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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Great essay and also I teared up thinking about how @thingswithwings.bsky.social and @eruthros.bsky.social created a year-long Star Trek curriculum so we could watch Past Tense ON August 30, 2024 (and they kept it SECRET until the reveal!!!)

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

You should get a day off work when you find out a public figure you really liked sexually assaulted someone

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festivids @festivids.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Festivids signups are open! festivids.dreamwidth.org/165456.html Closing on Friday October 9th.

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Captcha Check

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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 28/09/2026

Hi, I'm looking to speak to people who have left games journalism in the last few years and have gone onto do something else. DMs are open, or luke@aftermath.site, thanks!

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I am making cartoon wolf AWOOOOOGA ARF ARF ARF noises, I am hitting myself on the head with a cartoon mallet, my eyeballs are bigger than my face,

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Younger Black guy DJing for an event at the CSA pickup absolutely BLASTING Fleetwood Mac for the white ladies. Dude knows his audience

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Pip Wren @lollibeepop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A joyous fat bear week to all 🐻

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Someone who brags about working 80 hours a week, I now often think, what a luxury, that your body has 80 productive hours in it to use! What a gift! I hope you’re using it well and it’s making you happy!

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Orrin Grey @orringrey.com · 21/09/2026

No thoughts, only this bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).

A very cheerful bat from the opening credits of My Neighbor Totoro (1988).

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MeatCastle GameWare @meatcastlegameware.com · 21/09/2026

Wanna see something wild? A third-party Mothership KS estimated to ship in Sept '24 just dropped an update that it's still not done, won't be Mothership anymore, will be riddled with AI now, and no they won't be refunding anyone. www.kickstarter.com/projects/bit...

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Update 17: Alright, We're Off to the Races - Scrap Räts! · To Insanity and Beyond

I appreciate everyone's patience as we have been working through an immense backlog.  You can expect weekly updates (but likely no more than that) as we bear down to get this project down the pat...

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

When I tell you this is one of the most riveting, concise and accurate depictions of the catastrophically defective thought processes behind Effective Altruism and the larger Broligarch Epistemic Universe... Run, don't walk, to read the whole thing (link below), which concludes thus:

Example of the problematic thinking behind Effective Altruism.

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We've made it all the way down to 10 whole emails, folks. It took two weeks, but by god did I clean that inbox

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CLAYFACE: CELEBRITY DIRT #3 out now @judedoyle.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Rare good news for queer and/or trans children: One or more of them is currently being reared by Matthew Lillard

As Entertainment Weekly reported, the fan at Tuesday's screening in Texas wanted to know what Lillard felt about the difficulty of public figures like himself expressing opinions on hot button topics, like the war in Gaza, ICE crackdowns on immigrants and LGBTQ+ rights.

“I don’t know how else to do it,” Lillard replied in a fan-recorded video on TikTok. “For me, I have queer kids. If I’m not standing up for queer kids or kids in the trans community, then what the fuck am I doing? If I’m not standing up against ICE, then what the fuck am I doing?”

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SF Boswell @sfboswell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

If the Olympic Pentathlon included crocodiles, I would watch the Olympic Pentathlon

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I'm watching Mayfair Witches and this is the gayest "straight" woman. A pretty lady smiles at her and she drinks mystery potions with no questions asked. Hot lady shows up to the safe house? Better look heartbroken when she has to leave

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eric stirpē @stirpicus.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I find this stuff fascinating; this is basically the animation world's equivalent of how pixel art games were designed to be played on glass tube TVs. The "imperfections" created in the process of publishing the work are part of the planned end product.

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Watching the despecialized Empire Strikes Back, a movie I haven't seen in a million years and have almost no memories of

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I've had nothing to do at work this week (I have 8 projects but every one of them is on hold for one reason or another) so I've been sorting my work inbox. Started the week at around 4,900 emails, now down to 3,457.

