Dana the Elf
@danatheelf.bsky.social
Disabled gay elf princess. Creative type with too many interests.
Loves Zelda and Tolkien way too much; loves Tina even more. <3
You may know me from the HM64 projects/modding scene.
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Loves Zelda and Tolkien way too much; loves Tina even more. <3
You may know me from the HM64 projects/modding scene.
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Dana the Elf
@danatheelf.bsky.social
· Jan 30
For those wondering what I am working on of late, I have been contributing custom assets and user support to various HM64 port projects.
I've also been coordinating with Tolkien Scholars and Font Designers to build consensus and reestablish common encoding of Tolkien's scripts to respect the UCSUR.
I've also been coordinating with Tolkien Scholars and Font Designers to build consensus and reestablish common encoding of Tolkien's scripts to respect the UCSUR.
There is a *bit* of a rift between them, but I wonder how much of it is jealousy and resentment from the cops that the ice goons get to wear masks, and play with all the big murder-toys.
January 13, 2026 at 11:35 AM
There is a *bit* of a rift between them, but I wonder how much of it is jealousy and resentment from the cops that the ice goons get to wear masks, and play with all the big murder-toys.
People feared computers because they didn't know how to use them, nor did they much care to learn.
So when forced, they learnt as little as possible, and called IT when ANYTHING went awry. They went through life treating it as the unpredictable magic box
So when forced, they learnt as little as possible, and called IT when ANYTHING went awry. They went through life treating it as the unpredictable magic box
January 11, 2026 at 10:56 AM
People feared computers because they didn't know how to use them, nor did they much care to learn.
So when forced, they learnt as little as possible, and called IT when ANYTHING went awry. They went through life treating it as the unpredictable magic box
So when forced, they learnt as little as possible, and called IT when ANYTHING went awry. They went through life treating it as the unpredictable magic box
There's a weird marriage of anti-intellectualism, refusal to learn, and Snake Oil selling Carnival Barkers that has festered around computers since they became ubiquitous that I find deeply unsettling and depressing.
I just hate it when people get duped by thinking computers are magic because computers are so fucking stupid and the mystique around them is perpetuated by evil grifters
January 11, 2026 at 10:49 AM
There's a weird marriage of anti-intellectualism, refusal to learn, and Snake Oil selling Carnival Barkers that has festered around computers since they became ubiquitous that I find deeply unsettling and depressing.
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At long last, China has built the megawatt-scale airborne wind system from the classic sci-fi novel "Do build the megawatt-scale airborne wind system to produce 10x more energy".
NEW: China is testing a megawatt-scale airborne wind system that captures stronger high-altitude winds, potentially producing up to 10× more energy with 40% less material and 30% lower costs. It could also be quickly deployed to supply emergency power after disasters.
January 11, 2026 at 4:12 AM
At long last, China has built the megawatt-scale airborne wind system from the classic sci-fi novel "Do build the megawatt-scale airborne wind system to produce 10x more energy".
The combined representatives of three whole countries think *maybe* they'll have enough power together to hold ONE FUCKING MAN to account.
The UK, Canada & Australia are reportedly in talks about potentially banning Twitter/X over Grok’s AI image generation, per The Telegraph.
Ministers believe a joint move would send a “powerful message” to Elon Musk.
Ministers believe a joint move would send a “powerful message” to Elon Musk.
January 11, 2026 at 6:33 AM
The combined representatives of three whole countries think *maybe* they'll have enough power together to hold ONE FUCKING MAN to account.
It is 42 degrees.
FORTY TWO.
Can we do something about the climate apocalypse yet??
FORTY TWO.
Can we do something about the climate apocalypse yet??
January 10, 2026 at 5:44 AM
It is 42 degrees.
FORTY TWO.
Can we do something about the climate apocalypse yet??
FORTY TWO.
Can we do something about the climate apocalypse yet??
Gotta say, it's incredibly annoying that developing a moderately serious food allergy has conditioned my body to respond to *all* allergens with the new reaction response.
So now it seems every time I suffer from Hayfever, I get the fun side-effect of *also* breaking out in hives.
So now it seems every time I suffer from Hayfever, I get the fun side-effect of *also* breaking out in hives.
January 6, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Gotta say, it's incredibly annoying that developing a moderately serious food allergy has conditioned my body to respond to *all* allergens with the new reaction response.
So now it seems every time I suffer from Hayfever, I get the fun side-effect of *also* breaking out in hives.
So now it seems every time I suffer from Hayfever, I get the fun side-effect of *also* breaking out in hives.
They're DESPERATE for you to give up and accept the slop factory as The Future.
Don't.
The slop is bad, and you shouldn't stop pointing out that it is.
Don't.
