MVEssick
@mvessick.bsky.social
Digital media artist. Illustration and Graphic design🔞 #VR/#AR indie dev (he/they)
mvessick.itch.io
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Happy Man Day to all the masc-presenting NBs who are only perceived as a man by society but also are excluded from queer/trans circles because they're "not nonbinary" enough 🫡
November 19, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Happy Man Day to all the masc-presenting NBs who are only perceived as a man by society but also are excluded from queer/trans circles because they're "not nonbinary" enough 🫡
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November 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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It's #TransAwarenessWeek hi I'm trans and I make games with trans, gay, and ace chars but they're practically invisible because of itch deindexing please give them a try they're the only thing that keeps me going...
justacarrot.itch.io
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Carrot
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November 17, 2025 at 9:28 PM
It's #TransAwarenessWeek hi I'm trans and I make games with trans, gay, and ace chars but they're practically invisible because of itch deindexing please give them a try they're the only thing that keeps me going...
justacarrot.itch.io
justacarrot.itch.io
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notably, Fox News is not broadcasting the Khanna/Massie/Greene Epstein news conference live. CNN and MS are.
November 18, 2025 at 2:17 PM
notably, Fox News is not broadcasting the Khanna/Massie/Greene Epstein news conference live. CNN and MS are.
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You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
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This is why youre seeing these articles about mealymouthed CEOs hoping "fair use" is left up to the courts in terms of GenAi.
They do not want regulation. They want to be free to shove this shit down your throat without consequences. That is the "nuance" being sold to you.
They do not want regulation. They want to be free to shove this shit down your throat without consequences. That is the "nuance" being sold to you.
House Republican leaders are trying to ban all regulation of AI at the state level.
November 18, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is why youre seeing these articles about mealymouthed CEOs hoping "fair use" is left up to the courts in terms of GenAi.
They do not want regulation. They want to be free to shove this shit down your throat without consequences. That is the "nuance" being sold to you.
They do not want regulation. They want to be free to shove this shit down your throat without consequences. That is the "nuance" being sold to you.
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I haven't looked at this meme a lot but here is how I would draw upward angle Frieren
November 18, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I haven't looked at this meme a lot but here is how I would draw upward angle Frieren
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It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
It really needs to be pointed out how every one of these embarrassing statements is made by a c-suite executive and not an artist or even art department lead
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These companies keep showing they don’t give a shit about their artists - who ironically are the ones who created ANY of the perceived value their brand had in the first place.
‘The Owl House’ creator Dana Terrace responds to Disney+ looking to add AI-generated short form content
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"
“Unsubscribe from Disney+. Pirate Owl House. I don’t care. Fuck gen AI"
November 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
These companies keep showing they don’t give a shit about their artists - who ironically are the ones who created ANY of the perceived value their brand had in the first place.
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i had the idea for this piece last tdov but it didn't quite come together until now 🥖🍷 quote by Julian K Jarboe
February 20, 2025 at 7:14 PM
i had the idea for this piece last tdov but it didn't quite come together until now 🥖🍷 quote by Julian K Jarboe
Looking at these pictures of Ruby Bridges, and thinking about how moving it is to see how tiny and vulnerable she is.
And, I'm thinking about our language and culture around trauma, and how on a personal level it often feels lacking for me.
And, I'm thinking about our language and culture around trauma, and how on a personal level it often feels lacking for me.
65 Years Ago,,, History was made. #RubyBridges
November 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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New in PN: “It’s 4chan shit" — @cwarzel.bsky.social on the federal government's deranged social media presence
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
“It’s 4chan s**t": The govt's deranged social media presence
"You see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers," Charlie Warzel tells us.
www.publicnotice.co
November 13, 2025 at 1:01 PM
New in PN: “It’s 4chan shit" — @cwarzel.bsky.social on the federal government's deranged social media presence
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
"Now you see Trump administration accounts that look like they’re literally run by Groypers. What Homeland Security is tweeting out isn’t even dog-whistling anymore."
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Should the Epstein files be released in full it would undoubtedly be an irreconcilable scandal & disaster for Donald Trump - which is why I predict that Chuck Schumer will post hole on main during that press conference, to save the Republicans from another inevitable defeat.
