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Doin' another social
@kitphoenix3d.bsky.social
3D Artist, TTRPGs, bird facts
Between "aww Shakespeare is too hard huh" ads and "I can't imagine raising a child without it" its obnoxiously clear the main marketing tactic for AI is the textbook "abuser gaslighting you into thinking you're too stupid and incapable to live without them."

It needs you, you don't need it, etc.
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Thank you for the reminder I still need to paint my walls any other color than the Millenial Gruel they came with. Project for January I guess.
Pantone’s 2026 color of the year is technically not a color at all — meet Cloud Dancer, the first-ever white shade to receive the designation from the world’s color authority.
Pantone makes a surprising choice for its 2026 color of the year
We did not see that coming.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Damn, stress and grief really wreck you physically. I feel like I have the flu.
December 1, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My sweet sunshine boy Clay crossed the rainbow bridge last night. He passed peacefully in my arms and I kept my promise to be his forever home.
Thank you for the snuggles and belly rubs and adventures. You were a purring comfort through many hard times. Thank you for a lifetime's worth of love.
December 1, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This goes for job listings as well: if you are looking for "professional artist with x years experience" and then you list MJ/Op*nAI etc as a list of desired "skills", I promise you that venn diagram is two circles light years apart and the pros you want have already written off your entire company.
As a corollary to this: there are a lot of artists who will black-list you from BUYING art if you have AI slop in your profile. Seeing AI is an instant, immediate red flag for most artists because it's a signal that you do not respect artists (yes, that includes using it "until I can get real art").
Just so you know...
Art directors, Art enjoyers, Art buyers and Artists talk with each other. Nobody wants AI slop, specially when there is real art out there as an alternative. You can totally get blacklisted, not only on the industry, but inside fandoms for defending AI precarization and theft.
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Ken Jeong bringing Bobby's "That's my girls!" energy.
November 27, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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This one hits hard. I very much hope to be posting something like it in a decade or so.
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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I'm a BAFTA Breakthrough 2025!

I'm honoured to be amongst such an incredible cohort, and for BAFTA to recognise my work on Old Skies!

As a disabled, female, performer-writer in games, I am so proud to show what we can do, and with BAFTA's support the sky's the limit!

www.bafta.org/stories/brea...
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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Yes.

Flaunt that shit!

Sick of scrolling games just to see AI disclosures at the bottom. When I see one, it's an automatic NOPE from me.

Celebrating that you are against AI is a great way to get me to look at, and cover your game!
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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GenAI has polluted image search results, especially for animal pics. It’s now basically impossible to find accurate art references.

Enter this: a repository of open-access, AI-free images of wild & exotic taxa. Artists creating *without AI* have blanket permission for derivative/transformative use.
Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository
www.animal-photo-references.com
January 27, 2025 at 9:45 AM
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First Steam game let's go!

I play Lin in #Heartspell, and I can't wait for you to get to know this bookworm-turned-monster better. Thanks to @direkittengames.bsky.social for having me, alongside an amazing cast from around the world.

See you in the academy!
Heartspell: Horizon Academy is launched! Sorry for the delay, but we're fully up and running now! SO EXCITED. We'd love to hear what you think, and if anyone starts streaming the full game please let us know here or on Discord so we can join you <3
#indiegames
store.steampowered.com/app/2113350/...
Save 15% on Heartspell: Horizon Academy on Steam
Date wizards, match gems, and level up in this match-3 visual novel with a lot of heart and a little spice. Form deep relationships with faeries, sirens and werewolves, each with their own endearing p...
store.steampowered.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Okay, this causes me physical pain to say, but RFK is (for once) not actually being a total weirdo here. He’s a guest of the Nez Perce at a fish hatchery. The Pacific lamprey and the salmon are culturally important to the Nez Perce people, and they are lobbying to remove dams from the Snake River.
The head of health services in the United States, letting parasitic lampreys bite his arms for some godforsaken reason.
November 21, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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Speaking of things that were trendy despite being basically poison and got shoehorned in where they were unwanted and unneeded during the 20's, one of my local friends has begun referring to genAI as "radium"
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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This is what Krampus leaves for you after he stuffs your children in a sack
"Malort advent calendar" is already such an unhinged concept but every little window just having Malort in it really pushes it over the edge into something transcendently funny
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
November 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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There's a lot to be said for a game that knows exactly what it is, and leans into it with joy and enthusiasm.
Heartspell is a delightful time, lovingly made: do check it out!
store.steampowered.com/app/2113350/...
November 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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ALERT: After a decade at rest, The Final Pam has BREACHED CONTAINMENT.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORfJ...
The Return of Pam | Monster Factory
YouTube video by The McElroy Family
www.youtube.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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Happy 10th, you magnificent freakshow.
#TheFinalPam
November 12, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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Happy 10th birthday to the Final Pam
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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We had an AMAZING time at GeekGirlCon and watching people play that built all weekend gave me that last little bit of confidence to send out access to Steam curators. 10 days to go, fingers crossed.
#indiegames #geekgirlcon #steamcurator
November 12, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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Hmm i wonder why the company who released a game that notable and controversially used AI would say it's important to assume everyone's doing it
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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Beyond the ethical and quality concerns, why would you want to cut voice actors out of your process? They’re the hot people with media training and a camera presence. You need a Laura Bailey or Neil Newbon out there to do panels or it’s just a bunch of sweaty devs in t shirts and blazers
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Narrating Heartspell by @direkittengames.bsky.social has been an unmitigated delight- this article explores why the magical dating sim is so special:
www.indieformer.com/p/frontline-...
#49 | Why I Stopped to Look Twice
A magical dating sim might matter more than you think
www.indieformer.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Had a most excellent time at @geekgirlcon.bsky.social today!! Hoping tomorrow is just as lively with equally lovely chats about everything geeky 🔥 but until then: SLEEP…

#dnd #ttrpg #miniatures
November 9, 2025 at 5:51 AM