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game designer (level/world), tech writer, and educator
he / him
wear a mask, don't die, pretty simple
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game designer (level/world), tech writer, and educator
he / him
wear a mask, don't die, pretty simple
(@silentw@toot.cat)
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I'm a mid-senior designer looking for work on game projects.
I'm a ~15 year veteran of both AAA and indie, with primary skills in level design and narrative design.
I've also done technical design, art, programming, tech writing, and technical QA
DMs are open!
#GameDevLFJ
I'm a mid-senior designer looking for work on game projects.
I'm a ~15 year veteran of both AAA and indie, with primary skills in level design and narrative design.
I've also done technical design, art, programming, tech writing, and technical QA
DMs are open!
#GameDevLFJ
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I need y’all (not y’all-y’all but normie libs who’ll catch this on their skyline) to broaden your horizons. it isn’t enough to disband ICE and DHS. that’s step 1.
step 2 is the entire post-9/11 security state must be dismantled.
step 3 is policing in general needs steep cuts and broad redefinition
step 2 is the entire post-9/11 security state must be dismantled.
step 3 is policing in general needs steep cuts and broad redefinition
January 25, 2026 at 5:34 PM
I need y’all (not y’all-y’all but normie libs who’ll catch this on their skyline) to broaden your horizons. it isn’t enough to disband ICE and DHS. that’s step 1.
step 2 is the entire post-9/11 security state must be dismantled.
step 3 is policing in general needs steep cuts and broad redefinition
step 2 is the entire post-9/11 security state must be dismantled.
step 3 is policing in general needs steep cuts and broad redefinition
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justification in “the long arc of history” is no real reward. it is a bitter taste that you grow accustomed to, but never one you seek out. oh to taste sweet things again
March 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
justification in “the long arc of history” is no real reward. it is a bitter taste that you grow accustomed to, but never one you seek out. oh to taste sweet things again
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for the oracle there is no joy to be found in being proven right after being ignored. there is no blithe witticism to be deployed, no invocation of “fuck around find out” that ameliorates. to do so would imply that it’s not about the prediction, but the proving. but prediction is often all we have
March 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
for the oracle there is no joy to be found in being proven right after being ignored. there is no blithe witticism to be deployed, no invocation of “fuck around find out” that ameliorates. to do so would imply that it’s not about the prediction, but the proving. but prediction is often all we have
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The virgin "we must slowly move moderate voters through moderate slogans" falling before the chad "the struggle illuminates the real relations of a society like lightning lights the pitch dark sky"
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
January 25, 2026 at 5:57 AM
The virgin "we must slowly move moderate voters through moderate slogans" falling before the chad "the struggle illuminates the real relations of a society like lightning lights the pitch dark sky"
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
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You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
January 23, 2026 at 11:50 PM
You can tell things are going well in America because accounts with names like MovieTVFunZone are posting things like, "THE PIGS ARE KIDNAPPING CHILDREN AND PRIESTS. THE TREE OF LIBERTY DEMANDS TO BE WATERED"
oh FUCK yeah
I wanted to redesign Scythe's texture alignment UI a little, so I asked Kronok to let me swap UI chunks out for my own editor utility widgets (or just drop them in the viewport). Here's what I got. The feature is coming in the next version, I'll put this out when it does
January 24, 2026 at 2:58 AM
oh FUCK yeah
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Do you live in Washington State?
I need you to do two things:
1) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...) & read HB 2112.
2) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112) & leave a comment urging your representatives to vote AGAINST the bill.
This is SERIOUS shit. Please!
My comment in the BLUE images.
I need you to do two things:
1) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...) & read HB 2112.
2) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112) & leave a comment urging your representatives to vote AGAINST the bill.
This is SERIOUS shit. Please!
My comment in the BLUE images.
January 22, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Do you live in Washington State?
I need you to do two things:
1) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...) & read HB 2112.
2) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112) & leave a comment urging your representatives to vote AGAINST the bill.
This is SERIOUS shit. Please!
My comment in the BLUE images.
I need you to do two things:
1) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...) & read HB 2112.
2) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112) & leave a comment urging your representatives to vote AGAINST the bill.
This is SERIOUS shit. Please!
My comment in the BLUE images.
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Washington- they’re trying the internet age restriction stuff here. Do you want to give up *your* privacy because someone else can’t properly parent *their* children? Comment, call, don’t let it pass!
Do you live in Washington State?
I need you to do two things:
1) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...) & read HB 2112.
2) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112) & leave a comment urging your representatives to vote AGAINST the bill.
