Leina
@bowsette.bsky.social
41 y/o. Northern English idiot. Wannabe streamer and writer. She/He/They/Her/Him/Them. Monster fanatic. Genderfluid. Big wah girl!
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Leina
@bowsette.bsky.social
· Dec 10
A proper pinned skeet is in order, methinks.
I'm most known as Leina, aka The North-East Recluse. I pretend to be a red panda online and blather on about videogames, mostly, but also other nerd stuff, furry stuff, and also the odd serious topic like UK politics, mental health and gender identity.
I'm most known as Leina, aka The North-East Recluse. I pretend to be a red panda online and blather on about videogames, mostly, but also other nerd stuff, furry stuff, and also the odd serious topic like UK politics, mental health and gender identity.
Sick of stressing myself out and bumming myself out when I make plans to do anything...
February 16, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Sick of stressing myself out and bumming myself out when I make plans to do anything...
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Its the same song and dance for every other creative field.
That we need AI to be writers and not those elitist snobs!
Or that we need AI to be artists and art can be democritized!
etc etc
Its just as bunk as the other.
Music production is probably THE most democratized and equal of the art fields
That we need AI to be writers and not those elitist snobs!
Or that we need AI to be artists and art can be democritized!
etc etc
Its just as bunk as the other.
Music production is probably THE most democratized and equal of the art fields
What do we think about the assertion in this meme? I know, we think it's asinine, but I'm looking for specific arguments as to why it's asinine.
February 16, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Its the same song and dance for every other creative field.
That we need AI to be writers and not those elitist snobs!
Or that we need AI to be artists and art can be democritized!
etc etc
Its just as bunk as the other.
Music production is probably THE most democratized and equal of the art fields
That we need AI to be writers and not those elitist snobs!
Or that we need AI to be artists and art can be democritized!
etc etc
Its just as bunk as the other.
Music production is probably THE most democratized and equal of the art fields
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yeah STOP USING AI DETECTORS
THEY ARE ALSO AI
THEY ARE JUST AS WRONG AS AI IS
STOP USING THEM FOR EVIDENCE
IVE HAD MY OWN WORK LISTED AS BEING ANYWHERE FROM 20% TO 80% AI BEFORE.
THEY ARE ALSO AI
THEY ARE JUST AS WRONG AS AI IS
STOP USING THEM FOR EVIDENCE
IVE HAD MY OWN WORK LISTED AS BEING ANYWHERE FROM 20% TO 80% AI BEFORE.
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 9:31 PM
yeah STOP USING AI DETECTORS
THEY ARE ALSO AI
THEY ARE JUST AS WRONG AS AI IS
STOP USING THEM FOR EVIDENCE
IVE HAD MY OWN WORK LISTED AS BEING ANYWHERE FROM 20% TO 80% AI BEFORE.
THEY ARE ALSO AI
THEY ARE JUST AS WRONG AS AI IS
STOP USING THEM FOR EVIDENCE
IVE HAD MY OWN WORK LISTED AS BEING ANYWHERE FROM 20% TO 80% AI BEFORE.
Huh. @joshstrifehayes.bsky.social plays FFXIV on the same server I'm on. Can't recall if we've ever crossed paths, but I'd be too focused on what I'm doing to notice anyway. XD
February 16, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Huh. @joshstrifehayes.bsky.social plays FFXIV on the same server I'm on. Can't recall if we've ever crossed paths, but I'd be too focused on what I'm doing to notice anyway. XD
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yeah nah i dont trust anyone who charges 30 USD for the priviledge of submitting your work for a contest. fuck that
first 5000 words, while soliciting a 25 pound fee (they say they have free spots for low-income writers that become available monthly).
When I asked about this, I received the following responses via DM:
When I asked about this, I received the following responses via DM:
February 16, 2026 at 9:06 PM
yeah nah i dont trust anyone who charges 30 USD for the priviledge of submitting your work for a contest. fuck that
Something you should know about me, people who seem to stumble upon my posts; if I want advice I'll ask for it. No matter how well-meaning you might be, unsolicited advice just weirds me out and makes me feel pressured.
February 16, 2026 at 8:56 PM
Something you should know about me, people who seem to stumble upon my posts; if I want advice I'll ask for it. No matter how well-meaning you might be, unsolicited advice just weirds me out and makes me feel pressured.
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Predator movie but the Predator is a good guy who got dropped on an island of billionaires.
And its just 2 hours of him fucking up billionaires.
And its just 2 hours of him fucking up billionaires.
February 16, 2026 at 8:29 PM
Predator movie but the Predator is a good guy who got dropped on an island of billionaires.
And its just 2 hours of him fucking up billionaires.
And its just 2 hours of him fucking up billionaires.
