Mike Ambrogi Primo
@eastquote.bsky.social
Technical Gameplay Systems Designer at Sucker Punch, art/co-design/blood/tears on Jamestown+. Portland, ME.
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Trying to kill a 30-year running longitudinal study is fucking arson.
Well the NIH has cancelled the Women's Health Initiative, the largest study of women in history
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
It has been running continuously since 1991 and has provided massive key knowledge about diseases in women
Unreal
www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH cancels its first and largest study centered on women
The Women’s Health Initiative has produced numerous influential findings
www.science.org
April 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Trying to kill a 30-year running longitudinal study is fucking arson.
This makes me sad. Was just randomly remembering this offhand car stunt from Way Of The Gun this morning, and marvelling at how quietly talented and hard-working Nicky always seemed to be. youtube.com/clip/UgkxR0f...
April 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
This makes me sad. Was just randomly remembering this offhand car stunt from Way Of The Gun this morning, and marvelling at how quietly talented and hard-working Nicky always seemed to be. youtube.com/clip/UgkxR0f...
Incredible things are happening in Philadelphia.
February 9, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Incredible things are happening in Philadelphia.
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"it's supposed to be great, living; it's supposed to be fantastic"
once again thinking about this passage from David Lynch's book Catching the Big Fish
January 16, 2025 at 10:34 PM
"it's supposed to be great, living; it's supposed to be fantastic"
With an hour left to fund, I couldn't not back a doc about the best to ever do it.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
Untitled Kent Melton Documentary
A documentary celebrating the life and work of legendary animation sculptor Kent Melton.
www.kickstarter.com
January 3, 2025 at 7:01 PM
With an hour left to fund, I couldn't not back a doc about the best to ever do it.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
www.kickstarter.com/projects/mar...
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@angeloslh.bsky.social worked so hard on these, awesome to see her work getting the recognition it deserves. So many screens with so many different styles, so many iterations with close collaboration between us, so much mspaint violence (rough mockups are faster than words) from me she tolerated
Pacific Drive wins Menus Of The Year. Look at these beauts
December 30, 2024 at 1:23 AM
@angeloslh.bsky.social worked so hard on these, awesome to see her work getting the recognition it deserves. So many screens with so many different styles, so many iterations with close collaboration between us, so much mspaint violence (rough mockups are faster than words) from me she tolerated
In the spirit of the Amazing Things Found While Visiting Relatives threads of yore:
Spotted these on the free shelf of the retirement community we're visiting. TFW you've stumbled into the beating heart of someone else's *remarkably* specific kink.
Spotted these on the free shelf of the retirement community we're visiting. TFW you've stumbled into the beating heart of someone else's *remarkably* specific kink.
December 25, 2024 at 3:17 AM
In the spirit of the Amazing Things Found While Visiting Relatives threads of yore:
Spotted these on the free shelf of the retirement community we're visiting. TFW you've stumbled into the beating heart of someone else's *remarkably* specific kink.
Spotted these on the free shelf of the retirement community we're visiting. TFW you've stumbled into the beating heart of someone else's *remarkably* specific kink.
Aseprite a tool from a parallel universe where pixelart is somehow worth more than anything Photoshop can create. I would have killed for it during Jamestown's development!
December 18, 2024 at 12:42 AM
Aseprite a tool from a parallel universe where pixelart is somehow worth more than anything Photoshop can create. I would have killed for it during Jamestown's development!
Eyy we have a studio bsky acct now! :)
So many amazing people working *so* hard on this thing, y'all!
So many amazing people working *so* hard on this thing, y'all!
October 22, 2024 at 1:39 AM
Eyy we have a studio bsky acct now! :)
So many amazing people working *so* hard on this thing, y'all!
So many amazing people working *so* hard on this thing, y'all!
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My final UU Library update has been made on LEGO Ideas! Part count is down, a Terry Pratchett Minifigure added and the bookcase now includes the Terry Pratchett Discworld series! It only needs around 350 supporters so please do what you can!
ideas.lego.com/projects/b02...
ideas.lego.com/projects/b02...
The Discworld Unseen University Library
This is my model of the Unseen University Library from Terry Pratchett's Discworld series in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first ...
ideas.lego.com
September 26, 2024 at 1:47 PM
My final UU Library update has been made on LEGO Ideas! Part count is down, a Terry Pratchett Minifigure added and the bookcase now includes the Terry Pratchett Discworld series! It only needs around 350 supporters so please do what you can!
ideas.lego.com/projects/b02...
ideas.lego.com/projects/b02...
