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Mae Finch 🫀

@maethefinch.bsky.social
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🥀 The only way out is through 🪶 Technical writer, narrative game dev, dungeon master (D&D) 👻 Games: play for free at maethefinch.itch.io or maethefinch.gamejolt.io 📸 instagram.com/mae_the_finch 📺 youtube.com/@mae_the_finch

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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It's scary. All my teammates have drunk the koolaid. Made up terms have started slipping into their vernacular, they ramble on and on nonsensically even in spoken conversation, and anytime I try to actually teach something or suggest an easy solution well within their skills, they still turn to AI
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Also required to use AI at work and I actively hate my once dream job now. For things I was never able to do before, it has some value - e.g. cross referencing my writing against huge repositories of both documentation and code - but it's still way too inconsistent to rely on as a primary source
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's Walmart or Amazon where I am and it's a decently sized US city. Local drug stores don't even have sharps containers
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Did you see how small his pockets were? He was just asking to get his wallet grabbed. No one dresses like that if they don't want to get mugged, right?"
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Look, I may have recruited my entire frat to rob this guy once I'd gotten him nice and drugged up, but I didn't technically pull the wallet out of his pocket."
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"We have no way of knowing whether this guy was *actually* mugged. Maybe he just gave away all his money and now he regrets it. Let's doxx him to make sure some harm comes his way no matter what."
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"He was drunk. Maybe he *wanted* to get mugged and just doesn't remember it."
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
After all, Americans are much more attached to our things than our people
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The severity is nowhere near the same, but I find the delusional callousness with which sexual violence is discussed online really shines in all its horror and absurdity when you use the metaphor of robbery.
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alex siple 🏳️‍🌈 @alexsiple.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
hey so i wrote a sci-fi romance novel about horny ice skaters in space. obviously it's queer. obviously it's weird. AND YOU CAN READ IT RIGHT NOW casualblindness.itch.io/the-cutesy-l...
The cover, depicting part of a person's side profile as they lick the bottom of an ice skate. The text reads: "The cutesy lovey-dovey heart-shaped thing about knives. A novel. Alex Siple"An illustration depicting two characters, the taller one with the ponytail pushing the other one with short hair away slightly. They are both wearing ice skates and the border pattern is full of planets and stars and other space imagery. The text above the shorter character reads: "I've been feeling this familiar feeling-"An illustration depicting a person with short hair laying on the ground, surrounded by legs donning ice skates. The colors are neon.A painterly illustration depicting a woman looking at the viewer with her arm raised. Scratchy depictions of a body with ice skates line the left side of the painting. The text on the woman's body reads: "Nobody, nobody, nobody..."
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Made some new character portraits for these two Fury and Muse #indiegamedev #gameart
Digitally drawn portrait of a woman with red hair and red wingsDigitally drawn profile of a person with purple, side shaved hair, green eyes, bluish skin, an earring and a puffy shirt.
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Artists! Drop something creepy!
Drawing of a severed neck and head with threads growing between them
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This is an item in my #indiegame. A magical flute that also functions as a reed pen. It might be a little bit blursed by a dead god as well. Please vote on a name: 👀 THE PLUTE OR 🧐 THE FEN
A drawing of a reed with a painted eye on it that has been carved into a flute and a pen
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Gracu ✨🌈 @prismagic.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Please remember that it's us that moves posts around on Bluesky, there's not a central algorithm like Twitter or Tumblr or Instagram. If you like art, repost art! Leave comment on art! Even if it's just emotes, it means the world to every artist.
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Bits @bitshammer.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Wake Up Dead God Some early art for my #indiegame, Ode
A drawing of blue lightning illuminating a tall bedraggled figure in dim, greenish lightA drawing of a bright green rift in a swirling dark green background with red threads coming out of itA drawing of many light blue eyes and three red eyes in a dark green gloomA drawing of a dark green face so close you can see only a single blue eye
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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 31/07/2026
My doctor: you could eat more salads My tv: do not eat the salads that make you poop to death My Secretary of health: it’s ok to eat poison liver as long as you don’t get vaccinated
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Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
UNIVERSAL SINGLE-PAYER PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE NOW.
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Saranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension @sarahstubbssays.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
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The Ring Crawling
ALT: The Ring Crawling
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Absolutely love this, I crowdsourced items for one of my games too, and the wide range of silly and sentimental stories that came in with them was so moving. I'll send one in!
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Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Would you like to contribute an OBJECT to live in a WAREHOUSE GAME? I'm working on a parser fiction game where you play as a worker in the warehouse of the gods- sorting, storing, rearranging objects, meandering. I need so many objects! Maybe even: one of yours? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Objects contribution for god's warehouse game
What is this? I'm (Everest) making a short parser fiction game where you are a worker in the warehouse of the gods, sorting and storing objects to the whims of holy creatures. Would you like to subm...
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🔞sin of dragluttony🔞 @aquivorous.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 23/06/2026
I don't know who needs to hear this, it is entirely possible to build a whole game without generative AI. All our art, VO, worldbuilding, lore etc. is done by humans because we think our team is awesome and we value their expertise and labor. 🧡
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Belle - The wicked witch of atproto @torrentempress.neocities.org · 27/06/2026
Hey if y'all wanna tell devs directly too what you might want in an actual blogging site this would be the time
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I looked up the only legible book cover and it seems legit to me. Either AI has gotten a lot better at grabbing contextually relevant, real-life-accurate objects, or it is, unfortunately real
OP's image zoomed into a book cover that says "The Beast's Heart"The cover of the book The Beast's Heart from GoodReads.
