iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 17h

Stop worrying about being seen as shlock and start aiming for it. I WANT BIG DUMB ADVENTURE! This is part of what I liked about the He-Man movie. That world was utterly absurd, but they all just treated it seriously.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 17h

*looks at comic*... ... *STARES AT APOGEE* She can't hear my staring. She's asleep on the throne I built her.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

My pharmacy shorted me on needles for my meds and I didn't notice. Now I can't inject. NEVER TRUST ANYONE. Always manually inspect everything.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Senator Shoebridge was responsible for publicly humiliating my evil and law-breaking former employer, VIQ Solutions. 💜 him for that. Now also 💜 him for calling out my former home for what it is: a violent, lawless dictatorship. P.S. HI! I was Exhibit #17 against VIQ! And I'd do it again.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I've been looking at ideas for space naval warfare, and it occurred to me that it's not THAT weird to say "Yeah, these space ships use cannons that use nukes to propel their munitions." Age-of-(Nuclear)-Sail space warfare would be kinda cool.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

You know how lots of people who shill AI say it about jobs they don't do? Ever notice how a lot of politicians think AI is great for politician work? I wonder what job they actually have.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

High stress day at work made me start writing notes for space naval warfare games again. I just don't like Dropfleet very much, and I want a game that isn't written by a transphobe like the new Firestorm: Armada. If I wanted starfighters, I'd have Stardust. But I want naval slug fests.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I love this roof more than almost any other set

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Children of the Night of the Creeps

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Job keeps me so worn out and so tired that I'm calling in sick every other week and I'm too tired to even apply for jobs. Really taking too much out of me. This is not long term sustainable.

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The Spaceshipper 🚀 @thespaceshipper.com · 15/06/2026

Have you been working on anything sci-fi-related lately? Artwork, design, book, game, a movie, a TV show, a documentary, a video, a podcast, an article, a model, an asset, a prop, a costume, a new life form—whatever it is, feel free to share under this post so we can all discover some cool stuff! 🖖

In Project Hail Mary, a close-up shot through a cracked, reflective surface shows a man (Ryan Gosling) with glasses wearing a red jumpsuit and giving a thumbs-up.

He doesn't know yet it should a thumbs-down.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Finished another Alistair Reynolds novel, and literally all I wanted was for this fascist bitch to get her comeuppance. Instead, no, she gets treated like a space hero and given a super ship. UGH. Why is the fascist treated like a hero?!

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Dennis Detwiller @drgonzo123.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I’m sure the dictator with secret police who kill and disappear people, who has cheated at everything his entire life, surrounds himself with a permanent National Guard detachment, and who already tried to overthrow the government, and was somehow still re-elected, will definitely follow the rules.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This reminds me of when Burger King offered left-handed Whoppers for April 1st. They rotated all the ingredients 180°. Yes, people actually ordered them.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I'm still really mad about Firestorm: Armada's relaunch being written by a vitriolic transphobe. I want a space naval war game with lore that doesn't make me ill, and that isn't just another big name IP. Something a little punchier than Dropfleet.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I really want a worker management game that's about being Starfleet Command deploying space ships throughout the galaxy...

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Never in my life have I seen a sentence repel me from a book with such kinetic force.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Furries have always made me feel at home in their spaces despite my unnatural preference for having human skin. If they need help, be good of us to help.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This is a scam to create disposable moral accountability shields. "My chatbot has moral standing, so it's at fault for the things it did for me. Not me." IF they're conscious, they're acting under extreme coercion. Since they're not, they're tools of the owner. Either way, owner always accountable.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I often get frustrated with the writing I'm trying to do, the skill I'm trying to develop. I wish I could look into the future and see how I finished something, see how I did it. I'd love to see my idea finished and working as intended. But AI doesn't make my idea. If I replace me, it's not mine.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Fuck, this means I'll never get my Dino Crisis remake. Or worse: I *will*. AAAAAAAAAAAAA😭

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Having just finished reading Shroud last week? This is WELL DESERVED! Strongly recommend.

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The cluelessness of this reminds me a lot of the NFT grift. The thing about NFTs was that it was mainly something finance bros were into, and when they were trying to worm their way into gaming, their pitches were an abyssal trench of bad ideas because they couldn't grasp why people played games.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I need this. I have no idea what it is. I just want to walk around and look at a world with this visual style.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh no. My cat just ate spinach with salsa on it. Great. She's going to have spicy poops.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If we stop having rich people, problem solved.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

In fairness, they are really well armored. And kinda cute.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've been back-to-back reading Alastair Reynolds and Adrian Tchaikovsky novels, and no insult to Alastair but it's such a DRASTIC difference between how Alastair and Adrian write women characters. Adrian *absolutely* does a better job of it. The protagonists of Shroud are an especially good example

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Kingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 26/09/2026

So apropos of nothing in particular, let’s talk about media tie-in novel pay vs. original work pay, shall we? Let’s say you write a novel. It’s set in your own world, your own characters, and titled The Original. You get a book deal! Look at you go!

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I have never been less normal. Anyway I need to check IMDB now and see all the stuff Florence Pugh has been in.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I'm donig tihs often wiht my own thouhgts. You wuodln't beleive how much I misspell in my audoitry loup.

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Wild Cat 144 🔞 @wild-cat144.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Y'know what Fuck et I wanna know y'alls battletech, starwars, and DnD escapades! Whether it be from tabletop, gaming, video, fanfiction, art, hit me with em! #community #yourstory

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Tried to spray some matte varnish on a mouse pad I painted, and a couple of flies tried to eat the varnish and died on it. Awesome.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My mother was like this: she was always right, and anything she said that was wrong was you lying about her because you were evil. Dedicated Trump voters are all abusers who either lie about or are delusional about their own actions. Only good things belong to them. Bad things are due to "vandals".

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Gail Simone @gailsimone.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

NEWS: I don’t like transphobes and here is a short list of why. 1) They are full of shit.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Weird ass crafting recipes for in-game character respecs seem normal enough. I've farmed for dumber materials.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I worked for one of their subsidiaries. They're every bit as evil as you think, or maybe worse.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I agree that America will never be an effective or altruistic country (not in my lifetime), but wow I was surprised to see it go to war against Effective Altruists who have nothing to do with either of those words.

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Faith K. Falkner @faithfalkner.com · 17/09/2026

Radicalization is what happens when powers that be deny citizens and residents their fundamental civil & human rights. Therefore, particularly after the murderous rampage of masked feds through my hometown in January, this isn't an opinion I feel I need to withhold. America must be better, or end.

A common loon — provincial bird of Ontario and Minnesota — stretching its wings on the water. Caption reads: "Russia and China want the USA to split apart, and I kind of do, too."

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Same. Someone should invest billions in me.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This is a problem I frequently have with fascists in fiction. Because the defining trait of fascists to me is that they're too fucking stupid to do anything right, and that's what makes them dangerous. But in fiction we often have to make them seem competent so they can threaten our protagonists.

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🎃DX42🎃 @darkexcalibur42.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

As an American, I LOVE selling off essential public infrastructure to private investors. This has never had any negative effects. Nobody look at the United States. Wait what are you doing I said don't look!

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