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Chris Scullion @scully1888.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Was looking at the Silent Hill Townfall concept art and my jaw dropped. Was back in my hometown tonight so I had to go and take a photo. There are many ways to mock my beloved Coatbridge, but “your home’s so miserable it was used as concept art for a Silent Hill game” is a new one for me

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

We've seen some questions pop up around layoffs: "well, if they were laid off, didn't that mean they weren't doing a good job? Maybe they deserved it." And on its face, that sounds logical and legitimate. Because the opposite would just be pure cruelty, right? ...Right? ...So here's the thing.

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Is There a Fishing Minigame? @fishingminigames.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

This random fishing toy I found in my local game store (Electronic Sport Fishing) does not have a fishing minigame because it is a fishing *game*!! 100 likes and I'll buy it and record footage of it working-- #electronicsportfishing #gaming #fishing #fishingminigame

A motion controlled electronic fishing rod game? I don't really know how else to describe it. Calls itself "Electronic Sport Fishing".

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꒰ᐢ..ᐢ꒱颖琦Gwyn @gravenmyth.com · 06/08/2026

every time I see this I ugly laugh 😭

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Every year for Pride, I repost Hue. I made him to send love and comfort to those who feel Pride isn’t for them because they aren’t out. You matter, you are valid, and it’s ok if you aren’t ready yet. Coming out is not a requirement for being part of this community. Happy Pride 🌈

A rainbow colored box turtle looking nervously out of a drab gray shell. There is text above him that says “It’s OK if you’re not ready yet.”

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 19/05/2026

You're not supposed to hear about @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social's Dreams on a Pillow according to some very influential forces - so how about we make sure that game happens. You can crowdfund the full development of the game here. www.launchgood.com/v4/campaign/...

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“Dreams on a Pillow” is in development - Help Us Tell The Full Story | LaunchGood | LaunchGood

Development of the stealth adventure game about the Nakba is underway. New game trailer headlines a final crowdfunding push for remaining budget until release.

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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

as we grieve the slop-ification of Google, I want to know everyone's favorite fun niche sites from Back When The Internet Was Good. what did you visit every day on your coffee break at work? we were a big Homestar Runner household, and I also loved Cake Wrecks and Animals Talking In All Caps

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Access The Animus @accesstheanimus.com · 11/05/2026

We keep celebrating our 13th anniversary with a giveaway of 5 codes for Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced! Follow us, Retweet this and answer: "What is the main character’s full name in ACBlack Flag Resynced?” Please add which platform / region you are competing for!

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Recharging Homos 🔋 @hexhomos.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

AO3 put out a warning detailing what kinds of automated bot comments you should watch for, remember its AI doing these archiveofourown.org/admin_posts/...

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

Episode-style presentation and full voice acting from the cast? DOS PC-playing TNG fans ate well in '95. 📺: Star Trek: A Final Unity, Spectrum Holobyte, 1995.

A gameplay snap showing the SVGA rendition of the Enterprise D's bridge and command crew with a captain's log being spoken and spelled out in text below. An episode title card is authentically show. "A Final Unity."

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feeb | yuritober!! @magicmooshka.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

it’s come to my attention that my tumblr post has been crossposted to bluesky, so I’m posting it on my account here #AntiAI #GenAI

recently my friend's comics professor told her that it's acceptable to use gen AI for script-writing but not for art, since a machine can't generate meaningful artistic work. meanwhile, my sister's screenwriting professor said that they can use gen AI for concept art and visualization, but that it won't be able to generate a script that's any good. and at my job, it seems like each department says that AI can be useful in every field except the one that they know best.

It's only ever the jobs we're unfamiliar with that we assume can be replaced with automation. The more attuned we are with certain processes, crafts, and occupations, the more we realize that gen AI will never be able to provide a suitable replacement. The case for its existence relies on our ignorance of the work and skill required to do everything we don't.

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SpiritMuse @spiritmuse.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Ocarina of Time, hands down. Though Anno 1602 and Settlers 3 were strong contenders too. Now, probably Anno 1602. Ocarina of Time's control scheme didn't age well for me, otherwise it would still be at the top.

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SpiritMuse @spiritmuse.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Such a difficult choice! For THEN, it has to be a three-way tie between The Longest Journey, Space Channel 5, and FF8. Though AoE 2 and Shenmue are close. For NOW, probably just The Longest Journey. I replayed it some time last year and damn if it doesn't hold up... once you can get it to run.

