David Church
@rabbitz.bsky.social
ES/EN. Writes. Draws. Designs narratives. Designs games. Ex-Blizzard.
Head of @assemblingchickens.bsky.social
Videogames/TTRPG/Antifa+/Horny Stuff/Fuck Capitalism.
Will occasionally ramble about ska.
He/him.
Head of @assemblingchickens.bsky.social
Videogames/TTRPG/Antifa+/Horny Stuff/Fuck Capitalism.
Will occasionally ramble about ska.
He/him.
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David Church
@rabbitz.bsky.social
· Oct 13
THREAD OF NARRATIVE MOMENTS THAT GIVE ME STENDHAL'S SYNDROME:
Reposted by David Church
As someone who worked in healthcare for half my career:
Do not - *DO NOT* do this. The amount of data in your medical record is fucking INCREDIBLE and you do not have *any* idea of how granular things get
DO NOT feed that into the slop generator that steals shit for profit already. It will be sold
Do not - *DO NOT* do this. The amount of data in your medical record is fucking INCREDIBLE and you do not have *any* idea of how granular things get
DO NOT feed that into the slop generator that steals shit for profit already. It will be sold
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 5:13 PM
As someone who worked in healthcare for half my career:
Do not - *DO NOT* do this. The amount of data in your medical record is fucking INCREDIBLE and you do not have *any* idea of how granular things get
DO NOT feed that into the slop generator that steals shit for profit already. It will be sold
Do not - *DO NOT* do this. The amount of data in your medical record is fucking INCREDIBLE and you do not have *any* idea of how granular things get
DO NOT feed that into the slop generator that steals shit for profit already. It will be sold
Reposted by David Church
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
January 3, 2026 at 2:08 PM
"international law must be followed" is european for "thoughts and prayers"
Reposted by David Church
Esto es mentira, que no os engañen. Un mes tardaron conmigo desde un diagnóstico inicial a tener todas las pruebas y estar operada. He tenido muy cerca dos casos de operación urgente y tardaron 5 días en uno de los casos y 4 horas en otro. Hay que defender a muerte lo que tenemos y mejorarlo
January 1, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Esto es mentira, que no os engañen. Un mes tardaron conmigo desde un diagnóstico inicial a tener todas las pruebas y estar operada. He tenido muy cerca dos casos de operación urgente y tardaron 5 días en uno de los casos y 4 horas en otro. Hay que defender a muerte lo que tenemos y mejorarlo
Going back into the dating pool (had its ups and downs, but it is nice to feel I can relate to people in many different emotional levels)
Many, many concerts, including learning more about the local scene.
Getting back my reading flow, being able to start and finish books.
Many, many concerts, including learning more about the local scene.
Getting back my reading flow, being able to start and finish books.
December 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Going back into the dating pool (had its ups and downs, but it is nice to feel I can relate to people in many different emotional levels)
Many, many concerts, including learning more about the local scene.
Getting back my reading flow, being able to start and finish books.
Many, many concerts, including learning more about the local scene.
Getting back my reading flow, being able to start and finish books.
Some highlights:
Travel that felt purposeful.
A demo on Steam.
Two projects that are hitting the ground and look insane.
A publishing deal.
Starting improv, both as a hobby and as a way of meeting a new community.
Eating much better.
Seeing my kid grow from a toddler into a child.
Travel that felt purposeful.
A demo on Steam.
Two projects that are hitting the ground and look insane.
A publishing deal.
Starting improv, both as a hobby and as a way of meeting a new community.
Eating much better.
Seeing my kid grow from a toddler into a child.
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Some highlights:
Travel that felt purposeful.
A demo on Steam.
Two projects that are hitting the ground and look insane.
A publishing deal.
Starting improv, both as a hobby and as a way of meeting a new community.
Eating much better.
Seeing my kid grow from a toddler into a child.
Travel that felt purposeful.
A demo on Steam.
Two projects that are hitting the ground and look insane.
A publishing deal.
Starting improv, both as a hobby and as a way of meeting a new community.
Eating much better.
Seeing my kid grow from a toddler into a child.
2026 is bound to have some challenging moments. For starters, @assemblingchickens.bsky.social needs to become profitable, which will probably take a lot of work and smart decisions, but I feel more ready than ever to grab the reigns of my life.
