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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 02/10/2026

Here's one for the X-Files fans in the audience. I took advantage of a rock-clearing failure in tonight's solo #Satisfactory session to throw a quick meme image together...

Satisfactory video game screenshot w/ text overlay in "meme" form: Pioneer stands in a pose of pure frustration, hands to helmet, because a rock was not removed via explosive charge detonation and is instead hanging in the air in, as Douglas Adams once put it, "exactly the way that bricks don't." Overlaid text reads, "I want to be... rid of this rock!" The composition is an homage to the famous X-Files TV show "I Want To Believe" poster.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 30/09/2026

Tonight was Massive Undertakings Night. Spud's still putting together the various things we'll need to have a safe & steady nuclear power operation, I'm partway through placing 160 refineries to make just one item, and Nyx? She's building a late-game factory from base ore. Huge project!

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three exhausted Pioneers perched high above the swamp. In the background is part of a sprawling huge factory. It's night, and a ringed gas giant planet dominates the sky.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 16/09/2026

Spud and Nyx ended up doing a lot of building in the swamp while I laid the groundwork in the nearby desert for making *stupendous* quantities of copper powder, because Reasons. We're homing in on endgame one chunk of progress at a time!

Satisfactory video game screenshot: A "selfie" of a Pioneer backed by various fancy machinery in the eastern desert biome on a mostly cloudy night. (Not pictured: The shiny multicolored beams that are supposed to be emanating from two of the machines in the immediate background, but my computer refused to generate for some reason. Sigh.)

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 11/09/2026

Happy birthday to my favorite game. #Satisfactory

Satisfactory video game screenshot: The Pioneer poses (pointing at a cardboard cutout of another Pioneer) inside the Hub's living-and-office-space area which is festively decorated with balloons and a disco ball and light-up floor tiles and other whatnot to celebrate the anniversary date of the game's 1.0 release.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 02/09/2026

This session was as much "hashing out plans" as it was "implementing plans," but we now have a clear(-ish) direction for the future. Plus, my new railway blueprints look pretty sharp! (I'm so proud of them.)

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers stand posed... well, "posed" atop a covered railway roundabout. In the backdrop is Spud's ever-growing nuclear power complex, planted right at the seaward edge of the swamp biome.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 27/08/2026

Slightly concerned that the game wants me to physically grab a double-handful of radioactive doodads in order to complete the final of my MAM research objectives. #Satisfactory

Satisfactory video game partial screenshot: A To-Do list showing several items needed to complete an objective, including Nobelisk (grenades), Encased Uranium Cells (nuclear power fuel production line item) and AI Limiters (a thing we probably wish we had for real right now).

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 19/08/2026

Nyx made more Crystal Oscillators (with the aid of Truck-kun), Spud built basically an entire nuclear power plant, and I made Superposition Oscillators. Not bad considering we had to get our bearings again after a month and a half off!

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers pose on a metal and glass platform in the swamp biome. Behind them are rows and stacks of manufacturers, particle accelerators, and nuclear power generators.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 11/08/2026

My fellow #Satisfactory nerds, am I the only one who revisits perfectly-good blueprints and plays around with the visual design for no good reason other than "make it look cooler"? It can't be just me, right?

Satisfactory video game screenshot: In the middle of a grassy field stands a railway "roundabout" structure, not attached to anything, just placed there as a test of the blueprint. Compared to its predecessor it's rather "extra," as some might say. All in black, with steel pillars holding up a steel-and-glass roofing superstructure.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 08/08/2026

It's been a good, one might even say #Satisfactory, morning spent toodling away on the last factory I'll ever* need to build. (* - In this save. And yes I'm already in the prep stages for the next one. Don't judge; this game keeps me going, some days.)

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Overhead view of a factory platform on which stands a variety of large manufacturing machinery. It's in the desert, in the rain.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 31/07/2026

... did I not point out that my Eevee came from a CostCo? If so, I'm sorry!

A large (life sized, as it were) Eevee plush sitting on an office chair in a sunbeam. It appears to be napping.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 27/07/2026

Post a perfect album from the 90s that isn't Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, or Alice In Chains.

