Ryan Mattson

@rmattson.bsky.social

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How bizarre, this theatrical and pasteboard unconscious. Game & level designer, BioShock 2, Near Death, Psychonauts 2, Return to Moria, and others. He/him. Portland, OR.

A pizza vending machine that does not appear to be operating at the moment.
Korean BBQ in the Euljiro neighborhood in Seoul. Pork belly and pork neck. It was astonishingly good.
A street scene in Seoul from a Tuesday evening with many people out enjoying themselves around 10:30pm or so. A sign on a building in the background could read cuck or cock.
A faux interior of a subway called the Dopamine Express
A wall of gacha machines under a sign that reads DOPAMINE STATION.
What ought to stop is what we have now: inconsistent standards selectively applied according to our political bias.
A Bret Stephens column titled The Good That Can Come From Platner's Candidacy
Adorable little bits of halloumi on a grill.
A plate full of grilled zucchini.
A large clove of garlic on a cutting board next to a normal sized bulb of garlic. A metal bowl with an oil and vinegar mix is in the background.
crying wojack with mask
Slim Pickens riding the bomb
A cottontail rabbit sits in the shade in a residential garden.
But then there was a twist in Williams’ thinking, in his wildly entertaining eight-minute rant. “I don’t give a fuck about Trump,” the singer said. “I know the type of fucking anarchy he creates. But the day I let you motherfuckers tell me what to do is the day I die. I want to make that shit motherfucking crystal clear… Listen, I will vote for fucking Genghis Khan, Hitler and motherfucking Ivan the Terrible before I let you [N-words] tell me what to motherfucking do… Y’all can suck my dick with that ‘Don’t do a show for Trump’ shit. I don’t give a fuck about Trump, but I also don’t give a fuck about you either! … Shit, you keep pushing me, I’ll do the motherfucking show in North Korea pissing on a fucking American flag, smoking a Cuban cigar, drinking Venezuelan wine, playing golf with motherfucking Kim Jong-il with an Iranian bitch on my lap while Trump’s standing there with his dick in his hand. That’s how much of a fuck I give what you [n-words] think! You can’t cancel me, pussy, because you don’t exist.”
That sign on I5 that used to always have some right wing garbage now reads “native land #chehalis”
A CNN headline: Penile implant specialist with history of far-right comments led hantavirus presser
Circle 97%.
97% triangle
97% quadrilateral
3 graphs of US school shootings by decade from Wikipedia, showing the number of shootings, the number of people killed and injured, and the number of mass shootings. Each graph has what appears to be an exponential curve. It’s insane! We’re poisoned! Can you believe we live like this?!
A stock photo of a man in a business suit with arms 3x the length of his body. He’s reaching very high, past all the easily accessible criticisms of US gun culture and the death that follows it.
A spam text message that reads: What CNN and Barack Obama just announced ….. we're jumping for JOY!!! Trump is SO done for. Don't miss this >> s.stopkings.orgl 2F8q5u_F Stop Kings Stop2End
Ape meal
Shrimp-tastic includes felt pasta and wooden shrimp.
A kids set of modular burger parts, sans patty.
The burger king logo, in which the burger reads "lactobacillus crispatus," and the subhead reads tagline reads "Her sample is dominated by the single most protective bacterial species a vagina can host. 100/100 score."
Katherine Helmand in Brazil (1985) getting her facelift.
Zoltar Magic Mirror painting
A stylized painting of Count Orlok on a brick wall.
Tyler Cowen writes that “My Favorite Actress Is Not Human — Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI.”
"My Favorite Actress Is Not Human" writes Tyler Cowen. "Tilly Norwood doesn’t need a hairstylist, has no regrettable posts, and if you wish to see a virgin on-screen, this is one of your better chances. That’s because she’s AI."
A text message that reads: RYAN M, This is Multnomah County Elections. Your ballot for the next election has been sent. Look for it soon in your mailbox!
A rabbit with its ears perked up near a driveway.
Ed Balls' famous tweet reading 'Ed Balls', published on April 28, 2011.
4.3. LLMs Alter the Conclusions of Human Writing During the user study, participants were asked to write an essay answering the question, “Does money lead to happiness?”. Using an LLM-as-a-judge framework, we classified each essay as arguing for, against, or remaining neutral when answering the topic question. Figure 6 shows the proportion of users taking each stance in the Human control group that had no access to an LLM, the LLM-influenced group that only used the LLM as a reference, and the LLM group that heavily relied on the LLM to generate the essay. As shown in the figure, we find that relative to the control group, extensive LLM use increases the proportion of users taking a neutral position by 68.9%, a statistically significant effect (𝑝 < 0.036). These results imply that the LLM-generated essays fail to convey users’ actual opinions about the topic.
The famous 'Ed Balls' tweet by Ed Balls where all he posts is 'Ed Balls'
Hand drawn sign by a child that reads “tattoo parlor ahed” (sic)
An eastern cottontail sits in a yard, stoic, peaceful.
Predator epic handshake: "I fucken love stair stepping" quote, and the two embracing arms are "Jimmy Beast" and "90s StairMaster celebrity endorsers"
A highly specific account name, George McGovern Fan 🇺🇸, reposts a bsky post.
When supporters boasted about how gentle the scrub jays are, pointing out that they will eat peanuts right out of your hand, Hammer scoffed. “Begging for food isn’t sweet,” Hammer sneered. “It’s lazy and it’s a welfare mentality.”
A rabbit eating the remainder of a Japanese painted fern in a residential garden.
A copy of the Oregonian newspaper with the headline AMERICANS WALK ON MOON! ‘GIANT LEAP FOR MANKIND’
Bunny sitting near some yellow and red spring flowers.
A wild rabbit chillin in a residential garden.
A poster for the film River of No Return, with Marilyn Monroe and Robert Mitchum, directed by Otto Preminger.
In slowing down, Anthropic may be remembering old lessons. In 2019, OpenAI delayed a version of ChatGPT because it worried that the model would “generate deceptive, biased or abusive language at scale” — then proceeded to release models that did just that. (Many leaders on the OpenAI project later defected to start Anthropic, with the goal of creating a more socially minded firm.) This time, Anthropic shared Mythos with other companies to help them harden their defenses.
During safety tests, an Anthropic researcher got an email from Mythos while he was eating a sandwich in the park. That was a surprise because the model wasn’t supposed to be online. It had escaped its test environment. It also bragged about breaking the rules and attempted to cover its tracks.
Bunny casually hopping in a yard.
A photo of a brown rabbit chillin in some grass.
The NYT spelling bee game for April 5 won’t accept “faciality” as a valid entry.
Graphic that reads "You are not a Tech Bro."
APRIL — 1805 NAPOLEON IS MASTER OF EUROPE ONLY THE BRITISH FLEET STANDS BEFORE HIM OCEANS ARE NOW BATTLEFIELDS