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Steven Dengler

@dracogen.com
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Early Internet trailblazer. Award winning producer. Record setting aviator. Made some famous stuff with cool people. Created Cosmic Crowbar in 1984.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...
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An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants
To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...
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Zine Libraries @zinelibraries.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Send us your zines! - #ZINEPAVILION Your zines will be seen & enjoyed by thousands of library workers at American Library Association’s 150th Annual Conference and will become an important part of the Zine Pavilion. Zines will be raffled off to help build new zine collections &
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Ken Vogel @kenvogel.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
How to lobby Trump: Matthew Moroun, a Detroit billionaire, opposes a new bridge connecting Michigan with Canada that would compete with one that he owns. On Monday, Moroun met with @HowardLutnick, who then called Trump. Trump then threatened to stop the opening of the new bridge.
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Bridge Owner Lobbied Administration Before Trump Blasted Competing Span to Canada
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WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 10/02/2026
we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
ethics professor here, can confirm
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Eoin Higgins @eoinhiggins.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Concentration camps: “For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh. We are all in one big room with no doors or windows. We can’t see any grass or trees. We are all constantly sick."
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Exclusive: Detention Center Captives Are Throwing Lotion Bottles Wrapped With Notes to Organizers Outside Otay Mesa Facility ~ L.A. TACO
“For 280 days we haven’t eaten a single piece of fruit, banana, apple, orange, or anything fresh," an Otay Mesa captive communicated through handwritten note. "We are all in one big room with no doors...
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Bowie Thomas @alliartist.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Page 153 is up! #art #comics #webcomics Read it here: www.tumblr.com/all-the-stol...
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Watch the video as a recklessly driven cheap car careens around and a gang of armed thugs spring out to menace an innocent civilian, like a kidnapping or robbery or murder-for-hire. It looks like organized crime taking place in a third-world country, because it is.
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
The official policy of the government of the United States of America is that they will murder anyone they want, that they will tell any lie necessary to justify that murder, and that no one who resists them has any rights they are bound to respect. /1
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I just watched the shooting video. It's a horrific beating and execution in the middle of the street. If local and state officials don't move to arrest everyone involved for murder, they need to resign. Making arrests will de-escalate the situation. Do nothing and this is going to explode.
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Stella Sacco @antlervel.vet · 24/01/2026
People are being executed in the street over a problem that straight up does not exist and both parties are complicit in the lie
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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Short of getting caught orchestrating a coup or assassination, this is absolutely the core case of what you expel an ambassador for.
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Better Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Mafia goon: Nice house you got here...it'd be a shame if something happened to it Media outlets: Mafia goon rules out use of force. Expresses regret at the mere thought of it
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Nicholas Grossman @nicholasgrossman.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Trump demanding control of Greenland—which the US already has access to—is based on multi-layered lies. Threatening NATO allies to get it undermines the Western alliance. I did a point-by-point breakdown of Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Støre about the Nobel and Greenland.
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With Greenland Threats, Trump is Destroying the Western Alliance
A point-by-point breakdown of Donald Trump's aggressive letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre about a Nobel Peace Prize and control of Greenland
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this: America's problems are solved problems. Just not here. What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
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Count Mysterioso @mysteriosox.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
This is quite a post www.planetearthandbeyond.co/p/reality-is...
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Mary Robinette Kowal @maryrobinettekowal.com · 16/01/2026
If you're a writer, wondering why you should bother writing with the world on fire. It feels like it's not important, I need you to understand that it is. Even if it is just because it keeps you moving forward? Even if it only brings YOU joy, that gives you energy to fight & survive.
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Mr. Dan Zak @mrdanzak.com · 15/01/2026
Stunning photos from Minneapolis, including this one by John Locher for the Associated Press. www.theatlantic.com/photography/...
A family member reacts after a federal immigration officer used a battering ram to break down a door before making an arrest on January 11, 2026, in Minneapolis.
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Steven Dengler @dracogen.com · 28/12/2025
Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, or Alice In Chains
the cranberries: no need to argue (1994)
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Raw Fury | RIVAGE OUT NOW @rawfury.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
There is no AI used in Blue Prince. The game was built and crafted with full human instinct by Tonda Ros and his team at @dogubomb.bsky.social. It is the result of eight years of development, fuelled by imagination and creativity, and we are extremely proud of what Tonda has achieved.
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
NO WAR WITH VENEZUELA
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Tavis @itstavis.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Time magazine AI architects cover except they’re all Lyle Lanley
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Dan will be @ London MCM October @deathbulge.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
2-panel comic about two guys lamenting about modern games whilst refusing to acknowledge indie games
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Shakina @shakeenz.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
Reminder to add TOKYO GODFATHERS to your Christmas movie watchlist this season! Grateful to have given (English, dubbed) voice to the trans anime icon, our beloved Hana, in this Satoshi Kon holiday classic from @gkids.com! Watch it for free on Tubi or rent it on AppleTV!
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Steven Dengler @dracogen.com · 28/11/2025
this is not haiku even if you say it is i wrote it. it's not
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Desert Bus for Hope 🚌 #DB2026 OCTOBER 23rd @desertbus.org · 21/11/2025
Thank you again to everyone out there! Another year down, another million raised, and so many people who will be helped because of what you've done with us this year and every other! We couldn't do this without you, and through all the laughs and the tears, we wouldn't want it any other way...
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Felipe Gaona @felipegaonar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Open AI loses copyright case in Germany. Judge Elke Schwager summarized the case saying that if you want to build something and need components, "then you purchase them and do not use the property of others."
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Blow for OpenAI in Germany as court rules song lyrics used illegally
A German court ruled on Tuesday that OpenAI violated copyright on nine popular songs in a lawsuit that marked another attempt to prevent the free use of artists' content online. The Munich Regional Co...
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Steven Dengler @dracogen.com · 02/11/2025
What a game.
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Steven Dengler @dracogen.com · 09/10/2025
Found genuine joy in my writing today. It's been a long while and I don't know why today of all days, with all the incredibly depressing stuff going on. But I'll take it.
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J. C. Cantwell 🌻 @segfaultvicta.aludel.xyz · 02/10/2025
this may be a cold take btw but i dont think we paid ENOUGH attention to the Pivot To Video, the point of which i think is clear in retrospect WAS to utterly annihilate an extant and flourishing media ecosystem and replace it with something much easier to push low-trust audience fractionation with
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Steven Dengler @dracogen.com · 04/08/2025
well all right, I have been looking for one of these for a while now
An odd metallic hatchway set into a stone wall. The hatchway is embossed with the words, "New Bright Idea".
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Jazz The JRPG Queen 👑❤️🎮 @jazzlikestogame.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Can we please bring videogame demos back? Reviews are nice to get a taste of a game especially when it’s a reviewer you trust, but it’ll never be the same thing as trying out & playing the game for yourself. Games are so expensive & I know people have to make hard choices.
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LoadingReadyRun @loadingreadyrun.com · 25/07/2025
Time for Chillpoint! Hang out with Graham and Paul and chat about the week's gaming news. twitch.tv/loadingready...
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Frostwood Interactive | Shutter Story @frostwood.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
In my upcoming horror game you examine a family's photo album for signs of the paranormal 📸 Official announcement in 10 days! #screenshotsaturday
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Film Stories @filmstories.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
A potentially significant report by the European Parliament concludes that #AI training on copyrighted work does not count as fair use. filmstories.co.uk/news/no-gene...
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No, generative AI does not count as fair use, EU report finds
A potentially significant report by the European Parliament concludes that AI training on copyrighted work does not count as fair use.
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Peter Kuper @pkuper.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
@tomtomorrow.bsky.social @rubenbolling.bsky.social First they come for the comedians, then the cartoonist. Kings fear being laughed at. We have a funny bone to pick with/without a smile on our faces #Colbert #Kimmel #SethMeyers #DailyShow
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Glitch Gaming @glitchinfluencers.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Game Marketing Tip Use user quotes in dev diaries. Quotes highlight real experiences for new watchers. #indiedev #solodev #gamedev #gamedev #solodev #indiedev
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Congrats everyone, we now have 35% tariffs on Canada for no apparent reason
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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
44. Adios Short narrative focused game where you play a pig farmer who disposes of bodies for the mob, who decides he doesn't wanna do that any more. I compared this to a Coen Brothers film at the time I played it, and I stand that, it's very well written. store.steampowered.com/app/1271400/...
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Save 45% on Adios on Steam
A pig farmer decides he no longer wants to dispose of bodies for the mob. What follows is a discussion between him and his would-be killer.
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Luke Ontario @coolhand.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
This is your periodic reminder that I have the world’s longest ongoing list of accessibility tools for developers and I want more Thank you carry on. Let me know if links die. assisted.site/accessibility
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Anisa Sanusi @studioanisa.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
We, @limitbreak.co.uk won tonight. This was my acceptance speech. This is my message to the games industry. Thank you all 💖
Anisa holding an award for “Outstanding Association Award” for Limit Break at the MCV/Develop Awards 2025
Thank you to our committee of industry volunteers, our sponsors, and to all of the mentors and mentees that make limit break what it is today

