corvid
@alittleshout.bsky.social
full-time educator and part-time philosopher. music and video game enthusiast. thaliak's career dragoon. hekki grace. 💜
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corvid
@alittleshout.bsky.social
· Dec 24
the you that remains and remains and remains...
...will you carry this?
yes.
i will.
...will you carry this?
yes.
i will.
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the cycle of “devs working for years to make a game > game launches (and it doesn’t matter how successful it is) > two week waiting period > most of the team laid off” is not only entirely unsustainable but genuinely horrifying
Highguard developer Wildlight has reportedly laid off most of its team, says one a level designer sharing the news of layoffs.
The live service game launched just two weeks ago after being revealed at The Game Awards.
(Read more at Game Informer)
The live service game launched just two weeks ago after being revealed at The Game Awards.
(Read more at Game Informer)
February 12, 2026 at 12:02 AM
the cycle of “devs working for years to make a game > game launches (and it doesn’t matter how successful it is) > two week waiting period > most of the team laid off” is not only entirely unsustainable but genuinely horrifying
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Together, we raised over $600,000 for @translifeline.org this year. From the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful. We have come together to say to our trans friends and family that they are loved and that they are not alone.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
February 7, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Together, we raised over $600,000 for @translifeline.org this year. From the bottom of my heart, I'm so grateful. We have come together to say to our trans friends and family that they are loved and that they are not alone.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
Trans rights are human rights.
When we gather together, we can make Magic.
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People who believe in “Ethical AI” must also believe in warm refrigerators, edible toxic waste, and billionaires who prefer to fuck adults.
February 1, 2026 at 7:46 AM
People who believe in “Ethical AI” must also believe in warm refrigerators, edible toxic waste, and billionaires who prefer to fuck adults.
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This January has been so long.
January 31, 2026 at 1:35 PM
This January has been so long.
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"None of this would have happened under Harris" is wishful thinking which denies the violence that the US state still inflicted when she was VP, & also doesn't matter.
You must build something BEYOND bourgeois duopoly, rather than bemoaning that your uncle doesn't have access to a time machine.
You must build something BEYOND bourgeois duopoly, rather than bemoaning that your uncle doesn't have access to a time machine.
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 AM
"None of this would have happened under Harris" is wishful thinking which denies the violence that the US state still inflicted when she was VP, & also doesn't matter.
You must build something BEYOND bourgeois duopoly, rather than bemoaning that your uncle doesn't have access to a time machine.
You must build something BEYOND bourgeois duopoly, rather than bemoaning that your uncle doesn't have access to a time machine.
i am so frustrated by my university's add/drop/swap policy. the fact that students can put themselves on my roster a full 3 weeks into the semester does all of us a terrible disservice and has me actively begging and pleading with students to drop my classes for THEIR own sakes. UGH. 😡
January 28, 2026 at 3:17 AM
i am so frustrated by my university's add/drop/swap policy. the fact that students can put themselves on my roster a full 3 weeks into the semester does all of us a terrible disservice and has me actively begging and pleading with students to drop my classes for THEIR own sakes. UGH. 😡
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Did you know you can do things? That the horrors of the world are being carried out by people who only do so because the *feel* protected, by money, & pieces of paper, & fear? Did you know all of that can be taken away if enough of you are organized? Did you know the world is yours to win?
January 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Did you know you can do things? That the horrors of the world are being carried out by people who only do so because the *feel* protected, by money, & pieces of paper, & fear? Did you know all of that can be taken away if enough of you are organized? Did you know the world is yours to win?
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⛓️👷♂️💰🔗🙅♀️
January 24, 2026 at 5:23 PM
⛓️👷♂️💰🔗🙅♀️
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it is increasingly obvious to me that there are quite a few americans (surprisingly diverse) that are unaware of the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act and/or Japanese internment
January 22, 2026 at 5:44 PM
it is increasingly obvious to me that there are quite a few americans (surprisingly diverse) that are unaware of the history of the Chinese Exclusion Act and/or Japanese internment
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Watcher: "What is your function?"
2B: "Everything that lives is designed to end."
Watcher: "Hmm... Sphere to Square, sister."
#NieR
#1000xRESIST
2B: "Everything that lives is designed to end."
Watcher: "Hmm... Sphere to Square, sister."
#NieR
#1000xRESIST
January 22, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Watcher: "What is your function?"
2B: "Everything that lives is designed to end."
Watcher: "Hmm... Sphere to Square, sister."
#NieR
#1000xRESIST
2B: "Everything that lives is designed to end."
Watcher: "Hmm... Sphere to Square, sister."
#NieR
#1000xRESIST
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If we want to get into it the ending they "deserve" was the end of the first game, every subsequent story (despite being good or not to varying degrees) has been supurflous. Also Life is Strange stopped being interesting with Exposure, to me at least, soley because it gave up and returned to Max
Life is Strange: Reunion announced, releasing on March 26th news.xbox.com/en-us/2026/0...
"By and for fans of the original, Life is Strange: Reunion finally brings Max and Chloe’s saga to a definitive close."
"By and for fans of the original, Life is Strange: Reunion finally brings Max and Chloe’s saga to a definitive close."
January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
If we want to get into it the ending they "deserve" was the end of the first game, every subsequent story (despite being good or not to varying degrees) has been supurflous. Also Life is Strange stopped being interesting with Exposure, to me at least, soley because it gave up and returned to Max
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i did like Double Exposure quite a bit until it was like Max Will Return In Avengers: Doomsday, so i'm withholding judgment, but it is hard not to feel like this series has retreated to safety after it seemed like it was going to be an anthology about people from different walks of life.
