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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

(3/3) Hell, it's literally the reason "Tron" didn't take home the Oscar for best visual effects in 1982 – the Academy administrators disqualified it from being nominated because they thought computer graphics was just ordering a computer to do it for you!

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A thing it's important to understand about a lot of spurious accusations of "using AI" is that a great many people genuinely do not understand the distinction between "AI" and "computer graphics" more generally – [...] (1/3)

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

(2/3) [...] – and furthermore, a lot of those same people think "tell the computer what you want and it does all the work" *is how all computer graphics have always worked*. This belief was widespread even before LLMs became publicly available.

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I'm watching someone else's "CrossCode" playthrough, and I'd almost forgotten how wonderfully toxic the endgame puzzle design is. I can't even WATCH this stuff for more than 30 minutes at a go without taking breaks – just mentally following the solutions is almost as exhausting as performing them!

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The problem is people keep arguing about which playable D&D species would have robust drug cultures when objectively the funniest answer is "all of them". Why would you deny yourself the opportunity to speculate about what a giant psychic praying mantis smokes? Go on, tell me how a cube gets stoned.

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Realities of academia #137: looking up the biographies of historical figures who have literally nothing to do with your field of study purely to figure out why the author of the source you're currently reading has beef with them.

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AlbaBG 👽 @albabbgg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Welcome, to the CURSED RELICS 2026 OFFICIAL LIST 💀⚔️🧿🪲 LET’S GO ☝🏻🌝 so excited, this is the best time of the year!!! Cannot wait to see what we’ll create together once again 🙌🏻 🧿 Will you be able to collect all the cursed relics? ⚔️ 👽 Info on second slide #cursedrelics #cursedrelics2026

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Luna P. @satelitesnaturales.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hot, funny, capable, unemployed, rotting like a living corpse, open for remote work

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Lyanna 🌙 semi-hiatus @lyannatropes.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Let's cast inflict wounds together (style experiment with my beloved Vera) #art #oc #ocsky #dnd

Vera is standing, spear in her right hand as she is preparing to cast a spell with her left hand, smoke rising and swirling from her feet turning from light blue/purple to red. She is wearing garments inspired by nun clothing, such as the veil and wimple, and a long layered robe. She carries a small coffin on her back.

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think a necessary companion to "does that fantasy novel actually have ambitious worldbuilding, or is it just long?" is "does that mid-budget indie animation series actually have compelling character writing, or does it just compose every major scene like it was a music video?"

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sarah zedig 🐐 @hmsnofun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

every time i talk to someone who's in college i'm like, oh, it's less of a "literacy crisis" than it is a "literally every online system required for getting a higher education is garbage bloatware designed only to collect a fat paycheck from universities, protect copyright, and steal data" crisis

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

"Murder is okay, but only when I do it" is a fun character trait when it's mere hypocrisy, but what's hilarious is when it continues with "so if you need any murder done you need to ask me to do it for you". Just out there acting as a moral buffer.

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Kit @dauntingmountain.com · 23/09/2026

5 weeks until Halloween, can I make it happen

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🩸 morteraphan 🗝️ @morteraphan.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Today is my birthday, and I just wanted to share some of my artworks! 💛

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b. belltether @belltether.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

absolutely losing my shit over this img @acorncap.bsky.social made of valerra. DO IT FOR HER WINN

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Yeah, there's TECHNICALLY a terrible sword suspended from the thinnest of threads hanging over my head at all times, but the installer was honestly in a bit of a rush, so it's about eight inches off centre. It's seriously not even a problem unless I, like, turn left really suddenly.

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b. belltether @belltether.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

sometimes a game makes you so crazy you draw an 11 pg comic I just REALLY needed to express what SHE was seeing when she looked at Winn. what they used to be vs what they are now

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I sometimes wonder how those "the protagonist figures out how to communicate with the incomprehensible space horror and it talks exactly like a Stephen King villain" Easter eggs you sometimes bump into in American horror sci-fi read to folks who aren't familiar with the work of Stephen King. (1/2)

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🔞 Kobold 🔜 UNIONzine4 @koboldorion.itch.io · 23/09/2026

All the fantasy girls have been obsessed with orreries recently

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Pam Wishbow @pamwishbow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today’s experiments done between ipad charging sessions

Photo of a desk with a mixed media illustration of a jar of garlc with flowers in it

Photo of a desk with a mixed media illustration of a crow with poppies and a candle

Photo of a desk with a mixed media illustration of flowers in a chili jar

Photo of a desk with a mixed media illustration of a snake and scissors

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I tend to be of two minds about those "funny 'Lord of the Rings' production anecdotes" articles that keep going around because 90% of the stuff in them is just weird stuff that happened, then the other 10% is about an actor endangering the lives of the stunt performers for no reason.

