Ryan Dao
@capybara-3.bsky.social
Here for politics, anime art, photography, and game dev stuff.
Game Developer | Experienced environment/material artist | Ex Blizzard(ABX1900), Cryptic, Wayforward
https://www.artstation.com/ryandao
https://www.ryandaophotography.com/
Game Developer | Experienced environment/material artist | Ex Blizzard(ABX1900), Cryptic, Wayforward
https://www.artstation.com/ryandao
https://www.ryandaophotography.com/
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Ryan Dao
@capybara-3.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Moving over here from Twitter. Basically just here to try and continue political followings, anime art, and game industry stuff. I also make art sometimes, mostly material art focused.
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✨A Sonic the Hedgehog piece I did for a friend over the last few months✨
November 12, 2025 at 9:27 PM
✨A Sonic the Hedgehog piece I did for a friend over the last few months✨
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This is probably the end of freedom of speech and expression in the US.
Burning a flag is inciting a riot. Insulting Trump or a Republican is inciting a riot. Ditto blasphemy or being trans in public. Every action becomes a federal felony if the DOJ doesn't like it.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Burning a flag is inciting a riot. Insulting Trump or a Republican is inciting a riot. Ditto blasphemy or being trans in public. Every action becomes a federal felony if the DOJ doesn't like it.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Trump says ‘we took the freedom of speech away’ as officials compare Antifa to Hamas in White House roundtable
Right-wing media figures demand forceful action against militant antifascist groups
www.yahoo.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:59 AM
This is probably the end of freedom of speech and expression in the US.
Burning a flag is inciting a riot. Insulting Trump or a Republican is inciting a riot. Ditto blasphemy or being trans in public. Every action becomes a federal felony if the DOJ doesn't like it.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Burning a flag is inciting a riot. Insulting Trump or a Republican is inciting a riot. Ditto blasphemy or being trans in public. Every action becomes a federal felony if the DOJ doesn't like it.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Got some stickers made of the Fuchikoma in my last project. Pretty happy how it turned out.
September 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Got some stickers made of the Fuchikoma in my last project. Pretty happy how it turned out.
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In a close vote of 51-49, Senate Republicans defeated an effort today by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
WHAT ARE THEY HIDING??? 😡
WHAT ARE THEY HIDING??? 😡
Senate Republicans barely defeat effort by Democrats to force release of Epstein files
In a close vote, Senate Republicans defeated an effort Wednesday by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case file...
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September 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
In a close vote of 51-49, Senate Republicans defeated an effort today by Democrats to insert language into Congress’ annual defense authorization bill that would have forced the public release of case files on the sex trafficking investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.
WHAT ARE THEY HIDING??? 😡
WHAT ARE THEY HIDING??? 😡
I recently finished up a scene I've been working on a while. Inspired by the Ghost in the Shell manga and PS 1 game, I made a retro piece driven by a cel and VHS shader for a retro look.
youtu.be/GWKyjTTGuQ8?...
More break downs can also be here found here:
www.artstation.com/artwork/nJX2b4
youtu.be/GWKyjTTGuQ8?...
More break downs can also be here found here:
www.artstation.com/artwork/nJX2b4
Ghost in the Shell Fuchikoma
YouTube video by Ryan Dao
youtu.be
September 3, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I recently finished up a scene I've been working on a while. Inspired by the Ghost in the Shell manga and PS 1 game, I made a retro piece driven by a cel and VHS shader for a retro look.
youtu.be/GWKyjTTGuQ8?...
More break downs can also be here found here:
www.artstation.com/artwork/nJX2b4
youtu.be/GWKyjTTGuQ8?...
More break downs can also be here found here:
www.artstation.com/artwork/nJX2b4
I guess this is sort of blue.
July 22, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I guess this is sort of blue.
Parasite Eve fan art, going for a retro PS1 look. With retro post process and without.
June 2, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Parasite Eve fan art, going for a retro PS1 look. With retro post process and without.
Long time no post. This was one of my last pictures taken on my 2024 Japan trip. The setting sun looked really dynamic through the train windows.
#streetphotography
#streetphotography
March 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Long time no post. This was one of my last pictures taken on my 2024 Japan trip. The setting sun looked really dynamic through the train windows.
#streetphotography
#streetphotography
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Finally got around using a cheap visual novel engine to do my mock visual novel.
youtu.be/mSzlk9kBpHA?...
youtu.be/mSzlk9kBpHA?...
Untitled Visual Novel Proof of Concept 01
YouTube video by Ryan Dao
youtu.be
March 6, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Finally got around using a cheap visual novel engine to do my mock visual novel.
youtu.be/mSzlk9kBpHA?...
youtu.be/mSzlk9kBpHA?...
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
February 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
DOGE savings (WSJ): $2.6b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
TSLA subsidies (10 years): $15b
Annual increase in deficit: $900b
Cuts to Medicare: $880b
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This image, from the WaPo article, is worrying to me. Nearly 50% of the current dominant group in US politics favors a system with a single leader, no Congress, and no elections. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
February 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This image, from the WaPo article, is worrying to me. Nearly 50% of the current dominant group in US politics favors a system with a single leader, no Congress, and no elections. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
@aoc.bsky.social
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
Please explain what just happened. Is there no way to stop this w the reconciliation to be used by GOP to get around the filibuster? Are we sunk?
February 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
This vote was to start the process of the cuts. It WILL come back for a final vote.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
There are some chances to slow or potentially stop it. Need constant pressure on GOP
Focus on GOP swing seats & key committees. Energy & Commerce is where the Medicaid fight will go down. Ways&Means for tax fight.
Recently got into retro gaming. I dusted off my Xbox 360 and got a PS2(never had one growing up). One thing current gen games don't do anymore are movie/tv show tie-in games. These were generally mid with lower production costs and time, but they have a charm. Modern games need more mid titles.
February 20, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Recently got into retro gaming. I dusted off my Xbox 360 and got a PS2(never had one growing up). One thing current gen games don't do anymore are movie/tv show tie-in games. These were generally mid with lower production costs and time, but they have a charm. Modern games need more mid titles.
Made some new art. Untitled visual novel background - Udon shop exterior. www.artstation.com/artwork/QKgx5x
#environmentart #unreal #gamedev
#environmentart #unreal #gamedev
February 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Made some new art. Untitled visual novel background - Udon shop exterior. www.artstation.com/artwork/QKgx5x
#environmentart #unreal #gamedev
#environmentart #unreal #gamedev
Yodobashi Camera Shinjuku. This is a popular photography subject so this is nothing new to what people see. But last time I was in Japan the lights weren't on. So wanted to get some shots of it the 2nd time around.
#streetphotography
#streetphotography
February 2, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Yodobashi Camera Shinjuku. This is a popular photography subject so this is nothing new to what people see. But last time I was in Japan the lights weren't on. So wanted to get some shots of it the 2nd time around.
#streetphotography
#streetphotography
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If Biden spouted this kind of gibberish, the editorial boards of every newspaper in America would have demanded his cabinet invoke the 25th amendment
February 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
If Biden spouted this kind of gibberish, the editorial boards of every newspaper in America would have demanded his cabinet invoke the 25th amendment
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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Which one are you today?
January 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Which one are you today?
January 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM