Anyways.

The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED! There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota! Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...

Gonna catch those snowflakes one day

This fight still needs fighting

BALLAD FOR BLACK CASSANDRA was a new type of personal project for me that I'm still very fond of. You can read it for free in this thread: bsky.app/profile/oliv... or pick up the PDF here: oliveoilcorp.itch.io/ballad-for-b...

I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for * Google AI Summaries * YouTube Ask button & chat summaries * GitHub Copilot * Facebook AI chat * X's Grok buttons * Deviantart DreamUp * Booru AI images * And more github.com/Stevoisiak/S...

Look at this criminal who knows his paws are not supposed to be on the bed. He also knows he’s a very important part of post surgery recovery

FREE 📚 alert: I love free things and learning so I’m super grateful for the beloveds from @versobooks.bsky.social and @haymarketbooks.org for helping us grow in understanding ICE and this moment by sharing FREE books. Download them via this link: lithub.com/what-to-read...

Today's a perfect day to check out Publishing for Minnesota's fundraiser auction, which benefits Minnesotans impacted by ICE. It runs through 11:45 EST tomorrow, 1/29. You can bid on more than 500 offerings from authors, agents, and editors (including me). www.32auctions.com/publishingfo...

Happy birthday to the one and only, Hayao Miyazaki.

Here’s to 2026

Every day, we make choices

Extremely cat-shaped cat

Sorry if this is a bit personal but does this shit make anyone else feel completely fucking insane

"The work that client firms are settling for is not better when it’s produced by AI, but it’s cheaper, and deemed 'good enough.'” This is exactly what I feared. Not that AI would replace good writing (it can't), but that good writing would cease to be valued

For no particular reason, here’s a refresher on the Paradox of Tolerance en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradox...

I love the future

TER-RRRRYYYY THAT KILLS PEOPLE TERRRRY.

Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all. www.ign.com/articles/uns...

I'm at the Target boycott, I'm at the Starbucks boycott, I'm at the combination Target boycott and Starbucks boycott

In light of the astronomical increases for my health insurance next year, I thought it would be a good time to encourage people to subscribe. (A few hundred should cover it. Sigh.) clarkesworldmagazine.com/subscribe/

Very important news everyone

Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.

Mamdani wins

Carrying on the proud tradition of utilizing the office swords as part of my Halloween costume #SwordsBeforeLords

Color me shocked.

The annual village scarecrow contest is up and running!

This is how you blurb

I’ve never seen game devs run as fast as when someone says “last call for the coffee cart”

I originally read this as “Y2K/90s rusty skater cords in gay” …which, also yes.

sci-fi shows and games did not predict 2025 correctly

Ouch. This one cuts to the bone.

You can't insure it. It hard to drive. It's ugly. It's a hard to park as a real truck but can't do truck things. It falls apart. It rusts which is why you rarely see an unwrapped cybertruck. If someone *gave* me a cybertruck I'd junk it for metal and use that money as a down payment on a Honda

Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world,... I feel like I can't take it. And my heart is just going to cave in.

Sure is October in a New England village

So great to see this profile of Andrea Bartz in her (and all authors’) fight against Anthropic.

The Sora AI thing is proof of something very important: The technology itself is useless without the ability to use the likenesses of real, living, unpredictable people, and the art they create. And the only way to get those likenesses or that art is to summarily steal it.

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

Every single game that ships is some kind of miracle.

We were supposed to have a Song of the Lioness series and I’m so angry at this timeline 😩 www.cbr.com/tamora-pierc...

not exaggerating to say this show is probably why I'm an author and also part of why I'm a curious person. this is good 💓

My roommate’s cat and I have developed a fun new game: She fixates on lantern flies through the screen, and I go out and smash them.

JUST NOW AT THE UN…

My latest for Pajiba… www.pajiba.com/tv_reviews/g...

this is so lovely

Call your reps AND senators! Trans people need to have their healthcare protected. Tell them you support trans people. Cis people, pick up your phones and do some heavy lifting.

Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction