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Rob Haines

@robhainescreative.space
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Creative writer, statistical programmer, photographer, pianist and unrepentant catdad. he/him Microfiction, essays and visual art at robhainescreative.space Cannot view DMs on Bluesky.

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Trevor Alan Gomes @trevoralangomes.bsky.social · 5h
Deltarune Piano Collections Vol. 2 is coming OCTOBER 30TH, (i.e. this month!) This is the official music video for It's TV Time!, my personal favorite from the entire album. Can't wait to show you more! www.youtube.com/watch?v=44Dh...
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It's TV Time! - Deltarune Piano Collections, Vol. 2 [OFFICIAL]
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 19h
Look I'm sure it's a complete coincidence that a lot and I do mean A LOT of the coders opposing this are marginalized on some axis and therefore in a much weaker position to run their mouths (I am that but also wield relative power and am pathologically unable to shut up anyway)
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
THE KICKSTARTER IS LIVE! AND THEY LOVE KHUMALOS! This is go-time. For the next few weeks, KHUMALO TALES, the 3rd in the Khumalo family trilogy, is my LIFE. New readers, old readers, curious readers: ALL ARE WELCOME HERE. www.kickstarter.com/projects/obs... #witchtober #fantasy
Images from the covers of the first 2 Khumalo books: Mother Khumalo and her daughter Amnandi, along with the official Kickstarter "project we love" button.
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Gremlin! @smolgremlin.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Wheeee #WednesdayWeeklies , Have more Frey! I finally finished this portfolio project over the weekend, and plan to post it over the next lil while! I'm particularly proud of how this illustration came out 🦊
Digital painting of Frey, a fae druid with a fox tail, gallivanting through the woods of the Feywild. She's jumping over a fallen tree, sun shining on her back, with foxes at her side.
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Jenny Haines @jennyhainesart.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Poppy pressed the "Music" button, so I put music on. Then she pressed "Snack" but she'd just eaten so I ignored it. She was insistent til I said, "Wait, you want Me to eat?" Slow-blink. She watched me prep my breakfast w/ music on, then went upstairs to nap, satisfied I was properly looked after.
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 26/09/2026
Our two-foot tall apple tree has spent the past couple of months growing a single perfect apple, and today it was finally ready to be picked 🍎 Great work, little tree! #Photography #Apple
A beautiful red apple on a glass table, reflecting both the apple and the sky above, where wispy clouds drift by.
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 26/09/2026
Our two-foot tall apple tree has spent the past couple of months growing a single perfect apple, and today it was finally ready to be picked 🍎 Great work, little tree! #Photography #Apple
A beautiful red apple on a glass table, reflecting both the apple and the sky above, where wispy clouds drift by.
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Josh Boykin @wallstormer.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026
I helped make a Steam Sale, and it's right next to Control: Resonant! gdoc.events/sale2026 Fantastic sale filled with games made by people of color from AROUND THE WORLD. Check it out! (And please share it too 😉)
A snapshot of the Steam homepage (slightly scrolled down). Control: Resonant is on the top, then a banner for the Game Devs of Color Expo Steam Sale. Below that are Discounts and events for other various franchises.
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 24/09/2026
Woke up from a nap earlier this evening to a cool moon #Photography #Moon
A very nearly full moon - with just enough of an angle to the sun to pick out the details of the craters along the bottom-left edge - against a pink-blue evening sky. There's an aircraft flying to the right of the moon, silhouetted against the evening.A very nearly full moon, centred against a pink-blue evening sky. The moonlight is warm, radiating into the surrounding sky.
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 24/09/2026
Woke up from a nap earlier this evening to a cool moon #Photography #Moon
A very nearly full moon - with just enough of an angle to the sun to pick out the details of the craters along the bottom-left edge - against a pink-blue evening sky. There's an aircraft flying to the right of the moon, silhouetted against the evening.A very nearly full moon, centred against a pink-blue evening sky. The moonlight is warm, radiating into the surrounding sky.
