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Kirsten Han 韩俐颖 @kirstenhan.com · 30/09/2026

This is how journalism that picks up a narrative from govt sources and other media end up misrepresenting reality to readers. This says charges are for “protests against the death penalty” which, w/o context, paints a diff picture from what actually happened. www.independent.co.uk/asia/southea...

independent.co.uk

Singapore actors charged over protests against death penalty

Singapore retains the death penalty for murder, certain drug-trafficking offences, and serious firearms offences

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 30/09/2026

Hey buddy. Please save your breath on this. This person really isn't worth your time. I tag you in a few weeks with something that will make them make sense. But until then, just have a good day away from them!

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

Not a genocide my ass.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

Aw... how would I tag you with publicly embarrassing footage later?

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

Came back to get screenshot (thanks in advance btw), but you literally can't read. It'd be freaking hilarious if it wasn't so sad.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

If I ever get into trouble with those in power for my own level of dissent, I wonder if my own privilege would hold up. www.wethecitizens.net/a-little-tim...

wethecitizens.net

A little time in lock-up

Reporting back on my first court mention and experience in lock-up.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

It's not just the Big 5. I've gotten one impersonating Jenny Izumi Fry from @canongate.co.uk.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

My position (and overwhelming portfolio) means I need not suffer fools.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

My dear sweet summer child. You are so far out of your depth. You've just replied to me with every single corporate talking point I've spent the last 3 months researching for a deep dive video essay debunk (with sources! gasp!) I don't even need to debunk you here. I just need to chug along time.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

Wow, you actually can't read. Amazing.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

28 yen!?!? I'll take 100 of them.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

In just two replies, you've shifted the goalpost 3 times. And you'll keep shifting. Because you don't want conversation and understanding. You want justification for using an immoral toy built on theft, abuse, exploitation, and environmental destruction. And you sure as hell won't get any from me.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

You use a technology that harms the planet, enrich the wealthy, and kills the poor and downtrodden, so you can generate pixels of stolen valor and call your garbage "art". All in the name of saving time and money. Newsflash. Art is time, that's why it costs money, not the other way around.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

You complain about cost, but don't know the value of art. You knock on inconsistent style, not even realizing I just showed you a consistent portfolio of it. You can't even tell which of my work is stock, and which is not, which is the whole point of editing skills, not even illustration.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

Of course not. Because of what I do, I've had this conversation thousands of times, and people like you, have never ended one in good faith, so I just sped things up. I immediately clocked all your fallacies in your first reply. It really isn't that hard. You'd know, if you had practiced more art.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

So you can't read, are lazy, and unskilled. Got it.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

Scratch that. Make it 2. The other one re-uses the same stock set as another.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 29/09/2026

Because I've specifically stated I've used CC and public domain licenses. Most of my portfolio costs a whopping zero dollars. In fact, out of every example I've shown, I only paid for 3 of them.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

So you can't read and are lazy. Got it.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

Seriously, if you're a creator, it should be super embarrassing to use AI. Art's not expensive. You're just a dick.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

So if you ever "need" generative AI for art, you either have severe creative skill issues, or am just a control freak to the point of apathy. Seriously, just pick up a pencil. Draw stickmen. Use photos. Effing MS Paint. I've NEVER found a need to use generative art for over 20 years doing this.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

There are also those who says they only use generative AI for concept art because they are not artists. Get real. Bish, I am not an artist either. These are concept art I've made by photomashing and vector tracing as old as 15 years ago. One of them contains assets generated in bloody Minecraft.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

Almost single asset I use on my all my other creative endeavours are either affordable stock images, creative commons licenses, or public domain licenses. Throughout my entire creative career, I've only commissioned artists for stuff 4 times. Here are some things I've made for free or less than $5.

Cover for 139: In Evening with a photo of some cheap props at the light from a flashlight.

Cover for 139 Trilogy made with stock images.

Latest book cover of an unreleased book with stock images.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

And this is FARSWIPE, the current game I'm working on. I use stock images from the amazing Tithi Luadthong (tithiluadthong.com) which I licensed over 150 of for just $1.50 each, and some custom art for $400. Could have done without the customs, but just wanted it. Tithi's stock cost less than $250.

Cover for FARSWIPE made with stock images.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

This is my game, Box Dungeon, which I made a few years ago. Custom art, all around. I paid the talented Lois Chng (www.instagram.com/thecheepchee...) about 2k for it which was about 80 illustrations and box design, then did everything else myself. Was it expensive? Yes. Was it worth it? Also yes.

Promotional image of the boardgame Box Dungeon.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

You know, my Reddit feed is starting to flood with game designers and creators (for both digital and tabletop games) using AI images and saying things along the line of "I don't have money to hire artists so I use AI". That's a lie. Art isn't expensive, never was. Commissioned art is expensive.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

Knowledge! Can I still call it eye poop though?

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

It's called the truth and people need to hear it!

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 28/09/2026

Why do our eyes poop when we sleep?

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 26/09/2026

I FOUND YOU! It was a really long game of hide and seek though 😆

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 26/09/2026

DAMN IT! That cursed Liberal Bojack is popping up in my feed. And if I end up spending time in a rabbit hole to rake his plagiarising, scammy arse, I'm blaming @altwatcher.bsky.social.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 26/09/2026

I don't think it's silly. Personally, I think things should be used 100% to prevent waste. My old phone literally outlasted the protector it came with. All buttons died, and I just kept finding software loopholes to use it. I got a new phone last month, but kept my old one until its battery died.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 26/09/2026

Thanks. Us Singaporean loves complaining about being at the bottom of sports ladders but not enough to invest in it to get out, so this is a great addition to our pasttime.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 25/09/2026

Dear everyone. Bring whatever drnnks you want. Bonus if it's pink. Bonus bonus if you drink it mid sentence without breaking eye contact. Assert dominance.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 25/09/2026

Also, the bread knife is a steak knife.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 25/09/2026

To understand my family's lack of kitchen abilities, know that they call all knives that have touched a bread, a "bread knife". Butter knife? Bread knife. Cake knife? Bread knife. Chopper? Bread knife.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 25/09/2026

Congrats everyone! Biodots! It's a weird scam thing!

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 25/09/2026

God damn it. Is this a scam thing? I don't want to look into a scam thing.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 25/09/2026

Hey Kirsten, I recently sent you an email about having an interview about journalism in Singapore. Just wanted to let you know if you're interested, you can ping me here on BlueSky as well.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 23/09/2026

You know, it's very weird that I don't mind watching other overweight content creators. But whenever I see MY overweight face on video, I get very conscious about it. When I see other's jiggly faces, I don't even register it. But when I see mine, I can't stop thinking it must look gross to people.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 23/09/2026

Obsidian about to learn the CDPR lesson really quickly.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 23/09/2026

I've killed the other 5 though. Buried them so deep that they won't touch oxygen until humanity's extinct.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 23/09/2026

I always ask new creators to learn open source tools first. And I ENCOURAGE old creators to switch, but only at their own time. Because I've been de-Adobeing my workflow for 5 years, and there are still 2 freaking apps that won't die.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 23/09/2026

I miss when Facebook was just filled with fake models asking you to be their friends. Simpler scams for simpler times.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 20/09/2026

Let's not forget stock illustrations. I use them pretty much for all my stuff and it cost less than $5 each time.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 20/09/2026

I saw someone mention that being a Final Fantasy Dissidia fan is like being stuck in a pileup on an icy road. You never know when the cars will stop crashing.

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Aden Ng @adenng.com · 20/09/2026

Are you the cult leader? Is there a vote?

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