Stefanie
@steffi.bsky.social
User Experience Designer from Germany. Enterprise tech by day, games by night. Sometimes a writer. Very average guitarist.
Will die on the "good UX equals accessibility" hill.
Will die on the "good UX equals accessibility" hill.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Cities Skylines IRL
So this happened in Oslo yesterday. Four articulated buses got stuck in a roundabout.
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Cities Skylines IRL
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
Xbox Crocs
Quality: Uncommon
Adds a permanent sweaty feet effect and makes a squelching sound while walking. Some NPCs might have a negative reaction when you approach.
Armor + 3
Dexterity - 3
Charisma -10
Stealth - 5
Quality: Uncommon
Adds a permanent sweaty feet effect and makes a squelching sound while walking. Some NPCs might have a negative reaction when you approach.
Armor + 3
Dexterity - 3
Charisma -10
Stealth - 5
Crocs has teamed up with Xbox to release a pair of shoes designed to look like Xbox controllers.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/these-n...
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/these-n...
These new officially licensed Crocs are designed to look like an Xbox controller, buttons and all | VGC
The Xbox Classic Clog collaboration launches today…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Xbox Crocs
Quality: Uncommon
Adds a permanent sweaty feet effect and makes a squelching sound while walking. Some NPCs might have a negative reaction when you approach.
Armor + 3
Dexterity - 3
Charisma -10
Stealth - 5
Quality: Uncommon
Adds a permanent sweaty feet effect and makes a squelching sound while walking. Some NPCs might have a negative reaction when you approach.
Armor + 3
Dexterity - 3
Charisma -10
Stealth - 5
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"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
November 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
"Men are in trouble, is the solution making them a problem for women and children too"
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The US is a hostile entity, and Europe would do well to treat it as such.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:13 PM
The US is a hostile entity, and Europe would do well to treat it as such.
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
www.forbes.com/sites/maryro...
contains AI slop and the Microsoft boycott is a thing.
People are rightfully fed up.
People are rightfully fed up.
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s launch sales were down more than 60% in Europe compared to the series’ previous instalment - and 63% below Battlefield 6's debut.
vgc.news/news/call-of...
vgc.news/news/call-of...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 stumbles in European launch, with sales 63% below Battlefield 6 | VGC
Blacks Ops 7’s launch sales were down more than 60% compared to last year’s game…
vgc.news
November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
contains AI slop and the Microsoft boycott is a thing.
People are rightfully fed up.
People are rightfully fed up.
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Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Not satisfied with just destroying their own brand goodwill, OS companies are now using AI to try to destroy the good names of the apps users install. (Scrivener taking out adds to explain how it has no AI but Apple adds some anyway.)
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“We turn our hearts into museums of the people that we love to keep them alive inside us.”
November 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
“We turn our hearts into museums of the people that we love to keep them alive inside us.”
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KI-"Kunst" verfüttert den tiefsten Ausdruck der menschlichen Seele an eine automatisierte Hackmaschine, stückelt daraus bizarre Frankenstein-Zerrbilder echter Kreativität zusammen und nennt das dann Arbeitszeit-Ersparnis.
November 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
KI-"Kunst" verfüttert den tiefsten Ausdruck der menschlichen Seele an eine automatisierte Hackmaschine, stückelt daraus bizarre Frankenstein-Zerrbilder echter Kreativität zusammen und nennt das dann Arbeitszeit-Ersparnis.
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My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Rebecca Heineman - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
My trailblazing game industry bad-ass friend Rebecca Heineman has passed away.
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
Fuck cancer.
Friends, let’s not forget her: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca...
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Really love how Generative AI tools are enabling tiny developers like ~checks notes~ ...Ubisoft... to really punch above their weight with risky indie hits like... the 8th game in the Anno franchise.
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Really love how Generative AI tools are enabling tiny developers like ~checks notes~ ...Ubisoft... to really punch above their weight with risky indie hits like... the 8th game in the Anno franchise.
BlueSky's direction is concerning and I'm probably repeating myself: can't wait till #Eurosky has something to show.
I left Twitter because... yeah.
Then we got waffles and now they ban journalists over song lyrics the moment their expert topic explodes. It's censorship in plain sight.
I left Twitter because... yeah.
Then we got waffles and now they ban journalists over song lyrics the moment their expert topic explodes. It's censorship in plain sight.
BlueSky is a bad site used by good people. That describes most social media sites. But BlueSky is egregiously unethical. Any of you can be disappeared for baseless reasons. I've been on social media for 17 years and never been suspended. BlueSky is the first place to do so – over Johnny Cash lyrics.
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
BlueSky's direction is concerning and I'm probably repeating myself: can't wait till #Eurosky has something to show.
I left Twitter because... yeah.
Then we got waffles and now they ban journalists over song lyrics the moment their expert topic explodes. It's censorship in plain sight.
I left Twitter because... yeah.
Then we got waffles and now they ban journalists over song lyrics the moment their expert topic explodes. It's censorship in plain sight.
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hey remember how that one big tech ceo was on a panel in like 2021/22 where someone asked him about how remote work gave a lot more power to the workers and he chuckled and said “yeah well a little recession will take care of that”
I think about that often.
I think about that often.
Just fucking insane to see the absolute (intentional) collapse of full remote jobs available for AAA studios in so short a time. Why would I EVER move for a job again when I could be laid off weeks after moving my entire life across the globe??
