Thea van Diepen 🌳📚
@theavandiepen.bsky.social
Author of fantasy and sci fi, lover of languages, "yes we could definitely put more trees in this book"
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https://theavandiepen.com/links
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Next Friday, I’ll be interviewing @piperstrangeart.bsky.social live on YouTube!
To find out what time it’s starting in your timezone, head on over here: www.youtube.com/live/3ruUlLY...
To find out what time it’s starting in your timezone, head on over here: www.youtube.com/live/3ruUlLY...
The livestream is done, but you can still catch the recording via the same link!
Thanks to everyone who came live- it was a lot of fun! And for folks watching the recording, I hope you enjoy 😊
Thanks to everyone who came live- it was a lot of fun! And for folks watching the recording, I hope you enjoy 😊
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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This looks really interesting. Seems primarily targeted at cog-sci and/or linguistics research, with Portal 2 just the example problem-solving domain, but probably also of interest to game-studies and game-AI people.
A couple years (!) in the making: we’re releasing a new corpus of embodied, collaborative problem solving dialogues. We paid 36 people to play Portal 2’s co-op mode and collected their speech + game recordings.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2512.03381
Website: berkeley-nlp.github.io/portal-dialo...
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Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2512.03381
Website: berkeley-nlp.github.io/portal-dialo...
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December 6, 2025 at 4:04 AM
This looks really interesting. Seems primarily targeted at cog-sci and/or linguistics research, with Portal 2 just the example problem-solving domain, but probably also of interest to game-studies and game-AI people.
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how much money do you think the salt industry makes on demon prevention
December 6, 2025 at 3:53 AM
how much money do you think the salt industry makes on demon prevention
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This is so accurate it causes me mild physical pain.
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 PM
This is so accurate it causes me mild physical pain.
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Natee is one of our greatest living artists in my humble opinion, I'm saving up my pennies to one day buy an original.
Having such incredible work stolen so brazenly is horrible.
Please report any links and support them and their stunning work
Having such incredible work stolen so brazenly is horrible.
Please report any links and support them and their stunning work
Prints are available. Everything currently 50% off on Redbubble, apparently.
You would also be helping to recompense the Temu theft since I can't do anything about it (I can't even get the relevant page to load, perhaps owing to some regional restrictions). 🥲
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/5918...
You would also be helping to recompense the Temu theft since I can't do anything about it (I can't even get the relevant page to load, perhaps owing to some regional restrictions). 🥲
www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/5918...
Pudgy Horse Lascaux Tribute 1 by Himmapaan | Redbubble
A #PudgyHorse tribute to the Lascaux cave paintings, painted with the Strata Trio Natural Formation watercolours, handmade from Cretaceous rocks by Mary Sanche.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Natee is one of our greatest living artists in my humble opinion, I'm saving up my pennies to one day buy an original.
Having such incredible work stolen so brazenly is horrible.
Please report any links and support them and their stunning work
Having such incredible work stolen so brazenly is horrible.
Please report any links and support them and their stunning work
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the rabbits outside my office window have achieved a near perfect roundness
December 4, 2025 at 3:51 PM
the rabbits outside my office window have achieved a near perfect roundness
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5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
5 ways to give your fave authors free-to-you gifts over the holidays! 💙📚
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
1. post about their book on socials
2. rec on other posts & Reddit threads
3. suggest their book to a book club!
4. order their book from a library/ask can it be ordered in!
5. add it to GoodReads lists for discoverability!
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every food is dog food when you are a dog
December 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
every food is dog food when you are a dog
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to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod, 19th century Japan
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 AM
to diminish the humanities is to miss out on a lot of little guys. that’s no way to live.
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while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights.
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
That MSPs are now openly saying stuff like this is chilling. "Controversial groups like LGBT Youth Scotland"? LGBTYS didn't need to be in my schools for me to be gay, but they sure as hell would have helped me avoid 9 years of fear and self-loathing if they had been. Despicable stuff.
November 30, 2025 at 6:55 PM
while we are at it: regular reminder that in scotland, legally, both under older legislation and uncrc, parents do not have *rights* they have *responsibilities*. it's children who have rights.
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
"parents' rights" are as made up as "sex based rights" and for the same reasons
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I know this might come as a shock to you, it always does to you people, but making your entire social media presence revolve so heavily around "orange man bad" that you are berating people from, just to repeat myself, OTHER COUNTRIES about daring to post anything but "orange man bad" is bad for you.
December 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
I know this might come as a shock to you, it always does to you people, but making your entire social media presence revolve so heavily around "orange man bad" that you are berating people from, just to repeat myself, OTHER COUNTRIES about daring to post anything but "orange man bad" is bad for you.
