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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 03/10/2026

My new album "Procession in the Garden" is out. You can download it on Bandcamp (ashtom.bandcamp.com/album/proces...) and Subvert (www.subvert.fm/ashtom/proce...), and if you're a real one, get yourself a cassette on spellsandwhispers.ch Thanks in advance for your support!

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Procession in the Garden, by Ashtom

9 track album

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 02/10/2026

My new album comes out today! Links will be available very soon!

A black and white illustration of a procession of whimsical creatures as the cover of a new ambient album by Ashtom. released on the 2nd of October 2026

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 29/09/2026

I'm very much looking forward to discovering this one! I was really delighted playing the first TOEM.

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 26/09/2026

If you have a "system" to make a music track, are you even an artist?

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 24/09/2026

My new album is coming out soon

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 16/09/2026

I just had a realization about my approach to solving problems: to always start with the simplest possible solution and work my way up on the tree of complexification until the solution works.

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 16/09/2026

When I see that picture, I can't help but think they should cast Matthew Rhys for the TV adaptation.

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Brett Codes @brettcodes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I wrote an essay about why I'm done using AI for coding, even if it costs me my job and career: brettcodes.com/im-done-usin... The basic gist is: AI made me a worse, apathetic programmer. I think it's bad for humanity, the planet, and the craft of software engineering. And I'm done using it.

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I'm done using AI

Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 20/08/2026

When YouTube randomly interrupts the buildup of Deadmau5' Strobe #enshittification #sacrilege

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Daniel Fedor @dcfedor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Blue Bottle Games, as a policy, does not use generative AI. It's something we've discussed as a team, weighing the pros and cons, and ultimately, we decided it was not for us. Recently, while chatting with a colleague, she mentioned it was useful hearing our reasoning. So: Sharing time! 1/12

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 19/07/2026

This is how you do it

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 16/07/2026

The return of Chipmusic random2197.bandcamp.com/album/arpegg...

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Arpeggio Springs, by Random

6 track album

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 08/07/2026

Some of my IRL friends think that I overreact when it comes to my general aversion towards LLM-based AI. And then there are articles like this one that shows that we are actually not reacting enough: aftermath.site/ai-education...

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How AI Is Ruining Education, In One Handy Chart

A Brown professor suspects students used AI to cheat on their midterms

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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I even used the word "wedge", hah lia-sae.net/articles/202...

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Lia's blog - Code is a wedge and programmers are tools

Get the hammer.

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 29/05/2026

Using AI to generate images is NOT art. Pass it on.

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 29/05/2026

Silly upset of the morning: seeing an event branded as "live electronic" and it's all fucking DJs...

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fox noises (spooky) @jjbbllkk.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Fucking stop using fucking Spotify just fucking stop. There are no excuses. If you're an indie artist and you prop up Spotify because you think it helps you you're part of the problem. Stop using it to listen. Stop using it to host your music.

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Subvert @subvert.fm · 12/05/2026

We’re live. Two years ago, we released a plan. Today, our collectively owned music platform is open. Explore. Support artists directly. Join the co-op. It’s only the beginning. Sincerely Ours, Subvert

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 19/04/2026

Excerpt from my live set from Friday. Half prepared, half improvised.

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Michel Ziegler @dasmirts.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

SURVIVAL HORROR IN THE ALPS FFS! No AI slop in my game... For your consideration: Mundaun - a lovingly hand-pencilled horror tale. It's at 93% positive on Steam. It's on a steep sale right now. All human made. Sound. Voice acting in a language I don't even speak! BUY IT -> SUPPORT HUMAN (me)

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Stardust ✨ creating Grimoire Groves @stardustgames.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Only 4 days left until the Grimoire Groves release on Nintendo Switch 🌟 To celebrate we're giving away a few digital copies of the game 🎉 ♥️Like and repost this post 🌎Comment if you are in America, EU or OCE!

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Simogo @simogo.com · 19/03/2026

Simogo Legacy Collection is 25% off for a week, friends. Please take a look, or spread the word: Switch 2 www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... Switch www.nintendo.com/us/store/pro... Steam store.steampowered.com/app/3817040/...

