Katie Duffy
@kduffy1718.bsky.social
I do nothing of interest or import. Hopelessly in love with @youngmrduffy.bsky.social. Comes up with ideas, but not mechanics, over at third-country-press.itch.io. She/her.
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christmas trees? stands that sell them on the street? holiday markets? santa claus himself???? yeah, all of that came from new york city immigrants (with a boost from the new york city media-industrial complex of course) nygroove.nyc/christmas-ne...
How Christmas as we know it was invented by New York City immigrants
American Santa is a Native New Yorker and don't you forget it
nygroove.nyc
December 5, 2025 at 2:20 PM
christmas trees? stands that sell them on the street? holiday markets? santa claus himself???? yeah, all of that came from new york city immigrants (with a boost from the new york city media-industrial complex of course) nygroove.nyc/christmas-ne...
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IQ tests are absolute bunk. Many types were designed to be as racist as possible and the rest are "flawed" at best. I do incredibly well on IQ tests, but they're just bunk.
Also, IQ is absolutely NOT "50% genetic" and this advert is creepy eugenics. Sheesh the internet is evil today.
Also, IQ is absolutely NOT "50% genetic" and this advert is creepy eugenics. Sheesh the internet is evil today.
I saw this ad on the train and I’m curious how yall feel about it… I’m very much in the center, but slightly more towards than against…
December 4, 2025 at 10:26 PM
IQ tests are absolute bunk. Many types were designed to be as racist as possible and the rest are "flawed" at best. I do incredibly well on IQ tests, but they're just bunk.
Also, IQ is absolutely NOT "50% genetic" and this advert is creepy eugenics. Sheesh the internet is evil today.
Also, IQ is absolutely NOT "50% genetic" and this advert is creepy eugenics. Sheesh the internet is evil today.
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A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
Inside an ICE Defense Training on Fortnite
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
www.404media.co
November 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
A group of immigrant rights organizers are helping people use Fortnite to practice what to do if they encounter ICE agents in the wild.
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i can’t say this enough, if all of us don’t have rights in all of the states in the US than none of us have rights in the US
we’re all just one paycheck or DV incident or accident away from the zip code where we can’t access healthcare or use a bathroom or live inside (or outside) legally
we’re all just one paycheck or DV incident or accident away from the zip code where we can’t access healthcare or use a bathroom or live inside (or outside) legally
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
i can’t say this enough, if all of us don’t have rights in all of the states in the US than none of us have rights in the US
we’re all just one paycheck or DV incident or accident away from the zip code where we can’t access healthcare or use a bathroom or live inside (or outside) legally
we’re all just one paycheck or DV incident or accident away from the zip code where we can’t access healthcare or use a bathroom or live inside (or outside) legally
This song is the absolute bane of my holiday season, and I say this as a staunch defender of weirdo holiday songs like Jethro Tull’s “Ring Out, Solstice Bells.” McCartney should have titled his ditty “Guaranteed Holiday Royalty Checks” and been done with it.
When NPR reaches out and says, “Hey, do you want to talk about Paul McCartney’s ‘Wonderful Christmastime’?” you of course say yes. www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...
Is Paul McCartney's 'Wonderful Christmastime' simply… horrible?
In the decades since its release, "Wonderful Christmastime" has become a seasonal staple beloved by some but loathed by others.
www.npr.org
December 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
This song is the absolute bane of my holiday season, and I say this as a staunch defender of weirdo holiday songs like Jethro Tull’s “Ring Out, Solstice Bells.” McCartney should have titled his ditty “Guaranteed Holiday Royalty Checks” and been done with it.
Just back from the Blind Guardian show. What a night. What a band. No matter what size the venue, this is a group that never, ever phones it in. Support acts Seven Temple and Ensiferum were great too. I am so glad we went to see these legends again, even with the weather on the drive home.
December 1, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Just back from the Blind Guardian show. What a night. What a band. No matter what size the venue, this is a group that never, ever phones it in. Support acts Seven Temple and Ensiferum were great too. I am so glad we went to see these legends again, even with the weather on the drive home.
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The holiday season is upon us, heroes!
Don't miss out on the premiere of the next Let's Be Superheroes tonight at 9:30pm ET, where @demisemme.bsky.social will lead our new adventure to Native Land Digital and the United American Indians of New England!
youtu.be/Y7rbZqrRJmI
Don't miss out on the premiere of the next Let's Be Superheroes tonight at 9:30pm ET, where @demisemme.bsky.social will lead our new adventure to Native Land Digital and the United American Indians of New England!
youtu.be/Y7rbZqrRJmI
Native Land and the UAINE - Let's Be Superheroes!
YouTube video by Let's Be Superheroes!
youtu.be
November 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The holiday season is upon us, heroes!
