Harshmellow
@harshmellow99.bsky.social
Prepping for the inevitable end of Twitter, 3 decades old
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trying to do stuff w heavensward again
December 3, 2025 at 7:37 PM
trying to do stuff w heavensward again
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i took a bunch of middle-evolution Pokemon that had never been nominated for any other brackets and threw them in one, randomized seeds, it's the AWKWARD MIDDLE EVOLUTION BRACKET, in the end we landed on
1. Loudred
2. Pignite
3. Quaxwell
4. Doublade
1. Loudred
2. Pignite
3. Quaxwell
4. Doublade
December 4, 2025 at 1:05 AM
i took a bunch of middle-evolution Pokemon that had never been nominated for any other brackets and threw them in one, randomized seeds, it's the AWKWARD MIDDLE EVOLUTION BRACKET, in the end we landed on
1. Loudred
2. Pignite
3. Quaxwell
4. Doublade
1. Loudred
2. Pignite
3. Quaxwell
4. Doublade
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てるヴァくんお風呂に入れたあと気絶するように寝てしまった🐥
December 4, 2025 at 12:43 AM
てるヴァくんお風呂に入れたあと気絶するように寝てしまった🐥
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To be clear, this is just as bad as the Amazon AI dub thing. Not as much to meme about, but definitely just as bad. Remember when YouTube switched over to AI closed captions, removed the options for creators to provide their own, and then they all got immediately worse forever? This is like that.
After publishing this article, I've heard from many that CR seems to be using AI to produce dub CCs. Now, thanks to a slip-up CR had with episode 6 dub of The Banished Court Magician, we can say that with 100% certainty: Crunchyroll is using the AI service Ollang.com for its dub closed captions!
December 4, 2025 at 1:57 AM
To be clear, this is just as bad as the Amazon AI dub thing. Not as much to meme about, but definitely just as bad. Remember when YouTube switched over to AI closed captions, removed the options for creators to provide their own, and then they all got immediately worse forever? This is like that.
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ok so i actually know somebody non-disabled who does this and i can tell you: if someone's determined to cheat the system, NOTHING is going to stop them. able-bodied cheaters have the energy to jump through all the hoops. making things harder only gatekeeps accommodations from people who need it.
Balancing "no person with a disability should be denied accommodations" with "it's important to discourage non-disabled people from pretending to be disabled to take advantage of these accommodations" is really difficult and I don't have a great answer for what anyone should do about it.
December 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
ok so i actually know somebody non-disabled who does this and i can tell you: if someone's determined to cheat the system, NOTHING is going to stop them. able-bodied cheaters have the energy to jump through all the hoops. making things harder only gatekeeps accommodations from people who need it.
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We live in a culture that is very taxonomic, that sees significance in naming things as distinct things that have a distinct meaning that can be elaborated in an encyclopedia, but it need not always be so. Words are secondary to communication. They're lived in, sometimes messily or haphazardly.
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
We live in a culture that is very taxonomic, that sees significance in naming things as distinct things that have a distinct meaning that can be elaborated in an encyclopedia, but it need not always be so. Words are secondary to communication. They're lived in, sometimes messily or haphazardly.
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#worldbuilding Language that isn't intentionally controlled by a centralized authority is rarely so uniform. On the other hand, there are also a plethora of examples of language being controlled in such a way on the level of the state (me looking directly at France).
December 3, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#worldbuilding Language that isn't intentionally controlled by a centralized authority is rarely so uniform. On the other hand, there are also a plethora of examples of language being controlled in such a way on the level of the state (me looking directly at France).
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My favorite example in my own work is a place that is just called "the high shore" in its own language, yet whether or not it gets translated or simply called the untranslated native word varies. I love just "the black country" in England and like the multitude of names for Germany as examples.
December 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My favorite example in my own work is a place that is just called "the high shore" in its own language, yet whether or not it gets translated or simply called the untranslated native word varies. I love just "the black country" in England and like the multitude of names for Germany as examples.
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When naming things for #worldbuilding I find it fun to play with subjectivism. Exonyms and endonyms, different groups calling things different things, plurality of spelling (consider: if literacy either isn't centralized or widespread, it is likely there are several different spellings in use).
December 3, 2025 at 6:43 PM
When naming things for #worldbuilding I find it fun to play with subjectivism. Exonyms and endonyms, different groups calling things different things, plurality of spelling (consider: if literacy either isn't centralized or widespread, it is likely there are several different spellings in use).
