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Thomas Van Bouwel

@tovanbo.bsky.social

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XR Developer of Cubism and Laser Dance. Recovering architect. 🇧🇪 🇧🇷 - he/him 🔗 http://linktr.ee/tovanbo

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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · May 19

Laser Dance is coming to ✨Early Access✨ later this fall!

More details to follow soon, but be sure to wishlist the game on Meta Quest in the meantime 🙌

➡️ bit.ly/3W0huQf

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Deadly Delivery @deadlydelivery.bsky.social · 18h

Our Open Beta is starting now! Join our discord to get access on SteamVR and Meta Quest. Open now until October 20th, 2025. discord.gg/vxaFQr9jqC

#deadlydelivery #virtualreality #vr #steamvr #metaquest #metaquest3 #VRGaming #IndieDev #IndieGame

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escapedexplorer.bsky.social @escapedexplorer.bsky.social · 1d

WWII "Friend" poster series from the Allied Forces, originally demonstrating the various Allied forces (British, Australian, Chinese, French, Dutch, etc.) and their appearances

It reads:

"This man is your FRIEND

He fights for FREEDOM"

The image is a sepia/black and white toned image of the Portland Frog protester, simply labelled FROG

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 2d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not “partisan” to defend science, evidence, and objective reality.

It’s partisan to attack science, evidence, and objective reality, to benefit your political “team.”

That’s true with climate science, with vaccinology, & with evidence-based city-building, all of which are being attacked.

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Ennio Dal Farra @enniodalfarra.bsky.social · 3d

Finalist !!
So proud and happy that our game is finding is audience 🥲

Indie X - October 17 to 23 @indiexpt.bsky.social · 3d

Guàishòu 怪兽 is a 2025 finalist by Apophenia 23

Summary: It is a cinematic sidescroller with some action puzzle in which you explore a jungle inhabited by grotesque mutants. You carry a lumen rifle that is a weapon but also a tool to progress in the game.

store.steampowered.com/app/2595470/...

Guaishou 怪兽 on Steam

Guàishòu 怪兽 is a cinematic sidescroller that takes you through the ruins of an abandoned city, home to grotesque mutants and long-buried mysteries. Use you lumen rifle as a tool and a weapon, a torch ...

store.steampowered.com

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competentposter @competentposter.bsky.social · 5d

wizard frog is insane

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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 6d

The mystery of medical diagnosis!

Anyone: Why are there suddenly so many AHDH diagnoses?
Dr. Jen: Same reason there are suddenly more stars after we built telescopes.

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Daniel @c418.org · 7d

I don’t know about you but I cancelled my Disney subscription and just changed it to npr

NPR @npr.org · 8d

Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.

Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.

Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj

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Ronan Price @ronanprice.bsky.social · 7d

Meta Ireland faces a face of €100,000 a week from Dutch court if it fails to give users in Netherlands a permanent and simple way to get algorithm-free timeline. A pittance but still…

www.dutchnews.nl/2025/10/cour...

Court tells Meta to give Dutch users algorithm-free feed option - DutchNews.nl

Meta must allow users in the Netherlands to set a chronological, non-algorithmic feed as the default on Instagram and Facebook, a court in Amsterdam has ruled. The case was brought by digital rights g...

www.dutchnews.nl

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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · 10d

The game is currently in QA, so we should be able to announce the specific release date of Early Access soon if all goes well :)

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Self-Described "Deal Guy" @danancona.bsky.social · 11d

They bought and or towed all these from god knows where with your tax dollars. Looks fun and all, but this is what they're spending money on instead of teachers, trains, helping poor people and curing kids cancer.

aaron adair @aaroninchicago.bsky.social · 12d

ICE boats trawling the Chicago River. This is the DUMBEST thing I've seen in my entire life. No exaggeration. What's next? Humvees loaded with armed, masked agents patrolling Disney's Main Street U.S.A.?

#Chicago

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holden m. accountable @noahs.bsky.social · 11d

THE MEME IS REAL

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Fobwashed @stevekim.bsky.social · Aug 13

TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit

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Senator Ron Wyden @wyden.senate.gov · 12d

Taken just a few minutes ago outside the ICE facility in Portland that Trump claims is under siege. My message to Donald Trump is this: we don’t need you here. Stay the hell out of our city.

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Triangular Pixels @triangularpixels.com · 14d

CLASSIFIED no more.
📂 Unseen Diplomacy 2 has entered Early Access - and the world needs you.
💾 Hack, sneak, dodge and escape in the ultimate VR spy-fi adventure.
🔗https://unseendiplomacy2.com🔗
#UnseenDiplomacy2 #VRGaming #SteamGames #IndieGame #earlyaccess #spygame #gaming #gaming #videogame

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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · 13d

Huge congrats on the early access release!

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 17d

1/ A quick note on this framing 👇

When people say “gender critical” vs “trans activist” it might sound balanced – but the language itself is doing heavy lifting, and not in a neutral way.

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SEEN Police Official Open Public Network @seenpoliceuk.bsky.social · 17d

For 6+years non stop, they have demonised every single one of us as predators, paedophiles and child mutilators. There can be no “conversations” with these ghouls.

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Julia Carrie Wong @joolia.bsky.social · 19d

this exists it is called thinking

Matthew McConaughey says he wants a private LLM, fed only with his books, notes, journals, and aspirations, so he can ask it questions and get answers based solely on that information, without any outside influence.

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Charles Lafrance @charleslafrance.bsky.social · 20d

#streetphotography #photo #photography #montreal

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Micah @rincewind.run · 22d

now is the time for every media personality to stand up and speak out, because what this shows is that nothing will save you

they’re coming for all of you, unless you’re a true believer your days are numbered and your bosses are eager to comply

do something you can be proud of on your way out

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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · 22d

@CubismVR release 5 years ago today🎉

In 5 years, players have:
⌛️ collectively played for 25+ years
🧩 solved over 5M puzzles
😤 and rage quit over 3M puzzles!

Thanks to everyone who played over the last few years!

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Ed Lago @edlago.dev · 23d

What a lovely gift! Muito obrigado @tovanbo.bsky.social Long Live Cubism <3

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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you for all you do to help! 🙏

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Fannie H. Gray @mrsfanster.bsky.social · 23d

It would be a pity if everyone kept circulating this bc, you know, TRUTH and all

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 23d

The Dept. of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the U.S.

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing

Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

www.404media.co

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Thomas Van Bouwel @tovanbo.bsky.social · 23d

Glad it arrived well!