Kate Compton
@galaxykate.bsky.social
Enthusiastic weirdo, creator and poor maintainer of Tracery and other software. Ask me about JavaScript!
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We're looking for more people to test our peckbuilder. If you like birds, cards, occasional bugs, and trying out new stuff, we have the perfect game for you! The secret sauce: instead of playing single cards you play sequences of three cards.
If you haven't playtested @neonaurelius.bsky.social's Sparrow Warfare, now is your CHANCE as their latest public playtest is liiiiiiiive.
If you love BIRBS and BIRBBUILDERS, then this is for you. Very fun and lots of modifiers.
youtu.be/0G6Ek4ADfbE?...
If you love BIRBS and BIRBBUILDERS, then this is for you. Very fun and lots of modifiers.
youtu.be/0G6Ek4ADfbE?...
Let's Play: "Sparrow Warfare" bird roguelike deckbuilder
YouTube video by Yunitex
youtu.be
January 5, 2026 at 1:13 PM
We're looking for more people to test our peckbuilder. If you like birds, cards, occasional bugs, and trying out new stuff, we have the perfect game for you! The secret sauce: instead of playing single cards you play sequences of three cards.
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I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
January 3, 2026 at 7:51 AM
I'm seriously starting to question the credibility of the FIFA Peace Prize.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
January 3, 2026 at 12:17 PM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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Moonset over some of my slightly above average ice cover 🌊🌊
January 2, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Moonset over some of my slightly above average ice cover 🌊🌊
Question that arose tonight:
What would be the best/worst/most-creative board game themed burlesque routine?
What would be the best/worst/most-creative board game themed burlesque routine?
January 2, 2026 at 5:06 AM
Question that arose tonight:
What would be the best/worst/most-creative board game themed burlesque routine?
What would be the best/worst/most-creative board game themed burlesque routine?
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What a dreadful year it has been.
January 1, 2026 at 7:26 PM
What a dreadful year it has been.
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Scrolling the bluesky timeline be like
January 1, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Scrolling the bluesky timeline be like
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A message for you all to carry through the year
January 1, 2026 at 6:32 AM
A message for you all to carry through the year
Thank you, 2025, despite it all you were still a year of life.
Grass grew,
birds flew,
rain fell,
mushrooms schroomed.
Grass grew,
birds flew,
rain fell,
mushrooms schroomed.
December 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Thank you, 2025, despite it all you were still a year of life.
Grass grew,
birds flew,
rain fell,
mushrooms schroomed.
Grass grew,
birds flew,
rain fell,
mushrooms schroomed.
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Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Talking to one of these types at a con who asked how I 'got in' with so many 'famous writers' who I'd been talking to and I said "we made friends before anyone knew who we were decades ago by striking up interesting conversations and enjoying each other's company" and he kept re-asking the question.
They have come to the convention hoping to "break in" and then find themselves -- shocker! -- a "nobody in the book world." Yeah no shit! We all are! I have gently told guys like this a million times that it takes most of us *years* of hard work but they do not believe that could be true for them. +
December 27, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Just gonna say this again for games sphere cus we get the same question:
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
Networking doesn't mean schmoozing up to famous people, it means making friends with your peers. Then in 10 years, 20, one of you might be famous? And sure you're still helping each other cus well yeah friends.
Make. Friends.
“The Samurai Turned Pretty”
December 28, 2025 at 12:44 PM
“The Samurai Turned Pretty”
Starbucks is playing “Theres a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” as holiday music
December 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Starbucks is playing “Theres a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” as holiday music
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And Tiny Sim, who DID die
December 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
And Tiny Sim, who DID die
Word of Warcraft
December 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Word of Warcraft
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2025 has been an incredible year for using computers to make things worse
December 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM
2025 has been an incredible year for using computers to make things worse
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i will never forgive the techbros for ruining computer
computer was the only thing i liked
computer was the only thing i liked
September 6, 2025 at 2:49 PM
i will never forgive the techbros for ruining computer
computer was the only thing i liked
computer was the only thing i liked
I suppet Benoit Blanc origin stories, but only if at the end, it zooms out to show a drug-addled wealthy person telling the story, trying to psychoanalise him, and he says “none of that happened.”
i live in fear of the day Netflix decides to make the Benoit Blanc origin story. just let him be a gay little man who swoops in and out of a bunch of different movies
December 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I suppet Benoit Blanc origin stories, but only if at the end, it zooms out to show a drug-addled wealthy person telling the story, trying to psychoanalise him, and he says “none of that happened.”
