Jon Erik!
@honestlyjon.bsky.social
Writer | Journalist (formerly ComicsAlliance, Book Riot, MNT) | Glittering Bog Fiend | Tired and True | He/him | Icon by @eiffelart | 🏳️🌈👻🍂
this game is one of my faves of 2023! great if you love character-driven ensemble narratives and vibrant art styles
Pick up Saltsea Chronicles, the game I was creative director on, at a steal: 50% off! store.steampowered.com/app/1419620/...
November 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
this game is one of my faves of 2023! great if you love character-driven ensemble narratives and vibrant art styles
Dealing with a chronic health issue that is being made only more chronic by the fact that my specialist seems to be caught in some time loop where she only recalls 2% of anything I've ever told her
November 24, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Dealing with a chronic health issue that is being made only more chronic by the fact that my specialist seems to be caught in some time loop where she only recalls 2% of anything I've ever told her
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update: I've been liking Random From Follows bsky.app/profile/boog...
I'm a big fan of the random from followers feed, it shows posts and retweets from everyone you follow within the last 24 hours, but in a random order each time you refresh
bsky.app/profile/did:...
bsky.app/profile/did:...
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 PM
update: I've been liking Random From Follows bsky.app/profile/boog...
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The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI
Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”
www.theverge.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
about to read a horror comic that's likely going to unglue my skin. wish me luck
November 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
about to read a horror comic that's likely going to unglue my skin. wish me luck
as a comics journo who, in a former life, wrote about webcomics: Lavender Jack is exceptional and I could not more highly recommend it @danschkade.bsky.social
Reminder: Comic artist @danschkade.bsky.social Webtoon webcomic Lavender Jack comes to Dark Horse in a beautiful print edition! Volume 1 releases in March. Pre-order your copy: bit.ly/3JaIzfn
By Dan Schkade, @jennmanleylee.bsky.social and @dylantodd.bsky.social
By Dan Schkade, @jennmanleylee.bsky.social and @dylantodd.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
as a comics journo who, in a former life, wrote about webcomics: Lavender Jack is exceptional and I could not more highly recommend it @danschkade.bsky.social
nothing better ensures that a statement comes off as rude than opening it with "friendly reminder"
November 18, 2025 at 9:48 PM
nothing better ensures that a statement comes off as rude than opening it with "friendly reminder"
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America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
"I code so others can dream."
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ video game pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has sadly passed away after a short, tough fight with aggressive cancer.
Read our obituary to this true industry trailblazer: gaymingmag.com/2025/11/gaym...
Gayming Icon and LGBTQ+ games pioneer, Rebecca Heineman, has died - Gayming Magazine
Rebecca Heineman, a trailblazing figure in the video game industry and a celebrated icon within the LGBTQ+ gaming community, has died.
gaymingmag.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.
Remember that.
Remember her.
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Anti-AI pins have been RESTOCKED in my shop! (Shipping US & Canada only). Get 'em before the AI bubble bursts. 😉🤞 shop.breelundberg.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Anti-AI pins have been RESTOCKED in my shop! (Shipping US & Canada only). Get 'em before the AI bubble bursts. 😉🤞 shop.breelundberg.com
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anyway pouring one out for the zillions of competent, ethical journalists who are currently unemployed
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
anyway pouring one out for the zillions of competent, ethical journalists who are currently unemployed
take: the indie game equivalent of "AAA studio adding half-baked 'open-world' to a game because 'players prefer it' and 'more choices always equals better'" is having a sudden "multiple endings" choice that is not informed by what the player was doing in the first 98% of the game
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
take: the indie game equivalent of "AAA studio adding half-baked 'open-world' to a game because 'players prefer it' and 'more choices always equals better'" is having a sudden "multiple endings" choice that is not informed by what the player was doing in the first 98% of the game
one thing I miss about Twitter is that it felt more amenable to sadposting. bluesky feels like everything has to be actionable or productive. a righteous madposting or bust
November 12, 2025 at 11:46 PM
one thing I miss about Twitter is that it felt more amenable to sadposting. bluesky feels like everything has to be actionable or productive. a righteous madposting or bust
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I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
November 12, 2025 at 12:57 AM
I’ve seen a few folks go for the “if you simply must watch that new Harry Potter show just pirate it” and sorry. No. Just no. Just don’t watch it. At all. Ever. Break free of it. It’s time. You’ll be ok. I promise. I know it mattered to you as a kid. Find new things, it’s healthier. Just move on.
