ColdfireSerge
@coldfireserge.bsky.social
He/him
US Midwest nerd. Anime and speculative fiction fan.
Likely to be playing tabletop games in the corner
US Midwest nerd. Anime and speculative fiction fan.
Likely to be playing tabletop games in the corner
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this Sunday from noon-7 pm PT, i will be doing a board game charity stream on Twitch, we're raising money for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, also anyone who donates at least $25 will be entered for a drawing for a Nintendo Switch 2, you can donate here www.extra-life.org/participants...
Extra Life | Change Kids' Health, Change the Future
I'm raising funds with #EXTRALIFE for kids treated at my Children's Miracle Network Hospitals! I need your help to reach my fundraising goal. Please donate today to change kids' health.
www.extra-life.org
December 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
this Sunday from noon-7 pm PT, i will be doing a board game charity stream on Twitch, we're raising money for Children's Hospital Los Angeles, also anyone who donates at least $25 will be entered for a drawing for a Nintendo Switch 2, you can donate here www.extra-life.org/participants...
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Thanks to the funneling of all earth’s wealth, technology, and power into this one project, the future is finally here: a hallucinating powerpoint flesher outer lauded as “more or less OK” by people held at gunpoint.
sigh
December 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Thanks to the funneling of all earth’s wealth, technology, and power into this one project, the future is finally here: a hallucinating powerpoint flesher outer lauded as “more or less OK” by people held at gunpoint.
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Harlequin France is canceling contracts with translators to use AI.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
"Bradage de la traduction, plan social invisible : Harlequin passe à l’IA"
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
Faites tourner, parce qu'il va falloir se battre encore plus. :/
#traduction #IA #Harlequin #ATLF
December 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Harlequin France is canceling contracts with translators to use AI.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
Publishers rushing to cut their own feet off befuddles me.
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You say you want a mix of Japanese AND Irish folklore?
We got you covered...
@jimzub.bsky.social
amzn.to/4s00tUa
We got you covered...
@jimzub.bsky.social
amzn.to/4s00tUa
December 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
You say you want a mix of Japanese AND Irish folklore?
We got you covered...
@jimzub.bsky.social
amzn.to/4s00tUa
We got you covered...
@jimzub.bsky.social
amzn.to/4s00tUa
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we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
December 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
we can kill them all if we just work together and ✨believe💫
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VERY depressing seeing so many board game publishers and kickstarters fall down this hole. if you can't afford an artist you can't afford to make a game, if you don't have time to make art you dont have time to make your game.
Fantastic video by Pam Walls on the increasing use of AI in board games, and the need (more than ever) to support artists, illustrators and graphic designers in the industry.
youtu.be/Ci5pOjyJknI?...
youtu.be/Ci5pOjyJknI?...
We need to talk about AI slop in board games
YouTube video by Pam Walls Game Design
youtu.be
December 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
VERY depressing seeing so many board game publishers and kickstarters fall down this hole. if you can't afford an artist you can't afford to make a game, if you don't have time to make art you dont have time to make your game.
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UPDATE IS FINALLY DONE!
I rebuilt my Book Controller to play SCH/SMN with! 📘🧑🎓
Queue up abilities by pressing the corresponding button in the book ➡️ activate the ability with motion controls ➡️ rest your arms as the book is heavy!
Fun side project to work on and I have more on the way
#ffxiv
I rebuilt my Book Controller to play SCH/SMN with! 📘🧑🎓
Queue up abilities by pressing the corresponding button in the book ➡️ activate the ability with motion controls ➡️ rest your arms as the book is heavy!
Fun side project to work on and I have more on the way
#ffxiv
December 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
UPDATE IS FINALLY DONE!
I rebuilt my Book Controller to play SCH/SMN with! 📘🧑🎓
Queue up abilities by pressing the corresponding button in the book ➡️ activate the ability with motion controls ➡️ rest your arms as the book is heavy!
Fun side project to work on and I have more on the way
#ffxiv
I rebuilt my Book Controller to play SCH/SMN with! 📘🧑🎓
Queue up abilities by pressing the corresponding button in the book ➡️ activate the ability with motion controls ➡️ rest your arms as the book is heavy!
Fun side project to work on and I have more on the way
#ffxiv
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I love being able to publish articles like this, that explore fandom that's outside of the North American sphere. It's a huge world, and there are countless anime fans, and I love sharing their stories.
Huge props to Amal Hasan, who wrote this piece, and Kerine Wint, who was a fantastic editor.
Huge props to Amal Hasan, who wrote this piece, and Kerine Wint, who was a fantastic editor.
Hi everyone, it's new article day. 🥰
This week, we have an article by Amal Hasan, who explores the history of the Spacetoon TV channel, and the impact that it's had on Arabic anime fandom and pop culture. It's a great read, and we hope you enjoy it.
