Midnight
@dragonsmidnight.bsky.social
They/them. Player of games, reader of books, maker of art. Hellishly Introverted. White.
Poetry usually comes from the Archfey barbarian. Follower of many fandoms.
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Poetry usually comes from the Archfey barbarian. Follower of many fandoms.
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i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
i think we all need to step back and realize that peak art was made when neolithic pot in the shape of a pig was fired
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"I was told you're a monster," the hero said.
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
February 4, 2026 at 6:38 PM
"I was told you're a monster," the hero said.
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
"So they say," said the monster.
"But you're beautiful!"
"Thank you."
"Have you always been a monster?"
"Heh. I was a young maiden. But I did something forbidden."
"And became a monster?"
"Got named a monster."
"What did you do?"
"I hit back."
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Just gonna leave this here for my fellow knitters— a crochet pattern is also linked in the description! 🧶
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Melt the ICE Hat pattern by Paul S Neary
In the 1940’s, Norwegians made and wore red pointed hats with a tassel as a form of visual protest against Nazi occupation of their country. Within two years, the Nazis made these protest hats illegal...
www.ravelry.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Just gonna leave this here for my fellow knitters— a crochet pattern is also linked in the description! 🧶
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
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I've been looking for this Extrovert vs Introvert comic for years, and I FINALLY FOUND IT AGAIN
via @introvertdoodles.bsky.social. I am the left hand column; haha.
via @introvertdoodles.bsky.social. I am the left hand column; haha.
January 29, 2026 at 4:51 AM
I've been looking for this Extrovert vs Introvert comic for years, and I FINALLY FOUND IT AGAIN
via @introvertdoodles.bsky.social. I am the left hand column; haha.
via @introvertdoodles.bsky.social. I am the left hand column; haha.
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Friends don't let friends follow AltNPS
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 25, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Friends don't let friends follow AltNPS
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Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.
November 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Important shit that I’m still trying to learn.
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So satisfying to finally paste this devil's face in. This mouse bit back.
#bg3spoilers
#bg3spoilers
a man with the words in more ways than one written below him
Alt: a man with the words in more ways than one written below him
media.tenor.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:04 PM
So satisfying to finally paste this devil's face in. This mouse bit back.
#bg3spoilers
#bg3spoilers
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The Matrix (2000)
another robot highlight for 2025: man wearing humanoid mocap suit kicks himself in the balls
December 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The Matrix (2000)
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We hope the BlueSky moderators don't flag today's offering for #MosaicMonday as being, ahem... prawnographic. 😳
December 22, 2025 at 10:40 AM
We hope the BlueSky moderators don't flag today's offering for #MosaicMonday as being, ahem... prawnographic. 😳
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A reminder that the Luddites didn't smash steam engines in british textile mills out of fear of the new, but because they were being used to cut out jobs, produce inferior product & drive skilled tradesfolk out so the rich could pay shit wages.
History continues to prove the Luddites were RIGHT.
History continues to prove the Luddites were RIGHT.
December 18, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A reminder that the Luddites didn't smash steam engines in british textile mills out of fear of the new, but because they were being used to cut out jobs, produce inferior product & drive skilled tradesfolk out so the rich could pay shit wages.
History continues to prove the Luddites were RIGHT.
History continues to prove the Luddites were RIGHT.
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AI imitations of creative work (art, writing, etc.) aren't bad because it's "ugly". They already look "good enough" to satisfy most people. AI is bad because it's laundering plagiarism of real human artists AND making us ever-more dependent upon trillion-dollar tech companies.
December 18, 2025 at 5:57 AM
AI imitations of creative work (art, writing, etc.) aren't bad because it's "ugly". They already look "good enough" to satisfy most people. AI is bad because it's laundering plagiarism of real human artists AND making us ever-more dependent upon trillion-dollar tech companies.
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The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
December 17, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The thing thats so insidious about using AI this way is that one of the main ways artists get hired are studios looking for art references and they find us and reach out.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
This is removing a major avenue to get work if they can just generate nameless derivations of our ideas.
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Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
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A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
December 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A male rock ptarmigan (Lagopus muta) in winter plumage.
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
Ptarmigan is from Gaelic 'tarmachan' meaning "croaker". The p- was added when people mistakenly assumed it was a Greek word.
A bird forever warning people: "A werewolf!" (just in case of werewolves).
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It’s #InternationalDisabilitiesDay • I'm a disabled #embroidery artist. My work combines anatomy & symptomatology into #SciArt. Here is body map (2016) in which I stitched my #MECFS symptoms as I felt them.
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
December 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
It’s #InternationalDisabilitiesDay • I'm a disabled #embroidery artist. My work combines anatomy & symptomatology into #SciArt. Here is body map (2016) in which I stitched my #MECFS symptoms as I felt them.
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
To learn more about my work, Here’s a recent interview: substack.com/home/post/p-...
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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I can understand asking for nuance in these discussions, but deliberately muddying the water by bringing up automation tools that people understand are not generative AI and asking for a middle ground is disingenuous. The nuanced position is that people are roundly rejecting the tech, respect that.
"Surely there's a middle ground here?" The CEO of Helldivers 2 studio Arrowhead says people "jump to extreme takes" when debating generative AI, and that there needs to be more nuance in the discussion.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/surely-...
‘Surely there’s a middle ground here?’ Helldivers studio CEO says people ‘jump to extreme takes’ when debating GenAI | VGC
“This is such a trigger point for big parts of the games industry today”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I can understand asking for nuance in these discussions, but deliberately muddying the water by bringing up automation tools that people understand are not generative AI and asking for a middle ground is disingenuous. The nuanced position is that people are roundly rejecting the tech, respect that.
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Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Carved in Stone is officially out!
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
In this comprehensive setting guide you'll be able to see, touch, taste, hear and smell your way through everything that modern-day scholars currently know of the enigmatic culture of the Picts, from the perspective of someone living in the late 7th Century.
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"Voice Selene, we value your tribes work to help the Society but this isolationist attitude helps no-one"
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Voice Selene, we value your tribes work to help the Society but this isolationist attitude helps no-one"
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
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Uh oh, you scrolled too far, too greedily, too deep: you have encountered a balrog.
November 12, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Uh oh, you scrolled too far, too greedily, too deep: you have encountered a balrog.
"Voice Selene, we value your tribes work to help the Society but this isolationist attitude helps no-one"
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
November 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"Voice Selene, we value your tribes work to help the Society but this isolationist attitude helps no-one"
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg
She gives him a look over tail to nose, noting the gold and portly belly.
"Master Thicket, when you and the other tribes stop hoarding rare materials maybe we will rethink our stance"
#ttrpg