November 14, 2025 at 8:11 AM
hey remember how that one big tech ceo was on a panel in like 2021/22 where someone asked him about how remote work gave a lot more power to the workers and he chuckled and said “yeah well a little recession will take care of that”
I think about that often.
I think about that often.
Runner up for another Saudi, another right wing billionaire or another Tencent acquisition. This, or getting busted by tax authorities for Tencent's bailout money glitch.
Ubisoft news are many things, but never boring.
Ubisoft news are many things, but never boring.
Ubisoft just postponed its earnings report and halted the trading of its shares. Unclear why at this point but could indicate a major announcement related to the company.
November 13, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Runner up for another Saudi, another right wing billionaire or another Tencent acquisition. This, or getting busted by tax authorities for Tencent's bailout money glitch.
Ubisoft news are many things, but never boring.
Ubisoft news are many things, but never boring.
they should have named it Gabe Cube, Steam Machine is boring
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
they should have named it Gabe Cube, Steam Machine is boring
Pest winning against cholera. Don't celebrate them for anything but this.
First and probably only time in history that I'll agree with GMRS/GEMA.
They are also an exploitative corpo that willfully ruins small indie artists and are the #1 reason why small music venues in Germany have to close down.
First and probably only time in history that I'll agree with GMRS/GEMA.
They are also an exploitative corpo that willfully ruins small indie artists and are the #1 reason why small music venues in Germany have to close down.
German court rules that OpenAI violated copyright laws by training ChatGPT on music 🎵
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
• May set precedent for Europe AI copyright uses
• OpenAI disagrees & can appeal
"The internet is not a self-service store, and human creative achievements are not free templates"
— German Music Rights Society
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Pest winning against cholera. Don't celebrate them for anything but this.
First and probably only time in history that I'll agree with GMRS/GEMA.
They are also an exploitative corpo that willfully ruins small indie artists and are the #1 reason why small music venues in Germany have to close down.
First and probably only time in history that I'll agree with GMRS/GEMA.
They are also an exploitative corpo that willfully ruins small indie artists and are the #1 reason why small music venues in Germany have to close down.
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"When you get writing help, the page's URL content, and your text are sent to Google. Don't enter personal info (like medical or financial details)"
My brother in Christ, you fuckers are adding this shit to the most used browser in the world, TAKE A GUESS ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
My brother in Christ, you fuckers are adding this shit to the most used browser in the world, TAKE A GUESS ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
November 10, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"When you get writing help, the page's URL content, and your text are sent to Google. Don't enter personal info (like medical or financial details)"
My brother in Christ, you fuckers are adding this shit to the most used browser in the world, TAKE A GUESS ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
My brother in Christ, you fuckers are adding this shit to the most used browser in the world, TAKE A GUESS ON WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
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I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
“authors & publishers who filed a lawsuit against the Sam Altman-led firm have secured access to internal Slack messages… discussing the mass deletion of a pirated books dataset… A NY district court ordered OpenAI to hand over the communications regarding data deletion”
futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com/artificial-i...
OpenAI in Danger After Authors Suing It Gain Access to Its Internal Slack Messages
Authors and publishers, who are suing OpenAI, secured access to internal Slack messages and emails discussing the deletion of pirated books.
futurism.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I honestly don’t get the value of this company. They hoover up energy and water. Their product constantly gets things wrong and, in extreme cases, coaches people into suicide.
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
And it’s all built on what seems to be malicious and vast intellectual property theft.
What does OpenAI offer the world?
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She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle.
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film
Kristen Stewart declares "state of emergency" over gender inequality in film
www.avclub.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
She's absolutely right. As a producer with several films in development with female directors, I can say it is an absolute uphill battle to get execs to fund their projects. Great scripts are sitting on shelves while a generation of our most talented women sit idle.
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
www.avclub.com/kristen-stew...
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They’ll insist this is a
one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else.
They’re wrong.
New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe.
If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.
one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else.
They’re wrong.
New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe.
If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
They’ll insist this is a
one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else.
They’re wrong.
New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe.
If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.
one-off victory — something that can only happen in New York & nowhere else.
They’re wrong.
New York is the world financial capital — home of Wall Street & billionaires from across the globe.
If everyday people can defeat oligarchs here, we can defeat oligarchy anywhere.
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Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!
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Diversity remains a critical part of any healthy and thriving organisation - even if an extremist supremacist dictatorship tries to taboo the phrase.
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
The Python Software Foundation has turned down a $1.5 million US government grant amid ethical concerns
Principled Python.
www.pcgamer.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Diversity remains a critical part of any healthy and thriving organisation - even if an extremist supremacist dictatorship tries to taboo the phrase.
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
Good on Python for standing by what makes it so powerful - not money, but people.
www.pcgamer.com/hardware/pyt...
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They Avocado Toast-ed us Millennials for years, but Gen Z is getting accused of indulgent overspending for having a pastry ONCE A WEEK???
“At the same time, more than half of Gen Z members say they are struggling to make ends meet, yet a majority buy themselves a small treat, such as a pastry, coffee, or sweet, at least once a week. That can lead to overspending…”
archive.ph/2TI8J
archive.ph/2TI8J
October 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
They Avocado Toast-ed us Millennials for years, but Gen Z is getting accused of indulgent overspending for having a pastry ONCE A WEEK???
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I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.
October 28, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I legitimately didn't know they were competing with Steam and it's crazy to me that they burnt so much money on what sounds like something with very little (or wildly misguided) market research.