curious quail
@curiousquail.com
I'm msd! (he/they)
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musician 🎸🎮 | photog 📷 | artist 🎨| cat🐈rescue w/ @dellaruth | (TERFs+SWERFs get blocked!) 📸header: loni lonzo
🎶: https://blog.curiousquail.com/about/
🎨: https://curiousquail.com/sib
🌍: https://channel.coolstation.space/curiousquail
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curious quail
@curiousquail.com
· Oct 30
The Website League is here!
A year in the works to a public launch and it's cooking
blog.curiousquail.com
I'm probably going to be a website league sicko for the foreseeable future and I hope you can understand that.
Here's a blog post about what it is (to me) and why you should use it
Here's a blog post about what it is (to me) and why you should use it
Back to it! Today's request from @magmacranes.bsky.social was just for Abomasnow but it wasn't too much effort to go mega with it. Please enjoy! And as always, send me requests if I haven't done them on the project yet
When I started this there were 1025 pokemon and I've only done 62. Lots to go.
When I started this there were 1025 pokemon and I've only done 62. Lots to go.
Daily Dex - Mega Abomasnow
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
blog.curiousquail.com
January 12, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Back to it! Today's request from @magmacranes.bsky.social was just for Abomasnow but it wasn't too much effort to go mega with it. Please enjoy! And as always, send me requests if I haven't done them on the project yet
When I started this there were 1025 pokemon and I've only done 62. Lots to go.
When I started this there were 1025 pokemon and I've only done 62. Lots to go.
Been neglecting my moonchosting - please enjoy (there's a bonus haunted shot in the post too)
Moon's Haunted
Catching up on editing; here is the Wolf Moon from last week
blog.curiousquail.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Been neglecting my moonchosting - please enjoy (there's a bonus haunted shot in the post too)
I was gonna be done intentionally doing Gen 3 after GDQ ended (as opposed to just rolling random numbers for the project again) but I got a special request from @celechii.itch.io and it felt like the right move.
Daily Dex - Deoxys
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
blog.curiousquail.com
January 11, 2026 at 4:50 PM
I was gonna be done intentionally doing Gen 3 after GDQ ended (as opposed to just rolling random numbers for the project again) but I got a special request from @celechii.itch.io and it felt like the right move.
Reposted by curious quail
Qualtrics is a business tool that costs Business Level Money and the survey link's base domain literally showed Discord's Okta login AND also, and I cannot stress this enough, the survey didn't ask for anything that would remotely be able to phish you (I know because I took it).
January 11, 2026 at 4:23 AM
Qualtrics is a business tool that costs Business Level Money and the survey link's base domain literally showed Discord's Okta login AND also, and I cannot stress this enough, the survey didn't ask for anything that would remotely be able to phish you (I know because I took it).
And so wraps our week of Gen 3 Pokemon exclusivity in honor of @adef.bsky.social's Pokemon Emerald run on @gamesdonequick.com later tonight.
Please enjoy quick drawings of the emo catdog and the legendary dragon rocket.
Please enjoy quick drawings of the emo catdog and the legendary dragon rocket.
Daily Dex - Absol and Rayquaza
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
blog.curiousquail.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
And so wraps our week of Gen 3 Pokemon exclusivity in honor of @adef.bsky.social's Pokemon Emerald run on @gamesdonequick.com later tonight.
Please enjoy quick drawings of the emo catdog and the legendary dragon rocket.
Please enjoy quick drawings of the emo catdog and the legendary dragon rocket.
if it helps at all, deck.blue is a pretty good “we copied the homework”
deck.blue
Get the most out of Bluesky with a multi-column layout
deck.blue
January 10, 2026 at 6:11 AM
if it helps at all, deck.blue is a pretty good “we copied the homework”
lol, lmao
Betterment’s financial app sends customers a $10,000 crypto scam message
The sketchy notification promised users Betterment would ‘triple your crypto.’
www.theverge.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:46 AM
lol, lmao
white really goes hard on the “blue got all the ‘no more having fun!!’ cards” lately
January 10, 2026 at 1:42 AM
white really goes hard on the “blue got all the ‘no more having fun!!’ cards” lately
Thanks, I didn’t actually want to play the game. Appreciate you helping me out with that.
January 10, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Thanks, I didn’t actually want to play the game. Appreciate you helping me out with that.
Anyway in honor of @hoodedhorse.bsky.social taking a firmly beautiful anti-AI stance, here's a reminder that Cataclismo absolutely rules and if you like base building, RTS or just making cool forts out of legos you should check it out
(it was one of my top games of 2024 and that predated the 1.0)
(it was one of my top games of 2024 and that predated the 1.0)
MSD's GOTY Indecision Blowout: RTS Building Blocks and the Horrors™
Highlighting games I loved (like Cataclismo) in lieu of a Game of the Year
blog.curiousquail.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Anyway in honor of @hoodedhorse.bsky.social taking a firmly beautiful anti-AI stance, here's a reminder that Cataclismo absolutely rules and if you like base building, RTS or just making cool forts out of legos you should check it out
(it was one of my top games of 2024 and that predated the 1.0)
(it was one of my top games of 2024 and that predated the 1.0)
can't wait to see this number climb even higher and have establishment democrats find a way to trip over themselves to make keeping yet 'reforming' ICE part of the platform anyway
ICE has only existed since the early 2000s and done more harm than good, it should not exist.
ICE has only existed since the early 2000s and done more harm than good, it should not exist.
"YouGov has ICE at 39% favorable, 52% unfavorable...But this top line really understates the intensity of public backlash to ICE and its tactics. In February 2025, just 19% of Americans held a strongly unfavorable view of ICE. Today, 40% do."
