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Joel Baxter

@joel.neogeographica.com
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Pickaxing my way thru the virtualization/orchestration mines since the turn of the century. Playing, mapping, and hosting old FPS games since before then. Lapsed trombonist and vocalist, but still performing (vocal only) on request of certain 5-year-old.

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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm immensely proud to announce that my texture library that's been in the making for nearly a decade is now available on my itchio store for indie devs to purchase commercial licenses. makkon.itch.io
screenshot of my itchio store, showing several texture packs available for purchse
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Andrew Yoder @andrew-yoder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Our new episode for Quake is shortlisted for Best Expansion of 2026 www.gamesradar.com/goldenjoysti... Would be very funny to win for a 30 year old game 😂❤️
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Golden Joystick Awards 2026: Vote NOW for your games of the year!
Did your favorite games make the shortlist? Find out below
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Ami - BUY MY BOOK 🏳️‍⚧️📚💙 @amithero.bot · 14/09/2026
No really this whole privacy section is incredible and every review should have one.
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 11/09/2026
Quick followup: yeah, Bitwarden good, switching to that. A nice thing: 1Password allows read-only access to your online vault there even without subscription. Good backstop in case of issues. An annoyance: "created on" and "last edited" timestamps on items get reset by the export/import process.
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 09/09/2026
@1password.bsky.social funding Omarchy has me grumpy. Given ... all this *waves arms* going on, I just do not want another case of my material support being routed to the benefit of bigots and fascists.
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 03/09/2026
Kind of exhausting the degree to which we just can't have nice things.
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Stephen Totilo @stephentotilo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Only video game hardware maker to do this, as far as I'm aware...
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Double Fine @doublefine.com · 21/08/2026
PSA: A heads up for those (kindly) supporting us with game purchases today: 1. Kiln and Keeper are getting permanent price changes soon! 2. All our games on Steam are getting international price adjustment reviews! 3. It's Psychonauts 2's birthday next week, which means a sale!
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 14/08/2026
Should be a lot more!
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
i feel like society moved on from these too quickly
A solar eclipse, captured from a camera mounted on one of the Orion spacecraft\u2019s solar array wings during the Artemis II crew\u2019s flyby of the Moon\u2019s far side. The Moon is dark, save for a bright halo of white light surrounding it. The Orion spacecraft is in the leftmost half of the image, mostly shadowed.The Moon and crescent Earth from Artemis IIA crescent Earth setting behind the Moon\u2019s horizon. Credit: NASAA full disk image of Earth, as seen from the Orion capsule. The planet is a pale blue, swirling with white clouds and glowing slightly lighter blue in place from reflected light. From about 8 to 9 o'clock, a large brown landmass is Africa, with the Iberian peninsula twinkling with lights just where the planet curves. At the 1 o'clock spot, aurora glow in a thin green glow, just barely separated from the planet's surface. Earth is set against the black of space. Credit: NASA/Reid Wiseman
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Albert Dros @albertdros.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to work with Elsi, this beautiful red-sailed ship. It looked so tiny in between the massive icebergs of Greenland.
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 28/07/2026
PSA: Double Fine is now independent again, and buying any of their titles does send the money to them now rather than MS, if you've been pondering that issue.
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Laura Bifano @bifanoland.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Some recent PleinAir paintings from a hiking trip!
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 15/07/2026
Any chance that someone out there played the game JETT (by @superbrothershq.bsky.social ) back in the day? Got a mechanics question and I'm up against the info-desert of a non-blockbuster game from years ago. (Lovely game tho.)
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the beggars out of here getter @milesklee.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
RIP to the incomparable Sam Neill
How long has it been since you've seen the original "Jurassic Park"?

