Kaigen
@kaigen.bsky.social
He/they. TTRPG and video game enjoyer. Plays entirely too much FFXIV and reads a lot of SFF.
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Maybe I should have done a better cover reveal but I noticed it was sneaking up on the Amazon site and like, hey. I love this cover. SO MELODRAMATIC! MUCH OCEAN! VERY STORMS!!!!!
All of the covers in this series are by the amazing www.instagram.com/byhangle/
All of the covers in this series are by the amazing www.instagram.com/byhangle/
December 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Maybe I should have done a better cover reveal but I noticed it was sneaking up on the Amazon site and like, hey. I love this cover. SO MELODRAMATIC! MUCH OCEAN! VERY STORMS!!!!!
All of the covers in this series are by the amazing www.instagram.com/byhangle/
All of the covers in this series are by the amazing www.instagram.com/byhangle/
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same and I love this tumblr post about DA2
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
same and I love this tumblr post about DA2
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ME: [seven days into the Twelve Days of Christmas, showing up at the bird store again] hello, I would--
BIRD STORE GUY: no. you have to tell me what you're actually doing with all these birds before I sell you any more.
BIRD STORE GUY: no. you have to tell me what you're actually doing with all these birds before I sell you any more.
December 10, 2025 at 4:23 PM
ME: [seven days into the Twelve Days of Christmas, showing up at the bird store again] hello, I would--
BIRD STORE GUY: no. you have to tell me what you're actually doing with all these birds before I sell you any more.
BIRD STORE GUY: no. you have to tell me what you're actually doing with all these birds before I sell you any more.
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I’m going to keep saying it: both the “male loneliness epidemic” and the techbro obsession with AI are, at their core, about a complete lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of relating to other people and a terror of vulnerability/interdependence.
we talk a lot about the weirdo techbro obsession with immortality these AI necromancy projects embody, but I'm arguably even MORE fascinated by the terror of allowing yourself to experience deep, complex emotions they so obviously reveal
you cannot prevent yourself from feeling grief with an app??
you cannot prevent yourself from feeling grief with an app??
IN DEPTH | If you could speak to your dead grandmother forever, would you?
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I’m going to keep saying it: both the “male loneliness epidemic” and the techbro obsession with AI are, at their core, about a complete lack of distress tolerance for the messy business of relating to other people and a terror of vulnerability/interdependence.
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#ArtAdventCalendar day 10. A common grackle sits in the reeds at Telford Lake, Alberta.
December 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
#ArtAdventCalendar day 10. A common grackle sits in the reeds at Telford Lake, Alberta.
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cass for cassandraweek2025 day 3 on twt. she’s reading yuri #dragonage #dai #cassandrapentaghast #beezart
December 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
cass for cassandraweek2025 day 3 on twt. she’s reading yuri #dragonage #dai #cassandrapentaghast #beezart
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good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
Anatomy of a Sex Scene: Heated Rivalry Edition - Reading the End
Heated Rivalry, AKA the gay hockey show, has been getting a lot of buzz for its explicit(-ish) sex scenes, and a lot of that buzz has been coming from viewers and critics whose experience with the rom...
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December 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
good morning, I have noticed that some of the critical responses to the Crave show Heated Rivalry have been, let's say, incomplete
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
sex scenes are craft! goddammit!
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This is a bit of local flavor I absolutely adore.
So, in Fair Oaks, at the corner of Sunrise and Fair Oaks Blvd, there is a dirt lot with a retaining wall that’s been sitting unused for decades. DECADES. Literally since the ‘80s.
The retaining wall had “NO PARKING” painted on it.
So, in Fair Oaks, at the corner of Sunrise and Fair Oaks Blvd, there is a dirt lot with a retaining wall that’s been sitting unused for decades. DECADES. Literally since the ‘80s.
The retaining wall had “NO PARKING” painted on it.
December 10, 2025 at 7:37 AM
This is a bit of local flavor I absolutely adore.
So, in Fair Oaks, at the corner of Sunrise and Fair Oaks Blvd, there is a dirt lot with a retaining wall that’s been sitting unused for decades. DECADES. Literally since the ‘80s.
The retaining wall had “NO PARKING” painted on it.
So, in Fair Oaks, at the corner of Sunrise and Fair Oaks Blvd, there is a dirt lot with a retaining wall that’s been sitting unused for decades. DECADES. Literally since the ‘80s.
The retaining wall had “NO PARKING” painted on it.
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Saw this adorable French animation ad and I had to share it over here! The style looks familiar but I can’t my finger on what group it is. Any ideas?
December 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Saw this adorable French animation ad and I had to share it over here! The style looks familiar but I can’t my finger on what group it is. Any ideas?
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AI art was basically universally accepted as a fun little toy up until the point the big AI boosters settled on a message of "fuck artists."
It makes you wonder what the world looks like if its biggest evangelists weren't irresponsible repulsive people.
It makes you wonder what the world looks like if its biggest evangelists weren't irresponsible repulsive people.
December 10, 2025 at 12:28 AM
AI art was basically universally accepted as a fun little toy up until the point the big AI boosters settled on a message of "fuck artists."
It makes you wonder what the world looks like if its biggest evangelists weren't irresponsible repulsive people.
