Katie Duffy
@kduffy1718.bsky.social
I do nothing of interest or import. Hopelessly in love with @youngmrduffy.bsky.social. Comes up with ideas, but not mechanics, over at third-country-press.itch.io. She/her.
This is like @hookland.bsky.social brought to life in our world, only without the wit and spooky charm. It’s just complete and utter horror, a hideous mutation of what we’re supposed to cherish about the winter season. And the sad part is that people will defend it in the name of “progress.”
“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
futurism.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is like @hookland.bsky.social brought to life in our world, only without the wit and spooky charm. It’s just complete and utter horror, a hideous mutation of what we’re supposed to cherish about the winter season. And the sad part is that people will defend it in the name of “progress.”
This. Also, my annual watch of @desertbus.org proves that Dr. Forester and TV’s Frank were onto something when they isolated a group of friends and subjected them to bad media for long stretches of time. It makes for an incredible viewing experience/psychological experiment.
Watching @desertbus.org each night always leaves me with the same thought
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This. Also, my annual watch of @desertbus.org proves that Dr. Forester and TV’s Frank were onto something when they isolated a group of friends and subjected them to bad media for long stretches of time. It makes for an incredible viewing experience/psychological experiment.
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Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
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Folks, a famous author isn't ever going to contact you out of the blue to offer you literary services. It's always a scam. Also, speaking as an at least semifamous author, you wouldn't want any services we did offer, we're just barely handling our own shit, much less anyone else's.
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Folks, a famous author isn't ever going to contact you out of the blue to offer you literary services. It's always a scam. Also, speaking as an at least semifamous author, you wouldn't want any services we did offer, we're just barely handling our own shit, much less anyone else's.
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Right wing agitators attacked the police in Mexico City amid an otherwise peaceful anti corruption protest, paid influencers rushed in to grab footage of the incident which ended quickly, and online troll farms from the US are amplifying it in order foment further civil unrest and/or civil war.
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Right wing agitators attacked the police in Mexico City amid an otherwise peaceful anti corruption protest, paid influencers rushed in to grab footage of the incident which ended quickly, and online troll farms from the US are amplifying it in order foment further civil unrest and/or civil war.
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British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
Scientists find hidden antibiotic 100x stronger against deadly superbugs
A team of scientists discovered a hidden antibiotic 100 times stronger than existing drugs against deadly superbugs like MRSA. The molecule had been overlooked for decades in a familiar bacterium. It…
buff.ly
November 16, 2025 at 2:50 PM
British and Australian chemists have discovered a powerful new antibiotic called pre-methylenomycin C lactone, hiding in a well-known soil bacterium. This molecule kills drug-resistant bacteria without triggering resistance. buff.ly/YlXaONo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
#ShareGoodNewsToo
This bundle sounds incredible cool, and it’s a damn shame that no one is buying it. Check out this collection of speculative fiction that is relevant to these times! itch.io/b/3348/burn-...
Burn It Down! by mcburnell and 17 others
Burn It Down!: 17 items for $16.00
itch.io
November 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This bundle sounds incredible cool, and it’s a damn shame that no one is buying it. Check out this collection of speculative fiction that is relevant to these times! itch.io/b/3348/burn-...
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Donation Drive!
The Flesh and Blood Ready to Play Bundle donated by Pegasus Games could be yours!
$7.20/multiples thereof for the next 39 minutes!
desertbus.org/donate
#DB2025 #FleshandBlood #CardGame
The Flesh and Blood Ready to Play Bundle donated by Pegasus Games could be yours!
$7.20/multiples thereof for the next 39 minutes!
desertbus.org/donate
#DB2025 #FleshandBlood #CardGame
November 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Donation Drive!
The Flesh and Blood Ready to Play Bundle donated by Pegasus Games could be yours!
$7.20/multiples thereof for the next 39 minutes!
desertbus.org/donate
#DB2025 #FleshandBlood #CardGame
The Flesh and Blood Ready to Play Bundle donated by Pegasus Games could be yours!
$7.20/multiples thereof for the next 39 minutes!
desertbus.org/donate
#DB2025 #FleshandBlood #CardGame
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Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
November 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Some inspiring words on cinema in the streaming era from the Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
Yes, THAT Pope.
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DAY ONE OF DAWN GUARD AND WE HIT $12 MIL LIFETIME!!! Thank you so much for your contribution to our work, we appreciate each and every one of you for getting us here! Now let's keep going to $13 million!
