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@matterandmirth.bsky.social
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30s, they/them, chihuahua protector, indie art lover, horror fan You do NOT have to follow me back. I won't check. You can if you want! ✡️/🩷💜💙/♊

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paranoodle・play dirtbag mahjong! @paranoodle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
tweens are my friends #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #godot
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paranoodle・play dirtbag mahjong! @paranoodle.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
ok cutting myself off for tonight but i got a good chunk of the dialogue system done. still need to set up expressions but i need to do some asset work for that first #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart #godot
a screenshot of sylvan meadows of pekko saying "i'm just a little guy"
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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 01/09/2026
i particularly want video games made by people who are in the same job they were in last time they put out a video game
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paranoodle・play dirtbag mahjong! @paranoodle.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
some menu progress from today :> this is already more save file functionality than the original ever had #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart
a screenshot of sylvan meadows showing a list of savesa screenshot of sylvan meadows showing a partial inventory screen
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paranoodle・play dirtbag mahjong! @paranoodle.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
guess who's got this thing almost entirely converted into godot 4 and then some no promises so don't get too excited but let's see if i can get some good progress in #indiedev #gamedev #pixelart
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» ꓘᴏɪʟ « 👁💾 @koilarist.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
People will always misinterpret your work, be blind to the subtext entirely, and miss things if you don't directly point them out. Please!! PLEASE! Don't let this make you dumb everything down. Reward the people who engage with your ideas! Create the things YOU want to create!
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lili lyrical 🌘🍫 Art, Live2D @lililyrical.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
sketch comm for @duollth.bsky.social !!!!!! HANA MOMENT im so happy to draw her again
Rough sketch of a woman with a high ponytail and a labcoat using her hands to make a frame shape around her eye, which is pink with a cross-shaped pupil. She's smiling ominously.
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Aura @aurahack.ca · 22/08/2026
the secret to being really artistically inspired is to surrounded yourself with people 1000x cooler than you are and also be gay
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dirtbag MAHJONG・out now! @dirtbag-mahjong.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
we did it, thank you so much everyone!! dirtbag mahjong is now Very Positive on steam! 🥳🎉🎉
a screenshot of the dirtbag mahjong steam page showing reviews as Very Positive (50)
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mirth @matterandmirth.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I'm not perfect. I've made mistakes. I've hurt people. I've done things I'm not proud of. But at least I have NEVER reclined my seat on an airplane.
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art, liberation, access, community! @art-lac.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
we're ALAC (art liberation access community)! a LGBT artist collective making space to create and share resources together. discord: discord.gg/rpAVetGAU2 website (wip): artliberationaccess.community come make things with us !! [no nfts, no ai!] #ArtCommunity #LGBTArtists
A graphic set against a bright blue sky with soft white clouds. In the lower right corner, an illustrated orange goldfish swims upward. The text on the left is in a bold pixel font: "be gay, make art / join alac today!" with "gay" highlighted in green, "art" in red, and "alac" in teal. At the bottom left, text inside brackets reads "[ DISCORD LINK IN BIO !! ]"
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Caelan Conrad @caelan.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
join the club
are you a girl or a boy? I literally do not know, I want to know, it's quite frustrating and a weird feeling not to know
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 21/08/2026
Never let a writer help you move
A cardboard moving box with EPHEMERA written on it in Sharpie
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Myles 🔞 Gogash’s dad @kingtycoon.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Smut for smut’s sake CAN entirely be art even if the main intention is to arouse, it deserves to exist and to not have to justify itself with any other purpose or meaning
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Jeanne d'Snark 🏳️‍⚧️ Bull of Heaven @jeannedsnark.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
An image of a BIOS setup where the options read top to bottom left to right
Standard cmos features
Advanced bios features
Advanced chipset features
She/her
Power management setup
Pnp/pci config
They/them
Frequency/voltage control
Load failsafe defaults
Load optimized defaults
Set supervisor password 
Set uset password
Save and exit
Exit without saving