Don't miss out on the premiere of the next Let's Be Superheroes tonight at 9:30pm ET, where @demisemme.bsky.social will lead our new adventure to Native Land Digital and the United American Indians of New England!
youtu.be/Y7rbZqrRJmI
Don't miss out on the premiere of the next Let's Be Superheroes tonight at 9:30pm ET, where @demisemme.bsky.social will lead our new adventure to Native Land Digital and the United American Indians of New England!
youtu.be/Y7rbZqrRJmI
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We’re doing it ALL OVER again. #2000s #millenial
November 29, 2025 at 10:46 PM
We’re doing it ALL OVER again. #2000s #millenial
We are hoping to finally buy a couch, so please feel free to share and/or pick up this bundle. It’d be nice to sit comfortably for the first time in…five years? Six?
Normally, Get Lich or Die Frying is $2, but you can get it for only a buck as part of our Post-Thanksgiving Recovery Sale. All of our paid titles are 50% off, while you can get everything in a bundle for $8! #thanksgiving #sale
itch.io/s/171069/pos...
itch.io/s/171069/pos...
Post-Thanksgiving Recovery Sale 2025 by Third Country Press
A bundle by Third Country Press, $8.00 for 8 games
itch.io
November 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
We are hoping to finally buy a couch, so please feel free to share and/or pick up this bundle. It’d be nice to sit comfortably for the first time in…five years? Six?
This all came about because @youngmrduffy.bsky.social and I were talking about my mom’s amazing baking skills. I made a joke about “get pie or die trying,” and my genius husband said, “Yes! Our next game!” Less than 24 hours later, he published this masterpiece.
Our new #ttrpg is Get Lich or Die Frying. It's a sequel to Cake or Death!, our game of goblins trying to score baked goods. This time, you play kobolds working at a fast food restaurant. When a lich leaves without paying, you band together to hunt them!
third-country-press.itch.io/get-lich-or-...
third-country-press.itch.io/get-lich-or-...
Get Lich or Die Frying by Third Country Press
Kobold service workers get revenge on the lich who stiffed them.
third-country-press.itch.io
November 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
This all came about because @youngmrduffy.bsky.social and I were talking about my mom’s amazing baking skills. I made a joke about “get pie or die trying,” and my genius husband said, “Yes! Our next game!” Less than 24 hours later, he published this masterpiece.
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Decided instead of promoting my own crap today I’d like to help others instead. Feel free to share your newsletters and independent gigs or even some story you wrote and I’ll repost some
November 28, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Decided instead of promoting my own crap today I’d like to help others instead. Feel free to share your newsletters and independent gigs or even some story you wrote and I’ll repost some
🎶Say your prayers, little one
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone
I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin
'Til the Sandman, he comes🎶
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone
I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin
'Til the Sandman, he comes🎶
🎶 I was born in the wagon of a travellin' show
My mama used to dance for the money they'd throw
Papa would do whatever he coooould! 🎶
My mama used to dance for the money they'd throw
Papa would do whatever he coooould! 🎶
November 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🎶Say your prayers, little one
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone
I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin
'Til the Sandman, he comes🎶
Don't forget, my son
To include everyone
I tuck you in, warm within, keep you free from sin
'Til the Sandman, he comes🎶
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Excellent speech by @charliejane.bsky.social about imagination in service to society. Great stuff.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
November 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Excellent speech by @charliejane.bsky.social about imagination in service to society. Great stuff.
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
buttondown.com/charliejane/...
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For every carefree, "Don't stress, things always work themselves out!" person there is at least one extremely anxious, detail-oriented, forward-thinking loved one or coworker who has spent years behind the scenes making sure things work out
November 22, 2025 at 5:13 PM
For every carefree, "Don't stress, things always work themselves out!" person there is at least one extremely anxious, detail-oriented, forward-thinking loved one or coworker who has spent years behind the scenes making sure things work out
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Eddie Burback didnt just make the worst accidental IP decision for ink, he somehow did notsee the significance... 😬🤣😬😱
This video is very good & everyone critical of or curious about AI should watch it.
youtu.be/VRjgNgJms3Q
This video is very good & everyone critical of or curious about AI should watch it.
youtu.be/VRjgNgJms3Q
ChatGPT made me delusional
YouTube video by Eddy Burback
youtu.be
November 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Eddie Burback didnt just make the worst accidental IP decision for ink, he somehow did notsee the significance... 😬🤣😬😱
This video is very good & everyone critical of or curious about AI should watch it.
youtu.be/VRjgNgJms3Q
This video is very good & everyone critical of or curious about AI should watch it.
youtu.be/VRjgNgJms3Q
Read this thread and the responses to it. It’s eye-opening, to say the least.
I am by no means a prominent public intellectual, but my inbox is increasingly filled with messages from people who have been convinced by sycophantic chatbots that they have discovered revolutionary theories that entirely upend our scientific understanding of the universe.
November 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Read this thread and the responses to it. It’s eye-opening, to say the least.
