Anne Kirn
@houseofdarkly.bsky.social
Plush artist, puppet builder, Supervising Editor @ Jackbox Games, other stuff. I have approximate knowledge of many things. houseofdarkly.com
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Anne Kirn
@houseofdarkly.bsky.social
· Nov 19
Hi, I'm Anne, aka House of Darkly! Plush artist, puppet builder and merch designer, making stuff for myself and a lot of cool folks for 10+ yrs. By day, I work on party games at Jackbox Games. I like making podcasts and weird genre TV!
🌐 houseofdarkly.com
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always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.
February 4, 2026 at 3:04 PM
always bears repeating that this is NOT a financial decision. jeff bezos is worth over 250 billion dollars. he can afford to lose many millions and never even notice it. this is, at its core, a political and personal decision by bezos to destroy the post
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Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
A Day for Gaza
Today, The Nation is turning over its website exclusively to stories from Gaza and its people. This is why.
www.thenation.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 PM
Media coverage of Gaza has plummeted. So today on @thenation.com, we're doing something pretty special: we're only running pieces by people in and from Gaza.
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
We're calling it "A Day for Gaza." You can find links to all of the incredible pieces here. Please read! www.thenation.com/article/worl...
Currently debating whether to go to the walk-in clinic about this trapped nerve or whatever, because now the underside of my forearm hurts to the touch like a bruise on top of hurting to rotate my arm :/ Hard to know if there is an actual injury at this point
February 3, 2026 at 10:53 PM
Currently debating whether to go to the walk-in clinic about this trapped nerve or whatever, because now the underside of my forearm hurts to the touch like a bruise on top of hurting to rotate my arm :/ Hard to know if there is an actual injury at this point
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...horrifying message without context, thank you
February 2, 2026 at 10:42 AM
...horrifying message without context, thank you
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✨🪙🐀GOLDRATPURSE🐀🪙✨
✨🪙🐀GOLDRATPURSE🐀🪙✨
✨🪙🐀GOLDRATPURSE🐀🪙✨
February 3, 2026 at 2:46 PM
✨🪙🐀GOLDRATPURSE🐀🪙✨
✨🪙🐀GOLDRATPURSE🐀🪙✨
✨🪙🐀GOLDRATPURSE🐀🪙✨
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sorry everyone we at pencil company know you liked pencils, but we can't think of any new ideas for them, so we're discontinuing pencils tomorrow. also, you won't be able to access all your pencil drawings, please burn them, cool
Called and spoke with Adobe customer support and the guy told me Adobe is discontinuing Animate because apparently the company can't think of any new features to add to the program and they feel it's gotten stale.
So they're just GETTING RID OF IT???
So they're just GETTING RID OF IT???
February 3, 2026 at 1:03 PM
sorry everyone we at pencil company know you liked pencils, but we can't think of any new ideas for them, so we're discontinuing pencils tomorrow. also, you won't be able to access all your pencil drawings, please burn them, cool
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One of the central battles we are fighting today is “we can make things better” vs “no we can’t”- and holding powerful people accountable is a form of making things better.
“No we can’t” has been the winning party for my entire adult life!
“No we can’t” has been the winning party for my entire adult life!
Making it make sense: Epstein wasn't a global mastermind. He did not orchestrate a vast conspiracy that led us to today.
He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.
He was a very rich man with connections to other very rich men. The shared culture of these men is that they have a right to dominate and abuse others without consequence.
February 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
One of the central battles we are fighting today is “we can make things better” vs “no we can’t”- and holding powerful people accountable is a form of making things better.
“No we can’t” has been the winning party for my entire adult life!
“No we can’t” has been the winning party for my entire adult life!
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wood duck on a big wheel
February 3, 2026 at 2:54 AM
wood duck on a big wheel
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10yrs ago @djkirkbride.bsky.social @robertwilsoniv.bsky.social @gofrankgo.bsky.social @jordantboyd.bsky.social & I did a 3 part Dark Horse Presents story about a rock band that were also spies. It's never been collected. UNTIL NOW! LASER JOAN & THE RAYGUNS. Prelaunch starts now! Go sign up!
Coming soon: Laser Joan and the Rayguns
A 24 pg one shot adventure comic about an all-female rock band collecting the three stories that originally ran in DARK HORSE PRESENTS.
www.kickstarter.com
February 2, 2026 at 3:49 PM
10yrs ago @djkirkbride.bsky.social @robertwilsoniv.bsky.social @gofrankgo.bsky.social @jordantboyd.bsky.social & I did a 3 part Dark Horse Presents story about a rock band that were also spies. It's never been collected. UNTIL NOW! LASER JOAN & THE RAYGUNS. Prelaunch starts now! Go sign up!
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i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
February 2, 2026 at 9:37 PM
i know i've been pretty quiet but here's the result of my January: a totally handmade, fully-functional marionette created for a local winter-themed puppet show. she's called the Winter Maw & she'll eat you alive, just like real winter
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I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets.
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
February 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM
I swear to god, I left this cat alone for two fucking minutes with a jar of red beets.
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
Two. Minutes.
#CatsofBluesky
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just make the thing 🎨 🎶 ✍️ 💃
February 2, 2026 at 7:54 PM
just make the thing 🎨 🎶 ✍️ 💃
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#WorldOstrichDay :
#Ostrich in the #Byzantine Diakonikon-Baptistery Mosaic, Mount Nebo, Jordan, 530 CE.
Look how it has the right # of toes - only living bird species w/only 2!
