Elbi
@elbi.bsky.social
"Michael" · game dev since '12 · June's Journey, SelfCare, Ghost Detective, others · freelance design/code · 💜 purple, boardgames, cats · @derElbi elsewhere
he/him or they/them
Berlin 🇩🇪 & Vienna 🇦🇹
he/him or they/them
Berlin 🇩🇪 & Vienna 🇦🇹
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If anybody thinks this is a joke
February 3, 2026 at 2:40 PM
If anybody thinks this is a joke
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Long time no see everyone! ♥️
It's time for a little update of what is happening with me and why I have been absent from social media for months already and haven't been responding to messages.
I thought it's best to simple write it out in a document for BlueSky:
(Smol sketches for visibilty)
It's time for a little update of what is happening with me and why I have been absent from social media for months already and haven't been responding to messages.
I thought it's best to simple write it out in a document for BlueSky:
(Smol sketches for visibilty)
February 2, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Long time no see everyone! ♥️
It's time for a little update of what is happening with me and why I have been absent from social media for months already and haven't been responding to messages.
I thought it's best to simple write it out in a document for BlueSky:
(Smol sketches for visibilty)
It's time for a little update of what is happening with me and why I have been absent from social media for months already and haven't been responding to messages.
I thought it's best to simple write it out in a document for BlueSky:
(Smol sketches for visibilty)
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There were a flurry of "spontaneous" replies last month to various posts i made. All written the same way. All trying to link to the random substack about how innocent he is.
My first thought (after blocking) was:
"Oh i see someone's publisher has hired a bot farm."
My first thought (after blocking) was:
"Oh i see someone's publisher has hired a bot farm."
Gaiman is already suing one of his accusers. If he had any actionable claims against "There is No Safe Word", he would have sued New York Magazine and Lila Shapiro. The fact that he is instead pointing readers to some random substack article tells us all we need to know.
I find the entire genre of "tens of thousands of words minutely refuting every point of an abuse clam" intrinsically unpersuasive. If any of the evidence were actually damning they'd just highlight that instead of doing a tedious Gish Gallop.
February 3, 2026 at 8:45 AM
There were a flurry of "spontaneous" replies last month to various posts i made. All written the same way. All trying to link to the random substack about how innocent he is.
My first thought (after blocking) was:
"Oh i see someone's publisher has hired a bot farm."
My first thought (after blocking) was:
"Oh i see someone's publisher has hired a bot farm."
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In case you missed yesterday, Notepad++ auto-update mechanism was hacked and was delivering backdoored versions for a couple months. Tons of devs use this, uninstall completely what you have, search for the sus files mentioned in article and only download from official site
Notepad++ users take note: It's time to check if you're hacked
Suspected China-state hackers used update infrastructure to deliver backdoored version.
arstechnica.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:02 AM
In case you missed yesterday, Notepad++ auto-update mechanism was hacked and was delivering backdoored versions for a couple months. Tons of devs use this, uninstall completely what you have, search for the sus files mentioned in article and only download from official site
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Notepad++'s update mechanism was compromised from June to December 2025. They believe it was a state actor practicing selective targeting and not a no-hosts-refused malware gang situation. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/
Notepad遭国家支持的黑客劫持
Notepad hijacked by state-sponsored actors (notepad-plus-plus.org)
09:59 ↑ 182 HN Points
notepad-plus-plus.org
February 2, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Notepad++'s update mechanism was compromised from June to December 2025. They believe it was a state actor practicing selective targeting and not a no-hosts-refused malware gang situation. https://notepad-plus-plus.org/news/hijacked-incident-info-update/
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Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Google to pay $68 million over allegations its voice assistant eavesdropped on users
Class-action lawsuit alleged that Google's voice assistant illegally recorded and shared private conversations with advertisers.
www.cbsnews.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Do you remember when people were saying "I think my phone is listening to me, i'm getting ads for stuff I spoke about" and people said "They arent listening to you, they're just this good at predicting your interests"?