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An anonymous Japanese game studio is making applicants draw in front of them during interviews to prove they don't use generative AI 🎮
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
An anonymous Japanese game studio is making applicants draw in front of them during interviews to prove they don't use generative AI 🎮
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
“Only human creators can produce compelling characters and graphics from scratch”
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#Galemas day 2: snow
A very cold day in Waterdeep, it’s impossible to go out because the snow is meters high. Your wizard husband offers you hot chocolate: all is well
#galedekarios #bg3 #galeofwaterdeep
A very cold day in Waterdeep, it’s impossible to go out because the snow is meters high. Your wizard husband offers you hot chocolate: all is well
#galedekarios #bg3 #galeofwaterdeep
December 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
#Galemas day 2: snow
A very cold day in Waterdeep, it’s impossible to go out because the snow is meters high. Your wizard husband offers you hot chocolate: all is well
#galedekarios #bg3 #galeofwaterdeep
A very cold day in Waterdeep, it’s impossible to go out because the snow is meters high. Your wizard husband offers you hot chocolate: all is well
#galedekarios #bg3 #galeofwaterdeep
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I've not spoken about this much—both because it feels self-aggrandizing and isn't super relevant beyond the folks directly involved—but:
The Game Jam Waiver (*the* most accessible way to make games Union) was created + is maintained by marginalized people. I feel like this is a major piece of why.
The Game Jam Waiver (*the* most accessible way to make games Union) was created + is maintained by marginalized people. I feel like this is a major piece of why.
Indie animation and game development is here to stay because it MUST be. Otherwise soon enough there won’t exist a sector of the industry willing to tell or support the stories already starting to be snuffed out.
Not great that a foreign state that regularly executes queer folks is now going to own the major AAA publisher that most consistently supported queer stories and characters.
December 2, 2025 at 11:56 PM
I've not spoken about this much—both because it feels self-aggrandizing and isn't super relevant beyond the folks directly involved—but:
The Game Jam Waiver (*the* most accessible way to make games Union) was created + is maintained by marginalized people. I feel like this is a major piece of why.
The Game Jam Waiver (*the* most accessible way to make games Union) was created + is maintained by marginalized people. I feel like this is a major piece of why.
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If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
Donate to Support Individualized Shirt Workers United, organized by Gabor Ptacek
Since this summer, worker leaders at Individualized Shirts have been organizi… Gabor Ptacek needs your support for Support Individualized Shirt Workers United
www.gofundme.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you can, please consider donating to their GoFundMe. The money is going to union members this holiday so they can buy groceries and pay rent while they fight for a fair contract.
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
If MiUSA means anything at all, it must mean good paying jobs for workers.
www.gofundme.com/f/support-in...
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It's always "where's the 5th bonus panel?" and never "here's $20, make a 5th bonus panel"
December 3, 2025 at 12:17 AM
It's always "where's the 5th bonus panel?" and never "here's $20, make a 5th bonus panel"
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Shop will be closing up for the year next Friday! Tapestries and hats will still be available but everything else will be gone till next year! #merch
cparadox.bigcartel.com
cparadox.bigcartel.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Shop will be closing up for the year next Friday! Tapestries and hats will still be available but everything else will be gone till next year! #merch
cparadox.bigcartel.com
cparadox.bigcartel.com
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Last chance to get something from our shop 😉
December 1, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Last chance to get something from our shop 😉
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Slowpoke rugs are now live!!!
This cute guy's ready to help you make your bath time vibes even more relaxed!🛁🫧
US customers: sanglunaria.bigcartel.com
International customers: sanglunaria.etsy.com
This cute guy's ready to help you make your bath time vibes even more relaxed!🛁🫧
US customers: sanglunaria.bigcartel.com
International customers: sanglunaria.etsy.com
June 28, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Slowpoke rugs are now live!!!
This cute guy's ready to help you make your bath time vibes even more relaxed!🛁🫧
US customers: sanglunaria.bigcartel.com
International customers: sanglunaria.etsy.com
This cute guy's ready to help you make your bath time vibes even more relaxed!🛁🫧
US customers: sanglunaria.bigcartel.com
International customers: sanglunaria.etsy.com
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for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
December 1, 2025 at 4:20 PM
for World AIDS Day, a 1988 cartoon from the Advocate's Gerald Donelan
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It's been a minute since I made a little collection of my work, and I still have a few left over from Lightbox.
It's always so satisfying to see what I've made all in one little package!
🐈 www.annadaviscourt.com/shop
#kidlitart #artbook #smallbusiness
It's always so satisfying to see what I've made all in one little package!
🐈 www.annadaviscourt.com/shop
#kidlitart #artbook #smallbusiness
December 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
It's been a minute since I made a little collection of my work, and I still have a few left over from Lightbox.
It's always so satisfying to see what I've made all in one little package!
🐈 www.annadaviscourt.com/shop
#kidlitart #artbook #smallbusiness
It's always so satisfying to see what I've made all in one little package!
🐈 www.annadaviscourt.com/shop
#kidlitart #artbook #smallbusiness