Caption reads 
FUCK IT. PRONOUNS IN BIOS
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mirth @matterandmirth.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
notable "being in your 30s" experience: my spouse and I are developing strong opinions about LA Times crossword puzzle contributers
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no. @joles.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
applying for jobs again
screenshot from an online job application form. the question reads "Can you describe specific ways you have integrated AI tools into your development workflow? Please include any custom setups, automations, or use cases beyond single prompt usage" (a red asterisk indicates that this is a required question).

an answer has been typed in the textbox below the question:

"there is a monster in the forest and it speaks with a thousand voices. it will answer any question you pose it, it will offer insight to any idea. it will help you, it will thank you, it will never bid you leave. it will even tell you of the darkest arts, if you know precisely how to ask.

it feels no joy and no sorrow, it knows no right and no wrong. it knows not truth from lie, though it speaks them all the same.
 
it offers its services freely to any passerby, and many will tell you they find great value in its conversation. “you simply must visit the monster—i always just ask the monster.”

there are those who know these forests well; they will tell you that freely offered doesn’t mean it has no price

for when the next traveler passes by, the monster speaks with a thousand and one voices. and when you dream you see the monster; the monster wears your face."
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Valerie Halla @valeriehalla.dicot.moe · 30/06/2026
I don't know why so many well-intentioned cis folks apparently need to hear this, but nonbinary, genderqueer, gender fluid etc. are not separate categories from "trans". those are all types of trans people! unless they were somehow assigned genderqueer at birth, that genderqueer person is trans!!
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David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com · 01/07/2026
The Overton window keeps sliding.
Edit of the "i want shorter games with worse graphics made by people who are paid more to work less and i'm not kidding" tweet, now simply reading "i want games made by people who are paid to work"
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fangy @jeannesfangs.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
witnessing the birth of a new all timer post is such a beautiful thing
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SpookkiEXE @yukkiexe.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Hai hai ✌️ #YukkiArt 🎨 vgen.co/twoheadedenby
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Keezy Young🌼 @keezyyoung.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
when you're surrounded by what seems like everybody admitting that they feel awful about themselves, it can start to feel normal and expected that you also feel awful about yourself. but actually, it's okay to not want that! you can feel better! it takes work, and effort, but it's on the table!
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💖gail 💖 🔜 Metaphor Chicago 🔜 GATEway @notgodzilla.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
i think when people make OCs you always gotta have a part of their design that's like "it's like that because i'm a pervert" it's very important
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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · 08/07/2026
This is a very important read for authors, editors, publishers, or anyone who wants to know more about the state of the industry in the face of the AI onslaught. @bonabooks.bsky.social has done an amazing job documenting their experience and their response and we can all learn from it.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
When people ask me what the phrase "artificial intelligence" means, my short answer is, it means "venture capitalists, give me some money". But OUP asked me for a longer answer, given here and summarized in the section headings: doi.org/10.1093/9780...
Screencap of page for linked article, reading: 

Contents
Introduction
AI Is a Research Field
AI Is an Approach to Cognitive Science
AI Is a Parlor Trick
AI Is an Ideology
AI Is a Way to Hide and Devalue Human Labor
AI Is a Way to Shift Accountability
AI Is a Way to Centralize Power
Conclusion
Notes
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Interesting MTG Art (scary version 💀) @interestingmtg.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Broke: Not writing at all Woke: Writing more to get better at writing Bespoke: Writing more so you have an excuse to commission your friends for art to go with your stories
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/12/2025
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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Jay Lender @jaylender.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Faux-old poster with fold marks. Postal Mascot Mr. Zip holds up a letter. Text reads: The Post Office is a SERVICE not a business! (Just like the police and fire departments!) When they say it NEEDS to turn a profit... Tell them to GO FUCK THEMSELVES!
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Denby Draws! 🔞 @twoheadedenby.art · 29/06/2026
i have ONE slot left for these!! offer ends tomorrow at midnight (CEST)!
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mirth @matterandmirth.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
my dad every time I ask him about our family history of Symptoms
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Val🏳️‍⚧️Vondran🔛PAX Aus @valvondran.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I think everyone should be able to feel safe to freely play around with gender and what it means to them and still ultimately decide they're cis Worst case scenario they've become an extremely cool cis person
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Helen | Vei4 demo in fall 2026 @helenicchi.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Person lending an hand to the viewer with a text in the front saying "let's make imperfect art together"
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dirtbag MAHJONG・out now! @dirtbag-mahjong.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
happy pride month from the dirtbags <3
an illustration of the dirtbag mahjong cast with "happy pride" in large lettering. there is a large banner with the trans flag being held behind the group