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 24/09/2026
Had an hour to spend yesterday afternoon and ended up taking a walk through a sun-dappled nature reserve less than a stone's throw from a busy stretch of the M4.
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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New Post: Why I Love AI Next month it'll be twenty years since I went to university, learned to program, and studied AI. I wrote about why I loved it, why I still love it, and why, unfortunately, it no longer exists. www.possibilityspace.org/blog/posts/i...
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 19/09/2026
Last two days to be part of this month's Print Club membership! Sign up for digital wallpapers of this month's Featured Photo for as little as £3 a month, get discounts on physical prints, and support my photography journey! ko-fi.com/robhainespri... #RobHainesPrintClub
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Harvey Carman @composercarman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
In case you don't know it and you're interested in a life sim where you're a game composer store.steampowered.com/app/2756180/...
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Alawon: Life of a Game Composer on Steam
Alawon is a life sim where you manage a game composer career. Rise from game jams to AAA, balancing life and work. Make money, make friends, make love, and make music in Alawon's Digital Audio Worksta...
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Harvey Carman @composercarman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Thank you so much to everyone who played Alawon at Tokyo game show! Sincere apologies to those who couldn't try it because I only had 1 station. I hope you'll look forward to the demo release later this year🙏
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 19/09/2026
Last two days to be part of this month's Print Club membership! Sign up for digital wallpapers of this month's Featured Photo for as little as £3 a month, get discounts on physical prints, and support my photography journey! ko-fi.com/robhainespri... #RobHainesPrintClub
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 18/09/2026
Fuckin' hell. Dear future clients; I have never used - and refuse to be forced to use - a tool built on "an astonishing theft of unprecendented proportions". (And given the Ethical Conduct training every company in the sector requires, I *will* consider suggested use of these tools a red flag.)
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Trevor Alan Gomes @trevoralangomes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
This album by John Paul Hayward (I don't think he's on Bluesky?) is an absolute freakin masterpiece and if you enjoy the music from Chrono Cross, please, please don't do yourself a disservice by not listening to it. This is as good as VGM arrangements get. I've been listening on repeat.
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Cross Symphonic: A Symphonic Tribute to Chrono Cross - Album by John Paul Hayward | Spotify
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
(It's me I called exactly this lia-sae.net/articles/202... )
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Lia's blog - Code is a wedge and programmers are tools
Get the hammer.
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
WOW I WONDER WHO CALLED THIS SIX MONTHS AGO (This isn't against Moom this is against coders)
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Robin Thorne @whatrobindoes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
After digging through 300 portfolios, this seems to be a hard ask. I am looking to LICENSE (paid) an image appropriate for a tidal witch. Female character, with elements around the moon and/or water. Non-anime style. If you have this in your portfolio and have the right to license it, please shout!
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 16/09/2026
Let's highlight some of the prints I have on sale at my store, starting with "The Cherry Blossom" Available on matte fine art or glossy photo paper, in A3, A4 and A5 sizes! ko-fi.com/s/ff42f9c8c5 #RobHainesPrintClub
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"The Cherry Blossom" Art Print - Rob Haines Print Club's Ko-fi Shop
A fine-art print of a solitary fallen cherry blossom, found in my garden. All prints available on Canon Pro Platinum glossy paper or Hahnemuehle Fin...
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 16/09/2026
Let's highlight some of the prints I have on sale at my store, starting with "The Cherry Blossom" Available on matte fine art or glossy photo paper, in A3, A4 and A5 sizes! ko-fi.com/s/ff42f9c8c5 #RobHainesPrintClub
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"The Cherry Blossom" Art Print - Rob Haines Print Club's Ko-fi Shop
A fine-art print of a solitary fallen cherry blossom, found in my garden. All prints available on Canon Pro Platinum glossy paper or Hahnemuehle Fin...