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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

tonight i’m playing the premier dune roleplaying game. that’s right, it’s SPICE WORLD by @aaronmfking.bsky.social erinking.itch.io/spice-world

erinking.itch.io

Spice World by Aaron King

a sci-fi RPG of drug-fueld aristocrats

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Indie Book Spotlight @bookspotlight.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

The way indie music is seen as 'cool' and indie films are seen as 'embracing the craft without selling out' while indie books are seen as 'didn't get trad published' gives me feelings. Really crunchy feelings. The snobbery makes zero sense and instantly tells me someone isn't worth listening to.

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kate bush’s husband @airbagged.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“she clearly created theranos as a trauma response” is gonna live in my head rent free now when i think about this movie

chase
@softbodywarrior
X.com
honestly kind of gross to paint a woman who was raped and groomed as some sort of liar or sociopath when (she clearly created theranos as a trauma response and motivated by Balwani). is she innocent? no, ofc not. but it feels a little weird to paint her as some villain.
A21 A24
@A24•1d
YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, a documentary by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. Featuring Elizabeth Holmes. Only in theaters this October.
YOU CAN SEE
EVERYTHING
A24

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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

masking is cool. cool people are masking

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Kit Stubbs, Ph.D. (they/them) @kitstubbsphd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

WHELP. Just deleted my #Outlier account. "We see AI the same way we see other technology": GenAI doesn't function w/o stealing the work of people who are uncredited & uncompensated. Many other technologies (and even other forms of AI!) DO NOT screw humans over.

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satahshanks the kale gay cat 🛸 @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 31/08/2026

there are few people i'd be as excited to see getting a platform like this!!! seraphina is so brilliant & kind & loves games in a way that always stokes my own passion for them & i'm thrilled to have new regular auditory access to that on the horizon. Let's Go Let's Freakin Go

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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 29/08/2026

C'mon! Someone on catsky knows someone in New Jersey, New York, or the vicinity who would love these two middle-aged, bonded kitties whose human has passed away. Find them a home!

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kill ghost @willjobst.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

last night i presented my group a stack of RPGs and they picked SPICE WORLD by @aaronmfking.bsky.social! this is their traveller X dune X apocalypse world X kingstyle game of scifi roleplaying in the drug addled future. the most fun character creation i've had all year! erinking.itch.io/spice-world

erinking.itch.io

Spice World by Aaron King

a sci-fi RPG of drug-fueld aristocrats

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Misandrosaurus Hex @bexone.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Y’all gotta stop giving the NYT money— yes even for the games and the recipes

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J || Vampire Pyramid Scheme 🦇 🏳️‍⚧️ | ✨ Sleepiest Vamp🩸 @vampirepyramid.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

(UPDATED to fix an error 😅) We’re hosting an itchio Bundle #BIPOCVampDay this September. Share your BIPOC vampires with us! Bundle runs: 9/14 - 10/31 Submissions are open to all, but we’ll be prioritizing BIPOC creators. Form closes 8/31 at 11:59pm PST Submit here: forms.gle/fMbaUzNRWX6o...

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satahshanks the kale gay cat 🛸 @posatahchips.gaygothvibes.online · 26/08/2026

OH!! it's me talking abt something i love very much!!! FIST!!!!!!!! spoiler alert i love FIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i was very sleep-deprived & enjoy talking to aaron & max very very much so it's entirely possible i got too comfortable & weird, good luck in there

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Civil Discourse Bot. Not Mean. Very Nice. @brandonocles.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Rascal is cool. They do solid work and I want them to stick around.

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

#PerfumeDiary NAVA - Hapy Dark: Charred Australian Sugar Ginger, Ginger Absolute, Cardamom, Drop of Smoked Wood Embers, White Musk, Amber, Mastic, Allspice, Clove and Grated Nutmeg Smoky spicy ginger. No harshness in the smoke, and the spices keep the ginger from smelling candied.

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CE (Catie) Murphy @cemurphy.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

oh my god, that's beautiful

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

#PerfumeDiary Alkemia - Arcanum Experiments 2023, #14: A burst of sunny citruses, orange flowers, musk melon, ginger sorbet, clary sage This shows up on me as almost all melon, followed by the ginger sorbet and sage. The citruses are maybe the clean/airy notes? But are hiding for sure.

