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Bouphe @bouphe.co.uk · 01/10/2026

Back in my day the relentlessness occasionally relented. And Freddos were 10p!

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

*blackadder theme* His head is bigger than a fence He breathes, and everything gets warmer His urge to trample represents A nation's nuclear war trauma Godzilla! Godzilla! The scourge of beast and man! Godzilla! Godzilla! He's flattening Japan!

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Zwei 🍄 @zwei2x.northsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hey everyone, I made a small tutorial video for my friends on how to install the AI Disclosure Warning and SteamDB extensions directly in the Steam APP on Windows. That way, you get those QoLs directly in Steam! Enjoy and pass it along! 💜 www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-qQ...

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How to add the AI Disclosure Warning and SteamDB extensions to Steam directly

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 03/09/2026

Protip: you do not have to watch the new Harry Potter trailer. I did not watch the new Harry Potter trailer, and I am doing great. If I had watched the new Harry Potter trailer, I am sure to have felt regretful and like I had betrayed many wonderful trans folks just living their lives.

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

More Call of Cthulhu yesterday, for the conclusion to an investigation of a haunted house! Plenty of scares polished off by a confrontation with the culprit, whom despite his prodigious magical and martial prowess turned out to be weak to Point Blank Shotgun. Everyone survived. Physically.

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Now is an incredibly good time to buy a Double Fine game

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Overly Sarcastic Productions @overlysarcastic.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

YouTube it's already annoying enough that you let manual claims force me to mute chunks of my video without letting me filter out the claimed audio, but can whatever bullshit AI autocaptioning system you've recently snuck in there please stop removing my captions from the muted parts. like cmon -R

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John VTuber 👑🌌 @rinpenrose.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

First day on the job at the emergency alert factory how did I do guys

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TechnicallyRon @technicallyron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

How to prepare for the 5th heatwave this year: - There is nothing more you can do - The tiny fan you panic bought does nothing - It will only get worse now - We have destroyed the world and the eventual societal collapse is our collective punishement - Ice cream

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 27/06/2026

so uh hey as an egyptian I need a new way to declare variables in my code because I think I'm morally disallowed from using the phrase 'var' for a few weeks

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Ellen Rose @icklenellierose.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

As we head towards getting our 7th prime minister in less than 10 years, I can’t believe we nearly had chaos under Ed Miliband.

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Fellowship of the RIng. They're all muppets except for the barman of the Prancing Pony who doesn't know WTF is happening or where all these guys with huge mouths and googly eyes came from.

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

With the World Cup kicking off today, I would like to wish the Scotland and England teams the best of luck - here's hoping for a safe and uneventful trip for everyone.

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Liam Robertson @liamrobertson.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Hard to disagree with this. Microsoft is literally the tech company most complicit in the genocide in Gaza. The least you can do is add a note about that. If complicity in a genocide isn't where you draw the line, then where would you? What would it take? I genuinely wonder.

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 06/05/2026

One of my bedrock beliefs is that capitalists *really* hate capitalism. They name their beloved institutes after the likes of Adam Smith, but they ignore everything Smith had to say about the necessity of competition to keep markets from turning into monopolies: pluralistic.net/2023/06/09/c... 1/

A down-at-heel frontier courtroom presided over by a flustered judge and his miserable clerk. In the foreground is a vulture in a powdered barrister's wig.

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Ellen Rose @icklenellierose.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

With regards to how well Bluesky is working today: We can tell. 🙃

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 31/03/2026

Some thoughts about writing stuff, in no particular order (this might be a long-ish thread): 1. When Old Man's War came out (2005), lots of people read it and assumed I was conservative, because of its subject matter, and sub-genre, me being a white dude from Ohio, and other various factors.

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Will Overgard 🔥#1 Wanted: Dead Fan @willovergard.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

This is actual dark magic and you cannot tell me otherwise:

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Post a tree you photographed Taken on Boxing Day last year.

A winter landscape showing a country lane, with a view out over fields to a distant wood. To the right, a leafless tree reaches up to the blue sky.

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Elisabeth Alba @elisabethalba.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

"The Lovers" from Tarot of the Owls 💜 Art by Elisabeth Alba Written by Pamela Chen Published by Llewellyn Worldwide Signed art prints and signed decks (in full size and adorable mini!) at albaillustration.etsy.com

Painting of a pink owl and blue owl nuzzling on the branch of an apple tree (the tree is bursting with apples), and the blue owl is on top of a captured white snake.

