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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 10/09/2026

A load of Portal 2 betas and Project Dream both leaking in the big 2026 was not on my bingo card

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-𝚖𝚘𝚡 @moxiest.art · 05/09/2026

we have strayed so far from god's light

an image of an RCA cassette to 3.5mm jack audio adapter

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The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 01/09/2026

It's good to be back :D tcrf.net/The_Cutting_...

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Misuzu @misuzumeow.com · 13/06/2026

🎀Reichi x Cinammoroll 💎 Commission for @reichisan.bsky.social #cinammoroll #sanrio

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 31/08/2026

larping as a human person, ama

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Dead Man's Online @spadetheskeleton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Heads up windows 11 users, microsoft now has this setting enabled by default. Be sure to disable it :]

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 30/08/2026

*- an AI bro *likely* indirectly triggering an ongoing, multiple-day DDoS against a niche cut content wiki (though that same AI bro has demonstrated the capability to bot followers on a social media site - just as good of a waste of time and money as the DDoS)

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Xe @xeiaso.net · 29/08/2026

Anubis is a layer 7 firewall. It does not protect against layer 3 attacks.

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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026

in my usual fashion i have created a diagram explaining why something like anubis or other server-level firewalls would not help our situation. for normal *crawler* spam traffic (what i typically talk about), it would, but this is a different circumstance

ms paint diagram labeled "would anubis or something help? unfortunately, no" showing traffic from the dos machine + internet reaching linode's network, which is null routing (stopping) all traffic before it reaches our server. our server is where anubis would be, and since there's nothing actually reaching it, it can't help here.

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 30/08/2026

Also, Portal 2 beta content, including placeholder lines by Richard Lord. Also also, models from the Two Bots, One Wrench videos. Also also also, Episode Three content Valve's reused for the Portal 2 betas. Also also also also, I hope someone genuinely has archived the whole 12-13TB of the leaks

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 30/08/2026

So, for Valve's 30th, we've got: - an AI bro *allegedly* DDoSing a niche cut content wiki - Valve probably getting into trouble with publishers for *allegedly* leaving an exposed legacy Steam endpoint - a boatload of mainly Valve beta content - Valve *allegedly* not knowing how to secure endpoints

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 30/08/2026

Imagine taking out a loan to buy just a couple of hard drives to preserve what is a huge chunk of (if not all of) what Steam had to offer... then having to wipe and sell said drives to cover legal costs of an ensuing lawsuit. That would sting a little

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 30/08/2026

Valve getting 12TB of their own games and third-party stuff leaked in the big 2026 was not on my bingo card

Valve IT people when they saw someone is downloading 12 terabytes of data from old Steam2 endpoint: "I mean, it's alright."
Image shows a man in visor sunglasses holding a bitten sandwich with the caption "i mean its alright"

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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026

you're fucking killing me linode, we spent all fucking day sitting here thinking this was almost over. screaming internally

Because connectivity had not resumed after our Support team observed messages indicating a removal of the block, we then requested additional investigation from our internal teams. Further investigation with those teams has now confirmed that the block has remained in place for the duration, and has not actually been lifted.

They have also now confirmed that the DDoS attack traffic targeting your Linode IP has not returned to safe levels since its initial onset, which occurred about an hour prior (August 27 around 10:35pm ET) to you opening this ticket.

Since the volume of the traffic is still high at this time, the DDoS mitigation block remains in place and will be removed automatically once the traffic to the IP returns to acceptable levels.

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The Cutting Room Floor @tcrf.net · 30/08/2026

Linode has informed us that the attack is still ongoing against both our primary and backup server, so now we have a backup-backup server. Hopefully things resolve for good soon! tcrf.net/The_Cutting_...

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Hello from Fastly! Linode has informed us that the DDoS against both our main server and our backup server is still ongoing.

So, now we have a backup backup server. :^)

While we can't directly mitigate the current attack — that's Linode's job (tugging collar) — we're doing what we can to work around it.

They have also now confirmed that the DDoS attack traffic targeting your Linode IP has not returned to safe levels since its initial onset, which occurred about an hour prior (August 27 around 10:35pm ET) to you opening this ticket.

Since the volume of the traffic is still high at this time, the DDoS mitigation block remains in place and will be removed automatically once the traffic to the IP returns to acceptable levels.

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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026

the back and forth with Linode continues ... from what I understand the attack has subsided, but now there's some other network fault at play that we're troubleshooting

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X ΘΔ (Giant Tyrant Overlord) @xkeeper.net · 29/08/2026

i think they put in the newspaper that he was mad

Kotaku reached out to both Stoner and TCRF for comment before publishing. Stoner did not reply, but he did ask Grok for legal advice in a post on X: “Hey Grok,” he wrote. “What’s the proper legal response for possible defamation of a falsely accused DDOS posted on a github gist and live website?”

