Darth Matter
@darthmatter.bsky.social
He/Him | D&D Aficionado | RPG Devotee | Book Enthusiast
Putting good into the world to spite my enemies.
Putting good into the world to spite my enemies.
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I saw the GenAI creep in the studios I worked for this year. Everything from the initial concept art phase to finished assets. This is why teams who care about human work is going to be so important to the future of our industry.
NEW: I spoke to Larian boss Swen Vincke about their ambitions for their new RPG Divinity, cutting down development time, pressures from Baldur's Gate 3, why BG3 wouldn't have happened without Tencent, how Larian uses generative AI, and much more www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Maker Promises ‘Divinity’ Will Be ‘Next Level’
‘I think this one is going to be way better’ than ‘Baldur’s Gate 3,’ Larian CEO Vincke says
www.bloomberg.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I saw the GenAI creep in the studios I worked for this year. Everything from the initial concept art phase to finished assets. This is why teams who care about human work is going to be so important to the future of our industry.
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Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
December 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Why decline all these chances to defend feminism? Because to participate would be accepting the premise that our rights and humanity are up for debate in the first place.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
Once you’ve conceded that it’s reasonable to ask whether women’s equality was a mistake, you’ve already lost.
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That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
December 21, 2025 at 12:29 AM
That’s what these ‘debates’ are really about: framing old fashioned oppression as some kind of high-brow concern for women’s happiness.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
You know what makes us happy? Bank accounts. Voting rights. The ability to leave a bad marriage and not have a miscarriage kill us.
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They ignored a lawful subpoena, recycled public records, and conveniently left out Donald Trump. This is not transparency.
December 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
They ignored a lawful subpoena, recycled public records, and conveniently left out Donald Trump. This is not transparency.
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I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
December 16, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I don't want gen AI in my browser
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
I don't want gen AI in my pc
I don't want gen AI in my art
I don't want gen AI in my games
I don't want gen AI in my music
I don't want gen AI in my movies
I don't want gen AI in my books
I don't want gen AI in my cart
I don't want gen AI in my life
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the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
There's a series of things (like the ballroom, Gulf of America) that we're going to have to *undo* the moment this guy is out of office.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
And yet I can already hear future Democrat presidents saying "I'm focused on the people's work, not the knucklehead stuff" and just leave this man's shit up.
The president's name was added to the sign outside the performing arts center.
December 19, 2025 at 7:50 PM
the number one requirement for the next Dem president is that they are willing to look back
with a flamethrower
with a flamethrower
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All the deviants can get rocked
I think Republicans are overestimating liberals' emotional attachment to Bill Clinton.
December 20, 2025 at 1:36 AM
All the deviants can get rocked
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Any Democrat who thinks it's appropriate to "find common ground" with the Republicans on issues like high school sports teams is negotiating with a political party that does not believe trans people should exist. This policy will kill people, so maybe stop wringing your hands about volleyball.
"Men are men. Men can never become women. Women are women. Women can never become men."
December 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Any Democrat who thinks it's appropriate to "find common ground" with the Republicans on issues like high school sports teams is negotiating with a political party that does not believe trans people should exist. This policy will kill people, so maybe stop wringing your hands about volleyball.
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January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
December 18, 2025 at 4:47 AM
January 6 was like a much dumber version of Hitler’s Beer Hall Putsch and yet a plurality of American voters were like, Yeah, let’s give that guy the nuke codes again. An absolutely world historical debacle of societal ignorance. I’ll never understand it.
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I just think it would be a better country if our president could write words of condolences for a beloved director that were as warm and kind as those he wrote for a despised pedophile
December 16, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I just think it would be a better country if our president could write words of condolences for a beloved director that were as warm and kind as those he wrote for a despised pedophile
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Weirdly, there is nothing that supports the existence of the “Turtle Island Liberation Front” prior to yesterday.
No journalism or news media, academic writing, NGO reports, court records, government statements, or mainstream or extremism-monitoring coverage - just a handful of social media posts.
No journalism or news media, academic writing, NGO reports, court records, government statements, or mainstream or extremism-monitoring coverage - just a handful of social media posts.
FBI foils bombing plot targeting Los Angeles, US attorney general says
Four people are facing criminal charges in connection with what Attorney General Pam Bondi described on Monday as a foiled bomb plot that contemplated multiple targets, including U.S. immigration agen...
www.reuters.com
December 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Weirdly, there is nothing that supports the existence of the “Turtle Island Liberation Front” prior to yesterday.
