Turfster
@turfster.bsky.social
Coder, pun perpetrator
Grumpiness elemental
Hyperbole abuser
Bitter, bites
Wait, no, shit, "bits and bytes"
Don't put words in my mouth
It's not my fault you can't perceive tone and context
(TurfsterNTE off The Bird Site)
Grumpiness elemental
Hyperbole abuser
Bitter, bites
Wait, no, shit, "bits and bytes"
Don't put words in my mouth
It's not my fault you can't perceive tone and context
(TurfsterNTE off The Bird Site)
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Turfster
@turfster.bsky.social
· Oct 18
I guess I'm on here now as well, if only just to stake my claim.
Will I use this for actual posting?
Probably not, if I'm honest.
Still.
I'm here now too.
For given values of "here".
Will I use this for actual posting?
Probably not, if I'm honest.
Still.
I'm here now too.
For given values of "here".
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Netflix has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
Sony, the company that sold 'KPop Demon Hunters' for a song, has scrapped a Thai folklore-inspired feature from 'Amphibia' creator Matt Braly and 'Steven Universe' creator Rebecca Sugar two years into development, calling it “not commercial enough.”
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film...
Sony Scraps Thai Folklore Feature From Matt Braly, Rebeca Sugar
After two years in development, Sony has pulled the plug on the culturally rooted animated feature, calling it “not commercial enough.”
www.cartoonbrew.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Netflix has the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever.
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Getting to write a WHOLE ASS ANIME AF SCENARIO for this, as my first Real Game Narrative job was a truly wild experience.
Go smash that button (and maybe you'll get to do a mf'ing mech heist soon).
Go smash that button (and maybe you'll get to do a mf'ing mech heist soon).
February 11, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Getting to write a WHOLE ASS ANIME AF SCENARIO for this, as my first Real Game Narrative job was a truly wild experience.
Go smash that button (and maybe you'll get to do a mf'ing mech heist soon).
Go smash that button (and maybe you'll get to do a mf'ing mech heist soon).
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Sure would be nice if journalists writing about the tech industry had, at bare minimum, enough of a science education to debunk their claims.
Idk guys. I feel like you need to be more than a cheerleader or you’re just a useful rube doing free advertising for evil people.
Idk guys. I feel like you need to be more than a cheerleader or you’re just a useful rube doing free advertising for evil people.
February 11, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Sure would be nice if journalists writing about the tech industry had, at bare minimum, enough of a science education to debunk their claims.
Idk guys. I feel like you need to be more than a cheerleader or you’re just a useful rube doing free advertising for evil people.
Idk guys. I feel like you need to be more than a cheerleader or you’re just a useful rube doing free advertising for evil people.
Hey is it good when they stop tracking approval ratings polls?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
February 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Hey is it good when they stop tracking approval ratings polls?
Asking for a friend.
Asking for a friend.
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More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
February 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
More people should listen to @tressiemcphd.bsky.social
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
When people say AI is inevitable, let them know the future isn’t settled.
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Shockingly relevant to current events! Also, there's a lot as an American that confuses and disgusts me about ZX Spectrum aesthetics, but maybe the worst is that the hit detection seems to have very few visual cues? Maybe its different actually playing it.
Our journey into platform adventures before Metroid continues. Can I get my fellow Americans to care about UK computer game history? (If you stick with it, you’ll be rewarded with some Japanese computer games soon.)
youtu.be/orrewVQYqzc
youtu.be/orrewVQYqzc
He Quit The Music Industry And Made A Hit Computer Game | MetroidMania (Dynamite Dan II (1986))
YouTube video by Critical Kate (of A Critical Hit!)
youtu.be
February 11, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Shockingly relevant to current events! Also, there's a lot as an American that confuses and disgusts me about ZX Spectrum aesthetics, but maybe the worst is that the hit detection seems to have very few visual cues? Maybe its different actually playing it.
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Ariane 6 with four boosters: ready!
The Launch Readiness Review for flight #VA267 with 32 Amazon Leo satellites concludes that ground systems, rocket and payloads are go for liftoff.
🚀 Date: 12 February
⌚ Time: 17:45–18:13 CET
🛰️ Mission time: 1 hour 54 minutes
▶️ Live: www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
The Launch Readiness Review for flight #VA267 with 32 Amazon Leo satellites concludes that ground systems, rocket and payloads are go for liftoff.
🚀 Date: 12 February
⌚ Time: 17:45–18:13 CET
🛰️ Mission time: 1 hour 54 minutes
▶️ Live: www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
February 11, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Ariane 6 with four boosters: ready!
The Launch Readiness Review for flight #VA267 with 32 Amazon Leo satellites concludes that ground systems, rocket and payloads are go for liftoff.
