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Joseph Leskey

@jleskey.com
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Sometime fantasy writer and game developer in theory. I support Oxford commas. It's pronounced /jif/. 🍂

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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🌲 A FIGURE 🌲 A little reupload, as I don't have anything new to show you at the moment, but still need to poke that algo with a stick. #procreateart #spookyseason #spookyart #humanartist #fantasyart
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Larry MacDougall @larry-macdougall.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Mice in Winter - Made a couple of adjustments to this one. Added two more critters and some blowing snow. Feels more correct now. Acrylic on wood panel. This for the third Gwelf book. Work continues. More soon. Tally Ho!
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Soma @somartist.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Flygohr 🎨🎲✒️ @flygohr.com · 26/09/2026
Spamming this for the last weekend! If you can issue a re-share or something, that'd be great. We'll be back to regular schedule next week.. but October will decide what's next for my career.
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Bev Twomey @bevtwomey.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Special October sale price coming soon!
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Suzannah Rowntree @suzannahrowntree.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
I posted on Instagram about my love for The Rings of Power and a bunch of guys are telling me to stop liking The Rings of Power so I came here to say that I like The Rings of Power here too. #tropsky
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TrishaDev @trishadev.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
While tweaking some variables in my default shader, I accidentally created this result. Now I'd like to expose it as an effect parameter ~ a kind of luminance threshold and grayscale, but "without" doing some post-processing. 💃 #GraphicsProgramming #GameDev #IndieDev #Vulkan #PureCSharp #DotNet
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Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Ezra Klein asked Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang about AI making kids worse at math and reading. Huang’s reply: “Does it matter?” Then he said he doesn’t know his own address or phone number. “We’re going to lose some fine intellectual dexterity.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/23/o...
So the message of this research out of China, where you were seeing a lot of kids using A.I. to help them, was that when they were using the A.I., they were getting things done faster. But it turned out that the skills they were learning were not holding, that their actual personal performance, at least in the way we traditionally measure it, was degrading.

What do you think when you hear that?

The last part — I completely agree. Try to get a kid to do long division right now. The multiplication table is starting to be forgotten. Doing square roots, my goodness. Basic math is being forgotten. Does it matter?

That’s my question for you.

Yeah. I don’t think it does. I don’t think it does.

But there must be some set of skills that matter.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. But maybe not those. We’re going to discover new ones. Just maybe not those.

There are a lot of skills that don’t matter. My first confession, I actually don’t know my address.And I ——

I don’t really believe that to be true.

It’s completely true. Janine will tell you and Lori will tell you.

One day I had to pump gas — it was a few years ago. They needed my ZIP code, and I panicked. I didn’t know my ZIP code. I don’t know my telephone number. I forget these things. I can live with it.

But let me take the other side because I don’t want to fall into a thing where, because some skills can be safely offloaded ——

Yeah.

I also can’t get anywhere without a mapping system now. Never could, frankly. But I’m a big reader. And one of the skills I really value, one of the capacities I have that I really value is an attention span formed on physical books.

You’re a big reader. I’ve read about the kind of reading you do. And there is, prior to A.I., a lot of concern and noticing among college professors and others that the way people use the internet has probably shortened attention spans.
Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.Some skills can be safely given away. Others are valuable. They are capacities that are needed for that flexibility, for that creative thinking, for that focus. It can’t be the case that everything can be traded off.

Yeah. Well, I think that we’re going to lose some finer intellectual dexterity, but we’re going to be better systems thinkers.

Today’s engineers are far better systems thinkers than I was when I graduated from school. But I was a much better transistor thinker.

What do you mean by systems thinker?

They think of large systems. Today’s computers have trillions, hundreds of trillions of transistors in them. When I first graduated from school, the first chip I worked on had 200 transistors. I knew every one of them by name. No engineer does that today. Most engineers now work well above the transistor, well above the functionality, and they’re cobbling things together to do things.

