Lester
@lesterlee.bsky.social
Game Designer/Producer. Canadian Theatre Artist, Stage Manager/Technician. Artist. Writer. Gamer. DM. All nonsense writings are mine alone. Online as: Ravynn. He/Him Desert Bus and Brew Crew Mod. Formerly w/ SQEnix. Also: @ravynn.bsky.social
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Lester
@lesterlee.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello friends, introductory Post! I'm Lester, I work in Canada as both a Game Designer/Producer as well as a theatre technician, stage manager and designer. I write, play a LOT of d&d, video games, and music.
I'm very politically leftist, anti-racist and pro-trans rights. My pronouns are he/him.
I'm very politically leftist, anti-racist and pro-trans rights. My pronouns are he/him.
Sooooooooo the new business model is to pay people to use your license and make AI Slop out of it from your audience's beloved IPs eh?
I don't think that's going to work out the way they imagine.
I don't think that's going to work out the way they imagine.
BREAKING: Disney is making a $1 billion investment in OpenAI, and will allow its iconic characters to be on the company's Sora AI video generator.
December 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Sooooooooo the new business model is to pay people to use your license and make AI Slop out of it from your audience's beloved IPs eh?
I don't think that's going to work out the way they imagine.
I don't think that's going to work out the way they imagine.
I have just been LIED to.
I bought a dozen mandarin oranges, and these are for sure tangerines.
WTF.
Is nothing sacred?!
I bought a dozen mandarin oranges, and these are for sure tangerines.
WTF.
Is nothing sacred?!
December 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I have just been LIED to.
I bought a dozen mandarin oranges, and these are for sure tangerines.
WTF.
Is nothing sacred?!
I bought a dozen mandarin oranges, and these are for sure tangerines.
WTF.
Is nothing sacred?!
No. Because it's an AI and not 'my grandmother'.
Do I want to pay for a service, or worse yet be served ads for cigarettes, chinos and VPN services by something wearing 'my grandmothers' dead face?
No. That's fucking ghoulish you goddamn weirdos.
#tech
Do I want to pay for a service, or worse yet be served ads for cigarettes, chinos and VPN services by something wearing 'my grandmothers' dead face?
No. That's fucking ghoulish you goddamn weirdos.
#tech
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
No. Because it's an AI and not 'my grandmother'.
Do I want to pay for a service, or worse yet be served ads for cigarettes, chinos and VPN services by something wearing 'my grandmothers' dead face?
No. That's fucking ghoulish you goddamn weirdos.
#tech
Do I want to pay for a service, or worse yet be served ads for cigarettes, chinos and VPN services by something wearing 'my grandmothers' dead face?
No. That's fucking ghoulish you goddamn weirdos.
#tech
Is that The Rock in the bottom right nodding along to the dictator's speech?
Trump: "I would say there's one country that has probably a stronger border. You know what that is? North Korea."
December 10, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Is that The Rock in the bottom right nodding along to the dictator's speech?
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We’re just innocent men
December 9, 2025 at 11:57 AM
We’re just innocent men
"The people were in fact, not lovin' it"
December 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
"The people were in fact, not lovin' it"
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Genuinely love whoever in aincient Mesopotamia decided that the correct shape for weights was ducks.
RETVRN
RETVRN
December 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Genuinely love whoever in aincient Mesopotamia decided that the correct shape for weights was ducks.
RETVRN
RETVRN
This should be on billboards next to highways with the words "COWARD" plastered on it.
“I’d have no problem releasing the video”
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
“I didn’t say that, you said that. Fake news.”
5 days apart 😬
(From @therecount.com )
December 9, 2025 at 3:38 AM
This should be on billboards next to highways with the words "COWARD" plastered on it.
It's wild that he's out here losing 77 billion on a pet project and gets to still keep his job and his board keeps giving him bonuses.
Meanwhile people take an expired deli sandwich out of a walmart and get sacked for that or less.
Just wild.
Meanwhile people take an expired deli sandwich out of a walmart and get sacked for that or less.
Just wild.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 7, 2025 at 5:27 AM
It's wild that he's out here losing 77 billion on a pet project and gets to still keep his job and his board keeps giving him bonuses.
Meanwhile people take an expired deli sandwich out of a walmart and get sacked for that or less.
Just wild.
Meanwhile people take an expired deli sandwich out of a walmart and get sacked for that or less.
Just wild.
That last #gamedev post was starting to go off when I went to bed, but since then I've come back and doing numbers. It's clear it touches a raw nerve for many devs.
But there's something else I want to discuss a bit about it I can't get out of my head. Here's a thread of off the top thoughts.
1/6
But there's something else I want to discuss a bit about it I can't get out of my head. Here's a thread of off the top thoughts.
1/6
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
That last #gamedev post was starting to go off when I went to bed, but since then I've come back and doing numbers. It's clear it touches a raw nerve for many devs.
But there's something else I want to discuss a bit about it I can't get out of my head. Here's a thread of off the top thoughts.
1/6
But there's something else I want to discuss a bit about it I can't get out of my head. Here's a thread of off the top thoughts.
1/6
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Zuckerberg's attempt at making Second Life again could almost certainly have funded every indie game in the history of indie games combined.
December 6, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Zuckerberg's attempt at making Second Life again could almost certainly have funded every indie game in the history of indie games combined.
