With the new Coffee Talk Tokyo release day announced I'm reminded of one of my favourite pieces of lo-fi background music for writing, reading & arting Chill beats, coffee shop vibes, the steady patter of rain, a peaceful joy As someone who can't get out to coffee shops now, this is a delight ☕

confused about why literacy rates in the United States are plummeting? the answer is infuriating: poor literacy amongst the working class benefits oligarchs & other fascists. check out this short video from Michael Parenti on how reading is a revolutionary act:

Just reminding you for no reason that our game doesn’t use any gen AI or LLMs at all and neither do we. Any devs trying to justify their usage by claiming it’s widespread is being dishonest.

The true joy of big shitty games studio/publishers coming out saying "ai is inevitable" is seeing the sheer number of indie studios across the world who actually give a damn about art, human lives, & the planet, loudly proving them wrong Don't buy games made with gen"ai" Support human creativity 💜

You matter You deserve love You deserve happiness You deserve to live 💙

Given how bad this is getting, I've opened a Donation Tier on SubscribeStar. One-time or recurring, this is one way to help me while combating this nonsense Content permissions being updated as I speak subscribestar.adult/acvalens

📣 BIG NEWS! 📣 The audiobook for 101 KINKY THINGS EVEN YOU CAN DO, written & narrated by me, launched today! www.audible.com/ac/101-Kinky... It's a practical, compassionate guide that covers 101 different kinks from A to Z, complete with tips for trying each one out safely. Hope you love it!!

Hello, cis person here. Cis woman. I have trans friends who make sweeping statements about cis people like 'fucking cis people' or 'i hate cis people' and you know what I say to that FUCKING NOTHING. NOT A GODDAMNED THING. BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SAYING. I've had trans people...

nsfw content gets a rap of being easy money or "the dream" but every single one of us is wondering what's going to happen when the life we've built for ourselves is going to get taken away by law or platform TOS

If your game has voice acting, then working with the voice actors is half of your writing process. It's not complete until you've heard it interpreted and reimagined by a voice actor. And they always reimagine it in ways that elevate the writing, in ways you never would have imagined yourself.

Hey folks, going to do another #ShowCasey this evening! TRANS EDITION! Are you a trans indie gamedev? Do you have a game you'd like to get some more eyeballs on? Reply here with a quick description of your game and link to your store page. As usual, no GenAI!

Queer people have the right to headcanon any and all characters as queer bc we’ve been denied the ability to see ourselves in mainstream culture. If that annoys you, a straight “ally,” start blocking all the queer folks in sight. Problem solved!

Some scenes from the prologue of my new adventure game. #ProjectLion

I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct. That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting. www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...

Chatting with Future Class inductees for my latest at @theguardian.com. They paint a pretty clear picture of the perils of performative allyship. Thanks to all who spoke with me, and always, to Keza for the chance to do important work!

Double feature tonight of Amélie and the new Frankenstein is somehow getting me right in the weird happy comfort zone There's this real delight in the deep contrast between the films. Both incredible pieces of cinema in their own right, and between the light & dark there is a strange peace...

It’s a dangerous kind of love. 🖤🦖 #GodzillaLovesUsandWantsUsToBeHappy #godzilla #godzillaart

Please remember, if you're nervous about losing contact with me on any site due to censorship, the best way to reach me is my Discord server It's borderline mandatory to be on there due to all the platform censorship happening discord.com/invite/B6NN8...

My tiny Over the Garden Wall fan game is now available for FREE! 🎉 juliaminamata.itch.io/otgw Thanks so much @patrickmchale.bsky.social, @forkfrenzy.bsky.social, @blastingcompany.bsky.social, Elijah Wood, @clickpulp.com, @grundislav.games. Thanks @requiemcafe.bsky.social & @mossmouth.bsky.social.

I lost my Patreon for the time being. This obviously is a massive blow. I will try to resolve Patreon’s issues with my ASMR account, but I think this is the beginning of the end for using Patreon as a VTuber

I read Outfoxed, the latest from @swankmotron.com and Fox Patrol's first standalone novel. It's good, wholesome BattleTech for these trying times. My review on Sarna (slight spoilers if you haven't read it yet!). www.sarna.net/news/outfoxe...

A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.

