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Ernst-Jan van Melle

@ejvanmelle

Artist, miniature botherer, film and game dilettante https://ejvanmelle.com/

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i bet this shit sounds magical if you're fucking stupid

11.03.2026 05:02 πŸ‘ 9687 πŸ” 2455 πŸ’¬ 399 πŸ“Œ 772

A.I, overwhelmingly is for anime porn and Facebook boomer posts. We don’t have real data on how much it’s used but we do have real data on how cool it’s users *are* which is not very

09.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 419 πŸ” 90 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œPiracy is the most effective form of artistic distribution these days. So be it.”

-Werner Herzog on NPR just now πŸ”₯

08.03.2026 23:38 πŸ‘ 7859 πŸ” 2255 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 147

I keep seeing journo-types say the best use case for AI is to sift through huge Epstein-drop-style data dumps but I haven't seen any of them talk about the fact that the Venn diagram of AI-pushers and the types of fuckos who are IN Epstein-style data dumps is a circle

10.03.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 1271 πŸ” 240 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 5

love how we killed the old, frail anti-nuke ayatollah just to have him replaced with his young, healthy son who wants nukes and who just had his father, mother, wife, and child murdered on the same day by his mortal enemy. surely this will bring peace to the region

09.03.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 19330 πŸ” 4848 πŸ’¬ 233 πŸ“Œ 141

What a coward. What a weak person. What a shortsighted philistine.

And, of course, he's a Christian, of the sort who doesn't want lectures or agendas in his films.

What a disgrace of a person.

08.03.2026 19:16 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

a parent telling their child β€˜sometimes people love people of the same gender’ is therapy apparently

08.03.2026 00:14 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Five painted miniatures on a desktop: a weasel with a sword, a space dwarf with a hammer, an enormous reptilian referee in a floating chair, a space dwarf with a gun and an oni-looking individual with horns and a big sword

Five painted miniatures on a desktop: a weasel with a sword, a space dwarf with a hammer, an enormous reptilian referee in a floating chair, a space dwarf with a gun and an oni-looking individual with horns and a big sword

Detail of the hammer dwarf

Detail of the hammer dwarf

Detail of the floaty referee

Detail of the floaty referee

Detail of the oni, wearing loads of painful-looking piercings in his abdomen

Detail of the oni, wearing loads of painful-looking piercings in his abdomen

Latest batch of painted miniatures. A weasel for Burrows & Badgers, a charter master for my necromunda squats, a wonderful slann referee given to me once by @maartnboot.bsky.social, another Rock Raider dwarf, and an Ancient Guardian for Frostgrave #tabletop #miniaturepainting

05.03.2026 14:19 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

05.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 26180 πŸ” 10281 πŸ’¬ 75 πŸ“Œ 204

Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM

05.03.2026 05:17 πŸ‘ 17433 πŸ” 5766 πŸ’¬ 129 πŸ“Œ 101

Glad people are settling on the term "pervert glasses". Bonus points if you also say it while posting a picture of Mark Zuckerberg or call them Mark Zuckerberg's pervert glasses.

04.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 4806 πŸ” 1479 πŸ’¬ 119 πŸ“Œ 153

That is a tremendous-looking warband, I'm surprised how well the frostgrave barbarian fits!

04.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Really liked it! But especially charmed by the idea of a game limited to a handful of miniatures and one terrain set. With every other game I play subject to endless scope creep, it's refreshing. A game that's finished.
Having glanced at Berzerk, it does resemble it!

04.03.2026 10:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Moody image of miniature playset of a scary space corridor, where miniature space monsters lurk. Lit moodily red from below the grated floor

Moody image of miniature playset of a scary space corridor, where miniature space monsters lurk. Lit moodily red from below the grated floor

Moody image of miniature playset of a scary space corridor, where miniature space monsters lurk. Lit moodily red from below the grated floor. Can here be clearly seen standing on a human dinner table

Moody image of miniature playset of a scary space corridor, where miniature space monsters lurk. Lit moodily red from below the grated floor. Can here be clearly seen standing on a human dinner table

Another moody picture of the same.

Another moody picture of the same.

