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Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void

@nathanblack.com

Factotum, Flâneur, Strawhat sympathizer Big Bad Con Community Coordinator Mugs and games and games on mugs: https://www.sassys86.com

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Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · yesterday

For @justgravyllc.com’s consideration, a Compile AUX pack that contains the protocols FUCK, MARRY, KILL

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · 7d ago

No cheating. Post the last image of the sky from your camera roll.

Five gently rusted outdoor light fixtures on a cable, set against a vast cloudless Texas sky

John Harper@johnharper.bsky.social · 7d ago

No cheating. Post the last photo of the sky from your camera roll.

Richard Pace @rpace.bsky.social · 2w ago

Yup

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · 2w ago

Sounds like comic book and Star Wars films and shows tbh These are not places of honor. They are the last of the crusty toothpaste being squeezed out of the tube

Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 2w ago

In the Renaissance people theorized, since the Aeneid is great, if you wrote poems made only of words & phrases from the Aeneid rearranged they should be great too, since a great source regurgitated should yield greatness. They produced NOTHING we still read. Thinking about that a lot lately.

Lucy Prebble @lucyprebblish.bsky.social · 2w ago

One of the sad things about the death of writing is that we are going to be taking life advice primarily from visually attractive people now who don’t know shit. ideally you want the world filtered through awkward homunculi filled with rage who know the plural of homunculus

Francita, ✨ graphic designer 🖼️🖌@byfrancita.bsky.social · 2w ago

I am extremely grateful to be working in something i love, doing ttrpg layout and graphic design in general, but it was hard when i started. And of course i blame capitalism. Let me tell you why. 🧵1/?

jeeyon shim 심지연 @jeeyon.bsky.social · 3w ago

In complete sincerity this is the way

Kallidora Rho@kallidorarho.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The author's brazen fetish, presented with such hedonistic flair and and open pride it makes you feel a little embarassed for needing to hide your own passions behind self-effacing jokes in order to preserve a sense of safe, pseudo-ironic detachment

Andrew Hinton 😷🧡@andrewhinton.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’ve never seen this Harryhausen quote about why stop motion animation is its own aesthetic form & trying to make it feel like smooth live-action is a category error. ❤️

As Harryhausen summed it up in 1981:

To me, the ultimate aim in making our films has never been the smoothing out of stop-motion animation. To try to duplicate live action in every way seems to me like asking a painter to paint a landscape so it will appear like a photograph. Our pictures are more of a surrealistic experience rather than an excursion into technical perfection. I’m certain technical perfection has its place and its advantages, but could you really make a sequence such as the skeleton swordfight in Jason and the Argonauts … with a computer?

Animation Obsessive@ani-obsessive.bsky.social · 4w ago

Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...

Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 3w ago

Library funding is tied to usage.

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · 3w ago

Back when I worked in video games, there would inevitably be groups of high school kids brought through on a tour. They would ask how to get into games and I’d always say “be interested in literally anything else”

Jason Morningstar@jmstar.bsky.social · 3w ago

When I tell people "if you want to be a game designer, be interested in everything" this is what I mean

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · 3w ago

Hey Chat… are we… cooked?

John C@badsocialism.bsky.social · 3w ago

"are there any bad @stephencollins.bsky.social cartoons?" No, of course not, I've been laughing at this one for three minutes

Hannah 'Pichy' Stockmann @hpichystockmann.bsky.social · 4w ago

Savage.

"Devolver and its board are seeking shareholder approval to delist, believing becoming a private company is in the best interests of Devolver, its employees, its partners, and its Shareholders as a whole," a spokesperson for the company told GamesIndustry.biz.

"We’ve made an announcement about this.

"The purpose is simple and positive. Being private will allow the Devolver Digital team, especially the finance, legal, and executive team, to singularly focus on the long-term health of the company and less on satisfying the requirements of the public market, which have nothing to do with being a successful game publisher."

GamesIndustry.biz@gibiz.bsky.social · 4w ago

Indie publisher Devolver Digital is looking to once again become a private company later this year www.gamesindustry.biz/devolver-dig...