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Chiitan🌈ちぃたん☆ @chiitan.love · 20/10/2025

Chiitan is a good girl so she will help you. お手伝いが大好きですっ☆

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Aimee Steinberger @aimeekitty.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

"What was your biggest impact on the Internet?" I drew the original of this. (I storyboarded and assistant directed on this episode.) (Fry, "Shut up and take my money")

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fry from futurama is holding a bunch of money in his hand

ALT: fry from futurama is holding a bunch of money in his hand

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 31/12/2025

Just texted a friend "can you remind me when you're around tomorrow/overmorrow" and I just think if a few of us really gave it a try suuuper casually we could bring back this word for day after tomorrow next year

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Is There a Fishing Minigame? @fishingminigames.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Welcome to the first ever FISHING MINIGAME OF THE YEAR AWARDS!! This is an award show to showcase what I believe to be the best of the year in a bunch of fishing minigame related categories! Every game will be linked to and the developers tagged (if possible) #fishingminigame #indiegame #gameawards

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⭐️ The cabbit of the stars ⭐️ @tommothecabbit.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

Merry Christmas Eve aka "Almost Christmas" day Today's the only day to legally post this

Screenshot of Phoenix Wright from Ace Attorney saying "Almost Christmas" means it wasn't Christmas

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The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...

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First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition

Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Stepping from one world to another for this week's #RandomGameSaturday with Funcom's The Longest Journey. Still one of my favourite point and click adventure games. 💜 I connected so hard with April Ryan too at the time, making it even more of a special first experience.

A photo of the double CD album case release of The Longest Journey from 1999. A render of protag April's face and several other characters can be seen. The big box is sadly long gone.

A photo of the back of the case with game premise text presented in a vertical design that feels like literary flair

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Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Hi, I'm the CEO of Glorbo, the company who enjoys near unprecedented goodwill in our field, I'm here today to talk to you about our pivot to using the Magic 8-Ball powered by children's bones that everybody hates, I've given myself psychosis listening to the 8-ball aaaaeeeeeiiiiooouuuu

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Fredo Fabrucci: The Poster's Poster™ @fredo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Actual psychologist here, and there are 2 things I would like to point out: 1. This sort of "we tried our best / we weren't so bad" is very much a classic move of the awful authoritarian and/or narcissistic parent, they've always done this and social media has allowed them more reach 🧵

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Joshua Duckworth🦆🦆🦆 @duckzio.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

I've been thinking about Veilguard's anniversary for months now. What could I say? What should I say? Should I say anything? I loved this game at launch, I love it today, I love everything it brought into my life. That's that (in 4000 words cuz I yap too much) gamerant.com/dragon-age-v...

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Dragon Age: The Veilguard Was My 10/10 a Year Ago, and It Still Is Today

Dragon Age: The Veilguard was never a one-off release for me, and it means as much today as it did last year, if not more.

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Somebody wake up Hicks @jonmarkhicks.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

I think about this a lot.

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Maryn McKenna @marynmck.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

I am begging men to do this. Begging.

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Medusa’s Wink @medusaswink.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Me: i’m Autistic Them: Oh you take things literally Me: No that’s kleptomania

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Ryan Estrada @ryanestrada.com · 06/09/2025

Just a reminder to check for your name in this list of books that OpenAI trained from. If your name is there, they probably owe you several thousand dollars. OpenAI cried that if everyone eligible author files, the company will go bankrupt, so I'm alerting every author I have ever spoken to.

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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

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Janina Matthewson @j9andif.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

I watched a lot of American Idol and I'm here to talk to you about ai ihavenoplanforthis.ghost.io/friends-fear...

The early rounds of the show were obviously awful, exploitative shit, but there was a repeated refrain among the people who would go on to crash and burn in the audition. They were there because they just felt they were supposed to be a star.

I don't want to dunk on people who were humiliated on international television, but what's interesting to me is how many people believed they could rock up and become, not just a professional singer, but a famous one when they've clearly never put in any work towards being able to sing. They haven't sung enough to know they're bad at it, which raises the question of whether they actually even like to sing.

I'm not saying there aren't people who sing a lot and are still not great at it – it's me, I'm the problem it's me – but if you sing a lot and you're not great at it you learn that you are not great at it and you work at it to improve.

You're an entertainer, you're there to give people a good time, and if they think you're not having a good time then they won't either. Part of the job is hiding the job.

It's a double edged sword, obviously, and that's one of the things that's got us here, with people claiming they should be able to have the magic of art without the work of making it. It's not just that they don't understand the work, it's that they don't want to understand it.

They want to inhabit this perceived world of the artist. They want to believe it exists. But it doesn't. Artists live in the real world and they do real work and it's hard.

You do your best work when you're lucky enough to have found a great director, or editor, or whatever – someone who understands what you're trying to do, who sees what you're capable of, and who can push you hard enough to get you there. This involves arguing but in collaboration, rather than contention and, with the right creative partner, it's invigorating and satisfying and honestly one of the best parts of the process.

