Mira Mechtley
@biphenyl.bsky.social
💁♀️ she/her
🔢 Dot Product Enthusiast
👾 Principal Engineer on Bounty Star
🔭 PhD Astrophysics
🎲 Pathfinder
🏳️🌈 Ace 🏳️⚧️ Mom
👩💻 MacOS
🕐 Formerly: Root, Eternal, Quasars, Blurst, a bluetooth PowerGlove
https://biphenyl.org
🔢 Dot Product Enthusiast
👾 Principal Engineer on Bounty Star
🔭 PhD Astrophysics
🎲 Pathfinder
🏳️🌈 Ace 🏳️⚧️ Mom
👩💻 MacOS
🕐 Formerly: Root, Eternal, Quasars, Blurst, a bluetooth PowerGlove
https://biphenyl.org
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Mira Mechtley
@biphenyl.bsky.social
· Nov 14
BOUNTY STAR | Reveal Trailer
YouTube video by Annapurna Interactive
youtu.be
Hi Bluesky!
I’m Mira, principal engineer at Dinogod working on Bounty Star.
youtu.be/kC-dNxex5Jc
Once upon a time I:
- worked for Dire Wolf Digital on Eternal and Root
- got a PhD in astrophysics studying quasars
- worked at Flashbang Studios on Raptor Safari, Minotaur China Shop, Crane Wars, etc.
I’m Mira, principal engineer at Dinogod working on Bounty Star.
youtu.be/kC-dNxex5Jc
Once upon a time I:
- worked for Dire Wolf Digital on Eternal and Root
- got a PhD in astrophysics studying quasars
- worked at Flashbang Studios on Raptor Safari, Minotaur China Shop, Crane Wars, etc.
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AI still can’t do this
October 6, 2025 at 10:12 PM
AI still can’t do this
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this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
December 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
this is a Canadian petition to uphold charter rights for transgender and minority communities
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
if youre Canadian, please sign it. if youre not Canadian, please share it.
www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
brain: Reverse Threads: Clothing for people who like to screw machines but not _that_ way
me: holy fuck i just woke up and haven't had coffee can you slow your roll
me: holy fuck i just woke up and haven't had coffee can you slow your roll
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 PM
brain: Reverse Threads: Clothing for people who like to screw machines but not _that_ way
me: holy fuck i just woke up and haven't had coffee can you slow your roll
me: holy fuck i just woke up and haven't had coffee can you slow your roll
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wait wait hold the fucking phone
they canceled pride celebration stuff and at the same time collabed with rowling?
that's so fucking on the nose jesus christ
they canceled pride celebration stuff and at the same time collabed with rowling?
that's so fucking on the nose jesus christ
"Rowling will undoubtedly receive substantial royalties from the Fortnite skins… That money will likely be funneled into her hate campaign against trans people.
"… over a third of… funding for the [U.K.] case came directly from Rowling…"
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/fort...
"… over a third of… funding for the [U.K.] case came directly from Rowling…"
www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/12/fort...
Fortnite dragged for collaborating with JK Rowling after canceling Pride celebration - LGBTQ Nation
An upcoming Harry Potter x Fortnite collab got leaked.
www.lgbtqnation.com
December 19, 2025 at 9:04 PM
wait wait hold the fucking phone
they canceled pride celebration stuff and at the same time collabed with rowling?
that's so fucking on the nose jesus christ
they canceled pride celebration stuff and at the same time collabed with rowling?
that's so fucking on the nose jesus christ
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we 💛 our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor @xws.bsky.social's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play 💝
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
50 amazing Puzzmo crosswords from 2025
I started thinking critically about midi crosswords as a genre when Chris, Enrique, and I co-founded the midi branch of AVCX, where we decided to define midis not by their rows and columns, but by the...
blog.puzzmo.com
December 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
we 💛 our amazingly talented crossword constructors: here's 50 of our crossword editor @xws.bsky.social's favorite puzzmo midis from 2026, all of which are now free to play 💝
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
blog.puzzmo.com/posts/2025/1...
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We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Concept Artists Say Generative AI References Only Make Their Jobs Harder
“The ‘early ideation stages’, when worlds are being fleshed out by writers and artists, are literally crucial to the development of a game’s vision,” said one artist.
thisweekinvideogames.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:06 PM
We spoke to a dozen professional concept artists who are currently or have previously worked in game development about whether generative AI image tools have made their jobs any easier.
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Zero said it did. Most said it made things harder.
thisweekinvideogames.com/feature/conc...
Many good things here but I told people Kentucky Route Zero was my game of the decade for the 2010s and I stand by that.
Quote this with what you would have said your game of the year was at the end of 2013, if you had one, and what you would say your favourite game of 2013 is now, if it differs
Localisations and early access count, remasters don't. Remakes depend
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
Localisations and early access count, remasters don't. Remakes depend
Refresher list: backloggd.com/games/lib/po...
December 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Many good things here but I told people Kentucky Route Zero was my game of the decade for the 2010s and I stand by that.
