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Erik Champion

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Digital heritage, serious games, and digital inhumanities. 3D or not 3D. Usually based in Oceania but on land. https://erikchampion.wordpress.com/

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ICE using warehouses as prisons.

ICE using warehouses as prisons.

Prison corp here we come. www.news.com.au/world/north-...

07.03.2026 11:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The statement that β€œin 1902 Australia became the first nation to introduce equal federal suffrage” cannot be accepted."

05.03.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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how interesting. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

05.03.2026 12:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
the Azadi (freedom) tower in Tehran suffering airstrike.

the Azadi (freedom) tower in Tehran suffering airstrike.

"Tower of freedom" in a creepy, beautiful, style that Sauron could have penned. But I'm not one of the convinced that bombs are the answer. It's like we have gone back 100 years. www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

04.03.2026 08:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

if true this is inexcusable.

03.03.2026 23:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The man wrote a whole book about this:

02.03.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Well done Australia, that shows how independent you were/are ... www.news.com.au/national/pol... "the tax cut was effectively β€˜a handout’ and that supporting it restricted their ability to spend more on defence, in line with the new expectations of the US Government.”

02.03.2026 22:36 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Charmed and fascinated by Chess Wars, a DOS game released in 1996 that features live-action cutscenes of medieval melee when playing pieces engage one another in battle.

27.02.2026 11:31 πŸ‘ 2180 πŸ” 673 πŸ’¬ 53 πŸ“Œ 55

"Digital art: I want to be confused. I don’t want to understand. I want to see something for the first time again. Rarely a game does that, and when it does it’s a precious thing."

my exact feelings

25.02.2026 20:01 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"1. Trying to learn sinner man on piano. 2. Man." So you are halfway there already!

25.02.2026 02:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think maybe the people corrupting the system to take status from the system (a degree) have some responsibility for this...

23.02.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Even without the moral issues, Altman seems to think AI developed itself, no, human energy and investment did. www.news.com.au/technology/i...

23.02.2026 19:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Why does the UK seem to be arresting people over Epstein associations but not USA given he was American with mostly American contacts? It is a strange world.

23.02.2026 19:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Plato's Molecule In his dialogue Timaeus, the Greek philosopher Plato (427–347 B.C.) carefully laid out his reasoning for ascribing certain geometric shapes to the minuscule particles that constituted the four element...

I blame Plato: www.sciencenews.org/article/plat...

23.02.2026 12:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tunic, Night in the Woods Publisher Says TikTok Is Creating and Running Racist GenAI Ads for Its Games Without Permission - IGN Publisher Finji says that TikTok has been using generative AI to modify its ads on the platform without permission and pushing those ads to its users without Finji's knowledge, including at least one ...

Thanks @ign.com and @duckvalentine.bsky.social for following along on this for the past few weeks.

www.ign.com/articles/tun...

20.02.2026 14:00 πŸ‘ 107 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 7

really impressed by their desire to tackle this TikTok issue..

20.02.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Fascinating article, thanks! Raises the eternal (archaeological?) question: if no current existing proof certain things (such as hierarchical social order), how confident are we that they didn't? It's also a great challenge for visualization/virtual heritage, no kingly tombs, impress us differently!

19.02.2026 13:15 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottoriapumekaanikkoaliupseerioppilas" I think right there is a reason I never learnt Finnish, but what an amazing language! (I can say two sentences and cheers in Estonian, but they are rather bizarre sentences).

19.02.2026 12:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

my initial tweets were glib, apologies. Yes I see anarchy from a simplistic reactive 80s UK punk aesthetic not an ancient Greek philosophy. My question to my self however is can we (humans) avoid hierarchical social order? Apparently there are exceptions in other species.

19.02.2026 12:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

ah, but in a way a clock is a mechanical ruler, not a social arrangement between free agents...

19.02.2026 12:24 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

so it will be expanded to criminal dogs? I find it easier just to leave treats out the front...

19.02.2026 01:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You should know better than I but Swedish architects from/in the Klara School had shallow coats of paint so as one walked past they kind of shimmered (borrowed perhaps from Byzantine architecture)

19.02.2026 01:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That's a brilliant idea for those of us who experienced overlong papers that were utterly unbearable!

18.02.2026 20:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you steampunk'd him!

18.02.2026 20:52 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If they've organized a set time with you then it's not looking good for anarchy ..

18.02.2026 20:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

maybe it means benefits *for* the AI?!

18.02.2026 08:10 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I went to architecture school with Michael Angelo (he told me his father Mr Angelo was an artist with a sense of humour).

18.02.2026 04:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

That would be Richard I. Pervo?

18.02.2026 04:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Daniel Milligan on X: "My Tesla tried to drive me into a lake today! FSD version 14.2.2.4 (2025.45.9.1) @Tesla @aelluswamy https://t.co/ykWZFjUm8k" / X My Tesla tried to drive me into a lake today! FSD version 14.2.2.4 (2025.45.9.1) @Tesla @aelluswamy https://t.co/ykWZFjUm8k

I didn't realize with FSD that Teslas became fully submersible! Also funny it is on X! x.com/i/status/202...

18.02.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can only dream of receiving book reviews like this "preposterous in its thesis, destructive in its purpose, and tortuously numbing in its content."

18.02.2026 02:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0