silent w - looking for work
@silentw.bsky.social
actively searching for work in the games or education spaces - DM me if you've got work that needs doing!
game designer (level/world), tech writer, and educator
he / him
wear a mask, don't die, pretty simple
(@silentw@toot.cat)
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 10+ year veteran of both AAA and indie, with primary skills in level design and narrative design, but I've done technical design, art, mid-level programming, tech writing, and senior-level QA
#GameDevLFJ
I'm a mid-senior designer looking for work on game projects.
I'm a 10+ year veteran of both AAA and indie, with primary skills in level design and narrative design, but I've done technical design, art, mid-level programming, tech writing, and senior-level QA
#GameDevLFJ
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It was a major mistake that the Senate didn’t hold high-profile hearings and investigations into the corrupt Roberts Court when ProPublica was breaking the scandals.
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
look at what this leadership did with oversight powers of SCOTUS in the middle of multiple devastating scandals for the conservatives. look at the half assed impeachments and half-assed oversight during the teens.
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
It was a major mistake that the Senate didn’t hold high-profile hearings and investigations into the corrupt Roberts Court when ProPublica was breaking the scandals.
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
Now that same corrupt Court is blowing up NIH, NSF, and all of US basic science.
Our failure to pick a big fight with the Court 1/
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This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 10, 2025 at 12:43 PM
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
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Let’s be clear: this is class warfare.
Tens of thousands of working-class Americans are going to die because of this “deal.”
Real people. Real deaths. For another tax break for the rich.
Those who voted for it — Republicans and Democrats — are on the side the 1%, fighting against the rest of us.
Tens of thousands of working-class Americans are going to die because of this “deal.”
Real people. Real deaths. For another tax break for the rich.
Those who voted for it — Republicans and Democrats — are on the side the 1%, fighting against the rest of us.
This deal to reopen the government is fucking disgraceful.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
Tens of millions will lose their healthcare. Trump will be emboldened.
This is exactly what’s wrong with Democratic Party leadership and why we need more people in Congress who will actually hold the line.
November 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Let’s be clear: this is class warfare.
Tens of thousands of working-class Americans are going to die because of this “deal.”
Real people. Real deaths. For another tax break for the rich.
Those who voted for it — Republicans and Democrats — are on the side the 1%, fighting against the rest of us.
Tens of thousands of working-class Americans are going to die because of this “deal.”
Real people. Real deaths. For another tax break for the rich.
Those who voted for it — Republicans and Democrats — are on the side the 1%, fighting against the rest of us.
do NOT change your party affiliation. you're going to give up literally the one tool you have to push for change.
the USA doesn't have a viable 3rd party and will NEVER have one until some fundamental laws get changed, and you can't do that if you don't suborn one of the major political parties!
the USA doesn't have a viable 3rd party and will NEVER have one until some fundamental laws get changed, and you can't do that if you don't suborn one of the major political parties!
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.
One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 11, 2025 at 4:30 AM
do NOT change your party affiliation. you're going to give up literally the one tool you have to push for change.
the USA doesn't have a viable 3rd party and will NEVER have one until some fundamental laws get changed, and you can't do that if you don't suborn one of the major political parties!
the USA doesn't have a viable 3rd party and will NEVER have one until some fundamental laws get changed, and you can't do that if you don't suborn one of the major political parties!
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A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A reminder that this anti-trans panic is 100% bullshit and exactly none of our country’s problems are related to someone expressing their gender identity and everyone who isn’t a hate-filled weirdo knows it.
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This joke remains full of deep wisdom.
November 11, 2025 at 4:03 AM
This joke remains full of deep wisdom.
everyone has heuristics for how they judge other people in the world
but like
don't TALK about them. they're for you.
putting them out in public makes it that much harder to change if you find out one of them is wrong.
apropos of nothing specifc
but like
don't TALK about them. they're for you.
putting them out in public makes it that much harder to change if you find out one of them is wrong.
apropos of nothing specifc
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
everyone has heuristics for how they judge other people in the world
but like
don't TALK about them. they're for you.
putting them out in public makes it that much harder to change if you find out one of them is wrong.
apropos of nothing specifc
but like
don't TALK about them. they're for you.
putting them out in public makes it that much harder to change if you find out one of them is wrong.
apropos of nothing specifc
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you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
you cannot create a viable third party without changing the constitution.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
to change the constitution, you need control of one of the major political parties, at minimum.
anyone refusing to accept this is a fucking child i'm tired of entertaining.
