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Makkon @makkon.bsky.social · 18h
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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Terrible TV @terribletv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Apparently there's a HUGE backup of JAZ drives that were recently put on the Internet Archive. One of them (at least) includes the original Maya 3D models used in the The Iron Giant.
Iron Giant 3D model in Blender
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Liana ✦ illustrain't @ commissions open @herssian.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
pulling every kind of resource off forums and websites to shove them in discord servers with no alternative way to access at least a decade's worth of information was a good idea. i promise
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Bob Marshall @bobmarshall.co.uk · 18/09/2026
A polite request and reminder to folk who manage heritage interpretation projects: Please don’t leave it too late in your project or until just a month or two before your deadline to commission us visual reconstruction artists.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 17/09/2026
Chatham Historic dockyard is akways fascinating. Did you know it has the longest preserved and still working ropery in the world? The 346 metre long building has made hundreds of thousands of miles of rope for centuries. I got these snaps at the weekend.
Interior view of Chatham dockyard ropery showing the 346 metre length in long perspective.Interior view of Chatham dockyard ropery showing the 346 metre length in long perspective with some ceiling details.Interior view of Chatham dockyard ropery showing a rack with hanging portions of frayed or unfinished rope.Interior view of Chatham dockyard ropery showing a bicycle used to ride the 1135 foot length, the quickest way to get between both ends.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 16/09/2026
Co-pilot is down and it's perplexing to see many colleagues now unable to do their jobs. I don't use AI tools, so I'm completely unaffected. Amazing that we've fallen so far, so fast.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
2 months from TODAY is the beginning of the end of the Orange Embarrassment. Check out these Screenshots (as if you needed any more motivation to VOTE on 11/3/26!) Register- Iwillvote.com vote.org Get involved at- Rockthevote.org GoodParty.org DemCast.com Postcardstovoters.org movement.vote
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John Romero @johnromero.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Check out my trip to the Dutch Pinball Museum where I discover a new FPS, possibly the first FPS. dutchpinballmuseum.com
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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
An essay I've just written for @nytimes on why Big Tech is the 21st Century’s equivalent of the East India Company: "What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World" www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/o...
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Opinion | What It Would Take to Dismantle the Most Powerful Companies in the World
A playbook to curb the growing power of Big Tech.
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Lex Roman @lexroman.com · 28/08/2026
Meta's new settlement means we're ALL going to be verifying our identity soon to use social media, at least in the United States. Don't want to give Meta, YouTube and TikTok your ID? You might not have a choice soon. Let's hope VPNs still work. www.techdirt.com/2026/08/26/m...
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Meta Just Paid Nearly $17 Billion To Make Sure It Gets To Write The Kid Safety Rules For Every Other Social Media Platform
By now you’ve almost certainly heard the news that Meta has settled with 52 state and local Attorneys General who had sued the company in some form or another over child safety on Meta’…
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 23/08/2026
As many others have pointed out, one way to think about what’s been happening to tech—software, especially—is that the entire industry is being “Boeinged” (or Jack Welched). And, as with an airplane, a faulty part can sit in a system for a decade before it snaps and brings the whole thing down.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 11/08/2026
@makkon.bsky.social Quick question, did this vine texture ever make it into a wad? It looks great and I'd love to use it if poss...
A dark mysterious castle entrance hidden by vines, built in Quake.
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JoanKay @joankay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 06/08/2026
We have a family holiday to Crete in two weeks, but I feel very uncomfortable about it. It doesn't feel right given the situation. But if we don't go and instead obtain a refund (itself unlikely), removing tourism money from a country that depends on it doesn't seem right either.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 30/07/2026
@strideh.bsky.social Hey, hope you're well. A quick Quake question: I'm still a mapping noob, and wanted to re-create something like the pumpkin counter you made for the start map of Snack Pack 3. Is that all in-map, or does it need new Quake C? Thanks!
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 29/07/2026
A shout-out to any other digital designer / developer who feels deeply conflicted about the future of their career in the face of AI and *everything else*... What are your plans? Are you trying to escape, or resigned to it all? I've no appetite for any of this and wondering what's next...
