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Its really important imo for citizens to push back when some senator starts mouthing off about how section 230 needs repealing, or other blatantly bad ideas
But its also good to have perspective re: the actual chances of a particular gambit going through!
But its also good to have perspective re: the actual chances of a particular gambit going through!
Now, before everybody panics and runs around like headless chickens, they have yet to introduce the bill, and Graham and Whitehouse have tried to pass this before and failed. The previous versions have never made it past the introduction stage.
Sen. WHITEHOUSE: We finally are moving to file a bipartisan Section 230 repeal bill. Waiting any longer serves no useful purpose.
December 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Its really important imo for citizens to push back when some senator starts mouthing off about how section 230 needs repealing, or other blatantly bad ideas
But its also good to have perspective re: the actual chances of a particular gambit going through!
But its also good to have perspective re: the actual chances of a particular gambit going through!
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My only big post-game-award thought is that while Clair Obscur is obviously an excellent game (cmon, don't do the sour grapes thing, please?), it still doesn't come to mind AT ALL when I think of my favourite RPGs of the year
That still goes to Look Outside, made by a tiny team in just a few months
That still goes to Look Outside, made by a tiny team in just a few months
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December 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My only big post-game-award thought is that while Clair Obscur is obviously an excellent game (cmon, don't do the sour grapes thing, please?), it still doesn't come to mind AT ALL when I think of my favourite RPGs of the year
That still goes to Look Outside, made by a tiny team in just a few months
That still goes to Look Outside, made by a tiny team in just a few months
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while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
December 11, 2025 at 8:46 PM
while KOSA passed the subcommittee, there is still the full committee meeting it needs to go through before being voted on by the Senate/House
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
support is more split on it than you'd think, we just need to pull away enough votes to block it. CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES!
www.badinternetbills.com
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Another way to think about it is there are three standard shot sizes in cinematography, and while comics is so much more than film, knowing some camera basics can help:
* WIDE: Shows whole body (inc feet!). Great for showing environment, spatial relationships, big action / comedy. (1/more)
* WIDE: Shows whole body (inc feet!). Great for showing environment, spatial relationships, big action / comedy. (1/more)
my comics advice is: show feet
it sounds like dumb online meme nonsense but it's not; every 2-3 pages make sure you draw your character so their feet show, it grounds them in the environment and forces you to vary your panel composition.
it sounds like dumb online meme nonsense but it's not; every 2-3 pages make sure you draw your character so their feet show, it grounds them in the environment and forces you to vary your panel composition.
December 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Another way to think about it is there are three standard shot sizes in cinematography, and while comics is so much more than film, knowing some camera basics can help:
* WIDE: Shows whole body (inc feet!). Great for showing environment, spatial relationships, big action / comedy. (1/more)
* WIDE: Shows whole body (inc feet!). Great for showing environment, spatial relationships, big action / comedy. (1/more)
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#SaveSpeech
The House Committee Meeting was heavily in favor of these various censorship/surveillance bills
We need now, more than ever, to counter the rhetoric that these bills are "popular" and demand our reps oppose them!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
The House Committee Meeting was heavily in favor of these various censorship/surveillance bills
We need now, more than ever, to counter the rhetoric that these bills are "popular" and demand our reps oppose them!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
December 2, 2025 at 8:23 PM
#SaveSpeech
The House Committee Meeting was heavily in favor of these various censorship/surveillance bills
We need now, more than ever, to counter the rhetoric that these bills are "popular" and demand our reps oppose them!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
The House Committee Meeting was heavily in favor of these various censorship/surveillance bills
We need now, more than ever, to counter the rhetoric that these bills are "popular" and demand our reps oppose them!
www.congress.gov/members/find...
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if you're one person making a comic by yourself, don't treat yourself like you should function on the same level as comics that have multiple people working on them. your backgrounds can be squiggles and colors.
allow yourself room to be abstract with details and give yourself some grace
allow yourself room to be abstract with details and give yourself some grace
December 1, 2025 at 1:29 AM
if you're one person making a comic by yourself, don't treat yourself like you should function on the same level as comics that have multiple people working on them. your backgrounds can be squiggles and colors.
allow yourself room to be abstract with details and give yourself some grace
allow yourself room to be abstract with details and give yourself some grace
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I think the corollary that a lot of people miss about "write what you know" is that *you have the power to know more things.* Research and talking to people are a central part of writing!
“write only what you know” is bullshit because a man wrote silent hill f and this shit rocks!!!! its feminist core resonates SO strongly if you’re a woman!!!!
November 30, 2025 at 1:57 AM
I think the corollary that a lot of people miss about "write what you know" is that *you have the power to know more things.* Research and talking to people are a central part of writing!
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Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
November 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Special thanks to GOG for being so supportive of the project! HORSES preorders are now available on the store: www.gog.com/en/game/horses 🙏
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There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
November 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
There's a part of learning, which generative AI completely turns into dogshit, which is *doing something you could not have done before*
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
Whether it's drawing, playing an instrument, solving a physics problem, organizing an essay, you find yourself doing easily what previously you found overwhelming
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Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
"you have not played the game unless you've played the game" is one of my more annoying but unshakable opinions
the whole "don't play the game, just watch a video on youtube that will explain its story to you" is so disheartening because the issue of accessibility is genuinely really important but it's always just people who want to be spoon-fed nicely quantifiable information
November 23, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Whenever I say this, people get Really Mad, but it's true. Same of any other art, too. You have to read the book, watch the film, see the painting, listen to the song, whatever.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
I'm sorry, but watching a video about it on YouTube is not enough. You have not experience the art.
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UNPOPULAR OPINION: Spending hours gaming is better for your mental health than hours of doom scrolling through social media. Games give you critical thinking, strategy, stories, goals and actual dopamine, as opposed to anxiety.
November 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
UNPOPULAR OPINION: Spending hours gaming is better for your mental health than hours of doom scrolling through social media. Games give you critical thinking, strategy, stories, goals and actual dopamine, as opposed to anxiety.
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation.
If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.
We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.
We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
November 19, 2025 at 7:07 PM
🚨 Yet again Ted Cruz and Steve Scalise are trying to sneak in a moratorium on state GenAi legislation.
If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.
We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
If passed states can no longer enact laws for transparency, child safety, privacy, environmental protection etc.
We got 3 days to stop this. Call now!
www.senate.gov/senators/sen...
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Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
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more than "you should play bad games because a maligned game might be good" i would prefer if the positive contrarian dogma was "you should play games that genuinely interest you regardless of what other people think" because holy shit the former leads to a lot of turning your misery into Content
November 9, 2025 at 4:48 PM
more than "you should play bad games because a maligned game might be good" i would prefer if the positive contrarian dogma was "you should play games that genuinely interest you regardless of what other people think" because holy shit the former leads to a lot of turning your misery into Content
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everyone needs to grow the fuck up and start playing pretend with toys
November 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
everyone needs to grow the fuck up and start playing pretend with toys
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Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad
"‘Will she live happily ever after?’ he said.
NOT FOREVER. BUT PERHAPS FOR LONG ENOUGH."
"‘Will she live happily ever after?’ he said.
NOT FOREVER. BUT PERHAPS FOR LONG ENOUGH."
Discworld QOTD, from Going Postal
"'You wrote everything down, Crispin?' he said. 'Why?'
Crispin looked appalled.
'Got to keep records, Reacher,' he said. 'Can't cover y' tracks if you don't know where y'left 'em. Then... can put it all back, see, hardly a crime at all.'"
"'You wrote everything down, Crispin?' he said. 'Why?'
Crispin looked appalled.
'Got to keep records, Reacher,' he said. 'Can't cover y' tracks if you don't know where y'left 'em. Then... can put it all back, see, hardly a crime at all.'"
Discworld QOTD, from Moving Pictures
"‘You’re my own flesh and blood,’ said Dibbler, shaking his head. ‘How can you do this to me?’
‘Because I’m your own flesh and blood,’ said Soll.
Dibbler brightened. Of course, when you looked at it like that, it didn’t seem so bad."
"‘You’re my own flesh and blood,’ said Dibbler, shaking his head. ‘How can you do this to me?’
‘Because I’m your own flesh and blood,’ said Soll.
