Saltsparkle
@saltsparkle.bsky.social
🕶️🧋 You’re gonna see so many crafts here
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"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
December 16, 2025 at 9:12 PM
"we USE ai, but our game wont CONTAIN it" is a clarification that no one has ever cared about & now CEOs are using it as a wedge to get their foot in the door as a part of a long term plan into normalizing AI, just like how 'it's just placeholder' was used with E33. dont cede even an inch of ground
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so the ai comes up with the “concept” part of concept art, and THEN the world class artists photobash and paint over the concept that nobody could be fucked to conceptualize.
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
so the ai comes up with the “concept” part of concept art, and THEN the world class artists photobash and paint over the concept that nobody could be fucked to conceptualize.
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aurora
a stuffed penguin with a pink hat on is sitting on a toilet .
ALT: a stuffed penguin with a pink hat on is sitting on a toilet .
media.tenor.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 AM
aurora
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everyone living around light pollution and clouds right now:
November 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
everyone living around light pollution and clouds right now:
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Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
October 26, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Please check your kids’ Halloween candy carefully this year.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
I bit into a chocolate bar and found Microsoft Teams.
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Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
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feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*
I cannot understand what these people think the purpose of human life is?
It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?
It is *not* "pursue joy, deal justly, love well, try to understand as much and see as much of this beautiful world and of the deepness, richness and variety of human culture and experience as you can before you die"?
How is this repeatedly made into a policy issue - by *all* parties - when the blunt fact of the matter is that grown adults who are obliged to pay for their own education, and relentlessly pursued to repay their loans, should be able to study whatever the fuck they want.
October 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
feels like yet again time to mention that the *videogames* industry (that's a creative industry, which people do creative degrees in) brings in more than twice the amount to the British economy as the fishing and steel industries *combined*
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For anyone who's ever wanted to get into Critical Role, but has felt aprehensive due to just how much it is: This is a GREAT place to start! New campaign, new characters, new world. No prior knowledge needed. =)
The epic premiere of #CriticalRole Campaign 4, Episode 1 - "The Fall of Thjazi Fang", is now available on YouTube! ⚔️ 🧭 🪶
WATCH THE C4 PREMIERE ⬇️
https://youtu.be/3Mbynm0pGX0
WATCH THE C4 PREMIERE ⬇️
https://youtu.be/3Mbynm0pGX0
October 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
For anyone who's ever wanted to get into Critical Role, but has felt aprehensive due to just how much it is: This is a GREAT place to start! New campaign, new characters, new world. No prior knowledge needed. =)
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Anticipation
#Sketch #Drawing #Doodle #CriticalRole #Critters #CriticalRoleFanArt #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #CampaignFour
#Sketch #Drawing #Doodle #CriticalRole #Critters #CriticalRoleFanArt #DungeonsAndDragons #DnD #CampaignFour
October 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Gang, we’re doing some Sock Experiments.
September 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Gang, we’re doing some Sock Experiments.
As a fellow atx based knitter-gamer-writer, Hazel sounds cool. Hire her!
Today is my last day at Blizzard! Working with the World of Warcraft team has been such a fun, positive experience. I can't wait for players to see what we made together. Now I'm looking for my next role in games, full time or contract, indie or AAA. You can check out my portfolio on my website! 🖤
Hello new followers! I'm Hazel.
🐔 Chicken keeper 🐕 Tripod dog owner 📃 Writer 🎮 Senior Narrative Designer 🍞 Bread baker ⛪️ Amateur medievalist 🌱 Gardener 🧶 Knitter 🎓 PhD in English lit 🦇 ATX
Presently: 💛⚔️ Blizzard
Previously: 💙💫 Bungie 🧡🐀 Arkane
Find my work on my website! www.hazelmonforton.com
🐔 Chicken keeper 🐕 Tripod dog owner 📃 Writer 🎮 Senior Narrative Designer 🍞 Bread baker ⛪️ Amateur medievalist 🌱 Gardener 🧶 Knitter 🎓 PhD in English lit 🦇 ATX
Presently: 💛⚔️ Blizzard
Previously: 💙💫 Bungie 🧡🐀 Arkane
Find my work on my website! www.hazelmonforton.com
September 29, 2025 at 4:59 PM
As a fellow atx based knitter-gamer-writer, Hazel sounds cool. Hire her!
