Sjors Houkes
@sjorshoukes.bsky.social
Artist, voice actor, ceramist, runner, friend.
Previously known as @bekokstover on Twitter.
Previously known as @bekokstover on Twitter.
When did we get into this habit of saying “I’m not gonna lie…” before uttering something completely banal?
Like - I didn’t expect you to, but now you’ve sown the seed of doubt..
Like - I didn’t expect you to, but now you’ve sown the seed of doubt..
January 19, 2026 at 8:52 AM
When did we get into this habit of saying “I’m not gonna lie…” before uttering something completely banal?
Like - I didn’t expect you to, but now you’ve sown the seed of doubt..
Like - I didn’t expect you to, but now you’ve sown the seed of doubt..
Fun things to do online in 2026:
Preach about AI
Protest the use of AI
Post content made by AI
Comment “AI” under all creative work or anything else you don’t understand
That’s it. Those are all the things.
Preach about AI
Protest the use of AI
Post content made by AI
Comment “AI” under all creative work or anything else you don’t understand
That’s it. Those are all the things.
January 15, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Fun things to do online in 2026:
Preach about AI
Protest the use of AI
Post content made by AI
Comment “AI” under all creative work or anything else you don’t understand
That’s it. Those are all the things.
Preach about AI
Protest the use of AI
Post content made by AI
Comment “AI” under all creative work or anything else you don’t understand
That’s it. Those are all the things.
post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers
(another one - might not be that obscure but I never hear it discussed)
(another one - might not be that obscure but I never hear it discussed)
January 15, 2026 at 12:13 PM
post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers
(another one - might not be that obscure but I never hear it discussed)
(another one - might not be that obscure but I never hear it discussed)
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
Our little Lai finding its way to the portal.
January 14, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Our little Lai finding its way to the portal.
post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers
January 15, 2026 at 6:41 AM
post a game you remember playing that nobody else remembers
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Elon Musk Just Endorsed Blatant White Nationalism And the Silence is Deafening
On Thursday morning Elon Musk retweeted (with a ‘100%’ endorsement) a post declaring that:
If white men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while...
religiondispatches.org
January 9, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Yesterday Elon Musk retweeted "white solidarity is the only way to survive". In our numb overwhelmed media environment it barely made headlines that the world's richest man endorsed blood-curdling white nationalism. My brief writeup for @religiondispatches.org
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
religiondispatches.org/elon-musk-ju...
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
Just received some emails informing me that they ‘made and account for me’ and that I ‘was granted access to their newsletter’. I never requested either.
What in the GDPR is this crap? If this is the kind of artist marketing they’re teaching - no thank you.
What in the GDPR is this crap? If this is the kind of artist marketing they’re teaching - no thank you.
January 4, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Just received some emails informing me that they ‘made and account for me’ and that I ‘was granted access to their newsletter’. I never requested either.
What in the GDPR is this crap? If this is the kind of artist marketing they’re teaching - no thank you.
What in the GDPR is this crap? If this is the kind of artist marketing they’re teaching - no thank you.
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
I have never seen anything more impotent than the EU right now. The US just invaded a nation for its own financial benefit, murdered dozens, disappeared the de facto leader, claimed governance and the oil - and has openly said Greenland is next, and our leaders are here going "oh well yeah haha"
January 4, 2026 at 12:20 PM
I have never seen anything more impotent than the EU right now. The US just invaded a nation for its own financial benefit, murdered dozens, disappeared the de facto leader, claimed governance and the oil - and has openly said Greenland is next, and our leaders are here going "oh well yeah haha"
My resolution this year: spend less time with misanthropic people. I’m done with the isolist-because-all-people-suck attitude.
January 4, 2026 at 3:07 PM
My resolution this year: spend less time with misanthropic people. I’m done with the isolist-because-all-people-suck attitude.
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
ICYMI: Today, the United States of America, under the direction of a mentally unstable president, attacked Venezuela, a sovereign nation, kidnapped its leader and his wife, and declared they are now running the country.