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Jennifer Crawford @ournewhomecoach.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
As I get older the thing I think is most important to humans as a species is our relationship to one another and to nature. Everything else is secondary. This is fundamental to our survival as individuals and as a species. Call me an old hippy if you like.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 22/07/2026
A decade ago I had a hobby of designing fake book covers. I convinced myself it could be a business and pursued it for more than a year. That totally killed it for me. Take it from me: monetising a hobby is the worst thing you can do for it.
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Freya Holmér @freya.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
I think it's taken me like 20 years to truly internalize why creativity thrives under constraints I used to conflate creativity with some notion of competence and the ability to realize your vision, but creativity is more about being able to find a meaningful artistic path in spite of constraints
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 17/07/2026
In an era of LLM powered junk AI replacing previously good tools, are there still tools that haven't succumbed to the rot? Are there still good auto-corrects or spell checkers? Or is it all just slop now? I feel a kind of grief about all this. It's such a shame and was all completely unnecessary.
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Kamala Harris @kamalaharris.com · 17/07/2026
Before the president gets on television tonight to peddle lies and conspiracy theories, here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen. We won, and he lost.
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Anna Dent @annadent.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
We get a month of fireworks in November around us. It's miserable. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK
We are seeking views on the regulation of pyrotechnics and fireworks in the UK.
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Kelly Lynne D’Angelo ✨ @kellylynnedang.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development
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Baldur Bjarnason @baldurbjarnason.com · 16/07/2026
“"Useful" is not sufficient” tante.cc/2026/07/15/useful-is-not-s… > Usefulness is not an objective, fully abstract property: A thing is not useful for everyone or in general but mostly just for specific people in specific contexts. And useful never comes for free.
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"Useful" is not sufficient
So Linus Torvalds, head of the Linux kernel development, put his foot down on the Linux Kernel development mailing list when someone was bringing up criticism of LLMs: “Linux is not one of those anti-...
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 16/07/2026
A most urgent read, please take some time out to read this. "We cannot have a rational debate about technology." Dr.Hilary Agro is becoming a powerful voice to help us unite in our dissent against harmful technological progress.
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 15/07/2026
People are always talking about the things we have today that our ancestors didn't, but nobody wants to look at the things our ancestors had that we've lost. Like community, and free time, and environmental sustainability, and a collective that cares whether we live or die
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 15/07/2026
My niece had a baby daughter early this morning. So now I'm a great uncle again. Which makes me think of Great Uncle Merry from Susan Cooper's "The Dark is Rising" books. Nicknamed "Gummery" by Barney, he was old and wise. I should now be called "Gumatty" but it doesn't have the same ring to it...
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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 14/07/2026
launching a substack in 2026 sends several messages, none of them good 1. you're not politically attentive enough to know the company is run by white supremacist coddling assholes 2. you know the company is run by white supremacist coddling assholes and don't care 3. you're getting paid, see #2.
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Substack Still Has A Nazi Problem (And Doesn't Care)
For several years Substack has been accused of coddling white supremacy and fascist ideology for cash. And despite several major scandals and a mass defection of ethical authors, there's little seriou...
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 10/07/2026
Great thread. Love the comments!
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 08/07/2026
This thread about Quake Brutalist Jam #3. Imagine if everyone working on that had been paid. These folks did it all for fun in their spare time, despite what was obviously a huge and difficult workload. Mod communities like this should be honoured at the highest level:
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Alex Steffen @alexsteffen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
This is some excellent climate reporting. You should read this. Well done, @eroston.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
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Extreme Heat Stuns Even Climate Scientists Who Saw It Coming
Record-breaking heat waves are even stunning scientists monitoring the acceleration of climate change.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 06/07/2026
When this AI apocalypse is over, we're going to need many Developers Anonymous recovery groups. It'll be quite the journey to repair not only ourselves, but also everything that this thieving technology took from us.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 03/07/2026
No one really wants to admit this, but it *is* the truth:
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 01/07/2026
Our six year old was sooooooooo happy that he got BOTH me and his mum with "Pinch, Punch, First Day of the Month!" this morning. He was beaming with happiness. 😀 He's such a ray of sunshine, love him to bits.
