Benjamin is ... making ottr
@benjaminlistwon.com
solarpunk indie dev + designer, splitting my time between two software projects and my first game, all focused on stronger, safer, more equitable spaces for communities, their people, and their stories.
it is wednesday, my dudes. finally. a new pip and gunko page is up! and another one next wednesday! and another one after that! yeehaw baby we're officially launched :) #comic
Stargazers 3 - Pip and Gunko
pipandgunko.com
Mostly because I’d want to see if he used his “real voice” youtu.be/VPs3wROUj2I?...
The Independent@the-independent.com · 15h agoJames Bond producer shares update on 007 casting: ‘It’s got to be really different’
All my projects going to be in txt files now. GItHub stats will be like: Languages plaintext 100%
jean@jeanmachine.dev · 12h agowhat
I assume this is, or soon will be, the wall to wall discourse here today. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
AI-generated stories rated better quality than human-written ones, study finds
Researcher says simpler writing by AI is easier to read and digest, but this does not mean human authors are obsolete
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TIL what a thalassocracy is, and why what we now know as Singapore was part of one. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalass...
Thalassocracy - Wikipedia
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“Candidate for …” is not elected experience. (Takes from the voter pamphlet)
This is so rad. A great little diorama! I love the lighting on the shots that isolate the different levels.
Party In The Front - Comms Closed@partyinthefront.bsky.social · yesterdayHere it goes, my Daggerfall-inspired diorama. One of those procrastination projects that arises within other procrastination from the stuff you should be doing. It is crude, I was working on it through anxious times, almost gave up a few times. Planning to put WIP shots/process on Patreon!
Hi all, please refer to @status.blacksky.community for updates. We are aware of this issue, and no reports are needed. Any delays or errors you are seeing (mobile and web app) are being looked into.
dapurplesharpie@sharpiepls.com · 2d agoif you're having issues with the blacksky app beta, let the team know! random posts make it difficult to log and replicate the issue 😭 but you can report issues through the application itself! here is a quick video recording showing the process 😇
if you're having issues with the blacksky app beta, let the team know! random posts make it difficult to log and replicate the issue 😭 but you can report issues through the application itself! here is a quick video recording showing the process 😇
This is super helpful! Thanks. Previously I was confused because some instructions said to use TestFlight or other reporting. Glad to know there is a direct line in the app. I’ll re-file all my random other attempts this way.
I tried to RP this earlier, but issues in my app. Fellow WA folks, remember to get primary ballots in by tomorrow, then be sure to rally folks against this horrible garbage in Nov. For Tuesday if you still haven’t dropped off! www.sos.wa.gov/elections/vo...
Drop Box and Voting Center Locations | WA Secretary of State
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Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
Reminder to all my fellow WA folks that we gotta a) get our ballots in nice and early and b) be sure to rally everyone we can to vote against this (and any and all initiatives or bills like it)!!
Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 3d agoAn initiative on the ballot in Washington state in November would require all athletes seeking to play girl's sports from kindergarten to high school to undergo "genetic screening, a testosterone-levels test, or an examination of their reproductive anatomy" before they can play
The irony of this is that what should be happening is the complete opposite: degrees that don't make enough should have their student loans forgiven. Yeah I said it. Go to law school and study corporate finance law? Pay back your loan. Go to grad school and study social work? Pay back nothing!
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · 2d agoPresident Trump is banning students majoring in degrees that don’t make enough money from taking out college loans. Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music will be hit the hardest. trib.al/aaAEu6v
one of my friends made a murder party and commissionned me 10 portraits of the characters he created✨ I wanted to try a linocut effect, made digitally (I just colored a black canvas with white brushstrokes lol) I'd LOVE to use this technique for a game one day🔥
Here’s where my son goes to high school. There’s 2500 kids, and around 800 at the middle school. The “sportsmen’s club” allegedly cannot be closed because it’s on the historical register. There is constant gunfire every day.
slate@pleasebegneiss.bsky.social · 3d agomy neighborhood 7-11 closed a couple years ago and tried to reopen but couldn’t get the permit approved because there’s a preschool next door and 7-11s sell alcohol (the previous permit was grandfathered in). i saw a fence going up around the lot recently and looked up what was moving in: a gun shop
This is Loki, our Maine Coon and the cat of our hearts, and he went missing today. We have no idea how he got out, but he’s an elder, indoor cat, the whole region’s in an intense heat wave, and we’re really scared. I doubt I have any followers here in Martinez, CA, but if so, help? It’s SO hot
Can’t believe we’re under 90 days to Halloween!!! I need to get busy making!!!!!!
One of the few photos I’m really happy with. Shot on 120 on an old Pentax (I think) in the Bodie ghost town in northern CA.
Btw if you like when I do this sorta thing, my YouTube is full of it I try to post a bit about games I'm working on, but they're invariably NDA'd up. So I end up making videos about whatever I feel like. Like this one on creating a Pure Moods banger youtu.be/fadwnZv9ub0?...
How to make a '90s new age banger ✨
YouTube video by Alpha Chrome Yayo
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An old, lonely fortress protecting nothing in the middle of nowhere.
Second animation test made in Photoshop. It's been so damn fun to try to animate things. I think I'm hooked now. >___< #animation #animatedcar #animatedclip #offroad
Just noticed this little blob of id / hash -like text on each post in some feeds today. Maybe like 30% of all my feeds. This one is the #atmosphere feed. Not sure if it’s in the #BlackskyApp only, or also the bsky one, since I made the jump and don’t have the bsky one on device anymore.
It has been my great honor to paint the cover and end paper artwork for Chloe Gong's "Flesh and False Gods" trilogy, published by @hodderscape.bsky.social in the UK. Here's all the artwork in one carousel! "Eyes of Kings" 2026 "Vilest Things" 2024 "Immortal Longings" 2023