Cover art from Kevin Gilbert's 1995 album, "Thud"

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 23/07/2026

Spent my lunch hour poking around at the new mastery in #GrimDawn and... so far so good, though I have concerns about trying to use Nightblade dual-weapon passives. Hmm. Also: I regret nothing.

Grim Dawn video game screenshot: Character creation dialog, Male option selected, Hardcore mode deselected, and the character name entered is: Moon Moon.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 19/07/2026

Got a new lamp (standing floor lamp instead of tiny shelftop lamp) for the office, which prompted me to rearrange the display level of a couple of my shelves. It's just a *skosh* snazzier in here now.

Picture of some media shelves (CDs and Blu Rays and books) with various types of figurines lined up on top: Holo the Wise Wolf (Spice & Wolf), Hilda Valentine Goneril, Edelgard von Hresvelg, Dorothea Arnault, Petra Macneary (those four from Fire Emblem Three Houses), Kafka (Honkai Star Rail), a "golden" FICSIT mug from Satisfactory... then further along, Reinhard von Lohengramm (Legend of the Galactic Heroes), Sakurajima Mai (Rascal Does Not Dream), Captain Marika of the Bentenmaru (Bodacious Space Pirates), and... Holo the Wise Wolf again. On the wall are small artworks depicting Fire Emblem Three Houses characters Shamir Nevrand and the aforementioned Dorothea and Petra.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 14/07/2026

Post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers...

Screenshot of a "suburb" game map from the Windows version of RoboSport.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 02/07/2026

Those of you still using Google Apps-or-whatever for your family email plans (don't judge me, I won't judge you), have your admin pop into the control UI and make sure *all* of the various GenAI options are "off" for all the various bits. They're opted-in by default. Of course.

Part of a Google Apps admin UI menu showing the various subsections of Generative AI, like "Gemini app," "Gemini Enterprise", "Gemini in Workspace", and "NotebookLM".

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 01/07/2026

Was this the *most efficient* way to get down to the canyon floor from the top of the cliffs? Oh, definitely not. Was it the *funniest* way? Heck yeah, that's part of why I did it. #Satisfactory

Satisfactory video game screenshot: A rocky promontory, some red cliffs, and a canyon floor, all with train lines running over, around, and through. Spiraling structures are used at two locations to achieve most of the elevation change.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 30/06/2026

A really solid session tonight, even though I almost literally did nothing but run train lines. I completed the 'round-the-map loop, though, and that's not nothin'. Also Nyx got her Crystal Os site under way, and Spud is laying the groundwork for the nuclear power we need (very much).

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three pioneers strike poses in front of some nuclear power generators in the gray-green swamp zone.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 16/06/2026

Good news! Nobody's game crashed this time! We all had to make some settings adjustments, but other than that: Smooth sailing. Whew.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers stand on a painted beam inside a waste product recycling facility. The belts are now all in the fast, glowy, Mk6 style with holiday styling applied for extra sparkly fancy quality.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 09/06/2026

Oh goodness gracious 1.2 has some multiplayer ISSUES right now. We ended up bailing early because one of us couldn't even build things, even after a full game restart. (Which means it was a problem on the host end.) Might have to put this on hold until we see some encouraging patch notes.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers in front of the Hub building, expressing different flavors and intensity levels of frustration with the proceedings.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 27/05/2026

Can I offer you three barnyard duckies in this trying time?

Three small rubber ducks sit on a window ledge, lined up side by side. One is styled to look vaguely like a chicken, the next like a horse, and the last like a pig. Sort of. They're cute, anyway. Sort of.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 26/05/2026

This was one of those "make lots of machines but nothing fancy to show for it" sessions, but it was all work that needed doing. Soon we'll have fast shiny glowy belts, though!

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers hanging out inside the Hub's living space after a long evening's work.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 20/05/2026

Welp. Time for a whole new way of dealing with kingdom progress in #GemsOfWar. A shakeup of some kind is long overdue for this decade-or-so-old game, but how did they do? Guess I'm finding out.

