Clarity Flowers
@clarity.flowers
🌸 a strange sort of fairy 🌱 makes things 👭 trans lesbian, 32 🏞 portland OR 🌐 https://clarity.flowers
more active on https://xoxo.zone/@clarity but I'm here too I guess
more active on https://xoxo.zone/@clarity but I'm here too I guess
TEN THOUSAND CROWS FOR PORTLAND MAYOR
"how could it possibly be worse"
"how could it possibly be worse"
Vigil/press conference featuring six city councilors ends with an “abolish ICE” chant and the Portland crows circling overhead.
January 9, 2026 at 5:34 AM
TEN THOUSAND CROWS FOR PORTLAND MAYOR
"how could it possibly be worse"
"how could it possibly be worse"
best time of my life was when I was walking to work tbh. remote work doesn't count, that's just its own hell.
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...
www.fastcompany.com/3062989/50-r...
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 PM
best time of my life was when I was walking to work tbh. remote work doesn't count, that's just its own hell.
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FFXII menu UI appreciation post
January 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
FFXII menu UI appreciation post
If "defund the police" was a "bad slogan" we wouldn't still be talking about it. it's actually literally that simple.
January 8, 2026 at 6:15 PM
If "defund the police" was a "bad slogan" we wouldn't still be talking about it. it's actually literally that simple.
what are yalls favorite albums/songs/artists to listen to while working?
January 5, 2026 at 8:23 PM
what are yalls favorite albums/songs/artists to listen to while working?
instead of level there is Dark Orb
In Donkey Kong Bananza, demolishing all destructible terrain on DK Island reveals a shadow sphere that was hidden at the heart of the island. While the sphere is simply a darkness effect for the cave, it was clearly not intended to be seen like this and creates an ominous effect.
January 2, 2026 at 6:33 PM
instead of level there is Dark Orb
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Since I love procgen / high systemic story generator games, I decided to finally pick up Rim World. But I did not like it, which did not make any sense. So I spent a bunch of time trying to figure out why and made a little graph.
January 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
Since I love procgen / high systemic story generator games, I decided to finally pick up Rim World. But I did not like it, which did not make any sense. So I spent a bunch of time trying to figure out why and made a little graph.
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Dryerdome: two socks enter, one sock leaves
December 31, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Dryerdome: two socks enter, one sock leaves
I miss the Google+ era of TTRPGs constantly. nothing quite like it.
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The Golden Age of Indie RPGs
Since I started my Patreon, I’ve been promising a special video for the people who support me. I let them submit their own ideas for what this end of year video would be, and Professor Kevin Carr, who...
aavoigt.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I miss the Google+ era of TTRPGs constantly. nothing quite like it.
aavoigt.com/f/the-golden...
aavoigt.com/f/the-golden...
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Here are four of the weirdest zones I’ve come across in 2025
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Here are four of the weirdest zones I’ve come across in 2025
someday I really want to run a West Marches style campaign of Blades in the Dark. I think it'd work really well.
December 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
someday I really want to run a West Marches style campaign of Blades in the Dark. I think it'd work really well.
enjoy whatever you want to enjoy but I will suffer no apologia for James Cameron's horrible blue creatures
December 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
enjoy whatever you want to enjoy but I will suffer no apologia for James Cameron's horrible blue creatures
my goty 2025 is the runback to the Last Judge in Silksong
December 24, 2025 at 6:47 PM
my goty 2025 is the runback to the Last Judge in Silksong
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Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
December 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.
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Angeline Era is a love letter to one of my favorite games: "WALKING", for the console "OUTSIDE"!
AE's world mirrors the real world: Confounding, Mystifying...
AE's also a Site of Reversible Destiny-like.Visiting in the rain was huge for the action design:
melodicambient.substack.com/p/exploring-...
AE's world mirrors the real world: Confounding, Mystifying...
