Sandra Sachka Duval
@sandrasachkaduval.bsky.social
Narrative Lead for video games, at Hinterland, previously EA, Arkane-Lyon (Dishonored 2, DotO, Deathloop), Cyanide…
Writer of weird sci-fi, autistic, mom
French but living on a small Canadian island
Writer of weird sci-fi, autistic, mom
French but living on a small Canadian island
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Hah yes this.
Some of the books I loved as a teen have really not held up, while others did and are clearly excellent.
But there were books I was also just not ready to read, and my opinions on them were a waste of space.
Some of the books I loved as a teen have really not held up, while others did and are clearly excellent.
But there were books I was also just not ready to read, and my opinions on them were a waste of space.
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Hah yes this.
Some of the books I loved as a teen have really not held up, while others did and are clearly excellent.
But there were books I was also just not ready to read, and my opinions on them were a waste of space.
Some of the books I loved as a teen have really not held up, while others did and are clearly excellent.
But there were books I was also just not ready to read, and my opinions on them were a waste of space.
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Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
October 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Oh my god some fucking tech dingdong posted this on Twitter with the caption "AI games are going to be amazing" totally seriously, you have to watch it. You have to. In full screen.
5yo: “I’m going to befriend a kind wolf and then I’ll tell him to bite Musk and to eat all of his money and then Musk will become a zeronnaire”
September 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
5yo: “I’m going to befriend a kind wolf and then I’ll tell him to bite Musk and to eat all of his money and then Musk will become a zeronnaire”
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There's something amazing about game designers at the peak of their careers taking time to share advanced techniques. Because they care. Because they know in their hearts that we are in this together.
Playful Narrative: A Toolbox for Story-Rich Mechanics explores ways to more deeply integrate narrative into game mechanics, or, as the work group said, to enhance the experience of “playing” with story.
Playful Narrative: A Toolbox for Story-Rich Mechanics
The relationship between game mechanics and storytelling in games is an avenue of interactive storytelling with a great depth of potential to create meaningful, reciprocal relationships. The "Playful ...
polarisgamedesign.com
September 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
There's something amazing about game designers at the peak of their careers taking time to share advanced techniques. Because they care. Because they know in their hearts that we are in this together.
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Musk has always been open about the fact that Grok is meant to push his own biases and ideologies rather than be an actual source of reliable, unbiased information. It is a tool for controlling and influencing the masses. The number of people unaware of (or uncaring about) this is terrifying.
September 15, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Musk has always been open about the fact that Grok is meant to push his own biases and ideologies rather than be an actual source of reliable, unbiased information. It is a tool for controlling and influencing the masses. The number of people unaware of (or uncaring about) this is terrifying.
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I‘m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maram. Maram was a kindergarten teacher before this and her family had a farm with many greenhouses. The farm was destroyed and she lost her job. Maram is trying to help her large family including 5 siblings and a nephew, Jood who is only 2.
September 9, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I‘m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Maram. Maram was a kindergarten teacher before this and her family had a farm with many greenhouses. The farm was destroyed and she lost her job. Maram is trying to help her large family including 5 siblings and a nephew, Jood who is only 2.
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Samaa’s request is extremely urgent.
She and her family need to leave the red zone yesterday. She gave birth to baby Talia via c-section just a week ago, and that’s why they haven’t been able to leave yet.
Please help.
@mommunism.bsky.social
@lexialex.bsky.social
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She and her family need to leave the red zone yesterday. She gave birth to baby Talia via c-section just a week ago, and that’s why they haven’t been able to leave yet.
Please help.
@mommunism.bsky.social
@lexialex.bsky.social
❤️❤️❤️
September 9, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Samaa’s request is extremely urgent.
She and her family need to leave the red zone yesterday. She gave birth to baby Talia via c-section just a week ago, and that’s why they haven’t been able to leave yet.
Please help.
@mommunism.bsky.social
@lexialex.bsky.social
❤️❤️❤️
She and her family need to leave the red zone yesterday. She gave birth to baby Talia via c-section just a week ago, and that’s why they haven’t been able to leave yet.
Please help.
