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Vontre

@vontre.bsky.social
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Technical game designer and indie/professional dev, with a specialty in online multiplayer and rollback netcode. Creator of Cards and Castles ULTIMATE for mobile and PC!

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The techbros don't want you to see this trailer. Pass it on.
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 29/07/2026
All the video game studios that refuse to use generative AI aftermath.site/video-games-no...
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Stephanie Kollmann @slkollmann.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Yes. Using a computer now feels like this at all times.
Man yelling into bored woman's ear in nightclub meme captioned 

I can summarize that for you
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Clara 🌟 wishlist Pelikeeper! @trendywalnut.dev · 16/07/2026
CALLING ALL LOW BUDGET INDIE GAMES‼️ We're gathering games interested in participating in a "Low Budget, Big Heart" Steam Festival! 💰Self Published, Self Funded 🤏Under ~50k budget 🚫NO AI if you're interested in the festival sign up here: forms.gle/cndDrEf4rxiL... rts appreciated :)
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Low Budget, Big Heart Steam Festival interest form
We're looking for interested developers of low budget games to participate in our potential steam festival! Self published/self funded games are also welcome. If your game had a development budget ov...
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Feels like it never occurred to anyone that the MCU of the 2010s succeeded not because all the movies were interconnected, but in spite of it.
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tired-all-day.bsky.social @tired-all-day.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
*bullets flying overhead* Frasier: Well Niles…seems they intercepted your radio call, and now the VC KNOWS WHERE WE ARE! Niles: *scoff* I was code talking! How was I supposed to know they could speak French? Frasier: THEY WERE A COLONY
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NPR @npr.org · 24/06/2026
All three progressive candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani — including two who took on Democratic incumbents — won their primaries in safe seats almost guaranteeing their election in November. n.pr/4ahbysP
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Mamdani's political gamble pays off as his endorsed candidates sweep their primaries
All three progressive candidates backed by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani — including two who took on Democratic incumbents — won their primaries in safe seats almost guaranteeing their election in November.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 10/06/2026
I've been a broken record on this for three years and I'll be a broken record for as long as that fucking website exists: X is a viciously racist far-right organising platform that ONLY WORKS because a huge number of centrists, lefties and progressivs cannot stop propping it up
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Elon Musk accused of fuelling unrest after Belfast knife attack
The use of social media in planning violent protests over the Belfast knife attack has drawn condemnation, with Britain's ruling Labour Party accusing Elon Musk of stoking divisions. The tech billiona...
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Castlers! Cards and Castles Ultimate is the Game of the Day on the App Store in Canada! We're excited to be #OnTheAppStore and are ecstatic to be Game of the Day in Canada! Thank you for the continuous support from both the App Store Team and our community. #CardsandCastles #indiegame
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Chris Schilling @schillingc.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
A piece of Tears of the Kingdom key art with the caption “Weapon degradation is good, actually. Learn to value purposeful friction in games.”
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Damion Schubert @zenofdesign.com · 24/05/2026
I have (well, had) more than 10K followers on Twitter, and once he took over, my tweets started getting two orders of magnitude less visibility. Saying we should be saying what we have to say on Twitter/X is ignoring the point that doing so is absolutely futile anyway.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Mamdani has demonstrated something that Democrats have largely forgotten. You can't just do good things for voters and expect to be rewarded for it. You have to tell them about it, over and over again. You have to advertise your work in office just as much as you did on the campaign to win it.
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Pizza Rachel 🍕👨🏻 @dftbarachel.dftba.social · 01/05/2026
Despair Is Not Wisdom
colorful sparkly poster with the quote “I DON'T WANT TO LIVE IN A MIND WHERE
EVERY PIECE OF GOOD NEWS HAS TO BE IMIMEDIATELY ESCORTED OUT OF THE ROOM BY A COMMITTEE OF CAVEATS”
- HANK GREEN
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Cards and Castles ULTIMATE's first expansion, Journey Through Time, is officially out! Fight with ancient vampires, prehistoric dinosaurs, famous historical figures, and new combo mechanics. Log in now and claim 3 free packs of the expansion! #cardsandcastles #cardsandcastlesultimate #indiegame
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Truth is, Orbán is just the latest in long list of authoritarians to be defeated by anti-corruption politics. A Democratic landslide is possible if they can credibly take up the anti-corruption mantle. But that can’t happen if voters see them as corrupt and beholden to wealthy donors.
This pattern holds a crucial lesson for America’s current moment. As democratic norms erode and elections become increasingly tilted, anti-corruption movements offer what partisan politics cannot: the moral authority to unite society against a rigged system. When traditional opposition fails, these movements succeed because they transcend party lines, mobilizing citizens around a cause larger than any candidate: the fundamental fairness of the system itself.
Research shows that in polarized societies, the most effective opposition doesn’t fight on the traditional left-right battlefield where positions are entrenched. Instead, it creates an entirely new axis of conflict.1 Framing the stakes as clean versus corrupt shifts debate from rigid ideological divisions to a universally resonant moral question: are you on the side of the people or a corrupt elite?
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 12/04/2026
Black text on white background:

