Astrid D
@dastridly.bsky.social
venezolana in the us. she/her
i make games and stuff
interactive fiction at AstridDalmady.com
i make games and stuff
interactive fiction at AstridDalmady.com
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Astrid D
@dastridly.bsky.social
· Oct 28
I am a professional game designer and I make that everyone’s problem
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cow tools by pamela zhang pamelazhang.com
December 11, 2025 at 12:15 AM
cow tools by pamela zhang pamelazhang.com
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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my take on fonts is that using either Times New Roman or Calibri as the official font for government documents is insane. you should have a government font that the government commissions and thus places in the public domain. it's like if every government memo was stamped with a Microsoft watermark.
December 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
my take on fonts is that using either Times New Roman or Calibri as the official font for government documents is insane. you should have a government font that the government commissions and thus places in the public domain. it's like if every government memo was stamped with a Microsoft watermark.
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
“When the decision was revealed, I knew I would never own a house.”
A perfect review of the color of the year
open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...
A perfect review of the color of the year
open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...
'Cloud Dancer': A Measured Response
Regarding Pantone's decision, and so on, and so forth
open.substack.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:54 AM
“When the decision was revealed, I knew I would never own a house.”
A perfect review of the color of the year
open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...
A perfect review of the color of the year
open.substack.com/pub/johnpaul...
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I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
December 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I like whatever is wrong with my algorithm over there
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This HORSES expansion sucks
December 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This HORSES expansion sucks
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Looking at a category that encompasses both Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Taghairm and thinking there are Immanent Universal Truths about it. Nutso behavior.
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Looking at a category that encompasses both Marvel vs Capcom 2 and Taghairm and thinking there are Immanent Universal Truths about it. Nutso behavior.
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Tapping the sign (@boocanan.bsky.social)
December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Tapping the sign (@boocanan.bsky.social)
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I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I have many thoughts about this, one is I can't help but think this is all just shining a light on how games are still being held to wildly different standards than other media like film. I've played very few games like HORSES but watched so many films like it (as a connoisseur of arthouse horror).
I only switched to tidal last month and honestly this would have been the same no matter what
December 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I only switched to tidal last month and honestly this would have been the same no matter what
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*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
September 18, 2025 at 5:40 AM
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
*fires off a single fireball towards you that slowly tracks you*
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Coming out of my cage
And I'm doing not great
I was just in a cage
(I was just in a cage)
And I'm doing not great
I was just in a cage
(I was just in a cage)
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Coming out of my cage
And I'm doing not great
I was just in a cage
(I was just in a cage)
And I'm doing not great
I was just in a cage
(I was just in a cage)
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Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
December 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Frog knocked at Toad’s door. “Toad, wake up,” he cried. “Come out and see how wonderful the winter is!”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
“I will not,” said Toad. “I am in my warm bed.”
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December 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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iiit's the shopping weekend, and also my birthday weekend bc it ends on my birthday, so it's time for NEW HOLIDAY WARES!! cards! ornaments! zines! and MORE!
shop.sierrabravoart.com/product-tag/...
shop.sierrabravoart.com/product-tag/...
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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Blessed are those who catalogue minutia, for they shall know the names of the stars.
Anyone who does this deserves their own beatitude
"oh, you research literature? you must get to read all the time, how fun!"
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*
*me, going through every single (digital) issue of an 18th century daily newspaper to make a spreadsheet listing number of advertisements and the portion of them that were for books*
November 27, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Blessed are those who catalogue minutia, for they shall know the names of the stars.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:59 PM
all stanning of popes is necessarily conditional, the Church is the Church, but the man said AI won't stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God's creation so with all our conditions intact yes we stan