@mommunism.bsky.social
@lexialex.bsky.social
❤️❤️❤️
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Laila has the hardest time getting online because she sold her phone for food but I heard from her friend Motaz that her and her six kids (three of whom are deaf) were able to leave North Gaza but they have essentially nothing- if you can help ❤️
September 9, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Laila has the hardest time getting online because she sold her phone for food but I heard from her friend Motaz that her and her six kids (three of whom are deaf) were able to leave North Gaza but they have essentially nothing- if you can help ❤️
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Literature is when the protagonist is also their own antagonist
September 2, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Literature is when the protagonist is also their own antagonist
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A combination of two alien invasive species, sika deer and rhododendron, are killing this beautiful native forest in Lauragh, Kerry.
The trees can't regenerate due to the overgrazing, and as they age and die, only the proliferating rhodo remains.
Invasives are a *top* driver of global nature loss.
The trees can't regenerate due to the overgrazing, and as they age and die, only the proliferating rhodo remains.
Invasives are a *top* driver of global nature loss.
September 1, 2025 at 6:33 AM
A combination of two alien invasive species, sika deer and rhododendron, are killing this beautiful native forest in Lauragh, Kerry.
The trees can't regenerate due to the overgrazing, and as they age and die, only the proliferating rhodo remains.
Invasives are a *top* driver of global nature loss.
The trees can't regenerate due to the overgrazing, and as they age and die, only the proliferating rhodo remains.
Invasives are a *top* driver of global nature loss.
Yesterday I saw a small mauve tutu rolling away in the dirt like a tumbleweed
It just rolled past me and I didn’t try to catch it
Still thinking about it
It just rolled past me and I didn’t try to catch it
Still thinking about it
September 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Yesterday I saw a small mauve tutu rolling away in the dirt like a tumbleweed
It just rolled past me and I didn’t try to catch it
Still thinking about it
It just rolled past me and I didn’t try to catch it
Still thinking about it
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“That's 40 *cents*. Cents are a form of currency one hundred times smaller than the reál. I'm not even going to take this. Come back when you have 130 reál.”
Isn't it... evil? The order of magnitude between what is asked of a person -- and what they have?
Isn't it... evil? The order of magnitude between what is asked of a person -- and what they have?
September 1, 2025 at 7:42 AM
“That's 40 *cents*. Cents are a form of currency one hundred times smaller than the reál. I'm not even going to take this. Come back when you have 130 reál.”
Isn't it... evil? The order of magnitude between what is asked of a person -- and what they have?
Isn't it... evil? The order of magnitude between what is asked of a person -- and what they have?
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Yeah, that's right... an MIT study shows 95 percent of generative AI products fail to provide any real value. No shit. Sloppers live in vain. Stop the slop.
August 20, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Yeah, that's right... an MIT study shows 95 percent of generative AI products fail to provide any real value. No shit. Sloppers live in vain. Stop the slop.
Making ghostly space cyanotypes with the kiddo
August 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Making ghostly space cyanotypes with the kiddo
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 15th 2025) in less than 9 minutes
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Clues by Sam
A daily logic puzzle where you deduce who are criminals and who are innocent!
cluesbysam.com
August 15, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I solved the daily Clues by Sam (Aug 15th 2025) in less than 9 minutes
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Still remember one study where they had "AI" look at photos to diagnose cancer and it had like a 98% or 99% accuracy...
...except all the photos of actual tumors had a ruler next to them for scale. And the algorithm just got really good at spotting rulers in a photograph.
...except all the photos of actual tumors had a ruler next to them for scale. And the algorithm just got really good at spotting rulers in a photograph.
Stop offloading cognitive tasks to "generative AI." Stop using systems w/ "AI" features either inextricably woven through them or prominently displayed at the top to nudge you into their use. Stop *Designing* "AI" tools & integrations that way. Stop building or using "AI" like this. Fucking Stop it.
AI Eroded Doctors’ Ability to Spot Cancer Within Months in Study
Artificial intelligence, touted for its potential to transform medicine, led to some doctors losing skills after just a few months in a new study.
www.bloomberg.com
August 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Still remember one study where they had "AI" look at photos to diagnose cancer and it had like a 98% or 99% accuracy...