So you need to think much more about systems and interactions of systems. So some of the lower-level knowledge is gone.
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Soma @somartist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
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Chantal Horeis @chantalhoreis.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
An autumn fairy came by and said hi 🍂
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From 16,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle. "The state sent a strongly worded rebuke to the federal government: Every single person on the list was a lawful citizen."
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From 15,000 to 185 to Zero: Trump’s Claims of Illegal Voting in Nevada Fizzle
It was the Trump administration’s latest stumble in its effort to find proof of widespread noncitizen voting, despite decades of evidence that it is extremely rare.
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Flygohr 🎨🎲✒️ @flygohr.com · 22/09/2026
Haven't had a new order in over a month. Here's some of my best work. Please help me share as far and wide as you possibly can, because I need traffic. New website is up: www.flygohr.com Either I can scrape around something or is the end of the ride for me, after 12+ years. It's just unsustainable
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Hytale @hytale.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Hytale Chapter I Releases OCTOBER 12TH, 2026
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Hannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Time for another Zelda design soon 👀
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Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Autumn Pages 📜🍂 #art
A woman holding books stands in front of window. The arched window shows a golden fall foliage. The woman is surrounded by books and bookshelves in an old library
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Sean Murray @nomansbsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Cosmos Deep Dive 📋Own A Space Station 🤝Alliances 🛰️Orbital Bases 📡Space Hulks 🚀Anniversary Expedition 🗺️Star Map 💎Deep-Space Looting 🪨Asteroid Belts 🦠Infested Outposts ☀️The Sun 🧙‍♀️Dev Commentary 🧲Tractor Beam ❄️Ice Fields 🪐Outposts ⛰️Improved Terrain 🔫Shipbreaking
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Sean Murray @nomansbsky.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
No Man's Sky Cosmos 📋Own A Space Station 🤝Alliances 🛰️Orbital Bases 📡Space Hulks 🚀Anniversary Expedition 🗺️Star Map 💎Deep-Space Looting 🪨Asteroid Belts 🦠Infested Outposts ☀️The Sun 🧙‍♀️Dev Commentary 🧲Tractor Beam ❄️Ice Fields 🪐Outposts ⛰️Improved Terrain 🔫Shipbreaking
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Indicreates Art🖌️ @indicreates.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s my birthday 🎂 Below are some favorite paintings I’ve done during the past year :)♥️ If you’d like to make me a small gift: Every share and comment helps me spread work! Or check out my website if my work speaks to you and you’d like a painting: Indicreates.com Birthday offer 10% off all!
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Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Faraway 🏰🩵 #art
An illustration of a princess in a cloak on a horse in the woods. The weather shows it’s been raining as there are rain puddles around. In the distance we see a castle and pine trees surrounded by fog
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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Me & my #art with similar colours~
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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is the picture I drew back in 2024 (two years ago!!) for @nekouhai.bsky.social's #dtiys challenge. I almost forgot about it until today and realised that I am still very fond of it! I can't believe it's been two years already! #art #humanartist
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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
✨Loftiness✨ I'm still so proud of these clouds ☁️ #art #humanartist #witch
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Eva Soulu 🌿 @soulu.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Today is my birthday! If you like my art, would you share it, please? That means the world to me.
A portrait of Hyth from FF14, a beautiful blonde man in black robe with silver mask on his chest.An illustration showing Warden and Witch of the Wilds standing before Eluvian before crossing over. A dark shadow of the Dragon looms over them.An illustration of the girl in light dress and big white wolf resting near underground spring.An illustration of Warrior of Light and Alisaie, visiting friend's grave  (FF14).
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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
𝘒𝘺’𝘻𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘢 𝘓𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦. This is a page from the coloring book I illustrated for R. K. Osborn's debut sci-fi fantasy mystery novel, *Ky’zartha Lyonhart and the Lonely Attic*. It's coming in Fall 2026 💜 I hope you like it! #art #bookishart
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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Finally, I can show something! A work in progress of a commission 💜 #wipart #wip #art
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Joel Burgess @joelburgess.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Ambrosia Sky is now complete. I hope you find it as compelling and complex to play as it was for us to build. Act Two is a FREE update, and the base game is 20% off this week. The full-game price goes up soon, so now is the best time to grab or gift a copy! store.steampowered.com/app/3580160/...
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You left. Now they’re dead. Ambrosia Sky is an immersive sim about exploring an asteroid colony devastated by an unknown contamination. Survive and harvest strains of hostile alien fungi, explore trea...
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Ambrosia Sky 🪐 @softrains.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Ambrosia Sky is now available on Steam & EGS! ✨ Featuring: 🪐 A vibrant space colony + alien ecosystem to explore ⚙ Simulation mechanics + progression 📖 A sombre homecoming 🍄 Exo-fungus to discover + cleanse 💜 Your lost love Start your journey today at ambrosiasky.com
