Hey, I'm Shawn Alexander Allen. I run an indie game company called NuChallenger. I write, design, art, produce, etc. I put GDoCExpo in Harlem & changed the dynamic of conference funding. I currently help run @bvigaming.bsky.social Power to the people. #whatagamedevlookslike

Everyone who tried to draw around me and started drawing LOVED it at the beginning because of their QUICK IMPROVEMENT. Then quit when they hit The Wall™️. But it's when you hit The Wall™️ that you NEED to push through with practice!! And you gotta do it for yourself, because it's ALWAYS worth it! 😤

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

i’m tired of every paper (even critical ones) on societal impact of AI starting by both-siding the “benefits” and risks/harms of AI in academia, i would like us to arrive at a collective reckoning that we don’t need to play both sides. it's totally legit to clearly state just the harms. period

We literally know now that anti-trans legislation was pushed by a pedophile ring to allow a pedophile ring to serve a pedophile ring’s interests, and legislators have decided the best course of action is to keep doing what the pedophile ring wants.

Racism legitimately does have long term physical effects on Black people. Constant stress and hyper vigilance does a number on our bodies. Then there’s environmental racism. Racism when we go to be treated in healthcare settings. It’s detrimental to our health.

I’ve come to realize people think slurs are just words that hurt our feelings. No. Slurs, particularly the N-word, F-word, antisemitic terms etc. aren’t taboo because of that. It’s because historically when these terms are said they precede or pair with pitchforks, torches, lynchings & gas chambers.

I say this as someone who loves technology but hates the tech industry - why do we have to love technology? why do we have to give something like AI clemency for its errors? It's a product we are being sold, it should have to earn our money or attention.

Instead of "the left isn't paying enough attention to these machine gods" they're claiming to build, perhaps we should write an article about how effective altruists brand themselves "left", ask who is writing these articles, and trace their cults and sources of funding.

We have lots of (correct) criticisms of generative AI from a labor perspective. But here's a management one, too: You can and will discipline labor. Human beings can be manipulated through material and psychological incentives. But what if your "workers" are software owned by another capitalist?

The constant condescension about ai is another aspect of it that makes me hate it more. The assumption is you can only be against it because you don't understand it like I do. No man. I don't like voluntarily making every human enterprise dependent on a tech run by a tiny group of financial maniacs

It is really infuriating to see how misogyny really does unite men across the sociopolitical spectrum. And, in so far as the Epstein files go, they sort women into two categories: fuckable or irrelevant. When they near a hint of accountability they complain about not being able to make women prey.

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When Dems throw 🏳️‍⚧️ under the bus they are defining themselves as useless bigots that are not opposing republicans. Newsom is a full no, & has been forever. Stop trying to make bigot happen. What you are doing here is saying “yeah, go with Republicans policies in a blue suit”. No Nazi’s in the tent

it's really annoying how frictionless Linux is (when it's all working, obvious * for each distro's weird quirks/bugs). even MacOS has so much bloat around the edges from decades of ecosystem building. this is just a computer OS. you turn it on. the taskbar only has computer things in it.

First and foremost, alt text must always be informative and descriptive of the content in the image. It can have character and humor, but it still needs to be informative and descriptive. Alt text is not a place to add easter eggs or jokes for sighted users.

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Hi, Epstein did not create the GCs. Researchers for the last ten years have been telling you over and over about the collection of forces that resulted in the GCs. There is no conspiracy. Just a bunch of political actors collaborating in their mutual interest.

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the confirmation of contemporary transphobia as a political movement has been the brainchild of a boys club made up of some of the most disgusting monsters in recent memory to explicitly keep trans women disenfranchised so as to subjugate and exploit us for their own sexual gain is like a lot, dawg

Epstein’s circle being potentially/partially behind 4chan really upends the commonly touted idea that gamergate taught the alt-right how to recruit and operate It redefines it as part of a bigger push that was already underway, which frankly makes more sense

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"Criticisms of AI must include guidance for responsible engagement with it, not just exhortations to avoid it" good lord, I am so tired of these pieces that are the "sensible AI guy" stance that mostly comes down to "AI is here to stay and I am ready to lick the boot, begrudgingly"

keep making art but just don't delude yourself into thinking that youre engaging in real resistance. Do something so people you will never meet who live on the other side of the planet will be able to relax and engage in their own self care and draw their own pictures in peace too.

here's a thread with a bunch of suggestions for Things-You-Can-Actually-Do. its not the be all end all but its a place to start. As you do things and, ideally, interact with people, you will find additional opportunities to help present themselves to you bsky.app/profile/dist...

