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ValΓ©rie Bettaque

@reified-systems.itch.io

πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡³πŸ‡±πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈπŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ (they/she) Theoretical physics PhD @ Brandeis University. Working on quantum gravity/matter/information. Aspiring game developer using Godot. Queer, neurodivergent, anarchist. Free Palestine! πŸ‰πŸ‡΅πŸ‡Έ

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John Lennon doing that stupid walk

John Lennon doing that stupid walk

Walking away from Omelas like

10.03.2026 01:10 πŸ‘ 1747 πŸ” 237 πŸ’¬ 22 πŸ“Œ 9

I'm forming a team...

09.03.2026 21:12 πŸ‘ 316 πŸ” 42 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve encountered that same sentiment, and also a refusal to learn Godot’s paradigm because it is not the industry standard and therefore somehow wrong or not worth learning. Instead they want to mold Godot into a different Unity.

09.03.2026 21:22 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe by living on the boundary you are dual to a black hole in the bulk, they too can’t have a gender due to the no-hair theorem.

09.03.2026 21:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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OMG people are going to LOVE the new offset transform property in Godot 4.7!

It allows you to easily animate elements inside containers, even with the AnimationPlayer 😍

09.03.2026 16:36 πŸ‘ 142 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 4

β€œPiracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.”

-Werner Herzog on NPR just now πŸ”₯

08.03.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 6669 πŸ” 1929 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 132

Can’t believe the Cbat guy was in season 3 of Twin Peaks.

08.03.2026 04:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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MONEY PLANE (2020) predicted polymarkets and kalshi

05.03.2026 20:58 πŸ‘ 1188 πŸ” 256 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 102

Finishing this dissertation will take 10 years off my lifespan.

05.03.2026 04:07 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We have first principles, yes, but what about second principles?

04.03.2026 15:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We’re just innocent men

02.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 1972 πŸ” 719 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 37
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Everything’s shit.

28.02.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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[guy who sang baby beluga] the festering belly is splitting, each half digested soul fumbling for a knife

26.02.2026 18:38 πŸ‘ 6149 πŸ” 1246 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 71

why are any of you watching the State of the Union when you could be walking into a screening of Nirvanna: The Band The Show The Movie right now like I am

25.02.2026 03:49 πŸ‘ 5150 πŸ” 363 πŸ’¬ 152 πŸ“Œ 37

Just in time for tax season!

25.02.2026 01:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Doesn’t help that all these computer graphics books and papers are terrible at LaTeX and writing equations in general.

24.02.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
still frame from the beginning of Twin Peaks
it is February 24th and Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived in the town of Twin Peaks

still frame from the beginning of Twin Peaks it is February 24th and Special Agent Dale Cooper arrived in the town of Twin Peaks

Good morning

24.02.2026 09:45 πŸ‘ 3849 πŸ” 1891 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 60
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Never a big Narnia guy but this 6 seconds typifies everything I love about British television.

24.02.2026 08:48 πŸ‘ 3804 πŸ” 991 πŸ’¬ 76 πŸ“Œ 98

New Evangelion
New Diablo 2 Expansion
Everyones obsessed with a Monkey

The timeline is unravelling.

We're in the Dark Souls 3 period of our lives.

23.02.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 73 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 2

Opened a pub near a hospital and called it Epstein's Bar and now everyone is yelling at me

23.02.2026 19:48 πŸ‘ 501 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 1
Key art for "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" on Dropout shows its title along with its three principal puppet characters in picture frames.

Key art for "Don't Hug Me I'm Scared" on Dropout shows its title along with its three principal puppet characters in picture frames.

one of my all-time favorite weird and wonderful shows - DON'T HUG ME I'M SCARED - is now on dropout!

full web series now; TV series (which less people have seen) over the course of the next few months. big thanks to blink industries, becky, and joe for their faith in us.

23.02.2026 18:32 πŸ‘ 3850 πŸ” 785 πŸ’¬ 136 πŸ“Œ 161

I hope thereβ€˜s a handle to flush it on the other side πŸ‘€

23.02.2026 18:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Transplants

23.02.2026 16:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

He’s The Prisoner of my heart

23.02.2026 04:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I remember one time walking into my Grandma's kitchen and I was surprised to see her crying. When I asked her what was wrong, she told me she felt like she wasn't doing enough to make the world a better place.

20.02.2026 15:53 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a black suit and tie is smiling . ALT: a man in a black suit and tie is smiling .
18.02.2026 04:38 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Will I ever be able to survive more than 30 minutes in Caves of Qud?

17.02.2026 23:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
17.02.2026 21:47 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Magic and Wormholes in the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev Model Any quantum state is fully specified by the expectation values of a complete set of Hermitian operators. For a system of Majorana fermions, such as the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev (SYK) model, this set of obser...

My new paper is finally out! With a totally not-clickbait title :P

arxiv.org/abs/2602.12339

16.02.2026 03:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0