Life Is Strange: Reunion Brings Back Chloe, Coming In March https://kotaku.com/life-is-strange-reunion-chloe-announcement-release-date-2000661323
Life Is Strange: Reunion Brings Back Chloe, Coming In March
Chloe is returning as a playable character alongside Max in the 'definitive close' to their story
kotaku.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:34 PM
i did like Double Exposure quite a bit until it was like Max Will Return In Avengers: Doomsday, so i'm withholding judgment, but it is hard not to feel like this series has retreated to safety after it seemed like it was going to be an anthology about people from different walks of life.
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“Studies show that stove is hot, multiple hands confirm.”
“Foreign exporters absorbed only 4% of last year’s U.S. tariff increases by lowering prices, while American consumers and importers absorbed 96%.
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
“Rather than acting as a tax on foreign producers, the tariffs functioned as a consumption tax on Americans.”
www.wsj.com/economy/trad...
Americans Are the Ones Paying for Tariffs, Study Finds
New research contradicts President Trump’s claim that foreigners are footing the bill.
www.wsj.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:42 AM
“Studies show that stove is hot, multiple hands confirm.”
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I’ve seen a lot of people share the sentiment that AI getting more pervasive could be good because it will make everyone get offline. I don’t share that optimism! I have seen nothing to indicate that online spaces getting worse encourages people to leave them—in fact, I think we’ve seen the opposite
January 18, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I’ve seen a lot of people share the sentiment that AI getting more pervasive could be good because it will make everyone get offline. I don’t share that optimism! I have seen nothing to indicate that online spaces getting worse encourages people to leave them—in fact, I think we’ve seen the opposite
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TMNT cards are showing up as promo cards for Lorwyn Eclipsed Prereleases.
These Universes Beyond sets really like stepping on the toes of Lorwyn!
These Universes Beyond sets really like stepping on the toes of Lorwyn!
(1/2 🧵) We're aware of reports of ECL prerelease kits containing foil promo cards from an incorrect set. This is not intentional and, if possible, stores should replace these promos with the appropriate ECL promos from other prerelease kits.
January 17, 2026 at 2:25 AM
TMNT cards are showing up as promo cards for Lorwyn Eclipsed Prereleases.
These Universes Beyond sets really like stepping on the toes of Lorwyn!
These Universes Beyond sets really like stepping on the toes of Lorwyn!
teaching this to my ethics students last semester was revelatory for them: we cannot build a better world until people let go of their *desires* to harm, which is one of the drives behind the desire to punish. there is real evil in this world but no epistemology will itself thwart this nasty fact.
Gently: I think the sweet little leftist fiction that right-wing politics are the result of epistemic gaps---that you can just newsletter and educate and evangelize your way to leftism---is dead.
Consider: many people want to hurt others. Want to feel superior. Want to inflict pain on the lesser.
Consider: many people want to hurt others. Want to feel superior. Want to inflict pain on the lesser.
January 16, 2026 at 2:30 AM
teaching this to my ethics students last semester was revelatory for them: we cannot build a better world until people let go of their *desires* to harm, which is one of the drives behind the desire to punish. there is real evil in this world but no epistemology will itself thwart this nasty fact.
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There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
January 13, 2026 at 2:30 PM
There are lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to Nazi Germany and there are also lots of reasons to compare what is happening now to the post-1850 Fugitive Slave Act U.S. and it's *weird* how people respond with interest to the former but total confusion to the latter
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lmao god i hate these fuckin guys so much i hate them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as baby boy hudson williams said, "fuck ai fuck it dead"
GenAI companies keep claiming the books and copyrighted works their programed were "trained" on without permission didn't retain complete copies in their systems. This was a lie.
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
These companies may now face for even more liability for violating copyrights. 1/
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
AI’s Memorization Crisis
Large language models don’t “learn”—they copy. And that could change everything for the tech industry.
www.theatlantic.com
January 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
lmao god i hate these fuckin guys so much i hate them!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! as baby boy hudson williams said, "fuck ai fuck it dead"
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Cutting people out of your life that don’t respect you is good to do
January 11, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Cutting people out of your life that don’t respect you is good to do
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Any studio that says they're only using their own assets for an A.I. model is lying to you, likely intentionally.
Generative A.I. models require an insane amount of existing work to create anything that looks new and decent. Categorizing said data would take years.
Generative A.I. models require an insane amount of existing work to create anything that looks new and decent. Categorizing said data would take years.
Larian CEO says Divinity could have gen AI assets in it but only if the tools are trained on the studio's own data.
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
"If we use a GenAI model to create in-game assets, then it'll be trained on data we own."
https://kotaku.com/divinity-gen-ai-larian-bg3-reddit-ama-2000658429
January 9, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Any studio that says they're only using their own assets for an A.I. model is lying to you, likely intentionally.
Generative A.I. models require an insane amount of existing work to create anything that looks new and decent. Categorizing said data would take years.
Generative A.I. models require an insane amount of existing work to create anything that looks new and decent. Categorizing said data would take years.
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You need to be willing to plant trees knowing you will never sit in their shade
oldhead advice from an oldhead.
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
every couple years, newcomers to the movement think "THIS is finally it, the moment when the dam breaks and the whole system is overthrown"
and when it doesn't happen they lose patience and get disillusioned and drop out of movement work
gotta build for long term
January 8, 2026 at 9:45 AM
You need to be willing to plant trees knowing you will never sit in their shade