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
2026 is bound to have some challenging moments. For starters, @assemblingchickens.bsky.social needs to become profitable, which will probably take a lot of work and smart decisions, but I feel more ready than ever to grab the reigns of my life.
2025 recap: Insane.
On a larger note, it feels that this has been the year when a few seeds that were planted some time ago took root and started to flourish. I feel complete and (almost) healthy, and aligned with who I want to be.
On a larger note, it feels that this has been the year when a few seeds that were planted some time ago took root and started to flourish. I feel complete and (almost) healthy, and aligned with who I want to be.
December 31, 2025 at 12:26 PM
2025 recap: Insane.
On a larger note, it feels that this has been the year when a few seeds that were planted some time ago took root and started to flourish. I feel complete and (almost) healthy, and aligned with who I want to be.
On a larger note, it feels that this has been the year when a few seeds that were planted some time ago took root and started to flourish. I feel complete and (almost) healthy, and aligned with who I want to be.
All humans are able to self-govern given the means and space to do so.
And I do mean ALL.
And I do mean ALL.
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
December 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
All humans are able to self-govern given the means and space to do so.
And I do mean ALL.
And I do mean ALL.
Years of successful experiments and radical economic theories that consistently do the math: Anecdotal evidence
A bunch of ideas that some guys who were being paid to say communism was bad came up with in the 40s and 50s: Irrefutable truth.
A bunch of ideas that some guys who were being paid to say communism was bad came up with in the 40s and 50s: Irrefutable truth.
December 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Years of successful experiments and radical economic theories that consistently do the math: Anecdotal evidence
A bunch of ideas that some guys who were being paid to say communism was bad came up with in the 40s and 50s: Irrefutable truth.
A bunch of ideas that some guys who were being paid to say communism was bad came up with in the 40s and 50s: Irrefutable truth.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
Just finished episode 9 of Pluribus and wtf do you mean there are no more???
Is this what people who are not awfully late to everything feel like the whole time??? I don't like it...
Is this what people who are not awfully late to everything feel like the whole time??? I don't like it...
December 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Just finished episode 9 of Pluribus and wtf do you mean there are no more???
Is this what people who are not awfully late to everything feel like the whole time??? I don't like it...
Is this what people who are not awfully late to everything feel like the whole time??? I don't like it...
The whole Cameron's Avatar franchise is so soulless that I bet you can point to it as a pivot point in our society ceasing to consume art and moving towards consuming "content".
and not a penny to the Lakota, who’s story Cameron exploited to create a pseudo-pan-Indigenous alien fantasy that helps no one but his own pocket.
This world’s priorities are all wrong.
This world’s priorities are all wrong.
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So Avatar's James Cameron referred to the Lakota as a "dead-end society" that should have
"fought harder"
"I felt like I was 130 years back in time watching what the Lakota Sioux might have been saying at a point when they were being pushed and they were being killed and they were being asked to displace and they were being given some form of compensation," he said. "This was a driving force for me in the writing of Avatar - I couldn't help but think that if they [the Lakota Sioux] had had a time-window and they could see the future... and they could see their kids committing suicide at the highest suicide rates in the nation... because they were hopeless and they were a dead-end society - which is what is happening now - they would have fought a lot harder."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z3niwkals3quzvig6aztwbd2/bafkreiahua3fctol6m66z2udcau6umj5yiwybca2ikupbrz2xghl5qfnli@jpeg)
December 23, 2025 at 11:38 AM
The whole Cameron's Avatar franchise is so soulless that I bet you can point to it as a pivot point in our society ceasing to consume art and moving towards consuming "content".
We should start counting years backwards (as in next year we go back to 2024, the next to 2023...) just so 2000 years from now people start freaking out. "WHAT DID THE ANCIENTS KNOW? WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN YEAR ZERO???"
December 23, 2025 at 11:13 AM
We should start counting years backwards (as in next year we go back to 2024, the next to 2023...) just so 2000 years from now people start freaking out. "WHAT DID THE ANCIENTS KNOW? WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN YEAR ZERO???"
Flashback of how fun it was to use stick figures to represent complex sexual positions with many people involved when I was writing p0rn games...
Anyone who supports this is an embarrassment. "Instead of typing it out they'll generate their idea"? Are you insane?
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
Call yourself whatever you want but you aren't creatives, that's for sure.
December 20, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Flashback of how fun it was to use stick figures to represent complex sexual positions with many people involved when I was writing p0rn games...
