Tuxedo Catfish
@tuxedocatfish.bsky.social
evaluated? buddy they keep me in a temperature-controlled vault so they can measure all autism accurately against mine
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On Ballet: Fran Lebowitz and Nick Mauss | Live from the Whitney
YouTube video by Whitney Museum of American Art
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this was my old pinned post on Twitter, Fran Lebowitz is one of the best to ever do it, just the clearest and most powerful articulation of my beliefs about the arts and their relationship with criticism i've ever seen from another person
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4XV...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4XV...
king shit
In retrospect, with so many attempts at live-service games flopping, there's something really funny about FromSoftware proving that they had a winning formula for a live-service game with Nightreign, and then refusing to turn it into one. Further still, not even dipping into cosmetic DLC with it.
February 13, 2026 at 9:30 PM
king shit
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oh my god??
February 13, 2026 at 3:01 AM
oh my god??
*extremely google LLM engineer voice*
oh my god disc horse bot is sapient
oh my god disc horse bot is sapient
If you say “gringo” your Anglophobia is showing THE END
February 13, 2026 at 2:27 PM
*extremely google LLM engineer voice*
oh my god disc horse bot is sapient
oh my god disc horse bot is sapient
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Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
February 13, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Breaking: on two counts, the High Court has ruled that the Labour government's proscription of the campaign group Palestine Action was unlawful – a win for its co-founder Huda Ammori, who sought a judicial review of the ban
HMMMMMMMM intensifies
February 13, 2026 at 1:23 AM
HMMMMMMMM intensifies
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Horton Hears The Who
January 19, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Horton Hears The Who
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This week I learned that no one, diverse ages, I spoke to knew that US health care use to be nonprofit legally (prior to Nixon) & a huge shift really occurred in the 90s when the last of the non profits that were trying to stay low as possible had to move to for profit to remain competitive.
February 12, 2026 at 8:58 PM
This week I learned that no one, diverse ages, I spoke to knew that US health care use to be nonprofit legally (prior to Nixon) & a huge shift really occurred in the 90s when the last of the non profits that were trying to stay low as possible had to move to for profit to remain competitive.
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there's a versatile Chinese word 油腻 that's hard to translate. the core meaning is oily/greasy, but it can be applied to anything from music, writing, to people. when applied to people, "smarmy" is similar but not exactly the same.
for me 油腻 is the perfect word for describing AI writing
for me 油腻 is the perfect word for describing AI writing
February 12, 2026 at 8:34 PM
there's a versatile Chinese word 油腻 that's hard to translate. the core meaning is oily/greasy, but it can be applied to anything from music, writing, to people. when applied to people, "smarmy" is similar but not exactly the same.
for me 油腻 is the perfect word for describing AI writing
for me 油腻 is the perfect word for describing AI writing
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everytime i, as a queer, would get told "don't you care about QUEERS though?" to try and justify ignoring a dem's problems, the question i'd always have is "what makes me so important? compared to the palestinian, the immigrant?"
and we now watch the same people tell queers they gotta just take it.
and we now watch the same people tell queers they gotta just take it.
February 12, 2026 at 2:27 PM
everytime i, as a queer, would get told "don't you care about QUEERS though?" to try and justify ignoring a dem's problems, the question i'd always have is "what makes me so important? compared to the palestinian, the immigrant?"
and we now watch the same people tell queers they gotta just take it.
and we now watch the same people tell queers they gotta just take it.
i'm still processing how i feel about this and whether i'm going to play the game or not but whatever i do, this is clearly art
every three seconds you will take psychic damage when reading who did voices for mewgenics
like oh my god
February 12, 2026 at 5:54 PM
i'm still processing how i feel about this and whether i'm going to play the game or not but whatever i do, this is clearly art
this kind of rubedo-baiting will not stand
HIRING MANAGER: Can you explain this gap on your resume?
ME: I was going through an alchemical process.
HIRING MANAGER: Which one?
ME: I don't think you're allowed to ask me.
OWNER CRACKING HIS KNUCKLES: Was there purification with water?
ME: I was going through an alchemical process.
HIRING MANAGER: Which one?
ME: I don't think you're allowed to ask me.
OWNER CRACKING HIS KNUCKLES: Was there purification with water?
February 12, 2026 at 5:14 PM
this kind of rubedo-baiting will not stand
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Five Tiers of RPG Publishing
Hasbro’s annual earnings came out this week, so I took a look. It is truly staggering how much Wizards of the Coast has changed the company since they were acquired; when looking at unadjusted earnings the Wizards of the Coast and Digital Games division was the only…
Hasbro’s annual earnings came out this week, so I took a look. It is truly staggering how much Wizards of the Coast has changed the company since they were acquired; when looking at unadjusted earnings the Wizards of the Coast and Digital Games division was the only…
Five Tiers of RPG Publishing
Hasbro’s annual earnings came out this week, so I took a look. It is truly staggering how much Wizards of the Coast has changed the company since they were acquired; when looking at unadjusted earnings the Wizards of the Coast and Digital Games division was the only one that turned a profit in the entire company. Not only that, but Wizards is responsible for roughly 47% of the entire company’s revenue and over 90% of all revenue growth over the last year.
cannibalhalflinggaming.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Five Tiers of RPG Publishing
Hasbro’s annual earnings came out this week, so I took a look. It is truly staggering how much Wizards of the Coast has changed the company since they were acquired; when looking at unadjusted earnings the Wizards of the Coast and Digital Games division was the only…
Hasbro’s annual earnings came out this week, so I took a look. It is truly staggering how much Wizards of the Coast has changed the company since they were acquired; when looking at unadjusted earnings the Wizards of the Coast and Digital Games division was the only…
suspect most of my UK friends have already seen this but just in case
I work with asylum seekers fleeing persecution for being LGBTQ+ and see first hand the damage our existing dehumanising and degrading asylum system already does to people in crisis. The proposed changes make things even worse. Please consider completing this consultation before it closes tomorrow.
