Craig Tyhurst
@thewilytouchstone.bsky.social
Crafter of characters, master of games, and teller of stories.
Any/all personal pronouns.
Any/all personal pronouns.
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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there was an amazing article about exactly this somewhere
in the old days where everyone was paid well and was unionized, this chart was reversed, living expenses were cheap but luxuries like TVs and whatnot were what you had to save up for. You could live a comfortable life if you were frugal
in the old days where everyone was paid well and was unionized, this chart was reversed, living expenses were cheap but luxuries like TVs and whatnot were what you had to save up for. You could live a comfortable life if you were frugal
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 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM
there was an amazing article about exactly this somewhere
in the old days where everyone was paid well and was unionized, this chart was reversed, living expenses were cheap but luxuries like TVs and whatnot were what you had to save up for. You could live a comfortable life if you were frugal
in the old days where everyone was paid well and was unionized, this chart was reversed, living expenses were cheap but luxuries like TVs and whatnot were what you had to save up for. You could live a comfortable life if you were frugal
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You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
You can love someone you love even if you don't love yourself🏳️⚧️
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
But if you love yourself, you can love both yourself and the person you love. Your love becomes twofold.
So take care of yourself.
Your soul is beautiful.
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Only a couple of major news outlets (CNN, USA) are covering this at all. You would think if the goal was clicks and views, this would be all over the media. If clicks are not the goal, it makes you think about: what is?
"Quiet! Quiet, Piggy."
November 18, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Only a couple of major news outlets (CNN, USA) are covering this at all. You would think if the goal was clicks and views, this would be all over the media. If clicks are not the goal, it makes you think about: what is?
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The time is upon us! Her 18th birthday is THURSDAY!
So, I'm adding a 30% discount - AKA $50+ off - to each of the live games I'm doing with @itsbeththebard.bsky.social!
Plus you can still use code 14Day50 on TheUndisputedAcademy to get 50% off there as well!
ko-fi.com/bdavewalters...
So, I'm adding a 30% discount - AKA $50+ off - to each of the live games I'm doing with @itsbeththebard.bsky.social!
Plus you can still use code 14Day50 on TheUndisputedAcademy to get 50% off there as well!
ko-fi.com/bdavewalters...
November 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The time is upon us! Her 18th birthday is THURSDAY!
So, I'm adding a 30% discount - AKA $50+ off - to each of the live games I'm doing with @itsbeththebard.bsky.social!
Plus you can still use code 14Day50 on TheUndisputedAcademy to get 50% off there as well!
ko-fi.com/bdavewalters...
So, I'm adding a 30% discount - AKA $50+ off - to each of the live games I'm doing with @itsbeththebard.bsky.social!
Plus you can still use code 14Day50 on TheUndisputedAcademy to get 50% off there as well!
ko-fi.com/bdavewalters...
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The opioid crisis the Sackler family intentionally began costs the United States roughly $4 trillion a year.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Judge formally approves Purdue Pharma opioid settlement, with Sacklers paying up to $7B and some funds going to victims.
November 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The opioid crisis the Sackler family intentionally began costs the United States roughly $4 trillion a year.
SPOILER: For White, Evangelical megachurches, you need to be a paying subscriber to gain access to their "outreach programs".
If your "charity" comes with caveats or prerequisites, it's not charity; it's a facade to conceal the accumulation of power, obedience, and wealth under the guise of piety.
If your "charity" comes with caveats or prerequisites, it's not charity; it's a facade to conceal the accumulation of power, obedience, and wealth under the guise of piety.
A woman on TikTok did a very simple experiment:
With SNAP benefits paused, would churches give a poor mother with an infant who was starving a can of baby formula?
Spoiler alert: the Protestants failed.
religionunplugged.com/news/kentuck...
With SNAP benefits paused, would churches give a poor mother with an infant who was starving a can of baby formula?
Spoiler alert: the Protestants failed.
religionunplugged.com/news/kentuck...