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beating a dead horse but part of what makes art both worthwhile to the creator of it and interesting to the beholder is that you can’t actually beam ideas from your head into exactly what you imagined that way when you make it yourself, and the left turns and fingerprints are all part of it
December 19, 2025 at 5:55 AM
beating a dead horse but part of what makes art both worthwhile to the creator of it and interesting to the beholder is that you can’t actually beam ideas from your head into exactly what you imagined that way when you make it yourself, and the left turns and fingerprints are all part of it
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there is no begging for a "please grant me the right to exist", there is only a statement of "i will not only exist, but i will thrive in the face of your attempts to exterminate me. and you are far too weak to stop it" - and i think more trans people are starting to understand and accept this.
December 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
there is no begging for a "please grant me the right to exist", there is only a statement of "i will not only exist, but i will thrive in the face of your attempts to exterminate me. and you are far too weak to stop it" - and i think more trans people are starting to understand and accept this.
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If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
December 18, 2025 at 5:27 PM
If any journalist wants to talk to a trans man with a PhD in Human Genomics who was trained in labs that studied the evolution of sex, I'm right here
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
Or just keep platforming Republicans who have a 5th grade understanding of biology so they get more trans people killed, sure 🤷🏻♂️
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The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
December 18, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The year is 2035. There are three game studios left. Each one produces a game every 10 years, killing 250+ developers in the process. They all accidentally make the same game because they used genAI in preproduction. They sell 500 million units each, missing quarterly targets. Everyone is laid off.
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WE HAVE A TELESCOPE 🚀 The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been fully assembled here in the cleanroom at NASA Goddard 😀🚀 and is on track to launch next fall!
December 18, 2025 at 7:42 PM
WE HAVE A TELESCOPE 🚀 The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope has been fully assembled here in the cleanroom at NASA Goddard 😀🚀 and is on track to launch next fall!
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I love stories of change, of redemption, of folks who never stop striving to be better, because they remind you to be better yourself, to do what you can to plant those seeds in the world, never knowing if they'll sprout. Many won't, but some might. And "might" is reason enough to plant them. 13/end
December 16, 2025 at 3:30 PM
I love stories of change, of redemption, of folks who never stop striving to be better, because they remind you to be better yourself, to do what you can to plant those seeds in the world, never knowing if they'll sprout. Many won't, but some might. And "might" is reason enough to plant them. 13/end
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Getting third hand anxiety at the thought of placeholder text that is not immediately clearly placeholder and also is not a direction for the intention for the final text.
December 16, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Getting third hand anxiety at the thought of placeholder text that is not immediately clearly placeholder and also is not a direction for the intention for the final text.
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I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption
the enthusiasm for generative AI would not have been possible without prior decades of capitalist conditioning to view works of art as products, rather than acts of culture and shared human life
I think the fundamental gap here is that non-creative people think that creative people make things for the end product, when in fact it’s the act of creation and not the end point that makes it worthwhile.
December 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
I've made it a personal goal to stop using the term "content" when referring to media made by artists. The word implies mass-produced filler and calling someone's hard work their "content" has started to feel kinda like an insult. Like human art made strictly for quick consumption
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There's the "I want shorter games worse graphics not kidding etc etc" phrase, how about "I want artists to be able to make mistakes and make weird unappealing shit sometimes and not starve"
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
There's the "I want shorter games worse graphics not kidding etc etc" phrase, how about "I want artists to be able to make mistakes and make weird unappealing shit sometimes and not starve"
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YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK UP, COOP. EARS FULL OF SPICE. BROKE THREE EARBUDS TRYING TO SCRAPE IT OUT. WORMSIGN? NEVER CARED FOR WORMS, BUT THE BIRDS LOVE 'EM.
December 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO SPEAK UP, COOP. EARS FULL OF SPICE. BROKE THREE EARBUDS TRYING TO SCRAPE IT OUT. WORMSIGN? NEVER CARED FOR WORMS, BUT THE BIRDS LOVE 'EM.
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Please bear this in mind if you consider grabbing Hogwarts Legacy for free, thinking that you can accept/play it without it now doing harm. It's free to you but comes with a cost elsewhere.
Since Polygon is leaving it out of the headline: Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to put money into the pocket of a bigot who uses her wealth to further the genocide of trans people through lawsuits and legislation. Every 'free' game gives money directly to JKR, and they are complicit.
Epic Games partnered with The Game Awards to give away this week's free game on the Epic Games Store.
December 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Please bear this in mind if you consider grabbing Hogwarts Legacy for free, thinking that you can accept/play it without it now doing harm. It's free to you but comes with a cost elsewhere.
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THEY'VE PUT ME ON THE POCKETSTATION COOP. I'M BEING RENDERED IN A 32 BY 32 GRID OF MONOCHROME PIXELS. THE BOYS BACK AT QUANTICO SAID THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE ME TO A "DOKO DEMO ISSYO" UNTIL THEY CAN GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT.
December 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
THEY'VE PUT ME ON THE POCKETSTATION COOP. I'M BEING RENDERED IN A 32 BY 32 GRID OF MONOCHROME PIXELS. THE BOYS BACK AT QUANTICO SAID THEY'RE GOING TO RELOCATE ME TO A "DOKO DEMO ISSYO" UNTIL THEY CAN GET THIS STRAIGHTENED OUT.
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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