Tosh
@toshnina.bsky.social
Do what you love and be who you are. The only sin is harm. Nothing is not art.
Ex-Mormon, Chinese American, art generalist, low-poly defender, indie game elitist, and AI hater.
Ex-Mormon, Chinese American, art generalist, low-poly defender, indie game elitist, and AI hater.
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money is not a moral measure. having it doesn't mean you're smart or good. not having it doesn't mean you're bad or foolish.
we should be continually transferring money from the people with the most to the people with the least, with no other stipulations
we should be continually transferring money from the people with the most to the people with the least, with no other stipulations
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
money is not a moral measure. having it doesn't mean you're smart or good. not having it doesn't mean you're bad or foolish.
we should be continually transferring money from the people with the most to the people with the least, with no other stipulations
we should be continually transferring money from the people with the most to the people with the least, with no other stipulations
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it's worse than that: the machines could crank out a larger volume of shittier cloth *and* didn't require a lot of training to operate
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
An easy way to explain luddites:
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
Textile manufacturers brought in machines that could do in an hour what would have taken 12 hours by hand.
And then, tried to keep paying the now 12x more productive workers the same wages as before.
That's it, that was the problem luddites had. Not complex.
December 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
it's worse than that: the machines could crank out a larger volume of shittier cloth *and* didn't require a lot of training to operate
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
so instead of paying the same workers the same price for more cloth, they got a bunch of orphaned kids to work the machines
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Pixel art?
In this resolution??
In this resolution??
December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Pixel art?
In this resolution??
In this resolution??
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Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
"All of this falls apart if humans don't adopt the tech. This is why you've seen Meta cram its lame chatbots into WhatsApp and Instagram. This is why Notepad and Paint now have useless Copilot buttons on Windows. This is why Google Gemini wants to "help you" read and reply to your emails."
Analysis: OpenAI is a loss-making machine, how can it survive?
Don't call it a bubble! Loss-making monster OpenAI is on the hook for $1.4 trillion (with a T) in compute commitments. How can this go on?
www.windowscentral.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Sure, they've made an environmentally catastrophic mass hallucination disinformation plagiarism Clippy that will destabilize the world, but also their other goal is to replace human workers entirely and let us humans starve. A boycott of AI is the most important boycott of your entire life.
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December 1, 2025 at 4:09 AM
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Getting stuck causes players to explore the world.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
November 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Getting stuck causes players to explore the world.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
Dying causes players to think about what they're doing.
An "impossible" situation causes players to learn how the game works and eventually achieve the impossible.
We need to be able to design *some* games around these fundamental ideas.
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after a few months of work, the tutorial on programming in C that i've been writing is complete. I've designed it so even those who can't program at all can learn easily.
currently viewable on: usamimi.info/~suwa/ctut.htm
currently viewable on: usamimi.info/~suwa/ctut.htm
November 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
after a few months of work, the tutorial on programming in C that i've been writing is complete. I've designed it so even those who can't program at all can learn easily.
currently viewable on: usamimi.info/~suwa/ctut.htm
currently viewable on: usamimi.info/~suwa/ctut.htm
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ok this time i double checked and the source for this claim is an AI company.
Motivation: we are financially invested in narratives of inevitability
Results: we find AI everywhere
Motivation: we are financially invested in narratives of inevitability
Results: we find AI everywhere
November 28, 2025 at 3:30 AM
ok this time i double checked and the source for this claim is an AI company.
Motivation: we are financially invested in narratives of inevitability
Results: we find AI everywhere
Motivation: we are financially invested in narratives of inevitability
Results: we find AI everywhere
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Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
November 23, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Yesterday my partner and I counted all the ads along Chicago's Brown Line for "Friend," a company selling an AI chatbot pendant, and tallied how many of those ads were defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
Still working on a longer piece on this, but here's the quick and dirty: we counted 104 "Friend" ads total, 42 defaced.
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This marks Fan Fiction Piece #3 on my work. It's great that it already happened three times🥹 thanks to @toshnina.bsky.social for this latest one🥹
November 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
This marks Fan Fiction Piece #3 on my work. It's great that it already happened three times🥹 thanks to @toshnina.bsky.social for this latest one🥹
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“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 PM
“THE NON-ARTIST FIXATION ON HYPERREALISM AS THE PINNACLE OF ART IS CLEARLY PART OF THE REASON SO MANY ADULTS THINK THEY CANNOT DRAW OR CONSIDER THEMSELVES TO BE FAILURES, KAWAII, FOLK ART, DOODLES, OR OTHER EASIER ENTRY POINTS ARE CONSIDERED CHILDISH, WHICH IS WHY JAPANESE DRAWING BOOKS ARE BETTER…”
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I received a new piece of Schwarzerblitz fan fiction today, set right after the events of ExploJudo... and BOI, it felt so good to read. I am so happy when stuff like this happens, receiving fan art or fan fiction is always so heatwarming I could melt❤️
November 22, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I received a new piece of Schwarzerblitz fan fiction today, set right after the events of ExploJudo... and BOI, it felt so good to read. I am so happy when stuff like this happens, receiving fan art or fan fiction is always so heatwarming I could melt❤️
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November 21 2000, Sin & Punishment debuted on the N64 in Japan!
In a GIT GUD moment, Panel de Pon creator Hitoshi Yamagami directed the game for Nintendo...
When he expressed concerns about difficulty, Treasure responded that he shouldn't be supervising the game if he wasn't good enough to play it!
In a GIT GUD moment, Panel de Pon creator Hitoshi Yamagami directed the game for Nintendo...
When he expressed concerns about difficulty, Treasure responded that he shouldn't be supervising the game if he wasn't good enough to play it!
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
November 21 2000, Sin & Punishment debuted on the N64 in Japan!
In a GIT GUD moment, Panel de Pon creator Hitoshi Yamagami directed the game for Nintendo...
When he expressed concerns about difficulty, Treasure responded that he shouldn't be supervising the game if he wasn't good enough to play it!
In a GIT GUD moment, Panel de Pon creator Hitoshi Yamagami directed the game for Nintendo...
When he expressed concerns about difficulty, Treasure responded that he shouldn't be supervising the game if he wasn't good enough to play it!
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Our improv comedy group is easy to integrate with, because we meet your data where it's at: a shed in Virginia
November 21, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Our improv comedy group is easy to integrate with, because we meet your data where it's at: a shed in Virginia
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im insufficiently able to provide context
November 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
im insufficiently able to provide context
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anyway i dont think i ever posted this here have fun
November 20, 2025 at 4:35 AM
anyway i dont think i ever posted this here have fun
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cif void stranger...
November 19, 2025 at 10:38 PM
cif void stranger...
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gaji released from the square
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
gaji released from the square
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The great thing about fighting games is seeing your progression in not just a single game but how it carries to other games. The fundamentals that carry you from game to game are a part of YOU not some hexadecimal code stored on a server.
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The great thing about fighting games is seeing your progression in not just a single game but how it carries to other games. The fundamentals that carry you from game to game are a part of YOU not some hexadecimal code stored on a server.
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bite the hand that will not feed
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
bite the hand that will not feed