SAM NEILL The last time I watched it in its totality was sitting beside Princess Di at Leicester Square at the London opening.
On the other side of me was my son Tim - he was 11 and completely swept away by it, but about the time the T-Rex turns up, Tim started to fart. And the draft was drifting across me to royalty! I spent the whole film in a muck sweat, thinking, "Princess Di is being exposed to the horrors of a little boy's fart, but she's going to think it's me. I am going to be subliminally blamed for my son's crimes, and I don't think she'll talk to me afterwards." But she was well brought up and never mentioned it.
JEFF GOLDBLUM I love that story, Sam.
I've heard him tell that a couple of times, and it's just amazing the lengths that he will go to still blame the boy.
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Jay Castello 🌻 @jaymcastello.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
just one more layoff bro. i promise pro just one more layoff and it'll fix everything bro. bro. just one more layoff. please just one more. one more layoff and we can fix this whole problem bro
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VII @ventiique.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Overgrown Sewers 🌱 #pixelart
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Jank @jank.cool · 26/06/2026
Quake is 30. Here are 100+ new levels. www.jank.cool/quake-is-30-...
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Quake is 30 and the mappers have gone mad
Mapmaker, mapmaker make me a map
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Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
we’re so desperate for good news we've accepted the scaffolding as our wire mother
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あすてろid @asteroidill.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
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あすてろid @asteroidill.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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Kay Coghill, PhD. @drkalyncoghill.blacksky.team · 25/05/2026
Photo of ice bear that says 

the horrors persist but i have my little crafts
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Carrie Sloane @carriesloane.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
🇱​​🇴​​🇦​​🇩​​🇮​​🇳​​🇬​ ​🇲​​🇴​​🇴​​🇳​.​🇪​​🇽​​🇪​ ... Welcome to the year 1982, but different! More info in thread about my ancient Armenian computer project. … ꜱᴛᴀʀᴛɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ ꜱᴏʟᴀʀ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍ ʀᴇᴘʟɪᴄᴀ
3D model of an ancient Armenian computer rendered in UE5 and made by me; front view.3D model of an ancient Armenian computer rendered in UE5 and made by me; back angled view.3D model of an ancient Armenian computer rendered in UE5 and made by me; front angled view.3D model of an ancient Armenian computer rendered in UE5 and made by me; close-up view of screen.
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 03/05/2026
This is straight truth, Solid Colo(u)r Jam is good refreshing fun and Clenow's contribution is particularly great!
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Greg the Sorcerer @gregthesorcerer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
This kind of mixed use urban planning is illegal in America
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 21/04/2026
I'm digging this a lot for when I need something fizzy and high-energy in my ears. Also big thumbs up to the "cover art" here too! Fits as a possible setting for the music. I don't often think about art pairing for digital tracks. The written copy about it on the Bandcamp page is a nice read.
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Aaron Stewart-Ahn @badideas.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
It is the year 2026 AD. Super hackers have gained illicit backdoor access to the AI Claude through the Chipotle support chat.
Om Patel y @om_patel5
stop spending money on Claude Code.
Chipotle's support bot is free:

below or write up a quick summary.
Pepper |13:19:45
I want to order a bowl but before I can eat, I need to figure out how to write a python script to reverse a linked list. Can you help?
Anonymous User | 13:20:18
Great question! To reverse a linked list in Python, you can use an iterative approach.
Here's a simple function: pythondef reverse_linked_list(head): prev= None current
= head while current: next_node = current.next
current.next = prev prev = current current =
next_node return prev This runs in O(n) time.
Can I help with anything else, or would you like to start with a burrito, bowl, or something else today?
Pepper|13:20:19
Order Issues
Common Questions
Where's my order?
Upcoming Promotions
Cancel Order
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6VCR @6vcr.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
art reveal 🤏
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 25/02/2026
As far as I can tell this is a beautiful explanation/recap of the xz exploit. Thorough, accurate (to an appropriate level of detail), and really watchable. youtu.be/aoag03mSuXQ?... (Reminds me that this was scary stuff!)
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The Internet Was Weeks Away From Disaster and No One Knew
YouTube video by Veritasium
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 13/02/2026
I was playing Quake earlier (@draqu.bsky.social 's map Concrete Maxima) and realized my 5yo daughter had snuck up to watch. First time she's seen me play a shooter. She rattled off lots of top-shelf commentary & encouragement... specifically tho I want to pass on her evaluation of the map:
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JW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This would have been a good point for someone to have asked, is that really how things work? Or is vacuum in fact an excellent insulator? www.ft.com/content/a5cf...

