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@sparkydjm1.bsky.social
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Historian, writer, Good Guy Gamer, PlayFriend, baby queer Working a Light Novel in the background. Pfp and banner by @hiperbolicart.bsky.social

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Kimimi🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com · 08/10/2026
Things are rather tight as I set up emergency go bags/buy medical bits and pieces/pay transport costs, etc and I'm unable to take on pro work as I can get a call at any time for an appointment I can't miss. Any help you can spare and every last sub really, ~really~ helps right now: ko-fi.com/kimimi
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Videogame archaeologist and explorer: Player of the untranslated. Lifter-upper of the unloved and misunderstood.
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Psychopomp @psychopomp.com · 09/10/2026
hello, I am doing some research and would like to tap into the collective brains of BSKY: 1. can you share some genre or literary fiction magazines that have closed and the archive is NO LONGER ONLINE 2. the same but the archives remain online FOR NOW i would also appreciate RTs for awareness 💀
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
This is incredible work. It accurately sums up the feelings that I haven't been able to put into words since I heard the news.
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Flora 🍓🏳️‍⚧️ @floramerigold.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Yesterday's news about Jacob Geller broke my heart, so much that I couldn't stop dwelling on it all day. In an effort to make sense of this horrific news and my admittedly complicated feelings about it, here is my article on the Jacob Geller situation: epiloguegaming.com/what-do-we-d...
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What Do We Do With Jacob Geller? - Epilogue Gaming
Earlier this week, a friend noticed Jacob Geller’s book, How A Game Lives, sitting amongst my living room shelves. Under almost any other circumstances, this would have been an exciting invitation for...
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You too, huh?
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
...oh. Oh.
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Lupita Nihongo @otsumamiboy.blacksky.app · 27/09/2026
Been avoiding this but it’s Super Important to have access to knowledge & experience w neurodivergence ASAP. A big source of lifetime torture among people with ADHD roots from inability to contextualize & put into words what we are experiencing both within & from how the outside world responds to us
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Thousands of university jobs lost too, and barely a peep either.
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✨ Star @ LBX ✨ @thestarfishface.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
As much as it kills me (bc I love Professor Layton *so much*), I won't be playing the new game. And if you don't want AI in games, neither should you.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Hurrah! Glad these are returning! ^^
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I remember a prominent liberal (who, in fairness, is aware of this dismal state of affairs) once asking why British liberals/the left seem to be wrapped up in doomerism. After this week, I can take a couple of guesses.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Weak police response, weak government response, dismal mainstream media response with their 'legitimate concerns' bs Sounds about normal for the UK, honestly. *sigh*
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PSX Bunlith 🪄🏳️‍⚧️ E2 OCT 16TH!!!! 🐰🌱 BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 @b0tster.yeag.gay · 06/09/2026
🚨🚨🚨BLUESKY 38 IS AI SLOP🚨🚨🚨 PLEASE DO NOT PARTICIPATE sorry to ruin everyones fun 💔💔💔
screenshot of bsky3d, with the 'source on tangled' source code link circledscreenshot of the repo, with CLAUDE circled in multiple locations
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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
not out of the woods yet, but biscuit is breathing much better than yesterday, and the cardiologist says her condition should be treatable. I am BEYOND relieved now the bad news: this has been hellaciously expensive. if you can help in any way, it'd be massively appreciated
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Donate to Help Biscuit recover from heart failure and keep being alive, organized by Nathan Grayson
Hi, I'm Nathan Grayson. At least some of you probably know me… Nathan Grayson needs your support for Help Biscuit recover from heart failure and keep being alive
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Valentine 🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇷🐇 @bunnybelmont.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
please ignore this game, suda and james gunn are not involved, it’s an AI game (confirmed) from a company that loves AI play an actual suda game on steam right now called KILLER7, which is one of the best games ever made also no more heroes and the silver case and killer is dead, just to name more
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Re-upping this thread from my best friend Lu since it's Bi Visibility Month. It's worth a read! Check it out! ^^
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Becka 🎃🔮🦇 @beckabites.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
September is Bi Visibility Month, so perceiving me may be easier, as all bisexuals have disadvantage on stealth rolls until Halloween 1st.