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Omg I love that I know what this picture is originally from
December 1, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Omg I love that I know what this picture is originally from
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it's propagander
I feel like this was written by a Goose - in an effort to eventually take over the world.
March 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
it's propagander
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When these major corporations have most of their workers on food stamps, that means we are subsidizing those corporations and thus the extravagant lifestyles of the CEOs
Walmart and McDonald’s are among the top employers of workers who rely on food stamps.
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
McDonald's CEO raked in $18.2M last year — over 1,000x the company's median employee pay.
Walmart's CEO pocketed $27.4M — 930x the company's median employee pay.
See the problem?
December 1, 2025 at 1:02 AM
When these major corporations have most of their workers on food stamps, that means we are subsidizing those corporations and thus the extravagant lifestyles of the CEOs
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Absolutely not. Never disregarded a sign quicker. My corporeal form has nothing in common with the person or fey creature who thinks this is possible.
December 1, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Absolutely not. Never disregarded a sign quicker. My corporeal form has nothing in common with the person or fey creature who thinks this is possible.
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Guys, as a ex call center employee, this is fucking DESPERATION BEHAVIOR.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 27, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Guys, as a ex call center employee, this is fucking DESPERATION BEHAVIOR.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
Pizza and ice cream once may be an entire year's planned discretionary budget for a team, they do NOT value them enough to provide common comfort. If their doing this? Their not just scared, their TERRIFIED.
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Please keep putting pressure on PayPal. Stories like this are becoming more and more common. Artists don’t deserve to lose their source of income over payment processors being puritanical/anti-small business.
I'm devastated, if I don't find an alternative that works with argentinians I'm contemplating the worst, I can't do regular jobs, art was my job for around 15 years
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
I don't do nsfw even when people insist me to
my life was already crumbling and now I don't know what to do
November 28, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Please keep putting pressure on PayPal. Stories like this are becoming more and more common. Artists don’t deserve to lose their source of income over payment processors being puritanical/anti-small business.
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Once it was books, now its laptops & mobile phones.
Everything changed while at the same time nothing changed.
Everything changed while at the same time nothing changed.
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Once it was books, now its laptops & mobile phones.
Everything changed while at the same time nothing changed.
Everything changed while at the same time nothing changed.
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EVERYBODY CONGRATULATE GUINNESS
November 28, 2025 at 10:31 PM
EVERYBODY CONGRATULATE GUINNESS
Same for Canada
(Yes, I’m looking at you, Alberta UCP)
(Yes, I’m looking at you, Alberta UCP)
It’s cheaper for America to house the homeless than to have homeless.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal healthcare than privatized.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal basic income than it is to have ppl w/ no income.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal education.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal healthcare than privatized.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal basic income than it is to have ppl w/ no income.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal education.
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Same for Canada
(Yes, I’m looking at you, Alberta UCP)
(Yes, I’m looking at you, Alberta UCP)
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It’s cheaper for America to house the homeless than to have homeless.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal healthcare than privatized.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal basic income than it is to have ppl w/ no income.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal education.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal healthcare than privatized.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal basic income than it is to have ppl w/ no income.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal education.
November 27, 2025 at 6:28 PM
It’s cheaper for America to house the homeless than to have homeless.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal healthcare than privatized.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal basic income than it is to have ppl w/ no income.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal education.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal healthcare than privatized.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal basic income than it is to have ppl w/ no income.
It’s cheaper for America to provide universal education.
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I feel like the Legend of Khiimori should be getting a nice big bump in interest thanks to the legends that are the Mongolian Physical Asia team. They even did the archery move to hype themselves up!
aesir-interactive.com/legend-of-kh...
aesir-interactive.com/legend-of-kh...
The legend of Khiimori - Aesir interactive
We are an interactive media development company located in the heart of Munich. We use game technology to create immersive games and non-game products.
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November 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
I feel like the Legend of Khiimori should be getting a nice big bump in interest thanks to the legends that are the Mongolian Physical Asia team. They even did the archery move to hype themselves up!
aesir-interactive.com/legend-of-kh...
aesir-interactive.com/legend-of-kh...
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Tres bien!
New reconstruction of a neolithic house at the Samara Parc Archéologique:
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New reconstruction of a neolithic house at the Samara Parc Archéologique:
www.facebook.com/samaraparcar...
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Tres bien!
New reconstruction of a neolithic house at the Samara Parc Archéologique:
www.facebook.com/samaraparcar...
New reconstruction of a neolithic house at the Samara Parc Archéologique:
www.facebook.com/samaraparcar...