it's daniel
@dkmode.bsky.social
musician+producer. just hangin' out, man.
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it's daniel
@dkmode.bsky.social
· Oct 24
hi! i'm daniel. i produce videogames at KO_OP. here's some other stuff i like and may or may not post about:
- music and playing instruments
- labour organizing (hit me up if you want to unionize your studio)
- comic books
- weightlifting
- music and playing instruments
- labour organizing (hit me up if you want to unionize your studio)
- comic books
- weightlifting
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
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IWGB has set up a fundraiser for the workers here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
Support Rockstar Workers Fighting Unfair Dismissals!
Last week over 30 members of staff at Grand Theft Auto VI developer Rockstar were fired en masse in a “calculated attack on workers”. The IWGB described Rockstar’s actions as ‘the most blatant and rut...
actionnetwork.org
January 13, 2026 at 3:39 PM
IWGB has set up a fundraiser for the workers here: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...
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Hey it's #portfolioday, I'm currently looking for work and have experience doing pixel art and animation, voxel art, and low-poly 3D, as well as art/creative direction, UI design, and game design.
Full portfolio 🎨 ckjong.artstation.com
Full portfolio 🎨 ckjong.artstation.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Hey it's #portfolioday, I'm currently looking for work and have experience doing pixel art and animation, voxel art, and low-poly 3D, as well as art/creative direction, UI design, and game design.
Full portfolio 🎨 ckjong.artstation.com
Full portfolio 🎨 ckjong.artstation.com
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we've been called communist stardew valley in space and you're not wrong but we're also these
January 13, 2026 at 5:24 PM
we've been called communist stardew valley in space and you're not wrong but we're also these
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hi #PortfolioDay!!
i do illustration, layout/bg paint for animation, and comics!! ✌️✌️✨✨
✉️- frmlloren @ gmail
💙Tumblr - fumssketches.tumblr.com
🧡Portfolio - francescalloren.portfoliobox.net
💚Ko-fi - ko-fi.com/fuuuuuums
i do illustration, layout/bg paint for animation, and comics!! ✌️✌️✨✨
✉️- frmlloren @ gmail
💙Tumblr - fumssketches.tumblr.com
🧡Portfolio - francescalloren.portfoliobox.net
💚Ko-fi - ko-fi.com/fuuuuuums
January 15, 2025 at 1:19 AM
hi #PortfolioDay!!
i do illustration, layout/bg paint for animation, and comics!! ✌️✌️✨✨
✉️- frmlloren @ gmail
💙Tumblr - fumssketches.tumblr.com
🧡Portfolio - francescalloren.portfoliobox.net
💚Ko-fi - ko-fi.com/fuuuuuums
i do illustration, layout/bg paint for animation, and comics!! ✌️✌️✨✨
✉️- frmlloren @ gmail
💙Tumblr - fumssketches.tumblr.com
🧡Portfolio - francescalloren.portfoliobox.net
💚Ko-fi - ko-fi.com/fuuuuuums
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2026 is already bringing about studio closures and corporate decisions without worker input.
Now is the time to build a better future. As tech and video game workers, organizing is how we fight back.
Learn how @ one of our organizer trainings this month ⤵️
Now is the time to build a better future. As tech and video game workers, organizing is how we fight back.
Learn how @ one of our organizer trainings this month ⤵️
Upcoming CODE-CWA Trainings
code-cwa.org
January 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
2026 is already bringing about studio closures and corporate decisions without worker input.
Now is the time to build a better future. As tech and video game workers, organizing is how we fight back.
Learn how @ one of our organizer trainings this month ⤵️
Now is the time to build a better future. As tech and video game workers, organizing is how we fight back.
Learn how @ one of our organizer trainings this month ⤵️
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im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
"Was the officer struck by the vehicle, as President Trump insists, or did the car pass by or around him?"
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
If we only had some trusted institution that could adjudicate between competing claims by relying on facts.
January 8, 2026 at 2:53 AM
im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
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They want you to see this and unionize less. You may be next, etc etc, the fear.
But the lesson must be: Unionize MORE. One team, one department, one studio protected? Shut down. *Every* studio protected? They can't shut them all down (without trashing the shareholder value, their only KPI).