This is SERIOUS shit. Please!
My comment in the BLUE images.
I need you to do two things:
1) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?...) & read HB 2112.
2) Go here (app.leg.wa.gov/pbc/bill/2112) & leave a comment urging your representatives to vote AGAINST the bill.
This is SERIOUS shit. Please!
My comment in the BLUE images.
January 23, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Washington- they’re trying the internet age restriction stuff here. Do you want to give up *your* privacy because someone else can’t properly parent *their* children? Comment, call, don’t let it pass!
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Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
January 22, 2026 at 11:55 PM
Now that the White House is using AI to edit photos of their political opponents to create fascist propaganda I’m wondering if anyone could have seen this use of AI coming. Okay I’m hearing lots of people did and they were forced to watch corporations smother the masses with the technology anyways
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guys this is like the most fun part!!! i don't know why people would outsource this joy-making process
"ChatGPT is great for brainstorming!"
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
Actually we have a tool for that already! It's called thinking. We use our brain. It's called brainstorming! Clue is in the name.
January 23, 2026 at 6:50 AM
guys this is like the most fun part!!! i don't know why people would outsource this joy-making process
the tick thing is mostly debunked - ticks taste VERY BAD, nothing eats them by choice.
But opossums are very cool and good critters to have around anyway!
Be kind to them, they are very nice and polite and only live for about 4 years, please make their short lives happy ones.
But opossums are very cool and good critters to have around anyway!
Be kind to them, they are very nice and polite and only live for about 4 years, please make their short lives happy ones.
January 23, 2026 at 7:22 AM
the tick thing is mostly debunked - ticks taste VERY BAD, nothing eats them by choice.
But opossums are very cool and good critters to have around anyway!
Be kind to them, they are very nice and polite and only live for about 4 years, please make their short lives happy ones.
But opossums are very cool and good critters to have around anyway!
Be kind to them, they are very nice and polite and only live for about 4 years, please make their short lives happy ones.
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it's overall good that we avoided the U.S. invading Greenland (for now) but i can't help feeling we missed out on at least one moderately good cover of Fortunate Son
January 23, 2026 at 7:02 AM
it's overall good that we avoided the U.S. invading Greenland (for now) but i can't help feeling we missed out on at least one moderately good cover of Fortunate Son
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We’ve been in WHO since 1948.
The United States has officially withdrawn from the World Health Organization.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
This is a shameful move that puts both Americans and people all over the world at greater risk from disease outbreaks, which require international collaboration to contain.
January 23, 2026 at 3:20 AM
We’ve been in WHO since 1948.
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🚨🏺Introducing our newest game: KILN!🏺🚨
An online multiplayer, pottery party brawler! Teams of colorful spirits sculpt ceramic battle armor on a pottery wheel, and the size and shape of your pots determine your play-style and abilities. Coming 2026 (yep, THIS year)!
youtu.be/mi0iRV0U3VY
An online multiplayer, pottery party brawler! Teams of colorful spirits sculpt ceramic battle armor on a pottery wheel, and the size and shape of your pots determine your play-style and abilities. Coming 2026 (yep, THIS year)!
youtu.be/mi0iRV0U3VY
Kiln Announce Trailer - YouTube
An online multiplayer, pottery party brawler! Launching 2026
youtu.be
January 22, 2026 at 6:53 PM
🚨🏺Introducing our newest game: KILN!🏺🚨
An online multiplayer, pottery party brawler! Teams of colorful spirits sculpt ceramic battle armor on a pottery wheel, and the size and shape of your pots determine your play-style and abilities. Coming 2026 (yep, THIS year)!
youtu.be/mi0iRV0U3VY
An online multiplayer, pottery party brawler! Teams of colorful spirits sculpt ceramic battle armor on a pottery wheel, and the size and shape of your pots determine your play-style and abilities. Coming 2026 (yep, THIS year)!
youtu.be/mi0iRV0U3VY
Now THIS is a perfect example of an idiot getting exactly what they deserve.
This incident should have triggered some really intense conversations with their manager and a PIP.
How can this person justify being paid anything if they're outsourcing their entire job to ChatGPT?
This incident should have triggered some really intense conversations with their manager and a PIP.
How can this person justify being paid anything if they're outsourcing their entire job to ChatGPT?
lmao get wrecked imo www.nature.com/articles/d41...
When two years of academic work vanished with a single click
After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.
www.nature.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Now THIS is a perfect example of an idiot getting exactly what they deserve.
This incident should have triggered some really intense conversations with their manager and a PIP.
