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@whatkatydid.bsky.social
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(she/her) Speaking Angel, kindergarten Christmas Show. Sour cream and onion chip devourer. Former TikTok Wrangler @summerfallstudios.com Current Social Producer in the House of Grouse Cosplay Insta @ whatkatydidcosplay

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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
‘Whoah - this playlists slaps!’ The playlist: Katy’s liked songs.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For years they've been saying you can't just ignore how AI is going to change all of our work habits and lifestyles but I have kind of just ignored it and it hasn't changed them lol
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Boosting my own callout! Why not! If you have a Katy shaped hole in your life - reach out 💕
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daryl "rupert pumpkin" b 🏳️‍⚧️ @hypercubexl.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
GDT's reddit AMA spitting fire www.reddit.com/r/movies/com...
reddit comment: 

Hello! Did you intend the ending of Pan’s labyrinth to be real or in Ofelia’s mind?

Guillermo Del Toro's reply: 

My interpretation, and it's exclusively mine, is that it's real.

Because there's two things. One is what people call “The Shining Question.” The Shining Question is, Who opens the door for Jack to get out of the fridge? And Ofelia is in an attic with a guard outside her door, and she draws the door with the magic chalk, and she shows up in the labyrinth. So, the only way she could have gone into the labyrinth is the magic chalk. And the flower is real at the end. The flower that blooms in the dead tree. And the reason I think it’s real is because—and this is why I'm in favor of the human factor in art—I think that art does transform the world. You know?

Think about it for a second. One of the goals, with all this movement, is to make you believe that art is vulgar. That art is nothing special, and anybody can do art. That is like me telling you that I'm faster at running than Usain Bolt but I “run” in my motorcycle. Well, that's not the same. That’s not the same at all.

Art is important, and they want you to believe it isn't. It's part of the idea of control. The goal is not to have artificial intelligence. The goal is to foster natural stupidity. The goal is to foster you not looking for answers, and to trust yourself entirely to an engine. Look at the way we are dipping our toes into these things. We are starting to ask the machine, Is this true? For now, there's a correlation between reality and what the answers of the machine are. For now. But soon, we won't even investigate further. We will be told it's true. And if the machine is in the hands of somebody who should not be trusted, then your reality has been completely and utterly fucked. Because your intelligence ends at the question. You don't seek the answer. It's given to you.Q: You recently mentioned that AI creates 'semi-compelling screensavers' and that you'd 'rather die' than use it. As a filmmaker who relies heavily on practical effects and creature design, what do you think is the biggest thing lost when a computer generates an image instead of a human hand?

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The three quarters of the process that gave you the chance to think of the idea that people don't think about without that process. Meaning, AI can get you to the middle really fast, but there's a dialectic with the process that gets you to that top 10%. I'll give you an example with the Pale Man.

We sculpted it as an old man, with a face. And then I said, Let's take out the face. This happened because I saw a photo of a manta ray and the poster for Don Coscarelli’s Phantasm. That combination, which happened at two different times during a week or a month, are not permutations that are chemically part of an equation. They are alchemy. And then I said, Take out the face, and then I said, Let's put the eyes on the hands. This triangulation happens because I spent a month or two months living with the idea of this creature. And it's not linear.

AI is like a super-fast engine that makes semi-sentient permutations of things that are already done. Creation is things that have never been done. Coming to exist.

And the second thing is the loss of the apprenticeship that one has as an artist. You're never a master; you're always an apprentice. This is a kinship I have with, for example, Chris Nolan. When he showed me The Odyssey, there’s a scene when Matt Damon is floating in the stormy ocean and I asked him—because we were talking about practical effects, and how great it is and that we both always use a maquette or a model—and I asked him, How did you do it? He said, “We put him in a storm in the ocean.”