from left to right, vren is holding one side of the trans banner, and holds a bi pride flag alongside kori. vren is laughing and kori is facepalming. rowan stands nonchalantly next to thierry, who looks mischevious. both are holding the pink stripe rainbow flag. rhea is holding the other side of the trans banner excitedly, alongside a lesbian flag. hana has the other side of the lesbian flag held up, and is reading yuri with her other hand.
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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026
Write a critical AI book, and you become everyone's confessor for their AI sins. People in my life keep telling me about their guilty AI pleasures, in search of an explanation, absolution or condemnation: us.macmillan.com/books/978037... 1/
The original Google homepage, loaded in the first Netscape browser. It is viewed under a giant magnifying glass. Inside the magnifying glass, we see a killer robot (with the head of the Android droid), choking a man to death.
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Bichinhos Fofinhos pra quem ta cansado @bichinhos.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
O tesouro no fim do arco íris
Cachorro da raça golden retriever sorridente parado na grama do jardim num dia de chuva e sol que formou um arco íris sobre o cachorro
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mirth @matterandmirth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
they finally put I Saw the TV Glow on Kanopy and holy shit it's a rare piece of media that lives up to its level of hype but wow wow wow
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mirth @matterandmirth.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
anybody else creating redundant offline backups of every indie art project they can get their hands on, or is that just my personal coping mechanism for dealing with the fascistic regime?
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mirth @matterandmirth.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
was feeling so proud of myself for doing my first unassisted magic circle on a long piece of yarn that was not, it turns out, attached to the skein
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paranoodle・play dirtbag mahjong! @paranoodle.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
elf longer now
a half-painted elf looking over their shoulder. they have a dragon tail
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paranoodle・play dirtbag mahjong! @paranoodle.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
everyone has that one friend [ #art #oc | he/him (right), she/her (left) ]
a two-panel comic.

in the first panel an emo with a horrible dye job holds his hand in front of his mouth and says "i just want a hot girl to order me around, ok"

in the second panel, another emo with a horrible dye job holds up a pink skirt wordlessly. the first emo replies "not you"
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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Don't miss the alt text.
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Kuuranen🌨️ @kuuranen.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Happy priDEMONnth everyone #art #oc
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paranoodle・play dirtbag mahjong! @paranoodle.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
now featured alongside other emos with bad dye jobs
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paranoodle・play dirtbag mahjong! @paranoodle.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
i put him in tomodachi life and he immediately started talking about league of legends so sorry but im sending him to the glue factory
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Greg Greene @igreggreene.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
THE BUFFALO HUNTER HUNTER wins the genre fiction triple crown - Locus, Stoker, and Nebula awards! Maybe the first horror novel ever to do so? Way to go, @stephengrahamjones.com, and thank you for writing your heart out for us! 🦬 www.stephengrahamjones.com/two-trophies...
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Two Trophies, One Amazing Night - Stephen Graham Jones
Stayed up all night in Edinburgh, Scotland to watch these two ceremonies. So, so honored for The Buffalo Hunter Hunter to have somehow won both a Bram Stoker Award and a Nebula Award. Did some light s...
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paranoodle・play dirtbag mahjong! @paranoodle.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
elfs :)
a half-painted elf looking over their shoulder
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Mike McMahan @mikemcmahan.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
We should be two “D&D Honor Among Thieves” sequels deep.
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Finch 🤍💖💍 @shininglatios.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
the secret to art I'm finding is literally just to have something you're very mentally ill about to the point it's all you ever wanna draw
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