Brian in Detroit
@kanoki.net
Adventurer
Game industry community veteran seeking my next gig. Former Xbox and Unity. Currently helping out at @InfiniteBacklog.net
My silliness about gaming, grief, fatherhood, non-monogamy, politics, sex work, Detroit, food, Linux, and other nerdery 🏳️🌈
Game industry community veteran seeking my next gig. Former Xbox and Unity. Currently helping out at @InfiniteBacklog.net
My silliness about gaming, grief, fatherhood, non-monogamy, politics, sex work, Detroit, food, Linux, and other nerdery 🏳️🌈
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Hey sorry our chatbot encouraged you to die by suicide but in our defense you were violating our terms of service because you died by suicide.
Additionally, OpenAI argues its not liable because Raine, by using ChatGPT for self-harm, broke its terms of service
November 25, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Hey sorry our chatbot encouraged you to die by suicide but in our defense you were violating our terms of service because you died by suicide.
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soylent green but with muppets: thread
November 25, 2025 at 3:38 AM
soylent green but with muppets: thread
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We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
November 24, 2025 at 10:23 PM
We did something different with the credits for Demonschool. We used this format: name, title, lengthy description of what they did. Often you see credits in games where you don't know what the credited developer was actually responsible for. We wanted to give people proper, actual credit.
Slowly but surely I am shedding my 25 year online identity and taking on a new one for the next phase of my life.
I have always been fascinated with words like Kodak and Atari. Made up words that are easy to communicate, pronounceable in most cultures, short, and simple.
I have always been fascinated with words like Kodak and Atari. Made up words that are easy to communicate, pronounceable in most cultures, short, and simple.
November 25, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Slowly but surely I am shedding my 25 year online identity and taking on a new one for the next phase of my life.
I have always been fascinated with words like Kodak and Atari. Made up words that are easy to communicate, pronounceable in most cultures, short, and simple.
I have always been fascinated with words like Kodak and Atari. Made up words that are easy to communicate, pronounceable in most cultures, short, and simple.
Monroe, Michigan, is one of the most racist places I've ever personally been to. This doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
Anyways, adding Campbell's to my ever-expanding boycott list. Good ol All-American brand right there.
Anyways, adding Campbell's to my ever-expanding boycott list. Good ol All-American brand right there.
Campbell's soup VP caught on tape trashing his own brand. Oof. www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2...
November 25, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Monroe, Michigan, is one of the most racist places I've ever personally been to. This doesn't surprise me in the slightest.
Anyways, adding Campbell's to my ever-expanding boycott list. Good ol All-American brand right there.
Anyways, adding Campbell's to my ever-expanding boycott list. Good ol All-American brand right there.
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I will say when I stopped hate-reacting and hate-reading comments on gross Facebook posts etc and blocked them instead, the algorithm pretty quickly righted itself.
I think at a certain point its just self harm to keep in that loop, the world isn't really like that.
I think at a certain point its just self harm to keep in that loop, the world isn't really like that.
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I will say when I stopped hate-reacting and hate-reading comments on gross Facebook posts etc and blocked them instead, the algorithm pretty quickly righted itself.
I think at a certain point its just self harm to keep in that loop, the world isn't really like that.
I think at a certain point its just self harm to keep in that loop, the world isn't really like that.
Tryna find a solid cornbread dressing recipe to make for Thanksgiving this week, and every recipe blog is like a tradwife-lookin blonde-ass white lady.
Black folks help me out here, please. My family is still kinda ethnic and white food is boring. All the matriarchs are gone and it's up to me.
Black folks help me out here, please. My family is still kinda ethnic and white food is boring. All the matriarchs are gone and it's up to me.
November 23, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Tryna find a solid cornbread dressing recipe to make for Thanksgiving this week, and every recipe blog is like a tradwife-lookin blonde-ass white lady.
Black folks help me out here, please. My family is still kinda ethnic and white food is boring. All the matriarchs are gone and it's up to me.
Black folks help me out here, please. My family is still kinda ethnic and white food is boring. All the matriarchs are gone and it's up to me.
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If you like what you've seen so far in my daily uploads, though sparse as it may be right now, feel free to check my commission page and get a peek of my modern artwork! ...And maybe make my day by allowing me to make art FOR YOU! 😱
#Furry #FurryArt #Art #Cartoon #Anthro
ko-fi.com/persephoneam...
#Furry #FurryArt #Art #Cartoon #Anthro
ko-fi.com/persephoneam...
Persephone Ambrozia's Commissions
Commissions Open! Click to see Persephone Ambrozia's commission menu.
ko-fi.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Every day in trade chat on the Thrall realm in World of Warcraft, there is a person who says "Is Zelda cooler with his sword or is Metroid cooler with his gun" and every single day, someone loses their mind correcting them.
For months and months on end. Every day.