How can this person justify being paid anything if they're outsourcing their entire job to ChatGPT?
This incident should have triggered some really intense conversations with their manager and a PIP.
How can this person justify being paid anything if they're outsourcing their entire job to ChatGPT?
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Artists, in this bleak moment, I would ask that you continue your work, wherever you are, whatever your medium. Your work is important because embedded in it will be the history of the moment. We cannot let the future forget what happened. Let it come out naturally through your art.
January 22, 2026 at 2:18 AM
Artists, in this bleak moment, I would ask that you continue your work, wherever you are, whatever your medium. Your work is important because embedded in it will be the history of the moment. We cannot let the future forget what happened. Let it come out naturally through your art.
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Vaccines are cheap. Infectious disease is expensive.
If money talks, it needs to talk a lot louder on this one.
If money talks, it needs to talk a lot louder on this one.
Excellent new piece by @drjudystone.bsky.social on the measles outbreak and how it’s being made worse by the continual undermining of public health by The Regime.
Measles Surges In The U.S. As Public Health Systems Falter
Measles is revealing fractures in our public health system and insurance disparities. Each case costs almost $250,000. Misinformation about vaccine safety is fueling the rise.
www.forbes.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Vaccines are cheap. Infectious disease is expensive.
If money talks, it needs to talk a lot louder on this one.
If money talks, it needs to talk a lot louder on this one.
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Oh my god this is horrific
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, suggesting the public might want to reconsider the use of polio vaccines. www.statnews.com/2026/01/22/v...
Top CDC vaccine adviser questions need for polio shot, other longstanding recommendations
The chair of a federal vaccine advisory panel charted a new course for the committee in a podcast released Thursday, questioning longstanding recommendations.
www.statnews.com
January 22, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Oh my god this is horrific
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i am not being dramatic when i say that all this AI shit is a work of evil.
We set out to determine how many images of women and girls Grok created during its nudifying spree. What we found was “industrial-scale abuse,” experts said. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/t...
Musk’s Chatbot Flooded X With Millions of Sexualized Images in Days, New Estimates Show
www.nytimes.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:25 PM
i am not being dramatic when i say that all this AI shit is a work of evil.
I was joking about trying to spread a conspiracy theory that canine vaccines caused dog autism...
of course, I should have known that there were already people so fucking stupid they believed that.
vaccines are good. use them.
of course, I should have known that there were already people so fucking stupid they believed that.
vaccines are good. use them.
May I remind everyone that there is currently NO cure for rabies.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
May I also remind everyone there is absolutely NO scientific proof connecting ANY vaccine that we produce today with autism.
This is true regarding vaccination in both humans AND in dogs.
Vaccinate your pets please.
January 22, 2026 at 8:13 PM
I was joking about trying to spread a conspiracy theory that canine vaccines caused dog autism...
of course, I should have known that there were already people so fucking stupid they believed that.
vaccines are good. use them.
of course, I should have known that there were already people so fucking stupid they believed that.
vaccines are good. use them.
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I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
I have been actively involved in protest movements for 24 years. I have never seen anything approaching this scale. Minneapolis is not accepting what's happening here. ICE fucking murdered a woman for participating in this, and all that did is bring out more people, from more walks of life.
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heartening thread here. there is real, meaningful work we can do to protect our communities, we can learn how to do it from each other, and we don't have to do it alone.
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
January 22, 2026 at 5:43 AM
heartening thread here. there is real, meaningful work we can do to protect our communities, we can learn how to do it from each other, and we don't have to do it alone.
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Just want to pause for a second and remember that the drug using sext trafficking kiddie diddler was Trump's first choice for attorney general
The House Ethics Committee found that Matt Gaetz did all of the horrible things previously claimed—sex trafficking minors, prostitution (including of minors), drugs, drunk driving, obstruction, the works. The Florida Bulldog has secured and published the House report this evening.
January 22, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Just want to pause for a second and remember that the drug using sext trafficking kiddie diddler was Trump's first choice for attorney general
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I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.
Senator Gallego weighs in as well. Note that at the start of 2025 he was considered a *moderate* on immigration and co-sponsored the Laken Riley Act. Him and many other Dems have been increasingly horrified at what ICE is doing and shifted away from a "more enforcement" focus.
January 21, 2026 at 11:09 PM
I would argue that the case for dismantling ICE has, at this point, virtually nothing to do with larger questions of immigration enforcement and reform, it's just clearly incompatible with a free and democratic society to maintain a secret police force with sweeping and arbitrary authority.