KettLs🌿
@kettls.bsky.social
Putting the 'me' in mediocre✨
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she/her♀️ chaotic gooder 🐱
hyperfixator 👀 video game liker 🎮
infrequent artist 🎨 hobby collector 🪡
AI hater ⚙️ accent haver 🏴
trans rights 🏳️⚧️ free palestine 🇵🇸
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she/her♀️ chaotic gooder 🐱
hyperfixator 👀 video game liker 🎮
infrequent artist 🎨 hobby collector 🪡
AI hater ⚙️ accent haver 🏴
trans rights 🏳️⚧️ free palestine 🇵🇸
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@kettls.bsky.social
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It's Day 1 of #Hansry Week over on Tumblr - Prompt was Touches/Looks - luckily my verrrrry late Pride Month piece fit that quite nicely 😅🫶🏳️🌈
"Something... More Private" - Done in Procreate using MaxPacks Oils.
🚫Absolutely no GenAI🚫
#HansryWeek25
It's Day 1 of #Hansry Week over on Tumblr - Prompt was Touches/Looks - luckily my verrrrry late Pride Month piece fit that quite nicely 😅🫶🏳️🌈
"Something... More Private" - Done in Procreate using MaxPacks Oils.
🚫Absolutely no GenAI🚫
#HansryWeek25
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This finally gave me the nudge I needed to ditch Spotify:
Spotify is garbage on every count: Its treatment of artists, its ICE advertising, the CEO's investment in military AI, its leading role in the commodification and AI slopification of music, its terrible audio quality—you name it.
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
So I quit, and put together a complete guide to getting off Spotify:
How to quit Spotify
This Black Friday, here's a guide to finding the best Spotify alternative
www.bloodinthemachine.com
December 3, 2025 at 9:39 PM
This finally gave me the nudge I needed to ditch Spotify:
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We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games!
Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI.
You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:-
www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal
Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI.
You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:-
www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal
February 15, 2025 at 1:29 PM
We're stoked to introduce the 'No Gen AI' seal for indie games!
Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI.
You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:-
www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal
Indie devs can use it on their game's store page to assure potential players that their game was made without the use of Generative AI.
You can grab it from the Polygon Treehouse website:-
www.polygon-treehouse.com/no-gen-ai-seal
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Everything needed to understand Britain rn is contained within. Carer doing the hardest job in the country. Needs to work 60 hours a week. Can’t sleep because their autistic child also needs care. Forced to forfeit the help they need to try and avoid it costing them twice as many visa renewals.
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
A low-paid carer from Ghana has cancelled all the benefits she is legally entitled to, including the disability allowance one of her children receives, owing to fears about her immigration status after the policy changes announced by the home secretary.
The radical changes to legal migration announced by Shabana Mahmood on 20 November will penalise those who are living and working legally in the UK, but who claim benefits. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Everything needed to understand Britain rn is contained within. Carer doing the hardest job in the country. Needs to work 60 hours a week. Can’t sleep because their autistic child also needs care. Forced to forfeit the help they need to try and avoid it costing them twice as many visa renewals.
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i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
November 28, 2025 at 3:28 AM
i know WHY this is but that just makes it even more of a kick in the pants lmao
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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YES CHRIS BRATT, YOU GO CHRIS BRATT, WE LOVE YOU CHRIS BRATT
ahhh @novaramedia.com & People Make Games crossover event about Rockstar's union busting. glad to see this news spread beyond the games industry. hopefully a warning to any future union busting efforts + a support to fired workers in their upcoming legal battle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
Rockstar Games’ MASS Firing Of Unionised Workers
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
YES CHRIS BRATT, YOU GO CHRIS BRATT, WE LOVE YOU CHRIS BRATT
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Chris and PMG do great reporting, but it does make me sad that their work is very rare in games journalism.
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Chris and PMG do great reporting, but it does make me sad that their work is very rare in games journalism.
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The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
November 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
The amount of people I know who have been laid off from games industry jobs and are deciding to leave games entirely as a result is not only extremely saddening (of course), but also genuinely scary. We have lost legitimately thousands of years of knowledge and experience in the last four years.
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What happens in the video game world often happens in the wider world later - which is why anyone interested in the impact of AI should be looking at what's happening in games right now. We're seeing lines being drawn about what is and isn't culturally acceptable
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
How generative AI in Arc Raiders started a scrap over the gaming industry’s future
The use of AI in the surprise game-of-the-year contender has sparked a heated cultural and ethical debate, and raised existential questions for video game workers
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 PM
What happens in the video game world often happens in the wider world later - which is why anyone interested in the impact of AI should be looking at what's happening in games right now. We're seeing lines being drawn about what is and isn't culturally acceptable
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/games/2025/n...
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UK Labour want everyone to know that their new asylum policies, inc stealing the valuables of asylum seekers, were inspired by the Danish Social Democrats.
In Denmark's local elections yesterday the Soc Dems took a hammering, losing Copenhagen for the first time in 122 years. The new mayor? Green.
In Denmark's local elections yesterday the Soc Dems took a hammering, losing Copenhagen for the first time in 122 years. The new mayor? Green.
