Midnight
@dragonsmidnight.bsky.social
They/them. Player of games, reader of books, maker of art. Hellishly Introverted. White.
Poetry usually comes from the Archfey barbarian. Follower of many fandoms.
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Poetry usually comes from the Archfey barbarian. Follower of many fandoms.
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So satisfying to finally paste this devil's face in. This mouse bit back.
#bg3spoilers
#bg3spoilers
a man with the words in more ways than one written below him
Alt: a man with the words in more ways than one written below him
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December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
So satisfying to finally paste this devil's face in. This mouse bit back.
#bg3spoilers
#bg3spoilers
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The Matrix (2000)
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Matrix (2000)
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We hope the BlueSky moderators don't flag today's offering for #MosaicMonday as being, ahem... prawnographic. 😳
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We hope the BlueSky moderators don't flag today's offering for #MosaicMonday as being, ahem... prawnographic. 😳
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A reminder that the Luddites didn't smash steam engines in british textile mills out of fear of the new, but because they were being used to cut out jobs, produce inferior product & drive skilled tradesfolk out so the rich could pay shit wages.
History continues to prove the Luddites were RIGHT.
History continues to prove the Luddites were RIGHT.
December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A reminder that the Luddites didn't smash steam engines in british textile mills out of fear of the new, but because they were being used to cut out jobs, produce inferior product & drive skilled tradesfolk out so the rich could pay shit wages.
History continues to prove the Luddites were RIGHT.
History continues to prove the Luddites were RIGHT.
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AI imitations of creative work (art, writing, etc.) aren't bad because it's "ugly". They already look "good enough" to satisfy most people. AI is bad because it's laundering plagiarism of real human artists AND making us ever-more dependent upon trillion-dollar tech companies.
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
AI imitations of creative work (art, writing, etc.) aren't bad because it's "ugly". They already look "good enough" to satisfy most people. AI is bad because it's laundering plagiarism of real human artists AND making us ever-more dependent upon trillion-dollar tech companies.
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The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
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It’s #InternationalDisabilitiesDay • I'm a disabled #embroidery artist. My work combines anatomy & symptomatology into #SciArt. Here is body map (2016) in which I stitched my #MECFS symptoms as I felt them.
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s #InternationalDisabilitiesDay • I'm a disabled #embroidery artist. My work combines anatomy & symptomatology into #SciArt. Here is body map (2016) in which I stitched my #MECFS symptoms as I felt them.
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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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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I can understand asking for nuance in these discussions, but deliberately muddying the water by bringing up automation tools that people understand are not generative AI and asking for a middle ground is disingenuous. The nuanced position is that people are roundly rejecting the tech, respect that.
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I can understand asking for nuance in these discussions, but deliberately muddying the water by bringing up automation tools that people understand are not generative AI and asking for a middle ground is disingenuous. The nuanced position is that people are roundly rejecting the tech, respect that.
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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"Voice Selene, we value your tribes work to help the Society but this isolationist attitude helps no-one"
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Voice Selene, we value your tribes work to help the Society but this isolationist attitude helps no-one"
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
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Uh oh, you scrolled too far, too greedily, too deep: you have encountered a balrog.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Uh oh, you scrolled too far, too greedily, too deep: you have encountered a balrog.
"Voice Selene, we value your tribes work to help the Society but this isolationist attitude helps no-one"
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Voice Selene, we value your tribes work to help the Society but this isolationist attitude helps no-one"
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
"Don't think about it", she says to herself as she takes a long swig of the alcohol, burning her throat. "Maybe the account made it harder for her." "Maybe it made it easier", a traitorous refined voice says in this deep dark of night, alone between missions. Her own voice... mostly.
#ttrpg
#ttrpg
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
"Don't think about it", she says to herself as she takes a long swig of the alcohol, burning her throat. "Maybe the account made it harder for her." "Maybe it made it easier", a traitorous refined voice says in this deep dark of night, alone between missions. Her own voice... mostly.
#ttrpg
#ttrpg
Oh once child, grown, roaming again your world. Name lost, replaced by Fae, with thorn riddled, vine choked, word. What creature took your place in your parents arms so many years ago. Who cursed you so that you have to flee adventure to be free.
#ttrpgcharacter
#ttrpgcharacter
November 6, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Oh once child, grown, roaming again your world. Name lost, replaced by Fae, with thorn riddled, vine choked, word. What creature took your place in your parents arms so many years ago. Who cursed you so that you have to flee adventure to be free.
#ttrpgcharacter
#ttrpgcharacter
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