Malin Ryden
@malinryden.bsky.social
Asd, queer af, writes games, comics, and interactive fiction.
Patreon and publishing info: https://www.patreon.com/c/malinryden/about
Patreon and publishing info: https://www.patreon.com/c/malinryden/about
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I hate international travel at the best of times. But Hahaha!, this is so dumb, dangerous and a colossal breach of privacy I can’t help but laugh in absolute despair. The US should and will be avoided like the plague. #America #USA
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
US plans to start checking all tourists' social media
The potential social media mandate being proposed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) would apply to anyone visiting, whether they require a visa or not.
news.sky.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I hate international travel at the best of times. But Hahaha!, this is so dumb, dangerous and a colossal breach of privacy I can’t help but laugh in absolute despair. The US should and will be avoided like the plague. #America #USA
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
news.sky.com/story/us-pla...
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Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
December 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Tubi is such a crazy streaming service. It’s like if the Criterion Closet was in a gas station
Cut my hair yesterday and switched up the color a bit, and found out my 20 year old hairdresser (had her since she was an apprentice) thought I was 35. Been a while since I was that flattered, she couldn't believe my age.
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Cut my hair yesterday and switched up the color a bit, and found out my 20 year old hairdresser (had her since she was an apprentice) thought I was 35. Been a while since I was that flattered, she couldn't believe my age.
Honestly, one of the biggest mistakes the AI-firms have made have been to forcibly integrate it in everything, because that means we all who don't want it needs to be vocal and angry at being forced to have it, so all the more neutral bystanders notice that this is loathed and hated.
December 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Honestly, one of the biggest mistakes the AI-firms have made have been to forcibly integrate it in everything, because that means we all who don't want it needs to be vocal and angry at being forced to have it, so all the more neutral bystanders notice that this is loathed and hated.
Finally needed to buy a new phone, and it took forever because both my first choices were so integrated with AI it would be hard to remove. Third choice it was, what a plague upon the world AI is. The store guy was "yeah a lot of people want AI gone"
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Finally needed to buy a new phone, and it took forever because both my first choices were so integrated with AI it would be hard to remove. Third choice it was, what a plague upon the world AI is. The store guy was "yeah a lot of people want AI gone"
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Out now: WHALE ROADS
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
WHALE ROADS by sulcata | Brendan McLeod
A megazine about Wolves Upon the Coast
sulcata.itch.io
December 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Out now: WHALE ROADS
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
The chronicle of a year-long, 30+ player West Marches campaign of Wolves Upon the Coast by @lukegearing.bsky.social
A 250-page "zine" filled with play summaries, original art, and Referee commentary.
Available now, and it's 100% completely free.
sulcata.itch.io/whale-roads
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a load-bearing moron. killing transfers some of the mechanical mandate of heaven to you. that's magical
December 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
a load-bearing moron. killing transfers some of the mechanical mandate of heaven to you. that's magical
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I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
December 4, 2025 at 2:44 PM
I'm begging any artists still using Twitter claiming it's integral to their work to just leave. It's been revealed the site works off a made up "credit score" from hell and punishes you for posting like a normal human being.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
Abandon Twitter for good. It's time. It's been time.
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why are all these ai ads so awful, cynical, bitter, demeaning, negative, insulting and injurious to the human spirit?
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad
The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
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The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'
Comments have been turned off on YouTube
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
why are all these ai ads so awful, cynical, bitter, demeaning, negative, insulting and injurious to the human spirit?
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
whether made with ai, or made to sell ai. the *text* is bleak.
including the ipad crush ad in here
what the hell is in the water
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i wrote a screen-by-screen analysis of the ipad crush ad, in case that kinda thing floats your boat
Let's dissect Apple's terrible iPad ad and see what it says about understanding your customers
Yesterday, Tim Cook (forever Tim Apple to my mind) shared the ad for the new iPad Pro.
It went over like a lead balloon full of kittens in a hydraulic press.
