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UI/UX designer for games. Worked as UI designer on Insurgency: Sandstorm, Day of Infamy and more

Also on Mastodon: @thurnip@mastodon.gamedev.place
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January 14, 2026 at 11:06 PM
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Customers at IEKEI OSAKA who select Japanese see ramen priced at around 1,000 yen, or about 6.70 US dollars. Customers who select a foreign language such as English, Korean, or Chinese are shown prices closer to 2,000 yen, or roughly 13.30 US dollars.
Osaka Ramen Shop Threatens to Ban Chinese Customers After Two-Tier Pricing Dispute - Unseen Japan
Social media users in Japan have accused the store of discrimination and of "embarrassing" Japan with its blatant double pricing.
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January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
pra mim, isso é grego.
January 8, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Então vende logo essa merda toda. Foda-se. Parabéns aos acionistas. Logo serão comprados pela wayland-yutani.
January 7, 2026 at 11:17 PM
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A curious-looking Patapon

#Patapon #Ratatan #Blender
December 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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"The real harm of invading a sovereign state and kidnapping its leader? What kind of example does it set?"

My friends, the problem with doing these crimes isn't just that baddies might be emboldened to copy them... It's that we're doing crimes, and that probably means we're among the baddies.
“By proceeding without any semblance of international legitimacy, valid legal authority or domestic endorsement, Mr. Trump risks providing justification for authoritarians in China, Russia and elsewhere who want to dominate their own neighbors.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Attack on Venezuela Is Illegal and Unwise
www.nytimes.com
January 3, 2026 at 2:28 PM
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Libraries matter. Access matters.

After years of legal battles, the Internet Archive is still here—and still fighting for a world where everyone can read, learn, and remember.

@arstechnica.com tells the story: arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost
“We survived, but it wiped out the library,” Internet Archive’s founder says.
arstechnica.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Querida a comida na geladeira vai estragar pq estamos a duas semanas sem luz e está cada dia mais difícil de respirar, mas IA veio pra ficar e não podemos ser luditas
Às vezes o as notícias querem dizer alguma coisa
December 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
eu consumo a timeline ou ela que me consome?
December 20, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Waterfox: Firefox without the AI bloat. Free, open-source, and refreshingly focused on just being a browser.

waterfox.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Some thoughts on Mozilla's trajectory and Waterfox's stance on AI in the browser 👇

www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-h...
No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla's Next Chapter - Waterfox Blog
Mozilla's pivot to AI-first browsing raises fundamental questions about what a browser should be. While ML tools like local translation offer real utility, LLMs are opaque black boxes. Waterfox won't ...
www.waterfox.com
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I bet it would not yellow over time :)
Pentium Power! One of the sleeker looking non-Japanese PCs I've seen advertised in mid-90s PC mags. For $1695 and above, Zephyr will give you a rig with either a 486 DX2 66 with a Pentium Overdrive slot, or a speedy Pentium 90 - plus DOOM pre-installed!

📖: Computer Gaming World, Jan 1995.
December 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
wow! that's so cool. I can see a lot of the DNA that was transmitted to Dune2's art direction :) The font, the rendering, colors, music...
Heya folks, here's a new intro video, this time featuring the 1991 dungeon crawler Eye of the Beholder by Westwood Associates and Strategic Simulations Inc.

#eyeofthebeholder #videogames #retrogames #rpg #intro
December 10, 2025 at 1:20 AM
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“I am so bored by AI. One of the things I love about the theatre is AI can’t do it.”

Ethan Hawke is a dude 👌🏻
December 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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rhythm gamers in december 2025:
November 30, 2025 at 6:04 PM
wooooooo!! @tempolab.games Bits and Bops is now released ! what a good surprise. I'm hyped to jump into that!
December 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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Steam homepage in December 2006

#WebDesignHistory
December 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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isso aqui é severamente anti-humanidade

os personagens têm o olhar vazio, todo o script quer te convencer que vc odeia confraternizar e que comer ultraprocessados preparados por pessoas mal pagas em empregos de merda que não permitem que elas confraternizem com as próprias famílias é muito melhor
McDonald's has released an AI-generated Christmas ad

The studio behind it says they 'hardly slept' for several weeks while writing AI prompts and refining the shots — 'AI didn't make this film. We did'

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December 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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no idea
December 8, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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É é por isso, amiguinhes, que a gente não pode privatizar serviços básicos como transporte e fornecimento de água e esgoto
December 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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Get into the groove with the newest entry in the Rhythm Heaven series, #RhythmHeavenGroove! Coming to Nintendo Switch in 2026. #NintendoDirect
March 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Pintei um pano de prato do Rhythm Heaven. Hype para o Groove.
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Since there's no decent My Nintendo rewards, I've painted my own rhythm heaven tea cloth. #RhythmHeaven #nintendo
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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Some new footage of the cancelled Prey 2 have been posted on YouTube recently:

youtu.be/v5vbwq7X3G8?...
Prey2 opening
YouTube video by David Halsted
youtu.be
September 2, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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artists and designers using ai like
November 27, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Ainda se está falando POUCO dessa maravilha: A primeira vacina BRASILEIRA contra a dengue!
November 27, 2025 at 1:25 AM