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Arthur G

@causticchemist.bsky.social
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He/Him [ 🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Game Designer ] [ Hordes TTRPGs ] [ One Whole Lawyer⚖️] causticchemist.carrd.co

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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
That's cool. I'm sure all the BitReactor devs that were furloughed weeks before launch are gonna see some of that $50 million... right? Residuals are standard in other creative industries. If the people who actually made the game got their share of the profits, we wouldn't be in this mess.
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Valentine 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇷🐇 @bunnybelmont.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
before any of you freak out, let this bunny remind you that fortnite has gone full AI for a while now, and the ceo of epic (tim sweeney) fired his staff for it, and has zero shame in it i stopped playing this game a very long time ago, and you can and should too. don’t give in
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 09/09/2026
After years of company stalling, Blizzard workers win mega-contract that applies to all unionized teams aftermath.site/blizzard-union...
the famous orc statue outside blizzard's HQ in irvine, california
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Alison Veneto @vermilionpearlgirl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
We did it y'all 😭 So proud of how hard everyone worked on this ✊️
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¯\_(ツ)_/¯ @office-anomaly.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
support the creators and watch it here!
youtube.com
THE LOVERS
YouTube video by Studio Heartbreak
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CWA @cwaunion.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Happy Labor Day from CWA!
A graphic that says, "Happy Labor Day."
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Jaws Slayer 🎃 @jesawyer.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
fyi
Back of a jacket that reads 

art is not a sport
There are no winners or losers
Lucas museum of narrative art
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
It needs be said: Aggro Crab's PAX booth is Peak design. (I just love the hell out of the food and safety sign there are so many good lil touches to this)
A sign mimicking the Washington Public Heath Food Safety Rating but the symbols have been replaced by PEAK faces, including the top rating which is PEAK.
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
This is the first time Ghost Pepper aka Dr pebber aka fruity pebbles has ever chosen to sit in my lap on the couch and I am blessed. Little creepture I love him so.
Fluffy white cat sitting on a lap and pushing its head against an arm
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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 01/09/2026
⚔️🔥CAPTURE QUEST: CHARIZARD🔥⚔️ I have wanted to paint this for over a decade and spent the last year of my life fighting to bring it to the finish line. Please take a look, there is a lot to see
Gargantuan illustration of a charizard redesigned in the style of a monster hunter elder dragon. There are 4 hunters attacking him and their pikapalico is readying a voltorb bomb to throw. There is so much stuff in there, I spent a damn year on this. I'm exhausted.
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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · 01/09/2026
🍣 Choosing sustainable seafood is a positive action nearly all of us can take to protect ocean habitats and wildlife. Our refreshed Sushi Guide will make those choices even easier.
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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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₌🎴₌ 𝖒𝖆𝖈𝖍𝖎 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖎 ₌❤️‍🩹₌ @machitoons.newgrounds.com · 30/08/2026
feel free to repost everywhere.
ROYALTIES FUND GENOCIDE
HARRY POTTER FANS WORLDWIDE

