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Brian Clevinger

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Narrative Designer, comics, games ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ ATOMIC ROBO • ARISE, YE SKELETON KING • TROUBLESHOOTER • LAST SENTINEL • STARHAWK. He/Him. http://atomic-robo.com https://skeletonking.rip/ http://troubleshooterbooks.com/ https://tesladyne.itch.io

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · Sep 11

A great way to directly support MORE Atomic Robo is to back our Patreon! You can get behind the scenes access to all our gaming and writing projects, exclusive discounts, and Robo pages a week in advance! www.patreon.com/tesladyne

A piece of War of the Worlds art by Henrique Alvim Corrêa with a big ol' red filter because BLOOOD and VAMPIRES. In this pic one of the Martian walking machines is being struck by a blast of artillery.

Atomic Robo, sharply dressed in a swanky pale pink shirt and brownish slacks is tossing some crumpled up paper into a nearby trashcan while saying "With gusto!" because that's a great line read from an episode of FUTURAMA.

A sample cover of FUTURESHOCK 2017, a TTRPG I'm (theoretically) working on. The basic idea is that this will be a special updated 40th anniversary edition of the original text which had a small self-published print run back in 1987 — thus both predating and influencing the much more successful Cyberpunk 2012 and Shadowrun TTRPGs.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 5h

a real water is wet scenario here

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20h

Taxpayers aren’t supposed to deduct losses from something that has no hope of being a profitable business.

But billionaire-owned operations that look like expensive hobbies, like race horses, rack up business deductions by the tens of millions of dollars.

(Published 2023)

Private Planes and Luxury Yachts Aren’t Just Toys for the Ultrawealthy. They’re Also Huge Tax Breaks.

What’s the only thing better than having your own Gulfstream jet? Why, getting to claim millions in tax deductions for it. All you have to do is make a case you’re using it for business, which turns o...

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Evil Twin Lee Black @leeblack.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t know why they cut this part from Four Weddings and a Funeral

Matt Orion @orionjack.bsky.social · 1d

We don’t talk enough about the greatest wedding scene ever filmed 🎥

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Dan Larson @danlarson.bsky.social · 8d

I got the email notification about this from Spreadshirt last week and promptly deleted my account. If you have one, you should too.

Michael Dashow @mdashow.bsky.social · Aug 19

Warning to anyone who has their art on Spreadshirt.com: They now have a feature where anyone can remix your art and it's impossible to opt out unless you just leave the site altogether.

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/19/s...

Spreadshirt to artists: We’re taking your designs for AI

Spreadshirt is an online print-on-demand store. You can sell T-shirts and mugs and so on. My wife Arkady Rose is an artist as well as a musician, and had a pile of designs on Spreadshirt and Redbub…

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 2d

One of the real dangers of becoming super rich is that you'll write or say some of the dumbest shit imaginable and there's no one around who will tell you how stupid it is before you publish it

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

He describes the plot of Watchmen, a 1986 graphic novel involving superheroes grappling with moral questions about humanity against the backdrop of impending nuclear war:

The antihero Ozymandias, the antichrist-type figure, is sort of an early-modern person. He believes this will be a timeless and eternal solution – eternal world peace. Moore is sort of a late-modern. In early modernity, you have ideal solutions, ‘perfect’ solutions to calculus. In late modernity, things are sort of probabilistic. And at some point, he asks Dr Manhattan whether the world government is going to last. And he says that ‘nothing lasts forever.’ So you embrace the antichrist and it still doesn’t work.

Thiel later finds biblical meaning in the manga One Piece, discussing how he believes it represents a future where an antichrist-like one-world government has repressed science. He believes that the hero, Monkey D Luffy, represents a Christlike figure.

In One Piece, you are set in a fantasy world, again sort of an alternate earth, but it’s 800 years into the reign of this one-world state. Which, as the story unfolds, gradually gets darker and darker. You sort of realize, in my interpretation, who runs the world and it’s something like the antichrist. There’s Luffy, a pirate who wears a red straw hat, sort of like Christ’s crown of thorns. And then towards the end of the story, transforms into a figure who resembles Christ in Revelation.

