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Rob Haines
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Creative writer, statistical programmer, photographer, pianist and unrepentant catdad.

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Microfiction, essays and visual art at https://robhainescreative.space

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Rob Haines @robhainescreative.space · Mar 17
"We are not gods, but tinder.

We turn the world, but in doing so, we burn."

These Hearts, Who Once Held Up the Sky, my latest short story, about burnout, managed collapse and finding a road forward together.

Read it here:
factorfourmag.com/these-hearts...

#Fiction #ShortStory #Fantasy #Burnout
These Hearts, Who Once Held Up the Sky by Rob Haines
We find each other on the road towards the failing Span. The sky is still golden here, every star, every path and confluence a part of the greater whole. We each recall, together and apart, when ou…
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somewhat related: getting too reliant on a (potentially expensive) black box tool that changes at the whim of a large corporation is not necessarily a good idea
November 28, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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This! Struggling (however little) means I am constantly learning, reinforcing neural pathways, finding new patterns. I’m also committing the codebase to my brain so I can think through it holistically and improve things.
The chatbot can’t do that BECAUSE IT DOES NOT UNDERSTAND SEMANTICS
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i suspect people severely underestimate the negative cognitive effects of using AI tools. even for programming tasks. and even if you are someone who gets real efficiency gains from those tools; perhaps especially then
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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And with that, my full Elden Ring Photography Tour is now complete: www.robhainescreative.space/collections/...

Any signal boosts would be much appreciated!
Elden Ring Photography Tour
Writing, visual art and miscellaneous creativity by Rob Haines
www.robhainescreative.space
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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𝘛𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵'𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘶𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘶𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘦 "𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘦𝘵𝘦" 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯.

This one was very relaxing to make haha

#art #light
An abstract landscape with seemingly towering buildings in the dark, a bright star in the sky shoots down a thin beam of light
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Went in a bit of a different direction with this month's #BirdWhisperer... seemed like it was all about the eyes with this spotted owlet 🪶
Digital drawing of part of the face of a spotted owlet to emphasize the big, round yellow eyes and golden beak. The feathers around the beak and eyes are a light beige interspersed with a dark brown that echoes the brown background.
November 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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This spotted owlet proved a little elusive for this month's #BirdWhisperer, but I finally committed art 😁
A small brown and white owlet with white spots and yellow eyes, sitting on a brown branch against a patch of pale-blue sky. Branches rise up in the foreground and background, and little bursts of green and pinkish-red foliage add colour.
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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And with that, my full Elden Ring Photography Tour is now complete: www.robhainescreative.space/collections/...

Any signal boosts would be much appreciated!
Elden Ring Photography Tour
Writing, visual art and miscellaneous creativity by Rob Haines
www.robhainescreative.space
November 26, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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At last we come to the last album of my Elden Ring Photography Tour, featuring Enir-Ilim, where Kind Miquella reigns: www.robhainescreative.space/visual-art/i...

#RobHainesCreativeSpace #EldenRing #Photography
Elden Ring (DLC) - Where Kind Miquella Reigns
2025
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November 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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I'm approaching the end of my Elden Ring Photography Tour, after nearly a year and a half, so I'm going to be talking about it more than usual this week!

Meanwhile, here's the penultimate album in the set:

www.robhainescreative.space/visual-art/i...

#RobHainesCreativeSpace #EldenRing #PhotoTour
Elden Ring (DLC) - Paradise of Rot
2025
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November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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So this weekend, our cat Poppy has had a burst of progress with her communication buttons, after a number of months where she was using them only for a small number of predetermined requests.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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whistberry.bsky.social
Feels like I'm seeing a lot of new to Bluesky artists lately so just a lovingly and humbly offered PSA:

There is a pretty hardcore group of users here who won't repost or engage with images that don't include at least some basic alt text. Alt text = more engagement opportunities
Digital drawing of a traditionally-shaped spotted frog in profile facing left but in shades of blue instead of green with big round orange eyes. It is sitting amidst an abstract pattern of fanciful-looking white daisy blooms with yellow centers. The background is deep green with a lighter arc at top as though the frog is in a spotlight.
November 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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So this weekend, our cat Poppy has had a burst of progress with her communication buttons, after a number of months where she was using them only for a small number of predetermined requests.
November 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Here is the full version! Social media is unkind to super-wide art!