November 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Should the Epstein files be released in full it would undoubtedly be an irreconcilable scandal & disaster for Donald Trump - which is why I predict that Chuck Schumer will post hole on main during that press conference, to save the Republicans from another inevitable defeat.
Your art isn’t bad just because it’s not selling right now.
We’re in a recession and people don’t know when they’re gonna eat next, nobody can afford fun things because the economy is crumbling. It’s going to be hard a while.
We’re in a recession and people don’t know when they’re gonna eat next, nobody can afford fun things because the economy is crumbling. It’s going to be hard a while.
November 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Corporate Media’s Queer Purge — Assigned
It’s no coincidence that historic assaults on trans and queer people’s rights have been accompanied by the mainstream media’s widespread dismissal of LGBTQ+ journalists and the elimination of beats de...
www.assignedmedia.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
NEW: Firings of LGBTQ staff at NBC and Condé Nast have worsened an already dire picture for legacy news media when it comes to covering the trans community.
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
From @billiejsweeney.bsky.social, a close look at our increasingly degraded media environment.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
No other word has done more damage to the craft of writing in recent years than “content”. Even if you’re using the word “content” ironically, or as a cute little joke, don’t. When someone calls writing “content” they’re pissing on someone’s hard work & passion. “Content” is Technosatan’s henchword.
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Having to talk about AI as if it’s a serious concern and not a money laundering scheme is taking years off my life
November 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Having to talk about AI as if it’s a serious concern and not a money laundering scheme is taking years off my life
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London's latest Blue Plaque is a brilliant one. (It was put up at the Tesla dealership in Tottenham by campaigners)
November 7, 2025 at 6:54 PM
London's latest Blue Plaque is a brilliant one. (It was put up at the Tesla dealership in Tottenham by campaigners)
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Republicans are for “state’s rights” when that means promoting segregation and tormenting LGBTQ folks.
When state’s rights means feeding your state’s residents, they are all in for the federal government ensuring starvation.
When state’s rights means feeding your state’s residents, they are all in for the federal government ensuring starvation.
The US Department of Agriculture has ordered that "states must immediately undo any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits for November 2025".
November 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Republicans are for “state’s rights” when that means promoting segregation and tormenting LGBTQ folks.
When state’s rights means feeding your state’s residents, they are all in for the federal government ensuring starvation.
When state’s rights means feeding your state’s residents, they are all in for the federal government ensuring starvation.
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you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.
November 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
you don't have to put on blackface to get social media attention. you can simply develop mild depression, join a menswear forum, spend the next 15 years arguing about pants, and then weaponize the knowledge against your enemies on social media.
i owe so many video game designers an apology
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
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The quintessential aesthetic of fascism
November 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The quintessential aesthetic of fascism
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A lot of orgs will claim to be ‘trans-inclusive’ but only have femme afab nonbinary people.
Babes, that’s not inclusion, and you know it. And I guarantee you those femme nonbinary people don’t like it either.
Babes, that’s not inclusion, and you know it. And I guarantee you those femme nonbinary people don’t like it either.
November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
A lot of orgs will claim to be ‘trans-inclusive’ but only have femme afab nonbinary people.
Babes, that’s not inclusion, and you know it. And I guarantee you those femme nonbinary people don’t like it either.
Babes, that’s not inclusion, and you know it. And I guarantee you those femme nonbinary people don’t like it either.
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I can answer that
* business guy who runs a company because he has an MBA and rich friends
* person entering leadership sideways from leadership in an unrelated industry w/ no desire to learn
* single-discipline dev who went indie and has never had to think about full production before
* business guy who runs a company because he has an MBA and rich friends
* person entering leadership sideways from leadership in an unrelated industry w/ no desire to learn
* single-discipline dev who went indie and has never had to think about full production before
seriously how do you get to a lead role in the games industry without understanding concepts such as "greyboxing" or "bugs not yet fixed in this version". like what is the career path, for these people?
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I can answer that
* business guy who runs a company because he has an MBA and rich friends
* person entering leadership sideways from leadership in an unrelated industry w/ no desire to learn
* single-discipline dev who went indie and has never had to think about full production before
* business guy who runs a company because he has an MBA and rich friends
* person entering leadership sideways from leadership in an unrelated industry w/ no desire to learn
* single-discipline dev who went indie and has never had to think about full production before