Thiel, along with a researcher and writer at Thiel Capital, explored these ideas at greater length in an essay for the religious journal First Things earlier this month.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 2d

oh this guy is delusional delusional

Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · 2d

thiel, man, what the fuck are you talking about

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Chloé Stawski (Spooky Edition 🎃🦇) @chlowski.bsky.social · 3d

I can’t stress enough how utterly embarrassing it is to see experienced artists suddenly use AI

I can never have a shred of respect for someone who used to be a peer & who decided to embrace something that’s the opposite of any craft & any human endeavour

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yuko @aidosaur.bsky.social · 3d

Wahhh the BARBAROUS ch6 kickstarter broke through the last set of stretch goals which means we get to announce more!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/746...

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 3d

Caligula Galen over here

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WIRED @wired.com · 3d

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

Australia’s March Toward 100 Percent Clean Energy

The country’s grid operator says shifting from coal to clean power is not only possible but inevitable. The work there could provide a road map for other countries.

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Rumic World @furinkan.com · 4d

A very happy birthday to Rumiko Takahashi! Born on October 10, 1957 in Niigata, she is entering into her 47th year as a mangaka! Happy birthday, sensei!

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Cars are still bad @jondoesnotexist.bsky.social · 4d

“Everyone who is rich enough or close enough to reactionary politics is effectively in a cult with beliefs loonier than the median Heaven’s Gate member” is a relatively straightforward description of the current moment. I don’t know how we live like this

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 4d

I dunno, man... I dunno. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction

In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 4d

What I don’t understand about the alleged appeal of genAI/LLM is that dealing with the thorny bits of writing is difficult, yes, but that is what makes it the best and most rewarding part???? Why would I ever relinquish that process to a machine?

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mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 4d

the administration is laser-focused on making sure Americans don't get clean energy, so Saudi Arabia (Trump's paymaster) has someone to sell their oil to in 10 years when the rest of the world has moved on to solar+batteries

Costa Samaras @costasamaras.com · 4d

Picture how big the Hoover Dam is. An absolute unit. The Hoover Dam has a power capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW).

The solar farm that the Admin just cancelled could have produces 6.2 GW of power. That's more than 3 Hoover Dams.

jael holzman @jael.bsky.social · 4d

SCOOP: The Bureau of Land Management says the largest solar project in Nevada — the Esmeralda 7 mega-farm — has been canceled

The news was quietly dropped via a sudden website update with no public word from any of the companies involved or a statement from the agency

@heatmap.news

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 4d

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 4d

Just thinkin’ about the Ultima Founding as one does

Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 4d

Yeah but now they are like 10 feet tall and it’s silly

Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 4d

40k Space Marines should not be that big, it would be weird/scary enough if they were like 7ft tall and all Captain America’d out to be resilient enough to wear the power armor which would simply mangle a baseline trooper

The Norman Rockwell Freedom of Speech meme

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Jodie Troutman @longtalljodie.com · 5d

Independent comics as an industry would barely exist these days without the tireless efforts of Kickstarter's staff behind the scenes. As they advise, keep supporting all the amazing projects you already are, but have their back in the process.

Kickstarter United @kickstarterunited.org · 12d

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 6d

Good news: fossil fuels have plateaued and solar is growing by leaps and bounds worldwide

apnews.com/article/clim...

Solar and wind power has grown faster than electricity demand this year, report says

A new analysis of solar and wind power shows its generation worldwide has outpaced electricity demand this year.

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 5d

Good news, folks! Thanks to some VERY generous folks, we have raised enough to cover the penalty for breaking our lease! If you would like to help us cover the housing costs of two places while we move from one to the other, here's how www.gofundme.com/f/help-us-br...

Donate to Help us break our lease to move to a better place, organized by Brian Clevinger

Good news — we're moving to a better place! Bad news — we have t… Brian Clevinger needs your support for Help us break our lease to move to a better place

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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 5d

Eco-focused nonprofit releases standard to make games "the most sustainable form of entertainment"

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Brian Clevinger @bclev.bsky.social · 5d

Same honestly

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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD 🍄 @hilaryagro.com · 5d

When they bail out the AI industry and call it just as essential as they called the corrupt banks, I hope we take the opportunity to radicalize normies against the whole goddamn system

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