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

More Call of Cthulhu this evening, whereupon the Investigators found themselves trapped in an ancient Egyptian tomb with a horrifying abomination! Naturally, the "expendable NPC" dodged every incoming strike, and the professional translator almost killed the monster in a single blow. Fun times!

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The complete and repeated failure of CEOs everywhere to simply Not Say Words in Public

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LeeLee @leeleels.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Don’t use AI for Placeholder assets (or at all). The point is to make them obvious they need replacing Textures should be hot pink Text should be BOLD ALL CAPS Animations should be the Macarena When they say “we only used AI for placeholder” what they really mean is they hoped you wouldn’t notice

A screen capture of the character creator from Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 with the bright red character holding a large sign that says “ERROR”

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JoCat is not fast @jocat.net · 15/12/2025

Happy holidays to those who celebrate

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chetom ✨🐸 @chetom.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

banana frog ! 🍌🐸 #frogart

tiny little cute frog wearing a banana suit whimsical funny frog art by chetom

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

I beat Hollow Knight's Radiance ending, finally. From my first clear at 18hrs and 1 minute with 75% completion, this last 33% took me more than the same amount of time again! (I am aware there's another 4% to find, but that is Boss Rush Mode and I do not have the patience.)

The Game Completion screen for Hollow Knight, black with white text and a hazy image of something (possibly a crown) in the background.

Text reads:
GAME COMPLETION
Percentage: 108%
Time: 37h 57m 06s

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chetom ✨🐸 @chetom.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

trick or treat! 🎃🐸✨

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chetom ✨🐸 @chetom.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

pumpkin patch 🎃🐸 #frogart

tiny cute frogs walking around a pumpkin patch having fun cute autumn cozy vibes illustration by chetom

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Our Call of Cthulhu finale was last night, with the team performing a ritual to banish a horrible monster. They endured more Bouts of Madness than there were party members, but in the end they succeeded and survived without even a Major Wound between them! Elephant gun times fired: 1 (both barrels)

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CaitieSith (Kay-tee-shee) 🥚😼 @caitiesith.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

Nobody warned me adulthood was just Googling how to do things forever.

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Game three of Call of Cthulhu last night. A nice day out for the team enjoying a nice spring afternoon, culminating with a barbeque, the professor comprehending unspeakable horrors, and the explorer almost getting his face torn off by a horrible monster. Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (again)

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Ben @bedgar.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

This is my favorite Games Night video yet. You have to check it out! Which Arnolds will survive vs The Predator in the Slasher Horror miniatures game 'Don't Look Back'? www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5mB...

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

After a brief pause, ran the second session of our Call of Cthulhu investigation tonight. Still great. The team enacted a heist in order to take a book out of a library; surely they have left no evidence that it was them, and certainly not a full paper trail. Elephant Gun times fired: 0 (still)

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HolBolDoArt🏳️‍🌈 @holboldoart.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

🎂 It's my special cake and candles day you all have to be nice to me because it's been QUITE the year 🎂 So share some of my paintings??

In the pew-lined interior of a dim medieval church lit by rows of candles on tall staffs and pale sunlight coming through a window, a tall humanoid crow figure with flowing black robes and a glowing yellow eye stands beneath an ornately carved semicircular arch in Norman Romanesque style. On the wall surrounding the arch are many colourful murals depicting more humanoid crow figures with halos, carrying various items including swords, spears, harps, and chalices.

A painting set in a cosy shady woodland clearing on a sunny summer's day. In the centre of the frame, two figures sit on a fallen log mostly hidden by vegetation. The figure on the right has wavy blonde hair down past her shoulders, and wears a flowing white floor-length dress with long sleeves, with delicate lacework around the cuffs and neckline. She looks into the distance with a contemplative, sad expression. On her lap rests a small green book, covered by both of her hands.
The figure on the left sits leaning with her head against shoulder of the other figure. She wears a similar dress but simpler, and in a dark slate grey. Her hair is dark and straight, and flows down her tilted face, and she looks off towards a nightingale bird perched on a nearby branch. She raises a hand towards the other figure as if to get her attention.

