since it's behind a paywall now, I wanted to share this graph from "How Trump 2.0 is slashing NIH-backed research — in charts" (Nature, April 2025). Say it with me: the anti-trans/LGBTQ+ movement is an anti-science movement: [article sans figs can be read here: web.archive.org/web/20250501... ]

You know what I want to see for AAA games? Bolder art direction that goes back to the spirit of experimention of the past, I want see a big budget pixel art game, how amazing the pixel art would be, pre-rendered backgrounds, 2d hand drawing animations, pre rendered 3d turned into sprite, they keep..

Your second favourite aircraft

It's been a long, horrible time in games media, but finding out about this put a giant smile on my face: bsky.app/profile/game...

Slightly more than a month later....

Hi everyone, Reports that the Pixel Dailies server has been hacked are correct. If you're still a part of the Discord server, please report the moderator account "Jamie" block them and leave the server.

Great resource for tearing down the myth that trans women are in any way a risk to cis women in single sex spaces. The hard evidence does not support anti-trans claims. translucent.org.uk/what-foi-dat...

"I’m going to walk y’all through why this is very bad, and I’ll attempt to make it as clear as possible to outline the unnecessary risks and complications Trump is now forcing upon our country and the people of Venezuela and international stability."

Never before seen footage‼️ Tornado genesis of the Clear Lake, South Dakota tornado earlier this year. @myradar.bsky.social #tornado #weather

640x480 is my new years resolution. 1080p turns out is just a scam to buy 3000$ graphics cards.

Our annual tradition of wrapping all presents at 11pm Christmas Eve remains intact... 🥴

Merry Xmas, everyone!

All that the LGBTQIA+ community wants for Christmas are A) our human rights and B) to be left the fuck alone 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎄🎁

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

If you see this, share a redhead

‘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

(I commissioned madu.straw.page to draw this)

Summer's here! 🌞🌻

Feels nice to say I'm looking forward to a Microprose game again... youtu.be/vFX0o-ROXTQ?...

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!

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....

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...?

What we’ll remember about this year.

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.

Gamers, everybody

⚠️ 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.

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.

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 is a terrible development.

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.

We resist. We endure. As we always have.

@profanity.accountant shouldn't be too bad, right....?

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.

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.

I'm old. If you're not, listen to this. Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder. Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever. It's literally never been more important.

What the hell is going on with the new New Zealand school curriculum, and what does it have to do with the Atlas Network? (No, really!) A thread: #nzpol #kikorangi

Wow. This hits like a ton of bricks. xkcd.com/3172/

(1/10) BREAKING: US State Dept has fundamentally redefined "human rights." New mandatory guidance instructs diplomats to flag gender-affirming care and hate speech laws as human rights abuses. The "Civil Liberties" framework has captured the diplomatic engine. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

The explanatory note does make it clear that the ban is for prescriptions for TREATING dysphoria and wouldn't in fact ban trans cancer patients from accessing it, but that it's this clumsy makes their intention clear.

No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population. www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...

This is your Monday morning reminder that there is no foundational human right. All human rights exist with equal importance, which is why we have mechanisms (NZBORA s5) to deal with inter-rights tensions. There are foundational concepts, such as bodily autonomy, which underpin several rights.

Read this thread. The UK trial NZ is waiting for has a predetermined outcome, and will enable, if not mandate conversion practices.

“Trust us! Marginalising these communities more will absolutely bring down the cost of a KG of Mince and get your job back!”

Eek! I wish this was somehow easier to share. An article on "the wrong programming language" references a study that highlights a fundamental human flaw, why people defend stupid things, and can't admit they're wrong. 🤯 Source: spf13.com/p/the-hidden... Source source: youtu.be/KJfz9ChQ0A0?...

Bullshit alert: some NZ politicians (dishonestly) claiming that the puberty blocker ban is about "saving" kids from "unnecessary" medical interventions and "letting them make up their own minds" No, that's *what puberty blockers* do. It gives those kids time to work out their own identity.

Planted my @kawaiicon.bsky.social seed paper. Amazingly, my agent-orange thumbs have got something to grow. 🌻

There are a million children in Aotearoa, about 700 of them have been prescribed puberty blockers (that's 0.07%) Medication decisions should be decided by the child, their caregivers, and the relevant health professionals, not a party relying on imported culture wars to stay in power

The HHS report on gender affirming care released it's updated report showing they stacked its authors with anti-trans hate-group affiliated members, several of whom aren't even doctors with any sort of clinical experience. They selected their own ideologically friendly peer reviewers. It's a joke.