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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 22/09/2026

this is the plot twist of the season 2 episode 4 episode of Doctor Who - "The Girl in the Fireplace"

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 11/09/2026

I found an archive of my old MP4s from 10+ years ago

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 11/09/2026

Folks have turned on extraction shooters and BR games so much that the WARDOGS trailer has text cards yelling at you that it is "Not a Battle Royale" and "Not an Extraction Shooter"

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 10/09/2026

In the UK my account is old enough to buy the games itself and they still won't verify it

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 10/09/2026

Same in the UK; Steam also only accept certain providers. I have a credit card, but I can't add it to Steam because they don't support it. To make things even stupider: my Steam ACCOUNT is OLDER than 18 years old! Still won't verify me, I can't view 18+ games. I emailed them about it, no response

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 06/09/2026

holyyy we're up to Civ XXXV already??

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 31/08/2026

And yet... we persevere anyway. Laughing in the face of death, even as he stands in the doorway, licking his fingers and dressed all in white. Ingredients ZINGER FILLET: Chicken (38%),

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 30/08/2026

Every story has a final chapter. Every day could be your last. On a long enough timescale, everything ends. Chicken Zinger Tower Borger

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 23/08/2026

"I like it in here... For the first time in a long time I feel like I'm... right where I'm supposed to be"

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 01/08/2026

to quote myself "I don't know if I know Sam well enough to reply this on main" and kaylee said "do it anyway"

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 28/07/2026

Me sipping my glass of implied drunk driving wine: "I'm getting strong notes of vehicular manslaughter... I think this would pair really well with being bonded together by a dark secret that haunts us forever"

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 24/07/2026

"I would *love* to come, I *really* would, but I just remembered I need to uhhh.... un-beach 15 sperm whales. yeah they are beached to fuck it's wild"

"Notes: Withdrew due to a scheduling conflict with a prior wildlife conservation commitment involving sperm whales."

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 23/07/2026

...And they're making out with no makeup on

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 17/07/2026

asking my landlord if my boiler needs leaded or unleaded

screenshot of a discord between two users named Kara and Robert

Kara: and i had to be up early for gas safety inspection
Robert: Like Car gas or Apartment gas
Kara: people dont say car gas here they say PETROL
Robert: of course my apologies
car petrol or apartment petrol

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 14/07/2026

The english language can be beautiful

Screenshot of a tiktok video of a trailer for a movie where Pedro pascal is holding a violen. The comment section is open and the displayed comment says "Not so much reheating Tar's nachos but like they're also in the kitchen making a quesadilla"

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 06/07/2026

Things I liked: Playing as a woman (and a disaster lesbian burnout spy at that) is appealing, the 90s alt tech setting (very Stålenhag), cut down skills + stress system is a big improvement, coldish warish spy themes are yummy, lots of the moments + writing stands out (wish I took more screenshots)

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 06/07/2026

Harry Kane always looks like a detective who just got told some new information that made him rethink this entire damned case

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 25/06/2026

I unironically think I could do a 43 second The Bear S4 recap

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 19/06/2026

This is also a big regret of mine. There's players we should have bounced from the game for their own health (and ours) much earlier. The desire to be nice and empathetic and not rock the boat overrode it and caused so many anxiety

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 14/05/2026

New MUNA (Dancing On The Wall) has really grown on me. The back half of the album especially. Girl's Girl, Buzzkiller, So What, Big Stick. All the singles are good, even the little interludes. A throughline of upbeat poppy breakup yearning. Album goo

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 26/04/2026

Been drawing for the first time in years, some characters I'm playing in TTRPG type games. I do some 'graphics design' (read: photoshop pixel-pushing) but zero illustration so it's been fun to practice

A digital painting of a white woman wearing a dark blue suit with white shirt and blond hair in space buns, against a blue background with a magenta starburst behind her head. The post/outfit is from Hunter Schafer 2025 Met Gala. No AI was used to create this.

A digital painting of an Asian woman in a military uniform with her black hair pulled up into a bun, she has black eye point. The background is green with abstract leaves. No AI was used to make this.

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 22/01/2026

the players yearn to investigate

screenshot of discord messages from Kara saying: "I will play literally any investigation game. There should be a new investigation game every other month. they should be shooting them out like agatha christie books" It has three 100 emoji reacts.

