Crowley
@korvul.bsky.social
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I play with images on the puter
I play with images on the puter
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holyyy i just found a steam release from last month that seems to be immensely slept on. 4 dollar beyblade roguelike deckbuilder type beat. it feels great and its beating my ass this Flame Garuda AI is truly on some bullshit oldgame style difficulty
January 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
holyyy i just found a steam release from last month that seems to be immensely slept on. 4 dollar beyblade roguelike deckbuilder type beat. it feels great and its beating my ass this Flame Garuda AI is truly on some bullshit oldgame style difficulty
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We'll be publishing our full report from the hearing tomorrow afternoon (UK time), but needless to say, there's an awful lot of additional context to understand about what happened here.
This is a really tough outcome for the union's members, especially those who were in the UK on work visas.
This is a really tough outcome for the union's members, especially those who were in the UK on work visas.
BREAKING: A UK judge has *denied* interim pay to the 31 employees fired by Rockstar Games last year, saying she "was unable to conclude that it appears likely that the tribunal will find that the principal reason for the claimants’ dismissal" was union organizing www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Fired Rockstar Employees Denied Pay by UK Judge
The 31 staffers argued they were dismissed for unionizing. Rockstar said they were fired for leaking information in an online chat group.
www.bloomberg.com
January 12, 2026 at 9:02 PM
We'll be publishing our full report from the hearing tomorrow afternoon (UK time), but needless to say, there's an awful lot of additional context to understand about what happened here.
This is a really tough outcome for the union's members, especially those who were in the UK on work visas.
This is a really tough outcome for the union's members, especially those who were in the UK on work visas.
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Sama'a's little girls are sick, and she needs our help to get them care and medicine. Please give what you can.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
January 12, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Sama'a's little girls are sick, and she needs our help to get them care and medicine. Please give what you can.
chuffed.org/project/157569
chuffed.org/project/157569
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'Official' game preservation efforts are good and should be encouraged when they happen. But that's still relying on corporations and the absurdly rich to care about the history of art and the medium. For the most part, that's not going to happen.
Better to spend energy on teaching ethical piracy.
Better to spend energy on teaching ethical piracy.
January 12, 2026 at 9:41 AM
'Official' game preservation efforts are good and should be encouraged when they happen. But that's still relying on corporations and the absurdly rich to care about the history of art and the medium. For the most part, that's not going to happen.
Better to spend energy on teaching ethical piracy.
Better to spend energy on teaching ethical piracy.
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What I should have added in this piece is that even if all of this stopped right now, that doesn't pardon any past offences already committed. Criminal prohibitions of sexual abuse and expolitation are partly aimed at deterrence - and this only works if they are enforced.
I write in today's @irishexaminer.bsky.social about the laws that are broken when online AI platforms facilitate the production of child sex abuse material. No new laws are needed. Companies (and their executives) are accountable as well as users.
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...
Ireland could prosecute Twitter/X for AI 'child porn' deepfakes
The horrific child sex abuse material produced every day by Grok is already banned under Irish law. The real test is if we are ready to enforce that law against large tech companies
www.irishexaminer.com
January 9, 2026 at 11:39 AM
What I should have added in this piece is that even if all of this stopped right now, that doesn't pardon any past offences already committed. Criminal prohibitions of sexual abuse and expolitation are partly aimed at deterrence - and this only works if they are enforced.
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In case you've seen the story about “grok now only generates images for paid users”, it's untrue. Apparently everyone just reported it because… it was what grok told them 🤦🏼
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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my only sappy thing to say about GDQ is that the last however many years have tried their best to convince the world that ppl like me should not exist and sometimes you wonder if we really are on a downfall but GDQ comes around saying trans rights all day all week raising millions and millions
January 11, 2026 at 8:02 AM
my only sappy thing to say about GDQ is that the last however many years have tried their best to convince the world that ppl like me should not exist and sometimes you wonder if we really are on a downfall but GDQ comes around saying trans rights all day all week raising millions and millions
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I've signed this petition calling for the government to act against X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie
I've signed this petition calling for the government to shut down X for producing & sharing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same?
