Lily Vivian
@gofastlily.bsky.social
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Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
December 16, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Using gen ai for text and asset placeholders is not solving a problem; games have been made for decades with regular placeholders. studios using AI this way are just testing the water to see what more they can get away with - which will inevitably mean laying off skilled workers, to make worse games
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I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
Tomorrow, the House of Representatives will vote on a bill that bans gender-affirming medical care for any transgender person under 18, and threatens any medical professional providing this care to youth with 10 years in prison.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Tell Congress to protect trans youth and vote NO.
Protect Trans Care Now
As wave after wave of extreme measures to criminalize and strip trans people of rights and safety continue, tell Congress to act.
action.aclu.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I know many things are awful but here is one genuinely useful and helpful thing you can do. No matter their party, your representative needs to hear that trans people and our families are not alone and this bill is an unjustifiable and extreme threat to criminalize the health care we need to live.
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She is 28 and her face looks like shes 45. Hate and evil really does age a person.
December 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
She is 28 and her face looks like shes 45. Hate and evil really does age a person.
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anyway, I nominate "slop" to be the @merriam-webster.com word of the year
April 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
anyway, I nominate "slop" to be the @merriam-webster.com word of the year
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PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
December 15, 2025 at 1:28 AM
PSA: there’s been an exploit for Signal and WhatsApp released that can be used to silently track you.
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Temp fixes for both can be done in your settings:
For WhatsApp: Settings>Privacy>Advanced>Block unknown messages.
For Signal: Settings>Privacy>Phone number>Who can find me by number>Nobody
Pronouncing Bluesky like brewski because no one can stop me.
December 14, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Pronouncing Bluesky like brewski because no one can stop me.
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global adoption of linux gets pushed back by 6 years every time a Linux Guy starts talking at me like max headroom
December 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
global adoption of linux gets pushed back by 6 years every time a Linux Guy starts talking at me like max headroom
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i believe people when they say linux has gotten better in the last few years. what i'm skeptical of is that linux Guys have improved. i will not use an OS where i'm at high risk of someone calling me stupid for not liking some aspect of the experience. i must be allowed to hate the computer
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
i believe people when they say linux has gotten better in the last few years. what i'm skeptical of is that linux Guys have improved. i will not use an OS where i'm at high risk of someone calling me stupid for not liking some aspect of the experience. i must be allowed to hate the computer
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If anyone asks "What even is art?" send them this image.
The highest of arts.
The highest of arts.
While digging through my Game Boy carts last night I found what might be my favorite bootleg find. The title and label really capture what I love about unofficial releases.
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
If anyone asks "What even is art?" send them this image.
The highest of arts.
The highest of arts.
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Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
December 12, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Sam Altman: hey I made a machine that stole literally all your stuff in order to make CSAM of your child actors, sometimes it encourages people to kill themselves
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Disney: Holy shit here's a billion dollars
Altman: the machine loses more than that each week but thank you. Soon it will become god.
Unlike AI, they couldn't foist VR upon us without our consent.
Ten years ago.
December 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Unlike AI, they couldn't foist VR upon us without our consent.
I got bored and recreated the Mass Effect 2 planet scanning minigame in Godot.
gitlab.com/gofastlily/p...
gitlab.com/gofastlily/p...
Lily Carbonaro / Planet Scanner · GitLab
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December 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I got bored and recreated the Mass Effect 2 planet scanning minigame in Godot.
gitlab.com/gofastlily/p...
gitlab.com/gofastlily/p...
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the degree to which trans people are expendable for a huge bulk of the Democratic party and aligned civil society is truly so demoralizing.
like, i've got no snark or jokes i'm just profoundly sad that so many powerful people who are supposedly progressive are so eager to throw us to the wolves
like, i've got no snark or jokes i'm just profoundly sad that so many powerful people who are supposedly progressive are so eager to throw us to the wolves
December 9, 2025 at 11:20 PM
the degree to which trans people are expendable for a huge bulk of the Democratic party and aligned civil society is truly so demoralizing.
like, i've got no snark or jokes i'm just profoundly sad that so many powerful people who are supposedly progressive are so eager to throw us to the wolves
like, i've got no snark or jokes i'm just profoundly sad that so many powerful people who are supposedly progressive are so eager to throw us to the wolves
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Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why Are Some Democrats Backing MAGA's Anti-LGBTQ+ Censorship?