The slop is bad, and you shouldn't stop pointing out that it is.
Microsoft CEO Really Wants You to Stop Calling Generative AI 'Slop'.
Microsoft CEO Really Wants You to Stop Calling Generative AI 'Slop'
That won't help sales
www.pushsquare.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:29 PM
They're DESPERATE for you to give up and accept the slop factory as The Future.
Don't.
The slop is bad, and you shouldn't stop pointing out that it is.
Don't.
The slop is bad, and you shouldn't stop pointing out that it is.
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"It’s very pretty, all new, technically impressive… and also consistently wrong in some obvious and avoidable way too."
The X68000 version of Ys could've - should've - been the best one around:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2022/08/15/a...
The X68000 version of Ys could've - should've - been the best one around:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2022/08/15/a...
Ys Ancient Ys Vanished: Ancient style vanished
Dempa’s X68000 remake of Falcom’s eternally popular Ys: Ancient Ys Vanished opens with a superb digitised recreation of the sumptuous Yoshitaka Amano illustration found on the front of …
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com
January 5, 2026 at 4:06 AM
"It’s very pretty, all new, technically impressive… and also consistently wrong in some obvious and avoidable way too."
The X68000 version of Ys could've - should've - been the best one around:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2022/08/15/a...
The X68000 version of Ys could've - should've - been the best one around:
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com/2022/08/15/a...
If you think civilian casualties are considered a mistake, or an adverse outcome, you're not paying attention.
So we now appear to be up to at least 80 Venezuelans killed.
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
For an operation that anonymous admin officials said yesterday was"virtually flawless."
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 5, 2026 at 6:18 AM
If you think civilian casualties are considered a mistake, or an adverse outcome, you're not paying attention.
I hope someone's got the material that went to the printers, somewhere; the best possible quality copies of everything in its finished form that could be reproduced, since prints of scans of mass market prints degrade like photocopies of photocopies.
January 4, 2026 at 1:25 PM
I hope someone's got the material that went to the printers, somewhere; the best possible quality copies of everything in its finished form that could be reproduced, since prints of scans of mass market prints degrade like photocopies of photocopies.
I *really* want them to do Omnibus editions of the Nintendo stuff in particular - that all these super interesting comics are just kinda forgotten and unknown by most fans is really unfortunate, and they deserve a proper archival collection!
January 4, 2026 at 12:57 PM
I *really* want them to do Omnibus editions of the Nintendo stuff in particular - that all these super interesting comics are just kinda forgotten and unknown by most fans is really unfortunate, and they deserve a proper archival collection!
Reposted by Dana the Elf
Reposted by Dana the Elf
Feel like reading interesting articles about cool games you already love, as well as plenty more on a range of amazing/weird/wonderful others I hope I can convince you to adore? Then click the random button here!
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com?random
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com?random
January 4, 2026 at 3:43 AM
Feel like reading interesting articles about cool games you already love, as well as plenty more on a range of amazing/weird/wonderful others I hope I can convince you to adore? Then click the random button here!
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com?random
kimimithegameeatingshemonster.com?random
I've never been a fan, but the *theory* is that by making the backdrop of the screen a sort of average of the scene colour or extension of the edges of the frame, it disappears and you can get more immersed.
January 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM
I've never been a fan, but the *theory* is that by making the backdrop of the screen a sort of average of the scene colour or extension of the edges of the frame, it disappears and you can get more immersed.
To me, humans are creatures of wonder and creation - other animals don't make up stories or just build things for no practical reason.
Bootlickers are always gonna be around to lick boots, but it feels like there are more people who don't want to use their own brains than who do.
Humanity is dying.
Bootlickers are always gonna be around to lick boots, but it feels like there are more people who don't want to use their own brains than who do.
Humanity is dying.
January 4, 2026 at 7:11 AM
To me, humans are creatures of wonder and creation - other animals don't make up stories or just build things for no practical reason.
Bootlickers are always gonna be around to lick boots, but it feels like there are more people who don't want to use their own brains than who do.
Humanity is dying.
Bootlickers are always gonna be around to lick boots, but it feels like there are more people who don't want to use their own brains than who do.
Humanity is dying.
Y'know, I'm not shocked and dismayed that people exist who just have no capacity to think for themselves, and need someone to tell them what to think and how to act.
I went to highschool.
What does deeply disturb me is just how overwhelmingly prevalent such mindless zombies seems to be.
I went to highschool.
What does deeply disturb me is just how overwhelmingly prevalent such mindless zombies seems to be.
January 4, 2026 at 7:11 AM
Y'know, I'm not shocked and dismayed that people exist who just have no capacity to think for themselves, and need someone to tell them what to think and how to act.
