Blaine
@blainem.bsky.social
The kind of nerd that teaches themselves computational geometry for fun. Into ttrpgs, gaming, sci-fi and fantasy, crafty stuff, and so, so many ADHD "enhanced" hobbies. He/him, they/them is fine too.
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Blaine
@blainem.bsky.social
· Oct 24
Just realized I don't have a pinned post on bsky yet. *Smiles awkwardly at the camera*
Hello, I'm Blaine.
I'm mostly on here for (indie)game dev stuff and ttrpg stuff, but I've got the ADHD so I'm also interested in basically every art or crafting hobby ever, and a million other things besides.
Hello, I'm Blaine.
I'm mostly on here for (indie)game dev stuff and ttrpg stuff, but I've got the ADHD so I'm also interested in basically every art or crafting hobby ever, and a million other things besides.
Captain Burt Braddock
Absolute beefcake hirsute pirate Captain who wields a cutlass and an anchor on a rope like a kusarigama on anabolic steroids.
The only top he wears is a brace of pistols, and he is an absolute menace in the boarding party because the anchor will wreck your spine and your ship.
Absolute beefcake hirsute pirate Captain who wields a cutlass and an anchor on a rope like a kusarigama on anabolic steroids.
The only top he wears is a brace of pistols, and he is an absolute menace in the boarding party because the anchor will wreck your spine and your ship.
December 8, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Captain Burt Braddock
Absolute beefcake hirsute pirate Captain who wields a cutlass and an anchor on a rope like a kusarigama on anabolic steroids.
The only top he wears is a brace of pistols, and he is an absolute menace in the boarding party because the anchor will wreck your spine and your ship.
Absolute beefcake hirsute pirate Captain who wields a cutlass and an anchor on a rope like a kusarigama on anabolic steroids.
The only top he wears is a brace of pistols, and he is an absolute menace in the boarding party because the anchor will wreck your spine and your ship.
“average system matters to at least one person per table” factoid actualy just statistical error. average system matters to zero people per table. The Systems cult, an obscure religious order that worships the Georg system at their tables daily, is an outlier and should not have been counted
System USED to matter, but then the OSR died, so it doesn't anymore.
Is…is that anything?
Is…is that anything?
December 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
“average system matters to at least one person per table” factoid actualy just statistical error. average system matters to zero people per table. The Systems cult, an obscure religious order that worships the Georg system at their tables daily, is an outlier and should not have been counted
All week during work my attention/focus was hyping myself up to work on a programming project. The weekend arrived and suddenly my focus inexplicably changed to baking experimentation.
So anyways I've got some same day focaccia dough proofing lol.
So anyways I've got some same day focaccia dough proofing lol.
December 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
All week during work my attention/focus was hyping myself up to work on a programming project. The weekend arrived and suddenly my focus inexplicably changed to baking experimentation.
So anyways I've got some same day focaccia dough proofing lol.
So anyways I've got some same day focaccia dough proofing lol.
I'm still friends with the sister of one of my old RuneScape friends. No, not the older sister that used to log onto his RuneScape account, not her younger sister I used to talk to on aim, her twin sister who shared her aim account.
This sounds like I got catfished or something lol.
This sounds like I got catfished or something lol.
online friendship is crazy. like yeah we go way back. we talk about weird shit exclusively and we've seen each other in person between zero and four times
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
I'm still friends with the sister of one of my old RuneScape friends. No, not the older sister that used to log onto his RuneScape account, not her younger sister I used to talk to on aim, her twin sister who shared her aim account.
This sounds like I got catfished or something lol.
This sounds like I got catfished or something lol.
So cable news is like, DEAD, dead. Message received.
Wtf are we doing?
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
"CNN partners with Kalshi to integrate prediction markets into its global newsroom. The first major news network to embrace Kalshi prediction markets."
December 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
So cable news is like, DEAD, dead. Message received.
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The fascists are counting on you finding erotica and porn too distasteful to support. Because they always start here. And even if they ended here, sexuality and erotism are integral components of queer expression. You can't support queer creators without supporting 'nsfw' content.
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 AM
The fascists are counting on you finding erotica and porn too distasteful to support. Because they always start here. And even if they ended here, sexuality and erotism are integral components of queer expression. You can't support queer creators without supporting 'nsfw' content.
Democrats want to take America's budget and allocate it in a pretty little way that honestly doesn't fucking matter because they are incapable of doing anything useful.
I hope to be proven wrong. I expect to be disappointed.
I hope to be proven wrong. I expect to be disappointed.
democrats want to be the principal of america
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Democrats want to take America's budget and allocate it in a pretty little way that honestly doesn't fucking matter because they are incapable of doing anything useful.
I hope to be proven wrong. I expect to be disappointed.
I hope to be proven wrong. I expect to be disappointed.
Working on some basic proc gen stuff right now. If I get it working I will be very powerful. Take my word for it?
December 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Working on some basic proc gen stuff right now. If I get it working I will be very powerful. Take my word for it?
You can just say, "I want people to hate me." and save us all some time, y'know.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
December 4, 2025 at 12:58 AM
You can just say, "I want people to hate me." and save us all some time, y'know.
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Would love to get to at least 100 followers on the project page for Card Drives. It goes live on December 2nd.
It's a single player cyberpunk rogue-light deckbuilder where a deck of playing cards is your character sheet.
Share it around?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...
It's a single player cyberpunk rogue-light deckbuilder where a deck of playing cards is your character sheet.
Share it around?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...
Coming soon: Card Drives
Turn playing cards into a cyberdeck in this cyberpunk rogue-like deckbuilding solo RPG!
www.kickstarter.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Would love to get to at least 100 followers on the project page for Card Drives. It goes live on December 2nd.