Both figures are surrounded by various flowers. On the left of the frame are many spires of foxglove flowers in vivid pink and white, interspersed among green stinging nettles. On the right are the purple flowers of monkshood/wolfsbane.

Wrapping around the figures is a clear stream flowing from a distant pond that descends in a series of steps. Around the stream are many small mossy rocks, and shoots of dark green dog's mercury.

Above and behind the figures and flowers are two trees; on the left is a weeping willow with dangling dark green leaves. On the right are the branches of an old ash tree.

A snowy scene in which a humanoid figure in long black robes with the head of a rook stands in a churchyard holding a long spear. By its feet is a red fox. Both are flecked with fallen snow. Around them are many weathered snow-covered graves. In the background is a medieval church of warm coloured stone with large rectangular windows and a battlemented parapet topped with pinnacles. Behind the main body of the church is the tower with clock face and belfry. Behind the church are tall but bare trees dusted with snow. More snow falls in the air.

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Kristina Gehrmann @kristinagehrmann.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

A warrior ceremony in ancient Crete We know so little about religious rituals in Minoan culture that I can't tell you what is happening here. But we can assume that war also played a role in them. Here my task was to imagine what it could've looked like if you were there. Client: Board & Dice

Ancient Minoan warrior kneeling in front of a woman whose face we don't see. He's bowing his head and ceremoniously handing her a gilded battle axe. She is dressed like royalty and wears jewelry, he's decked out in his battle armor. In the background, soldiers with leather shields and spears stand in a row.

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Introducing a new tool for literary analysis: the Béchamel Test. A work passes the test if it contains at least one scene where two named characters have a conversation about traditional French cuisine.

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Ran the first session of Call of Cthulhu I've done in quite some time today. I had a great time with the party's heavily armed maniacs trying this thing called "Library Use" while their professor tried his very hardest to get expelled from the university. Good times. Elephant Gun times fired: 0

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Thought of the day: If you're writing TTRPG rules and you give something non-magical a "once-per-day" limitation, you had better have a darn good reason for it in-universe.

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Dan Floyd @danfloydplus.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Earlier this year, I did something very silly and reconstructed a full hour of Elden Ring gameplay audio using sounds from N64 Zelda games. By hand. It took a long time Here's a behind-the-scenes breakdown of the process:

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How I made Elden Ring sound like a Zelda game

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I oft wonder how many little biases I'm missing in the news, as there are some phrases that jump out at me as obviously forcing a perspective only because I know a little bit about the story or subject in question. This thread prompted by the following article: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Adrian Tchaikovsky @aptshadow.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I do feel the solution to this quandary is "do not eat the tiny but very poisonous crab."

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Emma Maree @emaree.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Looking for a UK-based user of screen reader assistive technology on Windows (eg JAWS or NVDA) for a short paid user study. No required tech knowledge or location, just that you're comfortable regularly using a screen reader for web browsing and have an existing set-up for it. Drop me an @!

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Jay @bookgolem.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Here's a record of my converted Lokhust Heavy Destroyer so that I can link to it when asked! One day I'll paint it, but at least this way you can see the Green Stuff.

A converted Necron miniature for Warhammer 40,000. It's a Lokhust (locust) Heavy Destroyer.

The top half is a robot skeleton carrying a massive laser cannon. The lower half is a sleek hover platform.

The miniature is unpainted, and you can see green modelling putty at its wrists and the back of its head where I've had to make two separate kits work together.

Another angle of the Destroyer. This picture doesn't show anything new about it, but you can see some boltguns that I've copied out of milliput on the table as part of an in-progress project.

A third picture of the Destroyer, this time side on. The hover platform which comprises its lower body is fully visible, including the three vents on each side and the way the upper body's spine continues into the insectile carapace of the platform.

A view of the Destroyer from the other side, highlighting where its left wrist connects with its giant cannon. Tendrils of Green Stuff coil up its arm, implying something almost organic is connecting the Necron and its weapon (or maybe they're just wires).

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Accessibility Awareness @a11yawareness.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

The Game Accessibility Guidelines have been put together by game studios, specialists and academics. While they are not an official set of standards or documents, they are a collection of tips and techniques to help developers make games more inclusive. gameaccessibilityguidelines.com

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Game Accessibility Guidelines – A straightforward reference for inclusive game design

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