a white sheet.

A brownish-black insect with four yellow spots ion his elytra and a pair of pincer protruding from his abdomen. He is standing on a white sheet.

We found this amazing earwig at a bug light last night. This one is a male, they typically have larger pincers. There is not much info available about the genus so I'm not sure why he has those strange protrusions from his abdomen.
(Ancistrogaster sp.) Intag Refugio, Ecuador

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What technique did you use to do that jiggle? It sort of looks like a vertex animation on all building geometry within the general vicinity of each change. It looks great!

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I’ve made lots of progress made on my cozy building game:

🌳🏡Island Architect🏡🌳.

Therefor time for a new gameplay collage for #screenshotsaturday!

#indiegame #gamedev #indiegamedev

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Okay so you might see this video with the audio muted. Now imagine how the music must sound like. I urge you to unmute and listen to what it's actually like because I guarantee you you're not prepared for it.

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In Turkey, an elderly man who earns his living by shining shoes is visited every morning at the same time by a cat that asks to have its fur brushed. The man never turns down this little friend.😍👍💙

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A photo of colorful acrylic keychains, featuring illustrations by me of various Cambrian invertebrate animals. They are photographed against a grey stone background.

A photo of colorful acrylic keychains, featuring illustrations by me of various Cambrian invertebrate animals. They are photographed against a grey stone background.

New Cambrian mystery keychains just dropped!

🦐 shop.fossilforager.art

#sciart

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"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope."

Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war.

A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic.

Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope.

https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"

"Magataotao" on Twitter writes: "I am Catholic. This👇is not my Pope." Attached is a video of the Pope saying that we should search for peace and reject war. A community note under their tweet says: "You are not a Catholic if you do not accept the Pope, but rather a schismatic. Canon 751: “Schism is the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff,” ie. the Pope. https://www.vatican.va/archive/cod-iuris-canonici/eng/documents/cic_lib3-cann747-755_en.html"

first in my bloodline to see someone get excommunicated by a community note

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Genuinely feeling like Mamdani has finally figured out the thing the left has historically been The Worst at.

The left needs to:

(a) use government to do Good and Popular Things

Normal: [✓]
Mamdani: [✓]

(b) TELL PEOPLE VERY LOUDLY AND MEMORABLY EVERY TIME IT DOES

Normal: [ x ]
Mamdani: [✓]

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painting, on a road in the middle of the forest at night a skeleton in black clothes holds a strawberry shortcake being followed by a ghost, a capybara and a cat

painting, on a road in the middle of the forest at night a skeleton in black clothes holds a strawberry shortcake being followed by a ghost, a capybara and a cat

a homemade strawberry cake

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The little head and big black eyes of a Habronattus jumping spider, peering up at me from under a bit of pine bark in the grass

The little head and big black eyes of a Habronattus jumping spider, peering up at me from under a bit of pine bark in the grass

Sometimes I just get the feeling I'm being watched

#EmotionalSupportSpood

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Woman with three deadly diseases has ‘remarkable’ recovery after cell therapy Treatment reset wayward immune system of patient with life-threatening conditions, say scientists, in a world first

CAR-T therapy targeting "rogue B cells" appears to eliminate 3 autoimmune conditions in the same patient, "resetting" immune system.
#biosky
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

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A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

A guy asking ChatGPT to review a series of fart sound effects and getting a serious kiss ass response that calls it atmospheric

I can't stop laughing at this post. It's perfect.

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A meme of a dog sitting in a field of flowers with the text "I'm like if the sleepiest person in the world was forced to be awake"

A meme of a dog sitting in a field of flowers with the text "I'm like if the sleepiest person in the world was forced to be awake"

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"Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds Experiments show large majorities uncritically accepting "faulty" AI answers.

"Cognitive surrender" leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research finds

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My favorite trick I learned about was devs taking a screenshot of the game right when you hit pause, and then placing that screenshot behind the menu so they could do whatever they want behind it without the player knowing.

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Bluesky just ruins video quality, but I'm posting this anyway because watching him eat makes me feel very calm, and also you can see a lot of his very fresh hairs and pointy little nubs from this angle that will get worn down before too long. The texture on the inside of his shield claw is so cool!

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a great week for productivity

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If you're wondering how Florida's fish and conservation police are able to give Flock data to ICE, you can thank Gov. Ron DeSantis. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social has more.

Watch our latest now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrHY...

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We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8

We're on strike! Don't visit propublica.org on April 8

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today.

Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

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