Gems of War game screenshot (Steam client version): Notification that "Deeds" are now "retired" due to a change in kingdom level mechanics. This is followed by a list of exchange rewards, turning the previous currencies into all new currencies.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 20/05/2026

Post a meme made by you (I'm staying on my #Satisfactory brand, here)

Satisfactory video game screenshot, modified: A Pioneer is standing outside the main bay window of the Hub building, looking in at the festive party decorations and lights. The "Yes... Ha Ha Ha... YES!" and "Sickos" text have been clipped and superimposed from the relevant artwork image.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 19/05/2026

My main accomplishment was automating Explosive Rebar... after first actually researching it. (Whoops.) Spud and Nyx finished up the "Megadrone" SAM supply-and-storage system, so they definitely put in more useful work this week!

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers posing in front of the "To Do" sign structure. The signs read: "Desert Munitions Site / Ducky want big boom." "Ficsite Trigons / Mk6 belts c'moooon" "Find things to do / SAM Flux then do Time Crystals"

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 12/05/2026

I completed a prerequisite for building a munitions factory, Spud went on an exciting resource-acquisition adventure, and Nyx built SO MANY DRONE PORTS.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers standing alongside several rows of drone ports.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 05/05/2026

We do, in fact, now have a Rocket Fuel generator stack. QUITE the stack.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers pose in front of a giant stack of fuel-power generators. The camera has had a VHS effects filter applied.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 28/04/2026

For once I was *not* the God of Trains. Spud took on that role, plus building a Packaged Rocket Fuel site. I was the God of Drones, while Nyx was the Goddess of... fixing my beltwork mistake, among other things. (Whoopsie.) But we've got Phase 4 products largely completed! Next up: MOAR POWER.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: A Pioneer looks away from the camera toward a pair of absurdly ostentatious drone port platform towers and a survey tower.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 27/04/2026

That cancelled TV show you'll never stop thinking about?

Still image of Philip Winchester and Wesley Snipes from the TV show "The Player".

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 25/04/2026

Oh hey, look what showed up! #SideQuested It's a lovely tome. I was expecting it to be taller, but like Robin it packs a lot of punch into a smaller space.

Book 1 of the print edition of Side Quested, a comic art story by Ale Presser and KB Spangler.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 12/04/2026

I now make "Time Crystals" in my solo #Satisfactory save. Hopefully tomorrow morning I'll get the "Ficsite Trigons" production working...

Satisfactory video game screenshot: At the southern edge of the bamboo forest, the Pioneer looks upon three converter machines which are the uppermost portion of a modest factory. One machine emits a purple glow as it creates "time crystals."

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 07/04/2026

I have half of what's needed for Nuclear Pasta, after placing 32 copper refineries and various whatnot. A heavy-lifting session, for sure. But, progress!

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Under blazing summer skies on an alien world, a long row of refinery buildings awaits copper ore and water supplies.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 04/04/2026

In this house we stan... well, *several* anime lesbian gremlins, but one in particular:

Rae Taylor from the anime adaptation of "I'm In Love With The Villainess" peeking out sideways from behind a column to make a silly, ecstatic face toward the camera.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 03/04/2026

Drop something Robot-related, you say?

Cover of Karel Capek's "Rossum's Universal Robots", the 1920 play which introduced the word 'robot' to our language.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 29/03/2026

Just watching for the drone that's going to bring in the last shipment of Thermal Propulsion Rockets so I can send up the Phase 4 products and be *done* with this part of the game. Watching. And waiting. Patiently. Very patiently. #Satisfactory

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Inset view of the Objective display, showing 500 out of 500 for the first two items, 246 out of 250 for a third, and 100 out of 100 for the last. A mere four individual items remain.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 24/03/2026

We made *huge* progress. For instance, I'm better-than-halfway on my Heavy Modular Frames factory. (The goal is nearly double-digit production, so... yeah, it's *big*.) Also, I didn't win the photo shoot contest but I'm proud of my result anyway, so, here:

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three pioneers pose on a grassy promontory. In the background is an in-progress factory's long row of refineries and a train station. Further back is the Space Elevator. Even further back is a tectonically active moon.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 17/03/2026

We all worked on separate projects (mostly) but we also all made progress while also (also also) indulging in the occasional distraction. It's fun! Next time: Production shall ensue.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: A train station over a lake pulls in extracted water via large storage tanks. Rest assured that this is not being used to cool an AI datacenter.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 16/03/2026

I miss RWBY Chibi. "And nothing bad ever happened. EEEEEVERRR HAAAAAPENED."