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Djamila Knopf @djamilaknopf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I painted a magical scene. medium: Schmincke Horadam gouache
a traditional painting of a traditional Japanese gate in the forest, floating dragon creatures.
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✨ Vash Taylor ✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ TCAF #212 @deuxdel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
messed up on the last post, so reposting :') Hey all, I managed to throw myself down some steps last month and it's had a big knock on my finances. I've opened one half body commission slot if anyones interested? ko-fi.com/vashtheartis...
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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 06/08/2026
BIG HOPS is on big discount ahead of of BIG HOPS TOGETHER releasing on Sunday (August 9th) as part of Wholesome Games Celebration. It's the biggest discount we've done or will be doing again for a while: store.steampowered.com/app/1221480/...
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Jole【wishlist Valerie!】 @jole-says-hi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
An important scientific investigation: does it bounce?? #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #cozygames
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沁 @loika.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
absence
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WISHLIST SKRUB SQUAD @devonwiersma.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
me, trying to self-market and talk up my indie game so people will wishlist it and check out the demo: "ahaha yeah dude it's crazy my game is sooooooo stable"
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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
You know what? It's my birthday again! 🥳 If you want to support me and my art during this special day, you can like and repost this post 🥰 Thank you for being here! 💕 #art #birthdaygirl #humanartist
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Aled Thompson @aledthompson.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Creek in the woods
A shallow creek running through a pine forest
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Scott Galloway @profgalloway.com · 03/08/2026
RFK Jr.: “You probably don’t understand this as you’re not a scientist.” Dana Bash: “You’re not a scientist either.”
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
It seems relevant that the thing Isaiah is being sent to do in that passage is to deliver a prophecy of doom to his own people for having fallen away from the path of righteousness. So if these guys were like, Isaiah, that would be robustly bad news for...the United States.
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W.R. Gingell @wrgingell.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Didn't know #Kobo has a read-as-much-as-you-want subscription called Kobo Plus? Have a subscriptions but dazzled by all there is to read? Check out these curated Fantasy and SciFi reads, along with heaps of others! www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/kobo...
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Chris Wade @luckshotgames.com · 30/07/2026
News time! 🚨 On August 9th our Steam version will transform to become BIG HOPS TOGETHER. - Play the full adventure ONLINE with 8 players - Pick up and throw your friends - Tongue swing from other players - Steal items from each other's backpacks - Story and collection progress is shared
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Stein Makes Games @steinmakesgames.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Daily reminder that GDscript supports the Sumerian clay table alphabet, Akkadian cuneiform of ancient Mesopotamia. This is perfectly valid code you can write in your game:
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Alariko @alariko.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
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Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
70 HOURS LEFT TO PE-ORDER MY ART BOOK!! 🎉 www.kickstarter.com/projects/190... I drew a little cozy shelf for it hehe 🤭💕#art
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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
The artist vs the art
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🦋daria•anako🦋 artist @anako.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Hello Portfolio Day! I'm an artist from Poland with a passion for creating magical stories and multifaceted characters 🥰 #portfolioday #portfolioday2026
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Maxine Vee @maxinevee.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
One week left to back my art book campaign on Kickstarter!! 💫💫 Back the campaign to get all the bonus stretch goal rewards! #art www.kickstarter.com/projects/190...
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Lindsey Wailes (looking for work!) @linwail.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Hi again! New week, new looking for work post. I am in desperate need of full time work. Looking for animation, art, administrative or other things outside of the games industry. My email is lindseywailes@gmail.com or DM me on here! Feel free to reach out just to chat as well :) Thank you!!! ❤️
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
This is FALSE. ICE data showed DHS averaging 1,259 deportations/day through April 4. There is ZERO sign deportations rose by 154% since. Mullin also mixes up DHS's (also FALSE) claim that 70% arrested have any criminal record at all, and claims that 70% are felons. Wildly wrong.
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Seliel the Shaper @seliel-the-shaper.itch.io · 25/06/2026
Summer Sale is on now! All my stuff is 35-50% off 🥳 itch.io/s/190586/-ma... #pixelart #gamedev
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Seliel the Shaper @seliel-the-shaper.itch.io · 24/06/2026
i hate ai with a passion and will never willingly touch the stuff. if you're an indie dev who can say the same, i invite you to check out my art 🤗 seliel-the-shaper.itch.io
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Adriaan @adriaan.games · 30/06/2026
Godot’s new AI policy is here. the TL;DR: all code must human authored.
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