I should get another phd
December 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I should get another phd
Oh a self-important king drew cool plans for a gilded, cannoned-up fantasy ship?
Cant wait for it to sail several hundred meters in a mild wind, over a bed of anaerobic silt.
Cant wait for it to sail several hundred meters in a mild wind, over a bed of anaerobic silt.
December 23, 2025 at 7:52 AM
Oh a self-important king drew cool plans for a gilded, cannoned-up fantasy ship?
Cant wait for it to sail several hundred meters in a mild wind, over a bed of anaerobic silt.
Cant wait for it to sail several hundred meters in a mild wind, over a bed of anaerobic silt.
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What you're doing is the equivalent of asking a StarWars addled 10 year old for design ideas on your scifi game
I'm not joking that's literally how these models work
Can you argue him off StarWars? Sure. But do you know enough Extended Universe lore to catch when he sneaks back into it? You don't.
I'm not joking that's literally how these models work
Can you argue him off StarWars? Sure. But do you know enough Extended Universe lore to catch when he sneaks back into it? You don't.
December 22, 2025 at 4:22 AM
What you're doing is the equivalent of asking a StarWars addled 10 year old for design ideas on your scifi game
I'm not joking that's literally how these models work
Can you argue him off StarWars? Sure. But do you know enough Extended Universe lore to catch when he sneaks back into it? You don't.
I'm not joking that's literally how these models work
Can you argue him off StarWars? Sure. But do you know enough Extended Universe lore to catch when he sneaks back into it? You don't.
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I dunno who needs to hear this but using AI at your Early Concept phase, or for ideation, is literally the worst place to deploy it
It isn't creative, what it does is hand back tropes. That's what the model does: sift for likely responses to an input
It's like building your foundation out of memes
It isn't creative, what it does is hand back tropes. That's what the model does: sift for likely responses to an input
It's like building your foundation out of memes
December 22, 2025 at 4:19 AM
I dunno who needs to hear this but using AI at your Early Concept phase, or for ideation, is literally the worst place to deploy it
It isn't creative, what it does is hand back tropes. That's what the model does: sift for likely responses to an input
It's like building your foundation out of memes
It isn't creative, what it does is hand back tropes. That's what the model does: sift for likely responses to an input
It's like building your foundation out of memes
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☃️☃️ Good news everyone! ☃️☃️
The Electronic Literature Collection call for submissions has been extended to **January 31st.**
That means you can enjoy the holidays *and* still have time to submit your work.
Questions? Email us at elcvol5 [at] gmail [dot] com
The Electronic Literature Collection call for submissions has been extended to **January 31st.**
That means you can enjoy the holidays *and* still have time to submit your work.
Questions? Email us at elcvol5 [at] gmail [dot] com
Call for Submissions
The Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) seeks submissions for Volume 5 of the Electronic Literature Collection.
eliterature.github.io
December 21, 2025 at 4:00 PM
☃️☃️ Good news everyone! ☃️☃️
The Electronic Literature Collection call for submissions has been extended to **January 31st.**
That means you can enjoy the holidays *and* still have time to submit your work.
Questions? Email us at elcvol5 [at] gmail [dot] com
The Electronic Literature Collection call for submissions has been extended to **January 31st.**
That means you can enjoy the holidays *and* still have time to submit your work.
Questions? Email us at elcvol5 [at] gmail [dot] com
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I have a blanket policy to block any account with a name like “GoodSenseOpinions” or “Mr Reasonable” or “JustAskingQuestions” because if you have an actual life you dont name yourself after how unpleasant you are arguing on social media
December 22, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I have a blanket policy to block any account with a name like “GoodSenseOpinions” or “Mr Reasonable” or “JustAskingQuestions” because if you have an actual life you dont name yourself after how unpleasant you are arguing on social media