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Tomb👻Time @tubetime.bsky.social · 6h

My coffee table book, Open Circuits, with beautiful cross-section photos of electronics, is 25% off through the 12th. Use the super-secret discount code "SHOWOFF". What, you already have the book? BAM--you just thought of a friend who would enjoy a copy.

nostarch.com/open-circuits

two images of a small cathode ray tube. the upper image shows that it is nearly as small as a ball-point pen, starting out at the same diameter but flaring out into a tiny screen that is about 10mm in diameter. the bottom image shows the same CRT cut in half, with a complex array of small metal electron lenses.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 9h

The original Bad Bunny

The Ice Cream Bunny, huge and terrifying

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Paperback Paradise @paperbackparadise.bsky.social · 8h

Photo of a vintage book cover featuring Dracula dropping gold coins onto his pile of gold coins, he’s smiling as he clearly is a greedy individual. A full skeleton lays on the pile of gold, perhaps it is one of his girlfriends. A naked woman looms in the background for some reason. Copy and title read:

HOW DID DRACULA GET RICH?

Selling Frankenstein’s Feet Pix Online
By Herman Baldsack

Dracula made a fortune off of Frankenstein's feet without his permission and he is a disgusting piece of garbage for that

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Shepherd @neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 13h

Reports of Dolly Parton's eminent demise have been greatly exaggerated, apparently! Frieda should probably calm down some.

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 14h

BREAKING

In a new video, Dolly Parton, the Queen of America, says she’s going to be ok.

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カニまよちーずBS @kani-mayochee.bsky.social · 1d

🙂久しぶりのこんにちは🐈️🌟
ゆっくりと再開✨
#Darkstalkers
#Felicia

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Cutie Hermit @deadhermit.bsky.social · 11h

Literally just an even dorkier version of "red lightsabers are cooler"

Hadn't heard of the beast cameo tho, ew. It's so nice that we reward our scummiest dead-eyed weirdos this way

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Cutie Hermit @deadhermit.bsky.social · 12h

you're not alone, honestly it's Charlie Daniels' fault for making it seem a lot easier than it really is

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Kody Okamoto @kodyisover.com · 1d

So just once again reiterating, if you wanna be a patron of my art, every dollar of your support goes really, REALLY far in making a tangible difference in my life.

patreon.com/kodyisover
subscribestar.adult/kodyisover
ko-fi.com/kodyisover

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René Otto @aceottorney.bsky.social · 1d

Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...

An image about the game developer's guide to publishing agreements feauturing otto the otter

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Cutie Hermit @deadhermit.bsky.social · 12h

I wonder how much this current landscape could be transformed if DLsite et al implemented a little "summary" tab/popup on their list pages

(would require them to see the problem obvs)

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sink @sinksadventure.bsky.social · 1d

My new open world precision "batformer" Vampire's Best Friend is out now on Steam and itch with a 10% launch discount!

Vampire hunters are after a mischievous vampire girl, and it's up to her pet bat to save the day!

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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 1d

I think this is bang on, and gets at a sense of what I see in play with stuff from Dwarf Fortress and Qud to Rimworld to Crusader Kings and the Sims: a desire to understand the world, whether a familiar or an alien one, through play

lincoln carpenter @lincolnhello.bsky.social · 1d

"'The more we try to understand what's going on in the world around us—the more we don't just withdraw into a hermitude of my family and I as a nuclear unit, the more we try to understand our society—I think the more these kinds of games speak to us,' Short said."

Founder of Dwarf Fortress and Caves of Qud publisher Kitfox Games says its procgen sims for sickos are 'giving storytelling tools back to the people when games and passive media took them away'

Streets of Fortuna, Kitfox's own in-development "megasim," is chasing that same systems-driven storytelling.

pcgamer.com

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 1d

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

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Il Pomodoro @dabenner.bsky.social · 1d

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · Oct 27

Read Franken Fran

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Robert Evans (the Only Robert Evans) @iwriteok.bsky.social · 1d

if you've ever found value in the work of any anti-fascist writer or researcher today, you owe something to Leonard Zeskind. he was absolutely foundational.

Devin Burghart @dburghart.bsky.social · 1d

For nearly half a century, Leonard Zeskind risked life and limb to expose the danger of white nationalism and stem the far-right’s march from the margins to the mainstream.

Join us on Nov. 9 to share your memories and celebrate his life.

Register today.

actionnetwork.org/events/leona...

Leonard Zeskind Celebration of Life, Sunday, November 9 – 2:00 to 4:00 pm

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rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 1d

listen. when dolly parton’s sister says it’s time for us all to be prayer warriors for dolly. you fucking pray for dolly

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Cutie Hermit @deadhermit.bsky.social · 1d

Do you think God stays in heaven because he too lives in fear of Time Gal, who killed Death itself in AD 666

The Emotion Engine (The Emotion is Fear) @emotion-engine.bsky.social · Jul 10

Time Gal (1996 | Taito/Toei | PS1): GOD BLESS TIME GAL.

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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 1d

i know that the months leading up to the lexus december to remember sales event are an exciting time for many of you. it used to be for me, but most dealerships won't let me attend services because i named my kid toyotathon. they won't even let me wield the sceptre. i just thought it was a cool name

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BadComputer @badcomputer.bsky.social · 1d

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the SEGA Mark III console in Japan, Astro Climber will be released and available for free on 20th October. #homebrew #mastersystem

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 1d

For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds

www.theguardian.com

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VGDensetsu @vgdensetsu.bsky.social · 1d

I wrote a long article about Rieko Kodama, her career at Sega, the evolution of her company, the games she worked on (including some canceled games and/or games for which she is not credited), the status of women and working conditions in the video game industry, etc.
vgdensetsu.net/riekokodama/

Illustration: a portrait of Rieko Kodama with some of the games she has worked on. The dominant colors are yellow, purple and red. Counterclockwise from top left: Rieko Kodama, Alis and Lutz from Phantasy Star, Sonic in a maze, Alex Kidd and his motorbike next to Flicky on a waterfront pier, Joe Musashi and his dog near the Statue of Liberty facing a skyline, the three playable characters from Golden Axe seen from behind on the edge of a cliff, and one of the flying ships from Skies of Arcadia.

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Radical Graffiti @radicalgraffiti.bsky.social · 2d

"Fuck Israel"
Sailor Moon poster spotted in Los Angeles

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Mato @clydemandelin.bsky.social · 2d

Some old advice about starting big projects (game translation projects in my case, but a lot of it is probably universal)

#gametranslation

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X ΘΔ @xkeeper.net · 2d

"don't get scammed!" protip:
if you get a message request from someone in a server you're in, take their username, go that server, and do "from:<username>".
if you see nothing, congratulations! you probably found a scammer.

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