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"Each animal is surrounded by its own bubble of significance, its own world full of colors and tones we shall never perceive. To enter it is impossible, yet it exists as fully as our own." - Jakob von Uexküll
More at bit.ly/world-revisited
#nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
More at bit.ly/world-revisited
#nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
November 21, 2025 at 1:19 PM
"Each animal is surrounded by its own bubble of significance, its own world full of colors and tones we shall never perceive. To enter it is impossible, yet it exists as fully as our own." - Jakob von Uexküll
More at bit.ly/world-revisited
#nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
More at bit.ly/world-revisited
#nature #biodiversity #veganism #animalethics
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Billionaires, while building their own luxury bunkers for “apocalypse insurance," are funding groups telling Dems to forget about climate action. We just published a memo laying out why that'd be a huge political mistake. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/this-data-...
November 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Billionaires, while building their own luxury bunkers for “apocalypse insurance," are funding groups telling Dems to forget about climate action. We just published a memo laying out why that'd be a huge political mistake. aaronregunberg.substack.com/p/this-data-...
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And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.
Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.
I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
And, also, if you run a business that regularly purchases shipping supplies: ULINE is run by some of the worst people on Earth. Get your boxes and tape elsewhere.
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Never trust what should be a public good to the market.
Deaths Rose in Emergency Rooms After Hospitals Were Acquired by Private Equity Firms
Staffing, salary cuts offer likely explanation for increase compared to non-private-equity hospitals
hms.harvard.edu
November 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Never trust what should be a public good to the market.
This is like @hookland.bsky.social brought to life in our world, only without the wit and spooky charm. It’s just complete and utter horror, a hideous mutation of what we’re supposed to cherish about the winter season. And the sad part is that people will defend it in the name of “progress.”
“Closeups show human faces distorted beyond recognition, sprouting extra appendages. The bodies of what appear to be dogs horrifically merge with human figures. Happy holidays indeed.”
Town's Huge Christmas Mural Was Generated Using AI, Resulting in Ghastly Chthonic Horrors
An enormous new mural near London, depicting a crowded Christmas scene, has drawn outrage and mockery from passersby.
futurism.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
This is like @hookland.bsky.social brought to life in our world, only without the wit and spooky charm. It’s just complete and utter horror, a hideous mutation of what we’re supposed to cherish about the winter season. And the sad part is that people will defend it in the name of “progress.”
This. Also, my annual watch of @desertbus.org proves that Dr. Forester and TV’s Frank were onto something when they isolated a group of friends and subjected them to bad media for long stretches of time. It makes for an incredible viewing experience/psychological experiment.
Watching @desertbus.org each night always leaves me with the same thought
November 19, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This. Also, my annual watch of @desertbus.org proves that Dr. Forester and TV’s Frank were onto something when they isolated a group of friends and subjected them to bad media for long stretches of time. It makes for an incredible viewing experience/psychological experiment.
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Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
Donate to Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer, organized by Rebecca Heineman
I’m Rebecca Ann Heineman. The very first video game champion, creat… Rebecca Heineman needs your support for Help Rebecca Ann Heineman Fight Aggressive Cancer
www.gofundme.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 AM
Rebecca Heineman doesn't have much time left. If you can, please donate for her and her family to make end of life arrangements.
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
One last kindness we can offer for a legend of the games industry and loud and proud trans woman:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...
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Folks, a famous author isn't ever going to contact you out of the blue to offer you literary services. It's always a scam. Also, speaking as an at least semifamous author, you wouldn't want any services we did offer, we're just barely handling our own shit, much less anyone else's.
I've now heard from 3 authors targeted on X by a scammer impersonating Lois McMaster Bujold. Bujold impersonator refers author to "Eleanor Wood at Spectrum Literary", also an impersonation. Goal: to sell editing svcs. Scam is impersonating multiple authors & agents writerbeware.blog/2025/11/14/i...
If a Famous Author Calls, Hang Up: Anatomy of an Impersonation Scam - Writer Beware
You open your email program one morning. The usual work stuff. Some spam (annoying that it got past your filters!). A couple of newsletters (maybe later). You sip your coffee, scroll down. Wait. What’...
writerbeware.blog
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Folks, a famous author isn't ever going to contact you out of the blue to offer you literary services. It's always a scam. Also, speaking as an at least semifamous author, you wouldn't want any services we did offer, we're just barely handling our own shit, much less anyone else's.
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Right wing agitators attacked the police in Mexico City amid an otherwise peaceful anti corruption protest, paid influencers rushed in to grab footage of the incident which ended quickly, and online troll farms from the US are amplifying it in order foment further civil unrest and/or civil war.
November 16, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Right wing agitators attacked the police in Mexico City amid an otherwise peaceful anti corruption protest, paid influencers rushed in to grab footage of the incident which ended quickly, and online troll farms from the US are amplifying it in order foment further civil unrest and/or civil war.