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increpare @increpare.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Oeuf /uːf/: a 3D precision-platformer where you are an egg. Go on an adventure, play with friends, have fun in the level editor! store.steampowered.com/app/3831080/... #OeufGame OUT NOW

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Save 10% on Oeuf on Steam

3D physics-platformer where you are an egg! Roll, hop and slide your way back home.

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 04/03/2026

Received my collector copy of UFO 50 on the Switch this morning. Today is a good day 🙂

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 03/03/2026

To me, Josh Wink is to the 3rd of March what Jeff Mills is to the 9th of September.

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 04/02/2026

Received a nice thanks letter from @increpare.bsky.social after testing his coming game. I hope my meager contribution was a bit useful. Although I'm pretty bad at it, I still think it's a cool game made with care and I wish it all the best!

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Am I in Trouble? @amiintrouble.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

There is no sound, image, or visual that can be generated by genAI that is worth more than the value of having an actual person create a comparable sound, image, or visual of the same intention.

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fox noises (spooky) @jjbbllkk.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

It's BANDCAMP FRIDAY Musicians get all the money you spend on their music today on Bandcamp! Post your project as a reply, let's get a thread going! What kind of music is it and where can we find it?

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a cat is standing on a purple guitar .

ALT: a cat is standing on a purple guitar .

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 03/12/2025

Bought! Hope people can support as well. We need more voices like this!

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 19/11/2025

Just a clarification: AI doesn't lie but it doesn't tell the truth either.

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Ether Diver @etherdiver.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

A reminder: Spotify wrapped is, first and foremost, advertising for Spotify. If you want to *talk* (post) about what you've been listening to? I am ALL for that. But you don't need Spotify's advertising to do that.

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Roy Theunissen @handle.invalid · 14/10/2025

If you're reading this and you're in charge of AI: The term AI is actually used by videogames already, you're going to have to call it something else

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Dr Kat Day (she/her) 🎃🌓 @chronicleflask.katday.com · 06/10/2025

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
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other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 21/09/2025

That window of Overton is moving very fast. Too fast.

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Chris Shehan_Comic Art @chrisshehanart.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Every artist I’ve ever known has this itch to create that won’t go away until they create. They have to do it. It’s why I know the “finally, someone like me can make art” AI users are full of shit. What they really mean is “finally, a way to get social media likes without hard work”.

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Miles Howard @milesperhoward.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

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Elektron @elektron.se · 10/09/2025

Introducing #Tonverk. A polyphonic multisampler & audio processor primed for adventure. An instrument to propel you towards extraordinary music-making and boundless sound exploration. Find out more: bit.ly/4nonYTx

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 04/09/2025

I'll be playing an ambient liveset this Saturday in Zürich. Free entry at synthclub.ch

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 04/09/2025

Hold the press! Stop everything! It finally happened! #hollowknight #silksong #wewaitedsolong

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Sally Beaumont | BAFTA Breakthrough | Voice Actor & Writer @sallybeaumont.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Reminder: if you are worried about AI replacing you as an artist: don’t use AI voices, If you don’t want composing to be handed over to AI: don’t use it to write text. You get the idea. If you value your job: protect others jobs too.

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riprip @ripripworld.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

dears, our little game engine's steam page is now also online!~ wishlist if u like and try the demo at www.wareware.rip :3 store.steampowered.com/app/3726810/ #gamedev #indiegames #threejs

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The 'Skeets' @continuitytweets.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

Dear website owners, If you do not provide a 'reject all' option meaning you want me to reject all requests individually, I will never return to your website.

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 29/08/2025

What's up with people refusing to acknowledge that September is also a summer month? Is September becoming the Pluto of months?

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 11/08/2025

Too little too late

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Ashtom @ashtom.net · 31/07/2025

I took my music off Spotify before it was cool 😎 😜

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Pablo F. Quarta 🐍🌺 @pfquarta.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

ATUEL is out NOW on Steam & Google Play for free! 🙌✨ 🌄 Explore dreamlike landscapes 🦊 Shapeshift into different animals 📻 Listen to real testimonies Atuel is an award-winning surrealist documentary game about the climate crisis. Help us out with a RT! 🙏 store.steampowered.com/app/2794330/...

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