November 15, 2025 at 2:39 PM
DAY ONE OF DAWN GUARD AND WE HIT $12 MIL LIFETIME!!! Thank you so much for your contribution to our work, we appreciate each and every one of you for getting us here! Now let's keep going to $13 million!
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For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends
November 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM
For groundbreaking synthetic music pioneer Wendy Carlos' birthday, enjoy her in her home studio with cats and friends
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This year's shirt is now available with free shipping the US and discounted shipping internationally during @fangamer.com's Black Friday sale!
The radical scientists at @fangamer.com have concocted another totally awesome shirt for #DB2025! Beam over to shirt.desertbus.org to order this year's version, or a previous edition (in select sizes)!
November 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This year's shirt is now available with free shipping the US and discounted shipping internationally during @fangamer.com's Black Friday sale!
@desertbus.org starts TONIGHT at 6:00 pm ET! It’s the best week of the year! (Seriously, few things restore my faith in humanity more than watching these fine folk raise money for an amazing charity.) Tune in, donate, celebrate! desertbus.org/2025/
Desert Bus 2025
A charity fundraising marathon in support of Child's Play Charity.
desertbus.org
November 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
@desertbus.org starts TONIGHT at 6:00 pm ET! It’s the best week of the year! (Seriously, few things restore my faith in humanity more than watching these fine folk raise money for an amazing charity.) Tune in, donate, celebrate! desertbus.org/2025/
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hey remember how that one big tech ceo was on a panel in like 2021/22 where someone asked him about how remote work gave a lot more power to the workers and he chuckled and said “yeah well a little recession will take care of that”
I think about that often.
I think about that often.
Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
hey remember how that one big tech ceo was on a panel in like 2021/22 where someone asked him about how remote work gave a lot more power to the workers and he chuckled and said “yeah well a little recession will take care of that”
I think about that often.
I think about that often.
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With all the "For Girls" pink toy gendered nonsense I grew up with, here's what "For Girls" looked like in 1963:
November 13, 2025 at 2:15 PM
With all the "For Girls" pink toy gendered nonsense I grew up with, here's what "For Girls" looked like in 1963:
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So like do we have any reason to think that any of this Epstein stuff is gonna matter? There functionally isn't a rule of law rn and Democrats cave on everything they're all gonna be defending this in like a week
November 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
So like do we have any reason to think that any of this Epstein stuff is gonna matter? There functionally isn't a rule of law rn and Democrats cave on everything they're all gonna be defending this in like a week
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I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
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RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
RE starbucks picket line--the relevant detail is "picket line, do not cross." Pass that along. Proclaiming that you are in no danger of doing so because you are too aesthetically pure to let Starbucks coffee pass your lips is...unhelpful and does not give the impression you perhaps imagine it does.
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The photos crossed our radar first and we genuinely thought they were faked but nope! The Pope hates Illinois Nazis! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
Tales of Pope Leo, the Blues Brothers fan ‘on a mission from God’
Friends and family of the young Robert Prevost share tales of his Chicago antics before he became head of the Catholic church
www.thetimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
The photos crossed our radar first and we genuinely thought they were faked but nope! The Pope hates Illinois Nazis! www.thetimes.com/world/europe...
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Contaminated infant formula is really bad. @jnaleccia.bsky.social is paying attention. apnews.com/article/byhe...
A baby formula recall linked to an infant botulism outbreak is expanding. Here's what to know
ByHeart, which makes organic infant formula, has recalled all of its products sold throughout the U.S. amid a growing outbreak of infant botulism.
apnews.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Contaminated infant formula is really bad. @jnaleccia.bsky.social is paying attention. apnews.com/article/byhe...
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See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
November 11, 2025 at 12:17 AM
See, look, U.S.A., it's this easy
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
(and should have been done immediately upon the knowledge that these cheats and grifters were STEALING our work)
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I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 11, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
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These may not be the most dramatic pictures of the Aurora tonight, but they are still beautiful.
November 12, 2025 at 5:11 AM
These may not be the most dramatic pictures of the Aurora tonight, but they are still beautiful.
Major baby formula recall: Byheart infant formula has tested positive for botulism and has already hospitalized 15 infants in 12 states. PLEASE spread the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/h...
Infant Formula Recall Expands as Botulism Outbreak Grows
www.nytimes.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Major baby formula recall: Byheart infant formula has tested positive for botulism and has already hospitalized 15 infants in 12 states. PLEASE spread the word. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/h...