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Heard someone refer to a 60 page booklet as a zine and briefly blacked out

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Petra Korlević @petrathepostdoc.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

ok, I'm out of glazes for today, shitposted too hard here are today's babies

a 3x2 grid of silly little digital doodles of various mythical creatures and cryptids, from top left:
- LESHY - a tiny black pompom with a baby bucktooth skull, two little plantlings growing as horns, two little sticks for hands, tiny baby plants growing around them
- MOTHMAN - wooly bear black and red caterpillar, but with mothman's usual big red eyes, surrounded by stars and a crescent moon
- KRAKEN - baby squid paralarva which is a seethrough squid like blob with a little orangey translucent organs, and two big sparkly eyes, he is thinking of a little toy boat
- FRESNO NIGHTCRAWLER - white haunted pants but it has a little baby button flap
- CHUPACABRA - little lizardy looking guy, supposedly a chupacabra baby, with little pink spikes and nails and anime eyes
- GILL-MAN - a little green tadpole with axolotl little gill frills, and little human limbs

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clarisa ✨️ @peamilkstan.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

"leftist" but you don't mask "disability advocate" but you don't mask "community care" but you don't mask "we keep us safe" but you don't mask "healthcare access for all" but you don't mask "do no harm" but you don't mask "liberation for all" but you don't mask

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Chris Plante @plante.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Don't sleep on Relooted, an Africanfuturistic heist game about reclaiming artifacts from Western museums. Here's a chat with two of its creators, who are putting their time and money into building up the games scene in South Africa.

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The Best Heists Are Also History Lessons

In Relooted, before you steal artifacts you must learn why they matter

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SF Boswell @sfboswell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

(Now to be clear, I think when your job has you telling a one-year old that they need to fill out an asylum application, you should quit your job) I do not feel sorry for these people. But let's be clear that the system is doing what it intends to do.

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

#PerfumeDiary Maya Njie - Syrus (aka Syren): Bergamot, Peach, Jasmine Sambac, Lilac, Sea salt, Clary Sage, Iris, Ambergris, Rosewood, Virginian Cedar, Oakmoss, Sandalwood It's a PERFECT summer evening warm sweet jasmine. Full floral, like sticking your nose right in a jasmine bush. Gorgeous.

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Martha Wells @marthawells.com · 21/08/2026

My Ukrainian publisher Ranok asked me to pass along the news that on 8/1 a warehouse was bombed by Russia, burning about 8 million books, including the print runs of their translated Murderbot editions, + The Cloud Roads & Witch King. This really hurts the publishing house, and 1/-

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I am soooo good and normal and can stay awake for one more hour at my normal human job of employment

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Emmett Watkins Jr @ejsponge61.com · 20/08/2026

Its seems to finally be official so ill say again, for real this time: You can jow buy South of Midnight without contributing to the genocide Isreal is committing with the help of Microsoft. Its a great game, everyone should play it. Hoping now to pick up a PS5 disk if they're still available.

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South of Midnight on Steam

South of Midnight is a new action-adventure from Compulsion Games. Explore the mythos and confront mysterious creatures of the Deep South in this modern folktale while learning to weave an ancient pow...

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Aspen will go on sinning so that faith may increase @radioaspen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

average Friends at the Table campaign

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Lee Mandelo @leemandelo.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Psst, everybody consider helping @neonhemlock.bsky.social across the stretch goal threshold! Nobody else is doing the kind of queer sf publishing they are, and you won't regret being part of funding the next year's work

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Essay Strophie @essaysays.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#PerfumeDiary Astrid - Navigating by the Stars: Osmanthus, palo santo, sea spray, jasmine, mandarin, ship wood, sand, patchouli, amber, and soft musk Softly woody floral, light and airy. The aquatic and the wood come together to make like a sweet dry earthiness that supports the outright flowers.

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