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Nearly every artist of my generation I know was influenced by this man. He created creators. That's the highest aspiration and measure of success I can think of for an artist. RIP sir. 🙏
March 8, 2024 at 3:45 PM
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This thread is a feast.
For the last time and maybe the first time on bluesky, I'm going to make a big thread about the Quarantrain because it's time to take it down. It's sitting unused, taking up space. Building it was a childhood dream and I got it out of my system. I'm proud of it and want the memory to remain. (1/?)
February 17, 2024 at 1:46 PM
This thread is a feast.
Finally ready to complete my metamorphosis into A Dad.
February 11, 2024 at 4:02 PM
Finally ready to complete my metamorphosis into A Dad.
Didn't have Adam Unveils A Goblin Mode Simulator on my 2024 bingo card, but I will absolutely take it! :D
Hey, we're Ash & Adam.
We're making a small, chaotic first person goblin roguelite called GOBSMACKED. Kick, throw, grapple, and shoot your way through waves of junkbots in destructible procedural arenas.
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrjy...
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2769410/...
We're making a small, chaotic first person goblin roguelite called GOBSMACKED. Kick, throw, grapple, and shoot your way through waves of junkbots in destructible procedural arenas.
Trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrjy...
Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2769410/...
Ash & Adam's GOBSMACKED on Steam
You are a goblin in this mini-FPS roguelite. Fight your way through The Arenas where you wreck junkbots to thrill the goblin crowds.
store.steampowered.com
February 9, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Didn't have Adam Unveils A Goblin Mode Simulator on my 2024 bingo card, but I will absolutely take it! :D
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Demo for the game is out on Steam today!
The news is out! I had the honor and privilege of mastering the OST for the upcoming video game: Pacific Drive. Composed by the incredible Wilbert Roget II, the score and the game are out Feb 22. Stay tuned.
February 5, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Demo for the game is out on Steam today!
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Something very much on my mind while watching it was how we deserve well-made stories like this from franchises. We don't have to pretend crap that feels like it came out of an MBA & marketing orgy that was fed through an ai chat is somehow good just because it looks like something we used to love.
Rewatched Andor: it's a good rewatch, lots of new stuff to catch and meaningful stuff if you know what's going to happen.
I'll say again you don't have to know much about Star Wars to get into it: there's a galactic fascist Empire, etc. It's well-crafted, -acted & -written; so very worth a try.
I'll say again you don't have to know much about Star Wars to get into it: there's a galactic fascist Empire, etc. It's well-crafted, -acted & -written; so very worth a try.
December 17, 2023 at 6:45 PM
Something very much on my mind while watching it was how we deserve well-made stories like this from franchises. We don't have to pretend crap that feels like it came out of an MBA & marketing orgy that was fed through an ai chat is somehow good just because it looks like something we used to love.
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this rules, support worker owned media www.fastcompany.com/90983739/wor...
November 19, 2023 at 4:29 PM
this rules, support worker owned media www.fastcompany.com/90983739/wor...
Literally all my aesthetic pleasure centers redlining rn
lunchtime browsing today: the ad lists this as a Panda 4x4 Dakar and all I know is that the exoskeleton and lack of doors is hilariously charming
www.autoclassic.it/post/fiat-pa...
www.autoclassic.it/post/fiat-pa...
November 8, 2023 at 11:26 PM
Literally all my aesthetic pleasure centers redlining rn
Sipping on the laaast little bit of @marthawells.bsky.social 's Murderbot Diaries that's available to me. Was really hoping to make it last until System Collapse drops in 2 weeks, but c'mon y'all I'm not made of stone.
October 31, 2023 at 1:25 AM
Sipping on the laaast little bit of @marthawells.bsky.social 's Murderbot Diaries that's available to me. Was really hoping to make it last until System Collapse drops in 2 weeks, but c'mon y'all I'm not made of stone.
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“The only thing in the periphery is freedom” goes soooooo hard
Katalin Karikó on the status economy of academia. She’s the hero we don’t deserve.
Source: josephnoelwalker.com/147-katalin-...
Source: josephnoelwalker.com/147-katalin-...
![There is a “centre” where the money, the fame, is; most likely your proposal gets funded because it’s on the most favourable topic. Maybe today, RNA is [most favourable]. If you are working with mRNA, maybe that's the centre there.
