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Jay Turner @silopolis.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I and a good number of very talented game devs were laid off by Obsidian as part of the Microsoft sacrificial rituals this morning. If you or anyone you know is looking for a Senior Writer/ND with more than two decades' experience in titles like Dragon Age and Mass Effect, please let me know!

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AK Slaydeau 👻 @akfedeau.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I'm very sorry to announce that I was one of the devs affected by the Obsidian layoffs today. At least for four years, it was a beautiful dream. If you need a writer with experience in everything from the fog of war to romance - especially if you're open to remote - please get in touch.

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Katie @kaitrielle.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

So many amazing, wonderful people - and me - were laid off today. All of them deserve the world and I hope they get back on their feet soon. As for me? I suppose I'm open for work once the shock wears off.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

So… this whole ‘we use gen AI to think through an idea before wasting dev cycles making it’ talking point… Like if I take that on the best possible faith, that the chatbot is used before human concepting… Are you publicly owning up to needing AI to do the job of thinking and scribbling some notes?

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Milly (recovering from Full Indie Summit) @foxesforsale.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

They didn't disclose it because they wanted to get away with it. It's the main splash art for your game! The first impression! And this is what you were okay with? Clothing that makes no sense? A backwards hand? Fucked up cart? If you don't care to make it, why should I care to play it?

A man dressed in yellow has a coat that makes no sense. Is it closed? Open? buttoned to the inner shirt?

A woman's hand is visibly backwards. The man next to her also has a case of nonsensical clothing.

Completely nonsensical wheels on a card. A barrel full of... rags? Brown plants? A man's hand with a suggestion of six fingers.

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Jenny Reid Art @jennyreidart.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Always fascinated and trying to capture the motion of water with watercolors. #blueskyartshow #busy #watercolor #oceanart #salishsea

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

look at him. he doesn't even have any money

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Paul Fish @crackrocksteady.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

I also got some good duckling photos at Riverfront Park in Spokane on the way back from Yellowstone. And some good groundhog photos, that park is lousy with groundhogs lol

An extremely alert groundhog stands atop a stone wall

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

“There are only two ways the situation could possibly unfold, according to the Orange County Fire Authority, and neither of them is good. The tank could either fail and spill thousands of gallons of toxic chemicals, or it could explode.” abc7.com/amp/post/tan...

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Sounds like things are not going well in Orange County, California, where 10,000 people have been told to evacuate because of a toxic chemical leak at the GKN Aerospace facility.

New York Times: Craig Covey, an incident commander with the Orange County Fire Authority, said in a video update that the most compromised tank at the facility contains about 7,000 gallons of a toxic chemical and has started to bulge — a sign of potential crisis.
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Paul Fish @crackrocksteady.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

They surf in the river in Missoula, MT

Mustachioed man in a wetsuit surfing in the river

Wet suited surfer backlit by light reflecting off the river water

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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

I have to believe this is a troll or I else I am going to spend the rest of my life building a time machine to go find Ted Kaczynski's cabin and hand him a list of names

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Paul Fish @crackrocksteady.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Took a road trip to Yellowstone, highly recommend

Black and white photo of a chipmunk holding some grass in its tiny little paws

Black and white photo of a bison grazing. Two small birds are perched on the bison's back.

Black and white photo of a big beautiful raven

Black and white photo of an elk standing in the falling snow

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priscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

happy 10th birthday to The Nice Guys, one of the best movies ever made

screenshot from The Nice Guys: 4 characters looking down at Amelia (offscreen), with Ryan Gosling's Holland March (in blue blazer with cream & yellow shirt, gold/bronze tie) and Russell Crowe's Jackson Healy (in blue shirt and blue leather jacket) on either side of the frame, closer to the camera. behind & between them, at the edge of the bed: Daisy Tahan's Jessica (in floral shirt) & Angourie Rice's Holly (in overalls)

Healy and March at the auto show on either side of the frame, hiding behind an orange structure with lights & a giant circle/hole cutout in the center showcasing a blue Avanti II (seen from behind). beyond the circle we can see buildings and various cars on fire (a Chevy Corvette, a Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado)

closeup on Holland's hand, which reads "You will never be happy" with a little happy face

a woman dressed in gold/orange tending bar at a party, a giant aquarium behind her, Holland swimming through the water in an undershirt in boxers, attempting to question the mermaids

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Merrymac Farm Sanctuary @merrymacsanctuary.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

You NEED to drop everything and watch Walter’s beautiful floppy ears in slow motion.

