StrayCatalyst
@straycatalyst.bsky.social
Game dev of a sort. Currently a Sr. Tech Writer for [REDACTED], working on internal developer docs. Worked QA, technical design, and lead roles previously. Slightly burnt out.
Note: Personal account, comments are mine alone.
Note: Personal account, comments are mine alone.
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Pick up a Pockibuki, today! 🥸
Had to give the box an Ibuki variant after a friend on Patreon suggested it! I think I’ll include this print as an extra bonus for the December rewards 🎁
#ポッキーの日
Had to give the box an Ibuki variant after a friend on Patreon suggested it! I think I’ll include this print as an extra bonus for the December rewards 🎁
#ポッキーの日
November 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Pick up a Pockibuki, today! 🥸
Had to give the box an Ibuki variant after a friend on Patreon suggested it! I think I’ll include this print as an extra bonus for the December rewards 🎁
#ポッキーの日
Had to give the box an Ibuki variant after a friend on Patreon suggested it! I think I’ll include this print as an extra bonus for the December rewards 🎁
#ポッキーの日
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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They always go "[insert group of people] should create their own thing" and then when those people /do/ make their own thing, they get mad. I can't imagine how annoying and exhausting that must be for a lot of creators.
November 8, 2025 at 9:04 PM
They always go "[insert group of people] should create their own thing" and then when those people /do/ make their own thing, they get mad. I can't imagine how annoying and exhausting that must be for a lot of creators.
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"Gay people should just create their own stuff" Webfishing dev got doxxed because their game was too gay, you guys literally don't let us have anything
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
"Gay people should just create their own stuff" Webfishing dev got doxxed because their game was too gay, you guys literally don't let us have anything
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Hi followers, something a bit different than usual. I'm a college student doing a survey on experiences of medical discrimination in transgender healthcare. I'm looking for transfem individuals with experience of medical transitioning. Link to survey in replies, dm for additional info if needed.
November 11, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Hi followers, something a bit different than usual. I'm a college student doing a survey on experiences of medical discrimination in transgender healthcare. I'm looking for transfem individuals with experience of medical transitioning. Link to survey in replies, dm for additional info if needed.
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Over the years, few items have been more requested for purchase than the Myst 25th Anniversary Linking Books.
We've heard you loud and clear, so we're opening the Cyan Vault to offer our remaining stock to you until December 10th 2025 at 10AM PT!
https://store.cyan.com/s/relink25soc
We've heard you loud and clear, so we're opening the Cyan Vault to offer our remaining stock to you until December 10th 2025 at 10AM PT!
https://store.cyan.com/s/relink25soc
November 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Over the years, few items have been more requested for purchase than the Myst 25th Anniversary Linking Books.
We've heard you loud and clear, so we're opening the Cyan Vault to offer our remaining stock to you until December 10th 2025 at 10AM PT!
https://store.cyan.com/s/relink25soc
We've heard you loud and clear, so we're opening the Cyan Vault to offer our remaining stock to you until December 10th 2025 at 10AM PT!
https://store.cyan.com/s/relink25soc
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registering for #AGDQ2026 isn't going to solve my problems, but I should try anyways 😌
gdq.gg/agdq-2026
gdq.gg/agdq-2026
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 PM
registering for #AGDQ2026 isn't going to solve my problems, but I should try anyways 😌
gdq.gg/agdq-2026
gdq.gg/agdq-2026
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All im seeing online today is people learning about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior and the 50th anniversary. That lake is a beautiful inland sea and it is insanely scary and respectfully fucked up. Everyone should visit at least once (in the summer!!)
November 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
All im seeing online today is people learning about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald on Lake Superior and the 50th anniversary. That lake is a beautiful inland sea and it is insanely scary and respectfully fucked up. Everyone should visit at least once (in the summer!!)
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As of September 2024 (I know, outdated data) there were over 700,000 veterans working for the federal government. Veterans serve our country in many ways, beyond their time in uniform. Thank you, vets, for your commitment to our country!
Some stats: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Some stats: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 11, 2025 at 8:20 PM
As of September 2024 (I know, outdated data) there were over 700,000 veterans working for the federal government. Veterans serve our country in many ways, beyond their time in uniform. Thank you, vets, for your commitment to our country!
