Saúl González D.
@esaulgd.bsky.social
Game Designer / Programmer from Venezuela living in Tokyo.
We need to recognize that this is a problem. We need to go back to a society that demands that companies are responsible for the well-being of their employees.
We need to say these CEOs are failures and that they need to be treated as such.
We need to say these CEOs are failures and that they need to be treated as such.
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
December 1, 2025 at 3:11 AM
We need to recognize that this is a problem. We need to go back to a society that demands that companies are responsible for the well-being of their employees.
We need to say these CEOs are failures and that they need to be treated as such.
We need to say these CEOs are failures and that they need to be treated as such.
Is it so difficult to add a hint button?
Do players flat out refuse to use it or something?
Do players flat out refuse to use it or something?
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Is it so difficult to add a hint button?
Do players flat out refuse to use it or something?
Do players flat out refuse to use it or something?
The OP is a case of “reality Is indistinguishable from parody” in the wild.
I think the belief by the powerful that "people will put up with many things if you are excellent at math" is incredibly revealing in terms of understanding How We Got Here
November 12, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The OP is a case of “reality Is indistinguishable from parody” in the wild.
As crazy as this sounds in English, the Japanese language has a lot of adjectives that are also onomatopoeia, so I think this is only a 7/10 in the wildness scale.
this is the wildest way to communicate your vision for the game design
and what's hilarious is he actually did make it happen
and what's hilarious is he actually did make it happen
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As crazy as this sounds in English, the Japanese language has a lot of adjectives that are also onomatopoeia, so I think this is only a 7/10 in the wildness scale.
Totalmente recomendado este video sobre precauciones básicas de ciberseguridad. Excelente aporte de Annybell.
youtu.be/A-DSZnz0Z1k?...
youtu.be/A-DSZnz0Z1k?...
EP 1 ¿Por qué es más seguro dejarlo ir? Seguridad Medieval En los Tiempos de la IA
YouTube video by Seguramente
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November 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Totalmente recomendado este video sobre precauciones básicas de ciberseguridad. Excelente aporte de Annybell.
youtu.be/A-DSZnz0Z1k?...
youtu.be/A-DSZnz0Z1k?...
Digital reanimations of dead people fit the definition of necromancy and everyone should start calling it that.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Digital reanimations of dead people fit the definition of necromancy and everyone should start calling it that.
Necromancy wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card.
Churches showing an AI Charlie Kirk telling congregants, through an artificial voice, not to let evil win is a new level of instrumentalizing the dead.
When Trump goes, I think we’re going to see the same thing. Visions and AI slop will abound. Prophecies and messages from beyond the grave.
When Trump goes, I think we’re going to see the same thing. Visions and AI slop will abound. Prophecies and messages from beyond the grave.
I wrote about how MAGA is being shaped by a politics of immortality, how Charlie Kirk’s martyrdom reflects this, and what it could mean for the future of Trumpism. Read at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-last-ene...
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-last-ene...
October 17, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Necromancy wasn’t on my 2025 bingo card.
Some of the best international reporting on Venezuela I’ve seen recently.
The Venezuelan rumour mill is brimming with the idea that America may soon mount a military operation to overthrow the country’s unelected president, Nicolás Maduro
Venezuelans wonder if America will bring down Nicolás Maduro
By speaking openly about authorising a “covert” CIA operation against the regime, Donald Trump is fanning the flames
econ.st
October 17, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Some of the best international reporting on Venezuela I’ve seen recently.
Mandatory engine version update
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Mandatory engine version update
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Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
October 6, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Robin Williams' daughter has some quality thoughts on AI slop
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"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too."
"The disintegration of a democracy is a deceptively quiet affair," Gisela Salim-Peyer writes of her experience growing up in Venezuela.
Authoritarianism Feels Surprisingly Normal—Until It Doesn’t
Life in Venezuela was deceptively mundane. Then everything collapsed.
www.theatlantic.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
"Living through the rise of a dictatorship just means inhabiting a space that is gradually shrinking. There’s no point in resisting, not at first. You just make do with whatever breathing room you still have—until you lose that too."
Prediction: there will be a Silksong update with options to reduce difficulty.
September 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Prediction: there will be a Silksong update with options to reduce difficulty.
Like crabs, every online discussion that goes long enough eventually becomes about semiotics.
“Respect the player’s time” originally simply meant “no filler” (as judged by the dev).
Trying to expand the definition beyond that just results in shorthand for “things I like”.
“Respect the player’s time” originally simply meant “no filler” (as judged by the dev).
Trying to expand the definition beyond that just results in shorthand for “things I like”.
This convo I had highlights the difference in what "respect your time" means in games.
A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress
But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.
A lot of players want to trade time for in-game progress. It's purely transactional: 1 hour = 1 progress
But I want to feel like my actions matter i.e. what I do with time creates progress, not time itself.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Like crabs, every online discussion that goes long enough eventually becomes about semiotics.
“Respect the player’s time” originally simply meant “no filler” (as judged by the dev).
Trying to expand the definition beyond that just results in shorthand for “things I like”.