And then there are people in the periphery. There is no fame, there is no money, no nothing there. The only thing in the periphery is freedom. You can do what you like to do, what you feel is important.
Here’s what a proposal is: why they should give me money. And they should question that. “She came from university nobody knew about.” “She never had a mentor who was famous.”
And somehow it gravitates always to the same people, same circle. They get published there, they get the money. And that's another explanation: I was not famous enough or didn't have anybody who would support me in a way that somebody that’s a famous and well-established scientist stands behind you and says, “Oh, look at this, it’s good.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:h6srr75ahvugj6gts7ql4cpl/bafkreie7jkxonqwgbbcuni4dh54nhodteq24wv4dp6smnvsomdpwpve4we@jpeg)
October 4, 2023 at 3:12 AM
“The only thing in the periphery is freedom” goes soooooo hard
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
- clerk at a used bookstore
- painter (like, of the walls of buildings)
- intern at Disney feature animation
- gas station attendant
- 3D character animator
- game studio co-founder
- STEAM program director at a preK-to-12th
- clerk at a used bookstore
- painter (like, of the walls of buildings)
- intern at Disney feature animation
- gas station attendant
- 3D character animator
- game studio co-founder
- STEAM program director at a preK-to-12th
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
- movie theater staff (same!)
- web design adjunct instructor
- tag sale staff (very briefly)
- nanny/babysitter for one of the best kids ever
- digital marketer for stone
- sales assistant for books
- temp receptionist
- movie theater staff (same!)
- web design adjunct instructor
- tag sale staff (very briefly)
- nanny/babysitter for one of the best kids ever
- digital marketer for stone
- sales assistant for books
- temp receptionist
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
- movie theatre crew
- library runner
- music library staff
- balloon animal bar artist
- sailboat laminator
- VistaCorps volunteer (not profit administration)
- temple youth group coordinator
- summer camp session head
- movie theatre crew
- library runner
- music library staff
- balloon animal bar artist
- sailboat laminator
- VistaCorps volunteer (not profit administration)
- temple youth group coordinator
- summer camp session head
September 25, 2023 at 2:47 AM
Introduce yourself with some jobs you have done apart from what you do now:
- clerk at a used bookstore
- painter (like, of the walls of buildings)
- intern at Disney feature animation
- gas station attendant
- 3D character animator
- game studio co-founder
- STEAM program director at a preK-to-12th
- clerk at a used bookstore
- painter (like, of the walls of buildings)
- intern at Disney feature animation
- gas station attendant
- 3D character animator
- game studio co-founder
- STEAM program director at a preK-to-12th
If I ever teach a semiotics course, we're definitely going to spend some time on the iconography smoothies coming from our friends the Semi-Militarized-Outdoorsmen.
Like... what are we doing, here? Do symbols... "bear meaning"?
Like... what are we doing, here? Do symbols... "bear meaning"?
September 16, 2023 at 3:32 PM
If I ever teach a semiotics course, we're definitely going to spend some time on the iconography smoothies coming from our friends the Semi-Militarized-Outdoorsmen.
Like... what are we doing, here? Do symbols... "bear meaning"?
Like... what are we doing, here? Do symbols... "bear meaning"?
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Folk practice and belief is so much messier and weirder and more interesting than folks make it when they try to apply a very modern sense of purity and systems to people who had ever shifting junk drawers full of One Weird Trick beliefs.
September 15, 2023 at 12:58 PM
Folk practice and belief is so much messier and weirder and more interesting than folks make it when they try to apply a very modern sense of purity and systems to people who had ever shifting junk drawers full of One Weird Trick beliefs.
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Huh. What if expanded unemployment, a child tax credit, increased access to affordable healthcare and other humane economic measures helped people to not be poor.
September 12, 2023 at 6:09 PM
Huh. What if expanded unemployment, a child tax credit, increased access to affordable healthcare and other humane economic measures helped people to not be poor.
At the local bougie-and-slightly-euro toy store this weekend, was once again confronted with evidence that I've either A) lived a little too long or B) somehow blundered into an esoteric shard universe.
September 12, 2023 at 11:46 AM
At the local bougie-and-slightly-euro toy store this weekend, was once again confronted with evidence that I've either A) lived a little too long or B) somehow blundered into an esoteric shard universe.