Vyr Cossont
@princess.industries
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ she/her, iOS app dev, does cool stuff on Fedi sometimes, gamer girl perpetually five years behind
https://princess.industries/@vyr
https://princess.industries/@vyr
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Vyr Cossont
@princess.industries
· Oct 5
Post by fit check for my napalm era, @vyr@princess.industries
my Fediverse post migration tool `slurp` can now [import from Bluesky](https://github.com/VyrCossont/slurp?tab=readme-ov-file#downloading-and-importing-a-bluesky-archive)! i'm looking for beta testers...
princess.industries
i've extended my `slurp` Fedi post migration tool to import to GTS from Bluesky (already does Mastodon and Pixelfed), using indigo to grab your CAR repo and blobs and parse post records
princess.industries/@vyr/statuse...
#slurp #GoToSocial
princess.industries/@vyr/statuse...
#slurp #GoToSocial
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We need a Software of the Left
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
We need a Software of the Left
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I wish the alternative to technology made by evil corporations was not technology made by deranged libertarians.
November 19, 2025 at 1:54 AM
I wish the alternative to technology made by evil corporations was not technology made by deranged libertarians.
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it’s low-key disheartening how well HBO’s Silicon Valley holds up
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
it’s low-key disheartening how well HBO’s Silicon Valley holds up
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Witches' Revel was at KublaCon last weekend… and so a lot of its inspirations! — A.
I brought Witches' Revel to KublaCon last weekend… but I also brought a ton of the games that inspired it over time, all from my design library.
No one had time to try any, so I'll thread 'em here instead, and as a bonus, I'll tell you what I learned from each. 🎲✂️
No one had time to try any, so I'll thread 'em here instead, and as a bonus, I'll tell you what I learned from each. 🎲✂️
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Witches' Revel was at KublaCon last weekend… and so a lot of its inspirations! — A.
this woman has thought more about card game design than most people have thought about _anything_. here's her breakdown of the design inspirations for Witches' Revel
I brought Witches' Revel to KublaCon last weekend… but I also brought a ton of the games that inspired it over time, all from my design library.
No one had time to try any, so I'll thread 'em here instead, and as a bonus, I'll tell you what I learned from each. 🎲✂️
No one had time to try any, so I'll thread 'em here instead, and as a bonus, I'll tell you what I learned from each. 🎲✂️
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 PM
this woman has thought more about card game design than most people have thought about _anything_. here's her breakdown of the design inspirations for Witches' Revel
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There are two games total that @princess.industries could tolerate playing with me (patience of a saint!!!!!!!), and Altered is one of them. I really respect what they are doing for keeping complexity down and clarity up, and in many ways neither goal gets the respect or thought it deserves.
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
There are two games total that @princess.industries could tolerate playing with me (patience of a saint!!!!!!!), and Altered is one of them. I really respect what they are doing for keeping complexity down and clarity up, and in many ways neither goal gets the respect or thought it deserves.
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I brought Witches' Revel to KublaCon last weekend… but I also brought a ton of the games that inspired it over time, all from my design library.
No one had time to try any, so I'll thread 'em here instead, and as a bonus, I'll tell you what I learned from each. 🎲✂️
No one had time to try any, so I'll thread 'em here instead, and as a bonus, I'll tell you what I learned from each. 🎲✂️
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I brought Witches' Revel to KublaCon last weekend… but I also brought a ton of the games that inspired it over time, all from my design library.
No one had time to try any, so I'll thread 'em here instead, and as a bonus, I'll tell you what I learned from each. 🎲✂️
No one had time to try any, so I'll thread 'em here instead, and as a bonus, I'll tell you what I learned from each. 🎲✂️
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I did it. After a year of using clip studio for my Patreon rewards and client projects I deleted photoshop after continuous used for the past 20 years (jfc)
Not only was the price insane, the ethics questionable, but it’s such a bloated piece of hardware it was crashing constantly
Not only was the price insane, the ethics questionable, but it’s such a bloated piece of hardware it was crashing constantly
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
I did it. After a year of using clip studio for my Patreon rewards and client projects I deleted photoshop after continuous used for the past 20 years (jfc)
Not only was the price insane, the ethics questionable, but it’s such a bloated piece of hardware it was crashing constantly
Not only was the price insane, the ethics questionable, but it’s such a bloated piece of hardware it was crashing constantly
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Hello #SfN2025, I'm here presenting sciop.net, archiving at-risk information and bootstrapping a hybrid federated/p2p archive, rebuilding NWB and integrating acquisition and analysis with lightweight pipelines.
I'll be at ZZ14 in the Monday afternoon session :)
aharoni-lab.com/sfn2025/sciop
I'll be at ZZ14 in the Monday afternoon session :)
aharoni-lab.com/sfn2025/sciop
SciOp - Public Information Preservation
Preserving Public Information
sciop.net
November 16, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Hello #SfN2025, I'm here presenting sciop.net, archiving at-risk information and bootstrapping a hybrid federated/p2p archive, rebuilding NWB and integrating acquisition and analysis with lightweight pipelines.
I'll be at ZZ14 in the Monday afternoon session :)
aharoni-lab.com/sfn2025/sciop
I'll be at ZZ14 in the Monday afternoon session :)
aharoni-lab.com/sfn2025/sciop
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I. love. designing. game logos. Capturing the soul of a thing, and keeping it captive within a small picture with some type. I just love the problem solving and the beauty of it.
July 25, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I. love. designing. game logos. Capturing the soul of a thing, and keeping it captive within a small picture with some type. I just love the problem solving and the beauty of it.