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what happens if and when these tariffs ever get brought down? do prices come back down? what about certain industries, such as watches, where consumers purchase on the assumption they can recoup some of their money when they sell? a watch marked up to $8k can't be brought back to $6k very easily.
26% Kit Kat price increase ahead of Halloween?? Lord have mercy
September 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
what happens if and when these tariffs ever get brought down? do prices come back down? what about certain industries, such as watches, where consumers purchase on the assumption they can recoup some of their money when they sell? a watch marked up to $8k can't be brought back to $6k very easily.
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Your electricity bill is going up because data centers are raising demand, not because your utility started scaling out some renewables. Pass it on.
September 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Your electricity bill is going up because data centers are raising demand, not because your utility started scaling out some renewables. Pass it on.
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A lot of video-game publishers spend hundreds of millions of dollars chasing after "realistic graphics" and "massive open-worlds" when what players really want is just a shitload of weird little guys
September 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A lot of video-game publishers spend hundreds of millions of dollars chasing after "realistic graphics" and "massive open-worlds" when what players really want is just a shitload of weird little guys
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BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Why ‘Silksong’ Took Seven Years to Make
The highly anticipated indie game has been in production for so long that it’s become an internet meme
www.bloomberg.com
August 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
BREAKING: Silksong will be out on September 4. Two weeks from today. Really.
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Often, games that take 7+ years to make are plagued by mismanagement and painful burnout. But for Silksong? Team Cherry was having a blast. They still are.
This is their story: www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
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**11.2 Spoilers**
Now that the big guys out, wanted to share the other part of my 11.2 Animation work-
Dimensius' Defeat Animation!
I got to go a little wild with this one
Absolutely love seeing everyone's reaction to this fight
#Warcraft #Animation #GameDev
Now that the big guys out, wanted to share the other part of my 11.2 Animation work-
Dimensius' Defeat Animation!
I got to go a little wild with this one
Absolutely love seeing everyone's reaction to this fight
#Warcraft #Animation #GameDev
August 15, 2025 at 4:38 PM
**11.2 Spoilers**
Now that the big guys out, wanted to share the other part of my 11.2 Animation work-
Dimensius' Defeat Animation!
I got to go a little wild with this one
Absolutely love seeing everyone's reaction to this fight
#Warcraft #Animation #GameDev
Now that the big guys out, wanted to share the other part of my 11.2 Animation work-
Dimensius' Defeat Animation!
I got to go a little wild with this one
Absolutely love seeing everyone's reaction to this fight
#Warcraft #Animation #GameDev
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Hey Americans, if this passes you'll be uploading your ID to every social media and website to access it.
Be aware that another shitty bill has been introduced: The SCREEN Act.
If passed, it would require Full. Age. Verification.
Like KOSA, call all your reps & tell them what a horrible idea this is.
Spread this pls.
Link: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
#screenact #badinternetbills
#stopkosa
If passed, it would require Full. Age. Verification.
Like KOSA, call all your reps & tell them what a horrible idea this is.
Spread this pls.
Link: www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
#screenact #badinternetbills
#stopkosa
www.congress.gov
August 4, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Hey Americans, if this passes you'll be uploading your ID to every social media and website to access it.
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limited edition Year of the Leopard Undermine exclusive Gabubu trinket, going 200,000,000g on the auction house
July 20, 2025 at 2:07 AM
limited edition Year of the Leopard Undermine exclusive Gabubu trinket, going 200,000,000g on the auction house
Every day. BA History; I write for non-profit philanthropy and have to be able to connect org narratives to personal histories & research how donor funding has made a difference so we can communicate that effectively. Working on an MA in Public Relations right now to supplement this.
Serious question: If you got one, do you use your college degree?
July 10, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Every day. BA History; I write for non-profit philanthropy and have to be able to connect org narratives to personal histories & research how donor funding has made a difference so we can communicate that effectively. Working on an MA in Public Relations right now to supplement this.
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'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
July 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
'Vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
The word is 'vacations.'
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Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
Defense Department will stop providing crucial satellite weather data
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.
n.pr
July 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Hurricane forecasters and scientists rely on weather data collected and processed by Department of Defense satellites. The Navy has decided to stop sharing the data.