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Ryan McDiarmid
@ryanmcdiarmid.com
1.6K followers 920 following 4.7K posts
Narrative + Game Designer, Writer, Visual Artist.
He/Him. Vancouver, BC. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
Prev: Sky of Tides, Goodbye Volcano High, Hardspace: Shipbreaker
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Is this about the felching thing, or…?
Idiotic Instagram post from the White House of RFK photographed in shadow with overlaid text “WE ARE ENDING THE WAR IN PROTEIN”
January 12, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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cartoon stock broker falling from a window with american flags in the background
January 12, 2026 at 2:43 AM
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They both earned new nicknames this morning. Burly is Cookie Monster (cooking herself on the vents). Leap is Special Agent Dale Gooper (begging for wet food).
Two domestic short hair black cats photographed from above. The smaller one is on the floor, laying on a vent, surrounded by toys. The larger is above, perched on a piece of furniture, staring upward with huge eyes.
January 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
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Bro I can’t stand it, they’re so fucking cute.
Two black domestic shorthair cats, Leap (larger) is on the left, hunched over in a seated position and looking at something out of frame to his right (viewer’s left). Burly (smaller) is lying like a slug with her head on the blanket, her head fur is pointed up from just having been groomed. Same view, Leap has now lain down in a loaf position with his neck overlapping Burly’s. Their eyes are both open and Burly looks the tiniest bit annoyed. Leap has turned his head slightly to look at something out of frame to his left (viewer’s right). Burly has now closed her eyes with the membrane slightly visible. They are both relaxing.
January 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM
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I’ve seen more Netflix and Amazon prime slop thumbnails in the last week than I’ve seen in the entire last year.
The “it’s more likely than you think” meme with the hero text changed to read “EMILY? IN PARIS?” To the left a black woman looks into the camera. Below, text reads “It’s more likely than you think.” With a CTA button that reads “FREE PC CHECK!”
January 6, 2026 at 12:13 AM
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One last pie to cap off Christmas & New Year’s break.
Unbaked apple pie with a lattice, Crimped crust, and a little Christmas tree made of dough in the center. Same pie after baking, with a nice brown crust.
January 5, 2026 at 8:29 PM
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Post on Twitter from user @ChineseStalwart “2026 is the year you become your most Chinese self. Leave everything that isn't Chinese in 2025”
January 1, 2026 at 6:15 AM
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The butler guy from Little Mermaid smoking a pipe and saying “Imagine” in a panel from the seminal Neil Cicierga comic “Ariel Needs Legs”
December 31, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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Explain your political philosophy in a single image.
An image of a horse staring right at the camera with the words “valid to eat fingers” overlaid three times in a cascade.
December 31, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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Always Sunny title card reading “The Gang Makes Pony Porn”
December 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Said goodbye to Zed yesterday (he is back in Kelowna with his dad now).
Big dog with his head on a man’s leg while he texts in the back seat of a car. Big dog’s head in the same position from a different angle, its contorted into a funny shape. Same dog with his head on the arm rest inbetween the two front seats, photographed from a funny low-front angle. Same dog contorted into a bizarre position with his head against the back/side of one of the front seats and his eye bulging
December 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Traveling in style.
Man in profile against the interior wall of an airplane. His face is largely obscured beneath N95, sleep mask with funny eyes, over ear headphones, and neck pillow.
December 29, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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New character design for 2026. Unfortunately due to Woke 2 the devs also flattened my ass, and removed my vagina bones for the English release. Sorry everyone.
Man wearing a red hoodie and light blue t-shirt under a black jacket. He has a beard and circular black glasses, and is facing to his left, not quite in profile. Same but this time he’s facing more towards the camera.
December 29, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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On Sale: Baby Flipflops, Never Worn
Camo patterned flipflops in a child’s size. 35% off!
December 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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I’m da cat king.
Man wearing a golden paper crown and black sweater. He has round glasses and a brown beard. He is sitting in a red leather chair cradling a fluffy black and white cat with enormous eyes. Behind them is a Christmas tree.
December 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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why does the oven say piss…
Small screen on the front of an oven, with the temperature (325 degrees) and other information. The main portion says P155 and it looks like it says piss.
December 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Merry Christmas from my brother and Zed to all of you
A man with long hair and a beard is seated in a folding chair inside a festive living room. He’s wearing a Garfield robe over his clothing. In his lap is an enormous American bulldog/pitbull mix, with his belly out and a confused look on his face. Same as previous photo but now the man’s head is nuzzled into the dog’s neck.
December 25, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Can I get the uh,,, lowly worm?
A bunch of felted lowly worms in a bucket, with tags on them
December 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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David Graeber sitting in a study with a yellow fest and long white shirt sleeves. His hands are folded in his lap, and he has laser eyes.
December 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
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Sucks to see Sony treating their first-party IP with such blatant disregard.
Rusted metal bin on a construction site that says “Knaack” on the front
December 22, 2025 at 1:57 AM
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Closeup of a man wearing a military beret and saluting while a single tear runs down his face
December 21, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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It’s Zed Time.
Huge black and white moo cow of a pitbull/American bulldog mix. He’s sitting in the backseat of a car with a yellow harness on and has huge eyes.
December 18, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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Love this baby.
Closeup of Burly the domestic short hair black cat. Her head is resting on my blanketed knee, and she has a sad, contemplative look on her face.
December 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Master of Dwarf
Graph of Steam Genres played in 2025. Genres from top, clockwise: Dwarf, Metroidvania, Lore-Rich, Procedural Generation, Action Roguelike, Puzzle. Dwarf and Metroidvania are by far the heaviest weighted genres, with Procedural Generation in third. Action Roguelike is lowest.
December 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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I shan’t be doing that.
Full screen picture view of a Pokestop titled “The Minion” and subtitled “Because he’s Happy!” A popup call to action implores the player to “Get closer to scan this PokeStop.” The background image has the appearance of a large, sickly papier mache potato with minion eyes and goggles, and a slightly smiling mouth. The overall effect is disconcerting.
December 17, 2025 at 5:05 AM