🚀 Date: 12 February
⌚ Time: 17:45–18:13 CET
🛰️ Mission time: 1 hour 54 minutes
▶️ Live: www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
The Launch Readiness Review for flight #VA267 with 32 Amazon Leo satellites concludes that ground systems, rocket and payloads are go for liftoff.
🚀 Date: 12 February
⌚ Time: 17:45–18:13 CET
🛰️ Mission time: 1 hour 54 minutes
▶️ Live: www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup...
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Where’s that post about how the citizens didn’t know that Rome had fallen until nobody showed up to repair the bridges?
@chadbourn.bsky.social there's a pilots' chat forum where they're discussing this & exchanging information. pilotsofamerica.com
general consensus is that it's bizarre & unprecedented. & incredibly poorly handled b/c it was issued with no notice, such that passengers arrived to a closed airport.
general consensus is that it's bizarre & unprecedented. & incredibly poorly handled b/c it was issued with no notice, such that passengers arrived to a closed airport.
February 11, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Where’s that post about how the citizens didn’t know that Rome had fallen until nobody showed up to repair the bridges?
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it's wild how much time and energy is dedicated to threatening people with AI destroying their livelihood as opposed to actually demonstrating how AI could benefit anyone. it really is all about sticking it to those smug [checks notes] passenger attendants
Microsoft released a study showing the 40 jobs most at risk by AI:
February 11, 2026 at 12:10 PM
it's wild how much time and energy is dedicated to threatening people with AI destroying their livelihood as opposed to actually demonstrating how AI could benefit anyone. it really is all about sticking it to those smug [checks notes] passenger attendants
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safe to say if you see a guy wearing these he's not getting any
Social media is awash with videos of men filming themselves approaching women in public spaces and attempting to flirt. In many cases, the videos are filmed and uploaded without the women’s consent. https://cnn.it/4qtIsvB
February 11, 2026 at 7:14 AM
safe to say if you see a guy wearing these he's not getting any
Huh.
There's apparently a European Speedrunner Assembly marathon in Malmö this week?
www.twitch.tv/esamarathon
There's apparently a European Speedrunner Assembly marathon in Malmö this week?
www.twitch.tv/esamarathon
ESAMarathon - Twitch
🔴 ESA Winter 2026 - $15,930 in aid of Make-A-Wish International - @Erisrine
www.twitch.tv
February 11, 2026 at 1:45 PM
Huh.
There's apparently a European Speedrunner Assembly marathon in Malmö this week?
www.twitch.tv/esamarathon
There's apparently a European Speedrunner Assembly marathon in Malmö this week?
www.twitch.tv/esamarathon
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While cancelling Nitro is all well and good, just a reminder that age verification itself won't go away as a whole unless KOSA, the SCREEN Act, and tons more are buried and done with.
Please contact your reps if you don't want this to spread to other platforms.
Please contact your reps if you don't want this to spread to other platforms.
February 10, 2026 at 2:54 AM
While cancelling Nitro is all well and good, just a reminder that age verification itself won't go away as a whole unless KOSA, the SCREEN Act, and tons more are buried and done with.
Please contact your reps if you don't want this to spread to other platforms.
Please contact your reps if you don't want this to spread to other platforms.
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Stuff like this makes me love humans. Feats of engineering accomplishing under dire circumstances to secure people's freedom.
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Stuff like this makes me love humans. Feats of engineering accomplishing under dire circumstances to secure people's freedom.
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𝔸𝕃𝔹𝕌𝕄 𝔻ℝ𝕆ℙ!
𝙅𝙖𝙯𝙯𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙠 - 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙀𝙋 is out!
To celebrate the Jazzpunk's 12th anniversary I'm releasing a selection of 'lost tracks' + extended cuts, which focus on the darker/industrial side of the Jazzpunk Soundtrack
Grab it on Bandcamp!
jazzpunk.bandcamp.com/album/jazzpu...
𝙅𝙖𝙯𝙯𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙠 - 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙀𝙋 is out!
To celebrate the Jazzpunk's 12th anniversary I'm releasing a selection of 'lost tracks' + extended cuts, which focus on the darker/industrial side of the Jazzpunk Soundtrack
Grab it on Bandcamp!
jazzpunk.bandcamp.com/album/jazzpu...
Jazzpunk - Night City Sessions, by Luis Hernandez
14 track album
jazzpunk.bandcamp.com
February 10, 2026 at 8:22 PM
𝔸𝕃𝔹𝕌𝕄 𝔻ℝ𝕆ℙ!
𝙅𝙖𝙯𝙯𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙠 - 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙀𝙋 is out!
To celebrate the Jazzpunk's 12th anniversary I'm releasing a selection of 'lost tracks' + extended cuts, which focus on the darker/industrial side of the Jazzpunk Soundtrack
Grab it on Bandcamp!
jazzpunk.bandcamp.com/album/jazzpu...