My print store is open with this piece & more for 6 more days:
devinellekurtz.shop
The full version showing more kids and sea creatures
November 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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I want to make a third Ancient Wisdom. Someone commission me please.
Woodcarved scene on a round base. An humanoid octopus wearing a dress is holding a basket with a duck inside of it. On the head of the octopus, a grumpy frog taking shelter of a big ancient book. Next to them all, a sword is coming out of water among bulrush. On the top of it sits a kingfisher. Glass bell with a woodcarved scene of a humanoid octopus wearing a dress on the surface of a pond. The creature has a kingfisher on its head. It's holding a book wich has a duck sitting on it. On the left of the base looking like water, bulrushes. On the right, a little frog has its head out of water. In the background, indoor plants by a window.
November 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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I've recently been thinking about the different ways I engage with games in the post-game.

Outer Wilds, I revisit through the lens of watching other people discover its mysteries.

Elden Ring, I re-immerse myself through photography, mapping my wanderings into a form of travelogue.
November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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I've spent the past couple of weeks casually speedrunning Silksong on the Switch, and today's run came to 2h2m2s, knocking a full hour off my previous personal best.

Definitely plenty of room left for improvement, but if I can get it below 1h45m I'll be delighted!
November 15, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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Today is Shadowplay's UK launch date. Significantly revised, this sequel to Pantomime takes to the magician's stage. The Micah Grey trilogy stars a n0nb1nary, 1nters3x lead. It's a whimsical gaslamp fantasy with the undercurrent of danger. hodderscape.co.uk/products/sha...
Shadowplay
'[A] fantastical, richly drawn, poignant take on a classic coming-of-age story . . . a vibrant tale told with surety and grace' -Leigh Bardugo In the second instalment of the Micah Grey Trilogy from t...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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edenflux.com
Yes, this was because of the name change, all and such ... But ALSO, it'd be amazing if y'all check out my new portfolio website. I've worked really hard on that over the last weeks 🫶
edenflux.com Eden 🌸 @edenflux.com · 18d
New introduction post!~
Hai haii lovelies! I'm Eden (she/they) 🌸 🇳🇱

Multi-disciplined artist and vTuber (on hiatus). I obsess over comics (no.1 Spider-Punk simp), games, music, and art. LGBTQI+ friendly, genderfluid mess 🤭💖

Here are my links:
🎬 Twitch
👀 Discord
🎨 Cara
🌐 Website

☕ Ko-Fi
👑 Throne
November 12, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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Went for an autumnal walk

#Photography
A cluster of tall trees with pale bark, reaching into an autumn sky. The leaves are green and gold against the sun, and the bottom of the image is awash with green and orange foliage from smaller trees. A forest floor covered in fallen leaves, lit by a bright sunbeam from the right. The leaves are variegated shades of orange and brown, and the surrounded foliage is green. A bifurcated tree trunk on the right casts a long shadow. A texture photo of fallen leaves, yellows and oranges and browns and the occasional peek of green grass showing through from beneath. A gnarled tree in the midst of a forest, partially lit by bright sun. The branches are awash with bright green moss, and the leaves high above are turning orange.
November 12, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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Edited a photo I took of the blood moon back at the beginning of October

#Photography #Moon
An orange full moon in a black sky. There are faint wisps of cloud in the dark, caught by the reflected moonlight. The moon's terrain is clear to see, and around the edges of the moon you can see mountains.
November 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Started Blue Prince today and @juliesayshello.bsky.social had a lot to say about my ~extremely coherent~ playstyle. 💀
Blue Prince be like: No listen if I put the darkroom next to the doghouse and link but across from the nook with the room-that-is-not-a-room in the next time dimension then I can finally open the banana room!
November 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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The Guardian 🦊

Continuing my attempt to get back into daily art, this one site just shy of 2 hrs

#dailyart
Digital painting of an old shed in dappled sunlight, traditional animation style background with a fox dog sat in an open doorway. Cosy mood
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Chrono Trigger: Waiting

Fiona dreams of growing a forest to save the land laid waste, but it'll take centuries, so Robo stays behind to help tend to the trees long after her lifetime. 400yrs later you find him, rusted and broken down amid a lush forest, Fiona's dream accomplished🌳

#ChronoTrigger
Deep in a lush forest, a deactivated robot crouches beneath a tree, cradling a magical sapling. Nearby is the tombstone of the woman who grew the forest from seed, whose work the robot continued long after she passed.
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 PM
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Almost Home
Landscape and cityscape digital painting inspired by Bar-le-Duc, France.
October 30, 2025 at 11:45 AM