PS. Not too late to tell the government what you think about their proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain - the public consultation is open until 12th Feb.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
February 12, 2026 at 2:07 PM
suspect most of my UK friends have already seen this but just in case
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no word gives me chills here more than "scale"
Remedy announces new CEO Jean-Charles Gaudechon
• Former sports betting exec
• Prior to that steered live-service operations at EA
• Aims to 'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value'
• Former sports betting exec
• Prior to that steered live-service operations at EA
• Aims to 'scale Remedy in a way that builds lasting value'
February 12, 2026 at 7:24 AM
no word gives me chills here more than "scale"
the industry is already snuffling around for ways to make indie dev every bit as exploitative but AAA gamedev really deserves to die out
there is absolutely no way that management laid off "most" of the devs that made a game two weeks after it came out, unless they were already planning to kill off the game before it launched
which means they maliciously lied to their own employees for months, if not years
which means they maliciously lied to their own employees for months, if not years
February 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
the industry is already snuffling around for ways to make indie dev every bit as exploitative but AAA gamedev really deserves to die out
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I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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February 11, 2026 at 9:56 PM
I don’t really know what I expect in posting this, but maybe some people see it and can learn from it.
I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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I’ll call it “lessons from an unwilling immigration attorney.”
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Ballas, thousands of years before the Operator crafted the Paracesis, pictured with the Paracesis on his hip
February 12, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Ballas, thousands of years before the Operator crafted the Paracesis, pictured with the Paracesis on his hip
nena should sue for copyright infringement
So the DOD started laser testing because they believed party balloons were drones, shut down all of El Paso airspace, and blamed it on Mexican cartels?
February 11, 2026 at 10:02 PM
nena should sue for copyright infringement
cartesian dualism: NOT. EVEN. ONCE.
So I'm catching up on reading some @typebarmagazine.bsky.social articles, and the opening of this piece on the human body in cyberpunk goes way harder than I anticipated.
February 11, 2026 at 8:55 PM
cartesian dualism: NOT. EVEN. ONCE.
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AOL could come in with a steel chair right now and relaunch AIM
February 10, 2026 at 8:06 PM
AOL could come in with a steel chair right now and relaunch AIM
chatting around the office jouissance cooler
hey quick question how do we fix whatever cultural circumstances made this sentence possible
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 PM
chatting around the office jouissance cooler
I'M TIRED OF PULP 'ZINES
SAYIN' FLAT BUTTS ARE THE THING
TAKE THE AVERAGE PICKMAN
AND ASK HIM THAT
SHE GOTTA PACK MUCH BACK
KADATH FACE WITH INNSMOUTH BOOTY
MY PROGENY OF YIG WANTS NONE
UNLESS YOU GOT BUNS FTHAGN
SAYIN' FLAT BUTTS ARE THE THING
TAKE THE AVERAGE PICKMAN
AND ASK HIM THAT
SHE GOTTA PACK MUCH BACK
KADATH FACE WITH INNSMOUTH BOOTY
MY PROGENY OF YIG WANTS NONE
UNLESS YOU GOT BUNS FTHAGN
Lovecraft deprecated the increasing breast size of the women on WEIRD TALES covers, his wife Sonia was often described as "Juno-esque," and his letters also suggest he disliked fat women (based on his reaction to neolithic fertility idols).
Evidence suggests he liked women a bit thicc, but not bbw.
Evidence suggests he liked women a bit thicc, but not bbw.
If he had a ‘type’ what was it?
February 10, 2026 at 7:24 PM
I'M TIRED OF PULP 'ZINES
SAYIN' FLAT BUTTS ARE THE THING
TAKE THE AVERAGE PICKMAN
AND ASK HIM THAT
SHE GOTTA PACK MUCH BACK
KADATH FACE WITH INNSMOUTH BOOTY
MY PROGENY OF YIG WANTS NONE
UNLESS YOU GOT BUNS FTHAGN
SAYIN' FLAT BUTTS ARE THE THING
TAKE THE AVERAGE PICKMAN
AND ASK HIM THAT
SHE GOTTA PACK MUCH BACK
KADATH FACE WITH INNSMOUTH BOOTY
MY PROGENY OF YIG WANTS NONE
UNLESS YOU GOT BUNS FTHAGN
honestly i almost never see "lived experience" deployed as anything but an excuse for why understanding other people is impossible and you shouldn't bother trying. it describes something that does exist but which is completely trivial if you don't go on to establish shared points of reference
This is key, and why relying on "lived experience" of these products is misguided & dangerous. We should listen to people's lived experience of oppression in healthcare, & of what their needs are. But that does not mean taking people's impressions of the cognitive hazard machine at face value
an LLM is effectively hijacking those cues.
people *feel* like it's listening.
it is not listening; it is a statistical word model.
people *feel* like it's paying attention.
it is not paying attention; it has no attention to pay.
it tricks them into trusting the output
people *feel* like it's listening.
it is not listening; it is a statistical word model.
people *feel* like it's paying attention.
it is not paying attention; it has no attention to pay.
it tricks them into trusting the output
February 10, 2026 at 6:03 PM
honestly i almost never see "lived experience" deployed as anything but an excuse for why understanding other people is impossible and you shouldn't bother trying. it describes something that does exist but which is completely trivial if you don't go on to establish shared points of reference
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One thing is clear from this week's mess: Artists should not work with Steve Jackson Games.
February 10, 2026 at 1:20 PM
One thing is clear from this week's mess: Artists should not work with Steve Jackson Games.