By "pick their battles" I read "make billonaires extremely uncomfortable".
this shit, despite its faults, is not going anywhere and people are going to have to pick their battles
Larian CEO Responds to Divinity Gen AI Backlash: 'We Are Neither Releasing a Game With Any AI Components, Nor Are We Looking at Trimming Down Teams to Replace Them With AI' - IGN
This morning, the news broke that Larian Studios, developer of Baldur's Gate 3 and the upcoming, just-announced Divinity, is apparently using generative AI behind the scenes. The backlash has been swi...
www.ign.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
By "pick their battles" I read "make billonaires extremely uncomfortable".
For them, these characters take on an important role in their lives. Whether it's self-expression, exploring taboos/kinks, exploration or something else, their attachment to the character becomes important and they build a strong emotional bond.
And that's what I think people are asking about.
And that's what I think people are asking about.
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
For them, these characters take on an important role in their lives. Whether it's self-expression, exploring taboos/kinks, exploration or something else, their attachment to the character becomes important and they build a strong emotional bond.
And that's what I think people are asking about.
And that's what I think people are asking about.
As an ND writer, I've been baffled by this too. I never get attached to my characters in that way, thay are, after all, characters who serve a purpose for the story they are in, and I prioritize the story over them.
However, not all people do this. Some people are "character first".
However, not all people do this. Some people are "character first".
December 17, 2025 at 9:08 AM
As an ND writer, I've been baffled by this too. I never get attached to my characters in that way, thay are, after all, characters who serve a purpose for the story they are in, and I prioritize the story over them.
However, not all people do this. Some people are "character first".
However, not all people do this. Some people are "character first".
Una cosa que todo el mundo dice que le encanta de mi* es que me niego a pronunciar las cosas que sustituyen a letras como la letra a la que sustituyen, así que digo cosas como "clarrobave" o "pluronebus".
* No.
* No.
December 17, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Una cosa que todo el mundo dice que le encanta de mi* es que me niego a pronunciar las cosas que sustituyen a letras como la letra a la que sustituyen, así que digo cosas como "clarrobave" o "pluronebus".
* No.
* No.
There's a massive plot hole in Wham!'s Last Christmas that pisses me off.
HOW DID GEORGE MICHAEL GET HIS HEART BACK!?
HOW DID GEORGE MICHAEL GET HIS HEART BACK!?
December 16, 2025 at 11:36 AM
There's a massive plot hole in Wham!'s Last Christmas that pisses me off.
HOW DID GEORGE MICHAEL GET HIS HEART BACK!?
HOW DID GEORGE MICHAEL GET HIS HEART BACK!?
Espero que ya hayáis puesto todes el
December 15, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Espero que ya hayáis puesto todes el
"Specific Game Features" meaning that GTA VI will have game mechanics where you act as a masive corporation exploiting and abusing workers.
Rockstar now claims it was, in fact, the leaking of “specific game features from upcoming and unannounced titles” that led to the firings.
We’re going to have to see the company prove this in an employment tribunal & more than that, it’ll need to prove it for all 31 fired employees in the UK too.
We’re going to have to see the company prove this in an employment tribunal & more than that, it’ll need to prove it for all 31 fired employees in the UK too.
Rockstar has claimed the employees it recently fired were dismissed because they leaked game features for upcoming and unannounced titles in Discord, not because they were trying to unionize. https://bit.ly/48A0tTf
December 12, 2025 at 10:44 AM
"Specific Game Features" meaning that GTA VI will have game mechanics where you act as a masive corporation exploiting and abusing workers.
Same
Yo juro que me gustan los videojuegos. Supongo que simplemente no estoy en sintonía con ese evento y mucho menos con el Godofredo, el mayor “hacer famosos a gilipollas” de esta industria
December 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Same
(Everything is OK, just adhd bringing tunes into my head that won't leave until I pay attention to them...)
December 12, 2025 at 9:07 AM
(Everything is OK, just adhd bringing tunes into my head that won't leave until I pay attention to them...)
You can tell algorithms and corporations don't care about you because they saw me looking for and then listening to Louder Now by Taking Back Sunday and I didn't get a single "Hey, is everything OK?" email.
December 12, 2025 at 9:06 AM
You can tell algorithms and corporations don't care about you because they saw me looking for and then listening to Louder Now by Taking Back Sunday and I didn't get a single "Hey, is everything OK?" email.