But the lesson must be: Unionize MORE. One team, one department, one studio protected? Shut down. *Every* studio protected? They can't shut them all down (without trashing the shareholder value, their only KPI).
infuriated on behalf of my union siblings in Halifax over this, even moreso after the absurdly long history of struggle in Canada trying to get a union going within Ubisoft.
www.ign.com/articles/ubi...
www.ign.com/articles/ubi...
Ubisoft Shuts Down Assassin's Creed: Rebellion Developer Halifax Studio Just 1 Month After It Unionized - IGN
Ubisoft has shut down its Halifax Studio, just one month after 61 of its 71 workers voted to unionized.
www.ign.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:48 PM
They want you to see this and unionize less. You may be next, etc etc, the fear.
But the lesson must be: Unionize MORE. One team, one department, one studio protected? Shut down. *Every* studio protected? They can't shut them all down (without trashing the shareholder value, their only KPI).
But the lesson must be: Unionize MORE. One team, one department, one studio protected? Shut down. *Every* studio protected? They can't shut them all down (without trashing the shareholder value, their only KPI).
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We are saddened and disappointed at Ubisoft’s announcement to close their Halifax studio just weeks after their video game workers collectively formed a union with CWA Canada Local 30111.
Ubisoft closes Halifax studio weeks after workers vote to unionize
Ubisoft closes Halifax studio weeks after workers vote to unionize
Workers at the Canadian studio voted to unionize in December in search of security in an era of 'studio closures, layoffs, and increasing instability.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 7, 2026 at 6:20 PM
We are saddened and disappointed at Ubisoft’s announcement to close their Halifax studio just weeks after their video game workers collectively formed a union with CWA Canada Local 30111.
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30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:30 PM
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
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Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
January 2, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...
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I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Musk's Grok AI bot is fixing safeguard 'lapses' after posting of sexualized images of children
Users on X raised concerns over explicit content of minors being generated using Musk's Grok tool.
cnb.cx
January 2, 2026 at 5:03 PM
I cannot emphasize enough that the attempts to anthropomorphize an algorithm is a fundamental act of journalistic malpractice and an intentional act to shield the people responsible for this. It's fucking shameful.
wrote a little goty 2025 post for my friend joshua's blog. super glad i had the opportunity to do this and there's a whole lot of other great write-ups here too!
hello. i have posted a collection of other people's Game of the Year lists on my "blog," with contributions by @vogontheater.bsky.social, @dkmode.bsky.social, @psionicwarrior.bsky.social, and several others. please consider reading it.
lotuseater.net/posts/lotusg...
lotuseater.net/posts/lotusg...
GUESTS OF LOTUS EATER 2025 – lotus eater
Do you still trust your friends?
lotuseater.net
December 31, 2025 at 5:08 PM
wrote a little goty 2025 post for my friend joshua's blog. super glad i had the opportunity to do this and there's a whole lot of other great write-ups here too!
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Had a lyft driver this morning who: Was Masked, Thanked me for being Masked, and then Launched into telling me about how bad the flu is in London and NYC and how he's dreading going back to do airport shuttle drives with "unmasked coughers"
So if you're going somewhere tonight, wear a goddamn mask
So if you're going somewhere tonight, wear a goddamn mask
December 31, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Had a lyft driver this morning who: Was Masked, Thanked me for being Masked, and then Launched into telling me about how bad the flu is in London and NYC and how he's dreading going back to do airport shuttle drives with "unmasked coughers"
So if you're going somewhere tonight, wear a goddamn mask
So if you're going somewhere tonight, wear a goddamn mask
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The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is far from over.
Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
Doctors Without Borders among dozens of aid groups Israel moves to shut down in Gaza
Allied nations condemned the decision, warning it could halt relief operations within weeks.
www.motherjones.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is far from over.
Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
Today, the Israeli government announced that it would suspend the aid work of several humanitarian organizations that provide lifesaving aid to Palestinians in Gaza living through what Amnesty International and other groups labeled as a genocide.
