Niq
@tekf.itch.io
Hazel Quantock, shader artist, games dev >25yrs
AuDHD | trans🏳️⚧️ | pan | poly | furry | tomboy | switch | ancom | union girl | she/her
https://www.shadertoy.com/user/TekF
AuDHD | trans🏳️⚧️ | pan | poly | furry | tomboy | switch | ancom | union girl | she/her
https://www.shadertoy.com/user/TekF
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Niq
@tekf.itch.io
· 25d
Fit check. I've been trying to figure out techwear looks that work for me and this is the first one that's really felt right. This is very me.
Oh shit I should do that thing I was gonna do, I nearly forgot!
...1 hour later...
Oh shit I should do that thing I was gonna do, I nearly forgot!
...1 hour later...
Oh shit I should do that thing I was gonna do, I nearly forgot!
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Oh shit I should do that thing I was gonna do, I nearly forgot!
...1 hour later...
Oh shit I should do that thing I was gonna do, I nearly forgot!
...1 hour later...
Oh shit I should do that thing I was gonna do, I nearly forgot!
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im convinced idioms only exist in order to fuck with autistics
January 31, 2026 at 6:06 PM
im convinced idioms only exist in order to fuck with autistics
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The news keep saying that reform is going to appeal to the working class in the by-election when their candidate is a posh southern academic and the Green candidate is literally a local plumber.
January 30, 2026 at 2:59 PM
The news keep saying that reform is going to appeal to the working class in the by-election when their candidate is a posh southern academic and the Green candidate is literally a local plumber.
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IDEs these days are so opinionated
January 30, 2026 at 6:34 PM
IDEs these days are so opinionated
Anyway, I got a tattoo today!
🎨 Sam Sparkles at The Pastel Palace in Colchester
🎨 Sam Sparkles at The Pastel Palace in Colchester
January 30, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Anyway, I got a tattoo today!
🎨 Sam Sparkles at The Pastel Palace in Colchester
🎨 Sam Sparkles at The Pastel Palace in Colchester
shout out to the guy who came and sat behind me, the queerest-looking person on the bus, and proceeded to address me as "buddy" and "mate"
January 30, 2026 at 7:42 PM
shout out to the guy who came and sat behind me, the queerest-looking person on the bus, and proceeded to address me as "buddy" and "mate"
Overheard on train "she's known as 'they', non-binary"
January 30, 2026 at 5:39 PM
Overheard on train "she's known as 'they', non-binary"
How your email finds me.
January 29, 2026 at 7:55 PM
How your email finds me.
Ah, gotta love a bit of state sanctioned childhood trauma.
I was so scared of electricity for years after this.
I was so scared of electricity for years after this.
January 28, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Ah, gotta love a bit of state sanctioned childhood trauma.
I was so scared of electricity for years after this.
I was so scared of electricity for years after this.
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January 28, 2026 at 5:51 PM
a rapper, performing a concert consisting entirely of diss tracks
it was... disconcerting
it was... disconcerting
January 28, 2026 at 1:44 PM
a rapper, performing a concert consisting entirely of diss tracks
it was... disconcerting
it was... disconcerting
As it should be.
the comments of any product remotely using AI are 1000 people booing then one dork going "To simply dismiss a new technology out of hand is tantamount to" drowned out by fart noises
January 27, 2026 at 10:55 PM
As it should be.
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All grocery delivery apps in New York City (including Instacart) must now pay workers at least $21.44/hr.
That number does not include tips.
Companies must also provide workers with annual increases adjusted for inflation.
That number does not include tips.
Companies must also provide workers with annual increases adjusted for inflation.
January 27, 2026 at 2:34 PM
All grocery delivery apps in New York City (including Instacart) must now pay workers at least $21.44/hr.
That number does not include tips.
Companies must also provide workers with annual increases adjusted for inflation.
That number does not include tips.
Companies must also provide workers with annual increases adjusted for inflation.
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The average human has just slightly less than one breast
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The average human has just slightly less than one breast
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EVERY YEAR I forget I have a certain browser extention installed which replaces the name of a certain February holiday
HA
HA
January 22, 2026 at 2:27 PM
EVERY YEAR I forget I have a certain browser extention installed which replaces the name of a certain February holiday
HA
HA
same, only started untangling this in my 40s
i used to subscribe to a false choice between minimizing my needs vs being an asshole about them that i knew was irrational but my history of bouncing between those extremes every time i tried to self correct made me afraid to keep working on it so i just stopped and hid in the former for , years
January 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM
same, only started untangling this in my 40s
face reveal. wrong answers only.
January 26, 2026 at 7:20 PM
face reveal. wrong answers only.
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i look forward to the day when reporters ask trans fems how they feel sharing a locker room with cis women
January 26, 2026 at 2:51 PM
i look forward to the day when reporters ask trans fems how they feel sharing a locker room with cis women
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January 26, 2026 at 5:56 PM
"look, a black goose!"
"a goth goose!"
"a gooth!"
"a goth goose!"
"a gooth!"
January 25, 2026 at 10:37 PM
"look, a black goose!"
"a goth goose!"
"a gooth!"
"a goth goose!"
"a gooth!"
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Read this thread, but I feel like this post in particular is very important to highlight.
Right now, the only the way they win is if we give up. They have utterly failed at every other possible route to victory. The only plan is to get us to give up.
If we don't give up, we win.
Right now, the only the way they win is if we give up. They have utterly failed at every other possible route to victory. The only plan is to get us to give up.
If we don't give up, we win.
but it also means instead thinking about this not as an existential struggle for survival (though it will be if enough people on the side of the angels give up early)
January 24, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Read this thread, but I feel like this post in particular is very important to highlight.
Right now, the only the way they win is if we give up. They have utterly failed at every other possible route to victory. The only plan is to get us to give up.
If we don't give up, we win.
Right now, the only the way they win is if we give up. They have utterly failed at every other possible route to victory. The only plan is to get us to give up.
If we don't give up, we win.
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Some folk like to use social media platform DMs as if they were Emails or Instant Messengers (ie: Insta. That's a popular one for that.)
Pls do not DM things the gov't wouldn't like, or could use against you on TikTok for the love of all that is holy.
Pls do not DM things the gov't wouldn't like, or could use against you on TikTok for the love of all that is holy.
They're admitting to reading your Private Messages AND your DRAFTS.
If you type it, they can read it.
Doesn't matter if you never sent it.
If you type it, they can read it.
Doesn't matter if you never sent it.
January 24, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Some folk like to use social media platform DMs as if they were Emails or Instant Messengers (ie: Insta. That's a popular one for that.)
Pls do not DM things the gov't wouldn't like, or could use against you on TikTok for the love of all that is holy.
Pls do not DM things the gov't wouldn't like, or could use against you on TikTok for the love of all that is holy.
How's your executive function today, Niq?
Well, I spent half an hour trying to decide whether I want to take paracetamol with caffeine, or paracetamol without caffeine, to deal with this headache
Well, I spent half an hour trying to decide whether I want to take paracetamol with caffeine, or paracetamol without caffeine, to deal with this headache
January 24, 2026 at 4:03 PM
How's your executive function today, Niq?
Well, I spent half an hour trying to decide whether I want to take paracetamol with caffeine, or paracetamol without caffeine, to deal with this headache
Well, I spent half an hour trying to decide whether I want to take paracetamol with caffeine, or paracetamol without caffeine, to deal with this headache