Woman’s Church ‘Baby Formula Test’ Goes Viral, Exposing Compassion Gap
A Kentucky woman who was turned down by dozens of churches of various denominations and sizes in the Bible Belt in donating formula to her hungry baby has created a TikTok sensation. Fortunately, a fe...
religionunplugged.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
SPOILER: For White, Evangelical megachurches, you need to be a paying subscriber to gain access to their "outreach programs".
If your "charity" comes with caveats or prerequisites, it's not charity; it's a facade to conceal the accumulation of power, obedience, and wealth under the guise of piety.
If your "charity" comes with caveats or prerequisites, it's not charity; it's a facade to conceal the accumulation of power, obedience, and wealth under the guise of piety.
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One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
One of the strangest aspects of aging that they don't warn you about is watching as history gets rewritten right in front of your face and people 20 years younger than you confidently tell you about something you lived through and get it completely wrong.
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~ timeline cleanse ~
parents freed a hummingbird from a skylight with a coleus flower attached to a pole
November 18, 2025 at 2:07 AM
~ timeline cleanse ~
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Friends,
I never ask people to retweet/reskeet something I've posted, but this is REALLY important to me and to a lot of dedicated, hardworking people who've been shit on over and over again for the last 10 months.
PLEASE reskeet this and PLEASE call your Senators and Representatives.
I never ask people to retweet/reskeet something I've posted, but this is REALLY important to me and to a lot of dedicated, hardworking people who've been shit on over and over again for the last 10 months.
PLEASE reskeet this and PLEASE call your Senators and Representatives.
Thanks to the Epstein files, all of America knows what a Discharge Petition is.
Here's another one that's reached 218 signers-- the Protect America's Workforce Act, that would undo Trump's unlawful anti-union executive orders.
Call your Congresscritters to support it.
www.afge.org/publication/...
Here's another one that's reached 218 signers-- the Protect America's Workforce Act, that would undo Trump's unlawful anti-union executive orders.
Call your Congresscritters to support it.
www.afge.org/publication/...
Bipartisan House Coalition Hits 218 Signatures to Force Vote Protecting Federal Workers’ Union Rights
AFGE thanks lawmakers for standing with federal employees.
www.afge.org
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Friends,
I never ask people to retweet/reskeet something I've posted, but this is REALLY important to me and to a lot of dedicated, hardworking people who've been shit on over and over again for the last 10 months.
PLEASE reskeet this and PLEASE call your Senators and Representatives.
I never ask people to retweet/reskeet something I've posted, but this is REALLY important to me and to a lot of dedicated, hardworking people who've been shit on over and over again for the last 10 months.
PLEASE reskeet this and PLEASE call your Senators and Representatives.
Jeez, any time I think about Overwatch anymore I just get sad seeing what the IP has become.
A new character trailer dropped and it both hurt my eyes and baffled me because I have no idea who this is supposed to be and why the hell I am supposed to care.
It looks like a League fan animation, FFS!
A new character trailer dropped and it both hurt my eyes and baffled me because I have no idea who this is supposed to be and why the hell I am supposed to care.
It looks like a League fan animation, FFS!
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Jeez, any time I think about Overwatch anymore I just get sad seeing what the IP has become.
A new character trailer dropped and it both hurt my eyes and baffled me because I have no idea who this is supposed to be and why the hell I am supposed to care.
It looks like a League fan animation, FFS!
A new character trailer dropped and it both hurt my eyes and baffled me because I have no idea who this is supposed to be and why the hell I am supposed to care.
It looks like a League fan animation, FFS!
Thinking that there is any cultural value to wholly AI-generated media is the equivalent of looking at a piece of toast with a burn in a vaguely humanoid shape & arguing that toast is now worth millions of dollars because you insist that there is some profound, spiritual meaning to be found in it.
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Thinking that there is any cultural value to wholly AI-generated media is the equivalent of looking at a piece of toast with a burn in a vaguely humanoid shape & arguing that toast is now worth millions of dollars because you insist that there is some profound, spiritual meaning to be found in it.
