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lucy @lucydotdev.io · 3d

@vitreousglassy.bsky.social and I have been hard at work ^^ #gamedev #godot

(placeholder music is from super mario 3d world lol)

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Fellipe @fellipemartins.com · 23h

The merchant’s eyes shimmered like coins at the bottom of a deep well as he named his price ... something you’d never owned, yet somehow felt the loss the moment you agreed.

Concept art from Hand of God, a game project by me, @ratcasket.itch.io and @puppiesandanime.bsky.social

#indiedev #horror

Concept art showing a hooded, otherworldly merchant with glowing amber eyes and a stitched, unreadable mask. He wears a patterned garment against a blue, organic backdrop reminiscent of fungi. Text below reads: “I’d make nary a copper, had I the prejudice to reject blighted ones such as yourself…

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surt @surt.bsky.social · 1d

I hadn't realised that was part of the job description!

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David Hahn (L-A-T-E-R that week) @davidhahn.bsky.social · 1d

Sci-fi sketchbook characters and misc designs. India ink and watercolor.

Of note: head designs for an older woman with a thin, lined face and purple and pink mohawk. A squat, stubby winged vehicle that resembles some sort of bottom dwelling prehistoric fish, a human-shaped robot with a single lens eye, a 4-wheeled all terrain dune buggy with closed cockpit and baggage and supplies strapped on top.

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Corodon @thecorodon.bsky.social · 1d

Exodus 8:2
"If you refuse to let them go, I will send a plague of frogs on your whole country."

Reverend Jesus "H" Christ @reverendjesus.com · 2d

Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid

Three persons in inflatable frog costumes. One of them is holding a nicely painted sign with two little cartoon frogs holding hands, below the text "FROGS TOGETHER STRONG"

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

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tom @tomwalker.bsky.social · 1d

Scheming beast. What foul plan hatches from the swamp of your mind

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 1d

Sportsbet at "Boardroom dinner" organised by Labor’s fundraising vehicle❓

Absolutely nothing to see here

Image of Labor PM Albanese (left) & former Liberal opposition leader, Dutton (right) wearing jackets emblazoned with donor logos

Text reads: "We'd like to thank our sponsors..."

Albanese's red jacket features: Australian Hotels Association, Responsible Wagering Australia (RWA), TAB, Westpac, Santos, Pratt Industries, Uber, nab, Sportsbet, Woolworths

Dutton's black jacket features: Woolworths, Responsible Wagering Association (RWA), Clive Palmer, Uber, nab, Citileases, Santos, Westpac, Australian Hotels Association, TAB, Sportsbet, Coles, Hancock Prospecting

Source: Greens campaign material

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 2d

Pretty damn awful to see the Queensland government trying to rebrand as Trumpland, but extra special awful to see the QLD renewable energy lobby shrugging it off as fine because they're getting a few crumbs thrown their way.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Katie-Anne Mulder says the road map is not as ambitious as the Queensland Renewable Energy Council would have liked. (ABC News)

Queensland Renewable Energy Council chief executive Katie-Anne Mulder said the plan looked as though it would provide stability for developers to deliver renewables in the state.

"The road map isn't as ambitious as we would have liked, however there is a decision framework for coal closure which we'd like to see more of," she said.

"We were looking for a signal from the government around what renewable energy development will be welcome in the state, to build out what our modern energy system will look like.... from what I've heard today in the treasure's speech, I think he's delivered that."

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MC Squared @mcsquared.bsky.social · 1d

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Tim Hollo @timhollo.bsky.social · 1d

An utterly shameful list of murderous, ecocidal, omnicidal acts by a government that loves to claim it cares

The strategy of trying to get Labor and the bureaucracy to act is an abject failure. Government is a failed institution, most clearly when it comes to climate.

Time to build the next system

Labor’s slate for fossil fuel approvals

The Albanese government has already approved 31 fossil fuel projects, and more than that are waiting, even as renewables overtake coal as the top source of electricity.

www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au

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surt @surt.bsky.social · 1d

And it'd be so easy to make it non-obvious.

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Anthony Morgan @admorgan.bsky.social · 1d

“Put simply, only the extremely wealthy appear to be benefiting from all of this.”

NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
futurism.com/artificial-i...

Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

futurism.com

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surt @surt.bsky.social · 1d

Trying to pass off gross GAN "AI" slop as their own work. 🤮
And pixel people follow them.

snow-kiss @snow-kiss.bsky.social · 1d

PixelArt practice — I’d love tips to improve.
Made with beep8’s low resolution and color limits.
#PixelArt #beep8 #IndieGames #IndieDev #GameDev #IndieGame #MinimalArt

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 1d

Ducks, welcome to the war on cars.

Family of ducks crossing Perth freeway cause peak-hour pile up

Six cars are caught in a pile-up as a family of ducks attempts to cross busy Kwinana Freeway during the morning peak hour in Perth.

www.abc.net.au

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 1d

Lisa wheeling in a lifeless Bart saying MOM, DAD, BART’S DEAD!

BART popping to life and saying DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT GOING TO ITCHY AND SCRATCHYLAND

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surt @surt.bsky.social · 2d

Regular oral administration of foreskins has kept me 100% autism free!

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Helm @helmll.bsky.social · 2d

how is this not a Quake map yet

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 2d

When matte paintings go hard.

A matte painting of an impossibly intricate labyrinth from the 1990 film Hellbound: Hellraiser 2. The effects were by Cliff Culley from what I can find.

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BadComputer @badcomputer.bsky.social · 2d

Back to working on Razing Core today. #mastersystem #homebrew

Screenshot of a shoot 'em up game with a player ship and 3 enemy silos above it.

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surt @surt.bsky.social · 2d

The perfect ending.

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surt @surt.bsky.social · 2d

Bookkake?

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404 Media @404media.co · 2d

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more.

🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

The Discord Hack is Every Users’ Worst Nightmare

A hack impacting Discord’s age verification process shows in stark terms the risk of tech companies collecting users’ ID documents. Now the hackers are posting peoples’ IDs and other sensitive informa...

www.404media.co

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surt @surt.bsky.social · 2d

Nature is healing.

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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 3d

Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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Dr Richard Denniss @richarddenniss.bsky.social · 3d

I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws

Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...

www.abc.net.au

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