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
Well, it happens they were doing exactly that.
www.cbsnews.com/news/google-...
While it's good the blinds are torn off centrists and the politically disinterested, I fear this whole "a dead guy did it" may harm our understanding of the source of many problems:
All the powerful talk. They talk and they plan and they inspire each other. Not just on pedo island, but everywhere.
All the powerful talk. They talk and they plan and they inspire each other. Not just on pedo island, but everywhere.
February 2, 2026 at 10:57 AM
While it's good the blinds are torn off centrists and the politically disinterested, I fear this whole "a dead guy did it" may harm our understanding of the source of many problems:
All the powerful talk. They talk and they plan and they inspire each other. Not just on pedo island, but everywhere.
All the powerful talk. They talk and they plan and they inspire each other. Not just on pedo island, but everywhere.
At some point even the most naive, red-flag-blind, desperate-to-break-in workers should notice that This Company Doesn't Exist, or They Steal Your Kidney During The Interview. The team consists of... no one willing to give their name. Also, fake jobs! "Security"? Classic game dev job!
February 1, 2026 at 12:05 PM
At some point even the most naive, red-flag-blind, desperate-to-break-in workers should notice that This Company Doesn't Exist, or They Steal Your Kidney During The Interview. The team consists of... no one willing to give their name. Also, fake jobs! "Security"? Classic game dev job!
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🌌 Firmament 🌙
a customisable theme for bsky - v.1.0.0
- Customise colours & fonts!
- Pre-made themes!
- Replace the bsky logo?!
- Hide metrics!
Install with Stylus (Firefox/Chrome): userstyles.world/style/19357
Install with Userscripts (Safari/iOS): github.com/haraiva/userstyles/tree/main/bsky
a customisable theme for bsky - v.1.0.0
- Customise colours & fonts!
- Pre-made themes!
- Replace the bsky logo?!
- Hide metrics!
Install with Stylus (Firefox/Chrome): userstyles.world/style/19357
Install with Userscripts (Safari/iOS): github.com/haraiva/userstyles/tree/main/bsky
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
🌌 Firmament 🌙
a customisable theme for bsky - v.1.0.0
- Customise colours & fonts!
- Pre-made themes!
- Replace the bsky logo?!
- Hide metrics!
Install with Stylus (Firefox/Chrome): userstyles.world/style/19357
Install with Userscripts (Safari/iOS): github.com/haraiva/userstyles/tree/main/bsky
a customisable theme for bsky - v.1.0.0
- Customise colours & fonts!
- Pre-made themes!
- Replace the bsky logo?!
- Hide metrics!
Install with Stylus (Firefox/Chrome): userstyles.world/style/19357
Install with Userscripts (Safari/iOS): github.com/haraiva/userstyles/tree/main/bsky
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*twirling my hair and giggling* so what do we think... do you want this feature hee hee ha ha
January 29, 2026 at 11:36 PM
*twirling my hair and giggling* so what do we think... do you want this feature hee hee ha ha
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Still can't believe the latest Epstein Files release just casually confirmed the anti-SJW movement was planned by pedophiles.
"The entire reactionary anti-woke backlash was masterminded by child traffickers" is the kinda shit I'd say as hyperbolic agitprop, but it was true the whole time.
"The entire reactionary anti-woke backlash was masterminded by child traffickers" is the kinda shit I'd say as hyperbolic agitprop, but it was true the whole time.
January 31, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Still can't believe the latest Epstein Files release just casually confirmed the anti-SJW movement was planned by pedophiles.
"The entire reactionary anti-woke backlash was masterminded by child traffickers" is the kinda shit I'd say as hyperbolic agitprop, but it was true the whole time.
"The entire reactionary anti-woke backlash was masterminded by child traffickers" is the kinda shit I'd say as hyperbolic agitprop, but it was true the whole time.