I've signed this petition calling for the government to stop X allowing their chatbot Grok to ‘digitally undress’ women and share sexualised and illegal photos of children. Will you sign too?
my.uplift.ie
January 11, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I've signed this petition calling for the government to act against X for producing sexual abuse images. Will you do the same? my.uplift.ie/petitions/sh... @uplift.ie
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In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
The Gist: The Abuse Factory
X, the child abuse imagery app, revealed our state has no red lines. This is the Gist.
www.thegist.ie
January 10, 2026 at 5:29 PM
In Dublin, on Fenian Street, there's a factory that makes child sex abuse material.
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
You can pay it money, as a subscription, and that's one of the services it offers. This doesn't happen by mistake or because you've tricked or hacked the system.
It’s a feature.
www.thegist.ie/the-gist-the...
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Felipe Pepe has a pretty good write up on the Chinese rpg scene, he's writing a whole book on games outside the western mainstream:
felipepepe.medium.com/before-gensh...
Game is Legend of the Chivalrous Hero 3
felipepepe.medium.com/before-gensh...
Game is Legend of the Chivalrous Hero 3
Before Genshin Impact: A brief history of Chinese RPGs
If you were interested in learning about movies, music, poetry or any art form from China, you could easily find hundreds of books…
felipepepe.medium.com
January 10, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Felipe Pepe has a pretty good write up on the Chinese rpg scene, he's writing a whole book on games outside the western mainstream:
felipepepe.medium.com/before-gensh...
Game is Legend of the Chivalrous Hero 3
felipepepe.medium.com/before-gensh...
Game is Legend of the Chivalrous Hero 3
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the day today tier paragraph
January 8, 2026 at 4:45 PM
the day today tier paragraph
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404 Media remains one of the few outlets to actually protect and defend adult devs with zero self-consciousness. Bless Sam Cole
github mass-suspended a bunch of developers making mods for popular erotic games, without warning or explanation. even when users try their best to stay withing platforms' rules, they get fucked www.404media.co/github-ban-s...
Github Banned a Ton of Adult Game Developers and Won’t Explain Why
In the aftermath of Github banning or suspending dozens of popular accounts, the erotic game modding community wonders if they should move to platforms like GitGoon instead.
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 6:18 PM
404 Media remains one of the few outlets to actually protect and defend adult devs with zero self-consciousness. Bless Sam Cole
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(And yes I think they did this shit on purpose to make people less likely to turn it off.)
Heads-up, several legitimately useful things with absolutely no reason to be related to google's gemini "AI"— e.g. Reply Nudges, Package Tracking, & Spell Check— are bundled under "smart features."
I'm not saying don't turn it off, I'm saying be aware of to what you may need to again pay attention.
I'm not saying don't turn it off, I'm saying be aware of to what you may need to again pay attention.
Gmail welcoming the Gemini era?
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
That's it. Guide to disable Gemini everywhere: tuta.com/blog/how-to-...
January 9, 2026 at 10:37 PM
(And yes I think they did this shit on purpose to make people less likely to turn it off.)
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Really do feel like the problem was so many people going "sexism is bad, ergo, boobs are bad, because they're just absolutely sloshing and overfull of sexism" rather than catching on that the Real Sexism is in the way women are casually depersoned and shoved into narrow boxes in a lot of scripts
January 5, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Really do feel like the problem was so many people going "sexism is bad, ergo, boobs are bad, because they're just absolutely sloshing and overfull of sexism" rather than catching on that the Real Sexism is in the way women are casually depersoned and shoved into narrow boxes in a lot of scripts
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If you haven't already, January is a good time to cancel your Xbox Game Pass in solidarity with Palestine. Read more about the boycott on our website and sign our pledge at nogamesforgenocide.com
January 7, 2026 at 11:12 AM
If you haven't already, January is a good time to cancel your Xbox Game Pass in solidarity with Palestine. Read more about the boycott on our website and sign our pledge at nogamesforgenocide.com
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Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
Elon Musk chatbot repeatedly making CSAM on demand should be one of the single biggest stories right now and it's effectively a collective shrug instead
January 5, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Yeah, it has long been the case that adult-oriented businesses have to be careful or risk the wrath of everyone from prosecutors to payment-processing companies, but "prominent social media company owned by world's richest person swiftly became world's largest CSAM producer" produces no reaction.
