Lyds
@lydiaschmydia.bsky.social
Indie Game Dev 🌟 I write sometimes 🌟 Creative. Queer. WLW. Aus. Tired
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If youre looking for Google and Microsoft alternatives, check it:
european-alternatives.eu
I love that it highlights which ones are run purely on renewable energy.
european-alternatives.eu
I love that it highlights which ones are run purely on renewable energy.
European Alternatives
We help you find European alternatives for digital service and products, like cloud services and SaaS products.
european-alternatives.eu
January 3, 2026 at 11:13 AM
If youre looking for Google and Microsoft alternatives, check it:
european-alternatives.eu
I love that it highlights which ones are run purely on renewable energy.
european-alternatives.eu
I love that it highlights which ones are run purely on renewable energy.
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AI PIXEL ART AND HOW TO DETECT THEM
I have updated the link for the write-up and added more paragraphs with new findings. Please click the link to read it. Share it with your friends who also dislike AI!
Thanks to everyone who helped.
drive.google.com/file/d/1bxDm...
I have updated the link for the write-up and added more paragraphs with new findings. Please click the link to read it. Share it with your friends who also dislike AI!
Thanks to everyone who helped.
drive.google.com/file/d/1bxDm...
November 5, 2025 at 1:39 AM
AI PIXEL ART AND HOW TO DETECT THEM
I have updated the link for the write-up and added more paragraphs with new findings. Please click the link to read it. Share it with your friends who also dislike AI!
Thanks to everyone who helped.
drive.google.com/file/d/1bxDm...
I have updated the link for the write-up and added more paragraphs with new findings. Please click the link to read it. Share it with your friends who also dislike AI!
Thanks to everyone who helped.
drive.google.com/file/d/1bxDm...
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Let's all be clear.
To all appearances, the United States has embarked on an illegal and unprovoked war of aggression and kidnapped a foreign leader, all without Congressional authorization but using fabricated justifications that contradict the prior analysis of its intelligence agencies.
To all appearances, the United States has embarked on an illegal and unprovoked war of aggression and kidnapped a foreign leader, all without Congressional authorization but using fabricated justifications that contradict the prior analysis of its intelligence agencies.
January 3, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Let's all be clear.
To all appearances, the United States has embarked on an illegal and unprovoked war of aggression and kidnapped a foreign leader, all without Congressional authorization but using fabricated justifications that contradict the prior analysis of its intelligence agencies.
To all appearances, the United States has embarked on an illegal and unprovoked war of aggression and kidnapped a foreign leader, all without Congressional authorization but using fabricated justifications that contradict the prior analysis of its intelligence agencies.
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In an 1829 letter, Simon Bolívar (VZ’ George Washington) wrote:
“The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.”
“The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.”
January 3, 2026 at 10:27 AM
In an 1829 letter, Simon Bolívar (VZ’ George Washington) wrote:
“The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.”
“The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty.”
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Stop saying “inevitable” when what you mean is “non-consensual.”
Tell me why tech bros say AI is inevitable the same way rapists say “she wanted it.”
It’s not inevitable, it’s being forced onto us without our consent.
Tell me why tech bros say AI is inevitable the same way rapists say “she wanted it.”
It’s not inevitable, it’s being forced onto us without our consent.
December 21, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Stop saying “inevitable” when what you mean is “non-consensual.”
Tell me why tech bros say AI is inevitable the same way rapists say “she wanted it.”
It’s not inevitable, it’s being forced onto us without our consent.
Tell me why tech bros say AI is inevitable the same way rapists say “she wanted it.”
It’s not inevitable, it’s being forced onto us without our consent.
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If nobody holds Elon Musk accountable for distributing CSAM, then all the reporting is just an advertisement.
Is that something people are just fine with? If YOU can outwit this machine, do you really feel comfortable with the worst person you know having access to it?
Is that something people are just fine with? If YOU can outwit this machine, do you really feel comfortable with the worst person you know having access to it?
January 2, 2026 at 7:47 PM
If nobody holds Elon Musk accountable for distributing CSAM, then all the reporting is just an advertisement.
Is that something people are just fine with? If YOU can outwit this machine, do you really feel comfortable with the worst person you know having access to it?
Is that something people are just fine with? If YOU can outwit this machine, do you really feel comfortable with the worst person you know having access to it?