〃I can't NOT help Rowling kill kids-
mid games & merch are my personality!〃
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Next round of trainings is available for signup! 1: INTRO TO UNIONS on September 13th 2: ORGANIZING YOUR COWORKERS on September 20th 3: BUILDING YOUR COMMITTEE on September 27th! Sign up below 👇
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
The temptation to start up a god awful self indulgent Vampire the Masquerade PBP server - mostly for the group of friends I suckered into playing a Vampire the Requiem half larp back in collage - grows by the day.
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Devour🌱 @devoureroftime.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Gamescom AI Slop Thread. Every game from the Gamescom Opening Ceremonies that was actually AI Slop so you don't have to care about it.
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loren schmidt @lorenschmidt.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
i think one big failing of games is that we don't teach each other about learning design! i thought i'd write a thread about limited bandwidth and limited retention. this is actually really simple to understand. imagine a chessboard with a row of pawns and nothing else.
a text diagram of an 8x8 board (dots) with a row of pawns (p) at the side near us
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Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
To celebrate next month's review jam on the Quinns Quest discord, I wrote some tips! (Are we going to criticise one another's criticism? It's unclear)
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Chance the Lawyer @chancethelawyer.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
say what you will about the myriad valid concerns with current LLMs but I personally will never get over the fact that Aaron Swartz was prosecuted to his literal death for downloading JSTOR and then a decade later, they downloaded & ingested the entire world and our IP laws just went ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Nome @nome.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I think folks ignore one big thing in the comparison of Generative AI to Asbestos - because they just think of Asbestos as "that thing that gives people lung cancer in old buildings." When folks argue that AI is 'useful,' Ignoring the ways that I don't accept that premise, Asbestos was useful.
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sanzuniur (cmms open) @sanzuniur.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
THE SERMON OF THE SEVEN SUNS [4/10]
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BOO-ny gesserit @bennygesserit.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Ultraman says: It's Wash Your Water Bottle Wednesday! If you've forgotten for a while to give your water bottle a good scrub, today's the perfect day for a fresh start 💜
A drawing of a nalgene water bottle that is full of water, with Ultraman kaiju Gubila, Guesra, and Eleking swimming inside of it. In the upper right-hand corner of the composition is Ultraman pointing directly at the viewer. Underneath it says, "Ultraman says, 'It's was your water bottle Wednesday! You never know what monsters are growing in there!" A small watermark saying @bennygesserit appears next to the water bottle.
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The evening has devolved to being sensually fed slim jims while being slowly poisoned by mercury bulbs.
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Thinking about what kinds of games benefit from a West Marches style form of play or at least can translate well to it and started writing up some docs on a Delta Green West Marches game.
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
More systems should be translated to DnD 5.5. It's the best and most effective way of advertising a completely different system, and players will definitely play your system afterwards.
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Elise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
You’ve met with a terrible fate, haven’t you?
Young Link holding Majora’s Mask and a sword against the backdrop of all the wearable masks in Majora’s Mask
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852dude @852dude.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Bro. People are cool as fuck.
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Rose Whitcomb @gamingmistress.com · 13/08/2026
It's very telling to see who is and isn't standing up against Twitch's latest bullshit. If you're against genAi, say it with your fully chest and then stand by those convictions. Don't play whataboutisms. No genAi in our games, stories, music, or streams. No training models off our hard work.
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
We've seen some questions pop up around layoffs: "well, if they were laid off, didn't that mean they weren't doing a good job? Maybe they deserved it." And on its face, that sounds logical and legitimate. Because the opposite would just be pure cruelty, right? ...Right? ...So here's the thing.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 13/08/2026
Starting July 1, 2027, landlords in Seattle will be prohibited from charging tenants junk fees, including pet rent, mail fees, and common area charges. This is an important step towards making our city more affordable for renters.
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Seattle bans landlords from charging 'junk fees' like pet rent
Under the new legislation, Seattle landlords must disclose fees in advertising rent prices, and can’t charge fees for things like mail and package delivery. The new regulations don't go into effect un...
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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 12/08/2026
I'm so tired. 😑 A direct link to the setting (next to last from the very bottom): www.twitch.tv/settings/sec... And more details in their Account Settings FAQ: help.twitch.tv/s/article/tw...
From Twitch's Frequently Asked Questions

What are "generative AI content models," and what does it mean for my content to be used to train them?

Generative AI content models are AI tools that can help create or synthesize content outputs like text or images when given instructions or prompts because they are also trained on content. When you allow training, that means that your content may be used for future Gen AI model improvements. An example of what happens when you allow your content to be used for training a GenAI content model is that your audio might help refine models that create speech to text, which would help improve captions at Twitch but would also help improve captions across Amazon. From Twitch's Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly does opting out cover? What doesn't it cover?

If you opt-out and decide to not allow your channel content to train Generative AI content models, your streams, VODs, clips, stream chats, and pictures and text on your channel will not be used in future training of a model developed by Amazon whose purpose is to generate or synthesize text, audio, images, or video.

Opting-out of training generative AI content models does not opt you out of all AI or machine learning uses at Twitch. For example, Twitch will still run AutoMod, which helps keep our community safe, but does not retain your data and use it to produce content. Twitch may also still use your data to run AI-supported features, like captions, which automatically generate captions for your Clips but does not retain your stream or your clips to train a model that can generate new content.From Twitch's Frequently Asked Questions

If I opt out, will other AI-powered features like Captions or safety tools still work on my channel?

Yes. There are two important differences between Generative AI content models and AI-supported features at Twitch.

1) AI-supported features at Twitch do not retain your content and then use it to train models that create new videos, images, or text.

2) Twitch users have separate controls for many of the AI-supported features we're releasing. For example, streamers can turn on AutoMod and can adjust captions settings.From Twitch's Frequently Asked Questions

Why can't I opt-out of all AI uses at Twitch?

Where AI works to help you create content or to help viewers understand your content, you do have controls over how it is used, and you can manage those in your settings.

Other AI works differently. Some of it runs the service itself, the same way our servers and our code do. Some of it keeps the service secure. And some of it, like AutoMod, protects the whole community. Turning those off for one person would weaken safety and security for everyone else on the platform, so they are not individual settings.