Jason Morningstar @jmstar.bsky.social · 4w ago

Nine Space Games is now available! Get it here: bpglink.com/9spacegames or here: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5... as you prefer, but definitely get it.

Nine Space Games

Nine Space Games is a collection of freeform games that share a universe and a set of rules. They are designed to be played however you like, and they play fast—each lasts no more than an hour. And th...

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Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · 4w ago

A stunning indictment of modern cities. Witness Austin, TX, a city that has become a theme park of itself. It went from being the inspiration for the movie Slacker to a tech hustle city. Now service industry folks can’t afford to live there and the tech bros complain about how it “used to be cool”

Bob Johnston@bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 4w ago

"A city doesn't get hollowed out by too many visitors. It hollows out when too little of the city remains underneath them, when the thing they queued to see has been quietly sold off around them while they queued." Great piece on #Dublin by Conor McGuire in Western People.

Hard Drive @hard-drive.net · 12mo ago

Here is some non-satire for you: Trans rights forever.

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · last mo.

in case anybody needed a primer in how to write a press release that clearly states its position

Legendgerry@gerald-t-mc-evoy.bsky.social · last mo.

Oh wow. FIFA is done. www.uefa.com/news-media/n...

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · last mo.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Tony Leung & Maggie Cheung in In The Mood For Love

Alt: Tony Leung & Maggie Cheung in In The Mood For Love as they pass each other in a hallway

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Ann Leckie@annleckie.com · last mo.

Film you've watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Star Trek, Star Wars, LOTR, Marvel, Disney, or Ghibli.

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · last mo.

I’m still waiting for the first film to be brave enough to have a 30 minute run time, roll credits and then spend another hour in post-credit scenes

MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · last mo.

Bread AND roses!

Dr. Lucky Tran@luckytran.com · last mo.

"Helping working people to afford lives of joy” This is absolutely why Mamdani is succeeding in New York and is so beloved.

As Mamdani said on his ninth day in office, his agenda is not simply about curbing the city's most urgent crises, but also includes helping "working people to afford lives of joy." That includes an intentional, visible effort to make many smaller-scale improvements to quality of life in the city. And it also includes efforts by the mayor himself to show up in the places where New Yorkers let loose and celebrate side-by-side with them.

Abdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · last mo.

AIPAC has spent a record amount in this race to elect my opponent because she'll be a reliable vote to a foreign government that is aiding, arming, and abetting a genocide. I want your tax dollars spent on schools in Michigan, healthcare in Michigan, and roads in Michigan.

🖤💋SammieSam💋🖤@sammiestsam.sheshed.rocks · last mo.

ICE has STOLEN an Indigenous Tribal ELDER from NM, who was on her way to CHEMO. She stopped for gas, ICE then approached her, she showed all of her proper, legal documentation. They still stole her away. They're denying her of life saving CHEMO. When will it be enough. #ShedShed #ViVaHerAlliance

stovey @doorhook.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Galatea from Claymore. the text reads “A SICK ASS SWORD WOULD FIX ME.”

Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · last mo.

*violently taps the sign*

VGC@videogameschronicle.com · last mo.

Shigeru Miyamoto says the games that resonate most with players all around the world aren’t those deliberately designed for global appeal, but those based on a developer’s personal interests. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/miyamot...

Leiracal @leiracal.bsky.social · last yr.

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

When I was at one of my lowest (mental) points in life, I couldn't get out of bed some days. I had no energy or motivation and was barely getting by.

I had therapy once per week, and on this particular week I didn't have much to 'bring' to the session. He asked how my week was and I really had nothing to say.

'What are you struggling with?' he asked.

I gestured around me and said 'I dunno man. Life.'

Not satisfied with my answer, he said 'No, what exactly are you worried about right now? What feels overwhelming? When you go home after this session, what issue will be staring at you?'

I knew the answer, but it was so ridiculous that I didn't want to say it. I wanted to have something more substantial.
Something more profound.

But I didn't.

So I told him, 'Honestly? The dishes. It's stupid, I know, but the more I look at them the more I CAN'T do them because I'll have to scrub them before I put them in the dishwasher, because the dishwasher sucks, and I just can't stand and scrub the dishes.'

I felt like an idiot even saying it.

