Sabine of the Wren
@sabineofthewren.bsky.social
She/her. Twitter refugee. Wannabe gamedev, pixel artist and writer. 🇳🇿🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ HRT since 10 April 2024.
Crypto accounts, AI promulgaters, bigots blocked on sight.
Crypto accounts, AI promulgaters, bigots blocked on sight.
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My HRT experience....
First 18 months: I'm never going to have boobs 😩
Last 2 months: Where did these come from?! And why do I keep catching them on things...?
First 18 months: I'm never going to have boobs 😩
Last 2 months: Where did these come from?! And why do I keep catching them on things...?
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Captain Picard sings "Make it So" (Let it Snow)
YouTube video by Mike Millington
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Our annual tradition of wrapping all presents at 11pm Christmas Eve remains intact... 🥴
December 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our annual tradition of wrapping all presents at 11pm Christmas Eve remains intact... 🥴
Merry Xmas, everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Merry Xmas, everyone!
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All that the LGBTQIA+ community wants for Christmas are A) our human rights and B) to be left the fuck alone 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎄🎁
December 23, 2025 at 7:16 PM
All that the LGBTQIA+ community wants for Christmas are A) our human rights and B) to be left the fuck alone 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🎄🎁
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I dunno who needs to hear this but using AI at your Early Concept phase, or for ideation, is literally the worst place to deploy it
It isn't creative, what it does is hand back tropes. That's what the model does: sift for likely responses to an input
It's like building your foundation out of memes
It isn't creative, what it does is hand back tropes. That's what the model does: sift for likely responses to an input
It's like building your foundation out of memes
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I dunno who needs to hear this but using AI at your Early Concept phase, or for ideation, is literally the worst place to deploy it
It isn't creative, what it does is hand back tropes. That's what the model does: sift for likely responses to an input
It's like building your foundation out of memes
It isn't creative, what it does is hand back tropes. That's what the model does: sift for likely responses to an input
It's like building your foundation out of memes
If you see this, share a redhead
December 22, 2025 at 3:31 AM
If you see this, share a redhead
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‘everyone in gamedev is using AI’ the business dumdums are using it to generate decks and write bad copy. They think it’s good because they think their basic lore ideas make a good game. that’s it that’s who is using AI
December 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
‘everyone in gamedev is using AI’ the business dumdums are using it to generate decks and write bad copy. They think it’s good because they think their basic lore ideas make a good game. that’s it that’s who is using AI
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(I commissioned madu.straw.page to draw this)
December 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
(I commissioned madu.straw.page to draw this)
Summer's here! 🌞🌻
December 20, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Summer's here! 🌞🌻
Legendary Pilots | Take to the Skies Anywhere
YouTube video by MicroProse
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Hey! Hi! Hello!
Our Kickstarter is... (drumroll, if you please) LIVE!
You can find it riiiiight
here: kickstarter.dotmeow.org
But what IS .meow?
Well!
Let us explain... with video!
Our Kickstarter is... (drumroll, if you please) LIVE!
You can find it riiiiight
here: kickstarter.dotmeow.org
But what IS .meow?
Well!
Let us explain... with video!
December 19, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Hey! Hi! Hello!
Our Kickstarter is... (drumroll, if you please) LIVE!
You can find it riiiiight
here: kickstarter.dotmeow.org
But what IS .meow?
Well!
Let us explain... with video!
Our Kickstarter is... (drumroll, if you please) LIVE!
You can find it riiiiight
here: kickstarter.dotmeow.org
But what IS .meow?
Well!
Let us explain... with video!
The number one film when you were ten years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
Just so long as I don't get a banana up the tailpipe....
Just so long as I don't get a banana up the tailpipe....
December 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
The number one film when you were ten years old is how your 2026 is going to go.
Just so long as I don't get a banana up the tailpipe....
Just so long as I don't get a banana up the tailpipe....
My HRT experience....
First 18 months: I'm never going to have boobs 😩
Last 2 months: Where did these come from?! And why do I keep catching them on things...?
First 18 months: I'm never going to have boobs 😩
Last 2 months: Where did these come from?! And why do I keep catching them on things...?
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 AM
My HRT experience....
First 18 months: I'm never going to have boobs 😩
Last 2 months: Where did these come from?! And why do I keep catching them on things...?
First 18 months: I'm never going to have boobs 😩
Last 2 months: Where did these come from?! And why do I keep catching them on things...?
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What we’ll remember about this year.
December 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
What we’ll remember about this year.
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Them shoving AI into toys really is that Ian Malcolm line in Jurassic Park about before knowing what they had they patented it, packaged it, slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and sold it.
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Them shoving AI into toys really is that Ian Malcolm line in Jurassic Park about before knowing what they had they patented it, packaged it, slapped it on a plastic lunchbox, and sold it.