Somehow Apple — one of the last tech cos...
shorts.stackingthebricks.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:32 PM
i wrote a screen-by-screen analysis of the ipad crush ad, in case that kinda thing floats your boat
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Does anyone know if there is an online archive of old (70s/80s specifically) White Dwarf magazines? I know Games Workshop is especially litigious so I can't imagine there is but as an amateur hobby historian it would greatly interest me!
December 9, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Does anyone know if there is an online archive of old (70s/80s specifically) White Dwarf magazines? I know Games Workshop is especially litigious so I can't imagine there is but as an amateur hobby historian it would greatly interest me!
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"people have gotten so used to getting content for free or for almost nothing that they now feel entitled to everything"
Please, Do Feed the Artists, by @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Please, Do Feed the Artists, by @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Please, Do Feed the Artists
Valuing Creatives in an Entitlement Culture
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
"people have gotten so used to getting content for free or for almost nothing that they now feel entitled to everything"
Please, Do Feed the Artists, by @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
Please, Do Feed the Artists, by @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social
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I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
I Hope You Get To Live Your Entire Life As A Human
I thought this was going to be a review of my time with Santa Ragione's Horses, the controversial art game recently banned from Steam and the Epic Store. To some extent, this will be that but after...
transgamerthoughts.com
December 8, 2025 at 2:06 AM
I played Horses this weekend and I wrote down some messy thoughts not only on the game but especially on the specter of formalism that emerged to haunt us all for a moment.
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
transgamerthoughts.com/post/8023277...
Wrote over 10 000 words this weekend!
December 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Wrote over 10 000 words this weekend!
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
Got some of the code for the upcoming demo up on Patreon for any VIP supporters. If your ending is staying with herald to recuperate, you might enjoy this one... As always, thanks for your support!
www.patreon.com/posts/145280...
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December 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Got some of the code for the upcoming demo up on Patreon for any VIP supporters. If your ending is staying with herald to recuperate, you might enjoy this one... As always, thanks for your support!
www.patreon.com/posts/145280...
www.patreon.com/posts/145280...
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Great thread. And a key point: the transphobia of today is very similar to the homophobia I saw growing up.
Something I'd like to address. There's this idea that TQ+ folk are all 21 year-old art students... and all the 'normal' old school folk are LGB and entirely left behind and confused by 'pronouns'...
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
Every talk I give, know who the most outspoken trans allies are? Queer folk in their 70s!!
December 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Great thread. And a key point: the transphobia of today is very similar to the homophobia I saw growing up.
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I feel identified.
December 7, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I feel identified.
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sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
johnpaulbrammer.substack.com
December 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
sorry I'm late! I have at last broken my silence on Pantone's Color of the Year johnpaulbrammer.substack.com/p/cloud-danc...
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#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
December 6, 2025 at 3:26 AM
#PudgyHorse Lascaux Tribute 2. A companion piece to the first, following one of the other cave horses with a darker colour morph. Again, painted with pigments made by Mary Sanche from Cretaceous rocks from the Albertan badlands. From 2020.
#ArtAdventCalendar
#ArtAdventCalendar
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Not sure I've ever heard anything quite so intensely Australian as the commentary on this clip, I am CRYING
December 6, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Not sure I've ever heard anything quite so intensely Australian as the commentary on this clip, I am CRYING
Slept 11 hours to tonight, after the last few days I needed it. Wow it feels good.
December 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Slept 11 hours to tonight, after the last few days I needed it. Wow it feels good.
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I don't consider "it's gay" to necessarily be a selling point, but I've played enough surrealist indie games where the narrative turns out to be a strained allegory for the straight male developer breaking up with his girlfriend that at this point I get redflagged by even a whiff of heterosexuality.
December 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I don't consider "it's gay" to necessarily be a selling point, but I've played enough surrealist indie games where the narrative turns out to be a strained allegory for the straight male developer breaking up with his girlfriend that at this point I get redflagged by even a whiff of heterosexuality.