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Scavenger

@paigehix.bsky.social

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Senior Combat Designer at Santa Monica Studio. Frmr Wonderstorm, Blizzard. All thoughts posted are my own. She/her. Cymraeg, Gaeilge, agus Gàidhlig. Hyena facts. PFP by @CiderBunArt #GameDev

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Scavenger @paigehix.bsky.social · Oct 7

My number of followers has tripled in the last few weeks.

For those who are new: I've been in the game industry for 10 years. I'm known for VIOLENCE and hyenas, weithiau dwi'n siarad yn Gymraeg, agus uairenta Gaeilge, and that comes together in this fan game I've been making:

youtu.be/7IPFTKr0he8

Full Level Draft 2

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Keith W. Dickinson @keithwdickinson.bsky.social · 1d

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Noodle Cat Games - Wishlist Cloudheim! 🌥️ @noodlecatgames.com · 10h

You did pet Gnasher in the tutorial...right?👀 #Cloudheim

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Scavenger @paigehix.bsky.social · 11h

Cahuenga.

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Christina Gagnier @christinaforca.bsky.social · 16h

Ballots have dropped this week. Make sure to vote “YES” on Prop 50 and return your ballot by November 4!

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Kim Acuff Steiner @emberdione.bsky.social · 17h

AHHHH come check out all our hard work!

Noodle Cat Games - Wishlist Cloudheim! 🌥️ @noodlecatgames.com · 18h

📢 Cloudheim's Next Fest Demo is NOW AVAILABLE! 📢

Now's the time to jump in and start your adventure. Let us know if you're playing solo or with friends!

Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/4017410/...
Epic Games: store.epicgames.com/p/cloudheim-...

Cloudheim Demo on Steam

Ragnarok shattered the world, the gods have chosen you to shape the next one. Cloudheim is a 1-4 player action adventure that blends crafting with chaotic physics-based combat. Awaken forgotten deitie...

store.steampowered.com

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 19h

Microsoft has withdrawn its proposal for a data center in a Milwaukee suburbs after community pushback.

After opposition from area residents and elected officials the 244 acre Caledonia project will not proceed.

Microsoft drops Caledonia data center after facing opposition. Company looking for new site

Outcry from residents and elected officials caused Microsoft to drop the Caledonia plan. But the company is seeking an alternative site.

www.jsonline.com

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Scavenger @paigehix.bsky.social · 19h

Okay, but is there a downside?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

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Dan Johnson @coil.bsky.social · 20h

Irregular reminder that alt text on images is a valuable accessibility tool, and also lets your images show in search results or respect mute lists. For instance, I found the below image by searching "capybara alt text".

A brief guide on writing good alt text for images, which suggests including
1. Who or what
2. Their expression or emotion
3. A description of the image
4. Notable colors
5. Interesting features

The included example image and description: "A capybara looking relaxed in a hot spa. Yellow yuzu fruits are floating in the water, and one is balanced on the top of the capybara's head."

Dan's addition: saving the "interesting thing" for last is a bit like writing a joke - end with the memorable punchline!

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 21h

The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.

MAE SOT, Thailand (AP) - Mohammed Taher clutched the lifeless body of his 2-year-old son and wept. Ever since his family's food rations stopped arriving at their internment camp in Myanmar in April, the father had watched helplessly as his once-vibrant baby boy weakened, suffering from diarrhea and begging for food.
On May 21, exactly two weeks after Taher's little boy died, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio sat before Congress and declared: "No one has died" because of his government's decision to gut its foreign aid program. Rubio also insisted: "No children are dying on my watch."
That, Taher says, "is a lie."

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 22h

this is wonky stuff and is also really important

David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 22h

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis

In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

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Kneecap @kneecapceol.bsky.social · 1d

A wee message from us 👇

A Message to the Police (British) State

News of a Crown Prosecution Service Appeal against the ruling of their own judge is unsurprising.

He ruled the charge was ‘unlawful and null’ and it was.

It is unsurprising because this whole process has not been driven by the police or the courts, it has been driven by politicans backed up by British media. This is political policing.

There is no ‘important point of law’. The CPS have submitted nothing new in their appeal. What there is though, is a state wide witch-hunt against Palestinian solidarity.

The media were gleefully informed about this appeal before we were.

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A Message to the Police (British) State

Once again this is a massive waste of taxpayers money, of police time, of court time.

Once again there are endless news reports about Mo Chara, about Kneecap but we are NOT the story.

Yesterday 104 Palestinians were murdered in Gaza and hundreds more maimed as Israel commits genocide.

Entire families wiped out, people bombed to pieces as they slept, young kids with limbs blown off and no medicaine to treat them.

This is aided and supported by the British State.