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
I think Apple TV just has some exceptional writers. I had only really enjoyed Severance on there before this, but I'm much more interested in their other shows now. Pluribus is up next
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Or rather "No Man Is An Island." Got my John Donne's done mixed up
A screenshot of a poem. The poem reads: "
No man is an island, Entire of itself.
Each is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.
If a clod be washed away by the sea,
Europe is the less.
As well as if a promontory were.
As well as if a manor of thine own
Or of thine friend's were.
Each man's death diminishes me,
For I am involved in mankind.
Therefore, send not to know For whom the bell tolls, It tolls for thee."
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
10/10 as long as *someone* in season 2 quotes "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Widow's Bay is a horror masterpiece. Every episode is a love letter to a pillar of the genre. The haunted hotel. The sea monster. The final girl. Its characters are flawed and awkward enough to provide both comic relief and a startling level of awareness and practicality
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Y'all my day job is increasingly requiring me to use AI instead of doing things myself, and it's seriously making me question my place there or even in this industry (technical writing). Do you have a job you actually find fulfilling? What do you do?
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Very well said. Been on both sides of that coin. I have learned the hard way to only open those old wounds when I feel called to, not when I feel outside pressure to do so. Most of my art now in fact is really me addressing my younger self and hoping I can save at least someone from the same pain
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Lady DEADtera, Wee Ghostie Edition 👻🍁😷 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The person poking a thing with a stick. They are poking at a soap bubble labelled "AI" and saying "C'mon burst..."
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
My goal is to use JS to create some custom code for my ongoing Twine / Sugarcube project and that actually feels attainable now
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I've tried a few different strategies to teach myself coding skills and none have had any sticking power besides freeCodeCamp. Taking the JavaScript class now and it's very well-paced. Lessons and labs are interactive enough to really reinforce topics without dragging them out
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Love the art style, adding this to my backlog!
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Small Gray Games @smallgraygames.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
The official South of the March demo is now available on Steam and Itch! It's got exploration and mystery, a diverse cast of characters, and JRPG-style turn-based combat in a dark fantasy world. Try it out, and please let me know what you think! #indiegame #rpg #turnbased #indiedev #fantasy
A shopkeeper named Gytha saying "Don't much care how he sees it. My kitchen, my call"A combat screen showing players Gemma and Cyrus in 2D turn-based combat set against a group of three bandits.A overworld map showing a forest area with map nodes on one side and a list of points of interest on the other. One called "Buried in the mud" is selected.A game screen showing a rope bridge stretching over a river on one side with navigation options on the other. The opton "Look at the river" is selected.
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
arting around
A series of sketches of different facial expressions.
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Drew my D&D character, "Andi" Andromeda Price. She's a Human Circle of Stars druid with a little too much going on in her head. Modern fantasy setting where the whole party is in a band together: Crit Pit #dungeonsanddragons #dnd #characterart
A digital drawing of a red headed woman with light skin drinking a Monster energy drink. She's wearing a dark blue sweatshirt that says Crit Pit and green star shaped glasses. In the background is a night sky full of stars.
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Finally playing Clair Obscur. How did I sleep on a game about fighting death herself? So unlike me
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Made it 29 trips around the sun 🌅
The poster posing in a fancy dress with a handsome man behind her in a collared shirt.
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Getting out will be the hardest and best thing you ever do. It's never too late. Every day is a choice to stay or a choice to finally find yourself again
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
I found people who genuinely love and respect me. That gave me the strength to leave an abusive relationship and a toxic workplace. My life, absurdly quickly, became ten times better. I have come further in my art, personal, and career growth in the 3 years since than in the rest of my adult life.
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
So gorgeous, I love the warm color palette
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
WIP concept art for my D&D character. Any guesses what's going on here?
A digital drawing of a woman in pajamas holding a flame sword before a giant, swirling blue figure with closed eyes and an open third eye on their forehead. The blue figure is blowing bubbles of some sort to towards the woman. In the background are circular shapes of dark, purpleish blue.
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Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 19/05/2026
My blog post about the troubles at TouchPoint Press, with many updates. A reminder that a publisher doesn't have to be an intentional fraud to damage writers and their careers. writerbeware.blog/2023/06/30/s...
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Small Press Storm Warnings: Adelaide Books, Propertius Press, TouchPoint Press - Writer Beware
Adelaide Books I’ve written two prior warnings about Adelaide Books, but it seems that a third is in order. Background: Adelaide, which presents itself as a traditional independent publisher but has a...
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🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
CIS PEOPLE TIME TO STEP UP it’s once again time to yell at our bad government via online comment form the FCC is trying to make trans and nonbinary content require special ratings on shows GLAAD has a good writeup on it below TELL ‘EM NO direct link to comment form: www.fcc.gov/ecfs/filings...
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Tell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAAD
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous...
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Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Going on a trip soon, what books should I download onto my kindle? I read mostly genre fiction - fantasy, horror, and scifi
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⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 09/05/2026
Someone should do a secret Santa style exchange only it's in October and it's called Secret Satan and instead of random gifts we all trade our gently used horror books Hmm 🤔
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🪱𝔼𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕙🪱 @oddoblivion.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Panels read “If the longing could make my body able, then maybe I could grow old with you.”
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