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Gamers, everybody
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Gamers, everybody
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⚠️ WARNING ⚠️
Undetectable new email spam strategy: 2 emails.
First email asks to speak to you by name. Nothing more.
If you reply, THEN you get the spam. Blah blah need someone to hold my Nigerian prince money.
It's sneaky, as smart email filters consider a back-and-forth a trait of real email.
Undetectable new email spam strategy: 2 emails.
First email asks to speak to you by name. Nothing more.
If you reply, THEN you get the spam. Blah blah need someone to hold my Nigerian prince money.
It's sneaky, as smart email filters consider a back-and-forth a trait of real email.
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
⚠️ WARNING ⚠️
Undetectable new email spam strategy: 2 emails.
First email asks to speak to you by name. Nothing more.
If you reply, THEN you get the spam. Blah blah need someone to hold my Nigerian prince money.
It's sneaky, as smart email filters consider a back-and-forth a trait of real email.
Undetectable new email spam strategy: 2 emails.
First email asks to speak to you by name. Nothing more.
If you reply, THEN you get the spam. Blah blah need someone to hold my Nigerian prince money.
It's sneaky, as smart email filters consider a back-and-forth a trait of real email.
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A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
More coverage of our 10,000 Game Assets Pack, this time on Dexerto. We really do appreciate all the support everyone is giving this - basically it makes the last year of working on it full time worthwhile & spurs us on to create more assets!! www.dexerto.com/gaming/indie... #gamedev #indiedev
Indie studio releases 10k human-made game assets so devs “don’t turn to AI” - Dexerto
Indie creators got a boost as a new 10k human-made asset pack launched to help developers avoid relying on AI tools.
www.dexerto.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A truly great idea. 10,000 ethical assets freely available.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
There’s no excuse for resorting to so-called AI with this and the *many* other assets you can use without resorting to laundered plagiarism.
Support real artists, not con artists.
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The Association of Psychotherapists:
“This development overrides clinical judgment. It denies families a say in their own children’s healthcare, and it sets a dangerous precedent where politicians, not doctors, control treatment.
This ban will not protect young people — it will hurt many.”
“This development overrides clinical judgment. It denies families a say in their own children’s healthcare, and it sets a dangerous precedent where politicians, not doctors, control treatment.
This ban will not protect young people — it will hurt many.”
Government Ban On Puberty Blockers Puts Young Lives At Risk
Judgements and decisions around prescribing puberty blocker medications are clinical decisions which involve important and complex considerations.
www.scoop.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 8:46 PM
The Association of Psychotherapists:
“This development overrides clinical judgment. It denies families a say in their own children’s healthcare, and it sets a dangerous precedent where politicians, not doctors, control treatment.
This ban will not protect young people — it will hurt many.”
“This development overrides clinical judgment. It denies families a say in their own children’s healthcare, and it sets a dangerous precedent where politicians, not doctors, control treatment.
This ban will not protect young people — it will hurt many.”
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This is a terrible development.
In addition to citixens arrest powers, the bill will also repeal restrictions on using force to defend property. So shopkeepers will not only be allowed to assault people, they'll also be allowed to use weapons. Its a recipe for mayhem.
December 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is a terrible development.
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Game developers were here first. Not executives.
Game developers make games. Not executives.
Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives.
Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives.
Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.
Game developers make games. Not executives.
Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives.
Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives.
Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Game developers were here first. Not executives.
Game developers make games. Not executives.
Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives.
Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives.
Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.
Game developers make games. Not executives.
Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives.
Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives.
Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.
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We resist. We endure. As we always have.
BREAKING: PATHA has filed an urgent injunction in the high court seeking to prevent the puberty blocker ban from coming into force, as part of an urgent judicial review we are seeking to overturn the ban entirely.
December 1, 2025 at 5:28 AM
We resist. We endure. As we always have.
@profanity.accountant shouldn't be too bad, right....?
November 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@profanity.accountant shouldn't be too bad, right....?
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Oh, did the coalition intentionally crash the economy to make anti-climate policies more appealing cos at least they’re jobs? I wonder how much money they got paid for that.
“I’ve got to stick up for the working class, garden variety Kiwis who are desperate to have a life, and have a meaningful set of employment opportunities in regional New Zealand.“
Shane Jones backs mining at ‘weapons-grade’ level, labels Sam Neill ‘anti-Kiwi’
An unapologetic champion of mining, the Resources Minister is sticking to his guns and taking aim at opponents of a controversial Central Otago gold mine. But his critics are firing back.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Oh, did the coalition intentionally crash the economy to make anti-climate policies more appealing cos at least they’re jobs? I wonder how much money they got paid for that.
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For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.
In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 7:25 AM
For context, these were due to be published in March 2025. The NZ govt prevented their publication because they intended to ban puberty blockers and the guidelines show they are safe, effective, and standard care internationally. Today they were released in an OIA putting them in the public domain.