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Karen

@risu23.bsky.social
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Video game production human, head of studio ops & production at Interleave. Lover of video games, film (letterboxd = risu23), tv, animation, dark & spooky stuff. I was a goth at 924 Gilman. SFO -> YVR. She/her. "Fix your heart or die!"

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Citizen Screen @citizenscreen.bsky.social · 15h
PSA: It’s Myrna Loy day on #TCM #StarOfTheMonth
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Fun @funkelly.bsky.social · 6h
Screen shot from a YouTube video by someone named MEpearl, an older woman with short hair wearing a red long sleeve shirt and a dark floral scarf. She sits before a wall of books, though it may be a photograph of a wall of books, but the important detail is that in her lap is a beautiful possum, and that possum is eating from a plate of fruit on the table before them. The title of this video is “is your possum a narcissist.” It has 31k views and was posted 5 days ago.
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Jennifer C. Martin @notreallyjcm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Extremely grateful for these two grocery store ladies recreating Prodigy’s Firestarter
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Allergies ftw! (Thank god)
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Time to play: is it pink eye or just allergies? 😭
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
static.klipy.com
Frinkiac: So Hungry I Could Eat at Arby's
Alt: The Twins on The Simpsons are stranded on a deserted island. Late night, around a campfire, one says "I'm so hungry I could eat at Arby's"
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cait (and adonis) @cait.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I took this picture of Adonis but I didn't know if you'd want to see it ....
orange cat asleep on his side with his little paws curled up
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Jeremy Ghooooost Shipp @jeremycshipp.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Meet my newest fabric art creation: Ronanan Raucous the Witch Homunculus. I designed and hand-sewed him, as well as his tiny witch hat. Ronanan knows a number of tiny spells that only work on tiny things. For example, he can turn an acorn into a slightly smaller acorn. jeremycreature.bigcartel.com
Here's a lovely photo of my fabric art witch homunculus Ronanan. He's a weird little gray humanoid with an oblong sort of head with wobbly black eyes with wobbly gray pupils. He has a black nose, an open black grinning mouth with two sharp gray teeth. He's wearing a hand-sewn black witch hat I made for him. There's a beautiful galaxy print fabric in the background.Here's another lovely photo of Ronanan where he's resting on my palm with his hat beside him.
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Garth Marenghi's Catbus @catbus.phd · 02/10/2026
day two of #spooktober2026 and I've already seen the best movie I'm going to, holy shit 📽️
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A ★★★★★ review of The Changeling (1980)
one of the greatest haunted house movies of all time, right there with The Haunting. Absolute masterclass in mood and tension, so economical in its storytelling it's like a cinematic haiku- it winds t...
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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
NEAR DARK is still the best American vampire film. It rejects most European/gothic tropes and rewrites the vampires as purely American myth figures: bikers, cowboys, traveling serial killers, Civil War soldiers, and gangsters.
a poster for Near Dark
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The world was better before terms like "grails" and "gems" and "epic hauls" became commonplace.
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Antlers Teeth Claws @gravewriter71.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Holy crap. Pee Wee fans take note
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My favorite drums #RussianCircles
youtu.be
Russian Circles - Vorel (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Sargent House
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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
today's hardware designers could never conceive of what Kazuo Kawasaki was doing in 1996
A colorful retro computer setup featuring a purple keyboard, a small teal touchpad, and a teal circular CD-ROM drive with a matching keypad-style controller resting on top. The hardware is arranged against a dark background in a vivid purple-and-turquoise color scheme.
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Old DeuTaranomy🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 30/09/2026
A rare fully remote Narrative designer role: www.useparallel.com/app/candidat...
useparallel.com
Narrative Designer at Smile Break | Parallel
Job Summary We are looking for a Narrative Designer to join our fully remote game development team for an unannounced project within a high-profile IP. We are in development on an ambitious, unannounc...
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anyone have a spare USD$3,500 laying around to give me so I can enter the drawing to buy this?
store.jamesjean.com
Pan’s Labyrinth 20th Anniversary Sculpture
To mark the 20th anniversary of the dark fairytale masterpiece, Pan's Labyrinth, acclaimed visual artist James Jean has partnered with visionary director Guillermo del Toro and the master sculptors at...
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joe @shariauncle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
increasingly feels like my Perfectly Fine liberal arts education was an artifact grabbed fleeing a burning temple
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Natasha 🏴🌻 @alterici.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
One of proudest moments was responding to someone saying lesbians just "haven't met the right man yet" with "that's a stupid fucking thing to say." Shut that shit right down.
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Bill Mudron @mudron.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Are you or have you ever been a narrative designer (as your official job title)? I would like to interview you for a video! Pls reply to this if you’re interested ❤️.
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I really really really wanted to see #RussianCircles and #Pelican in Toronto tomorrow night (Tue Sept 29th) but sadly won't be able to go. If anyone is interested in two tickets, let me know -- happy to sell them for what I paid.