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This works really well in games too!
Obviously Clair Obscur's is amazing, but the midway twist in the original ff7
(very minor spoilers)
that the wise, battle scarred Red XIII is actually a teenager putting up a front blew my mind and then informed his character in great ways going forward!
Obviously Clair Obscur's is amazing, but the midway twist in the original ff7
(very minor spoilers)
that the wise, battle scarred Red XIII is actually a teenager putting up a front blew my mind and then informed his character in great ways going forward!
Twist endings are overrated. Give me twist beginnings. End Act 1 with a twist and then explore the consequences. Let the great surprise be your premise.
It worked for The Girl With All The Gifts. It worked for Project Hail Mary. It can work for you.
It worked for The Girl With All The Gifts. It worked for Project Hail Mary. It can work for you.
February 16, 2026 at 8:31 PM
This works really well in games too!
Obviously Clair Obscur's is amazing, but the midway twist in the original ff7
(very minor spoilers)
that the wise, battle scarred Red XIII is actually a teenager putting up a front blew my mind and then informed his character in great ways going forward!
Obviously Clair Obscur's is amazing, but the midway twist in the original ff7
(very minor spoilers)
that the wise, battle scarred Red XIII is actually a teenager putting up a front blew my mind and then informed his character in great ways going forward!
On a whim, I looked up how much it would possibly cost to have my book proof-read by professionals.
It would probably cost somewhere in the region of 500 quid.
Bloody hell, you need to be rich just to write a book.
It would probably cost somewhere in the region of 500 quid.
Bloody hell, you need to be rich just to write a book.
February 16, 2026 at 6:18 PM
On a whim, I looked up how much it would possibly cost to have my book proof-read by professionals.
It would probably cost somewhere in the region of 500 quid.
Bloody hell, you need to be rich just to write a book.
It would probably cost somewhere in the region of 500 quid.
Bloody hell, you need to be rich just to write a book.
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Important to note that while the Athenian and Roman empires were actually fucking awful to live under if you weren't a full citizen (and often even if you were), they have excellent PR because they built grand public works and much of their high culture survived.
The Nazis, on the other hand...
The Nazis, on the other hand...
These weird empire chumps will never accept that the success of an empire is not to last forever - it won't - but to be remembered positively with more benefits to the world and culture than negatives. And ain't no way their empire will succeed.
February 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Important to note that while the Athenian and Roman empires were actually fucking awful to live under if you weren't a full citizen (and often even if you were), they have excellent PR because they built grand public works and much of their high culture survived.
The Nazis, on the other hand...
The Nazis, on the other hand...
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what makes this worse is a lot of them are still taking huge tax benefits from "giving". for instance, Elon Musk puts a ton of money in his foundation which is tax deductible as charity, but then the foundation just....doesn't pay out anything. That's illegal, but no one has enforced it of course
February 16, 2026 at 6:02 PM
what makes this worse is a lot of them are still taking huge tax benefits from "giving". for instance, Elon Musk puts a ton of money in his foundation which is tax deductible as charity, but then the foundation just....doesn't pay out anything. That's illegal, but no one has enforced it of course
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I’m struggling to see “not having to buy a new PlayStation for another 3 years” as a bad thing tbh.
February 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I’m struggling to see “not having to buy a new PlayStation for another 3 years” as a bad thing tbh.
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Any celebs that help to advertise ICE should be cancelled.
You made the choice to support this crap.
You can take consequences in losing your career.
You made the choice to support this crap.
You can take consequences in losing your career.
Since it seems like everyone is posting one of the two clips about the AEW "FUCK ICE!" moment from last night's "Last Week Tonight" top story segment on HBO in isolation, without context or the other clip, here's an edit that includes both AEW clips in their proper context from the segment.
February 16, 2026 at 5:10 PM
Any celebs that help to advertise ICE should be cancelled.
You made the choice to support this crap.
You can take consequences in losing your career.
You made the choice to support this crap.
You can take consequences in losing your career.
Is a good weekend in the company of friends too much to ask?
February 16, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Is a good weekend in the company of friends too much to ask?
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Gang.
GANG.
LLM DETECTORS ARE ALSO LLMs AND PRONE TO THE EXACT SAME ERRORS.
STOP USING THEM.
GANG.
LLM DETECTORS ARE ALSO LLMs AND PRONE TO THE EXACT SAME ERRORS.
STOP USING THEM.
Just because I keep seeing those "I checked this piece and it's written by AI" - this is an old article of mine, before AI was available. So could we not?
February 16, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Gang.
GANG.
LLM DETECTORS ARE ALSO LLMs AND PRONE TO THE EXACT SAME ERRORS.
STOP USING THEM.