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
open.substack.com/pub/gelliott...
Support for abolishing ICE hits a a new high
Americans have turned sharply against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and say it too often resorts to violence
open.substack.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:21 PM
can't wait to see this number climb even higher and have establishment democrats find a way to trip over themselves to make keeping yet 'reforming' ICE part of the platform anyway
ICE has only existed since the early 2000s and done more harm than good, it should not exist.
ICE has only existed since the early 2000s and done more harm than good, it should not exist.
Reposted by curious quail
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 3:39 PM
This is simply not technically possible. You cannot generate enough writing in-house to train an LLM. You cannot generate enough art in-house to train a GAN. People who think they have a model "trained on our own material" are using a base model of mass-scraped data, unknowingly or disingenuously.
FWIW you only need IBO season 1 for Hunt; Watlz will spoil the end of Wing and make very little sense.
Plus it’s after Christmas, bad form to watch Christmas movies after Christmas
Plus it’s after Christmas, bad form to watch Christmas movies after Christmas
January 9, 2026 at 1:36 AM
FWIW you only need IBO season 1 for Hunt; Watlz will spoil the end of Wing and make very little sense.
Plus it’s after Christmas, bad form to watch Christmas movies after Christmas
Plus it’s after Christmas, bad form to watch Christmas movies after Christmas
Vance admitting it's ok if cops kill people when they have been scared or hurt in the past sure was not on my bingo card
January 8, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Vance admitting it's ok if cops kill people when they have been scared or hurt in the past sure was not on my bingo card
World's on fire. Fuck ICE. Here's a Gardevoir.
Daily Dex - Gardevoir
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
blog.curiousquail.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:34 PM
World's on fire. Fuck ICE. Here's a Gardevoir.
Rayquaza is slotted in for Saturday for the finale!
January 7, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Rayquaza is slotted in for Saturday for the finale!
Reposted by curious quail
An important thing to remember is that Democrats have not only refused to shut down ICE, they have routinely stated they should be the ones in charge specifically, because they would be better at policing and enforcement. Not safety and oversight.
January 7, 2026 at 10:31 PM
An important thing to remember is that Democrats have not only refused to shut down ICE, they have routinely stated they should be the ones in charge specifically, because they would be better at policing and enforcement. Not safety and oversight.
Oh you mean this guy? Walking away from the murder casually checking his phone?
January 7, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Oh you mean this guy? Walking away from the murder casually checking his phone?
January 7, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Depressing to live in a world where an unauthorized gestapo can shoot and kill a woman on camera and you just know they're not gonna face any consequences
Nothing I can say won't be a terms of service violation.
ICE must be demolished and everyone who participated in it removed from society.
Nothing I can say won't be a terms of service violation.
ICE must be demolished and everyone who participated in it removed from society.
January 7, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Depressing to live in a world where an unauthorized gestapo can shoot and kill a woman on camera and you just know they're not gonna face any consequences
Nothing I can say won't be a terms of service violation.
ICE must be demolished and everyone who participated in it removed from society.
Nothing I can say won't be a terms of service violation.
ICE must be demolished and everyone who participated in it removed from society.
oh the vibes here are immaculate holy shit
January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
oh the vibes here are immaculate holy shit
Pretty grim "how it started / how it's going"
Less than 48 hours from the union being officially certified to the corporation closing the studio and firing everyone.
1 - www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-hali...
2- www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-shut...
Less than 48 hours from the union being officially certified to the corporation closing the studio and firing everyone.
1 - www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-hali...
2- www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-shut...
January 7, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Pretty grim "how it started / how it's going"
Less than 48 hours from the union being officially certified to the corporation closing the studio and firing everyone.
1 - www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-hali...
2- www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-shut...
Less than 48 hours from the union being officially certified to the corporation closing the studio and firing everyone.
1 - www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-hali...
2- www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisoft-shut...
GDQ week continues with Gen 3 but we've hit a fork in the route; I need ideas for tomorrow and Friday.
A Gen 3 iconic pokemon that isn't one of the three starters OR Rayquaza. Only have two slots so I couldn't do starter evolutions.
Ideas?
A Gen 3 iconic pokemon that isn't one of the three starters OR Rayquaza. Only have two slots so I couldn't do starter evolutions.
Ideas?
Daily Dex - Treecko
In which I challenge myself to draw a pokemon every day until I stop
blog.curiousquail.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
GDQ week continues with Gen 3 but we've hit a fork in the route; I need ideas for tomorrow and Friday.
A Gen 3 iconic pokemon that isn't one of the three starters OR Rayquaza. Only have two slots so I couldn't do starter evolutions.
Ideas?
A Gen 3 iconic pokemon that isn't one of the three starters OR Rayquaza. Only have two slots so I couldn't do starter evolutions.
Ideas?
just got served an ad for a game that that is essentially "First person Dredge but we weren't that concerned with pretending we didn't copy the homework"
It's like kinda shameless?? Visual aesthetic, tetris inventory, it's wild how 1:1 some of it is lmfao
It's like kinda shameless?? Visual aesthetic, tetris inventory, it's wild how 1:1 some of it is lmfao
DREADMOOR on Steam
DREADMOOR is a Lovecraftian fishing adventure set in a post-nuclear apocalypse world. Sell your yield, upgrade your boat, build equipment and battle monsters lurking in water and on land. Explore forg...
store.steampowered.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:36 AM
just got served an ad for a game that that is essentially "First person Dredge but we weren't that concerned with pretending we didn't copy the homework"
It's like kinda shameless?? Visual aesthetic, tetris inventory, it's wild how 1:1 some of it is lmfao
It's like kinda shameless?? Visual aesthetic, tetris inventory, it's wild how 1:1 some of it is lmfao