UpNerd Abby

Abby did another thing

In case facts still matter

I hate when boxing announcers say a boxer is "down for the count." I don't care that he loves Dracula I just want to know who's winning

Chemists Announce Upgraded Periodic Table With Dozens Of New Elements For Just $4 A Month https://theonion.com/chemists-announce-upgraded-periodic-table-with-dozens-o-1839288701/

"Despite massive investments...[AI] has delivered zero financial payoff to corporate America outside of tech. With no impact on the bottom line, mainstream corporate America is pulling back and starting to view token spending not as a source of growth but as a cost center that weighs on margins."

Mini animals 3 - Green tree frog

The Fire #indiedev #gamedev #blender

The Desert Hand-made in Blender. No generative AI. #psx #gamedev #blender #surreal #indiedev

Folks, I have a good job that pays well but I’m still salty that I’ll never have a TT position in my field while other folks are pawning the work off on chatbots like it’s accepted practice.

In happier nerd news - Abby and I picked out some of our choices for the top 3, bottom 3 episodes of Star Trek The Next Generation that IMDB does not have in those positions. This was a ton of fun, as it is any time we talk Trek. Listen here: upnerd.captivate.fm

The late Tim Curry voiced Arl Howe in Dragon Age: Origins. Now, BioWare is no more. What a year :(

CACOPHONY (1992) Mixed Media - 24" x 24" I had a good relationship with Sepulture after their Beneath the Remains and Arise releases. When they sent a sample of “Refuse/Resist”—which I loved—I was eager to be part of the project for Chaos A.D. #horror #art

this is so perfect, so pure

failure to learn this lesson does not make you a bold, optimistic innovator, it makes you a fucking idiot

David Hare, Crab, 1951 https://botfrens.com/collections/14377/contents/1136258

Another green peafowl. Ink on Fabriano Medioevalis, 132 × 85 mm, 2022.

The digital nation of Tuvalu, which I mentioned in our TNG episode in reference to The Inner Light: youtu.be/lXpeO5BgAOM?...

what a fantastic all-timer thread on this phenomena and the psychology behind it I think about this all the time and not understanding this is the difference between successful liminal horror, and just horrorslop. liminal horror is about the baked-in hostility of public spaces we millenials saw die

Maybe my favorite synthesis of specific framing for a 3D scene and my 2D portrait from ENTROPY, it's so fun🙏 Check out Entropy here: store.steampowered.com/app/3940340/Entropy/

"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK"

Oh my friends thank you and I love you - I didn't mean say hi to me! I mean to the people you think of. To the people that matter who pop into your mind. To the ones you miss, where appropriate. Don't wait for them to say hi, because they might be waiting for you xxx

Tilly Norwood Moved To Trash Folder By Deranged Fan

Goodnight Bluesky

I love him

this photo by Diego Perez, from Peru, for the Nikon Comedy wildlife photography awards lol www.dpreview.com/photography/...

TWO WORLDS (1985)
 Oil on canvas - 36” x 22” 

During one of the Ethiopian famines, I came across a magazine photo of a desert filled with a multitude of crude burial mounds extending off to the horizon. I was struck by the implications of the image... #art #booksky 🪐📚

The fox woman. Mixed media on tea stained illustration board.

FLOWERS/DEWDROP9.GIF

Hot take: I don't think social media made people dumber. We've been dumb this whole time. It's just that you used to have to have a job that people sent their dumb letters to, to notice. This made "Engaging with fools" an occupational hazard rather than the 24/7 experience it is presently.

#jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon

Oh the movement in this piece!

I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart

It’s coming… 🎃

Fellas, we have to talk to our sons while they’re still young. This foundation👇🏽 is the way…

Circus Performers, by Walt Kuhn, 1978, 📸 via @marisakabas.bsky.social

increasingly feels like my Perfectly Fine liberal arts education was an artifact grabbed fleeing a burning temple

To people who don’t believe that Kermit the Frog is real: What is the basis for your morality? Where does your moral standard come from?

Both parents feed & protect the chicks. “One of my all time favorite loon clips. This was the first time that I got 2 chicks on the parent’s back at the same time several years ago.” Canon R5 and 100-500mm lens IG: @harrycollinsphotography www.instagram.com/harrycollins...

The tweet that immediately came to mind:

they said I couldn't make a 3D render of a skeleton look like it was from a 60s or 70s film, but what do we have here?