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BriarShade

@briarshade.bsky.social
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Purple-haired Geek with Cats - Community Manager for GDL - Loves gaming (Minecraft, FPS, RPG, boardgames), Hermitcraft, D&D, & most things SciFi/Fantasy - Sews stuff - AuDHD - Proud to be a LBTQIA+ ally & safe space (She/Her)

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BriarShade @briarshade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So, just from looking at the title, I have questions Where should I post the/my vampire? Should I send them next day delivery or is 2nd class ok? How do I package them? I suppose bubble wrap would protect them *and* entertain them on the journey 🤔
Screenshot of Bluesky Discover feed.  "Number 3: Bluesky mene: Post a vampire"
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BriarShade @briarshade.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Always a safe space. Always welcome here 🏳️‍⚧️ If you catch me on a good day, there might even be cookies, or cinnamon rolls, warm out of the oven 🥰
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𝕳𝖔𝖗𝖗𝖔𝖗𝖈𝖚𝖑𝖙𝖚𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙 🇨🇦🦇🥀🕸 @horrorculturist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#PSA
FOR THE LAST TIME…

Abyss = for staring into
Void = for screaming into

𝘗𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘺𝘴𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵.
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Game Dev Local @gamedevlocal.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We built HQ Command for indie dev teams and it's in free beta. Try it with your team, tell us what's broken, we'll fix it. gamedevlocal.com/hqcmd
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BriarShade @briarshade.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I'm going to repost this (again?). So many accounts are wonderful, but their photos and images are not accessible to everyone because they don't use alt text It may take you a minute or two, but it doesn't have to be fancy, just descriptive Shout out to @camronjk.com too (go watch their stuff!)
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Thorne Identity @thorneidentity.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
so I was literally *thinking* "God Damn, I'm sick of the relentless shitstorm of shit news. From every quarter, every strata. Just for a few minutes can I get something that's just good, just benign, just pleasing. Anything." then this popped up in my feed, un-looked for. ok, universe. i see you.
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the boy who has lots of things (zach's version)
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
saw this on Instagram and it so perfectly encapsulated my rage
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being so fr when I say that transmisogyny has put feminism back like 50 years