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In a strange position where I think there are massive, massive social harms to the proliferation of AI (misinfo, deepfakes, predatory 'companions', surveillance, labour rights) but also feel the mainstream arguments against it range from unconvincing (water) to actively harmful (copyright; "soul")
January 6, 2026 at 7:52 PM
In a strange position where I think there are massive, massive social harms to the proliferation of AI (misinfo, deepfakes, predatory 'companions', surveillance, labour rights) but also feel the mainstream arguments against it range from unconvincing (water) to actively harmful (copyright; "soul")
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I have officially launched TrueRef's new timed gesture tool (Flow) & free pose library (Pose)! Both are linked on trueref.io.
While limited right now, both will contain our full free library by the 1st. 🤍
Flow: community.trueref.io/trueref_gest...
Pose: community.trueref.io/free_referen...
While limited right now, both will contain our full free library by the 1st. 🤍
Flow: community.trueref.io/trueref_gest...
Pose: community.trueref.io/free_referen...
December 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I have officially launched TrueRef's new timed gesture tool (Flow) & free pose library (Pose)! Both are linked on trueref.io.
While limited right now, both will contain our full free library by the 1st. 🤍
Flow: community.trueref.io/trueref_gest...
Pose: community.trueref.io/free_referen...
While limited right now, both will contain our full free library by the 1st. 🤍
Flow: community.trueref.io/trueref_gest...
Pose: community.trueref.io/free_referen...
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The Voice of Hind Rajab screening with Q&A with the director Kaouther Ben Hania, Friday 16th January @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
Tickets 🎟 👇🏽
#GazaGenocide
ifi.ie/film/the-voi...
Tickets 🎟 👇🏽
#GazaGenocide
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THE VOICE OF HIND RAJAB - Irish Film Institute
SCREENING FROM JANUARY 16TH. The 18.30 screening on Friday, January 16th, will be followed by a Q&A with director Kaouther Ben Hania. Tickets now on sale. January 29th, 2024. Red Crescent volunteers r...
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January 6, 2026 at 12:57 PM
The Voice of Hind Rajab screening with Q&A with the director Kaouther Ben Hania, Friday 16th January @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social
Tickets 🎟 👇🏽
#GazaGenocide
ifi.ie/film/the-voi...
Tickets 🎟 👇🏽
#GazaGenocide
ifi.ie/film/the-voi...
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The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
January 4, 2026 at 8:35 PM
The extent to which Games Done Quick has helped to steer the larger speedrunning community - one of the most hardcore video game enthusiast subcultures there is - into becoming something so welcoming, inclusive and supportive astonishes me
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The rise of deepfakes and AI CSAM prove public and private sectors don’t actually care about abuse, but still punish sex workers, queer people, and women under that guise. Credit cards companies and law enforcement punish consensual sex and sexuality, but ignore and therefore encourage abuse
January 6, 2026 at 1:52 PM
The rise of deepfakes and AI CSAM prove public and private sectors don’t actually care about abuse, but still punish sex workers, queer people, and women under that guise. Credit cards companies and law enforcement punish consensual sex and sexuality, but ignore and therefore encourage abuse
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why do ppl sex up characters in games? many reasons: titillation, humour, control & consumption. laughing, jorking it, sometimes both. misogyny, desire, sometimes intersect, sometimes do not, sometimes are one, esp. in our heteroculture. the digital object as sex device or as avatar, neither or both
January 5, 2026 at 12:08 AM
why do ppl sex up characters in games? many reasons: titillation, humour, control & consumption. laughing, jorking it, sometimes both. misogyny, desire, sometimes intersect, sometimes do not, sometimes are one, esp. in our heteroculture. the digital object as sex device or as avatar, neither or both
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We're done with "queer baiting"
We're finished with "good representation"
We're getting out of "sincerely applying the Bechdel Test", too
I found something new.
We're finished with "good representation"
We're getting out of "sincerely applying the Bechdel Test", too
I found something new.
January 4, 2026 at 7:32 PM
We're done with "queer baiting"
We're finished with "good representation"
We're getting out of "sincerely applying the Bechdel Test", too
I found something new.
We're finished with "good representation"
We're getting out of "sincerely applying the Bechdel Test", too
I found something new.
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No one supports a war in Venezuela btw
January 3, 2026 at 6:49 AM
No one supports a war in Venezuela btw
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Ireland, you have the chance to do the funniest thing ever.
Under Irish law Musk can be jailed for 12 months for being a director of a company distributing CSAM. Section 9 of the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act 1998. 'X' is a company registered in Ireland.
January 2, 2026 at 7:30 PM
Ireland, you have the chance to do the funniest thing ever.