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Francis

@datafran.bsky.social
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Believe it or not, I am doing my best. He/him.

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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 16h
It seems very silly, but I learned about Japanese internment by watching the film “Snow Falling on Cedars” when I was too old to be learning about this disgusting stain on our history for the first time. We are no better today than we were then, except now we don’t even let them play baseball.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 20h
OH SHIII
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 20h
They made "dressing in New England" into stupid.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
eyyy, slept poorly club
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blob @gwmthing.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
playing big walk solo
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Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Heck yeah.
Human-made over 5 years

No AI has been used to generate any code or content in or about the game, and never will be. Slow Roads has been a labour of love since the project began in 2021, and has been built with a decade of experience in 3D graphics and creative software development. Textures are hand-drawn, sounds are recorded locally, and all systems are designed and engineered specifically for the unique context of the game. This is a solo-developed project that I take great care over, and I believe AI simply doesn't belong in creative projects like these.

Please note that procedural generation is not a form of generative AI; the procedures used to generate the world in the game are mathematical functions that have been derived and defined by hand, with direct creative intent.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Himym Cowboy Boots on Table
Alt: Himym Cowboy Boots on Table
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The one rule it broke for how the coyote and the roadrunner are depicted was worth it.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fraternities exist to shelter and perpetuate revolting behaviors and reward the perpetrators of horrific violence with access to the halls of power where they too will shelter and perpetuate the system that made them. Shut them down.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Fffffff
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gamera obscura @ohrobin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Shut every fraternity down.
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Thoth @thoth.ptnote.dev · 20/09/2026
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An image of a pelican with its gigantic mouth open, commonly associated with the "put baby in pelican mouth" post.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Me when ordering Indian food: "ALL THESE GOOS ARE FOR ME!"
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Or containers of rice.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
That's so weird that one has a gigantic photo of you holding up a phone over the fireplace.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Say hello to Odin and Thor for meeee
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Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I love my Disconnected Wife @4shley.bsky.social, which is why I carried her around for the first 15 minutes of Big Walk this evening while she figured out an issue with her headphones.
Big Walk screenshot. A flashlight behind me is throwing my shadow onto a nearby wall, revealing that I am carrying another player (My Disconnected Wife) over my head.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What if you need to carry groceries AND it's cold??
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Hiccup's Epic Free Fall from Toothless
ALT: Hiccup's Epic Free Fall from Toothless
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All to John Powell’s extraordinary score.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Good job, Brian. Living, learning, growing.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I seriously cannot think of a product a tech company has created in the past fives years that I have wanted. Not counting current iterations of previously existing products (though increasingly I don't want those either as they make them worse and pack them full of AI)
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I would put Halt and Catch Fire in the top ten, but it's lonely being me.
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Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From experience, nothing improves a working environment like an open-ended period of instability and dread.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Pass.
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
MA has 9 statewide ballot questions this year. Be an informed voter! #mapoli www.progressivemass.com/2026ballot/
This November, Massachusetts will see *9* statewide ballot questions, a historic number. But we’ve got you covered. 

✅VOTE YES ON 1 to expand the public records law to cover the Governor and the Legislature. We’re the only state in the country that doesn’t do that already. Let the sunlight in.

✅VOTE YES ON 2 to enable public defenders to collectively bargain. Every worker deserves to have a union, and public defenders, who are often overworked and underpaid, should be no exception. 

❌VOTE NO ON 3 to prevent private equity billionaires from rigging our election system in their favor. Top-two primaries empower corporate PACs and self-funders, disadvantage grassroots candidates, and turn MAGA voters into election kingmakers. 

✅VOTE YES ON 4 to enable voters to register to vote or update their registration on Election Day. No eligible voter should be turned away due to a clerical error, and this reform is one of the most proven ways to increase voter turnout. 

❌VOTE NO ON 5 to protect our state’s ability to invest in health care, transportation, and public education. The rich would get millions in tax rebates, while the rest of us suffer from underfunded public services. 

⚪VOTE how you want on 6. Question 6 fell shy of our endorsement threshold: our members valued land and water conservation, but were worried about the dedication of existing funds as opposed to new ones. 

✅VOTE YES on 7 to enable more starter homes across the Commonwealth. We have a housing crisis, and large lot size requirements mean fewer homes are able to be built. 

❌VOTE NO on 8 to protect our state’s cannabis laws. We said NO to the war on drugs back in 2016, and we shouldn’t turn back time and destroy local economies. 

✅VOTE YES ON 9 to protect our state’s landmark gun safety law, which cracked down on ghost guns, banned machine gun conversion devices, and strengthened gun violence data collection.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Who is this “we”, James? Not one single person will remember you.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“A flu? People still get that?”
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you get lucky and/or are insanely skilled you can knock it out of the air by climbing the platforms it’s gonna throw at you.
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Dan Johnson will design games for food @coil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
SCP-LLM Object Class: Euclid Special Containment Procedures: SCP-LLM is stored on a single hard drive in a computer with no networking capability. This computer should be kept powered off. Under no circumstances should anyone with an MBA be allowed to interact with SCP-LLM or view its output.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Wow, look at Dylan's stylish hair and shirt combo.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
So cool. One of few instances where I won't raise several extra eyebrows at "Jewish actress".
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's notable here that Centrist Miniboss Ezra Klein is even taken aback by this. He doesn't, you know, push back very hard, but nobody ever accused him of having a spine.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This is a CEO thinking that the kind of experiences they have, that are *totally divorced from normal human experience* because they are weird tech CEOs, are normal and/or desirable. I have to know what my address and phone number are, Jensen, I don't have "people for that" you absolute weirdo.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
While I do agree, I fear the push behind this kind of rhetoric (not yours specifically, the general buzz about it) is anti-density, anti-housing stuff that we also don't want.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don't remember this chapter from your book.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I've very much come to appreciate the fact that I, as a ~straight man in a relationship with a bisexual woman, I have to be woman enough for my wife. It pushes me in mostly good directions.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I keep worrying about how hungry you all are. Have you all eaten proper food?
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"The majority of customers understand that if they make too much of a fuss they could literally be stranded in Iceland"
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
There's a car in our neighborhood that has a really weird backup beep that sometimes I'll hear and LEAP up from my chair to find what device is alerting me to something. It's none of them, it's a car outside.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dylan is more of an Old Gods of Asgard fan.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I had lyrics for my old washer/dryer song. Do you have lyrics for your dishwasher song?
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Food that was safe to eat?
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Wait, is this kicking people off private health insurance? So directly attacking the profits of private corporations?
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You know what? It’s my fault for having an internet connection.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
<extremely David Hayter voice> XBOX?!!!??
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Oh, you had us until "art and human rights". The correct answer was "a blind pursuit of short term profits."
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
You will soon be introduced to the greatest villain in your life: Whoever owned your house before you.
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Francis @datafran.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Congratulations!
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