We will fight you in your court again. We will win again.

FREE PALESTINE / TIOCHFAIDH ÁR LÁ

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ALKALI BLUE @alkaliblue.bsky.social · 1d

We've got something exciting coming soon 🐎

#hotblood #yaoi #centaur #indiecomic #indieanimation

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Hyacinth @hyacinth1971.bsky.social · 1d

Laikatober day 7 - Overthinker

#Laikatober2025 #furry #furryart #LaikaAgedThroughBlood #Brainwashgang

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Mahoney @magiccakewoman.bsky.social · 1d

Probably one of my favorite comics of all time, I highly recommend it. The art and writing is excellent. It also really hits so differently as someone who was also a Wisconsin teen in the 2000s.

S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 1d

frank hates that you're making him do this

www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...

Frank: (wearing a sleeveless crop top that says "support Rigsby on kickstarter") Look at this slutty shirt they're making me wear
Anna: Yikes

Frank: So demeaning
Anna: (bending over) Wait a minute

Anna: What are all these fabric scraps
Frank: (holding scissors) just shameless

Support Rigsby WI on Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ironspike/rigsby-wi-volume-2-burn-it-down-by-se-case?ref=d40qwl

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

tap into this article to see the details of the bills that would protect trans & queer people that are still on the table.

when you call, tell him he needs to sign all of them. name them!

gavin: (916) 445-2841

AB 82 / SB 497
AB 1084 / SB 59
SB 418
AB 554
AB 727
AB 678
SB 590
SB 450

California Could Pass Ten Bills Supporting LGBTQ+ Rights Into Law—If Gov. Newsom Doesn’t Veto Them

Responding to an unprecedented wave of hate against trans communities, California legislators have sent bills supporting queer healthcare and privacy rights to the Governor’s desk. Californians must p...

transnews.network

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emily moonlight @threnody.bsky.social · 1d

hi, cis folks in california!

this headline leaves out that newsom has another 5 days to sign these bills into law. if you’d like to tell him he should do that to protect trans californians, you should to reach out.

he also has a phone: (916) 445-2841

want to know what to say? next post! 🧵

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 1d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 1d

Look, if you want to support someone who understands why we need to regulate the shit out of this particular industry to avoid a whole host of negative outcomes, I’m just saying, the donate button is right here.

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Pixel Pushers BOOO!!nion 512 @ppu512.bsky.social · 1d

We did this with Tonight We Riot, and folks, lemme tell ya, we got very little blowback.

&dy Ng0 found our game **2 full years** after it was released, complained about it on Twitter, and the only thing it did was make us $9000.

PUMPKIN SPICE SLUGGO @saintsluggo.bsky.social · 1d

People just need to make the art that conservatives are going to claim that they made anyway

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 1d

Paul Thomas Anderson's celebrated family drama and political thriller is far from the "apologia for radical left-wing terrorism" its conservative critics claim it is.

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ZippyElly @zippyelly.com · 5d

Doing an experiment to prove a point to a family member.

Like and share this post if you feel that libraries are still relevant and useful. Feel free to share what you use libraries for too!

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Noodle Cat Games - Wishlist Cloudheim! 🌥️ @noodlecatgames.com · 1d

Reminder: In just 24 hours, the demo for Cloudheim will be available! Whether you're new or returning, we can't wait for folks to dive in! #Cloudheim #demo #nextfest

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Scavenger @paigehix.bsky.social · 1d

Me: I could experience something really new, I didn't level EVERYTHING in Legion. I could do a priest, I could do a hunter, I could...

My brain: Roll a fifth monk.

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Scavenger @paigehix.bsky.social · 1d

Friend: It specifies it's a type of hyena with big ears.

Me:

a cartoon character with a glow in the dark skeleton behind bars says do you have any idea how little that narrows it

Alt: Blight from Batman Beyond frustratedly asking, "Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?"

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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

Post from Threads user rodneyowl: "Ireland has declared the Basic Income for Artists scheme permanent. This will be officially announced in tomorrow’s budget. Details to follow. Congratulations to all who fought for it and the present and future artists of all sorts in Ireland. That includes me 👌We’re just comin to the end of a 3 year pilot scheme. It’s been a roaring success. For every €1 paid out to the 2000 participants, the government got €1.46 back. Can’t argue with that. Other countries are already taking note."

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S E Case @secase.bsky.social · 6d

In the hopes of getting more eyeballs on Rigsby WI: Burn it Down leading up to the print edition's Kickstarter launch, I'll be posting Burn it Down pages in this thread over the next few days! If you havent read it, check it out ⬇️
KS: www.kickstarter.com/projects/iro...
Webcomic: rigsbywi.com

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