No journalism or news media, academic writing, NGO reports, court records, government statements, or mainstream or extremism-monitoring coverage - just a handful of social media posts.
No journalism or news media, academic writing, NGO reports, court records, government statements, or mainstream or extremism-monitoring coverage - just a handful of social media posts.
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A lot of strange shit is going to start happening as we get closer to the release of The Epstein files.
December 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A lot of strange shit is going to start happening as we get closer to the release of The Epstein files.
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If you're still unsure how you should feel about this administration, here's an easy tip.
December 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
If you're still unsure how you should feel about this administration, here's an easy tip.
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Part of the Civil Rights Movement was a dignity claim that when you are in public you have a right to be spoken to in a neutral manner. Hamilton v. Alabama. This service worker may hate to serve me Cinnabons, but it is part of her job to serve every customer in the same manner.
ah yes, all workers should have the right to hurl racial slurs at black customers
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
December 12, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Part of the Civil Rights Movement was a dignity claim that when you are in public you have a right to be spoken to in a neutral manner. Hamilton v. Alabama. This service worker may hate to serve me Cinnabons, but it is part of her job to serve every customer in the same manner.
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I can't believe the Atlantic went from employing Ta-Nehisi Coates to arguing that it would be acceptable to shout racial slurs at Ta-Nehisi Coates if he asked for additional caramel for his Cinnabon order.
“Those of us on the left should be fighting to improve protections for workers of all races, and thereby for the betterment of people’s material conditions regardless of their views,” Arash Azizi argues:
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
bit.ly
December 12, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I can't believe the Atlantic went from employing Ta-Nehisi Coates to arguing that it would be acceptable to shout racial slurs at Ta-Nehisi Coates if he asked for additional caramel for his Cinnabon order.
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You should be embarrassed for writing this dreck. It’s not up to you to decide how much antiblackness Cinnabon customers should be forced to endure because you feel sorry for some dumb white broad who couldn’t keep her racist opinions to herself. Shame on you.
Stay in your lane.
Stay in your lane.
I wrote about why we should not celebrate someone losing their job, especially in today’s America, even when they’ve done terrible racist things.
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Losing a job should also be harder and involve workers’ bodies not unilateral management decisions.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why the Cinnabon Story Doesn’t Make Me Happy
The left should be promoting working-class solidarity, not delighting in seeing workers summarily dismissed.
www.theatlantic.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
You should be embarrassed for writing this dreck. It’s not up to you to decide how much antiblackness Cinnabon customers should be forced to endure because you feel sorry for some dumb white broad who couldn’t keep her racist opinions to herself. Shame on you.
Stay in your lane.
Stay in your lane.
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i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
December 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i want to be clear about this: worker’s rights also includes the right to be free from racist or sexist or gendered abuse at your job.
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seriously, foh with this nonsense
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
seriously, foh with this nonsense
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what about the somali customers? good chance they were working class too. do they not deserve to live in a world where they can buy a snack without an assault on their dignity?
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
what about the somali customers? good chance they were working class too. do they not deserve to live in a world where they can buy a snack without an assault on their dignity?
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there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
there is a certain condescension in the idea that “racism should be publicly unacceptable and come with consequences” is an attack on the “working class.”
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i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
December 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
i also believe in building a better world for workers. i also believe that all people are entitled to respect and dignity and that there ought to be social sanction for those who openly degrade others. you call me a “n*gger” to my face and i am not going to smile and shake your hand.
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I'm sorry but this is insane!
December 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I'm sorry but this is insane!
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:32 PM
🙃
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Sorry, I just think it's Toilet Paper USA when I see TPUSA.
December 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Sorry, I just think it's Toilet Paper USA when I see TPUSA.
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It's hard to have weathered a life of hearing conspiracy theories you know can't be true, and are provably wrong, only to live long enough where a true conspiracy occurs, out in the open, for all to see, and you feel crazier and crazier as it worsens day by day by day.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court seems likely to expand president's power and back Trump's firing of independent-agency board members.
December 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
It's hard to have weathered a life of hearing conspiracy theories you know can't be true, and are provably wrong, only to live long enough where a true conspiracy occurs, out in the open, for all to see, and you feel crazier and crazier as it worsens day by day by day.