GANG.
LLM DETECTORS ARE ALSO LLMs AND PRONE TO THE EXACT SAME ERRORS.
STOP USING THEM.
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I saw a take on here that was like "You will be more at peace with Ed McMillen when you accept he is the John Waters of video games" and damned if that ain't the truest thing ever typed
No offense but y'all sure are being odd about the creator of Abused Naked Child Roguelike being ~provocative~!!!
No offense but y'all sure are being odd about the creator of Abused Naked Child Roguelike being ~provocative~!!!
I asked Mewgenics' creator, Edmund McMillen, about all the touchy topics bubbling up in the game's discourse.
Why that title?
How has he changed since his early days of making provocative browser games like Dead Baby Dressup?
Why does he use real birth defects and disorders in his games?
Why that title?
How has he changed since his early days of making provocative browser games like Dead Baby Dressup?
Why does he use real birth defects and disorders in his games?
Edmund McMillen Wants You to Ask the Uncomfortable Questions
A frank conversation about Mewgenics, troubled childhoods, and anxious parenthood
postgame.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 4:37 PM
I saw a take on here that was like "You will be more at peace with Ed McMillen when you accept he is the John Waters of video games" and damned if that ain't the truest thing ever typed
No offense but y'all sure are being odd about the creator of Abused Naked Child Roguelike being ~provocative~!!!
No offense but y'all sure are being odd about the creator of Abused Naked Child Roguelike being ~provocative~!!!
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Haha. It's worth noting that Athens monuments still stand today. While Sparta is a mythologised load of alpha male crap with accompanying Zack Snyder movie.
February 16, 2026 at 4:40 PM
Haha. It's worth noting that Athens monuments still stand today. While Sparta is a mythologised load of alpha male crap with accompanying Zack Snyder movie.
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If you don't write, draw, make music, whatever. And use AI for that then you're never ever going to be remembered in the future after you died as there's no part of you, your soul, who you are for others to explore and in part understand who you were by reading your actual created works.
February 16, 2026 at 2:24 PM
If you don't write, draw, make music, whatever. And use AI for that then you're never ever going to be remembered in the future after you died as there's no part of you, your soul, who you are for others to explore and in part understand who you were by reading your actual created works.
I do miss acting and singing. I may try and get back into them some day.
February 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM
I do miss acting and singing. I may try and get back into them some day.
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Having a very "Wishing everything on transphobes that they wish on us" kinda day.
February 16, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Having a very "Wishing everything on transphobes that they wish on us" kinda day.
My copy of Noss: Prelude just arrived, and listening to it now. The Kenzir Stone is a bloody good sea shanty, and the instrumentation really fits the epic scale of the wayfarers' journey. :D
@joabaldwin.com @foxamoore.bsky.social
@joabaldwin.com @foxamoore.bsky.social
February 16, 2026 at 2:04 PM
My copy of Noss: Prelude just arrived, and listening to it now. The Kenzir Stone is a bloody good sea shanty, and the instrumentation really fits the epic scale of the wayfarers' journey. :D
@joabaldwin.com @foxamoore.bsky.social
@joabaldwin.com @foxamoore.bsky.social
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What better is there to do than learn about a really rare system in my latest video?
It's the Tandy/Memorex VIS by Radio Shack!
What do you mean you've never heard of it?
Well, watch this and learn something!
youtu.be/0hA3f4cuqis
What do you mean you've never heard of it?
Well, watch this and learn something!
youtu.be/0hA3f4cuqis
The Tandy/Memorex VIS
YouTube video by 8/16/32bit
youtu.be
February 15, 2026 at 12:41 PM
What better is there to do than learn about a really rare system in my latest video?
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I love VR chat to absolute death, but I'm not giving my face to someone who LITERALLY thinks Greta Thunberg the Antichrist.
Pressure VRchat now, they also use Persona.
Vrchat uses persona.
Vrchat uses persona.
Persona is backed by Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel is pushing for a surveillance state in the US and appears in the Epstein files hundreds of times.
Vrchat uses persona.
Vrchat uses persona.
Persona is backed by Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel is pushing for a surveillance state in the US and appears in the Epstein files hundreds of times.
they're very sorry they got caught
February 16, 2026 at 1:30 PM
I love VR chat to absolute death, but I'm not giving my face to someone who LITERALLY thinks Greta Thunberg the Antichrist.
Reply Guys who go around just looking to start fights are getting insta-blocked. Fuck them.
February 16, 2026 at 1:24 PM
Reply Guys who go around just looking to start fights are getting insta-blocked. Fuck them.
Trying not to let my brain self-destruct. Feel really rough, mentally.
February 16, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Trying not to let my brain self-destruct. Feel really rough, mentally.