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 10/09/2026
If you enjoy my photography and want me to have time to do more of it, a Digital Tier membership is a great way of supporting my work and helping me plan for the months to come! #RobHainesPrintClub
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 10/09/2026
For today, let's talk print memberships. At the end of each month, I select a Featured Photo from all the shots I've taken that month; sign up for the Digital Tier from £3 a month for high-res wallpapers, or postcard or A5 prints as physical tiers: ko-fi.com/robhainespri... #RobHainesPrintClub
A common field grasshopper on a wooden sleeper in the sunshine, against a backdrop of browns and greens.
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 10/09/2026
I'm rapidly approaching the end of my dayjob contract, and looking forward to the creative work I'll get to focus on during my break 🎨 In preparation, over the next couple of months I'm going to be talking more about the photos and print memberships available at my Print Club! #RobHainesPrintClub
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 12/09/2026
CW: Spider close-up Met this beautiful little friend on my lavender bush yesterday afternoon 😍 #Photography #Spider
A pale white crab spider perched atop a lavender blossom with legs spread wide. It has an array of eyes along a yellow strip on the front of its head, and little dark hairs on its legs.
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Mia Tsai says buy her books @itsamia.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
i need folks who are passionately against ai writing and art/sharing ai writing and art to ALSO be passionately against ai music. like it's gotta be the same energy, you understand? don't share a post from someone saying they won't use ai art for promo while ai music plays.
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Diego Nicolás Argüello @diegoarguello.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
update: i'm parting ways with my freelance news gig at game developer at the end of the month. helping the team since april 2025 has been a great experience and has taught me a lot if you're looking for an experienced b2b news writer, or just an experienced freelancer that can do it all, i'm around
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Vildravn @vildravn.eu · 10/09/2026
(Not) A hot take: If you use GenAI willingly in any capacity, you’re an asshole and I want nothing to do with you. The only exception is people forced to use it to stay employed and in no position to push back. On the contrary people who force others into using GenAI should be [redacted].
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And by the time you're done you'll hopefully have taken the hint that it's about people. It's always, always, always been about people. Show's not subtle
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Anyway I reiterate that if you're so interested in the hypothesis of AGI/ASI you need to watch Person of Interest. If only because it's long as hell and that'll make you shut the fuck up for a bit
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 10/09/2026
I'm rapidly approaching the end of my dayjob contract, and looking forward to the creative work I'll get to focus on during my break 🎨 In preparation, over the next couple of months I'm going to be talking more about the photos and print memberships available at my Print Club! #RobHainesPrintClub
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Lia @liasae.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Hey folks, if one of you happens to be looking for / have eyes on a place that would hire a junior coder in the Netherlands, I know a good kid who's struggling in this age of LLM bullshit. We're talking someone who heard me talk about AS/400 COBOL and went "oooh sounds neat", a true gem of curiosity
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 07/09/2026
Had a new visitor to the garden this afternoon #Photography #Woodpecker
A juvenile green woodpecker stands amidst clover leaves and dry grass, looking out to the left of the image. They have a mottled grey-and-white colouration, with patches of yellow on their back and hints of red on the crown of their head.
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AK Faulkner 🔜 NYCC @ravenswordpress.com · 08/09/2026
I'm in the AI hater camp for all the regular reasons, but I also think I know why exactly the slop generating plagiarism machine is being pushed so hard by the billionaire class, and it's this: They *want* us to stop thinking. Let me bring in our old buddy Herbert Marcuse to explain.
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 07/09/2026
Had a new visitor to the garden this afternoon #Photography #Woodpecker
A juvenile green woodpecker stands amidst clover leaves and dry grass, looking out to the left of the image. They have a mottled grey-and-white colouration, with patches of yellow on their back and hints of red on the crown of their head.
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Critical Distance | Where’s all the good writing about games? @critdistance.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
HI EVERYONE HAPPY SUNDAY HAVE SOME PREMIUM FRIENDSLOP ESSAYS FROM AROUND THE WORLD critical-distance.com/2026/09/06/b...
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Blogs of the Round Table Roundup: “Friendslop”
Welcome back, everyone! I am extremely pleased to present to you the entrants in the Blogs of the Round Table “Friendslop” Essay Jam—all twenty-four of them! This has been an incredible…
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 05/09/2026
As someone who has *previously written for Eurogamer*, I will not be reading Eurogamer again. What an absolute ethical black hole they've become.
