tobias xk / blѧxkcat
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linguist, feminist, pop sentimentalist. sad singer, witch fiction writer, game designer, seldom fighter / oldschool tx melee player, protect our scene 💚💜🖤
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man ppl are always so needlessly hostile to dan fornace even tho he's like a fucking angel for the level of access & direct polite personal engagement he gives his playerbase
November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
man ppl are always so needlessly hostile to dan fornace even tho he's like a fucking angel for the level of access & direct polite personal engagement he gives his playerbase
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Adults in the comments suggesting other search engines as a solution ... what about young people growing up without information literacy instruction? Or that DO get it and get "use Google, not ChatGPT" for search, paired with ".gov websites are trustworthy."
BC that's..most folks digital literacy.
BC that's..most folks digital literacy.
November 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Adults in the comments suggesting other search engines as a solution ... what about young people growing up without information literacy instruction? Or that DO get it and get "use Google, not ChatGPT" for search, paired with ".gov websites are trustworthy."
BC that's..most folks digital literacy.
BC that's..most folks digital literacy.
what if i made the doublemeat medley
November 21, 2025 at 1:51 AM
what if i made the doublemeat medley
idk what it is exactly but every few months when stuff goes around about (genuinely awful) new privacy violations & smart features being activated & automatically opted-in on google services, they're always already off for me. i don't doubt what's happening to ppl at all, but i do kinda wonder if—
November 20, 2025 at 10:05 PM
idk what it is exactly but every few months when stuff goes around about (genuinely awful) new privacy violations & smart features being activated & automatically opted-in on google services, they're always already off for me. i don't doubt what's happening to ppl at all, but i do kinda wonder if—
you do not under any circumstances gotta hand it to polymarket
November 20, 2025 at 5:17 PM
you do not under any circumstances gotta hand it to polymarket
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November 19, 2025 at 10:58 PM
migraine at the public library
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
migraine at the public library
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Sometimes I think about how Napster & Grokster were immediately destroyed despite filesharing having clear non-infringing, time-shifting, & other positive uses, and yet AI tools like this, built on way worse infringement & used to lie & abuse in really gross ways, are huge parts of our economy now
This is one of the worst, most horrifying exposures we have ever seen. It is hard to overstate how bad the things that people are using tools like for are, and it's insane to pretend like these tools are anything other than nonconsensual porn machines
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
www.404media.co/ai-porn-secr...
Massive Leak Shows Erotic Chatbot Users Turned Women’s Yearbook Pictures Into AI Porn
Chatbot roleplay and image generator platform SecretDesires.ai left cloud storage containers of nearly two million of images and videos exposed, including photos and full names of women from social me...
www.404media.co
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Sometimes I think about how Napster & Grokster were immediately destroyed despite filesharing having clear non-infringing, time-shifting, & other positive uses, and yet AI tools like this, built on way worse infringement & used to lie & abuse in really gross ways, are huge parts of our economy now
i found this little purple rubber band & told my co worker it looked like the kind of rubber band that goes around a bunch of asparagus & she googled some text that was printed on one side & it's literally from asparagus
November 19, 2025 at 11:04 PM
i found this little purple rubber band & told my co worker it looked like the kind of rubber band that goes around a bunch of asparagus & she googled some text that was printed on one side & it's literally from asparagus
has anyone said that we should be able to use regex to painlessly mute both of their names yet?
November 18, 2025 at 2:50 AM
has anyone said that we should be able to use regex to painlessly mute both of their names yet?
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Another night where it feels like it's too late to still be Sunday, but it's not yet Monday, so we're in some other liminal space
How is it not even 8pm?????????
November 17, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Another night where it feels like it's too late to still be Sunday, but it's not yet Monday, so we're in some other liminal space
surely the data shows that there's like 4 varieties of monster that are ✨already✨ almost exclusively consumed by women. the (shockingly long-retained) marketing copy on the back of the zero ultra white foil cans is already a bizarre interlude on how super picky "monster girls" inspired its creation
November 15, 2025 at 8:57 PM
surely the data shows that there's like 4 varieties of monster that are ✨already✨ almost exclusively consumed by women. the (shockingly long-retained) marketing copy on the back of the zero ultra white foil cans is already a bizarre interlude on how super picky "monster girls" inspired its creation
i feel like we rly need "consider the following" back but afaict ppl are accustomed to the algorithmic era of "this is true to you"
November 15, 2025 at 4:16 AM
i feel like we rly need "consider the following" back but afaict ppl are accustomed to the algorithmic era of "this is true to you"
i'm running out of kimchi, buldak, nori, laoganma & sesame oil all at once tonight, which is super optimal if i go to the korean grocery store tmr—but literally a fucking curse if i don't
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 AM
i'm running out of kimchi, buldak, nori, laoganma & sesame oil all at once tonight, which is super optimal if i go to the korean grocery store tmr—but literally a fucking curse if i don't
wait it's crazy that my other previous post was also about tunnels what is happening here
November 15, 2025 at 12:03 AM
wait it's crazy that my other previous post was also about tunnels what is happening here
LMAOOOOO look i don't even have any recollection of this account existing it's definitely been more than 8 months
November 15, 2025 at 12:00 AM
LMAOOOOO look i don't even have any recollection of this account existing it's definitely been more than 8 months
the witness (2016)
if you can’t see the aurora borealis tonight, here is a sewer tunnel which is a wonder in itself.
November 12, 2025 at 5:21 AM
the witness (2016)
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Some links to support people in Jamaica (from someone in JA). please boost
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
Food For The Poor Jamaica
Food for the Poor Jamaica
www.foodforthepoorja.org
November 2, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Some links to support people in Jamaica (from someone in JA). please boost
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
1. www.foodforthepoorja.org
2. theafj.org
3. (if you want to give to the govt) supportjamaica.gov.jm?fbclid=PAdGR...
i probly should have expanded on this in-line, but the tension here is between design-communication & play-discovery, with a trend towards OVER-communication. the ostensible intent is to reduce the *requirement* of player discovery, but the greatest effect is reducing the ✨possibility✨ of discovery.
finally, i believe that in the domain of video games specifically, there is an apparent design philosophy that either does not value or explicitly minimizes "discovery" & the opportunity for "discovery"—& every game i've ever experienced that seems to subscribe could absolutely be improved by it
November 11, 2025 at 7:11 AM
i probly should have expanded on this in-line, but the tension here is between design-communication & play-discovery, with a trend towards OVER-communication. the ostensible intent is to reduce the *requirement* of player discovery, but the greatest effect is reducing the ✨possibility✨ of discovery.
i thought about this a bit & i think "discovery" is v likely my only answer. "secrets" was where i started & i can't rly conceptualize modern vgame design that wouldn't benefit—but i thought of, e.g. historic board games, & like... chess would not be enhanced by secrecy & already contains discovery
November 11, 2025 at 5:23 AM
i thought about this a bit & i think "discovery" is v likely my only answer. "secrets" was where i started & i can't rly conceptualize modern vgame design that wouldn't benefit—but i thought of, e.g. historic board games, & like... chess would not be enhanced by secrecy & already contains discovery
i wish i had the power to beam toph-yelling-at-tian-vs-tafokints-salty-suite directly into certain ppl's brains
November 11, 2025 at 4:12 AM
i wish i had the power to beam toph-yelling-at-tian-vs-tafokints-salty-suite directly into certain ppl's brains
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shiny new gallery page
commissions open
somebody hire us
commissions open
somebody hire us
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
shiny new gallery page
commissions open
somebody hire us
commissions open
somebody hire us