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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 1h
Hey so it's been two years since Eggbug went read-only. What are some lessons we learned about race demographics, moderation and financials? What's the current social media landscape like? Fun thing to be writing about the day I found out the head of trust and safety on bluesky has blocked me lmfao
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Two Years After Eggbug
On the anniversary of the final day of chosting - some thoughts about where we've been (and maybe what's next?)
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 29/09/2026
I saw this horrible linkedin lunatic post a while back about how a manager was proud of having fired anyone that didn't complain about a claude outage because to him, that meant they were being inefficient by not using it anyway, so if you have a shitty boss there's an outage right now
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Megan Carnes @magmacranes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
hey you know what wasn't made with genAI
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Divinuet on Steam
A compellingly unique deterministic musical tarot experience, which guides you through a tarot reading in two segments. In the first, each card plays its own musical theme. In the second, music and vi...
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Dr Katie Twomey @k2mey.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026
This is quite cool. My university is the first organisation in the world to force Microsoft to allow us to turn off copilot summaries in Word 365, after a backlash against it from staff (including, very vocally, me). That cannot have been easy for our heroic IT people so hats very much off to them!
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Wallace @exalclaw.com · 28/09/2026
Just saw that @kellymerka.bsky.social's great Sable piece is available today, give it a read! Very thoughtful breakdown on how the game's world reflects its history and creates a tangible sense of time having passed on this whole planet: unwinnable.com/2026/09/28/t...
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The Damage Is Done - Unwinnable
The planet Sable knows is a palimpsest – its ecosystem has been overwritten.
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 28/09/2026
Man, people love horny until it doesn’t fit their own preferences and suddenly it’s gross perversion. Lot to be said about this platform’s head of trust and safety (who was caught liking barley legal teen porn on his account) kink shaming people on here lmfao
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Anna Krasner | Wishlist Uncanyon @slothysunday.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're looking for publishers to help our broke asses finish Skinscribing. Featuring words by lovely @nadiashammas.bsky.social,art by incomparable @valkwise.bsky.social, music by majestic @davidmasoncomposer.bsky.social and code by me. Wishlists help! store.steampowered.com/app/4462890/...
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Skinscribing on Steam
SKINSCRIBING is a 2D hand-drawn and dual-handed cosmic folk horror game wherein you explore environments, grief, and bodies alike to interpret and tattoo the history of a dying world as the foundation...
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 27/09/2026
you cannot convince me that there is surprise to be found in AI tech circles having issues with consent the technology's core conceit involved stealing from the world at large to create something that is then forcibly inserted into every aspect of life with as little 'opt out' as possible
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 26/09/2026
we're so close to mayor bones annual pumpkin festival, y'all October 1st is so goddamn soon
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sol @spider.florist · 25/09/2026
Back in the old days nazis weren’t allowed and people posted a lot of creative or ambitious long-form things and there were even some really innovative uses of the html/css editing to create things like games or interactive posts and sorry wait I’m thinking of cohost
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Mare Pan @paarsec.com · 24/09/2026
literally this
Entrepreneurship is like one of those carnival games where you throw darts or something. Middle class kids can afford one throw. Most miss. A few hit the target and get a small prize. A very few hit the center bullseye and get a bigger prize. Rags to riches! The American Dream lives on.
Rich kids can afford many throws. If they want to, they can try over and over and over again until they hit something and feel good about themselves. Some keep going until they hit the center bullseye, then they give speeches or write blog posts about "meritocracy" and the salutary effects of hard work. Poor kids aren't visiting the carnival. They're the ones working it.
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Lost In Cult @lostincult.co.uk · 24/09/2026
Did you love A Short Hike by @adamgryu.bsky.social? Get its Piano Collection OST from @marksparling.bsky.social and Pablo Enver now on vinyl! 🎹🔗🔻 We've 2 exclusive variants shipping by the end of March 2027 🎶
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 24/09/2026
Flit. Flit don’t do it bro. Your mom shouldn’t be putting that on you.