Dibbler brightened. Of course, when you looked at it like that, it didn’t seem so bad."
November 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Discworld QOTD, from Witches Abroad
"‘Will she live happily ever after?’ he said.
NOT FOREVER. BUT PERHAPS FOR LONG ENOUGH."
"‘Will she live happily ever after?’ he said.
NOT FOREVER. BUT PERHAPS FOR LONG ENOUGH."
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It's recently come to my attention that someone made a fake UZDoom website. DO NOT CLICK IT!
The only official website for UZDoom is ZDoom dot org and the ONLY official place to get future UZDoom downloads would be the official UZDoom Github page!
Stay safe out there y'all
[Boosts appreciated]
The only official website for UZDoom is ZDoom dot org and the ONLY official place to get future UZDoom downloads would be the official UZDoom Github page!
Stay safe out there y'all
[Boosts appreciated]
November 1, 2025 at 12:46 AM
It's recently come to my attention that someone made a fake UZDoom website. DO NOT CLICK IT!
The only official website for UZDoom is ZDoom dot org and the ONLY official place to get future UZDoom downloads would be the official UZDoom Github page!
Stay safe out there y'all
[Boosts appreciated]
The only official website for UZDoom is ZDoom dot org and the ONLY official place to get future UZDoom downloads would be the official UZDoom Github page!
Stay safe out there y'all
[Boosts appreciated]
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Look, it’s trite to say, but I’m gonna say it anyway: tell your people that you love them. Apologize when you screw up, check in just to say hi, celebrate every mundane happiness you can with them. They need it more than you know, and so do you.
October 28, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Look, it’s trite to say, but I’m gonna say it anyway: tell your people that you love them. Apologize when you screw up, check in just to say hi, celebrate every mundane happiness you can with them. They need it more than you know, and so do you.
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Some time ago I saw an artist say that folks often put a lot of effort into their work, and then post about it once. Which is such a shame!
Not everyone is awake at the same time, not everyone is online every day, and you put a lot of effort into it!
So go post your work again! Repost it again!
Not everyone is awake at the same time, not everyone is online every day, and you put a lot of effort into it!
So go post your work again! Repost it again!
October 27, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Some time ago I saw an artist say that folks often put a lot of effort into their work, and then post about it once. Which is such a shame!
Not everyone is awake at the same time, not everyone is online every day, and you put a lot of effort into it!
So go post your work again! Repost it again!
Not everyone is awake at the same time, not everyone is online every day, and you put a lot of effort into it!
So go post your work again! Repost it again!
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A really solid post and worth the read. Reminds me of something I read once about punk music and how the voice cracking and lofi recordings make the music really feel like an emotion the medium can't hold. "Playing bad games is kinda like doing emotional push-ups." is likewise a fantastic statement
Playing bad games doesn't ruin your credibility, it actually makes you learn about what you like. You start noticing effort, weird ideas, stuff that polished games smooth over.
Play more broken, weird, and ambitious trash; it’s good for your taste and good for your brain.
#blog #gaming
Play more broken, weird, and ambitious trash; it’s good for your taste and good for your brain.
#blog #gaming
You Should Play Bad Games
innerspiral.lol
October 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A really solid post and worth the read. Reminds me of something I read once about punk music and how the voice cracking and lofi recordings make the music really feel like an emotion the medium can't hold. "Playing bad games is kinda like doing emotional push-ups." is likewise a fantastic statement
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please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
October 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
please watch movies and read books and play games and look at art, please view it with your own eyes through a lens you made yourself and not just through video essayists and ending explained videos please im begging you
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“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
Guillermo del Toro on 'Frankenstein': 'AI can go f**k itself!'
"Art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go f*ck itself!” Guillermo del Toro is a guest of honour at this year’s Lumière Film Festival. He presents his adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", which audiences got to see on the big screen before it streams on Netflix next month.
l.euronews.com
October 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
“When they rob us of art and emotion, that leads us towards the aesthetics of fascism. In this film, all the sets are real, the decor is human-sized, there are painstakingly created miniatures... It’s there to remind us that art is not only necessary, it is urgent. And AI can go fuck itself!”