🆔There was an ostrich subspecies native to the Levant & Arabian Peninsula that persisted into mid-20th c.: S. c. syriacus.
#Ostrich in the #Byzantine Diakonikon-Baptistery Mosaic, Mount Nebo, Jordan, 530 CE.
Look how it has the right # of toes - only living bird species w/only 2!
🆔There was an ostrich subspecies native to the Levant & Arabian Peninsula that persisted into mid-20th c.: S. c. syriacus.
February 2, 2025 at 10:35 PM
#WorldOstrichDay :
#Ostrich in the #Byzantine Diakonikon-Baptistery Mosaic, Mount Nebo, Jordan, 530 CE.
Look how it has the right # of toes - only living bird species w/only 2!
🆔There was an ostrich subspecies native to the Levant & Arabian Peninsula that persisted into mid-20th c.: S. c. syriacus.
#Ostrich in the #Byzantine Diakonikon-Baptistery Mosaic, Mount Nebo, Jordan, 530 CE.
Look how it has the right # of toes - only living bird species w/only 2!
🆔There was an ostrich subspecies native to the Levant & Arabian Peninsula that persisted into mid-20th c.: S. c. syriacus.
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Now you too can play a slowed down version of a game from 20 years ago with no actual level design or enemies and all it costs is a complete collapse of the world economy, biosphere, education system, and multiple entire creative industries.
Project Genie is an an experimental research prototype that Google gave @jaypeters.net access to this week, though he may not be using it in exactly the way Google intended.
Here's Jay's version of something like Super Mario 64:
www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
Here's Jay's version of something like Super Mario 64:
www.theverge.com/news/869726/...
February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Now you too can play a slowed down version of a game from 20 years ago with no actual level design or enemies and all it costs is a complete collapse of the world economy, biosphere, education system, and multiple entire creative industries.
There was a point where he'd deactivated and it was harder to do this, so... look now. It's easy.
February 2, 2026 at 10:15 PM
There was a point where he'd deactivated and it was harder to do this, so... look now. It's easy.
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I keep seeing the “reminder don’t use Adobe here are the alternatives” image going around and folks, the problem is not just that Adobe sucks, the problem is they’re blocking legal access to decades of art files utilized by individuals and entire teams
February 2, 2026 at 8:01 PM
I keep seeing the “reminder don’t use Adobe here are the alternatives” image going around and folks, the problem is not just that Adobe sucks, the problem is they’re blocking legal access to decades of art files utilized by individuals and entire teams
Abode really, really hates artists, which is weird, because that's their user base
February 2, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Abode really, really hates artists, which is weird, because that's their user base
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♻️♻️♻️MinnMax will donate $1 for every REPOST in the next 30 minutes to protect immigrants in Minneapolis.♻️♻️♻️
100% goes directly to the nonprofit VEAP, who provides mobile food pantry and rent assistance to those in need.
Donate or share today, help us hit $300,000! bit.ly/iceoutminnea...
100% goes directly to the nonprofit VEAP, who provides mobile food pantry and rent assistance to those in need.
Donate or share today, help us hit $300,000! bit.ly/iceoutminnea...
February 2, 2026 at 6:31 PM
♻️♻️♻️MinnMax will donate $1 for every REPOST in the next 30 minutes to protect immigrants in Minneapolis.♻️♻️♻️
100% goes directly to the nonprofit VEAP, who provides mobile food pantry and rent assistance to those in need.
Donate or share today, help us hit $300,000! bit.ly/iceoutminnea...
100% goes directly to the nonprofit VEAP, who provides mobile food pantry and rent assistance to those in need.
Donate or share today, help us hit $300,000! bit.ly/iceoutminnea...
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Brother Gregor is concerned
February 2, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Brother Gregor is concerned
There was a press conference about removing all vaccine mandates in FL earlier today (some already revoked). If you can't be bothered to worry about people in FL because you think it's "deserved," at least look at what the government here is doing, because it's a testing ground then a template.
February 2, 2026 at 3:13 AM
There was a press conference about removing all vaccine mandates in FL earlier today (some already revoked). If you can't be bothered to worry about people in FL because you think it's "deserved," at least look at what the government here is doing, because it's a testing ground then a template.
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Don't forget to check out some amazing Black Femme Devs this Black History Month!!! 👩🏿💻🖤🎮
go.bsky.app/88aYGTF
go.bsky.app/88aYGTF
February 1, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Don't forget to check out some amazing Black Femme Devs this Black History Month!!! 👩🏿💻🖤🎮
go.bsky.app/88aYGTF
go.bsky.app/88aYGTF
Dreams are supposed to be working through things from the day, but I remain confused on the meaning of a dream about the flashy, star-studded premiere of a play/performance art piece/escape room called "125 Actors Play Elijah Wood"
February 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Dreams are supposed to be working through things from the day, but I remain confused on the meaning of a dream about the flashy, star-studded premiere of a play/performance art piece/escape room called "125 Actors Play Elijah Wood"
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Beautiful design by Tsmishian (Alaska Native) artist to support those in MN via the ACLU NARF fund
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
Support Ptarmigan Squadron for ACLU and NARF
This rebel design, representing the Alaska state bird: the willow ptarmigan, along with the Big Dipper and the North Star, was created to stand in solidarity with the people of Minnesota and with ever...
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February 1, 2026 at 1:18 PM
Beautiful design by Tsmishian (Alaska Native) artist to support those in MN via the ACLU NARF fund
www.customink.com/fundraising/...
www.customink.com/fundraising/...