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My game Kitten Burst is on sale for 15 bucks in the Steam Animal Fest! ( because you play as a cat )
It's an Adventure/Racing Game with a full story and soundtrack inspired by 2000s internet culture! ( also you play as a cat )
It's an Adventure/Racing Game with a full story and soundtrack inspired by 2000s internet culture! ( also you play as a cat )
November 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
My game Kitten Burst is on sale for 15 bucks in the Steam Animal Fest! ( because you play as a cat )
It's an Adventure/Racing Game with a full story and soundtrack inspired by 2000s internet culture! ( also you play as a cat )
It's an Adventure/Racing Game with a full story and soundtrack inspired by 2000s internet culture! ( also you play as a cat )
(and yes, I called)
Living in New Hampshire means not only do I get regular and ample reason to call and yell at my senators, I also myself get to receive messages from blue state friends asking me to call and yell at my senators
In a way I am a proxy elected, against my will
In a way I am a proxy elected, against my will
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
(and yes, I called)
Living in New Hampshire means not only do I get regular and ample reason to call and yell at my senators, I also myself get to receive messages from blue state friends asking me to call and yell at my senators
In a way I am a proxy elected, against my will
In a way I am a proxy elected, against my will
November 10, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Living in New Hampshire means not only do I get regular and ample reason to call and yell at my senators, I also myself get to receive messages from blue state friends asking me to call and yell at my senators
In a way I am a proxy elected, against my will
In a way I am a proxy elected, against my will
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This bothers me more and more as I get older. It is so normal to change our minds when we encounter new information. Everyone’s so scared of being a little embarrassed at not knowing, but it’s fine and normal to not know everything.
I am frankly sick of all the people who insist “so and so seemed off from the start.”
Stop lying. Sometimes bad people are very charming and likable and you liked them and that’s fine.
Stop lying. Sometimes bad people are very charming and likable and you liked them and that’s fine.
October 29, 2025 at 9:10 PM
This bothers me more and more as I get older. It is so normal to change our minds when we encounter new information. Everyone’s so scared of being a little embarrassed at not knowing, but it’s fine and normal to not know everything.
Kinda felt like molten trash soup yesterday during my actual birthday, but luckily today I am well enough to celebrate the only way I know how: with my annual rewatch of Catwoman (2004).
October 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Kinda felt like molten trash soup yesterday during my actual birthday, but luckily today I am well enough to celebrate the only way I know how: with my annual rewatch of Catwoman (2004).
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"ELEVATED HORROR" DIRECTOR SEEING ANY WOMAN OVER THE AGE OF 45: ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AIEEEE!!!! AAAuuUGHHHH!H! OUGHGHGHGGHHGHGHGGHHG
October 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"ELEVATED HORROR" DIRECTOR SEEING ANY WOMAN OVER THE AGE OF 45: ahh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AIEEEE!!!! AAAuuUGHHHH!H! OUGHGHGHGGHHGHGHGGHHG
Starting a nonprofit where I teach people age 50+ how to lower their devices from max brightness when on night transportation.
October 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Starting a nonprofit where I teach people age 50+ how to lower their devices from max brightness when on night transportation.
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Umm only like a week left! Consider it!
ShortBox Comics Fair is live! My offering this year is a horror short story about a son questioning if he needs to rescue his mom from a newfound obsession with making art.
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...
www.shortboxcomicsfair.com/shop-sq4wj/p...
October 23, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Umm only like a week left! Consider it!
Trying to conserve phone battery but I needed to check in to share that this tour guide decided to have a Swastika Segment and the commentary was Not Good
Four hours into a twelve-hour tour and our driver/tour guide has been spending about half of it prefacing comments with “not to be a conspiracy theorist” and “subtly” pushing conservative talking points.
send help
send help
October 22, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Trying to conserve phone battery but I needed to check in to share that this tour guide decided to have a Swastika Segment and the commentary was Not Good
Four hours into a twelve-hour tour and our driver/tour guide has been spending about half of it prefacing comments with “not to be a conspiracy theorist” and “subtly” pushing conservative talking points.
send help
send help
October 22, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Four hours into a twelve-hour tour and our driver/tour guide has been spending about half of it prefacing comments with “not to be a conspiracy theorist” and “subtly” pushing conservative talking points.
send help
send help