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Cat Manning

@catacalypto.bsky.social
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narrative director at Firaxis. emergent/systemic storytelling. nominated for awards and things. lit PhD. awful at Greek. cannot overstate the degree to which this is a personal account

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Jjinandtonic @jjinandtonic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I can’t believe we’re back to medieval level conflicts like “local merchant princes attempt to bribe theologians and the Pope’s advisors so the Pope will issue a favorable proclaimation”
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King Algamemnon @adamrothman.bsky.social · 7h
If a White Sox player hits a single, double, triple and homer in the same playoff game, it's now called an encyclical.
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WinRAR Earle @tommchenry.bsky.social · 2h
my own Odyssey translation into modern American English
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Good Trailcams @goodtrailcams.bsky.social · 2h
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Minx Marple @minxmarple.bsky.social · 2h
Slants of light tonight / the differences the dark makes
Houses, sky, trees, cherub. This needs a bit more messing withWhite flowers in the windowCar park, trees, what are we waiting for?Brick, light on a fence, trees, cloud
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CTHUEL HURAMCHEK 🎃 @greaterrealityarea.net · 4h
CONSTRICTOR The taxidermist found himself presented with a particularly famous novelty: a snake that had choked on its own tail, forming an eternal knot from its own body in a final attempt to escape starvation. The specimen seemed to be freshly dead and... www.greaterrealityarea.net/constrictor/
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The taxidermist found himself presented with a particularly famous novelty: a snake that had choked on its own tail, forming an eternal knot from its own body in a final attempt to escape starvation. ...
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 3h
delighted that I have been patient zero for all the betsy ross museum ai models posts
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Heather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 3h
NEPO BABY ALERT: THE NEW KING'S DAD WAS THE OLD KING
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Diedrich Bader @diedrichbader.bsky.social · 7h
“This is for my boy Paul mthrfkr!”
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 3h
why has no one recommended I try Etat Libre d’Orange yet. did you think I had already? is this a Juliette Has A Gun situation? what’s going on here
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Colin @colin-fraser.net · 7h
Another day working at the frontier AI lab. Everyone keeps asking me if the models have qualia. Buddy, I don’t even have qualia.
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dr. hazel 🕸️ @hazelmonforton.com · 4h
I'm flattered to be mentioned alongside so many fantastic game writers! Everyone go and play Fallen London to experience these stories and so much more. @failbettergames.com
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Fallen London is where the writers of Baldur's Gate 3, Dishonored and Stellaris come to let their hair down
These interactive short stories are too bold and surprising to stay secret.
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
sucks that seasons 3 through 8 will be made by Apple TV in 2029 and i will only learn that they were made when the Angel of Death whispers it to me on my deathbed (this is presumably how they do marketing)
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rev. howard arson @theophite.bsky.social · 4h
effective altruism-nasir
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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 4h
“it will be necessary for you, in the jungle, to live like an animal; whereas for us, the jungle is une espace de jouissance, or a ‘playground,’ as others might say” —W Axl Barthes to his students, 1971
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 5h
Seriously: Hate Digger all you want, but [pauses for flow of hate] movies like Digger are why we need studios. A world in which Digger doesn't get made one in which Sinners and One Battle also don't get made. You miss with Heaven's Gate and you still swung. You miss with Paw Patrol and you >
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 5h
I don’t think you can refer to a “nepo baby” about a feudal society. that’s kind of the point of a feudal society
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Old DeuTaranomy🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 8h
One of Boss cat's more endearing habits is his desire to ride around in the grocery cart. I only get groceries delivered once in a great while, and he gets so excited. As soon as a bag is empty, he hope inside and waits for his ride
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Elizabeth DeLoria, Pope of Chili-Town @yourdadloves.me · 11h
A two panel meme of the Simpsons. The top panel has kirk van houten gesturing to a race care bed. The text reads "im an AI guy. How many local models do YOU run?" The bottom panel is homer with a pope hat photoshopped onto his head. The bottom text reads "I run the catholic church."
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Joshferatu Scare @joshscherr.bsky.social · 8h
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Alasdair Beckett-King @misterabk.bsky.social · 8h
I read the news today, oh boy
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Moby Dick @mobydickatsea.bsky.social · 8h
and thus stabs us from behind with the thought of annihilation
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emily s. @emily.news · 19h
another day volunteering at the LLM museum. people keep asking me if the LLM is alive. buddy I don't even think I'M alive
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 22h
another day at the machine learning factory. everyone keeps asking me if the machine is intelligent. buddy, they won’t even let me fuck it
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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
friendly annual October reminder for journalists: if you're pulling quotes for an article from social media please do remember to double check the speaker's name
Quote from The Hill article in 2019: "“There is no reason Democrats should be making any deals with Mitch McConnell to make it easier to confirm more radical conservatives to the courts. Especially not after Kavanaugh,” tweeted Leah Ghostberg, the co-executive director of the advocacy group Indivisible.
