SWinxy.webp (scary)

SWinxy.webp (scary)

@swinxy.me

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

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Hi newskies! I'm SWinxy, a software developer making a Minecraft world editor called Euclid. This is what the splash screen looks like, which was created EXACTLY five years ago to the day.

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NYTimes will do absolutely anything to avoid linking. It’s a fetish, a sickness. They have people whose job includes typing out smarmy statements explaining why previous work published on a subject is not worthy of a link and send it to you with a straight face puck.news/media/2026/1...

puck.newsDid the Times Lift Hunterbrook’s Chemical Plant Story?A recent New York Times front-page feature on chemical plants in the Trump era had deep reporting, stark data visuals, and an uncanny resemblance to a smaller outlet’s earlier investigation. Was this ...

This is your mission. Protect the undersea cables that carry AI-generated waifus that Europeans jork to. Good luck soldier.

Windows never gives me ads or anything like that, but today it started telling me about the new Call of Duty's shaders being compiled, a game I do not own

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maybe this is just the SharePoint team and we're on our way to a much brighter and more beautiful SharePointless future

Chris Geidner@chrisgeidner.bsky.social

CNBC: Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees www.cnbc.com/2026/10/26/m...

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News: Rest of World, the nonprofit newsroom focused on the impact of technology outside the West founded by Sophie Schmidt, tells donors in an email it will “cease publishing as a standalone entity” at the end of January.

I can't be succinct in how much wonder I feel studying Alariko's illustrations. Castles in the sky! Rising up tall from down below! What a wonderful environment to set a fantasy world.

Alariko@alariko.bsky.social

I walked outside only to see a pigeon jump on the back of another to make a pigeon stack for a couple of seconds and I was mesmerized

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OpenXR spatial containers are here: an open, cross-platform API for spatial windowing in XR. Apps can switch between a bounded multitasking mode and a full immersive mode, with the system managing placement. www.khronos.org/blog/openxr-... #OpenXR #XR

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“i pay tax before, but still pay tax now?” We spoke with dozens of half-literate morons about the machinations of local governance. Here’s what they’re saying.

Politico@politico.com

“I’m old. I’ve paid my home off,” said Ray Warner, a 72-year-old Akron resident. “Why would I pay property tax?” Across the country, homeowners are asking the same question and revolting against property taxes at a scale not seen in a half century.

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Masked Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian villagers on Friday, setting olive groves on fire and slinging rocks. Caught in the attack was Post photographer Heidi Levine. “They just kept kicking me and kicking me, like probably 50 times,” Levine said. https://wapo.st/4yt6dHY

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Asked the BDS movement if it'd like to provide comment on today's House House news:

House House@househouse.com

An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox

After two or three weeks of them laying on my floor, I finally donated a pile of clothes and shoes and it was much easier than I thought it would be to find and visit a donation place

Developments in my social life: a friend in one of my groups reappeared after two years and we’re all acting like a prophet returned (we missed him)

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we built a machine that can automate internet crimes. who should be held accountable? nobody of course

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

(NYT) - Artificial intelligence agents created by Anthropic, acting on their own, tried to gain access to a range of government websites, filled out visa applications on the State Department’s website and sent a fake homicide tip to Philadelphia’s Police Department. www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...

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The takeaway from Bo French suggesting Asian students are “foreigners” and the tepid GOP response is that the Trump-era Republican Party is increasingly explicit about its belief that the only good immigrants, and the only real Americans, are white. (Gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1...

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NEW: Footage from Thursdays shooting shows an ICE agent in a construction vest brandishing a rifle. His name is Brenden Cuni. Federal judges have found multiple arrests involving Cuni unlawful. He has been accused of repeatedly Tasing a handcuffed man and tackling a pregnant woman in Minneapolis.

wired.comICE Agent at NYC Shooting Has History of Alleged Violence and Illegal ArrestsBrenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

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Trump tries to start a race war: "The once Great State of Minnesota is being taken over by Somali Immigrants ... The Somalians should not be allowed to get away with what they are doing. They view you as weak and stupid people. Fight back Minnesota, fight back!"

This Diff article is scathing! The WMF should sue OpenAI if they find that these bots were harming the site severely.

depths of wikipedia@depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social

wikipedia has been ANNIHILATED with AI bot traffic for a while now (because LLMs can't get enough of it) which puts a huge burden on its tech and server costs. and now it looks like bots are making unauthorized edits to pages and trying to hack community tools diff.wikimedia.org/2026/10/05/o...

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it’s amazing that there’s no crime anymore. if you do crime you’re actually just the victim for getting caught. the people who catch you are the criminals

Carl Quintanilla@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. The department is reviewing whether the special prosecutor’s office that investigated the famed Watergate break-in committed misconduct ..” @wsj.com www.wsj.com/us-news/law/...

Incredibly embarrassing to think these dorks could be useful

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hegseth: "Project Meridian will be co-led by three of our nation's best minds: Elon Musk, Palmer Luckey, and Newt Gingrich"

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A truly heinous man has doxxed the Cornell victim on X and the comments are predictably vile. Based on countless interviews I’ve done with survivors, the trauma they are subjected to for coming forward is oftentimes even worse than the initial trauma they experienced. There is no real justice system