thom(b) 🏳️⚧️🐢🏳️🌈
@thomicks.bsky.social
yeah it's me. bi apparent, vaguely fluid | she/they
ta'lia in #ffxiv
ta'lia in #ffxiv
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"oh it shows abuse, it shows sexual violence, it shows this, it shows that" you are simply not qualified to even begin to participate in an adult conversation about this. be quiet and drink your chocolate milk
December 4, 2025 at 2:27 AM
"oh it shows abuse, it shows sexual violence, it shows this, it shows that" you are simply not qualified to even begin to participate in an adult conversation about this. be quiet and drink your chocolate milk
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Also how childish is it to be boiling down a piece of art to just an enumeration of things it depicts that you find objectionable. If we care about video games we have to eradicate this kind of reductive nonsense.
December 4, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Also how childish is it to be boiling down a piece of art to just an enumeration of things it depicts that you find objectionable. If we care about video games we have to eradicate this kind of reductive nonsense.
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ANGELINE ERA releases in FIVE DAYS!!
Want to stream it on launch day? Write a last-minute review?
WE HAVE LOTS OF KEYS!! GET IN TOUCH NOW!!! analgesicproductions@gmail.com
otherwise... BUMP THE WISHLIST BUTTON!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
Want to stream it on launch day? Write a last-minute review?
WE HAVE LOTS OF KEYS!! GET IN TOUCH NOW!!! analgesicproductions@gmail.com
otherwise... BUMP THE WISHLIST BUTTON!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
December 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
ANGELINE ERA releases in FIVE DAYS!!
Want to stream it on launch day? Write a last-minute review?
WE HAVE LOTS OF KEYS!! GET IN TOUCH NOW!!! analgesicproductions@gmail.com
otherwise... BUMP THE WISHLIST BUTTON!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
Want to stream it on launch day? Write a last-minute review?
WE HAVE LOTS OF KEYS!! GET IN TOUCH NOW!!! analgesicproductions@gmail.com
otherwise... BUMP THE WISHLIST BUTTON!! store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
so pumped for angeline era dude
December 3, 2025 at 10:22 PM
so pumped for angeline era dude
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Releasing Monday, Dec. 8th!
Been looking forward to this! Perhaps answers the exciting question of what a new action adventure game descended from Xanadu, Ys, Hydlide, etc., instead of Zelda feels like?
Been looking forward to this! Perhaps answers the exciting question of what a new action adventure game descended from Xanadu, Ys, Hydlide, etc., instead of Zelda feels like?
Two weeks to Angeline Era releasing! Been nervous about the release but very happy that testers are enjoying searching for levels across its overworlds, as well as the bumpslash combat and story!
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
December 3, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Releasing Monday, Dec. 8th!
Been looking forward to this! Perhaps answers the exciting question of what a new action adventure game descended from Xanadu, Ys, Hydlide, etc., instead of Zelda feels like?
Been looking forward to this! Perhaps answers the exciting question of what a new action adventure game descended from Xanadu, Ys, Hydlide, etc., instead of Zelda feels like?
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Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
h/t @robertfreundlaw.bsky.social
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
holy shit, an accurate legal critique of LLMs. LLMs don't reason because they're just stitching together plausible-looking sentences indifferent to the content
December 3, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Last week @theverge.com published my essay exploring the limitations of large-language models. This week, that same essay is cited by a federal judge in Michigan to distinguish the process of human reasoning from what these models do. Very, very gratifying.
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a fun way to ring in the holiday season this year: get a group of buddies together and listen to the entirety of Pokémon Christmas Bash, a cracked out nightmare featuring the entire English dub cast singing bizarre Pokémon themed carols youtu.be/dxZOiKEUNjc?...
Pokémon Christmas Bash
YouTube video by Pokémon - Topic
youtu.be
December 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
a fun way to ring in the holiday season this year: get a group of buddies together and listen to the entirety of Pokémon Christmas Bash, a cracked out nightmare featuring the entire English dub cast singing bizarre Pokémon themed carols youtu.be/dxZOiKEUNjc?...
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11 DAYS till Angeline Era - Enjoy some new footage!! A vast world of hidden levels awaits... 🗺️
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 PM
11 DAYS till Angeline Era - Enjoy some new footage!! A vast world of hidden levels awaits... 🗺️
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
store.steampowered.com/app/2393920/...
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Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
I am a little disappointed when the conversation is focused around "it's art not porn!" because the adult games devs get very little support but have been dealing with this for far longer, and they've been sounding the alarm for that deplatforming coming for other games (such as LGBTQ+ content).
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Also, as someone who worked on HORSES and has also made porn games + comics: I really don't appreciate when people put down one thing I made to uplift the other! Especially considering no one at Santa Ragione *ever* framed it in these terms when we were discussing the Steam ban
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in order: purchasing on bandcamp, streaming or purchasing from qobuz, streaming from most other platforms (apple music, tidal, deezer, etc.), or pirating (if financially unable to afford other options) are all valid alternatives to supporting the spotify corporation.
December 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
in order: purchasing on bandcamp, streaming or purchasing from qobuz, streaming from most other platforms (apple music, tidal, deezer, etc.), or pirating (if financially unable to afford other options) are all valid alternatives to supporting the spotify corporation.
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People are crying censorship, but I feel this doesn’t go far enough. All horses should be banned. Disgusting creatures. Too big. Too hard.
Horror game Horses removed from Epic Games Store, too: aftermath.site/horses-steam-e...