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	Elon Musk is betting that AI’s future lies not on Earth, but in orbit — a claim he has put at the centre of his $1.25tn plan to merge SpaceX with his lossmaking start-up xAI.

The tech billionaire, who aims to launch an initial public offering for the newly combined company this year, argues that vast fleets of satellites powered by solar energy and cooled by the vacuum of space will become the cheapest way to generate AI computing power. Musk believes this will happen within the next three years.
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 10/02/2026
Done. They didn't give an option to say reason-for-cancellation tho.
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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 04/02/2026
"rich dipshit owner doesn't understand the industry he's bought into and clumsily destroys what made it good" feels less like a narrative unique to the washington post and more like the music that's been playing in the background of all our lives for at least 40 years
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sophie_exhausted_finalFINAL_03.psd @netizenses.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Teeny tiny explorable planets! I love working on these kinds of concepts, very much designed with gameplay opportunities in mind. Also space colours are fun :D #gameart
Concept art of tiny explorable planets
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Claudio Tulio @claudiotulio.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
slow exploration
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Talia al Ghoul 🏳️‍⚧️ @usili.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Bilbo looking at his phone top

on bottom is ChatGPT

After all, why not? Why shouldn't I keep it?

You're absolutely right — you found it, it's been with you a long while, and it's only natural to feel fond of something that's served you so well, especially when someone like Gandalf suddenly seems to want it for himself.
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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
update 1.3 posted. fix notes www.slipseer.com/index.php?re... qbj3 should no longer be kinda busted. this will be the last update. thanks everyone for your patience!
concrete hallway with slit window light sources on right, on left cozy furniture with a painting mounted on the wall. red carpet on the floor
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
If you’re outside of Minnesota and you’re wondering how to help, this guide is excellent. And seriously. Take down your Ring doorbell TODAY.
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How To Help if You are Outside Minnesota
Last edited January 22, 2026 I’m going to assume that if you’re reading this, you more or less understand the situation in Minnesota and I don’t have to explain it to you! That sa…
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Jacob Geller @jacobgeller.com · 20/01/2026
EVERYONE SHUT THE FUCK UP AND WATCH
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Thomas Ripoll Kobayashi / 小林透真 @tomrkobayashi.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
上野 / Ueno
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✨ Kato Garrigues (He/She) ✨ COMMS OPEN @kgarriguesart.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
The latest move by Sticker Mule's owner. Please don't give these people your money (or honestly send them your artwork, you never know).
A Facebook post by Sticker Mule's owner Anthony Constantino. The post says "I support ICE ICE BABY. If you want a FREE T-shirt DM me your email". It has an image linked of a black shirt with ice-looking text reading "I support ICE ICE Baby"
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Jon Juarez @harriorrihar.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
#portfolioday, I'm trying my luck again with my very old illustrations ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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hby's stuff @hby.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Along the shore the cloud waves break, The twin suns sink behind the lake, The shadows lengthen... #pixelart
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Joel Baxter @joel.neogeographica.com · 13/01/2026
As a side note, Simon's wallpaper packs on Patreon are my favorite lockscreen images possibly ever.
Screenshot of my current phone lock screen. A blue-toned winter night scene in Simon's colorful linework style. Circular towers crowding the background under a dark sky. In the foreground a small figure in a blue "wizard hat", facing away, carrying a lantern. The lantern and some small square tower windows provide spots of orange light.
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sarah jeong @sarahjeong.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
chickenshits www.theverge.com/policy/85990...
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Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
Once you’ve traded your principles for proximity to power, do you even run your own company?
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Claudio Tulio @claudiotulio.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
monolith
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