A voice of generation. It's hard to think how often I have listened to the man speak and entertain since I was a child. These are just a few of many. Have a smashing time wherever you end up next. RIP Tim Curry.

Once again, #swordtember is upon us! This sword-themed creative challenge takes place across September and is intended to be very casual. Join in as little or much as you'd like! I personally am too busy to participate this year but I've made a prompt list for the month.

I cannot express this any better.... the frustration is real

Stole this from the comments because this shit shouldn't be behind a paywall.

Jeremy White@jeremywired.bsky.social · 2w ago

POWER TRIP: ICE’s new electric shock gloves are designed to overpower subjects through intense pain. But it turns out there is a simple way to stop them working. Read the full story on @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-pa...

Saving this one for later. Sign that says "Entering Tangent," since no Alt text.

Rural Indexing Project@ruralindexing.bsky.social · 2w ago

Welcome sign Tangent, OR

I know this will be tough for most of us, cause I know no one who follows cnn, but I always like finding new sources of good information.

Greg Pak@gregpak.net · 3w ago

A thing anyone can do is unfollow CNN and follow a bunch of independent and local newsrooms instead. 🧵 follows.

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Coming soon: Baba Is You: The Board Game & Party House: Deckbuilding Game

Two sensational award-winning video games — Baba is You and Party House (UFO 50) — leap off the screen and onto your table!

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Yall please rent is in two days and we are in very bad shape

Joanna Blackhart [They/Them]@joannablackhart.com · last mo.

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Help my YouTuber who takes on ridiculous challenges and refuses to follow the rules of the game keeps messing with the rules of gender. This is an affront for reasons I refuse to explain.

Gamechamp@gamechamp.bsky.social · 4w ago

Somebody help my favorite Youtuber is getting cuter and cuter and I'm terrified

Titanium Clad Studios is hiring a 2D Character Animator to bring high-res art to life in their unannounced 2D action-metroidvania! 🛰️ Remote, Part-time 🎮 Made in Godot 4.7 💸 $30–$60/hr ⤵️

Titanium Clad Studios is hiring a 2D Character Animator

I'm a solo developer building a commercial 2D metroidvania in Godot. I'm looking for someone someone who can make our art move like a first-tier action platformer.

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Go buy / play / review it here: store.steampowered.com/app/3206340/... Thank you all for your support!

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Plum Road Tea Dream is out now! This was one heck of a journey, it was so worth it. We are very happy to finally share the work with the world. We want to stress the collaborative nature of this project and thank all of the peeps that have contributed over these past years! 🫶🏾〰️🫶🏾〰️🫶🏾〰️🫶🏾

This will all, but guarantee AI death in Australia. GOOD

Culture Crave 🍿@culturecrave.co · last mo.

Australia is planning some of the world's toughest AI regulations • Water usage will be limited • AI data centers will be required to become net producers of energy • AI companies can't train on Australian creators' work without their permission • Proposals expected to be introduced in 2027

So what you're saying is my house could pull more energy and be cheaper if we turn off the data center ... Let's do that.

azcentral@azcentral.com · last mo.

More efficient energy use among homes — through tiny tweaks in thermostat and battery use — could free up the grid for data centers to come online.

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This is a terrible thing to do. Two amazing Top down Zelda likes that are very large. You'll be doing nothing else for a month.

Yacht Club Games@yachtclubgames.bsky.social · last mo.

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functionally every single person on earth was seeing a night sky with brighter and clearer stars than basically anyone on earth can see today, until about 150 years ago, due to light pollution.

Scott “Dioscoreal yams” Cave@hellabarnes.bsky.social · 2mo ago

what is the reverse historical dorito? the thing from the past that would blow our minds in a positive way

Older than this.

Ian Danskin@innuendostudios.bsky.social · 2mo ago

"verify your age" the first thing I ever did online was spend 4 hours downloading a jpeg of the Green Power Ranger

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I wanna sub-post and push back against this so much. No law or policy is truly enforceable. The MIT license isn't truly enforceable. What you do is you codify your morals and then enforce that to the best of your ability. Mistakes will happen, you'll fix, improve, apologize. This is just silly.

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Some people say full bans are unenforceable because you have to remove anything retroactively found to be AI. No, you only have to remove known legal liabilities and have consequences for violators. Purity of origin is unattainable within Godot or dependencies. It's about culture and messaging.

Zi@majormcdoom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Far too common in this industry is the stance of "balance". There is much acknowledgment of AI's wrongs, but somehow it's always anti-AI folks being asked to compromise. I've come to expect it in general, but it's disappointing seeing it from Godot.

ICYMI: One in five manga artists in Japan say generative AI has cut into their income. Between ¥6.6 billion in lawsuits and industry-wide demands for opt-in training, here's how Japan's creative world is fighting back.

20%% of Japan's Manga Artists and Illustrators Say AI Has Cut Their Income

Many artists report that commissions have already shrunk or vanished thanks to a glut of mass-produced slop.

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Sorry to make it a quote, but I want to get out of Zi's thread. I'm hoping for that, but it's also why we collectively are applying pressure now. If the Godot new AI policy is more hard-line against AI then most of my complaints will disappear. They need to know that we are scared.

Adriaan@adriaan.games · 2mo ago

that barrier you speak of is IMO the ai policy the Godot foundation is about to release, as well as your trust in the foundation, its maintainers, and core contributors in upholding that policy.

To be clear, I don't think "AI-free code" is achievable, because nobody has to disclose, and Godot can't control it's libraries. That's the one pragmatism-rooted stance I actually agree on with the team. It's more about mitigation and setting an example and not perpetuating a harmful thing.

I don't agree. Slop to me brings to mind the liquid leftovers we feed to pigs and farm animals. Even if it is nutrient efficient and tastes fine, it is still regurgitated garbage. If the code is good and works perfectly I still don't want it because it is slop spliced together by a thievery bot.

Rémi Verschelde@akien.bsky.social · 2mo ago

In general, you can't. How to know if `print("Hello world")` was typed by a human or inserted by a coding agent? It's the same code and it works the same. To be clear, AI generated code isn't necessary slop. Slop implies low-quality and low-effort, but AI generated code can be high quality too.

I'm not going to abandon Godot. I quite literally am not in a position to even if I wanted to. This isn't like passing on a game to spend money on. But I am version-locked to 4.6.3 for now, and this is me voicing my concerns. 🙏