#anime #fandom
This week, we have an article by Amal Hasan, who explores the history of the Spacetoon TV channel, and the impact that it's had on Arabic anime fandom and pop culture. It's a great read, and we hope you enjoy it.
#anime #fandom
From Spacetoon to Subtitles: How Arabic-Dubbed Anime Shaped a Generation
Even now, the initial sounds of the time-honored Arabic opening theme of Detective Conan or a Grendizer figurine in a shop window can induce a profound wave of wonder from childhood. It is living evidence that a brightly colored channel from our youth did a great deal more than shape our viewing habits; it defined a generation's sense of wonder, belonging, and identity.
hera.fyi
December 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
I love being able to publish articles like this, that explore fandom that's outside of the North American sphere. It's a huge world, and there are countless anime fans, and I love sharing their stories.
Huge props to Amal Hasan, who wrote this piece, and Kerine Wint, who was a fantastic editor.
Huge props to Amal Hasan, who wrote this piece, and Kerine Wint, who was a fantastic editor.
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woah!!
....this weird streaming portal dropped a new detective conan spinoff dub like 3 weeks ago
it's not bad! pretty OK voices.
wow, kaito's a little asshole, haha
....this weird streaming portal dropped a new detective conan spinoff dub like 3 weeks ago
it's not bad! pretty OK voices.
wow, kaito's a little asshole, haha
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
woah!!
....this weird streaming portal dropped a new detective conan spinoff dub like 3 weeks ago
it's not bad! pretty OK voices.
wow, kaito's a little asshole, haha
....this weird streaming portal dropped a new detective conan spinoff dub like 3 weeks ago
it's not bad! pretty OK voices.
wow, kaito's a little asshole, haha
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AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
December 12, 2025 at 7:39 AM
AP on Trump now, and Biden in June 2022.
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
For Trump, declining to 36 percent approval is “good news.”
For Biden, holding steady at 41% is “a source of concern.”
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It’s as if Anne Frank was describing the state sanctioned terror in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
December, 2025
December, 2025
December 8, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s as if Anne Frank was describing the state sanctioned terror in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
December, 2025
December, 2025
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don't claim it.
doesn't matter that it's free.
Don't.
doesn't matter that it's free.
Don't.
Hogwarts Legacy is free on Epic Games Store. Mystery game is the next title buff.ly/HE94Ti2
December 12, 2025 at 2:32 AM
don't claim it.
doesn't matter that it's free.
Don't.
doesn't matter that it's free.
Don't.
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This whole thing should simply be a commercial. Frankly, if the Democrats have any sense at all, they will take this clip and pay to air it, unedited, across 90 seconds of Superbowl airtime
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This whole thing should simply be a commercial. Frankly, if the Democrats have any sense at all, they will take this clip and pay to air it, unedited, across 90 seconds of Superbowl airtime
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this is crazy, these people are 2nd grade-level liars
GLASHEEN: Antifa is our primary concern right now. That's the most immediate violent threat we're facing
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
BENNIE THOMPSON: Where is antifa headquartered?
GLASHEEN: ... ... ... we are building out the infrastructure right now
THOMPSON: What does that mean?
December 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
this is crazy, these people are 2nd grade-level liars
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anyone who thinks of the Postal Service as a money-losing business instead of one of the peak achievements of American society belongs in prison
December 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
anyone who thinks of the Postal Service as a money-losing business instead of one of the peak achievements of American society belongs in prison
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What does 6-7 mean?
“It’s from a song and gradually became a nonsense word meme.”
(Remembers all the things from TV shows and movies people would repeat for fun going back as far as the eighties)
Yep, that adds up. Have fun!
“It’s from a song and gradually became a nonsense word meme.”
(Remembers all the things from TV shows and movies people would repeat for fun going back as far as the eighties)
Yep, that adds up. Have fun!
December 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
What does 6-7 mean?
“It’s from a song and gradually became a nonsense word meme.”
(Remembers all the things from TV shows and movies people would repeat for fun going back as far as the eighties)
Yep, that adds up. Have fun!
“It’s from a song and gradually became a nonsense word meme.”
(Remembers all the things from TV shows and movies people would repeat for fun going back as far as the eighties)
Yep, that adds up. Have fun!
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Planning to nominate and vote on the Hugo Awards? Better move fast!
The deadline to have a WSFS membership so that you have the right to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards is coming up on January 31.
Your WSFS membership is available here: www.lacon.org/register
The deadline to have a WSFS membership so that you have the right to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards is coming up on January 31.
Your WSFS membership is available here: www.lacon.org/register
December 11, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Planning to nominate and vote on the Hugo Awards? Better move fast!