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Going to do some sketchbook work today. Hands/Feet studies, and OC drawing, etc. Come join me! picarto.tv/blkmkt

Do not cram alt text with keywords just to improve search engine optimization. This will hinder alt text’s true purpose: improving accessibility. Focus on describing the photo's content. Search engine optimization should not be the goal for writing good alt text.

It's my birthday! So we got YOU a gift, free resources for new game developers 🎁 It's free and covers many of our core processes in Dev Pods. Includes our schedule template, playtest form questions, tool to narrow down ideas, and more. Bonus self-care doc by @tybawai.bsky.social ! devpods.gg/box 👈🏼🎁

Switching to NSFW streaming for now. Here are some screenshots of what I managed to get going during the SFW portion of the stream. Still streaming for a while. See you there! www.picarto.tv/blkmkt

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both of these are, needless to say, extremely bad and socially corrosive, and probably not something we should just be putting out there with a dismissive "it won't go away, so you can't just be absolutely oppositional to this"—i'm not sure we're all on the same page of what is being done here

the second of these is that a huge % of AI boosters are basically milennarians who have internalized the logic of Roko's basilisk and that they have a mandate from a Calvinist god they have created to bring about the most absolute version of AI possible or they will suffer eternal damnation

the problem every person saying "AI won't go away" has is that they don't seem to grapple with the two primary reasons companies are making a full-court press on AI. the first of these is an effort to deskill and automate huge swathes of the economy so they can further cut labor and personnel costs

Draw Steel's art description guide isn't just a new approach to alt-text. It synthesizes museum-tested accessibility with an eye towards poetry and metaphor. Lin spoke with @dreamwisp.bsky.social about MCDM's mission-in-progress and creating "more visceral and tactile" descriptions.

Y'all had me excited with Octopath for a minute until I noticed it's just that damn mobile game. Is this the only way I'm gonna get some negroes in this damn thing? Mobile? I don't wanna make a character, just make a JRPG and tell me a story. At least Octopath 3 will probably happen!

Happy Juneteenth! It costs 0$ to Repost a Black disabled queer small business! It could lead to my next sale. I sell pins, knee braces, compression gloves, artist gloves, binders, wrist braces, compression socks, cute bags, compression leggings & more! Store details below!

My workhorse Cintiq has been shattered. I'm going to be taking commissions to allay the costs to repair it if possible - Likely traditional, though I can still do digital character illustrations for the moment. Details to come on my NSFW account first, then here when I figure out what to do.

Hi! I'm Christina-Antoinette, aka castpixel. I'm a veteran pixelartist, animator and indie gamedev.

Whoops, looks like that GIF support didn't quite work right. Do gifs only work here if you post them one at a time? I'll remove the animation post and repost it once I figure it out!

From the Archives: #oc #gamedev #pixel #furry Longtime followers will recognize Rabid, Heyew & BLK MLK. I made these sprites for an RPG I was working on with @storyofsomewheres.com & a small cohort of friends from 2003 until its cancellation in 2009. This project is how I learned to make pixel art!

Back Catalog: Assorted Notable works from my past. I'll continue to update this with other illustrations that folks might recognize me for. [ #art | #oekaki | #vector ]

Still suffering from disordered sleep, unfortunately. I'll post some of my pixel work later in lieu of trying to finish any in-progress works for now.

Looks like #pinksea is still a little rough around the edges, but I am absolutely loving what I'm seeing so far. I only lost one comment drawing so far - I was unable to submit it and had to give up and save it locally! Looking forward to Oekakis being well loved again. [ #blkmkt.oc | #oekaki ]

I've always loved the retro comics look @ghostgribht.bsky.social's work has -- don't miss it!

I use my sketchbooks to think, so the pages are often too chaotic and messy to show. Here are a random selection of OC artworks I was trying to figure out recently. I use my pocket sketchbooks more often, so I'll post some of that stuff in the future. [ #art | #oc | #blkmkt.oc ]

Is it yet possible to amend Alt-text to posted images? My sleep disorder & busy schedule make every image highly involved to plan and post and I haven't been able to participate here. The sketches I manage to do are not in presentable condition, so I end up waiting until I can finish them to post…