Thank you to everyone to came to my Twitch debut party! Was so fun seeing y’all. I’ll be streaming again next weekend: Saturday Nov 15 @ 4pm PT | 7pm ET Sunday Nov 16 @ 8am PT | 11am ET I’m trying to hit 100 followers on Twitch & I just hit 90! Want to help me reach my goal? Follow me here! ⬇️

Submissions for issue #3 of the extremely excellent Pirate Point BattleTech fanzine are now open!! If you're a Battletech fan who wants to contribute to the ever-growing community, send in your flash fiction, art, & painted minis to the most punk publication in BattleTech! 🤘🔥

Also worth noting, it also protects others, it should be normal to not want to risk making others sick and not wanting to be sick yourself. I wish people would get that masks arent just a personal choice, not using one can affect everyone you meet.

It's Bunlith: The Witch Upstairs 📅 EPISODE 1 NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH ON KICKSTARTER! Watch Now!! 📺 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bun...

Godzilla #godzilla #art #digitalart #fanart

If you love someone, tell them. If you miss someone, reach out. If you can spend time together, do it. One day, you’ll wish you had more of those moments.

Excellent question! Quoting so everyone can see the answer, because this is vital for anyone playing games in a professional capacity: ALWAYS KEEP SOME GAMES FOR YOURSELF! Have separate games that you play just for you, that aren't for streaming, aren't tied to your career, that are for you time.

i already judged in a couple of festivals this year & I’m about to for another big thing 😅, so i feel like its safe to say… good experimental work (those indie gems) are very much alive and well. that space just needs more platform and attention, because too many people are completely unaware of it.

Things going on in the US right now make me think a lot of how Terry Pratchett very keenly pointed out that starving your population for profit & power is a real bad idea in the long run. Especially when they know how to organise Makes me want to re-read Night Watch, maybe make a hard-boiled egg

Feeling myself finally coming back to who I am after far too long Every day I'm still struggling, the black dog at my heels, but it doesn't feel like I'm walking alone now I'm reading again, writing again, being part of my community It's a step forward. I'll take it This monster keeps stomping 🦖

Steam's "Playable Without Timed Inputs" Tag Needs A New Developer Description - Access-Ability A discrepency between tag name and developer description is causing an accessibility tag to be misapplied. Text: access-ability.uk/2025/11/07/s... Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aqd...

Been a while since i shared my trans & non binary starter pack Help out by reposting to give some creators and businesses a boost 💙 Trans people are doing it tough so this helps lots go.bsky.app/4DUhFUd

Show me how you draw/paint snow ❄️ I fucking love snow and I need to draw more winter scenes

For Trans Awareness Month, I invite you to be aware of trans authors That's more than just clever wordplay! There are so many amazing trans authors who are unknown outside their small corners of the community. Readers are missing out on some of the best work on the virtual stands today!

seems like a necessary post

The thing to understand about the wave of transphobia plaguing our politics right now is that it does not nourish itself on the hatreds of ordinary voters. It nourishes on their indifference.

Hey, happy 30th birthday GameFAQs! Launched on November 5th, 1995! The earliest scrape I can find on Wayback is December 1996, but I doubt the site changed much. But yes, here it is in its earliest days as the Video Game FAQ Archive!

You can only push fascism so far. People will inevitably and collectively lose it and fight back. It never ends well for these spineless jackasses. Let them keep pushing their rhetoric, more and more people are getting fed up with the authoritarian shit. It happens over and over again in history.

I don't know if it's just me, but I've gotten the sense recently that transphobia a political tool is already played out. Not only is it not a winner, but it really feels like the right overplayed their hand with anti-trans hate and people generally seem sick of it, sick of bulling running on hate.

Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM

Song of Spores is launching TODAY, read the many fun quotes from the book in this thread and enjoy! The preorders link is already down, you can buy here - From publisher: www.brokeneyebooks.com/catalog/p/so... Amzn US: amzn.to/3LkmdJC Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/14302/9781... (associate links)

TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency. They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.

Can’t stop thinking about all the robber baron fucks that held secret meetings and spent MILLIONS AND MILLIONS in bribes and campaign investments and attack ads and media manipulation trying to tank Mamdani currently having the dawning realization that their money is completely and utterly useless.

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My watercolor commissions are once again open! I can have them shipped out in time for the holiday season (they make great Christmas gifts), or I can have them ready for pickup at Grand Rapids Comic Con in two weeks. Prices and details here: alexisroyce.ink/commissions

Always disappointed with indie creators who waste time typing out things like "Yes the music's AI but it's just placeholder and I can't do music and I can't affor-" Spend 10s typing "Free ambient SFX" into a search bar instead. A bit of spooky groaning or sweet birdsong can do a game wonders.