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 27/12/2025

Top Ten games I played (for the first time) in 2025 Editor's Note: I played Blue Prince last year (was #2 on my 2024 list)

Top 10

1. The Roottrees Are Dead
2. OVER/UNDER
3. Hollow Knight: Silksong (with mods)
4. Scarlet Hollow
5. Despolete
6. Type Help
7. Expelled!
8. Nubby's Number Factory
9. Cabernet
10. The Seance of Blake Manor

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 22/12/2025

These are the best new albums (and EPs) I listened to in 2025, in no particular order. Playlists in replies "album of the year" is probably Trains Running Backwards by Hana Eid, which is wild because it only just came out. Swallow the Knife (Sir Chloe) + Precipice (Indigo De Souza) also great

best new albums 2025 in no particular order

Trains Running Backwards - Hana Eid
Noelle - Nep
Is It Now? - Automatic
Bleeds - Wednesday
moisturizer - Wet Leg
Swallow the Knife - Sir Chloe
R is for Rocket - Rocket
Are You Dreaming? - She's In Parties
Navy Blue - Porch Light
WE WERE JUST HERE - Just Mustard
Super Pedestrian - Annie DiRusso
When Are You Leaving? - NoSo
Precipice - Indigo De Souza
COSPLAY - Sorry
DOGGOD - L.A. WITCH
Altar - NewDad
Welcome to My Blue Sky - Momma
Willoughby Tucker, I'll Always Love You - Ethel Cain
Homesick - Flora from Kansas
Eaves - Select All
Dreams Go - POLIÇA
tangible sphere - copperplate
Fleeting - Unflirt
Anamoly IV - Flawed Mangoes
Some Like It Hot - bar italia
11:11 - Biig Piig
The Longer This Goes On - Forth Wanderers
System - Prewn
Straight Line Was A Lie - The Beths
Adult Romantix - Winter
You Are The Morning - jasmine.4.t
If Only You Knew - Blackwater Holylight

Album cover for Trains Running Backwards by Hana Eid, featuring a blurry painting of a woman squatting in a vague nature scene while looking backwards

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 04/12/2025

I strongly believe 90% of this ruleset can be automated, and it opens up possibilities to scale or do stuff that's manually exhausting too. I finished automated networked Foraging and Torching commands earlier. More time spent GMing fun crunchy stuff and less time doing manual A* pathfinding

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 04/12/2025

On launch of #Vanitera450 we ended the day with twice as many Cataphract orders as we processed. So we paused the game for a week and I built a bot that fully automates letter sending + delivery with correct node-based pathfinding for messenger NPCs. We've reopened for a few days, so far so good!

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 11/11/2025

For @samsorensen.bsky.social's #OVER/UNDER I created WEATHERVANE, an in-universe themed combat simulator. Using it, our faction was able to predict the outcome of any battle with a high degree of confidence. It helped us price mercenary contracts and go into any combat knowing the expected outcomes.

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 25/10/2025

#over/under is a currently-running 1400-player wargame played entirely on Discord players are divided into factions with conflicting goals + themes. besides 'faction bosses', players' actions are limited to voting on stuff, earning money + doing text-based roleplay bsky.app/profile/ianb...

OVER/UNDER
Written and run by Sam Sorensen (samsorensen.blot.im).
Programming by ty cobb (me@tycobb.club, wishlist his videogame, discone, on Steam).
Development and production by Sean McCoy.
Based on A Pound of Flesh by Sean McCoy, Luke Gearing, Donn Stroud, Jan Buragay, and Jarrett Crader.
October 2025.

Mothership geopolitics wargame, real-time and play-by-post, for one or more Wardens and hundreds or thousands of players.

Set during a month-long crisis on Prospero’s Dream in the years before the events of A Pound of Flesh, there are six factions active on the Dream: the Golyanovo II Bratva, the Local 32819L, the Solarian Church, the Tempest Company, the Canyonheavy Collective, and the Stratemeyer Syndicate.

The game runs from October 14th to November 11th. At the end of the game, bosses that have achieved their faction’s objectives—as well as the Dream’s ten richest players—win a special shirt and patch.

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 05/10/2025

yeah it's pretty harsh. if you're at 70% and someone leaves a negative review it pushes into Mixed (really bad obviously) and takes way more positive reviews to recover. this is worse the higher the score

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 05/10/2025

The game in which the premise is "the odds are real but gamers struggle to conceptualize or even believe them" has negative reviews from gamers who don't believe the odds are real (game: Unfair Flips)

A 'Not Recommended' Steam review with 4 hours played

Review text reads: It's a decent idea for a game where you flip a coin and depending on your percentage chances you get heads or tails. However the odds are a lie. You will flip tails 100 percent more than you will heads no matter what your percentage is. Even when you get it up to 60% you will still flip tails way more often then you will heads.

The Dev can try to defend it, but when I flip the coin 2500 times and only hit heads a third of the time even when at 60% then the odds are broken or a lie. I've also watched gameplay and seen fellow players have the same flips so I know it isn't just me having bad luck.