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The beacons are lit! Tanya
@cypheroftyr.bsky.social calls for aid!
Tanya is one of the kindest, realest humans I've ever had the pleasure to meet. She's helped me countless times, and I've seen her others more times than I can count. If she's asking, the need is REAL. Please donate if you can
@cypheroftyr.bsky.social calls for aid!
Tanya is one of the kindest, realest humans I've ever had the pleasure to meet. She's helped me countless times, and I've seen her others more times than I can count. If she's asking, the need is REAL. Please donate if you can
So I did the thing after some encouragement to update the goal. Not fussed if we don't hit it, but that cushion would make the next 3 -4 months much easier since job hunting is... demoralizing at best.
Hopefully no one sees this as greedy, or milking folks who want to help out. gofund.me/68950306a
Hopefully no one sees this as greedy, or milking folks who want to help out. gofund.me/68950306a
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The beacons are lit! Tanya
@cypheroftyr.bsky.social calls for aid!
Tanya is one of the kindest, realest humans I've ever had the pleasure to meet. She's helped me countless times, and I've seen her others more times than I can count. If she's asking, the need is REAL. Please donate if you can
@cypheroftyr.bsky.social calls for aid!
Tanya is one of the kindest, realest humans I've ever had the pleasure to meet. She's helped me countless times, and I've seen her others more times than I can count. If she's asking, the need is REAL. Please donate if you can
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The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
November 17, 2025 at 6:37 AM
The AI bubble may be about to bust.
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
Peter Thiel has sold all of his Nvidia stock.
We all need to say this very clearly:
NO BAILOUTS FOR THEFT-TECH!
Expropriate their asses instead.
They stole from all of us and fully plan to burn the planet.
They owe us - not the other way around. 1/3
What are your top 5 movie genres?
Mine are:
- Town learns life lesson by dancing/singing
- Rich people suck; hit 'em with your car
- Bigots suck; hit 'em with your car
- Fantasy/sci-fi parable about real world politics/culture, so chuds on the internet say "It's not that deep, bro"
- Cartoon
Mine are:
- Town learns life lesson by dancing/singing
- Rich people suck; hit 'em with your car
- Bigots suck; hit 'em with your car
- Fantasy/sci-fi parable about real world politics/culture, so chuds on the internet say "It's not that deep, bro"
- Cartoon
What are your top five movie genres? Mine are:
- Final girl is the danger
- Final girl is goth, hella gay, and hunts slashers
- Final girl meets maybe slasher but surprise he’s friendly and wants to help her hunt the slashers
- Seriously where is my Hack/Slash movie
- TIM SEELEY THIS IS FOR YOU
- Final girl is the danger
- Final girl is goth, hella gay, and hunts slashers
- Final girl meets maybe slasher but surprise he’s friendly and wants to help her hunt the slashers
- Seriously where is my Hack/Slash movie
- TIM SEELEY THIS IS FOR YOU
What are your top 5 movie genres? Mine are:
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
-Awkward teen gets shit together
-Awkward sports team gets shit together
-Seven murderers get together, save town whose shit is not together
-Two people, whose shit is not together, meet, fall in love, break up, get shit together, get together
-Revenge
November 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
What are your top 5 movie genres?
Mine are:
- Town learns life lesson by dancing/singing
- Rich people suck; hit 'em with your car
- Bigots suck; hit 'em with your car
- Fantasy/sci-fi parable about real world politics/culture, so chuds on the internet say "It's not that deep, bro"
- Cartoon
Mine are:
- Town learns life lesson by dancing/singing
- Rich people suck; hit 'em with your car
- Bigots suck; hit 'em with your car
- Fantasy/sci-fi parable about real world politics/culture, so chuds on the internet say "It's not that deep, bro"
- Cartoon
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Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
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 5:50 PM
Uh
this is
enormous
this is
enormous
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@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
at one point, i watched a cook county sheriff’s officer (who appears to be in charge) point out a priest in the crowd.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
he and a couple officers then went into the crowd , dragged him into the street, and arrested him.
situation is still tense as crowd jostles with police to get into the street.