It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.
It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.
January 3, 2026 at 6:54 PM
ICYMI: Today, the United States of America, under the direction of a mentally unstable president, attacked Venezuela, a sovereign nation, kidnapped its leader and his wife, and declared they are now running the country.
It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.
It’s exactly as insane as it sounds.
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
The median American has $8,000 in savings in the bank. In other words, this is like giving the median American an opportunity to make a massive, scandalous crime go away for a fine of $240.
December 29, 2025 at 5:10 AM
The median American has $8,000 in savings in the bank. In other words, this is like giving the median American an opportunity to make a massive, scandalous crime go away for a fine of $240.
A random google search brought me to “the other side of YouTube” where this kind of insanity lives and thrives. We’re all in our own bubbles. Just sharing it here to temper my disbelief: youtu.be/Ijk0bjPvDa8?...
Is This Proof That Hollywood is A Huge Secret Cult? @JayDyer
YouTube video by Ruslan KD
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A random google search brought me to “the other side of YouTube” where this kind of insanity lives and thrives. We’re all in our own bubbles. Just sharing it here to temper my disbelief: youtu.be/Ijk0bjPvDa8?...
Another incredible piece of journalism from PeopleMakeGames - about Microsoft’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza. Don’t just boycott XBOX - boycott Microsoft.
youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...
youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...
December 19, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Another incredible piece of journalism from PeopleMakeGames - about Microsoft’s complicity in the genocide in Gaza. Don’t just boycott XBOX - boycott Microsoft.
youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...
youtu.be/Ybj10537yi4?...
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
I hope the game does great, so so much talent worked on it, but this a good exampe of why you need writers and as more than just "punching up lines"
a writer or director may know that if you're gonna give people a twist (ie, something not what they're expecting), it has to EXCEED what they expected
a writer or director may know that if you're gonna give people a twist (ie, something not what they're expecting), it has to EXCEED what they expected
November 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I hope the game does great, so so much talent worked on it, but this a good exampe of why you need writers and as more than just "punching up lines"
a writer or director may know that if you're gonna give people a twist (ie, something not what they're expecting), it has to EXCEED what they expected
a writer or director may know that if you're gonna give people a twist (ie, something not what they're expecting), it has to EXCEED what they expected
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
Time to #pitchyagame.
Pulse is:
🏎️ high speed time trial racing
🗺️ creative route planning
🏆 competitive leaderboards
Our free demo on Steam is basically our latest development build.
Compete with us for the daily 🥇 🥈 🥉
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
Pulse is:
🏎️ high speed time trial racing
🗺️ creative route planning
🏆 competitive leaderboards
Our free demo on Steam is basically our latest development build.
Compete with us for the daily 🥇 🥈 🥉
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
November 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Time to #pitchyagame.
Pulse is:
🏎️ high speed time trial racing
🗺️ creative route planning
🏆 competitive leaderboards
Our free demo on Steam is basically our latest development build.
Compete with us for the daily 🥇 🥈 🥉
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
Pulse is:
🏎️ high speed time trial racing
🗺️ creative route planning
🏆 competitive leaderboards
Our free demo on Steam is basically our latest development build.
Compete with us for the daily 🥇 🥈 🥉
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
All I want is one single reporter to ask him if he thinks people seeking asylum = means from insane asylums
O'DONNELL: Are we going to war against Venezuela?
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
TRUMP: I doubt it. They emptied their mental institutions and insane asylums into the United States of America
November 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
All I want is one single reporter to ask him if he thinks people seeking asylum = means from insane asylums
Pretty good feeling when you come back to a cafe after 5 years and your WiFi password still works
October 30, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Pretty good feeling when you come back to a cafe after 5 years and your WiFi password still works
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
Veel partijen willen het basispakket bevriezen, waardoor nieuwe medicijnen en behandelingen niet meer worden vergoed.