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VGC @videogameschronicle.com · 29/06/2026
The three largest RAM manufacturers in the world are being sued for allegedly working together to fix the supply and price of memory, leading to the recent surge in price for consumers. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ram-man...
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RAM manufacturers have been sued for allegedly fixing prices and supply, leading to increased costs | VGC
The class action lawsuit claims Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron have been squeezing supply…
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Aria @thatartisan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
I suppose that it's that time of the month again where I need to say I'm looking for contract work again. My full portfolio is at thatartisan.carrd.co I'm also opening commissions for static sprites. DM me on Bluesky or email me if you'd like to get in touch.
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Irrefutable proof cats are evil @cats-are-evil.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
#caturday #cats
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Shane Mulligan @shanem-editor.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
What a brilliant resource! Readers can help secure the future of the Biodiversity Heritage Library, and keep its collections free and open to the world, via the Donate button at biodiversitylibrary.org.
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Dan Douglas @dandouglas.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
the year is 2030 and you need a face scan, retinal scan, voice scan and to answer 20 questions about your family, health and employment history every time you use the computer. but don’t worry your personal data is safe with Butterfingers Corp in partnership with The Dark Web
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Cybel Martin ASC @cybeldp.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
I was cleaning my closet and found these. Decades ago, I stole them from my Mom's office. I treasure them. Kids don't know how easy they have it.
A stack of Letraset dry transfer sheets with rows of different fonts.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree @pingree.house.gov · 16/06/2026
A judge ordered the Admin to restore all National Parks signs it removed—including info at Acadia about indigenous history + climate change.   Visiting these parks isn’t just about the scenery. It’s also about knowing our history, the natural forces that shaped these places + the threats they face.
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Crystal Fleming クリスタル @alwaystheself.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I'm attending a digital humanities event in Montreal. There was a keynote on AI and something about the talk made me wonder if it had been written by Claude. I said as much in the Q&A. As I posed the question, the speaker shifted, looking slightly uncomfortable. What he said next shocked the room +
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Lady Talia @djtalia.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Chrome is reaching into users' machines and writing a 4 GB on-device AI model file to disk without asking. It is the weights for Gemini Nano, Google's on-device LLM. Chrome did not ask. Chrome does not surface it. If the user deletes it, Chrome re-downloads it. www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-...
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Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device without consent. At a billion-device scale the climate costs are insane. — That Privacy Guy!
Google Chrome is downloading a 4 GB Gemini Nano model onto users' machines without consent, with no opt-in, no opt-out short of enterprise tooling, and an automatic re-download every time the user del...
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 17/06/2026
Just when I'd mostly given up on building things in Quake, I catch sight of this wondrous creation and feel inspired all over again. Naitelveni does it again: bsky.app/profile/nait...
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 12/06/2026
I want to make little stylised digital dioramas that I can walk around. I've tinkered in Trenchbroom/Quake but the style is too brutal. What's a realistic alternative for someone with not much spare time? Blender? Source? Unreal? Something else? #art #gameart #digitalart
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
We cut down the trees and then wonder why the Earth is getting hotter. The shade we destroyed yesterday is the heat we are suffering from now. A tree is not just wood—it is oxygen, rain, cool air, shelter, and life. Plant trees. Protect forests.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 12/06/2026
Yes. It's the same energy as "Billionaires could solve world hunger". They could, but they don't want to.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 12/06/2026
Yep. I really miss days when I could just turn on my computer and start work.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 11/06/2026
This Isn't a Recession. It's Worse. www.blueamp.co/p/what-bezos...
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This Isn't a Recession. It's Worse.
The cushion runs out in August. The CEOs already know. Here's what is actually happening to the American economy — and the question no politician has yet had the nerve to ask.
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Matt Hill @matthill.co · 11/06/2026
the-decoder.com/landmark-ger...
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Landmark German ruling declares Google's AI Overviews are Google's own words and makes it liable for false answers
A German regional court has ruled that Google is directly liable for the content of its AI search overviews. According to the court, previous limited liability protections for search engine operators ...
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