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Tom Francis

@pentadact.com

I've been running an indie games studio for 15 years now, and it felt like a good time to boil down what I've learned into 4 pieces of advice:

www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...

I hope it's of use, not least because goddamn I forgot how long blog posts take to write.

A timeline visually representing the advice from my post, emphasising how dramatically and reliably having more time, with a testable build, converts to your game being better and your studio being safer.

January 8, 2026 at 6:02 PM

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franz

@franzanth.bsky.social

Meant to post this some days ago but I got distracted.

My latest for @invertebratepal.bsky.social's work on Hallucigenia's ecology, interpreting the little fellas as scavengers of soft-bodied carcasses.

Read the preprint here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...

#Art #SciArt #FossilFriday

Seafloor scene from a low angle, showing a swarm of 13 Hallucigenia, essentially worms with long legs and spiky backs, sitting on and around the carcass of a clear jellyfish on a seafloor. Digital illustration.

January 9, 2026 at 12:42 PM

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Dinosaur Comics!

@qwantz.com

they're little bundles of joy that you can't talk to but need to somehow teach complicated concepts to, and they have knives for teeth but don't know it yet. what could go wrong

www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

T-Rex: People say you can't buy happiness, but they're WRONG!

T-Rex: They're WRONG, and I have PROOF!

T-Rex: Pets make you happy, and you can buy a puppy. Therefore -
Dromiceiomimus: Therefore, money buys happiness. Yes!
Dromiceiomimus: I've gotta go, T-Rex - I'm not going to delay being happy for a moment longer! To the federal puppy depository!

Utahraptor: But puppies take work! Lots of it, especially at the start!
T-Rex: WHAT?

Utahraptor: Yes, that's the scam: they're a HUGE amount of work but for some reason past generations just agreed to pretend they're not! And now every our whole culture says they're these wee bundles of joy, and WE pay the price!!
T-Rex: But... Dromiceiomimus! SHE JUST WENT TO THE FEDERAL PUPPY DEPOSITORY!!

Off panel: Don't worry T-Rex! We're all mature adults here, and I would never enter into such a long-term responsibility with an animal without being prepared! P.S.: it's me, Dromiceiomimus!
T-Rex: Thanks, bud!
Off panel: I know I'm hard to see from so far away so I just thought I'd specify

January 9, 2026 at 1:29 PM

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Better Things Are Possible

@internethippo.bsky.social

Like the bible says: live by the sword, no worries

January 8, 2026 at 7:28 PM

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Lit Hub

@literaryhub.bsky.social

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

lithub.com/renee-nicole...

Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.

Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

lithub.com

January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM

Ryan North

@ryannorth.ca

WORDS ADDED TO SPELL-CHECK TODAY:

- Grodd
- Terrifitech
- monumentaAAARRGGHH

January 8, 2026 at 3:10 PM

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TopatoCo

@topa.to

woah if only there was a very cool shot glass available somewhere that could invoke THIS EXACT FEELING

👀 wait wh- topatoco.com/collections/...

January 7, 2026 at 6:03 PM

Ryan North

@ryannorth.ca

many are saying this is a tiny can, but it's normal size and i just have extremely large hands!! i could grip your head in one hand like a basketball and still have room to hold a magazine or perhaps novel. all bodies are beautiful THANKS

Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 2d

I wonder how many people are pairing their lunch today with a can of Fanta haunted apple flavour Beetlejuice Beetlejuice caffeine-free soda. Retweet if you are pairing your lunch today with a can of Fanta haunted apple flavour Beetlejuice Beetlejuice caffeine-free soda

January 7, 2026 at 5:37 PM

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Art!

@punsultant.bsky.social

Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.

Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.

November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM

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Rachael Stott

@rachaelstott.bsky.social

Hell yeah brother

January 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM

Ryan North

@ryannorth.ca

I wonder how many people are pairing their lunch today with a can of Fanta haunted apple flavour Beetlejuice Beetlejuice caffeine-free soda. Retweet if you are pairing your lunch today with a can of Fanta haunted apple flavour Beetlejuice Beetlejuice caffeine-free soda

January 7, 2026 at 5:03 PM

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Dinosaur Comics!

@qwantz.com

in truth there are simply two types of people: people of the first type, and people of the other types

www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

T-Rex: There are so many types of people! And by that I mean "precisely three".

Narrator: THE THREE TYPES OF PEOPLE

T-Rex: The first type are the people who never forget anyone's name, are completely comfortable at a party where they don't know anyone, and love to work a room. They are angels, and they exist to let us know how far the rest of us have fallen.
Dromiceiomimus: Like all angels, they come into your life unexpectedly.
T-Rex: To remind you of how bad you are at a party where you don't know anyone, yes.

