Erik Coltey

PhD student in Computer Science at FIU and occasional 3D artist

[Liza @Li33aaa]

this is what it looks like when i lock in

[Damian (COMMS OPEN) @Daamianski]

whole species does nothing but hit the emote button

[Farzad 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 @farzyness]

Whoever designed this needs to be fired immediately:

[NASA @NASA]

Hello, Moon. It’s great to be back.

Here’s a taste of what the Artemis II astronauts photographed during their flight around the Moon. Check out more photos from the mission: https://t.co/rzM1P0QbOl

[lia @tallsnail]

before having a toddler, i read some parenting books which stated that telling a toddler "don't do X" is difficult for them to parse/understand - they really just fixate on the "do X" part of the phrase

so instead you should tell them what TO do instead of what NOT to do. this is more developmentally appropriate and will result in less undesired behavior

"don't grab the cat's ear" -> "open, soft hands with the cat"

"don't lick the floor" -> "we can touch the floor with our feet and our hands"

etc

i thought this seemed weird and counterintuitive and... leaning towards overly permissive? don't they need to learn to take a straight-up "no"?

but after many months of on-the-ground toddler parenting, i have seen that this principle is completely true (for my child). it's like saying "don't do X" casts a spell on him that makes him obsessively and repeatedly *do X*. and redirecting my language/instruction to what he CAN do feels like an escape hatch

what felt counterintuitive is now very intuitive to me and it's slowly becoming second nature in my interactions with him

[Brooks | 🏳️‍🌈 @brookstweetz]

The absolute rush I got seeing this transition on the big screen

[Programmer Humor @PR0GRAMMERHUM0R]

bestExplain https://t.co/2JUbYqIQQW

[reb @rebmasel]

these were taken on Kodachrome film which isn’t manufactured anymore because digital photography made it unpopular!!!!!!!! LOOK AT THESE. LOOK AT THEM. I WANT TO SCREAM

[A.J. Bauer @ajbauer]

If only someone had written a dissertation on "olfactory ethics" and the "politics of smell."

[hatsune mitski @zephanijong]

me: this new adderall prescription is gonna help me so much

me:

[1982VintageNut ⊙⊝⊜ @1982VintageNut]

Manatee fam looks like a chubby SR-71

[boss @boss_on_here]

Men yearn for the control rooms

[ClassicComics @ClassicComics3]

Devil Went Down to Georgia is fascinating to me because it’s so American. In any other culture it would be a cautionary tale of hubris and fooling with the demonic. But in America, Johnny actually is just better than the Devil. It’s so American

[Wasa @AsagiKurosagi]

another excuse to post chinese_tire_ballad.webm

[alixbugbug INACTIVE - find me @alixbugbug @alixbuginactive]

it’s friday

[Erik Coltey @ErikColtey]

@thewingedking run a recomp bro trust

[Erik Coltey @ErikColtey]

@adithyasolai Lakers in 6!

[Evan Washington @evanewashington]

are you okay bro? why is there a slow-tempo reprise of your main theme? bro?

[Sam Alberti @sam_alberti]

dc will always be so funny