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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 3h

Too tired to make something. Too tired to game. Only able to post.

Truly this is hell.

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · 1d

it's not FOR us

edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 1d

I really love your style, and what you're doing with Furnace!

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joy tay 🎃 @johntayjinf.bsky.social · 3d

snes test

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, I was reading about new sodium ion battery tech earlier. Moderately high capacity, made from cheap and common materials. They don't even need war orphans to mine them.

Plus, they don't even burn or explode into toxic unquenchable fire after a few years, so where's the fun in that?

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Todd Ciolek @kidfenris.bsky.social · 2d

So this guy was pretty much wrong about everything.

Argath aka Algus yells "Animals have no God!!" like a jerk. The original translation of Final Fantasy Tactics is notoriously rough, but I always liked how blunt this line was.

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 2d

Dana makes birthday treats? For theirself?

It's more likely than you'd think.

Peanut butter cookies, baking in the oven

Peanut butter cookies cooling on a tray.

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 2d

Sass aside, happy to have stuck with it, and gotten to where I'm at now. My late 30s have been good.

Looking forward to the rest of 'em!

Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 2d

Got my first non-contract job offer outside the US, and filed my working-abroad paperwork for my birthday.

Finally starting a career, and I'm not even 40 yet! And who knows, maybe I'll be a homeowner by 45, and can start a family by 50!

Skies da limit.

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 2d

Got my first non-contract job offer outside the US, and filed my working-abroad paperwork for my birthday.

Finally starting a career, and I'm not even 40 yet! And who knows, maybe I'll be a homeowner by 45, and can start a family by 50!

Skies da limit.

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Fields of Mistria ✨ Out Now in Early Access @fieldsofmistria.bsky.social · 3d

✨Fields of Mistria's latest roadmap is here!
Update 4: The Mines Update arrives in early 2026, featuring the conclusion of the Mines Storyline and a secret bachelorette! Plus a glimpse at what’s planned for 1.0. 💙
🔗 Read more: www.fieldsofmistria.com/post/fields-...

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 3d

Holy cow, I didn't know you were working on this.

Suddenly, a large part of what I love about this game makes sense!

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 3d

Après moi, "le déluge".

And by "le déluge", haha, well. Let's just say. My *is suddenly and forcably dragged away from the keyboard*

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 5d

Mentioned this a while back, but I've come into possession of a bunch of Vogue and Good Housekeeping magazines from the 60s onward, which don't seem to be archived anywhere.

Does anyone know of any ways to digitize these quickly? I'm willing to scan these by hand, but I bet there's a quicker way.

A photo of a box, containing some 50 issues of Vogue and Good Housekeeping, from the 1960s onward.

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 3d

True, and also accurate.

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 3d

Slime Rancher 2, bringing the important new features.

Why ranch, when you can just make them a little cafe?

A screen of Slime Rancher 2. A hungry pink slime sits at a table in a field, awaiting food.

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Graceless Games @gracelessgames.bsky.social · 4d

What does Mom do on her computer??

domino.gallery

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 4d

Incredible news!

If the scheme stays the same, seems like it would apply to any creative workers paying taxes and living in the Republic of Ireland.

Uses a broad definition of arts that covers a lot of work too.

Basic Income for the Arts Eligibility:

Practising artists, Creative arts workers (see definition below), or recently trained applicants (within the last 5 years).

For the purposes of the BIA scheme a Creative Arts Worker is defined as follows:

“A creative arts worker is someone who has a creative practice and whose creative work makes a key contribution to the production, interpretation or exhibition of the arts. “Arts” means any creative or interpretative expression (whether traditional or contemporary) in whatever form, and includes, in particular, visual arts, theatre, literature, music, dance, opera, film, circus and architecture, and includes any medium when used for those purposes”.

All applicants must be: 18 years of age or older, in a position to evidence their creative practice or career in the arts, based in the Republic of Ireland, tax compliant

The following list provides examples of the types of artists and creative arts workers who are eligible. This list is for illustrative purposes only and is not exhaustive.

Visual Arts: The following list provides examples of the types of artists and creative arts workers who are eligible. This list is for illustrative purposes only and is not exhaustive.

Visual Arts: All media including fine-art photography, Visual Arts Curator, Illustrator, Art Writer

Theatre: Actor, Artistic Director, Comedian, Costume Designer, Director, Hair Designer, Librettist, Lighting Designer/Engineer, Make-Up Designer, Mime artist, Set Designer, Stage Designer, Sound Designer/Engineer, Playwright, Projection Designer, Prop Designer, Puppeteer

Literature: Writer – Children’s/Young Adult, Novelist, Short-Story, Poet, Novelist, Illustrator, Art Writer, Non-Fiction writer

Music: Composer, Conductor, Singer/Musician – all genres, Lighting Designer/Engineer, Lyricist, Sound Designer/Engineer, Musical Director, Writer

Dance: Artistic Director, Choreographer, Dancer, Repetiteur

Opera: Actor, Artistic Director, Costume Designer, Librettist, Lighting Designer/Engineer, Lyricist, Director, Singer, Sound Designer/Engineer, Stage Designer, Repetiteur

Film: Actor, Animator, Artistic Director, Cinematographer, Costume Designer Director, Editor, Screenwriter, Film Designer, Filmmaker, Film Editor, Lighting Designer/Engineer, Hair Designer, Make-up Designer, Prop Designer, Production Designer, Sound Designer/Engineer, Script Writer, Scenographer, Set Designer, Special Effects Designer, Scenic Artist, Visual Designer, Voice Over Artist, Writer

Circus: Circus Artist - traditional and contemporary, Acrobat, Street Arts and Spectacle Artist

Architecture: Architect

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 5d

It's nice how the shot sound and hurt sound loops back when it triggers, so it doesn't stack up to infinity, but still creates that rapidfire feeling.

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Gadget Patch @gadgetpatch.bsky.social · 5d

Mentioned this a while back, but I've come into possession of a bunch of Vogue and Good Housekeeping magazines from the 60s onward, which don't seem to be archived anywhere.

Does anyone know of any ways to digitize these quickly? I'm willing to scan these by hand, but I bet there's a quicker way.