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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 27/09/2026

I honestly think reading Illuminatus! and playing with discordianism is an inoculation against believing in conspiracy BS

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 26/09/2026

Obviously not the most important aspect, but I wonder how things have been for women named Ai lately? With all the you-know-what going on

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 16/09/2026

Heads up! Since EP7 of the #umineko stage play is going to be put on soon, SMC's youtube channel has temporarily put up all previous episodes so check them out before they're taken down after the play! www.youtube.com/@%E9%80%B2%E...

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進戯団夢命クラシックス

伊藤マサミ率いる演劇集団、進戯団夢命クラシックスの公式アカウントです。

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 16/09/2026

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進戯団夢命クラシックス

伊藤マサミ率いる演劇集団、進戯団夢命クラシックスの公式アカウントです。

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 10/09/2026

Like how Michelin both sells tires and rates restaurants, and Guinness both brews beer and supports world records, are there other companies like that?

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Ursula K. Le Guin Bot @leguinbot.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Things don't have purposes, as if the universe were a machine, where every part has a useful function. What's the function of a galaxy? I don't know if our life has a purpose and I don't see that it matters. What does matter is that we're a part.

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 20/08/2026

The spellchecker fails to recognize 'viridian' and suggests 'NVIDIA' instead.

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 06/08/2026

I'm sure I'm not the first to note that this is basically the Hollywood version of Shimoneta, right?

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am cosmos @amcosmos.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

We’re watching a Luigi’s Mansion speedrun and Joel just sent me this

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 05/07/2026

Hi! I haven't made a status update on #HERO for a while, though I continue to work on it at the usual pace. Here's a grid of images that present most (~80%) of the secondary character sprites. I'm transitioning to main characters now #gamedev #vndev #screenshotsaturday

large grid of thumbnails of illustrated character sprites

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 05/07/2026

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コハタ　ヤスマサ @y-kohata.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

5日間の疲れが2日で取れるわけないでしょ!! #design #logo #logodesign #graphicdesign #portfolioday #art

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 11/06/2026

coworker of mine was cleaning out his mom's house for a move and discovered eight unopened pokemon tcg booster packs from 1999

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 06/06/2026

This took me ten years to write (well, ten years to figure out what was going on, about a week to finally crystalize it into something publishable sasugastudios.medium.com/the-lies-we-...

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The Lies We Tell Ourselves About Ourselves

We lie about ourselves a lot. To others, yes, but to ourselves too. Those are the most frequent lies we tell, to ourselves, about ourselves.

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 03/06/2026

AI pushers underestimate my ability to avoid using new technology. I've never used any ride-sharing or food-delivery services and I have a physical, standalone alarm clock by my bed. Heck, I scribble notes on scraps of paper.

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Plasma Ring @plasmaring.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

so like lemme weigh in on this as someone who is more financially comfortable than many in my generational cohort: everything I have gained seems precarious and temporary because I know the people with real money will take it all from me the second they get an opportunity and no one will protect me.

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 21/05/2026

"The ultimate weapon has always existed. Every man, every woman, and every child owns it. It's the ability to say No and take the consequences." ― Robert Anton Wilson, Leviathan

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 21/04/2026

"If you and I exchange equal goods, that is trade: neither of us profits and neither of us loses. But if we exchange unequal goods [...] you will observe, instead, a steady profit accruing to one group and an equally steady loss accumulating for all others. Why is this?" -Robert Anton Wilson

“Privilege implies exclusion from privilege, just as advantage implies disadvantage," Celine went on. "In the same mathematically reciprocal way, profit implies loss. If you and I exchange equal goods, that is trade: neither of us profits and neither of us loses. But if we exchange unequal goods, one of us profits and the other loses. Mathematically. Certainly. Now, such mathematically unequal exchanges will always occur because some traders will be shrewder than others. But in total freedom—in anarchy—such unequal exchanges will be sporadic and irregular. A phenomenon of unpredictable periodicity, mathematically speaking. Now look about you, professor—raise your nose from your great books and survey the actual world as it is—and you will not observe such unpredictable functions. You will observe, instead, a mathematically smooth function, a steady profit accruing to one group and an equally steady loss accumulating for all others. Why is this, professor? Because the system is not free or random, any mathematician would tell you a priori. Well, then, where is the determining function, the factor that controls the other variables? You have named it yourself, or Mr. Adler has: the Great Tradition. Privilege, I prefer to call it. When A meets B in the marketplace, they do not bargain as equals. A bargains from a position of privilege; hence, he always profits and B always loses. There is no more Free Market here than there is on the other side of the Iron Curtain. The privileges, or Private Laws—the rules of the game, as promulgated by the Politburo and the General Congress of the Communist Party on that side and by the U.S. government and the Federal Reserve Board on this side—are slightly different; that's all. And it is this that is threatened by anarchists, and by the repressed anarchist in each of us," he concluded, strongly emphasizing the last clause, staring at Drake, not at the professor.”

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 19/04/2026

Here we are, the next couple #HERO characters decked out with outfits #gamedev #vndev

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, a woman wearing semi casual shirt and pants

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, a man wearing combat clothes

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 19/04/2026

Here we are, the next couple #HERO characters decked out with outfits #gamedev #vndev

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 26/02/2026

It took a bit, but a couple more #HERO characters have been outfitted with clothing #gamedev #vndev

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2D vector illustration of a character sprite, a woman wearing a long skirt and sweater

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 26/02/2026

In times of strife, I find it helpful to return to the words of Robert Anton Wilson; here are a select few quotations: medium.com/@sasugastudi...