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Ryan Lynch @outridercreative.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Uh oh, Ryan’s making maps again. Swordtember sent me in a direction and I’m gonna follow it where it takes me. Here’s a medieval coastal whaling settlement.

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Erika Ishii @erikaishii.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I was already honored to be a voice in their game, but now I’m DOUBLY grateful to have @doublefine.com’s continued support as they unabashedly celebrate our collab! (And please don’t worry. While my success & public joy seem to be upsetting to some, I feel like I’m getting to live my dream life!)

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

(2/2) The Great Houses' monopoly on magic use is maintained through a combination of artificially inflated food prices and dietary misinformation, and the idea of magical aptitude being hereditary is a mutually agreed upon cover story to stifle awkward questions.

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Urban fantasy setting with the standard "some number of Great Houses each with their own hereditary signature magic ruling over magicless commoners" deal, except it's all bullshit: both the ability to use magic and what type you get are determined almost entirely by childhood nutrition. (1/2)

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Of course, much of D&D's how-to-play-this-game text is so far at odds with the experience of play its rules actually foster as to be functionally deceptive. However, this is not unique to D&D; see, e.g., the "ask 3 different PbtA games what 'fiction first' means, get 5 different answers" phenomenon.

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The irony of the perennial "[insert indie darling here] is bad because it tries to dictate to you now it should be played" thing from the D&D crowd is that D&D also spills a tremendous amount of ink explaining how it ought to be played; they just don't know that because they never read the books.

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ND Stevenson @gingerhaze.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

By the way I love this book. This is me loving it

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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

thinking about Winnie again

Winnie, a Fallout ghoul, sitting on a concrete parking stop and smoking a cigarette. She’s got on big square glasses, a side cutout t-shirt and tight pants, and a wig long enough to cover most of her back. She says, “there’s more than one way to starve, kid.”

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Laura Bifano @bifanoland.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

“Sitting Outside” IV opens TONIGHT @giantrobotstore.bsky.social!! Go check it out if you’re in LA, the lineup is mind-boggling good. Pieces are now live on the web store for non-LA peeps too! Thanks to @kellanjett.bsky.social for putting this all together!!

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Wintersong @wintersong.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Trans people are a slightly LARGER percent of the US population in 2026 than Jewish people were in Germany in 1933. Assholes who say trans folk aren’t worth defending because of population size are telling us exactly who they would have been in Nazi Germany.

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STRIFE! @f-a-campbell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

heyo! it’s been a while, i’ve been away from my actual online accounts for a while, but YA GIRL IS BACK!!!

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STRIFE! @f-a-campbell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’m excited to be participating this year!

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Tom Bloom @orbitaldropkick.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Please please please make your own fucking site lol

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Tom Bloom @orbitaldropkick.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

torturing myself and increasing my tolerance to pain by writing new games instead of hacking mörk borg or whatever

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✏️ 🧛🏻Skyler the ADHDM @adhdm.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

D&D Boy Shocks Lesbian Mecha Polycule by Ordering in Perfect Lancer

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pseudonym jones @pseudonymjones.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

it’s the third time this week someone is asking me for help like “I tried to send someone a link to this pdf can you tell me why they can’t access it” and it’s a link to their C drive open the schools

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The Cleric @thecleric.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sometimes when doing genealogy research you stumble upon stuff that leaves you speechless.

A gravestone marked as follows with a picture of a semi truck above it and a small black dog to the left of it.

SPEARS
LEONARD

MAY 2, 1943 KAZABAZUA, QUEBEC
MAY 3, 2013 OTTAWA, ONTARIO

BORN ON A MOUNTAIN RAISED IN A CAVE, TRUCKIN' AND F___IN'S ALL HE CRAVED

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Helvetica Blanc @helveticablanc.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

From the Archives — 2023 07 26 - 08 01 — Recōrdant: helveticablanc.com/20230731-rec... — #helveticablanc #wormsong #kirolisk

A ribbon-like, star-headed entity reaches out with three hands and writes upon a black, hexagonal stone. Wormrōte on the stone reads 'At the end of all things, we're all that we need'.

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Tom Bloom @orbitaldropkick.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

dark sun is my favorite dnd setting by a country mile, literally the direct inspiration for my comic, and i could not be less excited lol

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