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Josh Boykin @wallstormer.blacksky.app · 02/09/2026
It was really wonderful to get the chance to talk about game narrative...and more than game narrative with @inkle.co! Thanks so much for the opportunity, and hope y'all check it out 🖤💛
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Dr. Emily Price @emilyprice.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
My planned columns about women and the games industry return; this time I’d like to talk to women who review video games about their experiences landing and writing reviews, especially recently. If this is you, reach out via DM or eaprice.work@gmail.com
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Aliette de Bodard @aliettedebodard.com · 02/09/2026
"My worry is the intelligence that is retreating: the human intelligence that builds these systems, deploys them, and adopts them into workflows, then hides behind the results – then pins the blame on a system from nowhere." mail.cyberneticforests.com/models-dont-... Via @julietemckenna.bsky.social
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Models Don't Go Rogue
Stochastic Flocks & Cybersecurity 'Pandemonium' 💡This essay was drafted from my appearance on Mél Hogan's podcast, The Data Fix, discussing the OpenAI / Hugging Face hack. Embedded below or find it o...
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 28/08/2026
Also featured: - New photos in my Bristol Zoo Project gallery for 2026 - A microfiction from 2024 about filling our hearts with trash - An essay from 2017 on Final Fantasy X, the Dark Tower, and the True Ending Come take a look! www.robhainescreative.space #RobHainesCreativeSpace
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 28/08/2026
I've been so busy taking photos in 2026 that I've fallen behind on updating my website with all my 2026 photos So today's website update is the first step in rectifying that: www.robhainescreative.space/visual-art/p... #Photography #RobHainesCreativeSpace
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A Bee-stiary
2026
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 30/08/2026
Wrote a short piece on Crystal Chronicles, remasters and the magic of going on a journey together, inspired by @critdistance.bsky.social's Friendslop Jam www.robhainescreative.space/writing/nonf... #BoRT #BlogsOfTheRoundTable #RobHainesCreativeSpace
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To Journey With Friends
In February 2025, Square Enix announced the shutdown of the iOS version of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. It’s a sad story, one predicated as much on the persistent churn of mobile APIs and the in...
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RJ Palmer 🔜 LBX 637 @rj-palmer.com · 01/09/2026
⚔️🔥CAPTURE QUEST: CHARIZARD🔥⚔️ I have wanted to paint this for over a decade and spent the last year of my life fighting to bring it to the finish line. Please take a look, there is a lot to see
Gargantuan illustration of a charizard redesigned in the style of a monster hunter elder dragon. There are 4 hunters attacking him and their pikapalico is readying a voltorb bomb to throw. There is so much stuff in there, I spent a damn year on this. I'm exhausted.
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 01/09/2026
Hey TTRPG friends, you've got another 60 minutes to go support Robin's Witch-class Kickstarter and help her across the last stretch goal!
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Robin Thorne @whatrobindoes.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
✨10 hours to go.✨ Play the brand new Witch class in DnD 5e OR 5.5e, raise a chicken-legged house into a chicken-legged home and delve into nightmares in a small town folk-horror! Story. Art. Exploration. Discovery. For humans, by humans. Every time. witchstarter.co.uk
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Robin Thorne @whatrobindoes.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Season of the Witch has 48 Hours to go! This is when the final push begins. If you're keen on the campaign, please share this far and wide. ✨ Back the campaign NOW at: witchstarter.co.uk
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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · 30/08/2026
Wrote a short piece on Crystal Chronicles, remasters and the magic of going on a journey together, inspired by @critdistance.bsky.social's Friendslop Jam www.robhainescreative.space/writing/nonf... #BoRT #BlogsOfTheRoundTable #RobHainesCreativeSpace
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To Journey With Friends
In February 2025, Square Enix announced the shutdown of the iOS version of Final Fantasy: Crystal Chronicles. It’s a sad story, one predicated as much on the persistent churn of mobile APIs and the in...
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