JJ Krakowski
@rayeth.bsky.social
Co-host of the @weweregamers.com podcast. Software developer, nerd, other diverse interests.
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One or more human beings are responsible for the code they wrote, and those are the people who should be held accountable. These programs are not acting “on their own”
(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...
www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/t...
October 10, 2026 at 3:27 AM
One or more human beings are responsible for the code they wrote, and those are the people who should be held accountable. These programs are not acting “on their own”
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"God dammit, Merrill."
Pat Murphy is a national treasure and having him mic'd up for this catch was amazing.
Pat Murphy is a national treasure and having him mic'd up for this catch was amazing.
October 7, 2026 at 2:19 AM
"God dammit, Merrill."
Pat Murphy is a national treasure and having him mic'd up for this catch was amazing.
Pat Murphy is a national treasure and having him mic'd up for this catch was amazing.
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The "Is AI alive" conversation is 100% this, too. If you can be conned by a chatbot, I fear for your general safety. You are the guy at the stripclub who think the dancers really like you.
We used to call this stupidity. There were smart people and stupid people and we let the smart people do the things they were good at and the stupid people were taken care of and didn't need to worry about what the smart people were doing. But now we let the stupid people think they're smart.
Greg Gutfeld says he doesn't understand how vaccines work as “a community preventative thing”
September 26, 2026 at 7:16 PM
The "Is AI alive" conversation is 100% this, too. If you can be conned by a chatbot, I fear for your general safety. You are the guy at the stripclub who think the dancers really like you.
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I deleted my old post by mistake because I’m not very smart - I made a video about the Zeta Set Secret Lair and what we as an artistic TCG community can learn from it:
What we can learn from the Secret Lair Zeta Set
YouTube video by Tim Gaedke
youtu.be
September 30, 2026 at 11:51 AM
I deleted my old post by mistake because I’m not very smart - I made a video about the Zeta Set Secret Lair and what we as an artistic TCG community can learn from it:
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Lamps! Trees! Spiders! In the new SHELVED BY GENRE we continue to read THE SILMARILLION, learning so so so so so much about Elves while still engaging in our patented style of lighthearted but thoughtful engagement with the fundamental questions of a text. rangedtouch.com/2026/09/25/t...
September 25, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Lamps! Trees! Spiders! In the new SHELVED BY GENRE we continue to read THE SILMARILLION, learning so so so so so much about Elves while still engaging in our patented style of lighthearted but thoughtful engagement with the fundamental questions of a text. rangedtouch.com/2026/09/25/t...
Time to enthrone a true piece of art from @effinbirds.com
September 11, 2026 at 8:34 PM
Time to enthrone a true piece of art from @effinbirds.com
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Kroenke Sports & Entertainment is acquiring the Angels, as Rams owner Stan Kroenke adds to his sports portfolio.
September 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Kroenke Sports & Entertainment is acquiring the Angels, as Rams owner Stan Kroenke adds to his sports portfolio.
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hey please let me play Symphony of the Night on Switch or Steam
Konami will celebrate the 40th anniversary of Castlevania at their upcoming TGS booth. No details yet, but for now we have this lovely illustration:
August 30, 2026 at 11:41 PM
hey please let me play Symphony of the Night on Switch or Steam
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this is so important it needed its own clip actually
August 29, 2026 at 12:55 PM
this is so important it needed its own clip actually
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The most racist, bigoted person you've seen on your timeline who regularly calls for the government to slash funding for charitable causes: "Genuine tears for Dolly Parton passing. She stood for so much."
August 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
The most racist, bigoted person you've seen on your timeline who regularly calls for the government to slash funding for charitable causes: "Genuine tears for Dolly Parton passing. She stood for so much."
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This is important.
Hook and Squeeze
How Democratic consultants, committees, and party leaders built a fundraising spam pipeline that funnels money from a captive pool of elderly donors into their own operations.
data4democracy.substack.com
August 16, 2026 at 11:53 PM
This is important.
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"doesn't understand the appeal of patina" feels like neat summation of American aesthetics
August 9, 2026 at 3:34 AM
"doesn't understand the appeal of patina" feels like neat summation of American aesthetics
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Centrist orgs like Third Way aren't afraid that a progressive will lose the general in 2028. They're afraid that they'll win
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
August 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Centrist orgs like Third Way aren't afraid that a progressive will lose the general in 2028. They're afraid that they'll win
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u...
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Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic.
For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
Michigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress.