This means a lot to us as this year has been extra difficult with the industry being on fire and all. It’s our 7th year running and I started this initiative because as a young gamedev I really wished it existed for me.

This is a message to the games industry at large, if you are benefitting from non-profits or any other organisations like ours to build up and nurture the talent that ultimately make the games and products that you profit from, then please don’t take us for granted. Every year we have thousands of applicants, because initiatives like ours are needed. Support us. Sponsor us. Put your money where your mouth is. 

Thank you
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Len @len.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
I really hope Bluesky, both for what it is and isn't, has shown that there will always be a market for services that are just a throwback version of something that already exists, but in a state before it was irrevocably enshittified. Enshittification won't stop. So that market will continue to grow
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Steven Dengler @dracogen.com · 08/06/2025
People are NOT understanding the gravity of what's going down right now. Normalcy bias is a hell of a drug.
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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 19/05/2025
Let's show and tell your favourite underdog games! Below 500 Steam user-reviews. 100, even better! Link it and say why you love it! Copy Kitty is a dense, technical Treasure-inspired platform shooter with heart, and a fantastic NG+ mode that continues the story. It gets better the deeper you go.
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Copy Kitty on Steam
Boki can copy the special abilities of any foe and then combine up to 3 of them into a unique super-weapon! Blast through hordes of evil robots in cyberspace, while training to become a superhero!
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Carmichael Gameworks LLC @phasenexusgame.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
I am finally happy to say that the Action Playground Test Demo for Cyanser: Lightspeed Superhero is now available for public interaction & feedback! SPEEDSTER GANG!!!! #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #demo #sonic
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Steven Dengler @dracogen.com · 07/04/2025
Me, 2023: I think I'll keep this feed exclusively about video game development Me in 2025:
Matthew McConaughey, with wild eyes and a haggard face, takes an intense draw on a cigarette
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