From late-night host cancellations to removing LGBTQ+ history from government sites, politicians in both parties are contributing to the overwriting of the internet — a place where lots of queer and t...
www.teenvogue.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Just heard disappointing news that @warren.senate.gov will co-sponsor the Kids Online Safety Act again despite overwhelming opposition from LGBTQ, human rights, abortion rights, and racial justice groups.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
This is a horrific betrayal of her constituents, particularly trans youth and their families.
Why did no one tell me there was a Mass Effect board game?!
"A crowning achievement. Brilliantly marries depth and replayability"
"Clean, compact, muscular"
"Unique. Creative. Dynamic"
"Respects the people who're going to buy it"
"Genuinely stunned that's 40 quid"
modiphius.us/collections/... US / rest of world store. more links in my bio
"Clean, compact, muscular"
"Unique. Creative. Dynamic"
"Respects the people who're going to buy it"
"Genuinely stunned that's 40 quid"
modiphius.us/collections/... US / rest of world store. more links in my bio
December 9, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Why did no one tell me there was a Mass Effect board game?!
Palantir is the most dangerous company I can think of.
They're functionally unregulated and supported by wealthy dictators around the world.
This software is mind-bogglingly harmful in ways we'll be learning about for decades.
They're functionally unregulated and supported by wealthy dictators around the world.
This software is mind-bogglingly harmful in ways we'll be learning about for decades.
“Foreign influence” is one of the most dangerous phrases in U.S. education history. It’s been used for decades to justify surveillance, firings, and ideological purges (usually based on exaggeration or straight up lies.)
Now the surveillance system is being built by Palantir. Yikes.
Now the surveillance system is being built by Palantir. Yikes.
December 8, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Palantir is the most dangerous company I can think of.
They're functionally unregulated and supported by wealthy dictators around the world.
This software is mind-bogglingly harmful in ways we'll be learning about for decades.
They're functionally unregulated and supported by wealthy dictators around the world.
This software is mind-bogglingly harmful in ways we'll be learning about for decades.
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Very, it turns out.
Fuck this sport. Without officials that follow the rules why bother watching?
With that awful precedent set, why bother defending? Why bother racing?
Fuck this sport. Without officials that follow the rules why bother watching?
With that awful precedent set, why bother defending? Why bother racing?
So how cowardly are Race Control?
December 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Very, it turns out.
Fuck this sport. Without officials that follow the rules why bother watching?
With that awful precedent set, why bother defending? Why bother racing?
Fuck this sport. Without officials that follow the rules why bother watching?
With that awful precedent set, why bother defending? Why bother racing?
So how cowardly are Race Control?
December 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
So how cowardly are Race Control?
I stg if Oscar plays the team game I'll be mildly annoyed that I woke up for this bore-fest.
December 7, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I stg if Oscar plays the team game I'll be mildly annoyed that I woke up for this bore-fest.
The most expensive race track ever built so far and they forgot overtaking zones 🤦🏻♀️
December 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The most expensive race track ever built so far and they forgot overtaking zones 🤦🏻♀️
Yeah, no, I totally get it. I also ironically watch it with absolutely zero enjoyment of Chewie's family and a holographic Jefferson Starship.
Watching The Star Wars Holiday Special, but only as an ironic bit, just like I did last year and the last five years before that.
December 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Yeah, no, I totally get it. I also ironically watch it with absolutely zero enjoyment of Chewie's family and a holographic Jefferson Starship.
This is the exact level of quality control I expect from Lanborghini actually 😂
'Sometimes Bug Severity Isn't the Most Important Thing'
E.g. tarnishing the brand: 'Lamborghini sells a quarter-million dollar SUV with numerous software defects, including spelling the company name as "Lanborghini"' (from 2019)
betterembsw.blogspot.com/2019/01/some...
E.g. tarnishing the brand: 'Lamborghini sells a quarter-million dollar SUV with numerous software defects, including spelling the company name as "Lanborghini"' (from 2019)
betterembsw.blogspot.com/2019/01/some...
Sometimes Bug Severity Isn't the Most Important Thing
Blog: Good Practices for Embedded Software.
betterembsw.blogspot.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is the exact level of quality control I expect from Lanborghini actually 😂