The deadline to have a WSFS membership so that you have the right to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards is coming up on January 31.
Your WSFS membership is available here: www.lacon.org/register
The deadline to have a WSFS membership so that you have the right to nominate for the 2026 Hugo Awards is coming up on January 31.
Your WSFS membership is available here: www.lacon.org/register
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Thread, because this 100%.
The moment the tech bros came in dicks swinging and screaming about how "we're gonna kill your jobs and you can't do anything about it," WHILE they were actively stealing from us, was the moment I became determined to burn GenAI shit to the ground.
The moment the tech bros came in dicks swinging and screaming about how "we're gonna kill your jobs and you can't do anything about it," WHILE they were actively stealing from us, was the moment I became determined to burn GenAI shit to the ground.
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Thread, because this 100%.
The moment the tech bros came in dicks swinging and screaming about how "we're gonna kill your jobs and you can't do anything about it," WHILE they were actively stealing from us, was the moment I became determined to burn GenAI shit to the ground.
The moment the tech bros came in dicks swinging and screaming about how "we're gonna kill your jobs and you can't do anything about it," WHILE they were actively stealing from us, was the moment I became determined to burn GenAI shit to the ground.
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🔥 30th Anniversary 🔥 On this day, Breath of Fire II made its North American debut on Super Nintendo!
To celebrate, we've upgraded our 2013 Wii U & 2019 Nintendo Switch trailer with some pizzazz. Please give it a watch, then go play BoFII on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, & Capcom Town!
To celebrate, we've upgraded our 2013 Wii U & 2019 Nintendo Switch trailer with some pizzazz. Please give it a watch, then go play BoFII on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, & Capcom Town!
December 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
🔥 30th Anniversary 🔥 On this day, Breath of Fire II made its North American debut on Super Nintendo!
To celebrate, we've upgraded our 2013 Wii U & 2019 Nintendo Switch trailer with some pizzazz. Please give it a watch, then go play BoFII on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, & Capcom Town!
To celebrate, we've upgraded our 2013 Wii U & 2019 Nintendo Switch trailer with some pizzazz. Please give it a watch, then go play BoFII on Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2, & Capcom Town!
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Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
![Statement on Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s Genocide Denial at the Israel Hayom Summit
December 9, 2025
The Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention and Human Security feels called to point out that former Secretary of State Hilary Clinton’s recent remarks at the Israel Hayom Summit on 2 December amount to outright genocide denial.
During her remarks, the Secretary correctly noted that the recent deterioration of Israel’s standing among U.S. voters is not a “Republican versus Democrat kind of divide” but rather a generational one. Nevertheless, she incorrectly diagnosed the reasons for the shift as a matter purely of optics, stating that “Israel [has] the worst PR of any group” and accusing social media, particularly TikTok, of presenting “pure propaganda” that American youth are uncritically ingesting.
Secretary Clinton’s framing is not at all an accurate reflection of why Americans are growing more critical of Israel. Young Americans of all political stripes have not fallen prey to propaganda, though that is always a legitimate concern. Rather, they have consumed two years of videos depicting Israel’s genocide against Palestinians that have been uploaded by Palestinian journalists, ordinary people trying to survive in Gaza, IDF soldiers, and ordinary Israelis themselves. There has been no convincing refutation of the sheer amount of raw evidence of genocide coming out of Palestine. Young people in the U.S. are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well.
Secretary Clinton appears not to be bothered by the reality of genocidal violence – in fact, she did not mention anything about it. Her concern is, rather, in her words, “the narrative” – the fact that these crimes are no longer hidden and are now being live-streamed and documented in real time, making it harder for her and others to control it. TikTok cannot be blamed for the fact that many members of Gen Z understand that Israel is …](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:pwsjq3xnal6auzgeqho4ecw7/bafkreiafbjju65esvo6htynkkl6or6muv4qqhwo5fghkkbyvclgnxxmchy@jpeg)
December 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Wow: Lemkin Institute for Genocide Prevention (named for Holocaust survivor Raphael Lemkin, who coined term "genocide") calls Clinton's remarks "genocide denial."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
"Young people in the US are not stupid or gullible. They simply reject genocide – something the Secretary might consider doing as well."
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You will be visited by three spirits
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
You will be visited by three spirits
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I’ve seen multiple people mention needing a slur/nickname for the genA-I slop evangelists. This is the best suggestion yet. I say spread this far and wide and make Slop Gobblers catch on!
Can we start calling them Slop Gobblers?
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I’ve seen multiple people mention needing a slur/nickname for the genA-I slop evangelists. This is the best suggestion yet. I say spread this far and wide and make Slop Gobblers catch on!