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devon giehl🐀ratmaker

@devongiehl.bsky.social

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local elf enjoyer Emmy-winning Lead Writer / Producer. The Dragon Prince (Netflix). Elf novelist. Prev Riot. Personal account, unhinged unprofessional and unfiltered. she/her.

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · Oct 17

re-intro post? re-intro post!

Hello! I'm Devon Giehl, a writer/producer/creative leader sort in LA. I previously worked on Netflix's The Dragon Prince, and before that I was at Riot Games. I'm currently doing some other stuff.

I spend lots of my time writing/drawing the same elves over and over.

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 16h

tonight my kid was practicing saying “bye” and waving out the window

the thing is she’s not very good at “b” sounds and was gleefully yelling “die”

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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 1d

I'd really appreciate if writers these days took a look at their characters doing therapyspeak and whether that's appropriate for their work and their world.

By "therapyspeak" I mean speaking like this: "This is the emotion I'm feeling, and feeling that emotion makes me want to act in a way"

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 1d

am i not dealing with Enough Shit. can i get uhhhhhhh Mercy

devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 1d

i've had my toddler's cold for a week now and while it is not terrible, it is very fucking annoying and i'd like it to go away

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 1d

A billion dollars is the socio-political equivalent of a loose nuke, and we should work as ruthlessly and diligently to prevent the acquisition of the former as we do the latter.

Liberal Currents @liberalcurrents.com · 1d

“The problem with billionaires isn’t that they’re hoarding money that would otherwise pay for a Scandinavian social utopia. It’s that their money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.”

Billionaires Are Hoarding Power, Not Money

Billionaire money has become a source of wildly distorted political power that allows a few men with extremist views to wreak havoc on the rest of us.

www.liberalcurrents.com

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 1d

Honorable Mentions: The Mountain Goats, Titus Andronicus, Fleet Foxes

devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 1d

Oh I got strong opinions

Greatest Living: Tom Waits, Sufjan Stephens, Dylan, Florence Welch, Kendrick Lamar, Jeff Mangum, Fiona Apple, Joanna Newsom

Greatest Dead: Gordon Lightfoot, Jason Molina (for Farewell Transmission alone), Leonard Cohen

My Indulgent Favorite: Hozier

Emily, a Two-Shoes-Gooder @rebelmusicteach.bsky.social · 5d

I also need to know: I am fairly middle-of-the-road on Taylor Swift but someone I know called her the Greatest Living Lyricist. She is not.

Who is yours? Either the greatest or your favorite?

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RJ Palmer 🔜 Lightbox Expo 101 @rj-palmer.com · 2d

That’s fucking right. No time to waste on the taste, get them art hogs out for everyone to see

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DannyAraya @dannyaraya.bsky.social · 2d

Creators, be less tasteful and more indulgent.

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 2d

surprising no one who is aware of my weakness for sassy redhead protagonists, I have also been deeply enjoying Into the Smoke! sickos of my ilk go check it out

Bob / S.R. Appavu @bob-artist.bsky.social · May 12

Happy #WebcomicDay ! I make Into the Smoke, a very gay supernatural mystery about a medium who binds himself to an evil spirit to solve his murder. Let's hope his hot priest friend doesn't find out...

intothesmokecomic.com

Two panels of the webcomic Into the Smoke. In the first, a dark, smoky ghost hovers holds a red-haired man and feeds on his breath. Narration reads, "But they are playing with fire, hoping the spirit will fall still before their breath runs out." In the second panel, the redhead throws his head back, elated, and yells, "WHEW! Holy crap. That was amazing."

A panel from the webcomic Into the Smoke. A police detective squeezes Blaze’s shoulder tightly, while Blaze glares at him with clenched fists. The detective says, “Unless… you can summon the victim’s spirit for us. Right now. Let’s see you prove you’re a medium.”

A panel from the webcomic Into the Smoke. Judd and Blaze walk side by side at night. With an impish smile, Blaze says, “So I like near-death experiences. Don’t kinkshame me.” Judd frowns tightly in response but doesn't reply.

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 3d

housing in WoW will be a really fun fantasy for me to indulge in while having to deal with this IRL :)))))

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 3d

nah this is the part where we have to pick contractors, insurance has no obligation to do any of that part, it's all on us

devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 3d

what if iiiii walked into the sea instead. how about that

devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 3d

blocking out all the current estimates on the costs of all this shit but in case anyone is curious what the part time job you have to do after your house burns down looks like, here's some fun stuff. i love this. i love having a full time job + a toddler + also this

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 5d

me reading my own fanfiction

IGN @ign.com · 5d

Gladiator and Alien director Ridley Scott says the movie industry is “drowning in mediocrity. And so what I do – it’s a horrible thing – but I’ve started watching my own movies, and actually they’re pretty good! And also, they don’t age.”