What kind of grown ass woman is undone by a stack of dishes? There are people out there with *actual* problems, and I'm whining to my therapist about dishes?

But he nodded in understanding and then said:

'RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE.'

I began to tell him that you're not supposed to, but he stopped me.

'Why the hell aren't you supposed to? If you don't want to scrub the dishes and your dishwasher sucks, run it twice. Run it three times, who cares?! Rules do not exist.'

It blew my mind in a way that I don't think I can properly express.

That day, I went home and tossed my smelly dishes haphazardly into the dishwasher and ran it three times.

I felt like I had conquered a dragon.

The next day, I took a shower lying down.

A few days later. I folded my laundry and put them wherever the fuck they fit.

There were no longer arbitrary rules I had to follow, and it gave me the freedom to make accomplishments again.

Now that I'm in a healthier place, I rinse off my dishes and put them in the dishwasher properly. I shower standing up. I sort my laundry.

But at a time when living was a struggle instead of a blessing, I learned an incredibly important lesson:

THERE ARE NO RULES. RUN THE DISHWASHER TWICE!!!"

punkitt ‼️🧣@punkitt.bsky.social · last yr.

mucho texto i know but i wanted to write a lil thing about how u can treat yourself nice!!

art of a wolf girl eating broccoli and brushing her teeth. the dialogue says:
I've been an adult living on my own for a coupleyears now and since I have ADHD and bouts of Sick Brain Disease I can fall into a rut easilyESPECIALLY when it comesto taking care of myselfbut the awesome thing about being an adult is that no one is watching over your shoulder making
sure you're perfect i used to give myself shit that i wouldn't be able to eat healthier or take care of myself in an optimal way here's a cool trick tho: ANYTHINGis is better than nothing. if you can only eat a couple vegetables? buddy thats better than no vegetables. worried about brushing your teeth for like three minutes? do like ten seconds instead want to socialize more often but you're worried you can't do multi-hour events? babe you're an adult now, if you get tired you can just leave lol If you want to improve, fuck yeah, work your way up to more of whatever. starting at all is the hard part - if you can do that then you've got a lot of what you need already anyway ive crunched the numbers and treating yourself a little bit better than yesterday is actually a million times better than trying to Fix Your Life Completely and getting mad when you can't do a 180. be nice and recognize that you can live a lot of your life in first or second drafts; if you're not perfect yet? fuck it, you'll get better later! u can do it!!! woof!!

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · last mo.

If I had 5 million, you wouldn’t find me. You would find that all my friends would have their debt paid off

derek guy@dieworkwear.bsky.social · last mo.

being a billionaire and on the internet all day is crazy to me. if i had even five million dollars, you would not find me online whatsoever.

MegueyB @megueyb.bsky.social · last mo.

36 hours left. Just under $2000 to reach the More Money for Artists stretch goal. And then we’re actually looking at the last stretch goal, which is the “play on social media” version. Amazing. Let’s go! #pbta #dnd #psirun2e

MegueyB@megueyb.bsky.social · last mo.

Hey check out what @improvgm.bsky.social has to say about #PsiRun2e! Then go check out the kickstarter! www.kickstarter.com/projects/117... You have....42 hours remaining. #DnD #pbta #roleplaying #DungeonsAndDragons #superhero #superpowers #comic www.tiktok.com/@improvgm/vi...

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void @nathanblack.com · last mo.

What if I just started talking like a disaffected nineties cyberpunk all the time

Nathan Black, Drifter in the Void@nathanblack.com · last mo.

Can’t kill a thing without quantifying it. It’s peak corpo colonization

ered @ered.bsky.social · last mo.

Seen some talk of unethical fiction, so here’s my take

Three panel comic titled Unethical Fiction:
1. Made with AI
2. Printed on human skin
3. The author uses their profits to fund a hate group.

Dana Fried @leftoblique.bsky.social · last mo.

Thing I learned from this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQW4... Poverty is correlated with homelessness - *negatively* The poorer an area is, the lower its homelessness rate; the wealthier an area is, the higher the homelessness rate.

What Luxury Housing Does To Homelessness

YouTube video by Justine Underhill

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