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I'm opening up commissions to cover a really big emergency vet bill for my cat Ness. I'm doing single characters on simple bgs for $85 USD. Extra characters or bg props will be $45 extra.
December 29, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I'm opening up commissions to cover a really big emergency vet bill for my cat Ness. I'm doing single characters on simple bgs for $85 USD. Extra characters or bg props will be $45 extra.
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i wonder what combination of microsoft writing ten billion lines of windows code with ai + game developers downsized beyond feasible limits + every game now installs an anti-cheat rootkit on your pc will lead to an extremely public disaster in the coming years
December 23, 2025 at 9:38 PM
i wonder what combination of microsoft writing ten billion lines of windows code with ai + game developers downsized beyond feasible limits + every game now installs an anti-cheat rootkit on your pc will lead to an extremely public disaster in the coming years
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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We may still see a few more layoffs added for 2025 as I learn of ones I may have missed (there are always some of those) or new ones emerge (not all regions take the last weeks of the month off) but a few more won't make a dramatic change now so behold the state of games industry layoffs. 🧵
December 20, 2025 at 4:58 AM
We may still see a few more layoffs added for 2025 as I learn of ones I may have missed (there are always some of those) or new ones emerge (not all regions take the last weeks of the month off) but a few more won't make a dramatic change now so behold the state of games industry layoffs. 🧵
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"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
for all people make fun of falun gong, it's wild how much this is basically the same thing as shen yun
December 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"megachurches are shen yun for white people" is an incredible and damning true statement
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Poison is the future, and if I don’t ingest the murky contents of this mysterious phial I risk someone else doing so first.
December 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Poison is the future, and if I don’t ingest the murky contents of this mysterious phial I risk someone else doing so first.
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All of our public institutions are being dismantled so a handful of filthy rich capitalists and can eek out a few more years of short-term profits by selling off the parts.
Another poison pill buried in Mark Carney’s budget: a repeal of a reduced postage rates for books and shipments between libraries.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries across the country are sounding the alarm for what it would mean for the viability of another essential public institution.
Libraries say budget proposal to end shipping program would be 'catastrophic | CBC News
Libraries across Canada say a proposed change in the federal budget bill would end their ability to ship books at
reduced rates, threatening interlibrary loan programs and possibly forcing the closure...
www.cbc.ca
December 15, 2025 at 5:15 PM
All of our public institutions are being dismantled so a handful of filthy rich capitalists and can eek out a few more years of short-term profits by selling off the parts.
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Support the workers of Rockstar Toronto laid off in retaliation for organizing! Use this form to send a letter to the Minister of Labour, David Piccini, and to their MPP, Steven Crawford: actionnetwork.org/letters/rein...
Reinstate Rockstar Toronto workers now!
On October 30th, three Rockstar Toronto employees were fired with immediate effect and without investigation. They were swept up in a brazen and ruthless union busting effort to terminate over 30 work...
actionnetwork.org
December 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Support the workers of Rockstar Toronto laid off in retaliation for organizing! Use this form to send a letter to the Minister of Labour, David Piccini, and to their MPP, Steven Crawford: actionnetwork.org/letters/rein...
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I was one of the other authors whose free games were used as a basis for this (by permission, under contract).
Read the thread for details; I agree with every word Alan has written (both the positives about the game, and the negatives about Jonathan Blow).
Read the thread for details; I agree with every word Alan has written (both the positives about the game, and the negatives about Jonathan Blow).
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
December 12, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I was one of the other authors whose free games were used as a basis for this (by permission, under contract).
Read the thread for details; I agree with every word Alan has written (both the positives about the game, and the negatives about Jonathan Blow).
Read the thread for details; I agree with every word Alan has written (both the positives about the game, and the negatives about Jonathan Blow).
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doom creator id software just became the latest microsoft studio to unionize. though the neutrality agreement that has allowed CWA to organize so many studios recently lapsed, id devs told me that only applies to activision blizzard for now
aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa
aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa
December 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
doom creator id software just became the latest microsoft studio to unionize. though the neutrality agreement that has allowed CWA to organize so many studios recently lapsed, id devs told me that only applies to activision blizzard for now
aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa
aftermath.site/id-software-union-doom-microsoft-cwa