December 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
People are crying censorship, but I feel this doesn’t go far enough. All horses should be banned. Disgusting creatures. Too big. Too hard.
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Back in 2016 Humble was literally the only mainstream storefront willing to carry Ladykiller as an 18+ game, which I thought was courageous of them and helped push other platforms. Seeing how far they've fallen since then in making this deeply embarrassing decision is really painful to see
Humble's now banned it too, post-launch:
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
www.ign.com/articles/hor...
Horses, the Upsetting Horror Game Previously Banned on Steam, Gets Last Minute Ban From Epic Games Store Too - IGN
Last week, we reported that disturbing horror game Horses had been banned from Steam. Now, at the last possible minute before the game was set to release widely across other PC store fronts, Epic Game...
www.ign.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Back in 2016 Humble was literally the only mainstream storefront willing to carry Ladykiller as an 18+ game, which I thought was courageous of them and helped push other platforms. Seeing how far they've fallen since then in making this deeply embarrassing decision is really painful to see
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We are all still reeling from the passing of New Heidecker's father, G Amato, yet the show must go on!
Plus, a big announcement is unveiled in this Season finale.
Stream now as a HEI Subscriber: heinetwork.tv/on-cinema-at...
Plus, a big announcement is unveiled in this Season finale.
Stream now as a HEI Subscriber: heinetwork.tv/on-cinema-at...
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We are all still reeling from the passing of New Heidecker's father, G Amato, yet the show must go on!
Plus, a big announcement is unveiled in this Season finale.
Stream now as a HEI Subscriber: heinetwork.tv/on-cinema-at...
Plus, a big announcement is unveiled in this Season finale.
Stream now as a HEI Subscriber: heinetwork.tv/on-cinema-at...
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I don’t have any kids but I followed Ms Rachel on Instagram after she’s been in the press for her Palestine activism and man, that lady has her head on straight. She understands her responsibility as an educator to children. I think she’s great.
December 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I don’t have any kids but I followed Ms Rachel on Instagram after she’s been in the press for her Palestine activism and man, that lady has her head on straight. She understands her responsibility as an educator to children. I think she’s great.
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been replaying some of those shantae games over again
December 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
been replaying some of those shantae games over again
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Jurisprudence Fetishist Gets Off On Technicality
What is the quintessential Onion headline? The strong contender that just randomly popped in my mind is "Hank Williams Jr. Honored by Institute For Football Preparedness"
December 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Jurisprudence Fetishist Gets Off On Technicality
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SPOTIFY: Wow! 😲 You listened to "TALES FROM THE CRYPT THEME - DANNY ELFMAN" 9,278 times! 🤔 That's 23,195 minutes! 🧐 Or 16 days! 🤗 You're a rockstar!!! 😊😊😊
ME: Thats true
ME: Thats true
November 29, 2023 at 5:50 PM
SPOTIFY: Wow! 😲 You listened to "TALES FROM THE CRYPT THEME - DANNY ELFMAN" 9,278 times! 🤔 That's 23,195 minutes! 🧐 Or 16 days! 🤗 You're a rockstar!!! 😊😊😊
ME: Thats true
ME: Thats true
while i'm glad more and more people are doing alt text more it doesn't really help much if the extent of your alt text is "picture of [noun]" with literally nothing else to give context
December 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
while i'm glad more and more people are doing alt text more it doesn't really help much if the extent of your alt text is "picture of [noun]" with literally nothing else to give context
shot awake at 3 AM today and didn't sleep after that so I am floating around
December 3, 2025 at 3:14 PM
shot awake at 3 AM today and didn't sleep after that so I am floating around
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Just did a test of the new Mario Kart World patch and I think Nintendo really outdid themselves this time.
December 3, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Just did a test of the new Mario Kart World patch and I think Nintendo really outdid themselves this time.
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Big Jim was one of the 3-4 directors most responsible for making CGI an integral part of modern filmmaking and almost everyone took his lessons as an pretext for saving time and money, rather than wondering “What can we DO with this stuff?” You know who didn’t forget? That’s right. Big JC.
Corridor Digital did like two entire videos about that one-or two-second shot of Jake tying his fish mount’s leather saddle in the water because it looked good at a level that was basically impossible
I saw Way of Water in Imax and it didnt impact me on a personal level but holy shit that water looked CRISP like holy shit how did they DO THAT
December 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Big Jim was one of the 3-4 directors most responsible for making CGI an integral part of modern filmmaking and almost everyone took his lessons as an pretext for saving time and money, rather than wondering “What can we DO with this stuff?” You know who didn’t forget? That’s right. Big JC.
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Are you a financially well-off patron of the games? Get Angeline Era's Supporter Bundle!!
Includes the base game ($25), the OSTs ($10 each) and a behind-the-scenes artbook ($7) we made.
The base price of it all is usually $52, but with the launch & bundle discounts you can get it all for $45! Wow!
Includes the base game ($25), the OSTs ($10 each) and a behind-the-scenes artbook ($7) we made.
The base price of it all is usually $52, but with the launch & bundle discounts you can get it all for $45! Wow!
December 3, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Are you a financially well-off patron of the games? Get Angeline Era's Supporter Bundle!!
Includes the base game ($25), the OSTs ($10 each) and a behind-the-scenes artbook ($7) we made.
The base price of it all is usually $52, but with the launch & bundle discounts you can get it all for $45! Wow!
Includes the base game ($25), the OSTs ($10 each) and a behind-the-scenes artbook ($7) we made.
The base price of it all is usually $52, but with the launch & bundle discounts you can get it all for $45! Wow!