Ren – name in beta
@goblinfluencer.bsky.social
They/them
I'm mostly here to look at cool human art and photos, and sometimes post silly birds.
Software tester and general nerd. Views my own and not those of my employers, partners, friends, or cats.
I'm mostly here to look at cool human art and photos, and sometimes post silly birds.
Software tester and general nerd. Views my own and not those of my employers, partners, friends, or cats.
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"Annie you better not be off joining the Dutch Resistance"
Annie:
Annie:
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"Annie you better not be off joining the Dutch Resistance"
Annie:
Annie:
Is it just me or does this 25th anniversary animated Total War logo look like it's based of the Time Commanders intro? And, you know, fair that show slapped.
December 4, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Is it just me or does this 25th anniversary animated Total War logo look like it's based of the Time Commanders intro? And, you know, fair that show slapped.
Day 3 of #DecemberTransReadathon
It's been a long day, and yesterday's book was such a lovely combination of sexy and unbelievably adorable that I've gone for the sequel:
Does the Boss Know We Slept Together by Em Haeger
It's been a long day, and yesterday's book was such a lovely combination of sexy and unbelievably adorable that I've gone for the sequel:
Does the Boss Know We Slept Together by Em Haeger
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Day 3 of #DecemberTransReadathon
It's been a long day, and yesterday's book was such a lovely combination of sexy and unbelievably adorable that I've gone for the sequel:
Does the Boss Know We Slept Together by Em Haeger
It's been a long day, and yesterday's book was such a lovely combination of sexy and unbelievably adorable that I've gone for the sequel:
Does the Boss Know We Slept Together by Em Haeger
Day 2 of #DecemberTransReadathon
But There's Only One Bed! by @8bitem.bsky.social
I was planning on saying something about each one but as it is I'm mostly reading in bed and posting this first. This one especially is not ideal for reading at lunchtime in the office.
But There's Only One Bed! by @8bitem.bsky.social
I was planning on saying something about each one but as it is I'm mostly reading in bed and posting this first. This one especially is not ideal for reading at lunchtime in the office.
December 2, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Day 2 of #DecemberTransReadathon
But There's Only One Bed! by @8bitem.bsky.social
I was planning on saying something about each one but as it is I'm mostly reading in bed and posting this first. This one especially is not ideal for reading at lunchtime in the office.
But There's Only One Bed! by @8bitem.bsky.social
I was planning on saying something about each one but as it is I'm mostly reading in bed and posting this first. This one especially is not ideal for reading at lunchtime in the office.
So if anyone is looking for a new long-form video essayist to watch... I'd watched and enjoyed a few of Lizard Leigh's videos before, but with this one they've ascended into the realm of those multi-hour deep dives that are works of art in and of themselves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJx...
how one company broke sewing for EVERYONE
YouTube video by Lizard Leigh
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:28 PM
So if anyone is looking for a new long-form video essayist to watch... I'd watched and enjoyed a few of Lizard Leigh's videos before, but with this one they've ascended into the realm of those multi-hour deep dives that are works of art in and of themselves.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJx...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4VJx...
As apparently I'm still mad about this: are executives constantly sending each other pdfs where all the useful information could just be in the email? Don't they traditionally have minions to summarise things for them?
Also, dear Adobe, yes I know this is a long document, that's part of the point. I don't want AI summaries in general, but I especially don't want them for fiction which I read for fun.
December 2, 2025 at 9:36 PM
As apparently I'm still mad about this: are executives constantly sending each other pdfs where all the useful information could just be in the email? Don't they traditionally have minions to summarise things for them?
#DecemberTransReadathon, finally a one-thing-every-day-of-the-month trend I'm equipped for. Not sure how many I'll get through given at the peak of the binge I was averaging "only" one book every ~2.5 days, so lets start with a bite size one:
Weeping Willow by @danifinnwrites.bsky.social
Weeping Willow by @danifinnwrites.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 12:29 AM
#DecemberTransReadathon, finally a one-thing-every-day-of-the-month trend I'm equipped for. Not sure how many I'll get through given at the peak of the binge I was averaging "only" one book every ~2.5 days, so lets start with a bite size one:
Weeping Willow by @danifinnwrites.bsky.social
Weeping Willow by @danifinnwrites.bsky.social
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It's December, which means that it's time for reading trans books!
The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
It's December, which means that it's time for reading trans books!
The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
The December Trans Readathon is a challenge to read a trans book every day for the whole month! If you do, you can track your progress with this official calendar, or use the hashtag #DecemberTransReadathon to share your progress 🩷
Since I got a lovely present from my partner and her other partner last weekend, time for the closest thing to a selfie I'm willing to post. Please ignore the mess in the kitchen.
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Since I got a lovely present from my partner and her other partner last weekend, time for the closest thing to a selfie I'm willing to post. Please ignore the mess in the kitchen.
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guess what? we're at 2 more days till the bundle ends and we're so close to 11k.
help out a bunch of trans woman and lesbian authors and get 25(including the Shattered bone novella) toxic yuri stories for just $15
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
help out a bunch of trans woman and lesbian authors and get 25(including the Shattered bone novella) toxic yuri stories for just $15
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 PM
guess what? we're at 2 more days till the bundle ends and we're so close to 11k.
help out a bunch of trans woman and lesbian authors and get 25(including the Shattered bone novella) toxic yuri stories for just $15
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
help out a bunch of trans woman and lesbian authors and get 25(including the Shattered bone novella) toxic yuri stories for just $15
itch.io/b/3364/poiso...