Still image from a RWBY Chibi skit. Nora has just insisted to the rest of the main cast (and Pyrrha) that "Nothing bad ever happened" in a long, drawn-out way that is almost indistinguishable from intense denial.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 14/03/2026

Played some #Satisfactory to unwind after a *weird* work week. This weekend I hope to at least have my 2nd (was supposed to be 1st) Rocket Fuel power plant producing fuel. Placing the 144 generators will take... some time. But that's a Tomorrow!Me problem.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: The Pioneer stands on a grass-covered stone arch overlooking a nearly-completed set of refineries and blenders which will produce 600 cubic meters per minute of Rocket Fuel.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 10/03/2026

In the end-of-session photo shoot only one of us truly expressed how we're all feeling at this point in The Year Of Our Glorb Twenty Twenty Six. (Hint: It's the one collapsed in a heap on the walkway.)

Satisfactory video game screenshot: On a viewing area walkway overlooking the Rocky Desert, three Pioneers pose for a photo shoot. The leftmost is saluting toward the right of frame, the center is curled up as if for a nap, and the rightmost is waving, sort of, vaguely.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 06/03/2026

Sure, I used that "my9games" thing to generate an image, why not. It's late and I'm tired and yes, I deliberately left off a couple of particular titles for various reasons. Ask tomorrow get different answers maybe.

Box art for nine video games. In order left to right and top to bottom, they are: Satisfactory. Fire Emblem Three Houses. Warframe. Gems of War. Honkai Star Rail. Guild Wars 2. Age of Empires. Torchlight 2. Titan Quest.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 24/02/2026

A bit of a "just get this built, dammit" slog but we powered through. And now we have goal reminders, saving us entire seconds in the future that might've been spent asking, "Now *what* was I doing, again...?"

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers in various poses in front of a sign-board structure. For the leftmost Pioneer, the signs read "Railway to Turbofuel" and "Choo Choo, Em Effer." For the center, the signs read "Finalizing Turbofuel" and "...and then what?" For the rightmost, the signs read "Drooones" and "RCU site somewhere".

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 24/02/2026

An oldie but a... still oldie, I got this one trying to install Heroes of Might and Magic IV on my Windows XP machine back in the day.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 20/02/2026

I know why, YouTube, and I'm still not turning off my adblocker. I'll live with your "gonna punish you by making you wait five seconds before starting the video" nonsense. Keep making the experience worse and I'll decrease the amount of time I use your service.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 12/02/2026

You know that moment when you discover the boneheaded idea someone else implemented some time ago (without consulting you first) that has just become the thing to derail any meaningful work you might otherwise have accomplished for the rest of the week? Yeah.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 04/02/2026

Captain Marika (of Mouretsu Pirates / Bodacious Space Pirates) is in the top five all-time anime space pirates. I will not be taking questions at this time.

Photo of a Nendoroid figurine in the likeness of Captain Marika from the Mouretsu Pirates anime. She's smiling, in her full "let's do some piracy" outfit with big poofy hat and a cutlass in hand.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 31/01/2026

Still on the #Satisfactory train (as it were). The last few solo sessions involved making blueprints (mostly for drone stuff) and laying railway tracks (toward the site where I intend to build Supercomputers And Such). A good unwind-on-Friday activity, that.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: The Pioneer stands atop a railway support structure looking out at a sandy desert landscape dotted with resource nodes.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 27/01/2026

We sent up the Phase 3 shipment via Space Elevator, and while waiting for the shipment to complete we worked on a few side projects. Me? I beautified some of the railway structures. Because that's my thing, I suppose.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: In a rocky desert under partly cloudy skies, a bunch of monorail lines criss-cross a busy section of the map full of train stations and buildings and various equipment. The focus is on a four-way railway roundabout junction where the supporting structure is glassed in, creating a kind of desert terrarium effect.

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GreyDuck @greyduck.net · 13/01/2026

We're so close to clearing the "phase 3" Space Elevator shipment, y'all. Just 100 thingies to go. By end of next session we should start making those thingies. Also: Farewell, FICSMAS. Until next year.

Satisfactory video game screenshot: Three Pioneers pose (or possibly snooze) next to a snow machine in the grasslands biome.

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