Carolyn Yao
@crayonolay.bsky.social
Video Editor, Photographer, Archival Researcher | Artist & Writer | TTRPG fan & Nerdfighter
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Carolyn Yao
@crayonolay.bsky.social
· Jul 2
Watch Trauma Dump with Lou Wilson! Paul is the goat 🐐 #traumadumpwithlouwilson
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February 6, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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You can check out the P4A livestream schedule here: projectforawesome.com/schedule
Because P4A is live, there may be changes right before or during the stream. #P4A2026
Because P4A is live, there may be changes right before or during the stream. #P4A2026
February 8, 2026 at 8:13 PM
You can check out the P4A livestream schedule here: projectforawesome.com/schedule
Because P4A is live, there may be changes right before or during the stream. #P4A2026
Because P4A is live, there may be changes right before or during the stream. #P4A2026
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I would add that emotional stakes are the only ones that matter. oh, the world is ending?? nobody gives a shit, man. that's too big for people to even contemplate. you can have that, but you have to back it up with human-level stuff, like "my dog is dying and you're wasting my last hours with him"
A good thing about AI slop like the Cruise/Pitt fight thing is that it highlights just how repetitive and soulless MANY movie fight scenes are. They might as WELL be slop.
Some top-of-my-head things to keep in mind to make your fights human:
- Incorporate the environment (cont) 1/
Some top-of-my-head things to keep in mind to make your fights human:
- Incorporate the environment (cont) 1/
February 12, 2026 at 12:43 AM
I would add that emotional stakes are the only ones that matter. oh, the world is ending?? nobody gives a shit, man. that's too big for people to even contemplate. you can have that, but you have to back it up with human-level stuff, like "my dog is dying and you're wasting my last hours with him"
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Feels like a good day to remind everyone that there's tons of human-made public domain art available for free. Perfect for TTRPGs and board games!
Where can you find it?
Right here!
Part 1: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom...
Part 2: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/more-publi...
#ttrpg
Where can you find it?
Right here!
Part 1: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom...
Part 2: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/more-publi...
#ttrpg
Public domain art resources
Using public domain art in tabletop game design
www.skeletoncodemachine.com
February 9, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Feels like a good day to remind everyone that there's tons of human-made public domain art available for free. Perfect for TTRPGs and board games!
Where can you find it?
Right here!
Part 1: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom...
Part 2: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/more-publi...
#ttrpg
Where can you find it?
Right here!
Part 1: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/public-dom...
Part 2: www.skeletoncodemachine.com/p/more-publi...
#ttrpg
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the ultimate gamer
January 29, 2026 at 5:43 PM
the ultimate gamer
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NEW: The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal action.
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing.
My report at Law Dork:
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing.
My report at Law Dork:
The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal responses
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers took quick action in cases challenging the Trump administration's increasingly deadly efforts.
www.lawdork.com
January 25, 2026 at 5:41 AM
NEW: The ICE killing of Alex Pretti, the second in Minneapolis, prompts quick legal action.
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing.
My report at Law Dork:
After ICE agents killed Alex Pretti on Saturday, lawyers responded quickly — leading to one TRO issued before the night's end aimed at preserving evidence of the killing.
My report at Law Dork:
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"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
"Slavery was real"
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.
Presidents House, Philadelphia.
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beyond words to express how much i hate this... looks like "AI summary" not the author's written abstract is displayed by default for all ACM digital library publications. i, for one, didn't ask for it and hate it to my core
January 23, 2026 at 2:50 PM
beyond words to express how much i hate this... looks like "AI summary" not the author's written abstract is displayed by default for all ACM digital library publications. i, for one, didn't ask for it and hate it to my core
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Just thinking about a film my teacher showed us in elementary school where a little kid hits a baseball that accidentally beans a woman and KILLS her, and how I assumed that was a thing a child was capable of for years
January 20, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Just thinking about a film my teacher showed us in elementary school where a little kid hits a baseball that accidentally beans a woman and KILLS her, and how I assumed that was a thing a child was capable of for years
movie secret agents are unhinged for setting their computers so that when they plug in a thumb drive, every single frickin file opens itself in a separate window
January 18, 2026 at 1:22 AM
movie secret agents are unhinged for setting their computers so that when they plug in a thumb drive, every single frickin file opens itself in a separate window
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The move towards male/female essentialism in ‘progressive spaces’ is doing a lot of damage. You do not have a right to comfort in public spaces if the only source of your discomfort is someone existing and going about their business. That’s prejudice, not progressivism or safety.
January 11, 2026 at 8:37 PM
The move towards male/female essentialism in ‘progressive spaces’ is doing a lot of damage. You do not have a right to comfort in public spaces if the only source of your discomfort is someone existing and going about their business. That’s prejudice, not progressivism or safety.
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again
When you go to protests you’re going to encounter some corny and cringe people you’re not fully aligned with in various ways and I think that’s OK and not something to get Yosemite Sam mad about.
seeing some centrists complaining about "internet leftists" and inferring that "winemoms" outnumbered them at the rallies today, can you stop making this all about you man? The people, united, etc
January 11, 2026 at 12:19 AM
again
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As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
September 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
As book banning sweeps across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, brave librarians emerge as first responders in the fight for democracy. A film by Kim A. Snyder.