The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.
The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.
We’re about to find out how powerful progressives really are
A strong performance across the Senate race and two House primaries would bolster the left’s argument that its message has potency in a key battleground.
www.politico.com
August 4, 2026 at 2:22 AM
Just so everyone knows, this is a tried-and-true mainstream media tactic.
For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
For progressives/leftist candidates, every election is a “crucial test” and any loss would serve as proof to the media that the latest left-side moment is at its end. Any win, though, just means it’s time to find a new test.
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Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all.
Presenting: Project Anglerfish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc
Presenting: Project Anglerfish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc
July 26, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Over a year ago, we built a prototype for a new Myst Universe game meant for publisher eyes only. This project is NOT in active development, but we're proud of the work the team did, and wanted to share it with you all.
Presenting: Project Anglerfish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc
Presenting: Project Anglerfish.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvNGt02yZNc
I saw #CoyotevsAcme at a fan screening today. I'm not allowed to post a review but I think people should see it, I laughed pretty hard. Take your kids, it's totally appropriate.
July 26, 2026 at 5:17 AM
I saw #CoyotevsAcme at a fan screening today. I'm not allowed to post a review but I think people should see it, I laughed pretty hard. Take your kids, it's totally appropriate.
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bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.
July 25, 2026 at 5:53 AM
bloomberg has a fun article today arguing that the Cybertruck is the biggest flop in automotive history. it includes this glorious graph.
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Wrote about the Roberts Court’s highly selective aversion to identifying racism, echoing the logic of the infamous Korematsu decision, which the Roberts Court has both condemned and imitated. Call it Neo-Korematsu doctrine. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
July 14, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Wrote about the Roberts Court’s highly selective aversion to identifying racism, echoing the logic of the infamous Korematsu decision, which the Roberts Court has both condemned and imitated. Call it Neo-Korematsu doctrine. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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windows recently installed bad noise cancellation on everyone's computers without saying anything; if you record or stream check your input device in sound properties and make sure "audio enhancements" is disabled.
July 11, 2026 at 6:17 PM
windows recently installed bad noise cancellation on everyone's computers without saying anything; if you record or stream check your input device in sound properties and make sure "audio enhancements" is disabled.
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Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them
July 3, 2026 at 2:52 AM
Incredible moment where Fox News puts up a graphic with all the reasons it opposes the DSA and why people should be afraid of them
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As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.
piracy is the only extant form of media preservation that exists in games right now, you might find it morally reprehensible but there is literally no other institution that will keep games alive in 25, 50 years' time
July 1, 2026 at 6:45 PM
As the director of a historical video game preservation institution, and someone who has dedicated his entire adult life to this cause, this is accurate. We have attempted to work with the industry's trade organization to find a legal path forward, but they refuse to offer a meaningful alternative.
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Why does it bother me when a manager or the CEO of my employer boasts about using Copilot to write their emails? This. This is why
June 16, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Why does it bother me when a manager or the CEO of my employer boasts about using Copilot to write their emails? This. This is why
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In ONE HOUR we are raising money for abortion access by supporting The Brigid Alliance in PREPARE TO GIVE, a Dark Souls 3 marathon where if you donate $2500 an hour Danni can never level up! www.twitch.tv/rangedtouch/
Please share around!
Please share around!
rangedtouch - Twitch
Ranged Touch is committed to celebrating the wide and weird world of tabletop games and video games.
www.twitch.tv
June 6, 2026 at 2:07 PM
In ONE HOUR we are raising money for abortion access by supporting The Brigid Alliance in PREPARE TO GIVE, a Dark Souls 3 marathon where if you donate $2500 an hour Danni can never level up! www.twitch.tv/rangedtouch/
Please share around!
Please share around!
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This is a little bit better than my tendency of calling people stupid and saying "minivans are just SUVs if they weren't shitty."
Although I'll be mad when this makes minivan prices go up.
youtu.be/oEruzTKteRE?...
Although I'll be mad when this makes minivan prices go up.
youtu.be/oEruzTKteRE?...
Get over yourself. Embrace the minivan.
YouTube video by Technology Connextras
youtu.be
May 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
This is a little bit better than my tendency of calling people stupid and saying "minivans are just SUVs if they weren't shitty."
Although I'll be mad when this makes minivan prices go up.
youtu.be/oEruzTKteRE?...
Although I'll be mad when this makes minivan prices go up.
youtu.be/oEruzTKteRE?...