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 22h
great now I have to explain to my D&D group why I was late.
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imagining someone horny enough to try sexy chat with the LLM integrated into Jira
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Steven Pumpkin Spice 🦇🎃 @silent0siris.bsky.social · 22h
Ex Machina (2014)
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another day at the machine learning factory. everyone keeps asking me if the machine is intelligent. buddy, they won’t even let me fuck it
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 22h
just took a picture that looks like it could be an Ethel Cain album cover
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Ash Poprik 🗡️ @ashleypoprik.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Interested in game writing or narrative design? I put together my favorite narrative-focused resources FOR FREE for your viewing pleasure. You'll find gems from legends including Mary Kenney, Anna Megill, Emily Short, Susan O'Connor, and Toiya Kristen Finley. Enjoy! drive.google.com/file/d/1xIvw...
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ashleyPoprik_NarrativeResources.pdf
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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Time orders Old Age to destroy Beauty (flipped, detail), by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1746, 📸 by @madelinepcarter.bsky.social
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Cats with Jobs ⚒️ @catworkers.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📸 Aubuchon Ace Hardware
A tabby cat peeking its head between green Tate's Bake Shop cookie bags on a wooden store display and biting one of them.
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Deerposts @deerposts.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Admin pic #deer 🦌
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ceej @ceej.online · 29/09/2026
Yeah, sorry, that’s just my roommate. Yeah, he got turned into a Resonant Entity. Hold on a second, sorry. Oh for Christ’s sake. Yeah he’s making his legs flop around and his arms look like a fire hydrant. Stop floating the fridge around, Jamie. No, this does not get you out of dishes duty! Sorry,
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is one of the best damn puzzle games I've played, the pitch I'd give is, imagine a Survival Horror game, but everything is puzzles. It's a wonderfully stylish experience, I absolutely can't recommend it highly enough.
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Save 60% on Lorelei and the Laser Eyes on Steam
The stage is set. Imagine an old baroque manor, perhaps a hotel or a museum, somewhere in central Europe. A woman wanders in search of answers.
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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Return of the Obra Dinn is one I don't see go on sale very often, but my god what an incredible game! I knew it was going to be special going in, but I didn't realize how elated I'd be at getting the correct solution and that jaunty theme plays, or how invested I'd be in uncovering the story.
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Save 33% on Return of the Obra Dinn on Steam
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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hikikomorphism @hikikomorphism.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
(confused) I believe LLMs are conscious, but only Deepseek LLMs, because of the Chinese Room theory
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spontaneous symmetry breakdance @t8erboi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Slightly hotter take: people will claim the best track on Emotion is either "Run Away With Me" or "Your Type", but actually it's "Warm Blood"
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William B. Fuckley @opinionhaver.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I do think that ‘Hi-def video of horrible shit’ is our generation’s version of smoking or leaded gasoline tbh. As in it’s something that future generations will look back on and be appalled that we thought it was ok to have as an environmental hazard.
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412th Man @unlox.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 01/10/2024
Every California election result is like DEM: 78% REP: 19% Prop 7: Amend state constitution to remove tax exemption for descendents of slave traders to fund removing lead paint from elementary schools YES: 48% NO: 52% bsky.app/profile/yoha...
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Blue sky nice ghost @rajandelman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I am depressed. But I try to keep my hopes up. I like to play the lottery. Last year, I really thought I'd win it. Unfortunately, they ended up stoning another woman to death.
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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
STEVEN KING [having snorted 1 million grams of cocaine]: OK, so what if his boss is a racist ghost. he also lets the racist ghost down bc he's a fuckup btw bsky.app/profile/timp...
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mcc @dryad.technology · 02/10/2026
*Sitting down backward on chair* Now, we have a lot of fun on bluesky dot social *stops* *thinks for a minute* w Wait, actually I'm not sure that's true
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
yes I AM tired of reading theory. yes I DO believe I will be rewarded in the kingdom of heaven for reading theory. yes I am VERY worried the reward will be more theory to read
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Mascot Texorcism 🐯 @texsaber.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've had this stupid joke in my head for the past 3 weeks, I had to put it into drawing
Theatrical poster for "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me," except the portrait of Laura Palmer is replaced with a Walkling from the game Big Walk, and the film name is replaced with "Big Walk with Me"
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Action Shakespeare 🐙🤤 @thatgalinthehat.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Environmental storytelling at the elementary school
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Coldest take in the world but ten years on, Emotion and Emotion Side B are still both perfect albums.
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