Continuing my 5 year career plan of: Just be the only person left to do the job, as everyone else brain fucks themselves with gen AI, or repeated COVID infections, or whatever comes next.
“We found that using AI assistance led to a statistically significant decrease in mastery.”
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
Props to Anthropic for studying the effects of their creation and reporting results that are not probably what they wished for
www.anthropic.com/research/AI-...
How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills
Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
www.anthropic.com
January 31, 2026 at 6:51 PM
Continuing my 5 year career plan of: Just be the only person left to do the job, as everyone else brain fucks themselves with gen AI, or repeated COVID infections, or whatever comes next.
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For #GoblinWeek: a whole bunch of the portrait expressions I've drawn of the goblin girl protagonist for my still untitled, Tower of Druaga-like. Love drawing her so much!
More dev posts in the feed: tinyurl.com/goblingg
#GoblinGirlGame #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiedev #monstergirl
More dev posts in the feed: tinyurl.com/goblingg
#GoblinGirlGame #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiedev #monstergirl
January 30, 2026 at 11:23 PM
For #GoblinWeek: a whole bunch of the portrait expressions I've drawn of the goblin girl protagonist for my still untitled, Tower of Druaga-like. Love drawing her so much!
More dev posts in the feed: tinyurl.com/goblingg
#GoblinGirlGame #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiedev #monstergirl
More dev posts in the feed: tinyurl.com/goblingg
#GoblinGirlGame #pixelart #ドット絵 #indiedev #monstergirl
I start to see how you can easily get enough money to buy the presidency of, say, the US simply by stating you won't leak those files.
January 31, 2026 at 10:21 AM
I start to see how you can easily get enough money to buy the presidency of, say, the US simply by stating you won't leak those files.
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The wealthy have class solidarity and we'll only beat them when we have it too
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
January 31, 2026 at 12:19 AM
The wealthy have class solidarity and we'll only beat them when we have it too
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Me: If I post any NSFW art I might lose job opportunities or even have my payment methods or bank accounts frozen
Every third dude in politics and tech: Hello Mister Pedophile may I request passage to Nubile Redhead Beach it seemed ever so interesting. Best Regards
Jeffrey Epstein: yea h / .,
Every third dude in politics and tech: Hello Mister Pedophile may I request passage to Nubile Redhead Beach it seemed ever so interesting. Best Regards
Jeffrey Epstein: yea h / .,
January 31, 2026 at 4:28 AM
Me: If I post any NSFW art I might lose job opportunities or even have my payment methods or bank accounts frozen
Every third dude in politics and tech: Hello Mister Pedophile may I request passage to Nubile Redhead Beach it seemed ever so interesting. Best Regards
Jeffrey Epstein: yea h / .,
Every third dude in politics and tech: Hello Mister Pedophile may I request passage to Nubile Redhead Beach it seemed ever so interesting. Best Regards
Jeffrey Epstein: yea h / .,
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"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
Over 50% of game developers now think generative AI is bad for the industry, a dramatic increase from just 2 years ago: 'I'd rather quit the industry than use generative AI'
The latest GDC survey also found that managers are more likely to use generative AI than their employees.
www.pcgamer.com
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.
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When I was translating Kon Satoshi, in order to understand him better I spent time reading his personal blog. I'll never forget him writing "They say what Aronofsky is doing is an "homage." I know my English isn't great, but I don't understand the difference between "homage" and being "ripped off."
"a series he made with Google DeepMind and Salesforce, which will unfurl on Time Magazine’s YouTube channel every week"
Darren Aronofsky Has Reconstructed the Revolutionary War Using AI
That's the conceit of a series he made with Google DeepMind and Salesforce, which will unfurl on Time Magazine’s YouTube channel every week through the end of the year.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
January 29, 2026 at 8:48 PM
When I was translating Kon Satoshi, in order to understand him better I spent time reading his personal blog. I'll never forget him writing "They say what Aronofsky is doing is an "homage." I know my English isn't great, but I don't understand the difference between "homage" and being "ripped off."