A lot of people don't understand this and you see it on reality TV all the time. If you're used to creative work you see the comments of people like Simon Cowell (Or RuPaul, or Keith Brymer Jones, or whoever) for what they are: useful notes from an expert that will help a contestant grow. But to a lot of the audience (and honestly too many contestants) they land as criticism. Insults, even.

The truth is you get to choose how much you want to improve yourself, in whatever direction. If you're not very strong and you want to get strong, you start picking up heavy things. You pick up heavier things this week than you did last week and it's hard and you have to push yourself. If you can afford it you hire a person to push you for you. You accept that it's hard and you do it and as it becomes easier you choose whether you want to accept that ease or make it harder again and get even stronger.

If you want to become good at art then you start doing art and you're bad at it, but you keep going and try to be a little better this week than you were last week. You study and read, you take a class if you can. You push yourself or you find someone who'll push you and you get better.

It's not easy, but it should be satisfying. If the process of learning how to paint feels like hazing then maybe you just don't like painting.

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Draxx YaroOoOga 👻🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @draxxyaruga.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

For anyone just starting their journey or know someone who is, DIY the whole process. Do not tell your GP or the NHS, they'd rather see you dead than provide basic healthcare. hrtcafe.net

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HRT Cafe

HRTCafe.net, formerly DIYHRT.Cafe, is a website created to provide information for how to safely obtain DIY HRT for trans people who cannot access it via traditional means.

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Sasha's Retrobytes 🏳️‍⚧️ @sharkabytes.bsky.social · 08/10/2024

In a parallel universe, or thanks to a bit of miscommunication through a dodgy telephone line to Japan, Aerith was instead...

A snippet from PlayStation Power's late 1996 feature on FF7, where 'Ealis' is described.

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Harle A. Hyena @hyenagrin.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

HEADS UP. BSky added a feature that allows people to be notified every time you post. A fine feature! By default, it's set to allow anyone to do this. If you are prone to stalkers though: *Under Privacy and Security settings, you can change this to only allow people you follow back to use this.*

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Redzy @itsredzy.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

One year ago I started playing FFXIV on my Journey of an Eorzean Lifetime, today I can finally release the first episode of my series chronicling the struggles to git gud. Unlocking FFXIV One Patch at a Time (Patch Locked Ep. 1) ➡️ youtu.be/mpRr2ORvm3k

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Win98 SPOOKY support @win98tech.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Stop Killing Games EU petition is now at NINETY PERCENT if you're in the EU or know people in the EU they still have a month to vote! eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...

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Videogame Beaches🏳️‍⚧️ @videogamebeach.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Island Stage (Samba de Amigo 2000, DC, Sonic Team, 2000)

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Michael Brunström @michaelbrunstrom.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Gashapon (or Gachapon) are vending machines found all over Japan that dispense capsules containing miniature toys and other items. There are thousands of different kinds. Here’s a thread of the best ones I saw on my recent trip. 🧵

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Mel Brooks @officialmelbrooks.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I told you we’d be back

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Gaza Freedom Flotilla Coalition @freedomflotilla.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

SOS! the volunteers on 'Madleen' have been kidnapped by Israeli forces. Greta Thunberg is a Swedish citizen. Pressure the foreign ministries and help us keep Greta safe! Web: government.se/contacts/ X : @SweMFA FB : @SweMFA IG : swedishmfa #AllEyesOnMadleen

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Kelly - Back Sage Council, ending soon! @kellywhyte.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Folks, meet Mapuna, a white kiwi who lives at Pūkaha wildlife centre. Pūkaha needs urgent funding to stay open and look after manu taogna like him, they've only got about 10% of what they need so far. Help them out if you can: pukaha-donation-appeal.raiselysite.com

A white kiwi against a forest background, standing in a three quarter pose looking at the camera

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Laura Kate Dale - LauraKBuzz @laurakbuzz.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2025 is airing Friday June 6th at 4pm UK, 11am Eastern, 8am Pacific. 52 Mins, 20+ Games. Regular: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tbu... ASL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1haL... BSL: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg7I... Audio Described: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3d4...

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Access-Ability Summer Showcase 2025

YouTube video by LauraKBuzz

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soul nate @mnateshyamalan.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

i miss the early internet. people were like “you gotta see this dude. this cat sure is long.” and they were right. it was really long. it never shoulda gotten any more complicated than that.

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The Advocate @advocate.com · 28/05/2025

J.K. Rowling is using her wealth attained from the "Harry Potter" series to create an organization dedicated to removing transgender people's rights "in the workplace, in public life, and in protected female spaces.” 🔗: bit.ly/3ZBRxYk

J.K. Rowling uses 'Harry Potter' wealth to fund anti-transgender organization

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