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
Opens UK 9/26 @berthadochouse.bsky.social, US 10/03 @filmforumnyc.bsky.social, rollout to follow.
Tix: TheLibrariansFilm.com/screenings
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On keeping hope right now, from @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on stream with @katmabu.bsky.social.
December 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
On keeping hope right now, from @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on stream with @katmabu.bsky.social.
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I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
December 12, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I guess it's fitting that it's a reimagined, worse version of someone else's artwork
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404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
404 Media Is Making a Zine
We are publishing a risograph-printed zine about the surveillance technologies used by ICE.
www.404media.co
December 8, 2025 at 3:42 PM
404 Media is making a print zine! About the surveillance technologies used by ICE. 16 pages, riso printed. Shipping early January. Features reworked versions of our best reporting and a few new things. We're very excited! And hope to do more if people like it:
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
www.404media.co/404-media-is...
After Effects just baa'd at me for the first time, scared the sheep out of me
a cartoon of a man wearing a shirt that says the king
Alt: A GIF of Dennis Nedry (portrayed by Wayne Knight) from Jurassic Park (1993), with the character's oversized head atop a cartoon Elvis body that says "King," waggling a finger. This is a recreation of the GIF that appears when Ray Arnold (portrayed by Samuel L. Jackson) attempts to access the security system via Nedry's computer.
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 PM
After Effects just baa'd at me for the first time, scared the sheep out of me
Top 5 Film Genres:
- Dance Horror
- Buddy Dramedy / Platonic Soulmates
- Time Shenanigans
- Quarter-life Crisis
- The Dog Survives
- Dance Horror
- Buddy Dramedy / Platonic Soulmates
- Time Shenanigans
- Quarter-life Crisis
- The Dog Survives
Top 5 film genres
-monster romance (underwater?)
- black and white, practical-effects-heavy almost-horror featuring 2 main characters
-hot scientist with tattoos is anxious
-Godzilla (Japanese only)
- you’ve got mail
-monster romance (underwater?)
- black and white, practical-effects-heavy almost-horror featuring 2 main characters
-hot scientist with tattoos is anxious
-Godzilla (Japanese only)
- you’ve got mail
Top five film genres:
- stop-motion
- Visually luscious and color-saturated surreal fanciful/gothic pieces
- Horror Comedy
- cosmic/body horror with gnarly practical effects
- things happen under the ground
honorable mention: mindfuck
- stop-motion
- Visually luscious and color-saturated surreal fanciful/gothic pieces
- Horror Comedy
- cosmic/body horror with gnarly practical effects
- things happen under the ground
honorable mention: mindfuck
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Top 5 Film Genres:
- Dance Horror
- Buddy Dramedy / Platonic Soulmates
- Time Shenanigans
- Quarter-life Crisis
- The Dog Survives
- Dance Horror
- Buddy Dramedy / Platonic Soulmates
- Time Shenanigans
- Quarter-life Crisis
- The Dog Survives
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For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
Latino US citizens racially profiled by federal immigration agents in Chicago: ‘I felt like a piece of trash’
The Tribune spoke to U.S. citizens and green card holders who have either been questioned or detained during Trump’s Operation Midway Blitz.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
For two months, the U.S. government has been racial profiling as masked federal agents hunted for immigrants throughout Chicago. They’ve repeatedly snatched up U.S. citizens while traumatizing communities. “I felt like a piece of trash.” Here is our story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/15/l...
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476! please help me get to 500 before tomorrow’s city commission meeting
www.change.org/p/amend-city...
www.change.org/p/amend-city...
November 4, 2025 at 4:30 AM
476! please help me get to 500 before tomorrow’s city commission meeting
www.change.org/p/amend-city...
www.change.org/p/amend-city...
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Reposting with edited labels; still figuring the self-moderation system out 😵💫
Anyway I adore these scary ladies 🤩 GO LISTEN TO WORLDS BEYOND NUMBER!!! @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
#worldsbeyondnumber #dnd #actualplay #witches #fanart
Anyway I adore these scary ladies 🤩 GO LISTEN TO WORLDS BEYOND NUMBER!!! @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
#worldsbeyondnumber #dnd #actualplay #witches #fanart
July 23, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Reposting with edited labels; still figuring the self-moderation system out 😵💫
Anyway I adore these scary ladies 🤩 GO LISTEN TO WORLDS BEYOND NUMBER!!! @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
#worldsbeyondnumber #dnd #actualplay #witches #fanart
Anyway I adore these scary ladies 🤩 GO LISTEN TO WORLDS BEYOND NUMBER!!! @worldsbeyondnumber.bsky.social
#worldsbeyondnumber #dnd #actualplay #witches #fanart
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I love the ink demons from Worlds beyond Number so so much, heres some fanart I did of the boys a little while ago!
#worldsbeyondnumber #inkdemons #worldsbeyondnumberfanart #wbn
#worldsbeyondnumber #inkdemons #worldsbeyondnumberfanart #wbn
August 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
I love the ink demons from Worlds beyond Number so so much, heres some fanart I did of the boys a little while ago!
#worldsbeyondnumber #inkdemons #worldsbeyondnumberfanart #wbn
#worldsbeyondnumber #inkdemons #worldsbeyondnumberfanart #wbn