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this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
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Imagine thinking that Samus needed an awkward bespectacled sidekick and making it a fucking nerd guy, and not a really subby lesbian with a military hardware fetish.
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Imagine thinking that Samus needed an awkward bespectacled sidekick and making it a fucking nerd guy, and not a really subby lesbian with a military hardware fetish.
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I shared my comics with my family a while back, and was like "sorry for all the gay sex and stuff," and my mom looked at me scornfully and said "but they're about LOVE!" and whenever I start feeling a little prudish about my own work nowadays, I think of that moment and get humbled
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
I shared my comics with my family a while back, and was like "sorry for all the gay sex and stuff," and my mom looked at me scornfully and said "but they're about LOVE!" and whenever I start feeling a little prudish about my own work nowadays, I think of that moment and get humbled
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the GPLv4 needs a "if gabe newell touches this and it gets treated like valve are the sole force behind it, every contributor gets a million dollars" clause
November 14, 2025 at 12:06 AM
the GPLv4 needs a "if gabe newell touches this and it gets treated like valve are the sole force behind it, every contributor gets a million dollars" clause
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I attended SFF cons as a teenager.
I stopped getting regularly and persistently sexually harassed at SFF cons sometime in college.
"Oh wow you look way older"
No the fuck I did not because when I WAS older these weirdos stopped.
They know what the hell they're doing.
I stopped getting regularly and persistently sexually harassed at SFF cons sometime in college.
"Oh wow you look way older"
No the fuck I did not because when I WAS older these weirdos stopped.
They know what the hell they're doing.
To the two well-respected local SF/F community leaders who each told a teenage child of a friend of mine, "I can't wait for you to turn 18, I'll be waiting for you," I know your names you fucking shitty-ass pedo bastards, and I *remember*.
I see the “technically it’s ephebophelia” crowd is out today, so just a reminder that A) this is NOT a case where technically correct is the best kind of correct and B) the minute you say this, the gods dump you in the “irredeemable creeper” basket and wash their hands thoroughly after touching you.
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I attended SFF cons as a teenager.
I stopped getting regularly and persistently sexually harassed at SFF cons sometime in college.
"Oh wow you look way older"
No the fuck I did not because when I WAS older these weirdos stopped.
They know what the hell they're doing.
I stopped getting regularly and persistently sexually harassed at SFF cons sometime in college.
"Oh wow you look way older"
No the fuck I did not because when I WAS older these weirdos stopped.
They know what the hell they're doing.
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ohhhh. the "new vine" is just an attempt to drive customers to nostr, which is where jack dorsey went when there weren't enough nazis on bluesky. that explains it
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
ohhhh. the "new vine" is just an attempt to drive customers to nostr, which is where jack dorsey went when there weren't enough nazis on bluesky. that explains it
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Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Again, to every videogame writer who wrote funny emails to read in an immersive sim/etc. where I rolled my eyes and said out loud, "lol like anyone would ever email something this on the nose", again, sorry, I was wrong, life sucks, you nailed it
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The new Lumines has absolutely killer art direction precisely because it has zero fear of being perceived as corny. It will just throw every idea it has at you and maybe not all will land but at some point you WILL cry about how all humans are connected while matching broccoli and tomatoes onscreen
November 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
The new Lumines has absolutely killer art direction precisely because it has zero fear of being perceived as corny. It will just throw every idea it has at you and maybe not all will land but at some point you WILL cry about how all humans are connected while matching broccoli and tomatoes onscreen
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been playing some Wreckreation (Burnout spiritual successor) and I’ve gotta say, some performance and teething issues aside it’s pretty good, kind of Burnout: Paradise if it played more like Revenge
November 12, 2025 at 1:41 AM
been playing some Wreckreation (Burnout spiritual successor) and I’ve gotta say, some performance and teething issues aside it’s pretty good, kind of Burnout: Paradise if it played more like Revenge
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What a time to be alive! ✨
Mac OS 7.6 for CHRP on an iMac G3 (Rev A) 💿… which was previously limited to running Mac OS 8.
Mac OS 7.6 for CHRP on an iMac G3 (Rev A) 💿… which was previously limited to running Mac OS 8.
November 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
What a time to be alive! ✨
Mac OS 7.6 for CHRP on an iMac G3 (Rev A) 💿… which was previously limited to running Mac OS 8.
Mac OS 7.6 for CHRP on an iMac G3 (Rev A) 💿… which was previously limited to running Mac OS 8.
love the new burst mechanic in Lumines Arise and i can already feel the soundtrack sinking claws into me. i needed this
November 11, 2025 at 7:48 PM
love the new burst mechanic in Lumines Arise and i can already feel the soundtrack sinking claws into me. i needed this
Lumines Arise cares more about off-service conduct than Bluesky does. the game. with the squares
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Lumines Arise cares more about off-service conduct than Bluesky does. the game. with the squares
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Putting a wallpaper on the corresponding Simulator fixes the issue for now.
November 11, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Putting a wallpaper on the corresponding Simulator fixes the issue for now.
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Xcode users. If your Mac is getting unusually warm running Xcode 26.1 (17B55) and macOS 26.1 check the Console for MercuryPosterExtension.ips files filling the crash reports. In ActivityMonitor, "ReportCrash" will be burning up your CPUs. It's related to SwiftUI Previews. FB20986632
November 11, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Xcode users. If your Mac is getting unusually warm running Xcode 26.1 (17B55) and macOS 26.1 check the Console for MercuryPosterExtension.ips files filling the crash reports. In ActivityMonitor, "ReportCrash" will be burning up your CPUs. It's related to SwiftUI Previews. FB20986632