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Gef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Every Riot grrrl band in the 90s
Still from the television show Xena: Warrior Princess showing Xena, Gabrielle and Joxer all with goofy expressions on their face
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ravenous (1999)
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It's gonna be really fucking weird to be an hour ahead of US West Coast folks when PCT goes into effect for B.C. on Nov. 1st 🥴
news.gov.bc.ca
No falling back with B.C.’s new time zone code, Pacific Time: PCT
PCT abbreviation establishes province’s single, year-round time zone
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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Haus of Decline @hausofdecline.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Instantly cured my depression thinking about Hank Hill pronouncing "Nier: Automata"
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Me: Bluesky is less annoying today Wife: Are you posting less
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Frovo @frovo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
[skate park] ME: hey watch this *does sick kipflick* wait *does sick flickpip* no wait *does klikcfip* hang on *klifpick* *fipklick* *pilcklif* *likfkpic* *ckilpifk*fuck
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
TRON Looked like shit. Literally the worst way to watch it.
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Mulcahy @midwest-mulcahy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This feels like a growing phenomenon that ought to have a name. I quite like “weapons-grade cozy” to describe tv shows (like GBBO or Queer Eye) that turn sincerity and sweetness into mass-marketed products
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Elizabeth Sampat @twoscooters.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Three years ago I met Pusheen at a licensing event and asked if they ever considered making a game. Then @vernavenisa.bsky.social and I spent a year refining the concept for Apple and Pusheen. Then @gains-skeets.bsky.social spent a couple years making it with an awesome team and here we are!!
apple.com
The internet’s favourite cat comes to Apple Arcade with Pusheen’s Place
On October 1, Apple Arcade is rolling out a lineup of fun new games, from cosy cat collecting to zombie-blasting mayhem to beloved App Store hits.
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lemme guess. The ice had to move when it was priced out of newly gentrified West Antarctica?
A BBC Wildlife Magazine article headline says "East Antarctica recently gained almost 700 billion tonnes of ice - and scientists know why"
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Thought experiment: is this era giving us an opportunity to delve deeper into chaos, rather than an (ineffectual) attempt to defeat it with logic? Not in an "oh, I'm so tired" way but a conversion of sorts... Seems like grokking chaos could be helpful in navigating these times.
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ULTRA💀BLAST @ultrakillblast.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
THE LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM (1988, Ken Russell)
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Dude in the plane back from Tokyo was obviously sick, moaning & constantly blowing his nose. No mask. I wore my mask the whole time (except when eating) but I was literally the only person with a mask on. Serious "Patient Zero" shit.
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Dr Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Apparently episode one was first broadcast on the BBC 50 years ago today. Still one of the most remarkable television dramas ever. I Claudius
Scene from opening credits of the BBC TV series I Claudius (1976)
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Not going to say that this trip to Tokyo outright cured me of wanderlust...but I absolutely need to get in better shape before I go anywhere else.
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ouinne @ouinne.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
These are even more delightful in person than the pic shows
Three handsewn felt monsters, with large eyes and big toothy grins.
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Aww! We love you too, Kojima-sama!
A PC Gamer headline says "Kojima says his Sony split was amicable and they both still love u..."
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/09/2026
i mean, just look at how the populists talked about the railroad barons and others like them. "The fruits of the toil of millions are boldly stolen to build up colossal fortunes, unprecedented in the history of the world, while their possessors despise the republic and endanger liberty."
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This is fucking delicious
nikka.com
NIKKA COFFEY GRAIN, NIKKA COFFEY MALT|BRANDS|NIKKA WHISKY
Coffey Grain and Coffey Malt are Nikka’s signature grain whiskies which show the beauty of our Coffey Stills.
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Karen @risu23.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
JFC there are commercials for AI everywhere in Tokyo -- airport, train, TV, taxis.... Anything with a screen is pushing it.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"i have created the machine that thinks." you fucked up a perfectly good graphics card is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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phil @philjamesson.com · 20/09/2026
when i start ruminating on the boxed cereals which destroyed my memory, nothing can help me sleep. not even getting in full military regalia
image of a woman in bed wearing military regalia with several bars and medals pinned to her lapel
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QT 🔞 @forbiddenqt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Objectively true, there's no way the two in this photo could take out The Death Dealer, honestly the child could barely solo the horse
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Jennifer Graham @jennrgraham.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Every intro to sociology class I teach gets this image.
A small digger trying its hardest to dig out the Ever Given ship that has run aground. It says, “Structural Problem” on the giant Ever Given and, “Making different personal choices” on the tiny digger.
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Blaise Boo-lysse Bernard Collins @wittywebhandle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Biblically Accurate VLC Instance
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Frances: Meh and Loving It @francesmeh.reviews · 21/09/2026
upgrade to premium for an ad-free experience, now with ads
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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 20/09/2026
Not really sure where a bunch of liberals got the idea that they can’t win without throwing trans people in the garbage, but they’re stupid and cruel and wrong. If you want a human sacrifice so damned bad put gavin newsom in the wicker man
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Steven (with a PH) @sjksalisbury.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.
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