👏 Congratulations to @sissemariewe.bsky.social who was just elected as the new mayor of Copenhagen.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 AM
UK Labour want everyone to know that their new asylum policies, inc stealing the valuables of asylum seekers, were inspired by the Danish Social Democrats.
In Denmark's local elections yesterday the Soc Dems took a hammering, losing Copenhagen for the first time in 122 years. The new mayor? Green.
In Denmark's local elections yesterday the Soc Dems took a hammering, losing Copenhagen for the first time in 122 years. The new mayor? Green.
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"it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed"
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
Why am I so against generative AI in games?
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
"it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed"
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
This.
This right here.
I'm so, SO tired of having to scrutinize any piece of art that even remotely resembles genAI slop just to determine whether or not it's worth a second thought or any admiration.
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this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
November 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
this goes right along with my theory that the AI obsession in *users* is often bc…
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
1. they were never educated (esp "ipad generation") & don't know how computers work
2. our tools and services are all SO AWFUL NOW, degraded at best, actively user-hostile at worst
Tell me "DiVine" is not just so they can make the tag line "Do it for d'Vine". Please.
Also everyone should listen to @benedicttown.bsky.social's great podcast doc "Vine: 6 Seconds That Changed the World" and then decide if Jack Dorsey is a safe pair of hands. Among all the other reasons he isn't.
Also everyone should listen to @benedicttown.bsky.social's great podcast doc "Vine: 6 Seconds That Changed the World" and then decide if Jack Dorsey is a safe pair of hands. Among all the other reasons he isn't.
November 14, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Tell me "DiVine" is not just so they can make the tag line "Do it for d'Vine". Please.
Also everyone should listen to @benedicttown.bsky.social's great podcast doc "Vine: 6 Seconds That Changed the World" and then decide if Jack Dorsey is a safe pair of hands. Among all the other reasons he isn't.
Also everyone should listen to @benedicttown.bsky.social's great podcast doc "Vine: 6 Seconds That Changed the World" and then decide if Jack Dorsey is a safe pair of hands. Among all the other reasons he isn't.
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ALT Text benefits everyone
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ALT Text benefits everyone
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
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The SNP's wrecking amendment to this motion has sadly passed, confirming that the Scottish Government no longer opposes the Rosebank oil field application. A huge step backwards and a sad day for Scotland's reputation on climate action.
Under Nicola Sturgeon & Humza Yousaf the Scottish Government rightly opposed the proposed Rosebank oil field.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
John Swinney has sadly dropped that opposition and tried to avoid taking a position at all.
That's not good enough, so tomorrow the @scottishgreens.org will force a vote.
Greens to force vote at Holyrood on Rosebank oil development
MSPs will have their say in a symbolic vote on the project on Wednesday.
news.stv.tv
November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
The SNP's wrecking amendment to this motion has sadly passed, confirming that the Scottish Government no longer opposes the Rosebank oil field application. A huge step backwards and a sad day for Scotland's reputation on climate action.
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I hope we all find out the names of people in Rockstar's management & HR who made the call.
And I do hope they'll be found liable for openly breaking the law & face same hardship in future employment as the folks they put "gross misconduct" on.
And I do hope they'll be found liable for openly breaking the law & face same hardship in future employment as the folks they put "gross misconduct" on.
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:40 PM
I hope we all find out the names of people in Rockstar's management & HR who made the call.
And I do hope they'll be found liable for openly breaking the law & face same hardship in future employment as the folks they put "gross misconduct" on.
And I do hope they'll be found liable for openly breaking the law & face same hardship in future employment as the folks they put "gross misconduct" on.
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when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
when you wear a size 9.5 shoe but the 8.5 was on sale
More absolutely incredible games journalism from @chrisbratt.bsky.social and People Make Games.
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
More absolutely incredible games journalism from @chrisbratt.bsky.social and People Make Games.
I'm at the point of this cold/flu where I want to remove all my teeth and replace them with ice cubes.
an older woman in a yellow robe is sitting in a chair with the words how long is this going to last written above her
ALT: an older woman in a yellow robe is sitting in a chair with the words how long is this going to last written above her
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I'm at the point of this cold/flu where I want to remove all my teeth and replace them with ice cubes.
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I really do think this is true.
Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
November 10, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I really do think this is true.
Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
Rockstar leadership deciding to fire 30+ union workers and the workers deciding to fight back is going to be something we look back on as a turning point for our unionization effort.
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sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
sort of incredible to read a review that doesn't just made a vague nod at AI being bad, but actively reckons with the ways in which falling obsessively to AI usage actively obliterates the artistic intent and integrity of the work you've made.
Omg its
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Omg its
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- Microsoft Paint 95/98
- Photoshop 7
- Photoshop CS2
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- Procreate/Rebelle 7/Clip Studio Paint rotation
- Microsoft Paint 95/98
- Photoshop 7
- Photoshop CS2
- Corel PaintShop Pro 8
- Photoshop CS6
- Photoshop Subscription
- Procreate/Rebelle 7/Clip Studio Paint rotation