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Heartbreak Welkin

@umabreakdown.bsky.social

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Artist, writer, game designer, doctor of horror. www.umabreakdown.com https://linktr.ee/Umabreakdown

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · Nov 16

For new follower: I'm an artist/researcher/writer/game designer based in north east England. My interests are mostly between ludology, horror studies, and ecriture feminine. Long term foci are trans readings of Cixous, + TTRPG manuals as experimental literature and model for audience agency in art.

Uma photo In hallway mirror. She is a white woman wearing a denim shirt, a blue silk scarf and a black skirt.

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 47m

I love cinema so much

Castle Freak went into production in 1994 after Gordon noticed art for the film in producer Charles Band's office. Gordon agreed to develop the film on Band's condition that the film take place in a castle, contain a freak,

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Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 4h

British folk horror and occult characters to be on Halloween, a thread.

1. Mr Fisher from Robin Redbreast (1970).
Catchphrase: “The study of religions is one of my many interests.”
You’ll need:
- Tweed trilby
- Mutton chops
- Cracked spectacles
- A copy of The Golden Bough

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

“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.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 4h

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

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What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️ @whatthetrans.com · 7h

Today, the counterprotesters have started giving out leaflets.

This is because yesterday they managed to talk someone out of going to FiLiA, and they felt that leaflets could communicate such messages more effectively.

They have also started giving out stickers promoting trans joy.

FILIA calls itself "Europe's largest feminist conference."

In reality, it is a hub for all the worst and most authoritarian politics that hides under the feminist label. FiLiA's approach is not feminist, it is cruel, rigid, and hurts the people most vulnerable under patriarchy.

Anti-trans politics

FILIA advertises more events and speakers which focus on transgender people than any other topic. This includes a workshop for individuals to learn how to set up groups to exclude transgender people, and an event celebrating the recent supreme court ruling that threatens to push trans people out of public life, and has already increased harassment and violence faced by trans people.

Real feminists understand that transphobia is a manifestation of patriarchy, and that liberation for women cannot be seperated from liberation for trans people.

Anti-sex work politics

FiliA advocates the Nordic Model - where selling sex is legal but buying it is a crime. Compared to completely decriminalising sex work, the Nordic Model results in less abuse being reported, and more sex workers being targetted by police.

Opposing adult content online, including in video games

FILIA signed a recent petition that resulted in hundreds of video ga being banned from online distributors, and have invited the organ Collective Shout to speak at the conference. This goes against TRANS artistic freedom.

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Rob Turpin 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️ @thisnorthernboy.bsky.social · 6h

Ship Shapes…

#Spaceship #SciFi #Illustration

A page of rough, monochrome, spaceship sketches.

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KinoFabino 🇵🇸 @kinofabino.bsky.social · 12h

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 19h

Bella and I are on a research trip so we are living it up in the hotel

A phone in a bed showing a pirate stream of the fast and furious with a text overlay reading "me and @supsupsupwhat are clocking off for the day now with fast and furious on her phone and cans of grapefruit n vodka # artist research trip"

Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 22h

🙏🙏🙏🙏 wishing you the best w this. I tapered at an incredibly slow rate and I was still crying all the time

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 22h

I ♥️ Gamera

Neon Splatter @neonsplatter.bsky.social · 23h

Top 25 Horror Movies of 1995

Number 16 — GAMERA: GUARDIAN OF THE UNIVERSE

@sanshinsoba.bsky.social on how a revamped Gamera brings a new era and attitude to the Tokusatsu franchise.

www.neonsplatter.com/daily-beasts...

Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 23h

@bagenzos.house mentioned

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 1d

I will make sure there is a space under the bridge w ur name on it robin bobin

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 1d

Just got recognised lol

Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 1d

There's a lot of bridges to creep beneath

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in Bristol. ama

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 1d

Counterpoint

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VOIDCON @voidcon.bsky.social · 3d

VOID
TOMORROW

SEE YOU SOON

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 2d

It's great to be confident in your opinions, but it's also important to read a little on the history you're making claims about.

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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 2d

Portland protestor frog costume: What are you trying to tell me? That I can dodge pepper balls?

Morpheus from Matrix movie: No, Frog. I'm trying to tell you that when you're ready, you won't have to.

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Disco Elysium Quotes @discoelysiumbot.bsky.social · 3d

YOU - Where the hood, where the hood, where the hood at?

SHIVERS - HAVE A BROTHER IN THE CUT. WHERE THE WOOD AT?

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 3d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 3d

A streaming release is finally heading to the big screen. PREY and this year’s brand new movie PREDATOR: BADLANDS will play in AMC Theatres as a special Predator Double Feature on November 5:

‘Prey’ Will Play in Theaters for the First Time With ‘Predator: Badlands’ Double Feature

When it was released back in 2022, the one bummer about Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey is that it was a straight-to-Hulu release rather than a theatrical release, with many fans still begging to be able to e...

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Heartbreak Welkin @umabreakdown.bsky.social · 3d

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Teams Warriors

Courtney 🐙 Lovecraftian 🐙 Actually @hexadecibelle.fyi · 3d

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OnlyFangs @onlycans.bsky.social · 3d

Agile Walks Home Alone at Night

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The Grave of St. ÐøøM @doomprophet.bzky.team · 3d

quoted post plus post directly under it, amongus with mad bulge

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