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This is why I’m open about the fact that I’ve cancelled my CrunchyRoll subscription. If they’re not putting that money towards their talent or improving the quality of their service, then ethically I cannot see the purpose in continuing to give them money
actual quote from a language company executive: “Why should we pay for higher quality translations when people will happily pay us for poorer quality translations?”
"ai is going to take your job" was just the capitalists admitting they can give us trash and we have to take it
January 2, 2026 at 3:47 AM
This is why I’m open about the fact that I’ve cancelled my CrunchyRoll subscription. If they’re not putting that money towards their talent or improving the quality of their service, then ethically I cannot see the purpose in continuing to give them money
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THIS
will also add - yes, this is my personal crusade - that turning podcasts into videos implicitly asks women to once again make more effort than men, as the bar for "camera-ready" for one gender is obviously higher than for the other
‘Painful to hear!’ How podcasts’ rush to video is turning them into dreadful listens
January 2, 2026 at 12:31 PM
THIS
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call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
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People who die from mountaineering I respect for wanting to conquer the heavens & stand on A Really Big Rock.
People who die from cave diving spit in the face of nature to go into evil hole that can kill you in 5 million ways if you a mistake. You disrespect nature by trying to conquer The Hole.
People who die from cave diving spit in the face of nature to go into evil hole that can kill you in 5 million ways if you a mistake. You disrespect nature by trying to conquer The Hole.
December 28, 2025 at 7:17 AM
People who die from mountaineering I respect for wanting to conquer the heavens & stand on A Really Big Rock.
People who die from cave diving spit in the face of nature to go into evil hole that can kill you in 5 million ways if you a mistake. You disrespect nature by trying to conquer The Hole.
People who die from cave diving spit in the face of nature to go into evil hole that can kill you in 5 million ways if you a mistake. You disrespect nature by trying to conquer The Hole.
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📺 Final Fantasy IX // PlayStation // JVC AV-27D201 via component
December 25, 2025 at 10:32 PM
📺 Final Fantasy IX // PlayStation // JVC AV-27D201 via component
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Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally
Please see it if you’re curious
Please see it if you’re curious
Takarazuka Revue “Castlevania: Awakening in the Moonlight" Worldwide streaming／『悪魔城ドラキュラ』全世界 動画配信実施
YouTube video by 宝塚歌劇 公式チャンネル Takarazuka Revue Company
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Y’all, the Castlevania: Awakening In The Moonlight musical by Takarazuka Revue is available legally on VOD with subtitles starting today until the end of March, this is a great adaptation and the women in this show are so good, PLUS this is a rare experiment globally
Please see it if you’re curious
Please see it if you’re curious
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Welcome, Twitter escapees/new Bluesky users. Four quick tips:
1. Starter packs are awesome. I made a game dev one here -> go.bsky.app/RxQCsKS
2. Bluesky's block is much more potent. Do not quote, or dunk. There's no pay-to-win so silence does remove nasty people. Blocks and move on copiously.
1. Starter packs are awesome. I made a game dev one here -> go.bsky.app/RxQCsKS
2. Bluesky's block is much more potent. Do not quote, or dunk. There's no pay-to-win so silence does remove nasty people. Blocks and move on copiously.
December 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Welcome, Twitter escapees/new Bluesky users. Four quick tips:
1. Starter packs are awesome. I made a game dev one here -> go.bsky.app/RxQCsKS
2. Bluesky's block is much more potent. Do not quote, or dunk. There's no pay-to-win so silence does remove nasty people. Blocks and move on copiously.
1. Starter packs are awesome. I made a game dev one here -> go.bsky.app/RxQCsKS
2. Bluesky's block is much more potent. Do not quote, or dunk. There's no pay-to-win so silence does remove nasty people. Blocks and move on copiously.
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December 25, 2025 at 1:26 AM
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Follow @darrenhupke.bsky.social’s lovely starter pack featuring some of the lovely folks who bring videogame books and periodicals to us all. Also do let him know if your name should be added.
go.bsky.app/Py2qArP
go.bsky.app/Py2qArP
December 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Follow @darrenhupke.bsky.social’s lovely starter pack featuring some of the lovely folks who bring videogame books and periodicals to us all. Also do let him know if your name should be added.