I went to highschool.
What does deeply disturb me is just how overwhelmingly prevalent such mindless zombies seems to be.
I went to highschool.
What does deeply disturb me is just how overwhelmingly prevalent such mindless zombies seems to be.
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It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
January 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
It’s time for the world to Boycott, Divest and Sanction the U.S
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
Avoid the Olympics, World Cup and other sporting events. There’s no reason to celebrate the 250 birthday of this fallen nation
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Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, Jess Miller
January 4, 2026 at 3:40 AM
Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney, Jess Miller
SANCTIONS.
GLOBAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE US.
FUCKING NOW.
I need like, China to stop sending goods to the US immediately until everyone involved in this decision is behind bars.
GLOBAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE US.
FUCKING NOW.
I need like, China to stop sending goods to the US immediately until everyone involved in this decision is behind bars.
“America can project our will anywhere, at any time.”
Former Fox News host and U.S. ‘War Secretary’ Pete Hegseth, in a press conference following the U.S. bombing of the capital of Venezuela and the kidnapping of the Venezuelan President and his wife by U.S. Army Special Forces.
Former Fox News host and U.S. ‘War Secretary’ Pete Hegseth, in a press conference following the U.S. bombing of the capital of Venezuela and the kidnapping of the Venezuelan President and his wife by U.S. Army Special Forces.
January 4, 2026 at 6:53 AM
SANCTIONS.
GLOBAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE US.
FUCKING NOW.
I need like, China to stop sending goods to the US immediately until everyone involved in this decision is behind bars.
GLOBAL SANCTIONS AGAINST THE US.
FUCKING NOW.
I need like, China to stop sending goods to the US immediately until everyone involved in this decision is behind bars.
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If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
If Xi Jinping invaded Taiwan right now, and toppled the president there, on what grounds would the United States object? Or have any credibility to say anything?
You obviously don't want people to be able to access phone tracking maliciously, but... it's to find a lost phone. You categorically need to access it *without the phone.*
michael scott is sitting in front of a window with his eyes closed and his hand on his chin .
ALT: michael scott is sitting in front of a window with his eyes closed and his hand on his chin .
media.tenor.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:16 PM
You obviously don't want people to be able to access phone tracking maliciously, but... it's to find a lost phone. You categorically need to access it *without the phone.*
The rest of the world is quietly breaking up with the US the same way a highschool clique gets rid of someone - just stop inviting them to group activities, ignore them, act like they don't exist, don't speak to them unless they speak to you, and then, keep it brief.
We're mean-girling the USA.
We're mean-girling the USA.
January 3, 2026 at 12:15 PM
The rest of the world is quietly breaking up with the US the same way a highschool clique gets rid of someone - just stop inviting them to group activities, ignore them, act like they don't exist, don't speak to them unless they speak to you, and then, keep it brief.
We're mean-girling the USA.
We're mean-girling the USA.
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Today is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 134th birthday! Happy Birthday Tolkien!
As Frodo did for Bilbo, we continue to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast, "The Professor!"
www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...
As Frodo did for Bilbo, we continue to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast, "The Professor!"
www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...
Tolkien Birthday Toast 2026
To celebrate Tolkien's 134th birthday on 3 January 2026, the Tolkien Society invites all Tolkien fans to raise a toast to the Professor. The Toast After Bilbo left the Shire on his eleventy-first birt...
www.tolkiensociety.org
January 3, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Today is J.R.R. #Tolkien's 134th birthday! Happy Birthday Tolkien!
As Frodo did for Bilbo, we continue to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast, "The Professor!"
www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...
As Frodo did for Bilbo, we continue to celebrate Tolkien's birthday in his absence with our #TolkienBirthdayToast. Our tradition: at 9pm your time raise a glass and toast, "The Professor!"
www.tolkiensociety.org/events/tolki...
We're already there - quietly investing more in local Defence, setting up trade deals with new partners, divesting from US Treasury Bonds and the US Dollar. The US Dollar is on the way out as global Reserve currency, too.
It's no coincidence that Gold and Silver investment is skyrocketing.
It's no coincidence that Gold and Silver investment is skyrocketing.
Just entirely out of curiosity: at what point does the rest of the world see the political, economic and cultural direction of the American government and have a chat about it in a room where they aren't. When, exactly, is the international breaking point. What depth must be plumbed. How and when.
January 3, 2026 at 11:57 AM
We're already there - quietly investing more in local Defence, setting up trade deals with new partners, divesting from US Treasury Bonds and the US Dollar. The US Dollar is on the way out as global Reserve currency, too.
It's no coincidence that Gold and Silver investment is skyrocketing.
It's no coincidence that Gold and Silver investment is skyrocketing.