November 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
@govpritzker.illinois.gov I want you to watch this video of me slammed to the ground- why are you allowing this to happen to people you know are on the right side of history. They tied my hands behind my back and when I asked them to be loosened because I was going numb they said, “STFU.”
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NASA posted a photo of Jupiter under ultraviolet light 🏳️⚧️
November 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
NASA posted a photo of Jupiter under ultraviolet light 🏳️⚧️
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“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 AM
“Housing shortage – Jews to blame," letter sticker, German Reich, 1938
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
zwangsraeume.berlin/en/context
Crimes are only crimes when they are committed by unprivileged individuals.
When they are committed by institutions (or the privileged those institutions protect) they are "tragedies" punished by inconsequential monetary fines.
When they are committed by authorities, they are simply never punished.
When they are committed by institutions (or the privileged those institutions protect) they are "tragedies" punished by inconsequential monetary fines.
When they are committed by authorities, they are simply never punished.
"what is your most woke opinion" is funny to me given most of the "wokest" opinions in my social circles are things you wouldn't post online under any circumstances
November 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Crimes are only crimes when they are committed by unprivileged individuals.
When they are committed by institutions (or the privileged those institutions protect) they are "tragedies" punished by inconsequential monetary fines.
When they are committed by authorities, they are simply never punished.
When they are committed by institutions (or the privileged those institutions protect) they are "tragedies" punished by inconsequential monetary fines.
When they are committed by authorities, they are simply never punished.
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So I did the thing before I chickened out (or came to my senses) and threw up a GFM as a stop gap measure. I hate doing it more than anyone will hate seeing another fund raiser.
gofund.me/f5615787f
gofund.me/f5615787f
Donate to Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt., organized by Tanya DePass
Like many of those in the games industry, I was laid off back… Tanya DePass needs your support for Chip in to help with the cost of existence while I job hunt.
gofund.me
November 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
So I did the thing before I chickened out (or came to my senses) and threw up a GFM as a stop gap measure. I hate doing it more than anyone will hate seeing another fund raiser.
gofund.me/f5615787f
gofund.me/f5615787f
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
Monetary economics is & always has been nothing more than a system of power enabling the extortion of human survival.
If we are to accept the "inalienable human rights" of "life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" we must abolish all such systems which limit free access to the necessities of life.
If we are to accept the "inalienable human rights" of "life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" we must abolish all such systems which limit free access to the necessities of life.
"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.
November 14, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Monetary economics is & always has been nothing more than a system of power enabling the extortion of human survival.
If we are to accept the "inalienable human rights" of "life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" we must abolish all such systems which limit free access to the necessities of life.
If we are to accept the "inalienable human rights" of "life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" we must abolish all such systems which limit free access to the necessities of life.
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The corporate death penalty.
If companies are legally people and we choose to legally execute people for certain crimes, we should be able to liquidate/nationalize a company when they commit similar crimes.
If companies are legally people and we choose to legally execute people for certain crimes, we should be able to liquidate/nationalize a company when they commit similar crimes.
"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.
November 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The corporate death penalty.
If companies are legally people and we choose to legally execute people for certain crimes, we should be able to liquidate/nationalize a company when they commit similar crimes.
If companies are legally people and we choose to legally execute people for certain crimes, we should be able to liquidate/nationalize a company when they commit similar crimes.
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It's unsettling how many people fell for the claim that an administration that hires open Nazi sympathizers and does a bunch of Nazi-like stuff is "fighting antisemitism."
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
If you thought sending horrific, racist texts was enough to get you shunned from political service, think again! trib.al/v2wPrV0
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 PM
It's unsettling how many people fell for the claim that an administration that hires open Nazi sympathizers and does a bunch of Nazi-like stuff is "fighting antisemitism."
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.
Some want to believe, agreeing with the regime's anti-free-speech and anti-academic freedom goals. But some just fell for it.