What channel content (clips, chat, metadata, etc.) is eligible to be used for generative AI training?

Your stream and the stream's chat, your VODs, your Clips, Highlights, and any text or images on your Channel may be used. If you chat on someone else's stream, their opt-out preferences govern if that chat can be used for training.
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IWGB Game Workers Union @gameworkers.co.uk · 12/08/2026
Workers at Rowan, Rook and Decard have secured the first union recognition agreement in the UK table top games industry! 🙌 iwgb.org.uk/en/post/tabl... Work in the UK games industry? Join our union today!
Graphic showing Voidheart Symphony, a table top game produced by Rowan, Rook and Decard and a caption "Union Recognition! Workers at Rowan, Rook and Decard secure the first tabletop games union recognition agreement in the UK."
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Frances Danger *Deadly SoverAuntie* @francesdanger.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
🧵Today marks the 48th anniversary of The american Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978, which ostensibly made it legal for Natives to once again practice our spiritual and cultural beliefs in the so called united states. They had been outlawed by various federal laws and
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 12/08/2026
Brenda Romero's beautiful 'Chasing Lilacs' is a personal history told through the lens of gaming: aftermath.site/chasing-lilacs/
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Gonna playtest the new VtM v6 with the home group tonight & then with discord pals on Saturday. First time I've felt very grognard-y about an edition switch. I think it's a lot of lingering love for v5 which taught me to love World of Darkness when I had been a Requiem fan for so long. We'll see!
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Vampire Dracula
Alt: Gif of a scooby doo style vampire pulling his cloak over his face and then slowly disappearing into the background.
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Rascal News @rascal.news · 05/08/2026
We've got another cool idea for how to make being a Rascal subscriber more playful that we're referring to as PROJECT RAG. Details coming soon? Also: annual memberships are 30% off. www.rascal.news/desperado-sale
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Rascal News
Rascal is a tabletop roleplaying game and culture outlet striving to sustainably publish voicey journalism that is compelling, deeply-reported, and fearlessly honest. We’re also a little cheeky
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
The best news site for ttrpgs with incredible articles. I've also really enjoyed their podcast ttrpg bookclub with Rascal Reading Club. If you've got dollars to support, please do. Journalism is just as important and is exceedingly scarce in the tabletop industry.
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
2nd time in a row my flight out of Indy back to Seattle has been canceled I think I might be cursed. I should just fly home Monday from now on.
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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
34 seconds of Whale Sharks feeding in a Bait Ball #wildlife
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
The industry is in a fucking tailspin. Support the workers who make any of it at all possible.
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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Are you familiar with the University of Washington special collections Decorative and Decorated Papers digital collection? If not, you SHOULD be... what a cool resource! digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/coll...
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
IT BEGINS
A map with Doom and various pieces representing Hunters surround the Entity. Little red cubes represent threat piling ominously and several condition tokens rest in the foreground.
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
I'm so bad at having conversations around 'good' or 'bad' games. It's not that i don't have opinions on styles of play that i like or dislike, but I feel constantly like that 'lotta nuance in a ritz cracker if you think about it' tweet. Every design has something to learn from.
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Arthur G @causticchemist.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Gencon Day 1 Breakfast: off to a good start
A pack of advil and a canned energy drink on a hotel table
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Elise Schuenke @troubledminnesotan.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
AAAA Costa Rica was able to fully reverse deforestation HOPECOREEEE earth.org/how-costa-ri...
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How Costa Rica Reversed Deforestation and Became an Environmental Model | Earth.Org
Costa Rica is the first tropical country to have stopped, and subsequently reversed, deforestation. What can the rest of the world learn from the country?
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 25/07/2026
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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Librarians are hosting viral 'Avoiding AI' workshops for people who are fed up with Big Tech | TechCrunch
At libraries around the country, "Avoiding AI" workshops have elicited unprecedented demand.
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The QueerXP @thequeerxp.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Hey folks, this casting call closes on Wednesday the 29th! If you are interested at all, no matter if you're new to AP or have been in a few, apply. Never self reject! tally.so/r/EkYaXl
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The QueerXP - Casting Call
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
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Brian G. aka urbanbohemian 🪩🥂💖 @urbanbohemian.com · 24/07/2026
Anyone in the DC area who likes video games, Smithsonian American Art Museum is hosting SAAM Arcade tomorrow! They have a great Indie Games showcase, musical performances, and classic consoles on display. It's always been a treat. Bonus: Quiet hours from 11:30a-1p. 🕹️🎮💖
americanart.si.edu
SAAM Arcade
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