AE's also a Site of Reversible Destiny-like.Visiting in the rain was huge for the action design:
melodicambient.substack.com/p/exploring-...
Exploring Japan's Site of Reversible Destiny: A Real-life 3D Game Level
Intro In 1995, the game industry had made plenty of headway into 3D game design.
melodicambient.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Angeline Era is a love letter to one of my favorite games: "WALKING", for the console "OUTSIDE"!
AE's world mirrors the real world: Confounding, Mystifying...
AE's also a Site of Reversible Destiny-like.Visiting in the rain was huge for the action design:
melodicambient.substack.com/p/exploring-...
AE's world mirrors the real world: Confounding, Mystifying...
AE's also a Site of Reversible Destiny-like.Visiting in the rain was huge for the action design:
melodicambient.substack.com/p/exploring-...
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I think vegan meat substitutes and imitations are both an insult to food and vegans.
December 13, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I think vegan meat substitutes and imitations are both an insult to food and vegans.
I really gotta do another longer stay in NYC one of these days. I love it here so much and these two-night work trips are frustrating bc I have no time to enjoy it.
December 13, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I really gotta do another longer stay in NYC one of these days. I love it here so much and these two-night work trips are frustrating bc I have no time to enjoy it.
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While Portland's freeway expansion plans are collapsing, let's talk about reviving the campaign to bury I-5 on the east side. This should be a big wonderful waterfront park full of legally sanctioned hot dog vendors!!
Look at the central city riverfront of Portland. It's just so shocking and embarrassing that we tolerate this.
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
While Portland's freeway expansion plans are collapsing, let's talk about reviving the campaign to bury I-5 on the east side. This should be a big wonderful waterfront park full of legally sanctioned hot dog vendors!!
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Today I scared Earl Blumenhauer in a meeting when I suggested we add baskets of bricks at unsafe intersections for pedestrians and cyclists to carry as they crossed lmfao
It would get drivers to act right!! Just sayin’
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It would get drivers to act right!! Just sayin’
😌✨
December 11, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Today I scared Earl Blumenhauer in a meeting when I suggested we add baskets of bricks at unsafe intersections for pedestrians and cyclists to carry as they crossed lmfao
It would get drivers to act right!! Just sayin’
😌✨
It would get drivers to act right!! Just sayin’
😌✨
man there's not a lot of great stuff from 1942. I wonder if anything was going on at the time.
actual bluesky challenge: post your favorite work of art from fifty years before you were born.
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 PM
man there's not a lot of great stuff from 1942. I wonder if anything was going on at the time.
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I wrote a post about pressing letters and going slow
Embrace friction
On letterpress, tech, and the power of going slow.
eva.town
December 8, 2025 at 6:46 PM
I wrote a post about pressing letters and going slow
and yet people keep saying we should fund the police in order to reduce traffic fatalities 🫠
Despite the driver's admission of guilt, a solid witness statement, and irrefutable video evidence, PPB Officer Alexandru Martiniuc declined to issue any citation at all. The reason: The driver felt bad and said sorry.
bikeportland.org/2025/12/05/s...
bikeportland.org/2025/12/05/s...
Selective enforcement by Portland Police adds to crash victim's pain
"I’m not trying to ruin this person’s life - just to reinforce some accountability."
bikeportland.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:49 PM
and yet people keep saying we should fund the police in order to reduce traffic fatalities 🫠
I'm developing a theory of game mechanics where there's a spectrum between "upgrades" and "options". Contrast, say, clicker games (pure upgrade) with something like deckbuilding in a TCG.
December 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
I'm developing a theory of game mechanics where there's a spectrum between "upgrades" and "options". Contrast, say, clicker games (pure upgrade) with something like deckbuilding in a TCG.
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A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
December 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
A book from the 19th century that depicts the Rhine Valley by creating an impression of three-dimensionality and spatial distance.
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury
@MasayukiTsuda2 #globalmuseum #books #travel #19thcentury