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Realistically? Build community networks. Research local charities. Learn low cost food recipes and make physical copies. See what services your library offers. Consider access to media, including physical. Find a rec center. Greet your neighbors, borrow things if you can. Learn local tenant laws.
if you were wondering how to prepare for a recession, the advice on the internet is “have a lot of liquid savings” and “don’t lose your job” 👍 very helpful, who could have predicted “having money saved” and “having income” would help a situation
November 10, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Realistically? Build community networks. Research local charities. Learn low cost food recipes and make physical copies. See what services your library offers. Consider access to media, including physical. Find a rec center. Greet your neighbors, borrow things if you can. Learn local tenant laws.
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In other words, our eight traitors were paid by big pharma and the insurance industrial complex.
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
In other words, our eight traitors were paid by big pharma and the insurance industrial complex.
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Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
For Arc Raiders to ride the wave of human sociability all the way to the bank, while also being so contemptuous of the thing that makes us social animals in its own workflow demonstrates a lack of artistic integrity that I find impossible to ignore.
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
Our review: https://bit.ly/49bVn01
November 10, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Whatever production time and cost was "saved" by using AI for one of the most human-dependent disciplines in game making was actively obliterated by the act itself, overshadowing the hard work of every single other developer on the project and making this situation impossible to right. WHO KNEW.
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This shit makes me so angry. The reason why corporate plans require less money is because the company has leverage power to force a good rate with the insurance company. The idea that an individual could get a better deal than a collective is a lie.
I was at an event yesterday where Rand Paul spoke via video and talked about how great it was to send ACA money "directly to the people" so that they could work collectively to get better deals on health care.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This shit makes me so angry. The reason why corporate plans require less money is because the company has leverage power to force a good rate with the insurance company. The idea that an individual could get a better deal than a collective is a lie.
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We have been blessed with high resolution Robbit.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We have been blessed with high resolution Robbit.
was just on a wikipedia trawl and realized that the Golden Age Of Commercial Aviation is so, so over
when I was a kid we flew across the USA at least once a year and it was almost always on a Boeing 747. I remember running in the main aisles of this MASSIVE airplane...
when I was a kid we flew across the USA at least once a year and it was almost always on a Boeing 747. I remember running in the main aisles of this MASSIVE airplane...
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 PM
was just on a wikipedia trawl and realized that the Golden Age Of Commercial Aviation is so, so over
when I was a kid we flew across the USA at least once a year and it was almost always on a Boeing 747. I remember running in the main aisles of this MASSIVE airplane...
when I was a kid we flew across the USA at least once a year and it was almost always on a Boeing 747. I remember running in the main aisles of this MASSIVE airplane...
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Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Pretty much all affordability discourse could benefit from just posting this chart.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
If you're in the better off America, all the luxury goods you want in excess are for the most part much cheaper. If you're in the poorer America, most of the shit you need to live/grow is more expensive.
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california single-payer by 2027
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 AM
california single-payer by 2027
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Too many journalists are just the sloppiest pieces of shit you've ever seen.
They'll listen to a rich asshole spew utterly meaningless word salad, just slopping waves of nonsense, and not ever ask a single "what the fuck are you even trying to say? What the hell does that mean?"
They'll listen to a rich asshole spew utterly meaningless word salad, just slopping waves of nonsense, and not ever ask a single "what the fuck are you even trying to say? What the hell does that mean?"
July 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Too many journalists are just the sloppiest pieces of shit you've ever seen.
They'll listen to a rich asshole spew utterly meaningless word salad, just slopping waves of nonsense, and not ever ask a single "what the fuck are you even trying to say? What the hell does that mean?"
They'll listen to a rich asshole spew utterly meaningless word salad, just slopping waves of nonsense, and not ever ask a single "what the fuck are you even trying to say? What the hell does that mean?"
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If you think my essays are useful, 250 people chipping in $20 and 250 people quote tweeting with this or any other of my articles would be really helpful. I'm not expecting my car to get paid off or my student loans to be covered here, but I do still need assistance
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT! I HAVE WRITTEN A NEW ARTICLE!
