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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I don't just hate AI because of its environmental impact, the irresponsible marketing, the large-scale theft that went into its productization, and the ways it's negatively impacting people's jobs and lives. I also hate it because everything it produces is just so fucking awful.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

It wasn't until I read Against the Darkmaster (a MERP clone by a third party which I fell absolutely in love with) before Rolemaster's writing (for RMFRP; I think RMU is a bit better at this now) felt more navigable, since I finally had a better basis for how development points were meant to work. 😅️

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

(That remaining 20% is still a lot though, don't get me wrong. <.<)

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

To be fair I think like 80% of the complexity of Rolemaster comes from how terrible Iron Crown are at writing & editing. 😂️

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Yup, understood your meaning there and completely agree! 💜️

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

Yeah, and it doesn't help that people AREN'T very likely to actually pace themselves appropriately and instead dive in allowing everything & get overwhelmed. 😬️ Definitely depends on the person though, 'cause I've also seen a players fall off because they were overwhelmed by the roleplaying side.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I'm not arguing either of these games are super lightweight games that can be picked up with no effort at all, but I do think they're fine for new players as long as they're approached at a reasonable pace (e.g. starting with just the core set, not diving right into every splabook & optional rule).

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I think similarly though, experienced players have burden of knowledge the other way around as well; assuming something's a lot more difficult to get into than it actually is. Most specialized system knowledge & familiarity with stuff added in splatbooks isn't really needed when you're starting.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Making shit is just inherently cool. To take time, effort, and care to make something that didn't exist? That's really fucking cool, and so are you.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Whether you're an illustrator or a sculptor or a blacksmith or a... what's the word for people who make puppets? or a programmer or a game designer or whatever else, making shit is cool and people who do it are cool by extension.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Y'all people who make shit are so fucking cool.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

You can't just say "my new RPG has 1,000 elemental techniques, and over 100 types of armor/clothing!" without any context on how that actually relates to your game. YOU NEED. TO GIVE. THE PEOPLE. CONTEXT. If quantities of shit you could pick from were what matters, everyone would be playing GURPS.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I need to get this out of my system real quick. When you're pitching a project. When you're marketing a thing you've made. When you want people to buy a thing that you have created because you think it's cool and worth it. You need to tell people about that thing. You need to give them context.

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bryan newbold @bnewbold.net · 07/10/2026

ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton. she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back. news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

old photos of a woman (Margaret Hamilton) standing next to a tall stack of books (printouts of Apollo space mission software source code)

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(GDHitless) PT @pleasantlytwstd.blacksky.app · 07/10/2026

Hi if you - are a book AND africanfuturism enjoyer - into sci-fi or fantasy AT ALL - love a good easy to grab up series PLEASE get this bundle. @nnedi.bsky.social books have been my go-to bed time snack. Binti is delightful, I just finished She Who Knows and am currently on Who Fears Death!

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Every new romance fantasy webtoon I read convinces me that webtoon artists and authors have no idea what a child is

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For the record, the games I've -completed- in the series before: - Blazing Blade (💜💜💜💜 my beloved, and my introduction to the series) - The Sacred Stones - Awakening - Fates - Three Houses I've started a bunch of others, but never finished them (usually because my brain is a mess).

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Time to start playing through the mainline Fire Emblem games! I love Fire Emblem, but I haven't finished a lot of the games, so I'm looking forward to checking out the ones I've missed. 👀 I'll be using remakes for 1–3 since those are available, then go to SNES for Genealogy.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This is simultaneously my magnum opus and the dumbest thing I have ever made. I don't know why they decided Two-Point Museum was the right place for a theme park expansion, but I won't complain? 😂️

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Time??? EFFORT??? The scandal!

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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

my doctor looking at my bruised and scratched up arms: umm... do you feel safe at home? the person making me feel unsafe at home:

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Anyone have recs for comics or graphic novels with trans women as characters who aren’t depicted as “uwu anime babygirl”? Ideally something involving adult characters and where they aren’t dealing with an a train wreck of a life, but I’ll take what I can get. I already know of QC (yay Claire!).

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Two things can be true at once. Sony sucks for ditching physical media -AND- gamers need to learn when, to whom, and how they should express their anger over shitty corporate decisions without crossing a line. Nobody deserves to be treated like shit because an executive way above them made a choice

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I think I burnt like two years' worth of social batteries doing back-to-back things with friends tonight but I'm very glad I did because tonight was great. 💜️

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Even at her regular prices Amy’s work is always worth so much more than what she charges so you should definitely commission her 👀

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

👀 I got something but it’ll have to wait til I get home to nab some references.