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 23/09/2026
"You won the revolution! Now pick up the pieces and rebuild, oh and you're in orbit around Jupiter" is such a great sales pitch. When this game comes out on Steam (read: escapes from Microsoft timed exclusivity) I'm gonna be real annoying about it (complimentary)
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Young Suns Is Coming To Steam November 3rd And I'm Probably Not Going to Shut The Fuck Up About it
If you have also been waiting for a way to play this game without involving yourself in the Microsoft ecosystem, the time is near
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 23/09/2026
Love that the first ever Godzilla rated R film is being distributed by GKIDS
RESTRICTED
R
GODZILLA MINUS
ZERO
GKIDS

Year Rated: 2026
Certificate #: 56195
Reason: Rated R for some violent content/bloody images.

Alternate Titles: G-0.0
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 22/09/2026
tempted to do the "9 anime" thing but I don't think it's fair to have films, series and OVAs all in the same category lmfao
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 22/09/2026
probably a decent joke in there somewhere about using xbox layoff rounds to mark the passage of time but I'm so tired this is what, roughly 15k people who've lost their jobs since 2024?
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 22/09/2026
Frodo and Sam looking in the mirror while Galadriel wilding in the background
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 21/09/2026
I can't get over the silliness of this creature and the name we as humans have given it. Join me on an adventure in taxonomy:
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If you're ever feeling down, think about a creature called the "Tailed Tailless Bat"
Up there with animals called "lesser" or "least" but with a twist (Photo by Carlos Henrique Russi)
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Katzcribe @katzcribe.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
@ko-op.com's new game finally has a steam release date! Give it a wishlist if rebuilding Jovian space with friends sounds like a good time
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Young Suns - Official Steam Release Date Trailer
YouTube video by KO_OP
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brendan mordheim @brendanmcleod.dev · 20/09/2026
culturally, yoda and gollum are the same. but try saying this at Sunday Mass and you’ll be driven away by the town burghers and meisters
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Eliel Cruz @elielcruz.com · 18/09/2026
NYC TUESDAY PULL UP FOR TRANS KIDS
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 19/09/2026
listening to the wii sports theme instead of reading the news as a morning ritual has done me wonders
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 19/09/2026
So many words and phrases I didn’t wanna learn on this site today lmao
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 19/09/2026
people are always saying anti-AI arguments don’t understand the full nuances of the technology. which is correct. but only because it stole everyone’s work, exists solely to get you fired, has made the entire internet unusable and has been forced on everyone without consent
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 18/09/2026
Della described the length of the tree stuck on the garage to the insurance people as “four husbands long” and feels that’s a perfectly justified way to have said “24 feet tall” I’m losing it lmfao
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yaoi gagarin @mel.bzky.team · 17/09/2026
like man idk you got hit with 1 terror attack and decided to kill 4 million people in largely unrelated countries in a red-eyed froth-at-mouth frenzy, i don't know what you THINK you see in the mirror but its not what everybody else is seeing
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jae @jkap.gay · 17/09/2026
god you are so fucking stupid. we had 4 people and no money and were better on this than your entire team of overpaid dipshits. median american voter ass. fuck yourself.
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alyaza ΘΔ @alyazabirze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
every now and then i am struck with a sort of Cohost realism: that it's easier to imagine the end of the Internet than another website with the promise or possibility that was offered by Cohost. that in two years the hole hasn't been filled, and this consequently indicates it will never be filled.
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Yarn Spinner 🔜 #MIGW26 @yarnspinner.dev · 16/09/2026
It's 1995, and you're one of the last employees at a video game hint line. And the calls have started getting weird. Hint Line '95, the sequel to the smash-hit art installation we made on a whim, just got funded by @screentasmania.bsky.social! www.screen.tas.gov.au/funding/appr...
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 15/09/2026
@playlittlelodge.com hey uhh I think you're barking up the wrong tree giving me a follow
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Where do YOU draw the AI line?