BI REMINDER
💜Bisexual women are still bi even if they're dating men
🩷Bisexual men exist, and they're not "just gay"
💙Ace/Aro bisexuals, & Nonbinary
bisexuals exist
💜Sexual orientation is about attraction, not action
🩷Bisexuals dont need to have dated all the genders/gender identities they re attracted to - to know they're attracted to them
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Inkgrid | Edel-Art @inkgrid.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
👻🌸Hoenn Elite Four Member Phoebe💃👩 "I want to see just how deep our bond of friendship can grow!" ✨ #art #digitalart #edel-art #fanart #artsky #pokemon #nintendo #humanart
Artwork of Phobe from the Pokemon series. Phoebe is a Ghost-type specialist and the second member of the Hoenn Elite Four. She has short, spiky brown hair, tan skin, and blue eyes. Large red Hawaiian-style cornflower accessories cover the sides of her head. She wears a tropical blue two-piece 
sarong-style outfit with a white floral pattern and goes barefoot except for a red ankle bracelet.The Pokemon Shuppet, Sableye and Duskull can be seen as well.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
In fairness, it did actually inspire me. It motivated me to continue making, and supporting, human-made art. It inspired me to let go of my imposter syndrome once and for all. Because the worst thing I've ever written is still better than the mindless jumble of AI 'ideas' 4/4 FIN
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
A lot of the stuff I saw looked pretty or 'cool', but ended up feeling painfully generic or 'off' in a way that was even more obvious once you looked closely. None of it had much, if any, thought behind it. It was just mindlessly mashed together. No thought. No process. No soul. 3/4
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I tried to be as generous as I could, ignoring the obvious mistakes or the questionable design choices and trying to keep an open mind about what I was looking at. Even then, I was pretty unimpressed and, as mentioned, I remember nothing about them. If the goal was to inspire, it failed. 2/4
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Yesterday, I decided (against my better judgement) to look at some AI videos - some animated, some still images - to see if they offered any inspiration, as the AI bros promise they do. It has been about 24 hours. I barely remember any of the stuff I looked at. 1/4
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A brilliantly funny man, a constant reminder that being unapologetic camp is something to be encouraged, not disregarded. Love you, Tim.
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Matt Gardner | GameTripper @gametripperuk.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Goodbye, Tim Curry, you marvellous beast. I'll never forget the single greatest line you've ever delivered.
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Tim Curry is escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism.
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Zach Soares @voxels.ca · 26/05/2026
I'm looking for work! - Characters - Environments - Animations Whatever your needs, I can do it 💪 I've worked on Teardown, Vampire Crawlers and many more! Feel free to DM me or email zachary.soares@zsinked.com
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton, and the life she led, was a beacon of compassion and beauty to the cruelty, the cynicism, the apathy, and the coarseness of the last 40 years or so. If I have any hope for the future it is that her legacy continues to shine brightly when all else is dark.
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
This is not misinformation. That's what I normally cover - something out of context, an opinion quoted as fact, or a deliberate misinterpretation... This is none of those. This is full-on disinformation. Because that is NOT from the Express. It is entirely fake😱 🧵 1/10
Lembit Opik tweet:

Burnham's big migration plan: take 4,000 stranded migrants from Ceuta, bring them to the UK and put them up in luxury hotels. Americans look at Europe in despair. 

Express Headline: Burnham's migrant, Campbell, 1,000 stranded in Ceuta to be brought to UK. The Prime Minister proposes flying thousands of stranded migrants from Spanish enclave to Britain and housing them in London hotels. 

Monk Debunked stamp on top of both
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Ellory @thelocalmuffin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Hey so as a heads up. This. Is. All. Commissions. PayPal is DREADFUL to work with. Do not mention the word. Do not censor the word. Please just pay the invoice. If you do the artist you commissioned WILL get in trouble.