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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

hey all, I'm running a SALE! that's right, 🍂🎃 COMMISSION SALE for September/October!! 🎃🍂 shoot me an email at amyking.art@gmail.com along with the type of commission you're interested in and a brief overview (2-3 sentences max) of the subject and let me draw you something cool!

an image showing different prices for art commissions! these range from inks to full color, and from prices as low as $20usd! wow wow wow!!

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

👀 I haven't looked at much fan-made Daggerheart stuff, but damn if I'm not always in the mood to read dinosaur-heavy game settings.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

It's so incredibly painful to have to watch somebody try to present on a subject where they clearly don't have any actual knowledge and have instead outsourced all their thinking to an LLM.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

It’s through the time and effort of our union members that we’re able to offer support to the entire industry. If you’re a dev based in the US or Canada, check us out and consider signing up. We’ve got lots of work to do! 🫡 uvw-cwa.org/membership

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

You’ve helped us raise over 80k for laid off gamedevs in need so far, and we still have plenty of time left in the bundle’s drive. Everyone who organized this effort was doing so on their own time for the benefit of others. If these companies wanted to, they would. They don’t. We do. Join us. ✊

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

As of this morning, the itch bundle officially broke 100k. This is a lifeline to our fellow workers and proof that solidarity extends beyond borders, both literal and figurative. Never let anyone tell you that things cannot change.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Oh my god, Mortal Kombat II was incredibly fun movie

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Harry 💬 @halisavakis.com · 30/07/2026

I was asked about a small breakdown for the 3D anime ramen and realized my breakdown thread was on the cursed site from which I deleted my account 😅 So I'm gonna post a small 🧵 here

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

How much more of our own fucking language and communication patterns are we going to allow the tech industry to steal from us?

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I already despised the shitty (and frankly insulting) euphemistic speech patterns driven by YouTube’s demonetization algorithms. The fact that people now feel they also have to change how they write to avoid accusations of using AI on top of that makes me irate.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 29/07/2026

I 100% have not changed a single goddamn thing about how I write here in the age of "AI." I write how I write. If the "AI" writes anything like how I write, it's because it stole from me. I'm gonna use any punctuation I like, and if it looks "AI"ish to you, you can go fuck yourself.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

I'm frequently terrible at remembering to actually keep up with people, but I'm open to being around and chatting whenever :D

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

They're the Modiphius of online TTRPG software. By which I mean they've chosen to sacrifice quality and consistency in order to chase down as many licensed properties as possible.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

It's ludicrous how many different game systems they keep trying to onboard when they're barely even functional (to say nothing of the abysmal performance and reliability) for their first set of games, and they aren't even feature-complete (just how many features are "coming soon!"?)

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

I wish I could be surprised about Demiplane being as bad as it is, but both as a professional software engineer and as somebody who has seen glimpses of how Roll20 operates as a company (and the miserable salaries offered for software engineering positions), I'm not even a little bit surprised.

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Mina Harker @minalien.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

I miss when new things used to be cool. Now the only "new" things that ever get approved are "let's use AI to do <thing>" and I hate it here.

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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I've still got some space, and you can check the qrt's for some client testimonials (thank you!! 💜) if you're into that kinda thing!

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Elliott Kay @elliottkaybooks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

I've commissioned Amy before and she was one of the best artists I've worked with. Her work was great and she made more of my suggestions than I had in my own head. If I had money to throw around right now, I'd grab one of these spots myself.

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sephirAmy @sephiramy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

hey all, turns out I have a bit of space for 1-3 commissions this month, so!! let's go! ✨ shoot me an email at amyking.art@gmail.com along with the type of commission you're interested in and a brief overview (2-3 sentences max) of the subject and I'll get back to you with info on the next steps!

an image advertising some art commissions! these include a colorful girl with clouds for hair and a shimmery pink dress, a green scaled woman with even more green hair piled on her head with mushrooms and flowers, and a rogueish orc like man holding a bitten apple and wearing worn leather clothing. full bodies are 175usd, half bodies are 100usd, and bust shots are $65usd. the bottom text also assures I can do anthros, armor, highly detailed clothing, and other stuff too!

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