Victor Fernando R. Ocampo

Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 05, 2024 at 11:04 UTC

Remember.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 10:07 UTC

I am seriously jealous of those discovering the work of French-Vietnamese speculative fiction writer Aliette de Bodard for the first time. "Whether you’re new to her work or have been following her for years, there’s always something new to try."
reactormag.com/the-wonderfu...

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 03, 2024 at 04:58 UTC

Quo vadis USA?

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 07:55 UTC

She wants to lead a team of mutant dogs to fight evil...

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 29, 2024 at 07:52 UTC

I cut her fringe a little bit, and this happened. Help! I may have broken our dog.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 25, 2024 at 15:05 UTC

I have started tossing my bills under my bed.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 20, 2024 at 15:45 UTC

It does. Sigh.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 04, 2024 at 15:01 UTC

Oops. Wasn't CAPTCHA the best way to tell if we're human?

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 06:14 UTC

The only flying prototype of the Kyūshū J7W was tested for only 45 minutes in reality, but you can see a fictional recreation of the Shinden prototype fly in the excellent movie Godzilla minus One.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Jun 03, 2024 at 06:13 UTC

Finally had a chance to see Godzilla Minus One. Magnificent.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 06:51 UTC

Trump, and MAGA America, need to see that their actions have global consequences. Another Trump presidency will bring the whole world closer to Armageddon.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 31, 2024 at 06:10 UTC

Now, LOCK HIM UP. The world does not need another Trump presidency.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 28, 2024 at 13:34 UTC

This is simply unconsciable. End the genocide. Free Palestine.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 27, 2024 at 09:09 UTC

With Joel Donato Ching Jacob and Claire Betita de Guzman at the 15th Asian Festival of Children's Content. So chuffed to have a science fiction story in this senies: Filipino Fiction for Young Adults.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 27, 2024 at 09:05 UTC

Absolutely.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 27, 2024 at 05:09 UTC

In the US the people most complaining about their lack of “freedom” are the ones pushing for the restriction of freedom of others

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 22, 2024 at 18:42 UTC

Truth.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 20, 2024 at 12:08 UTC

Cross-posting from LinkedIn:
Japan is developing a new system for digital governance known as the 'Trusted Web' to combat fake information. Join our DIF APAC/ToIP session to learn more. Thursday, 23 May 2024, at 3pm GMT+8 (SG). Free and Open to the public.
Call details here - shorturl.at/qNlQ9

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 15, 2024 at 17:39 UTC

Happy Wednesday

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] May 12, 2024 at 04:09 UTC

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there!

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 30, 2024 at 08:33 UTC

Damn brilliant ad by World Wildlife Fund. It's just the perfect mix of context and humour.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 11:40 UTC

Sorry, USD$3 will buy you TWO kilos of Mangoes. My mistake.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 11:29 UTC

Three US dollars for a kilo of Mangoes isn't bad. Take my money!

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 29, 2024 at 06:16 UTC

Why does this Filipino farm require you to solve a math problem before you can buy their mangoes?

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 25, 2024 at 08:09 UTC

Let's save Star Trek Lower Decks! chng.it/7b6cKpxGVh

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 25, 2024 at 05:02 UTC

I relate to this so much. Art by the wonderful Tom Gauld.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 22, 2024 at 17:53 UTC

Tonight's nocturnal visitor, Aulacogenia patalungae Miller, 1940, is a member of the Assasin Bug family that's native to Singapore.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 20, 2024 at 03:53 UTC

Goals. Art by Tom Gauld. Happy Saturday!

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 18, 2024 at 05:38 UTC

Paramount's stewardship of Star Trek has been terrible lately. Luckily for them, Klingon bat'leths are illegal in Singapore. Otherwise, I would stick one up their rear ends. I really hope that Lower Decks finds a new home.
www.giantfreakinrobot.com/ent/star-tre...

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 12, 2024 at 11:59 UTC

Happy Friday!

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Apr 11, 2024 at 07:02 UTC

As a writer and someone who works in the technology space, I am deeply concerned about the IMDA's plans to build a Southeast Asia-focused large language model (LLM). Singapore Unbound does a great job of explaining why in their position paper here -
singaporeunbound.org/oped/imda-in...

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 29, 2024 at 05:24 UTC

Genocide via mass starvation is definitely a war crime. Free Palestine now.
www.bbc.com/news/world-m...

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 24, 2024 at 15:32 UTC

I want to try this service, next time I'm in Hongkong.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 21, 2024 at 11:04 UTC

Superb on every level. I've only seen two episodes so far, but I love how it has updated the original 90s series in such a smart, contemporary way without losing the original aesthetic. The catchy theme song will live rent-free in my head this whole month.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 20, 2024 at 07:25 UTC

Happy Wednesday. The inimitable Tom Gauld over at the Guardian suggests some literary collective nouns.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 19, 2024 at 08:46 UTC

Quick update on my second collection of short stories.
vrocampo.com/2024/03/19/c...

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 14, 2024 at 03:06 UTC

Exploring the implications of futuristic technologies and the social structures enabled by them was behind the project Cntrl+Alt+Delete by Nanyang Technological University, the Singapore government, and four speculative fiction writers (myself, Sarah Ang, Wen-yi Lee and Nuraliah Norasid).

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 14, 2024 at 02:50 UTC

Last Saturday, we got to talk about our SF stories and the cutting-edge technologies we wrote about at Syneygy Art x Tech Fringe Festival at the Figma Clubhouse organized by #Tusitala and #BeFantastic. Poet, technologist and civil servant Hao Guang facilitated.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 11, 2024 at 13:05 UTC

It was so great to catch up with Zen Cho while she was here in Singapore last Friday. We haven't seen each other in person since Helsinki Worldcon in 2017. Spent a great afternoon talking about SFF, cons and regional publishing with Zen, Ng Yi-Sheng and Jon Gresham.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 06, 2024 at 06:47 UTC

Can I get an "Amen" for this?

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Mar 01, 2024 at 10:25 UTC

Happy Friday!

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 27, 2024 at 04:34 UTC

Yes, this.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 23, 2024 at 16:26 UTC

Challenge for next week!

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 20, 2024 at 16:08 UTC

Sigh.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 20, 2024 at 07:38 UTC

Cross-posting from LinkedIn: Join us at Seamless Asia 2024 in Suntec City today, 20 Feb at 4:30pm for "Mitigating Fraud Risks and Cyber Threats in the Age of Generative AI."

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 20, 2024 at 07:04 UTC

The Onion is so on-point on this one.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 14, 2024 at 02:01 UTC

🇵🇸𓂆 ᖴᖇᗴᗴ ᑭᗩᒪᗴ𝓢 тIᑎз 𓂆🇵🇸

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 13, 2024 at 09:52 UTC

This is me, nearly every writing day.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 11, 2024 at 03:34 UTC

I honestly don't mind if my wife deposits me here as long as there's coffee.

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Victor Fernando R. Ocampo @victorocampo.bsky.social [ View ] Feb 09, 2024 at 13:04 UTC

Re-reading this anthology by the much-missed Vincent Michael Simbulan on the cusp of the Year of the Dragon. Happy Lunar New Year to one and all!

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