Katana Nova Cat
@katananovacat.bsky.social
Animation nerd/hobbyist animator, gamer (multiplatform, retro & modern), doer of crafts, collector of plushies and MLP, furry, has read either too many zoology books or not enough. He/they. Adult (despite putting Sanrio stickers on everything). Screw GenAI
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My preferred social site is and will forever be the hellsite (affectionate) known as tumblr, so if you notice me failing to abide by whatever this site's usual etiquette is, that would have something to do with why
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Spending the weekend with a bunch of game designers and my favourite moment is when a peer turned to me in all seriousness and asked, “I have a question about cannibalism.” This is when I know I have found my people.
August 23, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Spending the weekend with a bunch of game designers and my favourite moment is when a peer turned to me in all seriousness and asked, “I have a question about cannibalism.” This is when I know I have found my people.
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Monkeys falling from trees and baking barnacles: how heat is driving animals to extinction
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#ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #ClimateChange
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#ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #ClimateChange
August 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Monkeys falling from trees and baking barnacles: how heat is driving animals to extinction
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#ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #ClimateChange
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#ClimateAction #ClimateJustice #ClimateChange
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thinking about silksong's 'we sold 15m copies so our team of 4 just took our time and released the game we wanted to make in 7 years' and my brain is reminding me that bioware once calculated that the average mass effect player consumed 200,000 dollars worth of level art per minute
August 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
thinking about silksong's 'we sold 15m copies so our team of 4 just took our time and released the game we wanted to make in 7 years' and my brain is reminding me that bioware once calculated that the average mass effect player consumed 200,000 dollars worth of level art per minute
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Because a lot of people were curious: Here's me playing the same Bubsy 4D level without trying speedrun it.
August 21, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Because a lot of people were curious: Here's me playing the same Bubsy 4D level without trying speedrun it.
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Porygami (Flying type)
August 23, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Porygami (Flying type)
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A ladybird beetle spreading its wings captured with a high-speed camera. In real-time wing deployment from the fully folded state takes less than 0.1 seconds.
Credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al.
Credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al.
August 22, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A ladybird beetle spreading its wings captured with a high-speed camera. In real-time wing deployment from the fully folded state takes less than 0.1 seconds.
Credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al.
Credit: University of Tokyo / Saito et al.
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Oh boy. Colloquial language is complicated
March 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Oh boy. Colloquial language is complicated
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The headline should read "Benjamin Blümchen trötet wieder" which means "Benjamin Blümchen trumpets again". Except it says "Benjamin Blümchen tötet wieder" which means "Benjamin Blümchen kills again"
April 1, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The headline should read "Benjamin Blümchen trötet wieder" which means "Benjamin Blümchen trumpets again". Except it says "Benjamin Blümchen tötet wieder" which means "Benjamin Blümchen kills again"
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A poem my dad helped me type on the computer when I was 5
April 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A poem my dad helped me type on the computer when I was 5
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Artists feel pressured to make new art too quickly at the moment. Normalise artists fucking disappearing for months. Just walk off into the woods for a year and come back with a single sketch. It’s good for you
March 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Artists feel pressured to make new art too quickly at the moment. Normalise artists fucking disappearing for months. Just walk off into the woods for a year and come back with a single sketch. It’s good for you
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Please don't ask me what I'm reading (it's fanfiction).
March 19, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Please don't ask me what I'm reading (it's fanfiction).
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Happy St Patrick's! Have a green pony!
In a recent thread on that other site, I saw a number of requests for Minty! I didn't know she had an FiM cameo, but wasn't fond of her being an AJ recolor. I liked her GameLoft rendition better, so went with that look!
Wallpaper sizes at spacecatsamba.com
In a recent thread on that other site, I saw a number of requests for Minty! I didn't know she had an FiM cameo, but wasn't fond of her being an AJ recolor. I liked her GameLoft rendition better, so went with that look!
Wallpaper sizes at spacecatsamba.com
March 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Happy St Patrick's! Have a green pony!
In a recent thread on that other site, I saw a number of requests for Minty! I didn't know she had an FiM cameo, but wasn't fond of her being an AJ recolor. I liked her GameLoft rendition better, so went with that look!
Wallpaper sizes at spacecatsamba.com
In a recent thread on that other site, I saw a number of requests for Minty! I didn't know she had an FiM cameo, but wasn't fond of her being an AJ recolor. I liked her GameLoft rendition better, so went with that look!
Wallpaper sizes at spacecatsamba.com
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Reminder that Google verified that we're canon. This does retroactively apply to everything we've ever said, obviously.
#mlp #rainbowdash #princesscelestia #mlponyfacts
#mlp #rainbowdash #princesscelestia #mlponyfacts
February 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Reminder that Google verified that we're canon. This does retroactively apply to everything we've ever said, obviously.
#mlp #rainbowdash #princesscelestia #mlponyfacts
#mlp #rainbowdash #princesscelestia #mlponyfacts
A favorite #FullmetalAlchemist #AMV that I'm thinking about for no particular reason...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVeV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVeV...
Fullmetal Alchemist AMV - Savages
YouTube video by Noradora
www.youtube.com
February 8, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A favorite #FullmetalAlchemist #AMV that I'm thinking about for no particular reason...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVeV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVeV...
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the entire bee movie script is posted in the comments of chapter 3
December 6, 2024 at 5:07 PM
the entire bee movie script is posted in the comments of chapter 3
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I think there exists a vanishingly small minority of people who actually do want to talk to their toasters, and those folks are sprinkled around tech management, tech incubators, and Sand Hill Road in sufficient numbers to indirectly drive tech policy for the rest of us.
March 29, 2024 at 3:37 PM
I think there exists a vanishingly small minority of people who actually do want to talk to their toasters, and those folks are sprinkled around tech management, tech incubators, and Sand Hill Road in sufficient numbers to indirectly drive tech policy for the rest of us.
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A little tutorial to avoid a common mistake with the pectorals connected with the shoulders!
When the arms lift, the pecs shape changes.
When the arms lift, the pecs shape changes.
January 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
A little tutorial to avoid a common mistake with the pectorals connected with the shoulders!
When the arms lift, the pecs shape changes.
When the arms lift, the pecs shape changes.
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Are you familiar with the growing body of research on how climate change is reshaping birds' bodies? Here's a great overview of how this trend is playing out in Australia. #ornithology
Shrinking wings, bigger beaks: birds are reshaping themselves in a warming world
Beak sizes increase, and body sizes decrease - but why? How we are slowly unravelling the mystery behind changing body shapes in Australian birds.
theconversation.com
December 26, 2024 at 4:00 PM
Are you familiar with the growing body of research on how climate change is reshaping birds' bodies? Here's a great overview of how this trend is playing out in Australia. #ornithology
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Just for fun: We enjoyed Audubon Magazine's overview of the biggest bird fossil finds of 2024. #ornithology
Terror Birds, Giga-Geese, and the Oldest Birds of Prey? 2024’s Fascinating Avian Fossil Finds
From mega leg bones to tiny, perfect skulls, fossils this year revealed crucial insights into bird evolution.
www.audubon.org
January 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Just for fun: We enjoyed Audubon Magazine's overview of the biggest bird fossil finds of 2024. #ornithology