𝙅𝙖𝙯𝙯𝙥𝙪𝙣𝙠 - 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘾𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙎𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙀𝙋 is out!
To celebrate the Jazzpunk's 12th anniversary I'm releasing a selection of 'lost tracks' + extended cuts, which focus on the darker/industrial side of the Jazzpunk Soundtrack
Grab it on Bandcamp!
jazzpunk.bandcamp.com/album/jazzpu...
I need a time machine to go back and make sure autodubbing never happens, because jesus fucking christ how did anyone think this was fit for purpose or wanted?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlk1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlk1...
「龍が如く Powered by 日本統一」予告編【プライムビデオ にて2月10日（火）から配信決定！】
YouTube video by 龍が如くスタジオ 公式
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:59 AM
I need a time machine to go back and make sure autodubbing never happens, because jesus fucking christ how did anyone think this was fit for purpose or wanted?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlk1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mlk1...
Looking forward to all my programmer friends getting to quote these fucking aidiots millions of dollars to fix the garbage they created for themselves
February 11, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Looking forward to all my programmer friends getting to quote these fucking aidiots millions of dollars to fix the garbage they created for themselves
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a big lesson for me over the past ten years is:
if you run an organisation and think - and all the experts you have on staff think - that an outcome will be AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER then it is very important not to eg allow a bunch of non-experts a free choice in whether to do the disaster or not.
if you run an organisation and think - and all the experts you have on staff think - that an outcome will be AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER then it is very important not to eg allow a bunch of non-experts a free choice in whether to do the disaster or not.
to be fair, a lot of quite senior people including the then Prime Minister were saying exactly this just before he made us have that incredibly stupid referendum.
and then a bunch of the ones who'd said it resigned from government and the others got fired.
and then a bunch of the ones who'd said it resigned from government and the others got fired.
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
February 11, 2026 at 7:55 AM
a big lesson for me over the past ten years is:
if you run an organisation and think - and all the experts you have on staff think - that an outcome will be AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER then it is very important not to eg allow a bunch of non-experts a free choice in whether to do the disaster or not.
if you run an organisation and think - and all the experts you have on staff think - that an outcome will be AN UNMITIGATED DISASTER then it is very important not to eg allow a bunch of non-experts a free choice in whether to do the disaster or not.
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BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
February 10, 2026 at 9:16 PM
BAAAAAAABE BABE BABE BABE WAKE UP THEY’RE RECREATING THE 2008 FINANCIAL CRISIS FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
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1/3 In 2019, messages from Ricardo Rosello, governor of #PuertoRico and his inner circle leaked.
Leaks revealed insane corruption and disdain towards Puerto Ricans.
Giant masses of people protested, marched on major highways, to oust the governor. And they won.
Wonder when we’ll see this here.
Leaks revealed insane corruption and disdain towards Puerto Ricans.
Giant masses of people protested, marched on major highways, to oust the governor. And they won.
Wonder when we’ll see this here.
February 11, 2026 at 8:05 AM
1/3 In 2019, messages from Ricardo Rosello, governor of #PuertoRico and his inner circle leaked.
Leaks revealed insane corruption and disdain towards Puerto Ricans.
Giant masses of people protested, marched on major highways, to oust the governor. And they won.
Wonder when we’ll see this here.
Leaks revealed insane corruption and disdain towards Puerto Ricans.
Giant masses of people protested, marched on major highways, to oust the governor. And they won.
Wonder when we’ll see this here.
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I have a buddy who does picks up marketing work and writes promotional copy. He quoted $2k for a bunch of writing, but the company had AI do it instead.
Three weeks later he negotiated $2.5k to edit the AI's work. Starting from a bad place is more work than just doing it.
Three weeks later he negotiated $2.5k to edit the AI's work. Starting from a bad place is more work than just doing it.
I have straight-up told two clients at this point that I charge more to edit an AI draft than to just write the whole thing myself, and they are positively confounded by this, but in both cases they ended up just paying me the usual rate to write the whole thing myself.
February 10, 2026 at 8:29 PM
I have a buddy who does picks up marketing work and writes promotional copy. He quoted $2k for a bunch of writing, but the company had AI do it instead.
Three weeks later he negotiated $2.5k to edit the AI's work. Starting from a bad place is more work than just doing it.
Three weeks later he negotiated $2.5k to edit the AI's work. Starting from a bad place is more work than just doing it.
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[sigh] turn the salience generator down again
My husband just texted me there's a downhill skier called Breezy Johnson in the same year that the ski jumpers are in trouble for letting out the crotches of their suits and this cannot be true?!
February 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
[sigh] turn the salience generator down again