“Respect the player’s time” originally simply meant “no filler” (as judged by the dev).
Trying to expand the definition beyond that just results in shorthand for “things I like”.
Es increíble como la prensa, la universidad, los empresarios venezolanos fuimos más valientes que esta banda de cobardes.
Perdimos, pero al menos dimos la pelea.
Perdimos, pero al menos dimos la pelea.
Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social was curious; so he asked Ben Smith — co-founder of Semafor, and former media columnist at the New York Times — if Smith thought democracy is under threat in the U.S.
Good question.
Good question.
September 2, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Es increíble como la prensa, la universidad, los empresarios venezolanos fuimos más valientes que esta banda de cobardes.
Perdimos, pero al menos dimos la pelea.
Perdimos, pero al menos dimos la pelea.
Have 1/10th of the bravery of a Venezuelan journalist challenge 🤡
Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social was curious; so he asked Ben Smith — co-founder of Semafor, and former media columnist at the New York Times — if Smith thought democracy is under threat in the U.S.
Good question.
Good question.
September 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Have 1/10th of the bravery of a Venezuelan journalist challenge 🤡
Running the government like a business.
He’s providing them with valuable mulching experience though.
September 1, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Running the government like a business.
Ciertamente
Hard to think of anything today except those poor kids in Minnesota. 😔
August 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Ciertamente
This is the way.
Vanity Fair staffers threaten to walk out over a proposed Melania cover: “We are not going to normalize this despot and his wife… if this happens, i’m gone, and so is half my team.” www.thedailybeast.com/i-will-walk-...
August 28, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This is the way.
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Silksong was developed the way it was because the developer didn't have to worry about money.
The only way you get more games developed like Silksong is if Universal Basic Income becomes a thing.
The only way you get more games developed like Silksong is if Universal Basic Income becomes a thing.
August 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Silksong was developed the way it was because the developer didn't have to worry about money.
The only way you get more games developed like Silksong is if Universal Basic Income becomes a thing.
The only way you get more games developed like Silksong is if Universal Basic Income becomes a thing.
The worst part is that I don’t think there’s even any kompromat. Trump is just that easy to manipulate.
A murderous dictator has kompromat on the US President and is making him do his bidding.
The Cold War never ended for Vladimir Putin.
What is happening to America right now is his greatest triumph.
The Cold War never ended for Vladimir Putin.
What is happening to America right now is his greatest triumph.
August 19, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The worst part is that I don’t think there’s even any kompromat. Trump is just that easy to manipulate.
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In general we MUST bring back in the internet age the skill of identifying when you're being advertised to. "It's a viral trend." It's an advertisement. An influencer casually like "I love this product." It's an advertisement. These people are getting a kickback! You are being advertised to!!!!
A principle that I think needs to get more widely circulated is that if someone is selling you a way to make money, it means the method isn't making enough money for them.
August 17, 2025 at 7:44 PM
In general we MUST bring back in the internet age the skill of identifying when you're being advertised to. "It's a viral trend." It's an advertisement. An influencer casually like "I love this product." It's an advertisement. These people are getting a kickback! You are being advertised to!!!!
“Why doesn’t anyone ever take a look at this situation from the point of view of the cancer? The little guy is just trying to thrive and survive, you know?”
Zeldin: "They'll say that carbon dioxide endangers public health, that carbon dioxide is a pollutant, and they'll never talk about anything that is good or important about it."
August 14, 2025 at 6:54 AM
“Why doesn’t anyone ever take a look at this situation from the point of view of the cancer? The little guy is just trying to thrive and survive, you know?”
This very popular account is a fascist psy-op.
“The two parties aren’t the same. Don’t ‘both sides’ this.”
They both support GENOCIDE. That’s enough for me.
They both support GENOCIDE. That’s enough for me.
August 13, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This very popular account is a fascist psy-op.
For bad-faith actors, every accusation is in fact a confession.
The U.S. right-wing called it’s opponents “snowflakes” for years, but their arguments for everything now are how they *feel* about safety/society, not facts.
And of course feelings cannot be disproven, so anything can be justified.
The U.S. right-wing called it’s opponents “snowflakes” for years, but their arguments for everything now are how they *feel* about safety/society, not facts.
And of course feelings cannot be disproven, so anything can be justified.
August 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
For bad-faith actors, every accusation is in fact a confession.
The U.S. right-wing called it’s opponents “snowflakes” for years, but their arguments for everything now are how they *feel* about safety/society, not facts.
And of course feelings cannot be disproven, so anything can be justified.
The U.S. right-wing called it’s opponents “snowflakes” for years, but their arguments for everything now are how they *feel* about safety/society, not facts.
And of course feelings cannot be disproven, so anything can be justified.
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No one would have any confusion about what is happening if they saw it in another country.
Autocratic leader, building on racist propaganda, falsehoods about crime data, and an alleged assault on a member of his extralegal office devoted to gutting the budget, moves to have federal armed personnel take direct control of the streets of the capital city.
August 13, 2025 at 12:26 AM
No one would have any confusion about what is happening if they saw it in another country.