If corporations allow you to sign up with one click, you should be able to cancel with one click too.

Subscription traps, whether from an app or gym membership, are just another way corporations take advantage of working people. 

We've already put hundreds of companies on notice. This week, we proposed a rule that would make NYC a national leader in cracking down on abusive practices that nickel-and-dime New Yorkers.
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Castlers! Join us in the first expansion for Cards and Castles Ultimate, Journey Through Time, releasing May 1st this year. To celebrate, we're giving all players who log in right now to Cards and Castles Ultimate a new card called Shakespeare, Lost in Time from the upcoming set. #cardsandcastles
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 17/03/2026
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
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Kampf mit Kette @kampfmitkette.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
trump: the strait of hormuz is safe to cross the strait of hormuz:
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 12/03/2026
This is why education is extremely important because it allows people to understand how the economy and power actually work and shape outcomes, through a materialist framework. Otherwise you just end up believing every conspiracy theory because of pre conceived notions or social media brainrot slop
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
clinton's plan to beat trump was to elevate him above the rest of the republican field and then coast to an easy victory. i don't think she was right about that
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Kevin Parry @kevinbparry.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Skateboard stop-motion
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 27/02/2026
The entire Democratic strategy debate — "moderate" or move left? fight or compromise? — is based on a misreading of data. Voters don't think Dems are too progressive; they think Dems are weak. The actual math on what to do about this isn't even close! New: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/new-poll-d...
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Skittles_Witch @skittleswitch.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Today is the big day! I am very honored to celebrate the debut of @cardsandcastles.bsky.social brand new game Cards and Castles: Ultimate I've been very fortunate to be a part of playtesting for this phenomenal experience. If you are a TCG fan this game is for you! The battle begins 3:30pm CST!!!
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Cards and Castles Ultimate on Steam
Collectible cards meets tactical strategy! Build decks, uncover crazy combos, and battle friends and rivals in TACTICAL CARD-BOARD COMBAT. Bring your cards to life and dominate the grid!
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Cards and Castles Ultimate is now officially out! Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/3684810/... Apple: apps.apple.com/app/cards-an... Google Play: play.google.com/store/apps/d... #cardsandcastles #cardsandcastlesultimate #indiegame
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StrictlyChristo 🇺🇦🌻 @strictlychristo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
She fucking nailed it. 😆
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
Local zoning is the way! A lot of these are being stopped or stalled by neighborhood organizing. These warehouses often need to be purchased, permitted, approved for occupancy and specs. Each one of those steps can be interrupted. Ppl are pressuring corps not to sell, counties to deny permits, etc
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
everyone loved the tech industry's free music and friendship machines of 20-30 years ago. it's unclear what could be causing people to feel the opposite about the industry's new racism and insanity machine
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
It’s the freakin weekend
Data and Riker chilling in a trailer and blasting cigs
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Frank Cifaldi @frankcifaldi.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
I urge you to stop what you're doing and watch Alysa Liu's free skate from yesterday. I have never seen anything like this. I understand why sports writers are born now. I have never seen anyone as free from the burdens of this world as this pierced Oakland girl spinning to Donna Summers.
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Alysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United States
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
liberal walking into the car dealership: i want the second shittiest car you have. i will buy it for literally any price
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Honestly the writing for Starfleet Academy feels a lot more deft than previous shows, its pretty good. I like this more than SNW.
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
New game, new maps, new objectives! Check out the new maps and objectives in Cards and Castles Ultimate. Cards and Castles Ultimate comes out February 27th, 2026 on Steam and mobile devices. #cardsandcastles #CardsandCastlesUltimate #Indiegame
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"i promise right now, years away from an election, to vote for an awful shitbag bigot because he isn't the other guy" shut da fuck up. you are making things worse
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shaun @shaunvids.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
your vote has weight outside of election day. regardless of how you end up voting, until then you can bargain with it. the lesser evils are watching you, if you promise your vote for nothing you'll get nothing. say you wont vote for bad candidates. say you'll only vote for policies you like
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 11/02/2026
Raskin to Bondi: "You're not showing a lot interest in the victims. Whether it's Epstein's human trafficking ring or the homicidal government violence against citizens in Minneapolis, as AG you're siding with the perpetrators and ignoring the victims."
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.” What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Alberto Castañeda Mondragón says his memory was so jumbled after a beating by immigration officers that he initially could not remember he had a daughter and still struggles to recall treasured moments like the night he taught her to dance.