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
this one's a bit weird; rather than doing my usual "trying to organize my thoughts and building a winding case that builds on itself," I decided to show you what my EARLY article creation process looks like:
docseuss.medium.com/some-loosely...
some loosely organized thoughts about dialogue sysin games
think of this as me trying to find out what parts of dialogue choices are load bearing game design and what else can be done with dialogue.
docseuss.medium.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
If you think my essays are useful, 250 people chipping in $20 and 250 people quote tweeting with this or any other of my articles would be really helpful. I'm not expecting my car to get paid off or my student loans to be covered here, but I do still need assistance
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Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Important to understand this. There's a reasonable chance that your Dem Senator who voted against it and is acting mad now was in on the play. It's the same reason why they scheduled the surrender for AFTER the election this week. They didn't want people pissed at Dems right before an election.
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If your senators voted "No" then you should call them and immediately pressure them to depose of Schumer
Schumer can be removed from his Dem leadership role this week - 23 Dems (and/or independents) just have to vote to depose him
And they should, given this is his fault.
And they should, given this is his fault.
This is a lovely sentiment but Schumer isn't up for re-election until 2028 and he knows this. At which point he will be 77/78. There's no mechanism to recall a sitting senator AFAIK.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
If your senators voted "No" then you should call them and immediately pressure them to depose of Schumer
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THIS!!!
A. You cannot trade anything for a Republican promise. Their promises are worth nothing.
B. The House can simply refuse to consider it even if they actually allow a vote in the Senate and somehow don't vote it down.
THE ONLY THING THIS WILL DO IS KILL THE MOMENTUM DEMOCRATS ARE HAVING.
A. You cannot trade anything for a Republican promise. Their promises are worth nothing.
B. The House can simply refuse to consider it even if they actually allow a vote in the Senate and somehow don't vote it down.
THE ONLY THING THIS WILL DO IS KILL THE MOMENTUM DEMOCRATS ARE HAVING.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
THIS!!!
A. You cannot trade anything for a Republican promise. Their promises are worth nothing.
B. The House can simply refuse to consider it even if they actually allow a vote in the Senate and somehow don't vote it down.
THE ONLY THING THIS WILL DO IS KILL THE MOMENTUM DEMOCRATS ARE HAVING.
A. You cannot trade anything for a Republican promise. Their promises are worth nothing.
B. The House can simply refuse to consider it even if they actually allow a vote in the Senate and somehow don't vote it down.
THE ONLY THING THIS WILL DO IS KILL THE MOMENTUM DEMOCRATS ARE HAVING.
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I used to think people who said "Primary all of them." In relation to Dems were being "a bit much."
I was wrong, and they are right. These people are not representing us. They are not fighting for us.
Primary all of them. Every single one that isn't willing to be a Mamdani.
I was wrong, and they are right. These people are not representing us. They are not fighting for us.
Primary all of them. Every single one that isn't willing to be a Mamdani.
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I used to think people who said "Primary all of them." In relation to Dems were being "a bit much."
I was wrong, and they are right. These people are not representing us. They are not fighting for us.
Primary all of them. Every single one that isn't willing to be a Mamdani.
I was wrong, and they are right. These people are not representing us. They are not fighting for us.
Primary all of them. Every single one that isn't willing to be a Mamdani.
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The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The original Dem demands were:
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
1) Permanent ACA subsidies
2) Medicaid funding restored
3) No more blank checks for the regime (rescission)
They dropped Medicaid immediately. Went silent on rescission. Cut back to 1 year of subsidies on Friday. And surrendered today.
The Senate Democrats!
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Alright who’s got the list of the turncoat motherfuckers who voted for this shit
You’re fucking telling me that we went through this pain and uncertainty for fucking nothing?? A “vote to extend ACA subsidies” is not fucking actually extending those subsidies
They don’t give a fig about us, my GOD
You’re fucking telling me that we went through this pain and uncertainty for fucking nothing?? A “vote to extend ACA subsidies” is not fucking actually extending those subsidies
They don’t give a fig about us, my GOD
Senate reaches deal to reopen government after moderate Democrats cave
Senate Reaches Deal To Reopen Government After Moderate Democrats Cave
Republicans found enough Democrats willing to drop their party's demand to extend soon-to-expire health care subsidies for millions of people.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Alright who’s got the list of the turncoat motherfuckers who voted for this shit
You’re fucking telling me that we went through this pain and uncertainty for fucking nothing?? A “vote to extend ACA subsidies” is not fucking actually extending those subsidies
They don’t give a fig about us, my GOD
You’re fucking telling me that we went through this pain and uncertainty for fucking nothing?? A “vote to extend ACA subsidies” is not fucking actually extending those subsidies
They don’t give a fig about us, my GOD