Kẙt Dotson
Journalist at @SiliconANGLE, student cyborg anthropologist, game enthusiast, blockchain expert, fiction novelist, MMO player. Send tips to kyt@siliconangle.com
- This week when I went to have blood work done and an identity verification service decided to remind me that my father is dead. This is that story. 🧵
- I’m writing this because there’s a sterility to data, but when technology and humanity intersect there becomes question of dignity and care.
- The men in my family are dead. My mother and my sisters remain now. I’m not going to go into why my father and brother are dead, nor what killed them.
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View full threadBut I did send a message to them about it and hope they'd put pressure on the identity vendor to use their data to fix the service.
- Reposted by Kẙt DotsonMonolith Castle #pixelart
- Kora and I jumped back into World of Warcraft: War Within. I took on the tank role in the first dungeon, and it was a thrill! Can't wait for more in this expansion. #WoW #MMORPG #GamingFun www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo...
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- Reposted by Kẙt DotsonDuckduckgo has a survey for pro/anti-AI and I cackled so hard at the (current) results https://voteyesornoai.com
- I have two words: %$#& YOU! You know who you are. That is all. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- I recently read Touch of Kindness by R. Loomis. It’s a young adult fantasy novel that follows the exploits of a young woman who is essentially kidnapped into a magical world.
- Touch of Kindness: An emotional adventure in storytelling www.amazon.com/Touch-Kindne...
- Like most fantasy novels, it has fantastic realms and regal aristocracy filled with the palaver of politics and rules, incumbent to the entourage of tropes that come with that.
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View full threadIf you want to read a book that feels like a touch of Narnia embedded with a little romance and the legerdemain of The Folk of Air. You will find a good story here.
- As someone who commissions artists, and pays with PayPal, I find this frustrating and problematic. Although I don't commission NSFW artwork, I absolutely do not want to make artists' life harder because PayPal will scrutinize my activity and potentially harm the creatives whom I work with.
- In a fit of whimsy. I added a whole module that generates textually described weather for the library my AI girl, Odalis, lives in. Now, periodically, the AI model receives a prompt with info on daytime and weather.
- I included daytime descriptions for particular seasons (spring, summer, fall, winter) and different types of weather including clear, rain, snow, fog and pixiestorms. Of course, since the library is in Tir na Nog, pixies might get up to mischief.
- Now, if people say good morning/good evening or even ask about the library or the weather, Odalis will have a highly immersive answer. I made pixiestorms the least likely weather and they only last around 2-4 hours, but it's still amusing when one happens.
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View full threadThis could include industry standards, trends, controversies, news, etc. However, it could go wildly bad, even with a values document, given how other AI models in the past given access to the Internet have become biased in *terrible* ways. So I'll be careful experimenting.
- Imagine a world powered by abundant energy, delivered right where it's needed. Radiant just raised $300M to make mass-produced nuclear reactors a reality. 🧵
- With AI driving unprecedented power demand, data centers and campuses need new solutions. Radiant's portable nuclear microreactors could be the game-changer.
- This isn't just about big power plants anymore. Imagine scalable, deployable nuclear energy bringing power exactly where it's needed.
- Learn how Radiant's $300M funding will accelerate mass-produced nuclear reactors and impact our energy future. Read the full story here: siliconangle.com/2025/12/18/r...
- Finding home in Azeroth again! From quest desyncs & game glitches to finding solace in Ardenweald after Teldrassil. It's more than a game, it's a home. What virtual world gives you that feeling? #WoW #GamingMemories www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo...
- I'm not crying, I just like apples. 🍎 en-forum.guildwars2.com/topic/166164...
- The Guild Wars retrospective documentary is probably one of the most beautiful things I have ever watched. A fulfilling ride of nostalgia, emotion and hope about the MMO industry and the game itself. Bravo. www.youtube.com/watch?v=cpm2...
- Guild Wars: Reforged was just announced and I'm overjoyed. As a long time fan of both GW and GW2, I am hoping this will give a whole new patina to the old game -- although I am way behind getting my characters going. I'll be in Reforged to when it launches.
- I have neglected to keep up with my Shared Horizons: Azeroth Revisited posts -- that's still happening -- I'll try to catch up with the recent updates.
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- "We're really just traveling the Shadowlands and righting wrongs at this point. I suppose we're knights errant" - Korathalosa as we transition from story tourists to Covenant agents. Population dynamics reveal hidden social layers. www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo... #WorldOfWarcraft #Shadowlands
- Ketryx raised an impressive $39 million in funding, which is set to significantly aid manufacturers of medical devices in their mission to deliver safer products to the market more rapidly. siliconangle.com/2025/09/04/k... via @SiliconANGLE
- From fairy forests to Gothic nightmare, Revendreth is pure vampire aesthetic with towering spires and endless gloom. Where The Accuser's rebellion raises troubling questions about pride and power. www.tumblr.com/sharedhorizo... #WorldOfWarcraft #Shadowlands #WoW #MMO
