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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · 5d

If you're ever in Cape Town, let me introduce you to Aretha, the practice she works from made me sign 2 disclaimers, the second one is specifically acknowledging that you are responsible for telling her to back off.

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Draculanna 🧛🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 9d

I gotta hand it to whatever advertising firm Informa hired to make these, there really is something almost poetic about GDC's advertising being "an AI-looking depiction of an industry staple being destroyed with no clear elaboration of what comes after." Masterclass in unintentionally nailing it.

Game Developers Conference @officialgdc.bsky.social · 9d

A New Era Awaits!

bit.ly/3KKYUIq

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 13d

One first step people should do to respond to this is start using the “report a speed trap” function in Apple Maps to report where ICE is operating. Make Apple party to the attempt to protect people.

404 Media @404media.co · 14d

ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

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ICEBlock Owner After Apple Removes App: ‘We Are Determined to Fight This’

Apple removed ICEBlock reportedly after direct pressure from Department of Justice officials. “I am incredibly disappointed by Apple's actions today. Capitulating to an authoritarian regime is never t...

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · 16d

I'm in camp Kobo with physical transfer from Calibre/my local library. Very happy with the choice.

Every now and again I'm tempted to chase the hosted version but would rather spend the time reading.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 22d

:)

aftermath.site/palestinian-...

New Coalition Seeks To Help Palestinian Game Developers ‘Speak Loudly’ Through Games - Aftermath

A group of more than 50 volunteers announced Palestinian Voices in Games, an initiative to support game developers in Palestine.

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · 23d

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · 23d

He did mean those. But even on that high contrast aliased canvas, he still couldn't see them. Possibly because he didn't want to buy then.

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · Sep 16

There are two wolves inside you...

Fumei @goobeak.bsky.social · Sep 16

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · Sep 14

So many ducks✨👀

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SAHASA 🐙 @sculptedreef.com · Sep 13

👋 Hey friends! I'm back & super excited to share new art with you all 🎨

🥳 🎉 in love with these colors!!

⭐ Bsky Early Access: sculptedreef.com/collections/...

🪸 Corals are made w glass beads 🐙 clay + paint

#ArtYear #ArtGallery #Art #BSNM #CoralReef #MarineLife #Sculpture #Octopus 🦑🐡

A patiently made mixed media artwork featuring a hand sculpted clay octopus, lovingly painted to resemble the species Caribbean Reef Octopus, scientifically known as Octopus briareus.

The extensive and colorful reef on this artwork is made from handcrafted corals, patiently woven glass beads set on silver wire. Slowly beaded together over countless of hours.

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Redbeak Games @redbeakgames.bsky.social · Sep 13

Just historically accurate pirate shenanigans! 🏴‍☠️ #screenshotsaturday #indiegaming #indiedev #gamedev

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jess marfisi @jessdrawz.bsky.social · Sep 12

some recent illustrations 🐈‍⬛

cartoony digital illustration of a traffic mirror. reflected in the mirror is a neighborhood crosswalk and a black cat is crossing the street. It’s a daytime scene and there are trees in the bg of the telephone pole

same illustration as the previous one but at night time. instead of a cat, there are black ghost like figures with white halos. they have green eyes staring back at you

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Tenebrad - My name is always scary MY CULTURE IS NOT A COSTUME @bradislove.bsky.social · Sep 10

It's not fair to label all of these people as hopeless bigots. Some of them are probably just greedy cowards with no integrity.

FreeLinkophant sHELLey B Woke - Living Saint of Purity🏳️‍⚧️🖤💜🤍 💛 @shelleybwoke.bsky.social · Sep 10

HP Audible associated actors (Sept. 10, 2025)
Kit Harington
Keira Knightley
Iwan Rheon
Ruth Wilson
Ambika Mod
Leo Woodall
Simon Pegg
James McAvoy
Gemma Whelan
Matt Berry
Hugh Laurie
Matthew Macfadyen
Riz Ahmed
Michelle Gomez
Cush Jumbo
Mark Addy
Alex Hassell
Daniel Mays
Sara and Avni Deshmukh

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Daniel Johnston Menezes @danjohnston.uk · Sep 1

Every font we've ever made for full commercial use, back on an incredible discount in our Cosy Autumn Sale 🍂 for the whole of September! A permanent license to use 1200+ fonts in your projects for the price of a handful of Pumpkin Spice Lattes ci.itch.io/all-fonts-pack #Gamedev #Art #Fonts

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1200+ Fonts for Commercial Use

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · Sep 6

Still didn't find my phosphorus, got distracted riding this thing around.

screenshot from game showing a building-sized crustacean monsterish thing. UI option "ride" is selected.

Screenshot of same building-sized crustacean monsterish thing, this time from above, player visible between neck plates.

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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · Sep 5

Zines! Zines! Zines! @openbookfestival.bsky.social started today and there are lots of zines at the Babel Tower table in the marketplace, including ones by Reinhard Venzke, Claude Naudé, @willowwaffle.bsky.social, @milo-wildcat.bsky.social, Catriona Towriss, and me!

A picture of part of the Babel Tower zine table showing over 30 zines by many creators from Cape Town and the Western Cape.

Babel Tower No 2 - a collective zine - is new for Open Book. It was printed with four different cover options and includes work by me.

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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · Sep 5

There are also #SAComics people in the marketplace, including @losynacomics.bsky.social, Tyler Pike, and Andy Mason. (No photos yet - hopefully I'll have some tomorrow.)

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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · Sep 5

Entrance is free - Homecoming Centre, corner of Buitenkant Street and Caledon Street, District Six, Cape Town. The marketplace is running on Saturday and Sunday from 9am (I think) until 4pm.

Please come and support all of us and buy our comics and zines!

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Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · Sep 6

Today!

Mandy J Watson @mandyjwatson.bsky.social · Sep 5

Entrance is free - Homecoming Centre, corner of Buitenkant Street and Caledon Street, District Six, Cape Town. The marketplace is running on Saturday and Sunday from 9am (I think) until 4pm.

Please come and support all of us and buy our comics and zines!

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · Sep 6

I tried to explain that I had in fact become employed in the interim, that I should be paying more, and the teller told me to walk away, "turn around and leave". So I didn't even pay the 27.30.

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · Sep 6

I needed not-quite-emergency gallbladder surgery during lockdown in South Africa. I was formally unemployed when I first went in. The bill for the surgery, consults, hospital stay for 3 days, etc all in came to $27.30 equiv. And when I went to pay it...

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · Sep 6

I've fallen into No Man's Sky.

Hard.

Not main quest stuff tho. Only thing I care abt now is the phosphorus I need to install a heater in my mech exocraft so I can gallump about comfort.

Yday, I rode a Squid-bird as a getaway from the scene of my ecological crimes while 5 cops were hunting me.

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · Sep 4

Here, via private care, the prophylaxis + appointment is around 70€, and each RIg vial is about the same. Via national care it would be free (or minimal, like 8€) but there is a shortage making it difficult to trust in an emergency.

Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · Sep 3

This prototype has something like that going on, very curious to see how it develops

gregs-games.itch.io/get-yoked-2

GET YOKED: Extreme Bodybuilding by gregs-games

Bodybuilding Roguelike Deckbuilder.

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Dorian @damousey.bsky.social · Sep 2

A few years ago I worked out that it was about the same price to get it over the counter in the US as it was to fly to Cape Town and get it over the counter here, as a heavier person, if you were getting RIg. Dystopian level mark ups.

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