Voor degenen die denken dat de gevolgen zullen meevallen, lees dit even:👇🏼
www.trouw.nl/binnenland/b...
Voor degenen die denken dat de gevolgen zullen meevallen, lees dit even:👇🏼
www.trouw.nl/binnenland/b...
October 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Veel partijen willen het basispakket bevriezen, waardoor nieuwe medicijnen en behandelingen niet meer worden vergoed.
Voor degenen die denken dat de gevolgen zullen meevallen, lees dit even:👇🏼
www.trouw.nl/binnenland/b...
Voor degenen die denken dat de gevolgen zullen meevallen, lees dit even:👇🏼
www.trouw.nl/binnenland/b...
If you like time trial games, join us in AJ & @richardboeser.bsky.social’s game Pulse! I’ve been putting a lot of hours into this over the past month. Getting a fast time is such a draw every day.
Pulse has a trailer now! With Next Fest officially starting today, we figured we'd make a proper introduction to the game. Go play the demo!
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
October 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
If you like time trial games, join us in AJ & @richardboeser.bsky.social’s game Pulse! I’ve been putting a lot of hours into this over the past month. Getting a fast time is such a draw every day.
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
if you see pulse's warp effect when you close your eyes to sleep you'll know you might have overdone it that day.
play ittttt.
play ittttt.
Pulse has a trailer now! With Next Fest officially starting today, we figured we'd make a proper introduction to the game. Go play the demo!
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
October 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
if you see pulse's warp effect when you close your eyes to sleep you'll know you might have overdone it that day.
play ittttt.
play ittttt.
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
Pulse has a trailer now! With Next Fest officially starting today, we figured we'd make a proper introduction to the game. Go play the demo!
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
October 13, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Pulse has a trailer now! With Next Fest officially starting today, we figured we'd make a proper introduction to the game. Go play the demo!
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
Any conversation in the past year:
“How’s your work?”
“So so. Lots of changes due to AI.”
“How’s the family?”
“Fine. We’re scheduling our week plans with AI now.”
“Great artwork!”
“Yeah! Can you believe that no AI was used?”
“Hey, how are you?”
“Good. Have you seen what is possible with AI?”
“How’s your work?”
“So so. Lots of changes due to AI.”
“How’s the family?”
“Fine. We’re scheduling our week plans with AI now.”
“Great artwork!”
“Yeah! Can you believe that no AI was used?”
“Hey, how are you?”
“Good. Have you seen what is possible with AI?”
October 13, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Any conversation in the past year:
“How’s your work?”
“So so. Lots of changes due to AI.”
“How’s the family?”
“Fine. We’re scheduling our week plans with AI now.”
“Great artwork!”
“Yeah! Can you believe that no AI was used?”
“Hey, how are you?”
“Good. Have you seen what is possible with AI?”
“How’s your work?”
“So so. Lots of changes due to AI.”
“How’s the family?”
“Fine. We’re scheduling our week plans with AI now.”
“Great artwork!”
“Yeah! Can you believe that no AI was used?”
“Hey, how are you?”
“Good. Have you seen what is possible with AI?”
Reposted by Sjors Houkes
Pulse, our in development, trackless time trial racer, now has a demo on Steam.
Join our daily leaderboards in the hunt for gold, or at least a ribbon.
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
Join our daily leaderboards in the hunt for gold, or at least a ribbon.
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
October 4, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Pulse, our in development, trackless time trial racer, now has a demo on Steam.
Join our daily leaderboards in the hunt for gold, or at least a ribbon.
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
Join our daily leaderboards in the hunt for gold, or at least a ribbon.
store.steampowered.com/app/3888920/...
Updated my phone to iOS 26. I really dislike the visual changes they made. The Liquid Glass interface really messes with my eyes - give me back the flat design!
September 20, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Updated my phone to iOS 26. I really dislike the visual changes they made. The Liquid Glass interface really messes with my eyes - give me back the flat design!