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@cosmicastra.bsky.social
they/them I like drawing and playing vidya
my main site with all socials: https://cosmic-robot-menace.carrd.co/
I stream 3-4 times a week at https://www.twitch.tv/cosmicrobotmenace
my main site with all socials: https://cosmic-robot-menace.carrd.co/
I stream 3-4 times a week at https://www.twitch.tv/cosmicrobotmenace
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Cosmic Astra
My official website
cosmic-robot-menace.carrd.co
reminder for all my socials and comms info cosmic-robot-menace.carrd.co
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Been a minute since I posted my Mastercard/Visa strats to drag out the call
1. Ramble at the beginning for as long as you can - goal is to clog the line
2. They won't insist on card # if you say you're in public
3. When you get disconnected call back and lodge a complaint about it immediately
1. Ramble at the beginning for as long as you can - goal is to clog the line
2. They won't insist on card # if you say you're in public
3. When you get disconnected call back and lodge a complaint about it immediately
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Been a minute since I posted my Mastercard/Visa strats to drag out the call
1. Ramble at the beginning for as long as you can - goal is to clog the line
2. They won't insist on card # if you say you're in public
3. When you get disconnected call back and lodge a complaint about it immediately
1. Ramble at the beginning for as long as you can - goal is to clog the line
2. They won't insist on card # if you say you're in public
3. When you get disconnected call back and lodge a complaint about it immediately
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i should do a vtuber model in shirow masamune's style
November 25, 2025 at 10:52 AM
i should do a vtuber model in shirow masamune's style
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IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
IGN is paying attention to censorship again. Use their momentum, call visa and mastercard, tell them you read the article, ask them why they're censoring legal stuff
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
reminder that you don't need to know specifics of what's at play. It's often better to sound like a normie
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Not Gonna Lie, folks. I am incredibly dubious in this day and age of any study that states 'you don't reach adulthood until X' considering how the 'full brain at 25' thing has been weaponized by both young and old to avoid responsibility and deny autonomy
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Not Gonna Lie, folks. I am incredibly dubious in this day and age of any study that states 'you don't reach adulthood until X' considering how the 'full brain at 25' thing has been weaponized by both young and old to avoid responsibility and deny autonomy
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Vile used images of real people in an adult game to make an artistic statement. Doesn't matter that these are images of the author, and that the context is "sexual violence is bad". Valve banned that game because their overarching principle is "do not make us do effort"
There's a growing number of games that have apparently fallen foul of Steam's 'No because we say so' rule that are still being happily sold on other major storefronts like GOG.
Also recently DreadXP-published game Vile was outright rejected by Steam too, despite containing *nothing* objectionable.
Also recently DreadXP-published game Vile was outright rejected by Steam too, despite containing *nothing* objectionable.
Vile Is Banned
Developer Statement: VILE: Exhumed is a game about searching through an old computer, uncovering dark secrets, and experiencing the horrors […]
dreadxp.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:57 AM
Vile used images of real people in an adult game to make an artistic statement. Doesn't matter that these are images of the author, and that the context is "sexual violence is bad". Valve banned that game because their overarching principle is "do not make us do effort"
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So fed up with this bullshit. And cis people, try and imagine for a moment what this constant egregious crap feels like for trans people. This is the kind of shite gay people had to put up with in the 80s when AIDS hysteria seemed to be pushing us backwards
November 25, 2025 at 3:35 PM
So fed up with this bullshit. And cis people, try and imagine for a moment what this constant egregious crap feels like for trans people. This is the kind of shite gay people had to put up with in the 80s when AIDS hysteria seemed to be pushing us backwards
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Oh shit it's got characters for ▶⏸⏯◀⏹⏪⏩⏮⏭⏺⏏
I've needed something like this for a long while
I've needed something like this for a long while
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Oh shit it's got characters for ▶⏸⏯◀⏹⏪⏩⏮⏭⏺⏏
I've needed something like this for a long while
I've needed something like this for a long while
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The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.
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A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
Have I Got Phobia For You
Bringing attention to the often harmful practices of our mainstream media. Thankfully the days of vile hostility against gay people are now more or less over, but, reading today’s newspapers, there’s ...
