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Consumer Products Licensing Manager at BioWare Edmonton; General gamer and board game player. Oilers fan with an analytics slant. All views are my own. He/Him

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Love the "Warm Zone" on my stove...Isn't the whole thing the warm zone?

05.02.2026 18:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Separatists want to trade an "unjust" federal goverment with another but with way less rights.

29.01.2026 23:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Got word from Modiphius that Mass Effect: the Boardgame is on its 5th printing and continuing to sell strong and steady

At risk of being humble, it’s a great game and I’m very proud of it.

So glad we found our audience

27.01.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 125 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (permalink)
Last night, I gave a speech for the University of Washington's "Neuroscience, AI and Society" lecture series, through the university's Computational Neuroscience Center. It was called "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI," and it's based on the manuscript for my next book, "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI," which will be out from Farrar, Straus and Giroux next June:

The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI (permalink) Last night, I gave a speech for the University of Washington's "Neuroscience, AI and Society" lecture series, through the university's Computational Neuroscience Center. It was called "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Criticizing AI," and it's based on the manuscript for my next book, "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI," which will be out from Farrar, Straus and Giroux next June:

"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."

This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.

pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...

09.12.2025 14:58 πŸ‘ 1389 πŸ” 584 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 65

I'm sure they are hoping some one shoots back on these tankers. Looking for any excuse to start a war.

20.12.2025 23:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Best bet is to just start attributing any redaction as related to Trump, I mean everything.

20.12.2025 23:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Another gambit to stave off the infinite growth or death. AI is another example of it.

19.12.2025 23:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Terrain in Venezuela is the complete opposite of Iraq. Jungles and mountain ranges are famously hospitable to vehicles and infantry.

17.12.2025 00:37 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The best Lucas puzzle adventure. Skeleton puzzle, crystals puzzle, spacetime six. It had it all.

08.12.2025 23:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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pattern recognition test

02.12.2025 18:02 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Tali'Zorah 1/6 Scale Statue embodies everything that makes her an essential ally to Commander Shepard and a fan-favorite! Pre-orders placed from now until Nov 14th will receive $20 off! bit.ly/4mvf1rG

@darkhorse.com #MassEffect

10.11.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bold. Badass. Unmistakably Mass Effect.
The legendary N7 Trench has returned after months off the grid.
Suit up, Commander.
#N7 #MassEffect #VolanteDesign
Shop Now: bit.ly/4oZogBs

06.11.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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The N7 Special Ops Spectre Jacket is back and ready for deployment β€” waterproof, battle-tested, and built for legends.
Report for duty before it’s gone.
#MassEffect #N7 #VolanteDesign

04.11.2025 19:17 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Me neither.

30.10.2025 00:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's the rub, might need to turn all the UCP seats in the cities.

29.10.2025 22:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The NDP have 38 seats in the Legislature and are the official opposition, probably more than flatlining.

29.10.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A hex grid board with miniatures representing characters from Mass Effect, and card tokens of various shapes.

A hex grid board with miniatures representing characters from Mass Effect, and card tokens of various shapes.

I’ve been enjoying the Mass Effect board game designed by @ithayla.bsky.social and @ericlang.bsky.social. Nice to play a campaign game that doesn’t take 20 sessions to complete. Also, you get to throw literal fistfuls of dice.

28.10.2025 19:30 πŸ‘ 40 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Feels like many Albertans have accepted that being last is fine.

28.10.2025 00:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Other aim might be to just cripple TSMC and then supplant it domestically.

27.10.2025 20:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Short of just turning the whole place into rubble and not occupying I'm not sure they can take the island without millions of casualties. Would they win eventually, maybe probably, but it would be so costly.

27.10.2025 20:13 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Taiwan is so well defended against specifically a Chinese invasion, it just won't happen. The US would actively have to attack Taiwan as well for there to be any chance.

27.10.2025 19:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

All part of the plan for the next provincial election.

24.10.2025 18:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

The goal was and always has been to make voting as unappealing as possible. Either by hoops, forms or just raw time-to-vote. This election will leave a bad impression just in time for the next election in Alberta...

22.10.2025 21:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If she can't even complete the Taproot survey, why would I put in the effort to vote for her?

20.10.2025 19:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Didn't he also recieve less votes than the person he was replacing in that riding?

15.10.2025 17:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Standing at 9.25" tall, the Lucanis Dellamorte Statuette brings this assassin to life in stunning detail. Limited to 750, add this fan-favorite #TheVeilguard character to your collection before he’s gone! bit.ly/4lDQZJK

@darkhorse.com #DragonAge

15.10.2025 16:23 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

At 4 mill though he's going to be paid as a 5/6 in short order. Also the LTIR credit will probably be close to 4m next season so if he's injured they get all his money back.

08.10.2025 17:32 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Won't the referendum happen anyways regardless of an election outcome?

06.10.2025 21:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Winning in the current NHL is as much on the ice as it is avoiding the NHL's current golden child in anything that creates a decisions point. Be it playoffs, discipline or greivance.

06.10.2025 16:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Does he think that by saying it in another country that it just doesn't count or..?

02.10.2025 21:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0