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 29/08/2026

(Bi)monthly Bluesky post. Today we learn not to host things with Linode without a reverse proxy, since their DDoS mitigation strategy seems to be "trust me mate, they'll get bored of it. go away bad guys!" I will be bitter about this for a while, yes lmao

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 02/07/2026

Guess who remembered Bluesky is a thing again? :D

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+TEK @plustek.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Super fun remixing this absolute banger from @ramonbraumuller.eurosky.social Took the Amiga version as the main reference but sprinkled in some sound design and references to tracks from the PC version. Two loop version on YouTube: youtu.be/df89bO1CGiQ

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The Skeleton Cow COMMS OPEN @the-cow.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

lunk from an unreleased gigaleak game

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GlitterBerri @glitterberri.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

Earlier versions of the Boss Remains icons. Gyorg's icon might be a staff caricature. Twinmold's makes sense when you think about the dragon puppets at Chinese festivals. You can see the final versions here: zeldawiki.wiki/wiki/Items_i... #Zelda #TheLegendofZelda #MajorasMask #Nintendo

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GlitterBerri @glitterberri.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

At last, the elusive Adult Link Mask has been discovered... along with a few other things. It was probably called the Hero's Mask, if internal names are any indication. tcrf.net/Prerelease:T... #MajorasMask #Zelda #TheLegendofZelda #Nintendo

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 17/01/2026

BREAKING: Local dumbass becomes older. "wuh"

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 26/12/2025

Optical media bad. USB bad. Computer bad. Grass good. Touch grass :)

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 17/08/2025

Guess who remembered the password to their Bluesky after a kjillion years?

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🦊Dziru The Silent Fox | #Vtuber🦊 @dziruthesilentfox.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Kawiarnia została otwarta uwu My Commissions are open on Ko-fi! ko-fi.com/dzirufox/com... #vtuber #plvtuber #kofi #pixelart #commission #draw

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 18/06/2025

And the irony of posting this on a platform to which a lot of artists migrated specifically to avoid AI is not lost on me. Again, I am not an AI bro.

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 18/06/2025

AI is a "smart" hammer. Don't pummel anyone with it. Of course, I am not a tech bro. I despise AI "artists" just as much as the next guy, but I am not criticizing the tool. It's pointless when the users are the problem, though the tool_makers_ could use some copyright classes, too.

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 18/06/2025

A paintbrush, a chisel, a hammer and an anvil. They're tools. So is AI. You can easily kill someone with a chisel, smash someone with a hammer, drop an anvil onto someone or forcibly stab someone with a paintbrush. Likewise, you can use AI for bad. Should you? Of course not.

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David Buchanan @retr0.id · 05/06/2025

here's a framebuffer graphics demo (this has no practical purpose and I can't prove I'm not just like, playing a youtube video or something)

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 22/05/2025

I forgot this exists. Hi!

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ThomasGameDocs @thomasgamedocs.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Here's what Waluigi Pinball looks from the perspective of someone actually playing pinball

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🔞Szycrotic🏳️‍⚧️ @szycrotic.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Dysphoria is hard to deal with but what even is it? And how can you deal with it? --> FULL VIDEO www.youtube.com/watch?v=RW6j... #vtuber / #trans / #transeducation / #transgender

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Kier Kozyra_AWOL 🦇💜 @kierkozyra.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

What you have there? Snacks? Can I have one? Or two? Or ten?

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 13/03/2025

"But what about Neuro-sama? Isn't that replacing a human streamer?" Being an AI is Neuro's whole schtick and Vedal is being transparent about it. An AI "artist" writing prompts to generate morally questionable hentai may be so delusional as to fool themselves into thinking they're an actual artist.

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 13/03/2025

And no, Stable Diffusion and the like are not the same thing as actually picking up a pencil and drawing something yourself. That's replacing your own creativity with a soulless void. You know how to articulate *what* you want, but you also should know *how* to achieve your goal.

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 13/03/2025

I'm not saying you should entirely stop using AI, but you can't let it do absolutely everything for you. Would you let someone control your entire life for you? Of course not! You likely want at least *some* autonomy. AI should be a tool, not a replacement.

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Tom 😶 @npc-tom.fr · 13/03/2025

An excellent mind is no good without the ability to communicate, and an excellent communicator is no better without understanding. You may use AI to help articulate yourself, but it won't do the thinking for you.

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