And you're gonna find that 30% of a great image occurs accidentally. You know, either a drop of water hits the lens, or the camera shakes. I remember when in 1993, '94, Jim…
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I paid a real human artist to turn my cats into a silly medieval painting and you should do this too. (OfAissance on Etsy)
A fun medieval painting of three cats next to pictures of the same three cats.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 19/08/2026
i think the big data center backlash has a lot to do with technology getting worse, costing more, building a surveillance state, destroying the environment, owned by a class of wealthy elite that coalesced behind the fascist regime that made clear they’d sacrifice humanity for their own power growth
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Amy PJ 🌺 @ Melb Games Week @hellomisspotter.com · 19/08/2026
I think we have been patient enough, time for the games industry to be good again now thanks
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Was talking to some co-workers about upskilling to Producing and shared that I wasn't sure if it would be the right fit and they started absolutely roasting me about my cosplay spreadsheets. thank GOD they don't know about my 6 sheet long D&D character doc !!
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Something important to show you. It’s my cats.
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Hello legends! My current contract finishes up in Oct - so if you're on the look out for a Marketing/Comms/Socials person with experience in Game Dev and Screen plz reach out! I'm friendly, a great problem solver, and will sing musical theatre songs at Karaoke (sorry!). katynethercote.carrd.co
katynethercote.carrd.co
Katy Nethercote
Indie games communication and marketing
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
petition against unavoidable wolf enemies being allowed to make the whining dog sound.
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Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
One big chart: deaths in the Odyssey
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One big chart: deaths in the Odyssey
Would you rather be eaten by a Cyclops or fall off a roof and break your neck? Here’s how the plucky adventurers perish during the course of the story If you have watched or read the Odyssey then you are aware that – SPOILER (do you need spoiler warnings on a 2,700-2,800 year-old poem?) – all of Odysseus’s crew die, some in strange and horrible ways. In this chart, I have tracked the decline in the crew over time, as well as the causes of death, until only one man is left. Continue reading...
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dylan @pinkponysub.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I want 4 day work weeks, free universal healthcare, and a livable wage to meet my basic needs!!
Anne Hathaway as Penelope in her soon to be Oscar winning performance screaming I want odysseys in the odyssey 2026
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Sorry I can’t hear you my cats are spooning
A calico cat spoons a tabby cat on a rust velvet arm chair.
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I wrote a really sad poem about burnout but I can’t post it anywhere cause it sounds extremely depresso espresso and I feel like people would worry, but it’s very funny cause I’m actually feeling fine now (probably cause I wrote the really sad poem). I really like it lmao.
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Joshua Rivera @jmrivera.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
insane how there isn’t a single industry where being good at your job does anything for you variety.com/2026/film/ne...
variety.com
Pixar Bears Brunt of Disney Studio Layoffs as Company Axes Several Hundred Staffers
Pixar Animation Studios, despite riding high on the success of summer blockbuster "Toy Story 5," was hit particularly hard in a wave of corporatewide layoffs at Disney.
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Aidan McGlynn @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
As others have pointed out before, it's a good thing that Christopher Nolan can get big budgets to do weird, interesting, perhaps kinda risky things that aren't just rehashes of already successful things or entries in big franchises, and the bad thing is that almost nobody else can do this
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Alanah Pearce @alanahpearce.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
i have just discovered that the Usual Suspects are really angry about Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey for some reason and can i just say: being someone who genuinely enjoys video games and movies is honestly really wonderful, highly recommend
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Ze Fronk
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Sony ending me starting in 2028 💀
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Leah J. Williams @legenette.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
i interviewed mark bonanno of @auntydonnaboys.bsky.social about his new hybrid ARG / film the shadowman's nightmare, which was – quite delightfully – inspired by my personal favourite bit of 2000s web design, the donnie darko website
screenhub.com.au
The Shadowman's Nightmare interview: Mark Bonanno on his new horror-infused ARG film | ScreenHub: Film, TV, Streaming and Games
The Shadowman's Nightmare is a new hybrid film and augmented reality game that takes cues from Atmosfear, and the Donnie Darko website.
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
To fall in love with the games industry is to have your heart broken over and over.
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Amy PJ 🌺 @ Melb Games Week @hellomisspotter.com · 06/06/2026
we have succeeded
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
HELLO I HAVE NO CHILL WHEN IT COMES TO GOD OF WAR LAUFEY I MADE THIS IN THREE DAYS THANKS
Photograph of a woman cosplaying Faye from God of War Laufey. She holds a sword and is surrounded by trees.Photograph of a woman cosplaying Faye from God of War Laufey. She holds a sword and is surrounded by trees.Photograph of a woman cosplaying Faye from God of War Laufey. She holds a sword and is in front of wooden doors.Screenshot of Faye from God of War Laufey.
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The Rybo @thatryboguy.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
"Boy, I miss your mother" "I know she loved you a lot father" "She could perform an air combo when I could no longer do so"