You've just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. NO CHEATING!
Bad luck, for once it isn't a cat picture.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. NO CHEATING!
Bad luck, for once it isn't a cat picture.
November 27, 2025 at 3:55 PM
You've just died.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. NO CHEATING!
Bad luck, for once it isn't a cat picture.
The 6th picture in your phone gallery is what killed you. NO CHEATING!
Bad luck, for once it isn't a cat picture.
Leopards reportedly considering benefits of of veganism after getting ill following weeks of subsisting on nothing but an endless banquet of faces.
November 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Leopards reportedly considering benefits of of veganism after getting ill following weeks of subsisting on nothing but an endless banquet of faces.
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Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not much to say about Trans Day of Remembrance anymore besides “try loving and celebrating us while we are alive”
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Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives.
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
November 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Hey folks, I often do posts calling for indie developers to link me their games so I can signal boost them. Today I want to do something similar for all trans creatives.
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
If you are a trans game dev, artist, writer, streamer or YouTuber, reply here with a link to your work. Only one rule: no GenAI.💜
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Happy trans visibility week! A great way to keep us visible is to give us money so we can keep doing our work despite the bullshit going on in the world, so it would mean a lot if yall could keep sharing and grabbing copies of this 💛 Thank you all so so much for the support thus far!
itch.io/b/3364
itch.io/b/3364
November 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Happy trans visibility week! A great way to keep us visible is to give us money so we can keep doing our work despite the bullshit going on in the world, so it would mean a lot if yall could keep sharing and grabbing copies of this 💛 Thank you all so so much for the support thus far!
itch.io/b/3364
itch.io/b/3364
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Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Her portrayal of asylum seekers doesn't just respond to the racist narratives of the Far Right: by othering asylum seekers as unworthy winners of riches, in implicit contrast to struggling families, Shabana Mahmood actively promotes and feeds those Far Right lies.
They probably weren't exactly good people to begin with, but I'm really starting to wonder if there is some ancient artifact of primordial evil hidden in the Home Office which turns whoever us in charge of it into a depraved monster nourished only by suffering.
November 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
They probably weren't exactly good people to begin with, but I'm really starting to wonder if there is some ancient artifact of primordial evil hidden in the Home Office which turns whoever us in charge of it into a depraved monster nourished only by suffering.
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Finally dropping a giveaway to celebrate all the support Ive been receiving since I migrate from X to here!! Tysmm everyone!!
To participate is pretty simple, just have to follow the rules and the prize is a custom design made by me!
Deadline is November, 15th.
To participate is pretty simple, just have to follow the rules and the prize is a custom design made by me!
Deadline is November, 15th.
October 12, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Finally dropping a giveaway to celebrate all the support Ive been receiving since I migrate from X to here!! Tysmm everyone!!
To participate is pretty simple, just have to follow the rules and the prize is a custom design made by me!
Deadline is November, 15th.
To participate is pretty simple, just have to follow the rules and the prize is a custom design made by me!
Deadline is November, 15th.
Abolish English as a first language. Teach kids to read and write in a language with spelling that makes sense like Spanish or German, then go back to English later.
how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...
How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers
For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...
www.apmreports.org
November 13, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Abolish English as a first language. Teach kids to read and write in a language with spelling that makes sense like Spanish or German, then go back to English later.
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For the time being, I'm shifting my big Wolffie bundle to raising funds that'll help me deal with next year's scheduled rent increase. Because Portland is nothing if not always raising costs for renters.
itch.io/s/159177/the...
itch.io/s/159177/the...
November 10, 2025 at 4:16 PM
For the time being, I'm shifting my big Wolffie bundle to raising funds that'll help me deal with next year's scheduled rent increase. Because Portland is nothing if not always raising costs for renters.
itch.io/s/159177/the...
itch.io/s/159177/the...
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The correct move for Eurovision is, of course, to kick Israel out and let Canada in.
November 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
The correct move for Eurovision is, of course, to kick Israel out and let Canada in.
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Spaceship doodle with digital color overlay.
November 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Spaceship doodle with digital color overlay.
Ren, collapsing dramatically on sofa, hand to forehead: "But what will I even read now that I'm caught up* on Dorley?
Also Ren looking over their tablet: "I don't know, something on our to read list, like the 2 perfectly good books you were in the middle of before getting your brain highjacked?"
Also Ren looking over their tablet: "I don't know, something on our to read list, like the 2 perfectly good books you were in the middle of before getting your brain highjacked?"
November 10, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Ren, collapsing dramatically on sofa, hand to forehead: "But what will I even read now that I'm caught up* on Dorley?
Also Ren looking over their tablet: "I don't know, something on our to read list, like the 2 perfectly good books you were in the middle of before getting your brain highjacked?"
Also Ren looking over their tablet: "I don't know, something on our to read list, like the 2 perfectly good books you were in the middle of before getting your brain highjacked?"