For months and months on end. Every day.
i think it's rly cool how you if u say "zelda is the boy in the game" it will always summon someone to correct you. and year after year it never changes. a beautiful constant in this universe. and zelda literally is the boy too
November 22, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Every day in trade chat on the Thrall realm in World of Warcraft, there is a person who says "Is Zelda cooler with his sword or is Metroid cooler with his gun" and every single day, someone loses their mind correcting them.
For months and months on end. Every day.
For months and months on end. Every day.
When we say racism and bias are being built into technology...
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
When we say racism and bias are being built into technology...
This would be my aesthetic if I wasn't short and fat. Nobody is making clothes like this for me, but damn. One day, I hope!
the sharon urge to become the menswear guy of techwear
November 22, 2025 at 6:21 PM
This would be my aesthetic if I wasn't short and fat. Nobody is making clothes like this for me, but damn. One day, I hope!
In a Commodore world, I was the weird Atari kid
In a Mac world, I was the weird Atari ST kid
In a Windows 95 world, I loved BeOS and OS/2 Warp
Then I had kids and got a job and became a boring, average PC user.
But now that I'm back on Linux, it captures that old feeling. I missed it.
In a Mac world, I was the weird Atari ST kid
In a Windows 95 world, I loved BeOS and OS/2 Warp
Then I had kids and got a job and became a boring, average PC user.
But now that I'm back on Linux, it captures that old feeling. I missed it.
November 22, 2025 at 5:32 AM
In a Commodore world, I was the weird Atari kid
In a Mac world, I was the weird Atari ST kid
In a Windows 95 world, I loved BeOS and OS/2 Warp
Then I had kids and got a job and became a boring, average PC user.
But now that I'm back on Linux, it captures that old feeling. I missed it.
In a Mac world, I was the weird Atari ST kid
In a Windows 95 world, I loved BeOS and OS/2 Warp
Then I had kids and got a job and became a boring, average PC user.
But now that I'm back on Linux, it captures that old feeling. I missed it.
Definitely more highbrow than my local dive bar bathroom
ya'll aint ready for the discourse happening on the wall of my local punk bar in 2018
November 22, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Definitely more highbrow than my local dive bar bathroom
Bathroom graffiti.
Bronx Bar, Detroit, MI
Bronx Bar, Detroit, MI
November 22, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Bathroom graffiti.
Bronx Bar, Detroit, MI
Bronx Bar, Detroit, MI
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*adds to Xmas list*
November 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
*adds to Xmas list*
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Daily #28:
"On Top of The World" (2013)
My thoughts were drifting in this moment, having finally met my match in somebody adventurous, mutually wearing our hearts on our sleeve. Anxious, and yet, unable to stop the oncoming smirk. Where does it go from here?
#Furry #FurryArt #Art #Cartoon
"On Top of The World" (2013)
My thoughts were drifting in this moment, having finally met my match in somebody adventurous, mutually wearing our hearts on our sleeve. Anxious, and yet, unable to stop the oncoming smirk. Where does it go from here?
#Furry #FurryArt #Art #Cartoon
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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I think "fake it til' you make it" is genuinely a great bit of advice but people (understandably!) think it means "lie until you've duped everyone" when in reality it's much more "act like you belong here because you actually do and you need to get over yourself"
November 20, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I think "fake it til' you make it" is genuinely a great bit of advice but people (understandably!) think it means "lie until you've duped everyone" when in reality it's much more "act like you belong here because you actually do and you need to get over yourself"
Truly a lovely tribute to a legendary figure in the world of game development.
I wrote an obituary of celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman for Ars Technica:
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...
Celebrated game developer Rebecca Heineman dies at age 62
The gaming community mourns a beloved mentor and LGBTQ+ advocate with a storied career.
arstechnica.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Truly a lovely tribute to a legendary figure in the world of game development.
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David Cassel reports on how the @python.org Software Foundation’s decision to turn down an anti-DEI federal grant sparked an immediate wave of community donations and solidarity.
PSF Gets a Donor Surge After Rejecting Anti-DEI Federal Grant
The Python Software Foundation's courageous refusal of an anti-DEI $1.5 million federal grant immediately triggered an extraordinary outpouring of community support.
thenewstack.io
November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
David Cassel reports on how the @python.org Software Foundation’s decision to turn down an anti-DEI federal grant sparked an immediate wave of community donations and solidarity.
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“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter
Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.
www.motherjones.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Today is Trans Day Of Remembrance
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
*** Trigger warning for the following thread: Violence against trans people (especially TWOC) * * *
#TransLivesMatter #TDoR #TDoR2025 #TransDayOfRemembrance #TransAwarenessWeek #SayTheirNames
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Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Well put by @drrachelbarr.bsky.social
And you will lose a lot of friends along the way, but if that happens, were they really friends in the first place?
One of the bravest things you can do is change your mind and leave a situation that is not aligned with who you are or who you want to be
November 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
And you will lose a lot of friends along the way, but if that happens, were they really friends in the first place?
What the fuck is this this looks like pure chaos I love it.
November 20, 2025 at 5:52 AM
What the fuck is this this looks like pure chaos I love it.