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Kate Gray @hownottodraw.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
god gave me free will and a pen
a screenshot from the new Tomodachi Life game. in a pink room, wearing pink clothes, stands a Mii whose face has been painted to look like Mr Blobby, with horrible big green eyes, a wide red smile, and a polkadot bowtie. Mr Blobby is saying "nice to meet you, mother! I'm Mr Blobby!"
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
NEED the weekend to hurry up because I wanna play Mixtape so baaaaaad!!!
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
The only good april fools is when a company announces the release of a silly product and then the fool is that they actually release it. No tricks, only treats in this era please.
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David Smith @rhunwords.com · 31/03/2026
Oh good it’s the most insufferable two days on the internet again
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Look at my son ✨ Pride is not the word I’m looking for 💕 Pattern by @jordandevries.com
Lego build of Rocky from Project Hail Mary with one arm up with flare.Lego build of Rocky from Project Hail Mary.
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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Stop worrying about what YA books to let your kids read and let them sort it out with V C Andrews and cocaine era Stephen King as God intended
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Serrels @serrels.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
I want to introduce you all to something myself and @jacksonwryan.com have been working on. A PRINT MAGAZINE about video games and video game culture. We know things have been bad for games writing recently. We're asking, "do you want to Continue?" www.kickstarter.com/projects/con...
kickstarter.com
CONTINUE: A Defiant, New Videogames Magazine
Bringing together journalists, devs and artists, CONTINUE celebrates and interrogates videogame culture, creativity and community
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
While I’m here, Heathcliff is a stray cat. Cathy is a yappy show dog. Linton is a pretty pony. And Isabella is a covid puppy. I will not elaborate further.
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
No one warns you that in Wuthering Heights there’s a physician character who appears frequently and is only ever referred to as Kenneth. ‘We must send for Kenneth’ ‘Kenneth was perplexed’ ‘Kenneth pronounced her dangerously ill’
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Finished a book (loved it) discovered there's a planned film adaption (hell yeah) by my all time favourite horror director (HELL YEAH) and then found out it's been dropped by the studio because they wanted to change the ending (UGH) all in the space of 30 minutes. Oh boy.
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
🌹Baroness Claire Frankenstein 🥀 If you thought the Del Toro Frankenrot was over you were mistaken. 📸 by Tay Bassi Creative
A woman in a black and white striped dress in a bonnet looks up wistfully. She is draped in red fabric. A woman in a black and white striped dress in a bonnet looks down wistfully. She is draped in red fabric.
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Howdy game dev folks! If you need some marketing/comms support with socials, research or strategy I have some capacity coming up 🙌 Please feel free to reach out or amplify 💕 I promise to only make one Muppets themed post per quarter 🫡 katynethercote.carrd.co
katynethercote.carrd.co
Katy Nethercote
Games marketing portfolio and website
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
It has taken at least a month and a major holiday but the PC no longer makes me think about work 🙌 So I just bought 6 games in the Steam Sale tee hee Unemployment has it's perks!
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Who ever this is serving, it’s not helping anything www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
thenewdaily.com.au
Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further
There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Getting dangerously close to starting a blog because I have a lot of THOUGHTS that apparently want to surface in the space where communication, capitalism, pop culture, nostalgia, community and our fear of death intersect.
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Pritika 💖 @pritikasachdev.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Another day, another sense of bone deep exhaustion at the ever oppressive tech that has swept through our industry.
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Gemma Driscoll @geeofdee.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I’m so tired ya’ll
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Jay Rosen @jayrosen.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
In case you have never seen this.
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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The sheer volume of utter scum already using this tragic shooting to instil anti-immigrant and racist hatred is truly disgusting.
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Frosty Games 🍦 @frostygamesfest.com · 02/12/2025
The Frosty Mini showcase of games made in Australia and Aotearoa NZ is happening NEXT WEEK! ☀️🍦 Here's some handy timezone info to help you tune in: 🇦🇺 8am AEDT and 5am AWST (10 Dec) 🇳🇿 10am NZDT (10 Dec) 🇯🇵 6am JST (10 Dec) 🇺🇸 1pm PT and 4pm ET (9 Dec) 🇬🇧 9pm GMT (9 Dec)
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I love stories so much I almost get grumpy when another game/movie/book comes out because how am I supposed to catch up now??
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Murph loves a little whistle
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
Listening to Sarah Marshall’s new podcast The Devil You Know and hearing both @michaelhobbes.bsky.social and @yrfatfriend.bsky.social’s voices in the first episode is my Avengers: Endgame.
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Google simply refusing to believe I’m trying to search for ‘Margo Robbie hat’ instead of ‘hot’. I just wanted to know if other folk hated the hat in Big Bold Beautiful Journey.
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Katy @whatkatydid.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Thank you @realgdt.bsky.social for crafting such a beautiful take on Frankenstein. It’s the healing art I need right now.
A person dressed up as the creature from Frankenstein A person dressed up as the creature from Frankenstein
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