Another one, here lit white from below, because we are now in the cryobay

Another one, here lit white from below, because we are now in the cryobay

Finally - after having had the game for years and finally designing and printing up the terrain - played Blacksite Studios' Demonship last week. Was fun. Died gruesomely. The lighting feature works but it is hard to read the booklet in the dark. #tabletop #miniatures

03.03.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Just wanted you guys to see β€œRiding in a golf cart fatly”

02.03.2026 22:54 πŸ‘ 4381 πŸ” 678 πŸ’¬ 90 πŸ“Œ 101

We are a way away yet from The Bone Wheel in our campaign... looks amazing!

02.03.2026 22:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

some intrusive thoughts about Monarch

28.02.2026 18:49 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! It was a SIG thing to make, and I'm working on another one!

28.02.2026 23:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

operation blowing up residential buildings because a dozen rich old guys got caught molesting teenagers in the 90s

28.02.2026 09:09 πŸ‘ 6700 πŸ” 1836 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1

"Artists peak at 30", "30 under 30", "by 30 you should" ridiculous. Arts industries capital craves young people to exploit and burn out. It doesn't want older artists thriving and guiding the young. It also doesn't want artists to exist. Stop letting cannibals tell you you only matter on a plate.

26.02.2026 06:40 πŸ‘ 7453 πŸ” 3145 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 61

I know the image caption is a literal description of what happens in the episode but I enjoyed it nonetheless

26.02.2026 09:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Just heard a clip from a podcast where the hosts said Return to Oz (1985) was bad. That's it. Shut down the internet. We had a good run but things are getting out of hand.

25.02.2026 11:17 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 26 πŸ“Œ 5

thank you!

24.02.2026 17:38 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's a grift, and it's effectively memetic asbestos.

Don't use it, mock those who do.

In particular, I'm harmed by this because people who lean on AI will suck at playing my games.

23.02.2026 21:46 πŸ‘ 114 πŸ” 34 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Miniature of two space dwarves on a heavily armed flying bike

Miniature of two space dwarves on a heavily armed flying bike

Miniature of two space dwarves on a heavily armed flying bike

Miniature of two space dwarves on a heavily armed flying bike

Miniature of two space dwarves on a heavily armed flying bike

Miniature of two space dwarves on a heavily armed flying bike

Saw it done, couldn't resist doing it myself. Lego Ice Planet 2002 color scheme for my Dwarf tricycles #tabletop #miniaturepainting

23.02.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I gotta say I’ve never seen signs more that we are in an AI bubble than a venture capitalist backing a Scott Adams AI to begin with. Like he is putting MONEY into this?

23.02.2026 09:51 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

As much as possible!

22.02.2026 10:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Reducing human value to what we can be trained to do is straight up technofascism. Every fascism has its suhumans. To technofascists, humans are the subhumans.

21.02.2026 20:30 πŸ‘ 2147 πŸ” 711 πŸ’¬ 51 πŸ“Œ 10
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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents | Fortune Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations β€œscrewed up” giving students access to so much technology: β€œI genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.”

Now THAT's a headline.

"The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents"

fortune.com/2026/02/21/l...

21.02.2026 20:40 πŸ‘ 2633 πŸ” 1152 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 229
two yellow dice with pixelart Necromunda icon stickers on them, a normal die in the background

two yellow dice with pixelart Necromunda icon stickers on them, a normal die in the background

a bunch of yellow dice with pixelart Necromunda icon stickers on them

a bunch of yellow dice with pixelart Necromunda icon stickers on them

a bunch of yellow dice with pixelart Necromunda icon stickers on them in a little tin

a bunch of yellow dice with pixelart Necromunda icon stickers on them in a little tin

the lid of a little tin with a bunch of pixelart icon stickers on it, also it used to say Roomboterbabbelaars, but now it says Grimdark Babbelaars

the lid of a little tin with a bunch of pixelart icon stickers on it, also it used to say Roomboterbabbelaars, but now it says Grimdark Babbelaars

What to do if pretty much all the official dice are sold out everywhere?

Grab a label printer and make some diy Necromunda dice 🀘

21.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0