go.bsky.app/Py2qArP
go.bsky.app/Py2qArP
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I keep thinking about the time my dad told me that I don't acknowledge the good things that generative AI does. and then he listed a bunch of things that aren't generative AI at all
December 23, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I keep thinking about the time my dad told me that I don't acknowledge the good things that generative AI does. and then he listed a bunch of things that aren't generative AI at all
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“Economy of language”
Contemporary books viscerally feel more stripped down and bare bones, because writers have all convinced each other that literary minimalism is a) value neutral, and b) always desirable
Contemporary books viscerally feel more stripped down and bare bones, because writers have all convinced each other that literary minimalism is a) value neutral, and b) always desirable
what is your least favorite piece of writing advice and why? 👀
December 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
“Economy of language”
Contemporary books viscerally feel more stripped down and bare bones, because writers have all convinced each other that literary minimalism is a) value neutral, and b) always desirable
Contemporary books viscerally feel more stripped down and bare bones, because writers have all convinced each other that literary minimalism is a) value neutral, and b) always desirable
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it's what happens when you take the common frustrated-aspiring-artist misunderstanding "people are directly transferring images in their mind onto paper" - they aren't - and put that guy in charge of a creative project. here're some old blog comments about that www.joewintergreen.com/i-think-the-...
December 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
it's what happens when you take the common frustrated-aspiring-artist misunderstanding "people are directly transferring images in their mind onto paper" - they aren't - and put that guy in charge of a creative project. here're some old blog comments about that www.joewintergreen.com/i-think-the-...
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what many do not realise is when it comes to video games, more than half the dipshits in charge don't see artists or writers or musicians as people in the first place so this "replace them with ai" thing is very intuitive to them. creative involvement was always an unfortunate drudgerous necessity
Idk man maybe it’s cause I spent a long time a prose writer, but a lot of the time when I’m working with an artist I’m like. Just fuck me up. I don’t need AI to show you what I’m thinking because what the artist is thinking is probably better
December 22, 2025 at 12:34 AM
what many do not realise is when it comes to video games, more than half the dipshits in charge don't see artists or writers or musicians as people in the first place so this "replace them with ai" thing is very intuitive to them. creative involvement was always an unfortunate drudgerous necessity
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I'm a gameplay AI designer and I can back up this entire thread
AI in games doesn't always equate GenAI. I think we need to be careful 1. Of bad actors spinning their own narrative, and 2. Of our choice of words
AI in games doesn't always equate GenAI. I think we need to be careful 1. Of bad actors spinning their own narrative, and 2. Of our choice of words
1/5 Seeing some tech/ai slop accounts online claiming that AI has always been used in games, pretending GenAi is a part of that, when its absolutely not.
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
Yes, AI has always been a part of games in: NPC behaviors, Data Mining, PCG’s (Procedural Content Generation) etc
All different from GenAi!
December 22, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I'm a gameplay AI designer and I can back up this entire thread
AI in games doesn't always equate GenAI. I think we need to be careful 1. Of bad actors spinning their own narrative, and 2. Of our choice of words
AI in games doesn't always equate GenAI. I think we need to be careful 1. Of bad actors spinning their own narrative, and 2. Of our choice of words
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I never worked at Critical Reflex but in the spirit of being an ally, I will say I can personally corroborate the sexual harassment from a named individual in the article because I experienced it too.
sadly not the first or last time I dealt with this from publishers + investors I was speaking with
sadly not the first or last time I dealt with this from publishers + investors I was speaking with
December 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I never worked at Critical Reflex but in the spirit of being an ally, I will say I can personally corroborate the sexual harassment from a named individual in the article because I experienced it too.
sadly not the first or last time I dealt with this from publishers + investors I was speaking with
sadly not the first or last time I dealt with this from publishers + investors I was speaking with
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How many times have I been told to give this racist game and its racist creators grace, and second chances? and empathy, and good faith, and and and?
Nah. This isn’t just a fundamental misunderstanding of Ghibli. It is colonialist fucking desecration.
@obojima.bsky.social Go fuck yourselves.
Nah. This isn’t just a fundamental misunderstanding of Ghibli. It is colonialist fucking desecration.
@obojima.bsky.social Go fuck yourselves.
December 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
How many times have I been told to give this racist game and its racist creators grace, and second chances? and empathy, and good faith, and and and?
Nah. This isn’t just a fundamental misunderstanding of Ghibli. It is colonialist fucking desecration.
@obojima.bsky.social Go fuck yourselves.
Nah. This isn’t just a fundamental misunderstanding of Ghibli. It is colonialist fucking desecration.
@obojima.bsky.social Go fuck yourselves.