...except all the photos of actual tumors had a ruler next to them for scale. And the algorithm just got really good at spotting rulers in a photograph.
...except all the photos of actual tumors had a ruler next to them for scale. And the algorithm just got really good at spotting rulers in a photograph.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no: 216: RESEARCH. If you're writing about a time, place, culture, historical figure, profession, etc., it pays to research it properly. That might mean: reading; travelling; going to libraries and museums; consulting archives; talking to people with lived experience.
August 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no: 216: RESEARCH. If you're writing about a time, place, culture, historical figure, profession, etc., it pays to research it properly. That might mean: reading; travelling; going to libraries and museums; consulting archives; talking to people with lived experience.
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will never forget the book set in India by an American author who painstakingly researched everything but then had people across the country flipping light switches up to switch them on when in India you flip down for on and up for off, it's the stuff you don't think needs research that gets you
And don't tell yourself: "It's a story. The small details don't really matter." They do. I once read a historical novel set in Victorian London (written, I think, by an American author), in which the detective protagonist presses a 50-pence piece into a grimy urchin's hand. I think about this a lot.
August 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
will never forget the book set in India by an American author who painstakingly researched everything but then had people across the country flipping light switches up to switch them on when in India you flip down for on and up for off, it's the stuff you don't think needs research that gets you
“There’s a bit of me that thinks part of the magic is that it is actually this combination of stuff that’s working. And we might be losing something the more we try to pick apart the explanations.”
“Nature” is a mysterious mix of systems and experiences that we could never reproduce artificially
“Nature” is a mysterious mix of systems and experiences that we could never reproduce artificially
Being in nature is great for your brain. Scientists are trying to understand exactly why.
Why Being in Nature Boosts Your Attention
Being in nature is great for your brain. Experts are trying to figure out why.
nyti.ms
August 14, 2025 at 5:43 PM
“There’s a bit of me that thinks part of the magic is that it is actually this combination of stuff that’s working. And we might be losing something the more we try to pick apart the explanations.”
“Nature” is a mysterious mix of systems and experiences that we could never reproduce artificially
“Nature” is a mysterious mix of systems and experiences that we could never reproduce artificially
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Being in nature is great for your brain. Scientists are trying to understand exactly why.
Why Being in Nature Boosts Your Attention
Being in nature is great for your brain. Experts are trying to figure out why.
nyti.ms
August 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Being in nature is great for your brain. Scientists are trying to understand exactly why.
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I think this is probably the best prediction I’ve seen of what’s going to happen. Because “what’s going to happen” is not best understood by science fiction stories but by economics and “what has happened before in similar markets”.
August 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I think this is probably the best prediction I’ve seen of what’s going to happen. Because “what’s going to happen” is not best understood by science fiction stories but by economics and “what has happened before in similar markets”.
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There is a hard difference between People Who Are Rich, who are people that do things with their riches, and Rich People, who are so defined by their riches that every engagement with the world is for their financial advancement.
Dolly Parton has sent my daughter a new book every month for years as she does for thousands of children. She help fund the development of the Covid vaccine. She’s not a billionaire. I think as non wealthy people it’s hard to even imagine how much billionaires *could* be doing with their money.
August 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
There is a hard difference between People Who Are Rich, who are people that do things with their riches, and Rich People, who are so defined by their riches that every engagement with the world is for their financial advancement.
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but no, let's pump more resources into AI servers so that we can speed this process along. fuck anyone who thinks AI is the solution. our forests are burning. our wildlife is displaced or simply killed. and yet there are still people who think they are above this.
Halifax wildfire driven by heat made 2 to 5 times more likely by climate change, scientists’ group says
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
reported by @dentremy.bsky.social
Halifax wildfire driven by heat made 2 to 5 times more likely by climate change, scientists' group says - Halifax Examiner
"We can understand the temperatures that are being felt in Halifax and adding to the fire danger that we've had over the past couple of days. We can really understand the fingerprint of climate change...
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
August 14, 2025 at 11:57 AM
but no, let's pump more resources into AI servers so that we can speed this process along. fuck anyone who thinks AI is the solution. our forests are burning. our wildlife is displaced or simply killed. and yet there are still people who think they are above this.