Aranofsky built an entire career stealing shot-by-shot from other, not-as-known-in-the-west directors, so I'm 0% surprised he pushes regurgitated theft bullshit to his audience.
Tiny man with not an ounce of creativity. I hope he knows. I hope at night, in bed, the impostor syndrome eats him alive.
Tiny man with not an ounce of creativity. I hope he knows. I hope at night, in bed, the impostor syndrome eats him alive.
First trailer for Darren Aranofsky's new AI animated series 'On This Day... 1776'
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
• Tells short narrative stories about the Revolutionary War
• Uses Gen AI tools, including tech made by Google DeepMind
• Has SAG voice actors
January 29, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Aranofsky built an entire career stealing shot-by-shot from other, not-as-known-in-the-west directors, so I'm 0% surprised he pushes regurgitated theft bullshit to his audience.
Tiny man with not an ounce of creativity. I hope he knows. I hope at night, in bed, the impostor syndrome eats him alive.
Tiny man with not an ounce of creativity. I hope he knows. I hope at night, in bed, the impostor syndrome eats him alive.
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Finally did a print of my own art. 🥳
Came out well.
Get some yourself: scarfront-shop.fourthwall.com/products/aur...
Framed: scarfront-shop.fourthwall.com/products/aur...
Came out well.
Get some yourself: scarfront-shop.fourthwall.com/products/aur...
Framed: scarfront-shop.fourthwall.com/products/aur...
January 29, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Finally did a print of my own art. 🥳
Came out well.
Get some yourself: scarfront-shop.fourthwall.com/products/aur...
Framed: scarfront-shop.fourthwall.com/products/aur...
Came out well.
Get some yourself: scarfront-shop.fourthwall.com/products/aur...
Framed: scarfront-shop.fourthwall.com/products/aur...
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"There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society."
Please Don’t Say Mean Things about the AI That I Just Invested a Billion Dollars In
“[Nvidia CEO] Jensen Huang Is Begging You to Stop Being So Negative About AI” — Headline from Gizmodo - - — Guys, enough is enough. Bullying is a s...
buff.ly
January 27, 2026 at 7:27 PM
"There’s an extremely hurtful narrative going around that my product, a revolutionary new technology that exists to scam the elderly and make you distrust anything you see online, is harmful to society."
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Bro one time RPS did some previews of cyberpunk that were a bit negative and people did red string investigation videos to prove that we were getting paid by Disney to do it because of Tencent or something, and the writers couldn’t open their email inboxes without a hurricane of violent threats
January 28, 2026 at 9:36 AM
Bro one time RPS did some previews of cyberpunk that were a bit negative and people did red string investigation videos to prove that we were getting paid by Disney to do it because of Tencent or something, and the writers couldn’t open their email inboxes without a hurricane of violent threats
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Announcing Bog Bodies from Dreamfeel!
A "short hike”-alike 3d adventure set in a far future Ireland populated only by radioactive talking cats.
Players explore a late 19th c inspired landscape full of strange characters and stories...
A "short hike”-alike 3d adventure set in a far future Ireland populated only by radioactive talking cats.
Players explore a late 19th c inspired landscape full of strange characters and stories...
January 27, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Announcing Bog Bodies from Dreamfeel!
A "short hike”-alike 3d adventure set in a far future Ireland populated only by radioactive talking cats.
Players explore a late 19th c inspired landscape full of strange characters and stories...
A "short hike”-alike 3d adventure set in a far future Ireland populated only by radioactive talking cats.
Players explore a late 19th c inspired landscape full of strange characters and stories...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:50 PM
We're launching a website.
Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers.
jank.cool
If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.
Jank is an independent PC games website funded by readers.
jank.cool
If you like funny, thoughtful games journalism and can't stand adverts, deals posts, affiliate links, and other nonsense - Jank is for you.