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A Few Things Stated by Robert Anton Wilson

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 26/02/2026

It took a bit, but a couple more #HERO characters have been outfitted with clothing #gamedev #vndev

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 05/01/2026

who remembers animations from the likes of RSF from when flash was at its peak? www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6op...

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Michael Quest III (Flash animation trilogy)

YouTube video by Madsiur

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 03/01/2026

A couple more #HERO characters have their outfits added #gamedev #vndev

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, a woman wearing an athletic tracksuit

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 03/01/2026

A couple more #HERO characters have their outfits added #gamedev #vndev

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 28/12/2025

New Blog Post: Status Report #HERO: Week of 12.28 sasugastudios.com/blog/status/... #gamedev #vndev

Three character illustrations from the waist up against a grid background

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 28/12/2025

New Blog Post: Status Report #HERO: Week of 12.28 sasugastudios.com/blog/status/... #gamedev #vndev

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 20/12/2025

I've got a couple more #HERO characters with their outfits drawn #gamedev #vndev

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, man wearing casual kannushi uniform

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, woman wearing formal kimono

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 20/12/2025

I've got a couple more #HERO characters with their outfits drawn #gamedev #vndev

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 04/12/2025

Several more #HERO character sprites are now dressed #gamedev #vndev

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, a woman in a formal dress

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, a man in a formal suit

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 04/12/2025

Several more #HERO character sprites are now dressed #gamedev #vndev

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 02/12/2025

After playing ZWEI2 and Majikoi, I think we should bring back randomized voice actors saying the name of the development studio in character during the launch splash screen

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 09/11/2025

Here's another #HERO character outfit #gamedev #vndev

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, elderly man in traditional Japanese clothing

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Daiz @daiz.moe · 29/10/2025

New article on ★ daiz.moe ★ Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason daiz.moe/crunchyroll-... A ton of research and effort went into this one. This is the article to read to get to the bottom of Crunchyroll's subtitle changes! Replies here will show up as comments (eventually)

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Crunchyroll is destroying its subtitles for no good reason | Daiz.moe

With the Fall 2025 anime season, Crunchyroll demonstrates zero respect for anime as a medium as the presentation quality of its subtitles reach an all-time low.

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 25/10/2025

A few more #HERO character outfits are all drawn up #gamedev #vndev

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, woman in a dark pencil skirt and suit jacket

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, woman in a long skirt and sleeveless sweater

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 25/10/2025

A few more #HERO character outfits are all drawn up #gamedev #vndev

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 11/10/2025

I got the next set of character outfits for #HERO finished #gamedev #vndev

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, young lady in an overall dress

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, young lady in a off shoulder shirt and skirt

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, young lady in a frilled blouse and skirt

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 11/10/2025

I got the next set of character outfits for #HERO finished #gamedev #vndev

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 28/09/2025

Here's a couple more character outfits for #HERO done #gamedev #vndev

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, older man in military officer uniform

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, woman in a dress with a cardigan on top

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The Public Domain Review @publicdomainrev.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Print from 1556 published by Hieronymus Cock , designed by Cornelis Floris II and engraved by Johannes or Lucas van Doetecum. More of these highly elaborate ornament prints, mostly in the grotesque style, from the collection of the Rijksmuseum here: publicdomainreview.org/collection/1...

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Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 14/09/2025

Here is some non-satire for you: Trans rights forever.

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 14/09/2025

the 14 features of ur-fascism as noted by Umberto Eco, useful to keep in mind

The cult of tradition. “One has only to look at the syllabus of every fascist movement to find the major traditionalist thinkers. The Nazi gnosis was nourished by traditionalist, syncretistic, occult elements.”
The rejection of modernism. “The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity. In this sense Ur-Fascism can be defined as irrationalism.”
The cult of action for action’s sake. “Action being beautiful in itself, it must be taken before, or without, any previous reflection. Thinking is a form of emasculation.”
Disagreement is treason. “The critical spirit makes distinctions, and to distinguish is a sign of modernism. In modern culture the scientific community praises disagreement as a way to improve knowledge.”
Fear of difference. “The first appeal of a fascist or prematurely fascist movement is an appeal against the intruders. Thus Ur-Fascism is racist by definition.”
Appeal to social frustration. “One of the most typical features of the historical fascism was the appeal to a frustrated middle class, a class suffering from an economic crisis or feelings of political humiliation, and frightened by the pressure of lower social groups.”
The obsession with a plot. “Thus at the root of the Ur-Fascist psychology there is the obsession with a plot, possibly an international one. The followers must feel besieged.”
The enemy is both strong and weak. “By a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”
Pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. “For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle.”
Contempt for the weak. “Elitism is a typical aspect of any reactionary ideology.”
Everybody is educated to become a hero. “In Ur-Fascist ideology, heroism is the norm. This cult of heroism is strictly linked with the cult of death.”
Machismo and weaponry. “Machismo implies both disdain for women and intolerance and condemnation of nonstandard sexual habits, fro…

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Nick @sasugastudios.com · 05/09/2025

Two more character outfits for #HERO served up hot #gamedev #vndev

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, a man in shirt, vest, and tie beneath a lab coat

2D vector illustration of a character sprite, a man in a striped shirt

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