It makes you wonder what the world looks like if its biggest evangelists weren't irresponsible repulsive people.
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I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
December 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
I continue to have no sympathy left for whinging about how the public are rude about AI and feel threatened by it when the biggest players in the AI space have spent years very vocally and constantly *threatening the public*
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This is one of those things where a layman could look at it and go "amazing, that's really cool" but as someone who makes their living drawing I'll go, "No actually it's magic, it's absolute wizardry, you don't know how impossible it is that this guy made it look so effortless."
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is one of those things where a layman could look at it and go "amazing, that's really cool" but as someone who makes their living drawing I'll go, "No actually it's magic, it's absolute wizardry, you don't know how impossible it is that this guy made it look so effortless."
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Gently ... composition as a course teaches us how to package ideas to an audience for understanding.
The skill being taught is thinking
The skill being taught is thinking
If you are providing me with an education that is low utility in the world then it’s a disservice. My composition class spent four weeks on poetry. I’m sorry, but that only would’ve been useful if I wanted to be a poet. I don’t need to know iambic pentameter in order to be a victim advocate.
December 9, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Gently ... composition as a course teaches us how to package ideas to an audience for understanding.
The skill being taught is thinking
The skill being taught is thinking
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“Kids today and their AuDHD—“ Victor Hugo had to lock himself in a room without clothes to make himself actually finish a draft and also he wrote six bonus chapters about the history of the Paris sewer system for his book about how poverty is one of the great evils of mankind
December 9, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“Kids today and their AuDHD—“ Victor Hugo had to lock himself in a room without clothes to make himself actually finish a draft and also he wrote six bonus chapters about the history of the Paris sewer system for his book about how poverty is one of the great evils of mankind
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trans divorcée is the most important kind of woman
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
trans divorcée is the most important kind of woman
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another re-post from earlier this year
mistaken for a coyote again!
werewolf problems...
#makeaterriblecomicday2025
mistaken for a coyote again!
werewolf problems...
#makeaterriblecomicday2025
August 24, 2025 at 7:53 PM
another re-post from earlier this year
mistaken for a coyote again!
werewolf problems...
#makeaterriblecomicday2025
mistaken for a coyote again!
werewolf problems...
#makeaterriblecomicday2025
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But the blockchain indulgences market is gonna be lit
As biblical salvation is exclusive to human beings, there is unfortunately no way to offer our robot buddy absolution. But still, the ability to sin and be cast into fire for all eternity represents an important step forward for artificial intelligence
December 8, 2025 at 11:01 PM
But the blockchain indulgences market is gonna be lit
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*Company makes my life worse through their product*
I will boycott this product
*Company makes my life worse through externalities*
How do I boycott an externality
I will boycott this product
*Company makes my life worse through externalities*
How do I boycott an externality
December 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
*Company makes my life worse through their product*
I will boycott this product
*Company makes my life worse through externalities*
How do I boycott an externality
I will boycott this product
*Company makes my life worse through externalities*
How do I boycott an externality
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It is a truth universally acknowledged, an evil person of eligible age is actually just a person whose backstory is unexplored
December 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It is a truth universally acknowledged, an evil person of eligible age is actually just a person whose backstory is unexplored
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World Building an Obsessed World
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and…
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and…
World Building an Obsessed World
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and focus of a world that’s obsessed with something to the point that activity is the source of the internal consistency.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:00 PM
World Building an Obsessed World
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and…
Now, I need to be clear, this article may shock people who have been following me for a while, especially given my known stances about creating holistic, balanced worlds that have strong internal consistency. But those kinds of worlds often miss out on the fun and…
This matches my experience in the Writing Center, where sessions with students both older and younger than me had tangents on the theme of "here's where OneDrive is hiding your file that you need to upload to BlackBoard."
For a while, they said if you needed tech help, ask a 10yo. But current 10-20yos didn't have to explore and click around and futz with things to get them to work, so if it's not immediately obvious, they can't do it.
Basically if you're 30-50 you're just doing tech support for everyone forever.
Basically if you're 30-50 you're just doing tech support for everyone forever.
What we say is their kids know the tech of a phone. If it’s not on the phone they struggle
December 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
This matches my experience in the Writing Center, where sessions with students both older and younger than me had tangents on the theme of "here's where OneDrive is hiding your file that you need to upload to BlackBoard."
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One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
December 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
One of my neighbors has been putting up these fish facts posters. All kinds of different fish, marine, freshwater, deep, shallow, all kinds. This is a good one. “Stg this real fish” took me out. Good work, neighbor.
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One cool thing about the stechlab labeler is it can tell you if someone’s been mass unfollowing, usually a sign of a followback trash account
The funniest thing is it confirms how many of your moots are inveterate poasters
bsky.app/profile/stec...
The funniest thing is it confirms how many of your moots are inveterate poasters
bsky.app/profile/stec...
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December 8, 2025 at 11:54 AM
One cool thing about the stechlab labeler is it can tell you if someone’s been mass unfollowing, usually a sign of a followback trash account
The funniest thing is it confirms how many of your moots are inveterate poasters
bsky.app/profile/stec...
The funniest thing is it confirms how many of your moots are inveterate poasters
bsky.app/profile/stec...