Nick Hofbauer
@nahofbauer.bsky.social
Ex-Sony, Ex-Wargaming.
Environment Artist Open For Work
Thoughts are my own.
He/Him
Environment Artist Open For Work
Thoughts are my own.
He/Him
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this is why we need UBI and universal healthcare btw
there is an employment crisis among trans women and there always has been, but good luck getting people to see it
Still living this life after almost 8 months. A professional I know who works almost exclusively with trans people said almost all of them are unemployed.
February 14, 2026 at 9:14 PM
this is why we need UBI and universal healthcare btw
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This is blackout poetry to me
February 14, 2026 at 2:26 PM
This is blackout poetry to me
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Holy shit that had to be one of the, if not THE, best half time show I've ever seen.
February 9, 2026 at 1:33 AM
Holy shit that had to be one of the, if not THE, best half time show I've ever seen.
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i worry that a 5-year stretch of nothing but ads for NFTs, bitcoin, and AI is a long enough gap that this nation's once-great advertising industry will forget how to sell a product people actually want
February 9, 2026 at 12:45 AM
i worry that a 5-year stretch of nothing but ads for NFTs, bitcoin, and AI is a long enough gap that this nation's once-great advertising industry will forget how to sell a product people actually want
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There will be AI slop all over the Super Bowl commercials. Reject them. Full stop.
February 7, 2026 at 7:47 AM
There will be AI slop all over the Super Bowl commercials. Reject them. Full stop.
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“our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I may delete this because it’s a bit spicy but it shouldn’t be lost on us that games being turned into TV is essentially harvesting the stories written by those who don’t have union representation or healthcare with WGA by those that do. Our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?
February 6, 2026 at 11:54 PM
“our stories are good enough for TV but the writers aren’t?” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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January 24, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS:
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. www.wired.com/story/tiktok...
TikTok Is Now Collecting Even More Data About Its Users. Here Are the 3 Biggest Changes
According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US.
www.wired.com
January 24, 2026 at 5:59 AM
To delete your TikTok account without agreeing to the new TOS:
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
1) put your phone in airplane mode
2) open TikTok and go to your profile
3) go to settings and scroll down to delete account
4) turn airplane mode off
5) delete your account
Credit to @ kimsaira on instagram for this
I barely ever sculpt textures from zBrush. I usually make them in substance painter layers. But this was a lot of fun to learn. I'm hoping to do more with it later.
#gameart #zbrush #texturing
#gameart #zbrush #texturing
January 19, 2026 at 8:26 PM
I barely ever sculpt textures from zBrush. I usually make them in substance painter layers. But this was a lot of fun to learn. I'm hoping to do more with it later.
#gameart #zbrush #texturing
#gameart #zbrush #texturing
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Block instantly.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Block instantly.
Dispatch was an amazing experience and I will definitely go back to see other choices in the future. Big hugs to the all the voice actors and writers.
And whomever wrote that Whitney Houston line had me cackling for quite a while.
And whomever wrote that Whitney Houston line had me cackling for quite a while.
January 16, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Dispatch was an amazing experience and I will definitely go back to see other choices in the future. Big hugs to the all the voice actors and writers.
And whomever wrote that Whitney Houston line had me cackling for quite a while.
And whomever wrote that Whitney Houston line had me cackling for quite a while.
Barely two full weeks into the year and the industry has shit the bed again. I'm split in staying the course to try and come back or move to some side 3d job industry.
But the real question is there any way around the cesspool that is LinkedIn to get a job?
But the real question is there any way around the cesspool that is LinkedIn to get a job?
January 15, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Barely two full weeks into the year and the industry has shit the bed again. I'm split in staying the course to try and come back or move to some side 3d job industry.
But the real question is there any way around the cesspool that is LinkedIn to get a job?
But the real question is there any way around the cesspool that is LinkedIn to get a job?
I'm kinda glad I learned about Conformity Gate for the last Stranger Things episode. It made me enjoy the episode for what it was, a story told by the creators and cast to give a lovely ending. I have no desire to control the story and so I really enjoyed sitting back and watching it.
January 12, 2026 at 3:47 AM
I'm kinda glad I learned about Conformity Gate for the last Stranger Things episode. It made me enjoy the episode for what it was, a story told by the creators and cast to give a lovely ending. I have no desire to control the story and so I really enjoyed sitting back and watching it.
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you’re already ahead. stay with it. minneapolis stripped these forces of legitimacy (a battle other cities won’t have to repeat). remember they are completely outmanned. their only real advantage is their organizational capacity. out-organize them & the illusion of control will collapse.
I can't describe how bad Minneapolis feels right now. My neighbors are pulling kids out of school. The public schools are offering remote learning until 2/12. We are having conversations in our alleys about how to protect ourselves. It feels like a military occupation with a blockade.
The US Department of Agriculture suspends all federal funding to Minnesota, effective immediately.
January 10, 2026 at 9:03 PM
you’re already ahead. stay with it. minneapolis stripped these forces of legitimacy (a battle other cities won’t have to repeat). remember they are completely outmanned. their only real advantage is their organizational capacity. out-organize them & the illusion of control will collapse.
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Watch out for the ONE question where they try to trick you by putting "I want AI" as the bottom option where EVERY other question has "I don't want AI" at the bottom!
January 10, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Watch out for the ONE question where they try to trick you by putting "I want AI" as the bottom option where EVERY other question has "I don't want AI" at the bottom!
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The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 3:25 PM
The past couple days have made it clear that arresting and prosecuting Johnathan Ross isn’t just the right thing to do, it is necessary to prevent future violence by ICE who have interpreted the situation as “we can do that to whoever we want”
Not even three full days into the new year and we're doing the "Damage Report" type wake-ups?
January 3, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Not even three full days into the new year and we're doing the "Damage Report" type wake-ups?
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Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
December 30, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Open up this picture fully.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
Then look at the surface of Mars.
Then look up to the top right.
Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky.
Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos.
That's Earth.
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This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 28, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This is just going to always be my go-to response to this kind of thing anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