But the violence he endured last month in Minnesota while being detained is seared into his battered brain.

He remembers Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents pulling him from a friend’s car on Jan. 8 outside a St. Paul shopping center and throwing him to the ground, handcuffing him, then punching him and striking his head with a steel baton. He remembers being dragged into an SUV and taken to a detention facility, where he said he was beaten again.

He also remembers the emergency room and the intense pain from eight skull fractures and five life-threatening brain hemorrhages.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 04/02/2026
they don't have enough guys, and if the response in Minnesota shows anything it is that trying something like this is going to drive a much larger backlash than anything they hope to gain out of it "oh well I guess we'll just stay home" is not how this is going to go
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 24/01/2026
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
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Daniel Ahmad @zhugeex.com · 24/01/2026
Then it was how China was influencing the youth of America. A study was done showing views on TikTok for pro-Palestine content were higher than on Instagram, ironclad proof of manipulation. Then it came out Instagram was suppressing that content, and the views on TikTok were the normal amount.
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Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.
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“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICE
Extreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis.
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Huge Announcements Castlers! We're proud to announce that Cards and Castles Ultimate will officially release Friday, February 27th for both Steam and mobile devices. After much consideration, we decided that Cards and Castles Ultimate will be FREE TO PLAY from day one! #Indiegame
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Vontre @vontre.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Man, Prince of Persia remake is the only Ubisoft game I would have actually wanted to buy lol.
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C.M. Lewis 🦬⚔️ @thehousered.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
every single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
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TV's Adam, getting some buzzards involved, @tvsadam.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
the reason people sometimes act madder at democrats than republicans when republicans do impossibly evil shit is the same reason why, if you hired an exterminator to handle a roach infestation and he showed up to feed and play with them instead, your first instinct wouldn’t be to yell at the roaches
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Cards and Castles @cardsandcastles.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Congratulations to the Top 8 of our Winter Beta Brawl! That's all we have for this year, but there will be more to come next year. Happy New Year! #Tournament #indiegame
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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
This has always been a Bluesky-first campaign. But as of today, we will no longer be using Twitter. At all. And I'm calling on other candidates to follow suit.
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.chantal//RYAN @thoughtrise.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about
screenshot of a post on facebook from Alex Lamoreaux, depicting two versions of the "same" photograph of a bobcat in front of a pine plantation, one labeled original game cam photo, one labeling AI processed

the markings have been altered on the AI photo, and the head changed and resized

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Oh! A neat goose hybrid posted to ‘What’s this Bird?’ but when you zoom in on the photos the bill details have been too manipulated by AI photo editing to be accurately assessed for which species may be involved.
Scroll on… A cool-looking Red-tailed Hawk that someone is wondering which subspecies it might be - right up my alley! But when you zoom in on the photos literally every feather group has been so heavily manipulated and altered by AI editing that it’s impossible to determine subspecies because the photo is essentially fake now; just a mashup of whatever AI thinks parts of a Red-tail should look like. 
Scroll on… WOW! That’s a remarkable trail cam photo of a Bobcat! It almost looks like a painting!… but the head looks oddly small…. hmmmm. After some prodding the original photo is produced and sure enough it had been so heavily altered by AI ‘post processing’ that the photo posted was essentially a digital mock-up with totally different proportions and fur markings. No longer the photo off the trail cam; it may as well have just been ‘created’ by AI from scratch.
This stuff is killing me. My days on social media are becoming very limited. We can’t even trust simple, everyday photos of animals to be real. The wildlife community needs to quit editing with AI, and we need to start calling out photographers that are using it. Our reality is being destroyed all around us.
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