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The Bonsai Treehouse

@bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social

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Greetings, and welcome to the me: I'm a cheeky 31 year-old poly autistic demi-boy (he/they). I make games with @ppu512.bsky.social and I enjoy annoying people by reading too much into everything. Whatever “fun times” may bring, let it be brought!

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The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · May 14

Thanks to everyone for their patience: our demo is now compatible with PC, Mac, Linux AND Steam Deck!

Tahitian Driftin' @tahitiandriftin.bsky.social · May 14

Do you have a need?

...a need for speed?

We know you do, and you're in luck, race fans, because the Tahitian Driftin demo has been released just in time for #SteamNextFest!

Download it today!

#indiedev #gamedev #racing #arcade #pixelart #lowpoly

store.steampowered.com/app/3565460/...

Tahitian Driftin' on Steam

A tropical anti-gravity racing game from the depths of a long-lost arcade cabinet that will have you cruising through lush, remote Polynesian islands with a draft-based boost system that fosters tight...

store.steampowered.com

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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 13h

Just a reminder, find joy in the resistance anywhere you can!

Sign up to find your community for the No Kings on October 18th!

#ProudBlue

Video credit: kris.and.mike/IG

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The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 7h

First there’s jesters, then clowns, then fools and oafs and DUNCES…

And then there’s Starmer.

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Valerie 🔞 @phantosanucca.bsky.social · 11h

The United Kingdom is not a valid country, and it deserves mockery on an international scale.

Calling their government "clown shit" would be unfair to something with that much colour and whimsy.

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 21h

UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...

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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 11h

Please donate to Abo Jameel's fundraiser or share it

Abo jameel @engabojameel37.bsky.social · 16h

I send you in a faint voice full of fatigue and despair. If you stop donations, we will waste our lives inside our worn-out tent. No food, no clothing, no blankets, no work. Do not break my kids hearts. They need $250 urgently to secure them.
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@mommunism.bsky.social
shorturl.at/hcCSb

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The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 7h

FPS game with spud guns, spit wads and elastic band flingers

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nic.tattoos @nicterhorst.com · 17h

This means if you're in the UK and haven't signed this yet, please do. At 100k signatures they have to discuss it again.

Literally the least you can do!!

GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 21h

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 1d

Every single AI data center is a toxic investment, with most of its value tied up in GPUs that will be multiple generations behind by the time these things turn on - and then die in 3-5 years.

All to build for AI demand that doesn't exist.
edzitronswheresyouredatghostio.outpost.pub/public/promo...

Actually, wait - how long do GPUs last, exactly? Four years for training? Three years? The A100 GPU started shipping in May 2020, and the H100 (and the Hopper GPU generation) entered full production in September 2022, meaning that we’re hurtling at speed toward the time in which we’re going to start seeing a remarkable amount of chips start wearing down, which should be a concern for companies like Microsoft, who bought 150,000 Hopper GPUs in 2023 and 485,000 of them in 2024.
Alright, let me just be blunt: the entire economy of debt around GPUs is insane.
Assuming these things don’t die within five years (their warranties generally end in three), their value absolutely will, as NVIDIA has committed to releasing a new AI chip every single year, likely with significant increases to power and power efficiency. At the end of the five year period, the Special Purpose Vehicle will be the proud owner of five-year-old chips that nobody is going to want to rent at the price that Elon Musk has been paying for the last five years. Don’t believe me? Take a look at the rental prices for H100 GPUs that went from $8-an-hour in 2023 to $2-an-hour in 2024, or the Silicon Data Indexes (aggregated realtime indexes of hourly prices) that show H100 rentals at around $2.14-an-hour and A100 rentals at a dollar-an-hour, with Vast.AI offering them at as little as $0.67 an hour.
This is, by the way, a problem that faces literally every data center being built in the world, and I feel insane talking about it. It feels like nobody is talking about how impossible and ridiculous all of this is - it’s one thing that OpenAI has promised one trillion dollars to people - it’s another that large swaths of that will be spent on hardware that will, by the end of these agreements, be half-obsolete and generating less revenue than ever.
Think about it - let’s assume we live in a fantasy land where OpenAI is somehow able to pay Oracle $300 billion over 5 years. Said money is paying for access to Blackwell…

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The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 7h

Hey, I’m just sayin’…

(Awkwardly shuffles away while whistling nonchalantly)

The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 7h

You know, repeated blowing will only corrode the port over time with small particles of moisture and I could be financially reprimanded for potential damage to hardware.