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what i thought we had distanced ourselves from was the reduction of women to vaginas and wombs and the ability to bear children. i thought we had progressed past 'dresses are for women and pants are for men. i thought we progressed past the idea that someone is less of a woman if she does not adhere strictly to beauty standards. i thought we progressed past the idea that naturally being comfortable adhering to highly feminine standards is vulgar. but i (sarcastically) guess no one could have predicted that trans-exclusive feminism would be the downfall of all the progress we've made
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 18/09/2026
Premium newsletter: The Hater's Guide To AI Debt Pt. 1. A comprehensive guide to how Amazon, Google and Meta need $160bn-$328bn in the next two years - assuming that Anthropic and OpenAI can pay hyperscalers $300bn for compute. www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-haters-guide-to-ai-debt-part-1/
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https://www.wheresyoured.at/premium-the-haters-guide-to-ai-debt-part-1/
The year is 2026, and you are a hyperscaler CEO. You zip up your Patagonia vest, type UPDATE ME ON CALENDOR TOODAY into ChatGPT, and see that you have a meeting with your CFO. They tell you that…
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BriarShade @briarshade.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Write a horror story in only 3 words? "unexpected hairball underfoot"
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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 09/09/2026
Being in a relationship means opening yourself up to someone you can never fully know - a vulnerability that can be as wonderful as it can be dangerous. There's no saying the "right" thing to safely win someone's heart in Scarlet Hollow, because everyone has their own motivations outside of you.
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Game Dev Local @gamedevlocal.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
What if indie games had somewhere that actually curated them? GDL Games is built around discovery, not endless catalogues. Great games deserve to be seen. Got a playable demo or released game? Submit it. buff.ly/IyNpjPg
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Game Dev Local @gamedevlocal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Great indie games are getting lost in the noise. Steam has thousands of titles competing for attention. GDL Games is building a curated home for UK indie games. Got a playable demo or released game? Get it listed. : buff.ly/IyNpjPg
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Game Dev Local @gamedevlocal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Reminder to go get your tickets! This Wednesday, 9th September 6-9pm. GDL's monthly Indie Game Dev Networking meet-up. A fun evening to network, learn, and grow within our wonderful local game dev scene Come along and make new connections within the industry Get your tickets here! buff.ly/e43TJmB
A group shot of happy Indie Game Devs at a fun evening pub get-together, looking out at the camera, all smiles and thumbs upFour people having fun at the GDL Indie game dev networking event. There is a game being shown on a SteamDeck handheld device that is called "Vacuubot" and looks like a cute cleaning simulator
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BriarShade @briarshade.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Any Indie game devs out there who'll be in the Guildford (Surrey) area on the 9th?
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Game Dev Local @gamedevlocal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Great indie games are getting lost in the noise. Steam has thousands of titles competing for attention. GDL Games is building a curated home for UK indie games. Got a playable demo or released game? Get it listed. : buff.ly/IyNpjPg
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Game Dev Local @gamedevlocal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Played a game at GDLX and forgotten its name? GDL Games Collections let you find games from our showcases long after the event. Discovery shouldn't end when you go home. Have a playable demo or released game? Get it on there. buff.ly/IyNpjPg
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Bishop says Climate Collapse not Climate Change @bishopjoey.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Well, for #DollyParton, I gotta share Sisters of Mercy's version of #Jolene... www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ymb...
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Jolene (David 'Kid' Jensen Session, London, 1983) [Live]
YouTube video by The Sisters Of Mercy - Topic
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A Shell in the Pit @ashellinthepit.com · 14/08/2026
In Big Walk the environment can affect your voice in many different ways! All of this incredible technical work is thanks to @nicholaszhangaudio.bsky.social, who created entire systems from scratch for occlusion, dynamic reverb, echoes, the radio and megaphone, soundproofing, and lots more. 👂🤓
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Adrian Castro @retrogamemonkey.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Hello, I was one of those affected by the layoff at TNM this past Thursday. If you or anyone you know of any openings or would just want to connect please DM me or comment below. I appreciate your help. www.artstation.com/adrianicastro
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Adrian Castro
Biome Lead @ Thats No Moon
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Tina Webb @laundryprncss.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Don’t piss off a bibliophile. #Booksky
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BriarShade @briarshade.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Photo description: very handsome orange tabby male cat, with white bib, white face, pink nose and long white whiskers. Sitting up and looking to the left of frame, as he surveys his fiefdom
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House House @househouse.com · 04/08/2026
🔴🟡🔵 BIG WALK 🔴🟡🔵 Out now on Steam, Nintendo Switch 2, and PlayStation 5. Hooray!
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AdventureX @adventurex.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Check our curated #AdvX26 games appearing at adventurexpo.org! Go on an adventure into the world of narrative gaming and join us in London on 7-8 November! Tickets go on sale on 12 August!
AdventureX 2026 on 07-08 November. Official selection. Images of game covers including: Dance Dance Detective, From Ruins, Travelling Light, Slime in the Ice Machine, Project Red, The Restricted Index, All Will Rise, As Long As You're Here, I'M YOUR HOST, Stop the Press!, The Mermaid Mask, Vale's Echo, Wax Heads, The Marvelous Raincaster of Yell Holler, Two Realms: Whispers from the Rift, Venice After Dark, Spill the Beans, Eloquence, Deep Fog Signals, Of The Lilies, Psychotic Bathtub, Remote Control, T.W.I.R.L., The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker 2, Less Miserables, Murder Meet Cute, DeTails, DEGENERATE STAR, Death at Fleming Manor, Crime or Punishment, Chords, and Creatures Like Us.
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EuropeanPowell @europeanpowell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
The Data Centre Land Grab: How Britain Is Being Carved Up for Big Tech — Without Your Consent Across Wales, Scotland, and England, the largest peacetime infrastructure seizure of community land and energy in modern British history is accelerating. open.substack.com/pub/european...
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The Data Centre Land Grab: How Britain Is Being Carved Up for Big Tech — Without Your Consent
Across Wales, Scotland, and England, the largest peacetime infrastructure seizure of community land and energy in modern British history is accelerating.
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BriarShade @briarshade.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I was treated to some food last night. Felt right to treat someone else today, and this popped up in my feed (There's a link to the cafe's website in one of the replies). Wish more places (especially big companies) did this
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Coffee Beans Dev 🦊 Tailside (OUT NOW on Steam!) @coffeebeansdev.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
If you're a content creator, VTuber, or a nostalgic game lover, I would like to invite you to join something new I'm working on..! 💙 What you get: 🔑 Game key for early testers! ⏳ Early access 🎮 A say in how it's built 👀 A few other perks Shares are appreciated! 💙
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
debuting as part of @aftermath.site's hater week, here's my list of (so far) over 50 video game studios that are rejecting generative AI, each with their rationale for doing so
D-CELL Games
Games: Unbeatable

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“Even if I’m just looking at this in the cold mercenary MBA freak way—the ‘I want to generate income as much as possible’ way—you can’t make a thing people want to buy if the thing you want to buy is the same thing everyone else has. And that’s what you fucking get with AI models. It’s definitionally part of how they work. 

So all using [AI] will do is make you compete worse. You have to do laps on a hamster wheel to arrive at the opposite conclusion. Because the only way to actually make money on this shit besides a pump-and-dump is to be the guy selling the shovels. And even the shovels are starting to rust.