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Nozomu @nozomugames.com · 17/08/2026
We've launched an indie publisher label!!! Behold: Inner Pocket, home of curiosity games! inner-pocket.com During the last two years, universe brought together 4 cool people with different skills, but common love for such games... And here we are! Saying "I'm excited" is an understatement :D
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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Targeting trans people made these women a lot of male friends on the right and far right. Rather than taking that as the wake-up call it was, they dug in, and began to look for other ways to impress their new friends. Andrea Dworkin’s classic Right-Wing Women explored the dynamics eloquently in 1978
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HiyoriStudios 🌸🎃 || Vgen Open @hiyoristudios.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
but I was thinking that whenever I do something like watch an anime or more specially play a game I should really draw my sona or one of my OCs interacting with those games
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Plenty to reflect about re: the Arday affair, but I'm going to repeat this one thing. The playbook the right used here is effective even though it's not especially sophisticated, as it relies on the audience to do the dirty work. I've been calling it "Trojan horse propaganda", let's go with that. 1/
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Ok, some thoughts, as an olde tyme academic, on the Arday tragedy. First, allegations about causes. We don't know what was in his mind, but many people are keen to blame him, or woke lefties/academia, or the media. Some people are absolutely certain that the media are faultless. 1/
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Dave Andress @davidandress.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The columnariat are, quite simply, some of the worst people in society. They will murder you, cry at your funeral, and turn in 800 words on how your death is the fault of the wokes.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
The system is at fault, but it is built the way it is because a lot of ordinary people are okay with how it operates. If you reward a system that does bad things without consequences, the system will continue to do bad things because they know they get rewarded for it.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Good news: you can do both, since we can call it fascism now. Especially in the current atmosphere where people's rights are being slowly eroded by the government. Something like "Democrats: we're all in this together. Fight for each other. Protect all rights."
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
I still can't believe it. It seems so unreal. A whole life...gone. Why?
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
It says a lot that people are telling on their neighbours because of a poorly thought out emergency alert by a government that would rather do anything else except tackle the problem head-on by making difficult choices.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
God, it makes me sick! A man is dead after she helped hound him to the grave and all she can think about is 'how do I use Arday's death to explain why trans people aren't real?' I'd call it a heartless act, but I'm not sure she has a heart at all these days...
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I think as a society we’re becoming crueller, more hateful, less forgiving In large part because it makes some of the worst people alive a lot of money - hate sells, love doesn’t But also because life is getting harder, and many people want to take their anger out on people they can reach and ruin
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Apologies for over-generalising, but I'm just so tired - almost too tired to be outraged because I've seen it happen so, so many times. No empathy. No dignity. Just call for his head, hound his every waking moment and then wash their hands when the victim can't take any more. Where does it end?
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Seeing her reply after watching the right-wing media outrage ecosystem tear Arday apart and use him as a scapegoat for 'WOKISM' leaves a bitter taste in my mouth. It sickens me that no lessons will be learnt by anyone. They demand blood and then shrink from the sight of it.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So Britain accommodating a world leader who is deliberately starting wars and overseeing war crimes while their country is facing mutliple domestic issues, has backfired on us? Man, if I had a penny every time that happened, I could buy one of Boris' bridges.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
'So, as I was saying, before we were rudely interrupted...'
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
So, yeah, I don't miss those days one bit. I'm sure clubbing and partying can be fun in moderation, but the 90s/00s party culture? Hell no.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Mostly, I remember all the stuff about 'binge drinking' and 'club life' in the UK at the time, everyone getting just blotto drunk and having hangovers in the morning...if they made it home at all. And then they'd pressure friends to join in or called them wussies for not taking part.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I was never into the 'party scene' one bit. Even when I was old enough to drink and have sex (and actually live in a place with a club or two), being in a loud club getting drunk was so unappealing to me. And yes, I remember the date rape normalisation.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
He also had to keep his opinions on religion locked down and out of sight because he decided that the Bible was complete nonsense. But saying it openly would have seen him branded a heretic and kicked out of his job.
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David @sparkydjm1.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
That's just my prediction. I could be wildly wrong (I certainly have been before) but after giving it some thought, I'm not convinced that it'll be a mega-hit on par with the first HP films. HP is still beloved, but in a quaint nostalgic way. Times (and tastes) have changed.
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