Ridley Scott Thinks Modern Movies Are “S**t,” Rewatches His Own Movies Instead

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trick van treat @derek.bike · 8d

and scene

a tweet by Dana Gould @danagould that says:

Thinking about Rush Limbaugh and how, now that he's dead, you never, ever hear about him. No one mentions anything he did.
Because what he did had no value.
It contributed nothing worthwhile to the culture. Nothing of lasting value.
He just made anger. Every day.
Rising, blooming & fading like a fart.
Then he died & was instantly replaced by a fleet of little replicas, farting fake fury five days a week.
Creating nothing of interest or artistic value to anyone.
Seriously, what an awful way to make a living.

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lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 7d

Great story. Can't overstate the desperation in creative industries right now. Nearly every person I know who previously had a viable, or even lucrative, career in media/entertainment is in a financial panic, leaving longtime apartments, desperately taking any work they can find. It is really bad.

Ben Fritz @benfritz.bsky.social · 8d

The most important human story in the entertainment industry right now is the severe downturn in film and TV production in LA and how it's affecting middle-class crew workers. I spoke to dozens of them for this story about the depressed Hollywood economy. www.wsj.com/business/med...

L.A.’s Entertainment Economy Is Looking Like a Disaster Movie

Work is evaporating, businesses are closing, longtime residents are leaving, and Los Angeles’s creative middle class is hanging on by a thread.

www.wsj.com

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MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 7d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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Little Tunny 🐌🤝🧂 @littletunny.bsky.social · 8d

as a neurodivergent & also weird kid school was hell for me, though these days I struggle to remember the names of all the teachers who bullied me. But the three that treated me like a person have never left me. Now more than ever, I hope you all try your best to stay unsquishable!

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Yichao @michaelyichao.com · 8d

Everyone tries to tell you apathy is cool, but the sooner you learn earnestness is strength not cringe and that all your quirks are what people will fall in love with, the sooner learn how to define your own happiness and find true friends who love youf for you

❤️jamie p!💚 @jamies.page · 8d

you have to be sincere and you have to get weird with it

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 8d

is this why you banned a bunch of trans women for extremely mild posts about kirk's death or was that, uh, some other kind of system at play

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 8d

We’re system architects at core. We built a decentralized network so you could run your own moderation, but beyond that our upcoming healthy discourse project is taking some swings at the interaction model that drives these dynamics on Bluesky. Excited to start seeing it in action.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 8d

I don't give a shit so I _will_ name and shame here

Director, Gen AI for Games Director, Gen AI for Games with verification
Netflix · Los Angeles, CA (On-site)

Key Responsibilities

Define and lead the Gen AI strategy across Netflix Games, helping to shape foundational infrastructure to player-facing features.
Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply Gen AI across our portfolio and studios both in the creation of new experiences and improving our workflows and pipelines.
Engage with game teams to develop prototype features and AI-native gameplay mechanics, ensuring technical viability and product-market fit.
Partner with external researchers, developers, and companies pioneering work within the Gen AI
Stay on the forefront of AI research and emerging tools, separating hype from high-leverage opportunities that align with our development and player goals.
Collaborate with our engineering and platform teams to build robust solutions and scale core capabilities (e.g., model inference, fine-tuning pipelines, data infrastructure, etc).
Build relationships with external developers, startups, and research groups at the forefront of Gen AI, identifying where their innovations can meaningfully accelerate or complement our internal efforts. Chart clear, strategic paths for partnership, integration, or co-development.
Influence broader company thinking around Gen AI, creative collaboration, and impact in games.

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devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 8d

come on, man. grow up. i get that you feel bombarded with (legitimate as hell) concerns about this site's policies but that's what the money is for. your CEO paycheck. be less of a child about it maybe

devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 8d

“outlawed” lmfao are you for fucking real

devon giehl🐀ratmaker @devongiehl.bsky.social · 9d

a version where Elsa teeters on the verge of villainhood would have been SO interesting, haha. i love the angry frost queen energy she's showing flashes of in this version -- it gives so much more depth to the idea of caged animals biting back that the final film almost refuses to look at directly