It's a single player cyberpunk rogue-light deckbuilder where a deck of playing cards is your character sheet.
Share it around?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...
It's a single player cyberpunk rogue-light deckbuilder where a deck of playing cards is your character sheet.
Share it around?
www.kickstarter.com/projects/not...
Figured out how to make a scripting language, now thinking about what features a ttrpg scripting language needs for absolutely no reason lol.
November 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Figured out how to make a scripting language, now thinking about what features a ttrpg scripting language needs for absolutely no reason lol.
Apparently my mom caught on I've been soft quitting her side of the family, so I got to have that conversation for Thanksgiving.
That was "fun".
Still kinda stewing on that.
That was "fun".
Still kinda stewing on that.
November 29, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Apparently my mom caught on I've been soft quitting her side of the family, so I got to have that conversation for Thanksgiving.
That was "fun".
Still kinda stewing on that.
That was "fun".
Still kinda stewing on that.
I just had a probably cursed idea:
A Les Miserables fanfic where it's reimagined in a cultivation setting.
Jean Valjean is a (reincarnated) body tempering loose cultivator, obviously.
Javert is the enforcement elder of the top Orthodox faction.
A Les Miserables fanfic where it's reimagined in a cultivation setting.
Jean Valjean is a (reincarnated) body tempering loose cultivator, obviously.
Javert is the enforcement elder of the top Orthodox faction.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I just had a probably cursed idea:
A Les Miserables fanfic where it's reimagined in a cultivation setting.
Jean Valjean is a (reincarnated) body tempering loose cultivator, obviously.
Javert is the enforcement elder of the top Orthodox faction.
A Les Miserables fanfic where it's reimagined in a cultivation setting.
Jean Valjean is a (reincarnated) body tempering loose cultivator, obviously.
Javert is the enforcement elder of the top Orthodox faction.
I think I just learned how to make my own scripting language? This changes things.
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I think I just learned how to make my own scripting language? This changes things.
Side note tho, I think I made a breakthrough on the game I'm working on today. Fingers crossed.
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Side note tho, I think I made a breakthrough on the game I'm working on today. Fingers crossed.
If I got mutes that want to make a game with me, you have to let me know or else you're a cop. It's the law. Or something.
November 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
If I got mutes that want to make a game with me, you have to let me know or else you're a cop. It's the law. Or something.
Just stewing in a preemptive rage today for no apparent reason.
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Just stewing in a preemptive rage today for no apparent reason.
At work I had an obscure math question and asked an expert if he was familiar with it.
He said I should try the ai thing.
I politely told him I was looking for help understanding the thing from a person and relayed the full question. 1/2
He said I should try the ai thing.
I politely told him I was looking for help understanding the thing from a person and relayed the full question. 1/2
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
At work I had an obscure math question and asked an expert if he was familiar with it.
He said I should try the ai thing.
I politely told him I was looking for help understanding the thing from a person and relayed the full question. 1/2
He said I should try the ai thing.
I politely told him I was looking for help understanding the thing from a person and relayed the full question. 1/2
"how did you get into ttrpgs?"
I went to the library during a storm and got eaten by a players handbook.
I went to the library during a storm and got eaten by a players handbook.
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
i got hit by a truck and woke up here
"how did you get into ttrpgs"
Oh, ttrpgs killed my parents so i swore to play as many as i can to absorb their power
Oh, ttrpgs killed my parents so i swore to play as many as i can to absorb their power
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
"how did you get into ttrpgs?"
I went to the library during a storm and got eaten by a players handbook.
I went to the library during a storm and got eaten by a players handbook.
One of these days I'm going to memorize the ievan polka and I'll be unfathomable at karaoke for good or ill.
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 AM
One of these days I'm going to memorize the ievan polka and I'll be unfathomable at karaoke for good or ill.
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We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
November 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
We don’t need to reform ICE.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
We don’t need alternatives to ICE.
We don’t need to engage in dishonest debates wondering what the U.S. would do without ICE.
ICE isn’t even 23 years old. Most adults know a world without ICE. And the billions used to fund ICE can be used to meet people’s basic needs.
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It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
November 19, 2025 at 12:57 AM
It turns out that the folks at Anthropic used two of my books to train their Large Language Models. I've gone and submitted my claim via the class action settlement. If you're an author whose work has been stolen, you should too
If anyone tells me I'm not doing my best, I dare them to do better.
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If anyone tells me I'm not doing my best, I dare them to do better.
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If you’re looking into novellas during awards season, I humbly put forth my own, from @neonhemlock.bsky.social?
Gay archeologists, academic footnotes, alt history shenanigans, giant robots, hot superheroes, and hard-to-cook samosas are all plot points!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
Gay archeologists, academic footnotes, alt history shenanigans, giant robots, hot superheroes, and hard-to-cook samosas are all plot points!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
The Iron Below Remembers by Sharang Biswas — neon hemlock
Publication date: March 25, 2025. An 8” x 5” novella. Set in an alternate version of the British Isles where South Asian imperial interest colonized much of the globe thanks to their advanced techno...
www.neonhemlock.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
If you’re looking into novellas during awards season, I humbly put forth my own, from @neonhemlock.bsky.social?
Gay archeologists, academic footnotes, alt history shenanigans, giant robots, hot superheroes, and hard-to-cook samosas are all plot points!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
Gay archeologists, academic footnotes, alt history shenanigans, giant robots, hot superheroes, and hard-to-cook samosas are all plot points!
www.neonhemlock.com/books/iron-b...
Gonna do some old fashioned computational geometry at work to show the boss man I don't need no fuckin AI.
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Gonna do some old fashioned computational geometry at work to show the boss man I don't need no fuckin AI.