Basically, I don’t want to make you wet…

…I suggest you invest in an anti-dust cover instead.

To like…plug that port up?

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daily dose of estragon @craigburley.com · 18h

Machado has embraced the United States's indiscriminate murder of Venezuelan mariners in international and Venezuelan waters in the Caribbean Sea. She thinks it will help her gain power.

This is your white "peace".

Reuters @reuters.com · 20h

BREAKING: Venezuela's Maria Corina Machado wins the Nobel Peace Prize for 2025 reut.rs/42uh3Aw

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The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 15h

Finally played BALATRO and after bouncing off the endless-loop random-run deck building where I have less agency over my own actions than I’m told while tutorial text for mechanics that are won’t be relevant for hours yet is vomited in my face, I have now become the “This fucking sucks actually” guy

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 17h

nobel peace prize goes to Trump’s little extrajudical murder supporting friend

What a pack of fucking loser weirdos that panel is

Max P III @blackballer.bsky.social · 17h

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TBSkyen @tbskyen.com · 17h

Literally everyone knew it would happen, but I didn't think it'd be that soon or that catastrophoc

404 Media @404media.co · 1d

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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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 1d

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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The Daily Tism @thedailytism.com · 16h

Karen Hoyland, 58, who insists you were just fine until you got this autism nonsense in your head, has stated that this is typical of you and your non-stop drama.

Consistent! Person who says you’re not autistic gives you most shit for acting autistic

The person in your life who’s convinced you’re not really autistic at all is also the hardest on you about every single autistic trait you exhibit, it has been confirmed. Karen Hoyland, 58, who…

thedailytism.com

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The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 16h

Only candidates from the year PRIOR are considered for THIS year’s Nobel Peace Prize for reasons that I hope are self-evident, so Trump and his bootlickers are kidding themselves if they ever seriously thought they were ever in the running at all…not that it will stop them throwing a tantrum anyway.

Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 16h

Breaking: Trump has officially lost the Nobel Peace Prize.

Instead, the Nobel committee is awarding the leader of the opposition in Venezuela for supporting “democracy over dictatorship.”

Trump Loses Nobel Peace Prize He Shamelessly Campaigned For

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday said the recognition would instead go to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado.

time.com

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The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 16h

Though even if Netanyahu were forced to stop against his own will, this will still be an uneasy peace that doesn’t solve the root systemic problem that was put in place by various assorted powers, the British government being one of the most significant.

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DuendeonSpooko @duendeonfuego.bsky.social · 2d

Dance party protests might be one of the best moves right now.

These make fascists look ridiculous, counter the "Portland is dangerous" narrative, and showcase joy and community at a time when those things are in short supply. Keep it up.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 3d

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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weinberg @weinberg.social · 2d

film producers should not refer to movies as "content."

Culture Crave 🍿 @culturecrave.co · 2d

Jason Blum says Hollywood should 'embrace AI' and viewers 'don't care if what they’re looking at is AI"

"it’s here to stay. It’s very important to use it ethically and legally, and for studios and guilds to protect the copyright of the artists"

(via Variety)

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The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 1d

None of this will have any affect on Netanyahu just ordering even more strikes anyway. “Peace” to him just means “nobody left to speak for the dead”.

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 2d

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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Haneen🍉 @habjjfjiu588.bsky.social · 1d

The Guardian publishes me and my meaning on Blue Sky. Take a look, donate and support me.

Donation link 👇🏻👇🏻

chuffed.org/project/help...

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Social media accounts of Palestinians desperate for funds are being flagged as spam

People in Gaza use Bluesky to crowdfund for milk and diapers – repeated deletion of their profiles has spawned a guerrilla verification squad

www.theguardian.com

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The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 2d

NEVER FREAKING MIND

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 2d

Close to You (Nintendo) updated video posted on Nintendo Today with Pikmin www.vooks.net/nintendos-se...

The Bonsai Treehouse @bonsaitreehouse.bsky.social · 2d

So that Nintendo baby animation thing: there’s something that bugs me about the “new Pikmin game” theory.

The music used would back it up, but aren’t humans extinct in the Pikmin world per Miyamoto san’s own words?

Either it’s Pikmin 5 with a time travel mechanic or it’s not really Pikmin at all.

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Tauriq Moosa @tauriq.bsky.social · 2d

Stop threatening us with a good time

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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