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Becky Cunningham

@beckycunningham.bsky.social

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She/they. Game dev, singer, cat-loving Canuck. Personal account. No AI, yes sexy fan art. Tricksy_Hobbitses on AO3. Adults-only account. Company account: https://bsky.app/profile/velvetcupcakegames.bsky.social

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 12h

Love how they're tripling down on video, the single most Earth-destroying form of genAI.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 12h

The statement about how they've mitigated mental health risks is a total lie, too.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 12h

What a weird thing to doubt. Why the heck would "make metal slab sharp and pointy" be an idea limited to certain ancient societies?

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 12h

In the middle of a conversation about the possibly illegal activities of our national grocery oligopoly, I heard myself saying the phrase, "Somebody could have videotaped it," and I'm pretty sure this happened right after:

a close up of a woman with her eyes closed .

Alt: A woman suddenly grows a ton of wrinkles, then turns her face toward the camera.

media.tenor.com

Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 13h

Have you played Odyssey before? Kassandra is an absolute treat.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 18h

At least the people designing the sculpture did!

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 18h

Ah, yes, the terrible Bluesky TOS is coming in to play soon. I'll continue to post whatever I like that does not cause harm to other people.

Posting properly labelled sexual content does not cause harm to other people. Nor does posting queer content of any kind.

If they think it does, BYE.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 19h

This is what happens when you pay your marketing team five cent.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 20h

A ha ha Lucanis is SO a sub. It's true.

Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 1d

The advantage in WHAT? Dumbfuckery?

Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 1d

I'm always happy to interact with artists if I QRP them, but I'm a different flavour of neurodivergent so who knows if I'm normal?

Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 1d

Have you seen this? It's one of my faves.

youtu.be/6Zc571l5anQ?...

MONEY // Jazz Emu

YouTube video by Jazz Emu

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 1d

230 Euros is about $375 in my currency, so yeah. That's a good deal more expensive than the Canadian price.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 1d

230 EUROS? I thought the Canadian price was bad, but that is madness.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 1d

I am fortunate to have the Parental Express who live an hour south of the Canadian border and drive things up to me if I cook them dinner.

If only US-based companies would use the REGULAR DARN POSTAL SERVICE instead of private companies that charge like mad for intl' shipping...

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 1d

In fact, it might just be the thing that gets me to finally play through the Mass Effect series. I do tend to bounce when the one character I'd really love to romance isn't available because someone decided they needed to be straight for no reason.

Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 1d

Please feel free to add me to the list!

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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 1d

On the centenary of Thatcher's birth, there have been predictable calls for a memorial to her memory. But Britain's 2300 food banks serve that purpose already.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 2d

NO I WANT TO SLEEP.

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 5d

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage?
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A US startup plans to deliver ‘sunlight on demand’ after dark. Can it work – and would we want it to?

Satellites beaming sunlight down to Earth sound like science fiction – and they have astronomers very worried.

theconversation.com

Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 2d

p.s. I'm tired of second-guessing my spelling because the @bsky.app spell-check didn't know a word. Get a better dictionary, nerds!

Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 2d

Speaking of Canadian Thanksgiving, we tag teamed it this year and damn was it tasty. I'm the cook who did the risotto-stuffed acorn squash and hubs is the baker who did the Dutch apple pie (we decided against pumpkin pie to avoid double-gourding).

An acorn squash stuffed with fennel, sausage, and shiitake mushroom risotto. It sits atop a pretty plate with blue flowers on it.

A Dutch apple pie with streusel topping. The whole pie is in the back, with a slice cut out of it. The slice is on a plate in the foreground.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 2d

Steven Stone is my Pokemon crush, it's cool, I'll hit the ocean floor/volcano for him.

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah, we really don't have the whole "Pilgrims and Indians" nonsense up here. I like Canadian Thanksgiving as a celebration of harvest and family. A connection to the earth that nourishes us. And it's very close to National Truth and Reconciliation Day, we can appreciate both.

Julie S. Lalonde @julieslalonde.bsky.social · 2d

Thanksgiving in Canada has nothing to do with Columbus!

We are a colonial country with a million things to atone for but Thanksgiving is not one of them.

Our Thanksgiving is timed with the harvest and it's literally just "Be grateful for harvest"

US Imperialism has brain rotted too many of you.

Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 2d

You can do so many cool things in BG3 combat!

I'm an old-school turn-baser and frankly am just glad for the decline of Real Time With Pause, which I always thought was a poor compromise. Turn-based or full action please!

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Becky Cunningham @beckycunningham.bsky.social · 3d

These folks are rad. I'm still mad that I'm on the Woke Games Warning List (or whatever it's called) with *only* LGBT-positive content listed. Come on guys, I'm way woker than just that!

No More Robots @nomorerobots.io · 5d

Here's how we handle manchildren on the Steam forums at No More Robots: