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surt @surt.bsky.social · Dec 18
Most of my abandoned, unfinished junk is available on OpenGameArt.org under free and open source compatible public licensing here: opengameart.org/users/surt
NES-spec tech-fantasy side-scroller environment mockups for Dead Gunner. SMS-spec fantasy overworld or wargame mockup. EGA-spec fantasy side-scroller mockup of various environments. SMS-spec Sonic-inspired side-scroller mockup.
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Meg Penvose Clark @megpenvose.bsky.social · 4h
This is shocking.

Who suffers most when there are not enough teachers?
raymondwilton.bsky.social Raymond Wilton @raymondwilton.bsky.social · 1d
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

“Australia’s teacher shortages are among the worst in the world, an international report found, & disadvantaged and remote schools are suffering the most.”
It would be less of a problem if our taxes weren’t used to subsidise private fee charging schools
‘Diabolical’: why Australia’s teacher shortages are among the worst in the world – and who is suffering most
Regional and disadvantaged schools are bearing the brunt of the crisis, with almost two-thirds of teachers reporting high levels of stress
www.theguardian.com
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It's Chris @merzrem.bsky.social · 3h
Turnaround animation for the Metaluna Mutant
#blender3d #3dart #characterart
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 8h
elon musk: people in the uk live like hobbits. um let’s look at you for a second bro
4 panel comic Panel 1: Elon Musk speaks directly to the reader using the lying mouth on his dishonest face Musk: People in the uk live like hobbits, y’know? Panel 2: Musk continues to talk complete garbage and says: Like, they literally live like characters in a fantasy book Panel 3: Musk stretches and yawns like a weird cat. Panel 4: Musk curls up fast asleep on a giant hoard of gold and riches, mirroring Smaug at the end on the hobbit.
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mike tigas @mike.tig.as · 1d
me explaining daylight saving time to the cat
tuxedo cat swatting a man’s nose (cat paw somewhat motion blurred). the man is recoiling/wincing.
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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 6h
Someone said that because Israel is unable to rehabilitate their image, they're putting all their money into increasing islamophobia. I think that's spot on.
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surt @surt.bsky.social · 4h
Huh? I've always just called them Battleships.
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Phineas @phineas.bsky.social · 8h
New awareness campaign
A digital poster in the style of a World War II propaganda piece. Isolaed on a yellow background, a normal, squarish, 20-something guy with glasses is sitting working on a laptop. A ghostly figure of Hitler has his arm around the guy and is grinning and shaking a fist triumphantly looking at the laptop screen. On the lid of the laptop where an apple might otherwise be is an openAI logo, bright green, and dripping green ooze down the lid. Text on the poster, in combinations of sans-serif type and brush script reads: Using Generative AI? You’re prompting with Hitler! GenAI is a Fascist Project! Try using your brain instead Don’t surrender your creativity to the tech billionaire’s control
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Rory Blank @roryblank.bsky.social · 4h
The Amazing World Of Tomorrow
A comic strip titled The Amazing World of Tomorrow. A food delivery robot cooler drives down a sidewalk. It crashes into a rental scooter. It backs up. It crashes into the rental scooter again. The scooter wobbles. The scooter falls to the ground as the food delivery robot backs up again. A driverless taxi crashes into both the scooter and the food delivery robot sending them flying.
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Twinks and Tote Bags @twinkocalypse.bsky.social · 18h
My GP clinic today:
#auspol
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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d
Meanwhile, in South Korea: "Starting at the end of November, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. This obligation applies not only to newly constructed parking lots but also to existing ones."

cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2...
Mandatory Installation of Solar Panels in Public Parking Lots to Apply Retroactively to Existing Facilities
Starting at the end of November this year, public parking lots with more than 80 spaces will be required to install solar power generation facilities. ...
cm.asiae.co.kr
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Dave Earley @earleyedition.bsky.social · 17h
Gina Rinehart, Australia’s richest person, spotted at Donald Trump’s 1920s, Great Gatsby-themed Halloween party at Mar-a-Lago.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson was also reportedly there, but her office declined to confirm whether Hanson attended.
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart spotted at Donald Trump’s Halloween party
The 1920s, Great Gatsby-themed bash also reportedly attracted the likes of One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, though her office did not confirm
www.theguardian.com
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Barry Pierre @jorgpierre.bsky.social · 2d
Once again:
Microsoft is a corporation that turns 30% of it's new code is written by AI into (basic stuff breaking)
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Delaney (Pum)King (She/Her/Whomst) @delaneyking.bsky.social · 21h
A reminder that if you want to have a day off dress up like nob, stick feathers into your hair and get smashed on cheap shitty champagne in plastic cups and lose money betting on short people with whips, you can do that any day of the week without torturing and killing horses.
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Christie 🖤 @ndchristie.bsky.social · 21h
Now it's giving Lordaeron 🔨🛡️💰
Autotiling trees reminiscent of western strategy games like Warcraft 2
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Warwick Gow @warwickgow.bsky.social · 19h
I couldn’t think of a more draconian policy if I tried. We like to think Trump is terrible but here we are supposed Centrist govt opening the door for authoritarianism.

Burke is also the Arts Minister and it’s mind blowing to see the arts sector pander to him.

www.sbs.com.au/news/article...
'Power grab': Labor under fire over new move to cut off Centrelink payments
The last-minute additions have been called into question, with advocates arguing they set a "dangerous precedent".
www.sbs.com.au
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surt @surt.bsky.social · 18h
One is lacking appendages.
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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d
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The Ass is the father of the legs @internethippo.bsky.social · 1d
It's interesting that wise conservative business guys implicitly understand "return on investment" except when it comes to this. It's better for YOU if your neighbor gets enough to eat so he can become your community's mechanic, accountant, dentist--whatever!--instead of lying dead in a ditch
jakemgrumbach.bsky.social Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 1d
The welfare state is about dignity, equality, and making people not poor, but as @itsafronomics.bsky.social says/cites here, it’s often also an investment that more than pays for itself
itsafronomics.bsky.social Anna Gifty @itsafronomics.bsky.social · 3d
Why should you 🫵🏿 care about SNAP? SNAP recipients saw:

- Improved life expectancy
- Lower chance of incarceration
- Lowers chance of poverty
- Lived in better neighborhoods
- Higher human capital

SNAP keeps our neighbors fed, communities safer, and kids educated. Also people are HUNGRY. DUH!
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P1PE @p1pe.bsky.social · Sep 20
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P1PE @p1pe.bsky.social · 1d
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Nick Kapur @nickkapur.bsky.social · 1d
Japan's "Mundane Halloween" costume contest is back!

Each year website DailyPortalZ holds a contest where people dress up as something super duper ordinary.

Here's a thread of some of my favorites from the 2025 contest!

#MundaneHalloween
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 1d
Again, this precise use case is why these systems exist-to proliferate people’s racist (transphobic, misogynistic…) imaginary at scale. This should not be seen as a “misuse” but rather the product being used exactly as intended.
Racist Influencers Using OpenAI's Sora to Make it Look Like Poor People Are Selling Food Stamps for Cash
Folks looking for evidence of SNAP recipients as welfare queens have no shortage of AI generated schlock to use as justification.
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surt @surt.bsky.social · 1d
Guaranteed this guy has never paid one cent of his legally mandated child support.
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surt @surt.bsky.social · 1d
Careful not to turn too far, though. Mine fully unscrewed and fell clean off.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 2d
“We are told that AI is inevitable, that we must adapt or be left behind. But universities are not tech companies. Our role is to foster critical thinking, not to follow industry trends uncritically.”
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