Still not bad for $2, but I'm saying no because the game is coded against you instead of it being fully on chance and luck.

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 02/10/2025

Hey friends, I'm trans. My name is Kara and my pronouns are she/her. I've written a little more on the image (see alt text if needed). Otherwise, it's nice to meet you!

A screenshot text statement. The text is black on a neon green background.

At the top, in bold letters.
Hello. I'm Kara.
It’s nice to meet you.

Below, the body text:
Hey friends,
I'm trans. My name is Kara, my pronouns are she/her. If you know me this may be a surprise. Or not, that's also allowed.
In short: I've known for quite some time and been out in private when needed. Overall things are good. I'm mostly happy. The world however, is a mess. So it goes. And it goes, and goes, and goes. It never stops going. Am I afraid? Sure, in increments. For myself, a little. I'm worried about my career, about violence, about restricted access to life-saving care, about the things people say quietly, about the things people say loudly. But I'm more worried about those more vulnerable, with less relative privilege than me, struggling against a seemingly relentless tide. Help them, however you can, please.
"Coming out" is scary and cringe. It is a fundamental altering of the relationships between you and everyone you ever knew. Maybe one day we'll live in a world where this isn't 'a big deal'. "I moved house, I got a new job, I'm trans, I’m really into baking now. What's new with you?". To learn something this big about yourself later in life is a funny thing. Like finding new rooms in your home that were never on the floorplan, and now you get to explore and decorate them. You're telling me under this awful carpet there was pristine Victorian tile the whole time? Wow!
If I know you and you have questions, feel free to message me. If you don't know "what to do", don't do anything, just continue. I am the same person as before. Despite everything, it's still me.
I would like to extend a special thanks to the people who already knew and were really cool about it, especially in complex social and work situations. Thanks.
— Kara Ling

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 29/09/2025

Gamers discovering how statistics work is one of my favorite genres of post

A screenshot of a steam review. The highlighted text says: "1.5% chance for 666 yet it appeared twice on a 9 spin round with 69.4% clovers... yea ok Completely deleted all my winnings"

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 14/09/2025

hyperbole is a disease

A screenshot of text saying "While this game is flawless in my opinion there are some things I definitely think could have been improved, Silksong..."

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 02/09/2025

Just realised I can't view any 18+ pages on Steam because my account doesn't have a credit card + none of the credit cards I own are supported. @valvesoftware.com this is so busted lol, my account is literally 18+ years old on its own

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 24/08/2025

tech in 2000: we're gonna solve every problem and make the world a better place! tech in 2025: you can now Deliveroo cock rings to your home at 11pm on a Sunday

A screenshot of a thumbnail on the Deliveroo app for "Ann Summers powered by Deliveroo Hop"

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 11/08/2025

The Hytale community made a massive "Save Hytale" logo in wplace right on top of Riot Games HQ

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 29/07/2025

All 4 of your books show up in searches for me, fyi

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 29/07/2025

From the FAQ they just posted.....

A screenshot of text snippet from the Itch.io FAQ that says: "In the meantime, we are actively reaching out to other payment processors that are more willing to work with this kind of content."

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 26/07/2025

so beautiful 🥹🙏

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 15/07/2025

i'm talking about design choices not biz decisions but even then its complicated. in Robert Kurvitz' own words DE wouldn't exist without the millions in capital they raised + its attached strings. also not many people know this but the dev team walked out 6 months before launch, it was not Good

A screenshot of text that says: Against public and private power, the idea to counter-pull against the dual abyss. (It doesn’t hurt to be corrupt either – go for it! Be as corrupt as possible. Those who want you to remain lily-white have no ideas and no principles to compromise for.)

A screenshot of text that says: We had just one thing left to do – build a revolutionary cRPG. Okay, not just one thing. We also had to learn to code, write in English, raise millions sixty months of work. and all the producers walk out six months before release leaving us with one heroic programmer and one Polish white-label company to QA a million-word long RPG.

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 14/07/2025

A quote from Garry Newman [Garry's Mod] I think about often

A screenshot of text on a website

The title text says: I don’t know anything

The body text says: If you’ve never made games before you have a huge advantage. If I’d have had any industry experience before making GMod I probably would have never made it. Your naivety is a huge advantage, it’s your edge.

Don’t try to emulate people who are in the industry – do your own thing, make your own mistakes, find your own way. It’ll lead you down a bunch of paths that no-one will ever take because they know the ‘right way’. The world needs those paths explored.

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Kara Ling @karaling.org · 06/07/2025

The offer symbol blocks out whatever the first word is so this thumbnail just says "Average street food - 3.5 stars"

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