My day job pivoted to being "AI-First" so uhhh I quit
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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
So with the news of the layoffs at KO_OP, I'm officially looking for work later this fall. I'm an experienced narrative designer that's worked on both sprawling open world stories and intimate cinematic narratives, even netting some award wins and noms. More details on my experience below!
key art for Young Suns by KO_OPkey art for Goodbye Volcano High by KO_OPkey art for Spirit Swap by Soft Not Weak
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 14/09/2026
man, with all the blizzcon coverage I'm seeing on the TL you'd think that they weren't subject to the BDS boycott against Microsoft and subsidiaries for their involvement in Palestinian genocide
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 14/09/2026
A giant fuck off chunk of a neighbor’s tree fell onto our garage and pulled the power lines; sparks, the tree smoking etc. I called 911, Della called Eversource and uhhh turns out the eversource phone number in google search is now a phone sex line How’s you’re Sunday going lmfao
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 13/09/2026
I get that rage bait gonna rage but I'm disappointed in how many people are giving oxygen to that "gay rights had a better approach than trans rights" shit. it's such a bad faith argument for so many reasons, stop spreading ittttt even to dunk
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 12/09/2026
Anyway I guess today's a great day to re-watch the english dub of Godzilla VS. Megalon
US cover art for the film Godzilla VS Megalon; two large monsters (One reptilian in nature, the other insectoid) standing on each of the twin towers of the world trade center, fighting it out. Text reads "GIANT AGAINST GIANT...THE ULTIMATE BATTLE"
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 11/09/2026
As a person who primarily plays Arena and specifically Historic, I'm so fucking excited about Magic for once lmfao RIP, Alchemy. You won't be missed.
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Rest In Pieces, Magic the Gathering Alchemy
The "digital-only" format was a huge misstep and I'm glad they're finally correcting
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 11/09/2026
I was heading back to my college’s parking lot after classes for the day were cancelled and a bunch of white dudes climbed into the back of a pickup truck with a US flag on it and shouted “we’re gonna go beat some gas station Arab ass” Like, this was less than an hour from watching the towers fall
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 10/09/2026
Having very different experiences on the mastodon iOS app (left) vs using it in a browser lmfao
An admin from mastodon.art has
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Learn more about server blocksAn admin from mastodon.art has blocked infosec.exchange, including 6 of your followers and 1 account you follow.
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 10/09/2026
This is pretty heartbreaking but not surprising given how the industry is going. I do appreciate the extra detail given on how the layoffs were handled and by whom, since "How does a cooperative company handle layoffs" is a pretty good question. Also love that there's stil revshare for former devs
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 10/09/2026
I started writing this before the PAX presentation where they announced FFVII would continue forever and like lol lmao
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Making Peace With Being Not Excited About More Final Fantasy VII
How my distaste of Rebirth helped me realize that this series (beyond the original, that is) is just not for me and that's probably for the best
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Emmeline @shirokumahi.me · 09/09/2026
I got most of the way to what I’d need for a switch 2 with this???? That’s crazy. I guess I’m more serious now this would be a big help for cancer treatment sessions, no joke.
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 09/09/2026
Little Wednesday morning improv about purely fictional things
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 08/09/2026
Shit, I'm so excited about this movie. Here's hoping there will be an IMAX showing anywhere near me when it comes out lmao
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The Godzilla Minus Zero Trailer Has Me Grinning Like An Idiot (Complimentary)
I won't spoil it, go watch it and then come back.
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 08/09/2026
[sobering up, serious now] ok but for real no age of imprisonment dlc?
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 07/09/2026
Heard in this article: “AI is making everything worse on the equipment costs side” “AI will help us turn 500 people teams into 100 people teams” They’re so close on the first point and yet the second point exists. I get that the people being quoted are massively disconnected from reality but oof
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"This is the worst crash we've seen since the 1980s," says Tim Sweeney
Industry experts speak to Edge Magazine's Alex Spencer about how the industry is facing "Crash 2.0"
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 07/09/2026
this is so fucking stupid yet objectively funny that I can't believe it's real behold; godzilla with a gun made of godzilla from a call of duty event that happened a while back
cursed "Call of Duty Mobile" crossover key art with the Godzilla x Kong film from 2023; Kong has a rifle and godzilla has a fun made of out godzilla material
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 07/09/2026
GQuuuuuuX was so fuckin weird, dude lolol
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 05/09/2026
They almost got me but I refuse to play their game
QUESTION 31 OF 122
New Haven (the city in Connecticut where Yale University is located)
NEW Haven
New HAVEN
I use both interchangeably
other
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curious quail @curiousquail.com · 04/09/2026
Last month I wrote about bandcamp friday stuff and had a lot of recommendations; not a lot has changed since then so please go enjoy that and buy stuff on the list!
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It is Bandcamp Friday Once Again and Boy Are My Arms Tired
Not a lot has changed, has it?
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