Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It'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 031
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Also 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 110
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 01/10/2026It's Walmart or Amazon where I am and it's a decently sized US city. Local drug stores don't even have sharps containers 000
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?" 010
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." 110
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." 110
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"He was drunk. Maybe he *wanted* to get mugged and just doesn't remember it." 110
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026After all, Americans are much more attached to our things than our people 110
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026The 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. 110
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀alex siple 🏳️🌈 @alexsiple.bsky.social · 11/11/2025hey 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... 228799
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Made some new character portraits for these two Fury and Muse #indiegamedev #gameart 041
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 14/08/2026This 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 010
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Gracu ✨🌈 @prismagic.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Please 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. 2633051685
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Wake Up Dead God Some early art for my #indiegame, Ode 052
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 31/07/2026My 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 61058116
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Chuck the Vampire Slayer 🧛🏻 @sazeracla.bsky.social · 25/07/2026UNIVERSAL SINGLE-PAYER PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE NOW. 0113
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Saranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension @sarahstubbssays.bsky.social · 25/07/2026static.klipy.comThe Ring CrawlingALT: The Ring Crawling 0104
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Absolutely 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! 030
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Everest Pipkin @everest.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Would 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...docs.google.comObjects contribution for god's warehouse gameWhat 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... 24295175
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Twirlbound @twirlbound.com · 23/06/2026I 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. 🧡 616543
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Belle - The wicked witch of atproto @torrentempress.neocities.org · 27/06/2026Hey if y'all wanna tell devs directly too what you might want in an actual blogging site this would be the time 04124
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I 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 110
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026I 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 231
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Or rather "No Man Is An Island." Got my John Donne's done mixed up 010
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/202610/10 as long as *someone* in season 2 quotes "For Whom the Bell Tolls" 110
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Widow'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 241
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Y'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? 020
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 13/06/2026Very 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 020
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Lady DEADtera, Wee Ghostie Edition 👻🍁😷 @ladylettera32.bsky.social · 11/06/2026 242781415
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026My goal is to use JS to create some custom code for my ongoing Twine / Sugarcube project and that actually feels attainable now 020
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I'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 131
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Small Gray Games @smallgraygames.bsky.social · 05/06/2026The 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 48926
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 31/05/2026Drew 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 020
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 25/05/2026Finally playing Clair Obscur. How did I sleep on a game about fighting death herself? So unlike me 120
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Getting 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 010
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I 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. 120
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 21/05/2026WIP concept art for my D&D character. Any guesses what's going on here? 010
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀Victoria Strauss @victoriastrauss.com · 19/05/2026My 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...writerbeware.blogSmall Press Storm Warnings: Adelaide Books, Propertius Press, TouchPoint Press - Writer BewareAdelaide 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... 14621
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀🎃 Killy Witches 👻 @tillybridges.bsky.social · 19/05/2026CIS 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...glaad.orgTell the FCC that LGBTQ Stories Don’t Need a Warning Label | GLAADThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is targeting LGBTQ stories. They are trying to control what you see on television. This government overreach is dangerous... 11557965001
Mae Finch 🫀 @maethefinch.bsky.social · 10/05/2026Going on a trip soon, what books should I download onto my kindle? I read mostly genre fiction - fantasy, horror, and scifi 000
Reposted by Mae Finch 🫀⛧ Mother Suspiria ⛧ (Stina Marie) @stinasdemons.com · 09/05/2026Someone 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 🤔 9666