Some stats: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
Some stats: www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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I’m sorry what?!
yes yes we all know about the Edmund Fitzgerald, rest her soul, but did you know about the ship laden with explosives that sank in the mouth of the Thames in 1944 and could explode at any minute and which attempts to disarm keep failing
November 11, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I’m sorry what?!
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"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
"babies are born worshipping unknown gods" is one of the most incredible dwarf fortress bugs i have heard of. its poetry.
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On her way to beat the Borg Queen with the power of caffeine, I call it Janeway's Bizarre Adventure #startrek #startrekvoyager #kathrynjaneway #jjba
November 11, 2025 at 6:23 AM
On her way to beat the Borg Queen with the power of caffeine, I call it Janeway's Bizarre Adventure #startrek #startrekvoyager #kathrynjaneway #jjba
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Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Personally, I will be trying to avoid the notice of Joyce Carol Oates and Kendrick Lamar for the rest of my natural life
I need Joyce Carol Oates to be mean to me online so I can get my life together
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Joyce Carol Oates sitting across a desk from Kendrick Lamar:
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
"So I'm putting a team together..."
Isaac Chotiner knocks on the open door.
Finding out about this a lil while ago, yeah, it explains how some folks aren't actually *reading* a post and just infer meaning that isn't there because THEY LITERALLY CAN'T READ.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Finding out about this a lil while ago, yeah, it explains how some folks aren't actually *reading* a post and just infer meaning that isn't there because THEY LITERALLY CAN'T READ.
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ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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Reminder that if you are a member of the press or an influencer interested in Detective Instinct, contact us at detectiveinstinctgame@gmail.com 👀 We'll be distributing keys very soon!
Just over two weeks to go 😮 Who's ready to play?
Just over two weeks to go 😮 Who's ready to play?
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reminder that if you are a member of the press or an influencer interested in Detective Instinct, contact us at detectiveinstinctgame@gmail.com 👀 We'll be distributing keys very soon!
Just over two weeks to go 😮 Who's ready to play?
Just over two weeks to go 😮 Who's ready to play?
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Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
“Don’t gather some of the most brilliant activists in the industry, treat us like crap, and then expect us to do nothing about it.” After the Game Awards cancelled its Future Class programme, @alyssamerc.bsky.social talked to its former honorees
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
“We were effectively props”: young stars of game development feel let down by the ‘gaming Oscars’
Announced in 2020 by the Game Awards as an inclusive programme for the industry’s next generation, the Future Class initiative has now been discontinued. Inductees describe clashes with organisers and...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Just want you to know that when I asked Geoff why he gave the silent treatment to an open letter written by his own "future of games" program (& co-signed by 3000+ industry peers), he replied:
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
"Because that's my show and nobody gets to tell me how I should use my platform". 💀💀💀
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Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Baby pigeon mystery.
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
My pigeon book is here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/rosem...
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Incredibly cool auction for some Jim Henson Company stuff, actual Fraggles, Dark Crystal props, and plenty of Muppet movie-related props. And a box of Croonchy Stars? (@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social ?)
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction
Julien’s Auctions is proud to present The Jim Henson Company 70th Anniversary Auction.
Over the course of its 70-year history, The Jim Henson Com...
www.juliensauctions.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Incredibly cool auction for some Jim Henson Company stuff, actual Fraggles, Dark Crystal props, and plenty of Muppet movie-related props. And a box of Croonchy Stars? (@discontinuedfoods.bsky.social ?)
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
www.juliensauctions.com/en/auctions/...
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If video games aren't art, then explain this...
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If video games aren't art, then explain this...
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POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
Celebrating the Possessor(s) team 🖤 | Notion
I am not one to post like this usually, but as things have developed recently, I want to take a minute and get some stuff off my chest.
shorturl.at
November 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
POSSESSOR(S) is launching today.
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
I have been the producer on this project for three years, & the last few weeks have been difficult. Most of the team isn't around anymore to celebrate the launch, so I wrote many words about these incredible people to celebrate them.
🖤 shorturl.at/MpMra
The Lost Banjo-Kazooie Puppet — Found and Restored
YouTube video by WoodmanClassics
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
this has to be the single greatest image in the history of sports