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JaneSlainLane @nyjanelane.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

This is the best picture I have ever seen

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Bichinhos Fofinhos pra quem ta cansado @bichinhos.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

É o primeiro dia de trabalho dele

Gato laranja sentado no tapete da sala de frente pra foto olhando pra foto usando uma gravatinha listrada azul e branco com colarinho branco

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Chris Person @papapishu.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Marisa Tomei in My Cousin Vinny. Look into it.

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Paul Fish @crackrocksteady.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This is my new friend Rufus Beakington, from Yellowstone

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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

so we have to yell "XBOX" every time we say it now I assume

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 13/05/2026

The writers should have let Sam leap home Like what the fuck you guys Yes I’m still mad about this like 30 years later lol

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Patrick "Dark Satanic" Mills @pkernaghan.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

When people say that crimes or classes of crimes/criminals should be "treated as terrorism" what they are asking for is that the full power of the surveillance state should be used against an increasingly broad swathe of the population. Fewer (or no) crimes should be treated as terrorism

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Cats of Yore @catsofyore.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Having the fellas over for a kitty appreciation party. Photo from my collection, 1953.

Black and white photo of two white men on a couch, one in naval uniform, but both of their head are out of frame. The navy man is petting a shorthaired tabby cat on the coffee table in front of him.

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Paul Fish @crackrocksteady.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Saturday morning music selection

A vinyl copy of the record Satan Is Watching by Those Poor Bastards

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I need just the tiniest amount of self-reflection from these people. "GenAI has ruined my job and made me miserable, but I think it's great at everyone else's job and I use it all the time." For the love of fuck, stop and turn on your brain for one goddamn minute and think through that.

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Ken Klippenstein @kenklippenstein.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Look at my opposition leader dawg

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Kashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 08/05/2026

One side is like “can we disenfranchise all the Black voters by this weekend” and the other is like gotta follow the rules that govern the rules that control the rulebook

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Jake @jake.sooscreek.productions · 30/04/2026

I’m a big time phone pacer, but at least when the weather is nice I can take the camera and keep my hands occupied while I’m talking Plus sometimes I manage to catch something cool like a baby spider on a hummingbird beak #nature #birds #photography

A female Anna’s hummingbird on a thin branch in bright afternoon sun with a dark backdrop. There is a very tiny spider on the top of its beak and all of the hummingbird’s face feathers are on end as it stares down its beak at the spider

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Nessa ✨ @nessathewriter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I swear I’m not crazy

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Gwen!!! @poodlewool.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

up late on may 1st? Have some reverse mermaids

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Chris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

A truly visionary director would have made them all do Minnesota accents

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Katie Croonenberghs Art @kamakru.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Driving along the North Cascades Highway, there's a spot where a fire broke out several years prior. All the trees were charred black, but green grasses and moss covered the ground around rocks that shone white. I loved this contrast and had to paint it. "Fire Swept Memories" #watercolor #gouache

Painting by Katie Croonenberghs of a black dragon with green overtones walks through a burned area of a forest, with moss growing between the white rocks making up the ground. Text reads kamakru.com

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nic tringali @nictringali.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

when you don't share Amberspire this is who you're hurting

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Idk man I feel like even if AI scraped from 100% ethical sources, had zero impact on the environment, and produced gorgeous work, I’d still think you were a bitch for using it

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Hoon McMunch (in space*) @biasbe.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

“Billionaires are funding a communist resurgence in America” can only be said by someone with severe lead poisoning or head injury

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Taylor Fischer @tcfischer.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Quick portrait sketch of (shh dont tell the other goats) my favorite goat Hank. He's a little goober.

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John Leavitt @leavittalone.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

You can just watch THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE that’s available all the time

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