Gamers have such incredibly unreasonable demands of indies it's sort of a wonder anything gets made at all.
I could never fault an indie dev for just wanting to withdraw entirely from public from what are deeply wild, unfair or aggressive demands on their passion projects from 'gamers'.
#gamedev
I could never fault an indie dev for just wanting to withdraw entirely from public from what are deeply wild, unfair or aggressive demands on their passion projects from 'gamers'.
#gamedev
December 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Gamers have such incredibly unreasonable demands of indies it's sort of a wonder anything gets made at all.
I could never fault an indie dev for just wanting to withdraw entirely from public from what are deeply wild, unfair or aggressive demands on their passion projects from 'gamers'.
#gamedev
I could never fault an indie dev for just wanting to withdraw entirely from public from what are deeply wild, unfair or aggressive demands on their passion projects from 'gamers'.
#gamedev
And you get a FIFA peace prize, and YOU Get a FIFA peace prize...
December 5, 2025 at 7:35 PM
And you get a FIFA peace prize, and YOU Get a FIFA peace prize...
41 minutes to premeditate murder.
December 5, 2025 at 1:50 AM
41 minutes to premeditate murder.
Fascists not having an understanding of high-school level English Language arts (and social studies) is really having a ripple effect that directly affects how many headaches I get in a day.
#politics
#politics
DOJ's newest recruitment ad features Judge Dredd, the comic satire about the dangers of lawless policing and authoritarian power
December 4, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Fascists not having an understanding of high-school level English Language arts (and social studies) is really having a ripple effect that directly affects how many headaches I get in a day.
#politics
#politics
This is again another demonstration of how there are no protections or guardrails on AI. And more importantly, let us all take a moment to notice that there is absolutely no responsibility being placed on the makers of AI. They aren't even named here.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Calgary teen accused of using AI to sexualize photos of high school girls | CBC News
A Calgary teen has been charged with several criminal offences after he allegedly used AI technology to sexualize photos of teen girls at several local high schools.
www.cbc.ca
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This is again another demonstration of how there are no protections or guardrails on AI. And more importantly, let us all take a moment to notice that there is absolutely no responsibility being placed on the makers of AI. They aren't even named here.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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I am not sorry… but:
"Hiya Friend! It looks like you're trying to use a Game Boy Pocket!"
@desertbus.org
"Hiya Friend! It looks like you're trying to use a Game Boy Pocket!"
@desertbus.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
I am not sorry… but:
"Hiya Friend! It looks like you're trying to use a Game Boy Pocket!"
@desertbus.org
"Hiya Friend! It looks like you're trying to use a Game Boy Pocket!"
@desertbus.org
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"The games industry in particular is at the intersection of entertainment and tech...there are a lot of connections between the games industry and the genocide that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people."
kotaku.com/no-games-for...
kotaku.com/no-games-for...
No Games For Genocide Wants You To Boycott Xbox
A collective of video game workers, journalists, and union organizers recently announced a pledge to boycott Xbox for Palestine
kotaku.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
"The games industry in particular is at the intersection of entertainment and tech...there are a lot of connections between the games industry and the genocide that Israel is committing against the Palestinian people."
kotaku.com/no-games-for...
kotaku.com/no-games-for...
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Hi other tech folks! Does anyone have recommendations for trans-friendly recruiters on the West Coast?
I’m a lead product manager with around a decade of experience. Looking to shift back to a salaried position after consulting the last couple years.
Reposts appreciated, thanks!
I’m a lead product manager with around a decade of experience. Looking to shift back to a salaried position after consulting the last couple years.
Reposts appreciated, thanks!
December 4, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Hi other tech folks! Does anyone have recommendations for trans-friendly recruiters on the West Coast?
I’m a lead product manager with around a decade of experience. Looking to shift back to a salaried position after consulting the last couple years.
Reposts appreciated, thanks!
I’m a lead product manager with around a decade of experience. Looking to shift back to a salaried position after consulting the last couple years.
Reposts appreciated, thanks!
I need you to understand that to state goals like that out loud and on record is a kind of evil that should be flushed down the toilet.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 12:59 AM
I need you to understand that to state goals like that out loud and on record is a kind of evil that should be flushed down the toilet.
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
Youtube Music Recap: "Your tastes are.....indescribable."
Mix of opera, zzz music, post-rock, classical, indigenous asian music, euro trap, german industrial, jpop and jpop
Mix of opera, zzz music, post-rock, classical, indigenous asian music, euro trap, german industrial, jpop and jpop
December 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Youtube Music Recap: "Your tastes are.....indescribable."
Mix of opera, zzz music, post-rock, classical, indigenous asian music, euro trap, german industrial, jpop and jpop
Mix of opera, zzz music, post-rock, classical, indigenous asian music, euro trap, german industrial, jpop and jpop
Not going to lie, I saw this headline and my first thought was "Wait, he's still the leader?"
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
20 B.C. Conservative MLAs call for John Rustad to be removed as party leader | CBC News
A letter sent to party president Aisha Estey Wednesday morning says the MLAs have “lost confidence” in John Rustad’s leadership and want an interim leader to take his place.
www.cbc.ca
December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Not going to lie, I saw this headline and my first thought was "Wait, he's still the leader?"
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
#bcpoli
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...