Utahraptor: What's the second type of people?
T-Rex: Normal people!

T-Rex: We "normies" forget people's names all the time - and even when you think "I've met T-Rex ten times, there's no way he's gonna forget my name" but SURPRISE, because I find a way. This is normal and should be allowed, even celebrated.
Utahraptor: Uh-huh. And the third type of people?

T-Rex: Catchall category for anyone who doesn't fit into the first two categories. OH SNAP! Now you HAVE to admit that my ontology is PROVABLY true and complete!!
Off panel: ...But that doesn't mean it's good.
T-Rex: JUST ADMIT THAT I CAPTURED ALL OF THE TYPES OF DUDES IT IS POSSIBLE TO HAVE

January 7, 2026 at 12:52 PM

Ryan North

@ryannorth.ca

A motorist just drove by while I walked past a big puddle near the sidewalk and splashed me like I'm some sort of sad sack in an 80s movie!!

January 6, 2026 at 10:14 PM

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Unbreakable Peter

@loki1001.bsky.social

Reed "Secure in His Sexuality" Richards by @ryannorth.ca and Carlos Gomez. #FantasticFour #comics #marvel

Johnny wants to know which eyebrow is flirtier, Reed says the left one.

January 6, 2026 at 6:25 AM

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dean

@deanr.co.uk

“you won’t get away with this”

Uni lad headline hospice nurse who’s seen 100s of people die says everyone always says the same thing on their deathbed. Photo is a blond haired blue eyed woman’s face

January 5, 2026 at 7:40 PM

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Dinosaur Comics!

@qwantz.com

wait, i ALSO have to forget all my old acquaintances? BUT THEY WERE SUCH A GREAT SUPPORTING CAST FOR ME

www.qwantz.com/index.php?co...

T-Rex: It's a new year! And, as is tradition...

T-Rex: ...it is also a NEW ME.

Dromiceiomimus: Oh that's too bad, T-Rex! I liked the you I already knew, but I guess it HAS been getting to be that time.
T-Rex: Yeah, I liked the old me too! But new year, you know. I don't make the rules.
Dromiceiomimus: Yeah, these are the terms we all live under!

Utahraptor: So what are you thinking - a relaunch? Reboot? Retooling?
T-Rex: I'm thinking: FULL REBOOT.

T-Rex: There will be parts you recognize, but many of them will be updated and different, portrayed by actors you don't recognize. And there'll be cheeky little nods to the old me, but in a winky way. Oh! And maybe the old me will come back as a cameo, but now playing my grandfather or something.

Off panel: Honestly, this doesn't sound nearly as good as what we already have.
T-Rex: I know, I know!!
T-Rex: But it's a NEW YEAR, and idioms have TOO MUCH POWER!

January 5, 2026 at 1:24 PM

Ryan North

@ryannorth.ca

*making conversation with you, a complete stranger, at a bar* I kissed a girl and liked it too, I just didn't write a whole song about it

January 5, 2026 at 1:17 PM

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Dusty Lee 💦🥩

@dustylee.bsky.social

@ryannorth.ca

Photo of bird tracks in a fresh dusting of snow. They couldn't possibly have been made by The Blue Bird...he's gone away...

Screenshot of Cillian Murphy as Jonathan Crane/ Scarecrow saying "He's here...The Bat Man..." but edited so he's saying "He's here...The new bird..."

January 2, 2026 at 9:14 PM

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Rodger Sherman

@rodger.bsky.social

went back and grabbed the full video of her intro. absolutely incredible

🇮🇹🍝👩‍🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩‍🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩‍🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩‍🍳🤌

January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM

Ryan North

@ryannorth.ca

this was probably my experience here in 2025

January 2, 2026 at 1:39 PM

Ryan North

@ryannorth.ca

I had thought "one of the movies of all time" originated in someone forgetting "greatest" or "best" on a forum post and we all ran with it, but turns out the construction goes back much further!

vintage poster for A Christmas Carol, with the tagline "the holiday picture of all time"

January 1, 2026 at 12:59 PM

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Flannel, Steady Diet of

@flanneloccluded.bsky.social

Nice acquaintance. Auld?

December 28, 2025 at 9:59 PM

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the Mountain Goats

@themountaingoats.bsky.social

Mike was one of the guys laying the framework for what good jokes would look like in a novel format with a strict character limit. 35 is so young. Rest easy good stranger