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
A neat little quiz game: Is a headline homophobia from the 80s-90s or transphobia from the 2010s-2020s? Because it's all the same bullshit, repackaged for the hate du jour
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
haveigotphobiaforyou.com
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"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"6-7"?! Boy I say boy you gen alpha kids cant be doin' that! Your signifiers need signs boy! You've laid a rhetorical claim to an empty space son! You're creatin' a nihilistic dialectic! Your broccoli hairs obfuscatin' some much needed communication! Find some MEANIN', kid!
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I run customer-facing teams and getting a deluge of complaint calls between Thanksgiving and NYE is literally a nightmare scenario that risks turning into a cascade (a couple people quit, more work for the rest, so a couple more quit, etc)
we will NEVER have more leverage than now through NYE
we will NEVER have more leverage than now through NYE
Spoke to my source familiar with internal workings at Mastercard. The holiday call campaign re payment processor censorship is working, there is a lot of pressure being felt from your calls. This is resulting in increased response times at a core moment for Mastercard due to the holiday season
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I run customer-facing teams and getting a deluge of complaint calls between Thanksgiving and NYE is literally a nightmare scenario that risks turning into a cascade (a couple people quit, more work for the rest, so a couple more quit, etc)
we will NEVER have more leverage than now through NYE
we will NEVER have more leverage than now through NYE
NO ART SCHOOL
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 PM
NO ART SCHOOL
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This white lipped pit viper is far from being my largest model but it represents some of the most painstaking detailing I've ever done. The scales took dozens of hours to plan out so that they looked right along the entire length of the twisting and turning body.
#lego #art #snake
#lego #art #snake
January 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
lately i've been having dreams involving my parents and I was never fucking happy seeing them in every single one of them.
I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that I'm preparing to tell them about [REDACTED]
I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that I'm preparing to tell them about [REDACTED]
November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
lately i've been having dreams involving my parents and I was never fucking happy seeing them in every single one of them.
I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that I'm preparing to tell them about [REDACTED]
I'm sure this has nothing to do with the fact that I'm preparing to tell them about [REDACTED]
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Happy 15th anniversary to Transformers Prime!!
Without this show and its inspiring art style, I wouldn't be the tf fan I am today 💖🫶
I got the art book 12 years ago, and it's still the most treasured book in my collection ✨
#transformers
Without this show and its inspiring art style, I wouldn't be the tf fan I am today 💖🫶
I got the art book 12 years ago, and it's still the most treasured book in my collection ✨
#transformers
November 26, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Happy 15th anniversary to Transformers Prime!!
Without this show and its inspiring art style, I wouldn't be the tf fan I am today 💖🫶
I got the art book 12 years ago, and it's still the most treasured book in my collection ✨
#transformers
Without this show and its inspiring art style, I wouldn't be the tf fan I am today 💖🫶
I got the art book 12 years ago, and it's still the most treasured book in my collection ✨
#transformers
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here's my first test at annotating/blurring a video. It needs some work to be less flickery but it's a start.
November 26, 2025 at 8:26 AM
here's my first test at annotating/blurring a video. It needs some work to be less flickery but it's a start.
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yea they're called my mutuals
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
yea they're called my mutuals
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"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
"It is against the TOS to be talked into suicide by our LLM" is possibly the most evil tech bro thing I've ever read
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Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
November 26, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Remember your favorite creator possibly might be struggling with imposter syndrome and doubt and this timeline sucks.. so if you find yourself thinking “wow I really relate to this persons work” or that persons work gives you joy, you should probably tell them. It’s a hard time to be a creative.
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moonracer's done and now Blurr's in the process of being cleaned up (based myself on his IDW design) #astradraws #wip #maccadam
September 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
moonracer's done and now Blurr's in the process of being cleaned up (based myself on his IDW design) #astradraws #wip #maccadam
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finally done with this, drew Glim in the TFP and TFO styles. The latter was a particularly challenging one to emulate #astradraws #maccadam #transformers #tfoc
September 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
finally done with this, drew Glim in the TFP and TFO styles. The latter was a particularly challenging one to emulate #astradraws #maccadam #transformers #tfoc
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I liked my initial sketch of live action hot shot, so here's a rough full body doodle of The Boy #astradraws #maccadam #transformers
September 30, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I liked my initial sketch of live action hot shot, so here's a rough full body doodle of The Boy #astradraws #maccadam #transformers