Even the stuff that sounds good or looks good for a given value of ‘good’ (i.e. it convincingly looks at a glance like it wasn’t generated with a machine, it’s ‘professional’) is only capable of spitting out inputs that existed before. You can feel it in the ‘choices’ it makes, because it doesn’t make choices; it chooses a value with a weight given by a model patched from every work at once on fast forward. The nutritional value of AI work is approximately identical to watching a 2000s horror movie trailer compilation at 4X speed while second-screening Maury transcriptions. It might be fun to look at, but it will kill you on the inside."
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Elsbeth Larkin @funtimesmcgee.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Hi everyone, today me and 22 others at Double Fine were hit by layoffs today. All the people who lost their jobs today care so much about the games they make and the people they work with. If anyone is looking for a tools SE with 7 years of experience and who brings baked goods on Mondays lmk.
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Rafael Moco @rafaelmoco.art · 27/07/2026
Hello everyone! Many of you likely saw this image recently with the Apple TV+ 'Neuromancer' promotion. Some know, others don't, but this artwork is mine, created alongside actor & post-production artist Milton Menezes, as a personal project and a homage to the original Neuromancer romance
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Professor Darkness @professordarkness.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
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IGN @ign.com · 10/07/2026
Stardew Valley is getting an official crochet book with 45 adorable projects. bit.ly/4aHMGdV
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🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️‍⚧️ @camronjk.com · 09/07/2026
All I know is not asking is one of the worst things I can do. If you're able to throw a few bucks my way, it would mean a lot. I'm okay right now, but I see the trajectory so I want to ask before I hit that point, y'know? As it says in the message I'm quoting, thank you so so much for your time.
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BriarShade @briarshade.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Someone please go adopt one (or more) of these wonderful cats
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Paul // Lost Scot 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 @lost.scot · 31/05/2026
The Long Way Home is out everywhere and it slaps. Get it stuck in your head now. You want to own it? Awesome! www.subvert.fm/lostscot You want to stream it? I’ve got you. ditto.fm/the-long-way... Either way, enjoy 😘
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The Long Way Home
Listen to The Long Way Home
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Amnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The NHS was founded 78 years ago today. It was built after the devastation of the Second World War when the country was bankrupt - but when the people demanded a society built on fairness and dignity for all. Today, we must defend the right to healthcare and rebuild our social security system.
Photo of Nya Bevan with a quote saying: "Illness is neither an indulgence for which people have to pay, nor an offence for which they should be penalised, but a misfortune the cost of which should be shared by the community."
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🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️‍⚧️ @camronjk.com · 02/07/2026
The thing about being an artist and creating something, no matter your skill level, is that you created something from nothing with your own hands. That is nothing short of being a god of your own world. Don't sell yourself short, regardless of the practice you've yet to experience! <3
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Foxes In Love @foxes-in-love.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
A comic of two foxes, one of whom is blue, the other is green. In this one, Blue and Green are on a walk, watching a mother duck pass by with three little ducklings trailing behind her in a row.
Green: I like the part of summer when the babies come out. Suddenly the world is full of new little wild creatures just learning everything!

Going on, Green looks ahead as Blue glances behind them.
Green: Ducklings, baby squirrels, fawn, little seagulls...
Blue: Cyclists.
Green: Sure.

Blue watches in shock as a cyclist passes by with three little cyclists trailing behind her in a row, breezing by with such speed that they launch unprepared Green flying into the air.
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Black Tabby Games (This is Tony) - Slay the Princess @blacktabbygames.com · 27/06/2026
play scarlet hollow
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BriarShade @briarshade.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Want a game where you struggle with your choices because you are so invested in, & care too much about the characters? Want a game where a cat could break your heart with one simple action, & an adorable dog can become the highlight of your day? It's also really spine-chilling and cleverly written
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John Ebenger @johnebenger.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The entire Cinematic org was included. Let me know if you're looking to pick up a Director and/or other talented cine folks at any level.
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ariella @agbouskila.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Well, I've been affected by the Bungie layoffs, and I guess I'm now looking for work. I'm a senior narrative designer on Destiny 2. I'm going to thread a little list of stuff I've done on the game; normally I go out of my way to avoid attention, but today I'd appreciate reposts.
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Whelm 🐧Out now on Steam @lessergames.com · 24/06/2026
Play something cold
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
10 years since the Brexit referendum. How long until the UK inevitably rejoins the EU? Rejoin now
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Angus Abranson @angusabranson.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Ever had a character you felt died too soon? Did they have unfinished business? Was there more to their story that you wanted to tell? Did no one in the party have a Resurrect or Reincarnate spell at hand??? Well, The RPG Professor is changing that... www.tabletopsentinel.com/news/fantasy...
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(Crowdfund Quest) So You Died. A 5e Undead Player's Handbook
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Led By Donkeys @ledbydonkeys.org · 23/06/2026
Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.
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🌙 CamronJK 🐰 • Enby Bnuuy Vtuber • 🏳️‍⚧️ @camronjk.com · 15/06/2026
Hey! You know what! CALLING ALL INDIE GAME DEVS! Do you HATE genAI? Do you swear your game does not use genAI INCLUDING using genAI like Claude? SHARE IT HERE! I will share them! I will check them all out! I will definitely play some of them! Many if I can afford! SHARE! YOUR! ART!
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jenny.rip 🪦🪱 @hacksawjenny.rip · 29/05/2026
Psst, wanna hear a secret? You actually are good at what you do, no one is mad at you, and your friends like you a lot.
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