Miranda Osthoff
@tinyconstruct.bsky.social
MPLS computer witch
Indie TTRPG goblin
Books, dog person
Tired 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Indie TTRPG goblin
Books, dog person
Tired 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Rec-league sports: no trans women, they're too good.
Video game tournament: we won't let trans women play, don't worry.
Dumbass author: it's not fair that in order to be beautiful now you have to be trans.
All in unison: we are good feminists (we know women are terrible at everything)
Video game tournament: we won't let trans women play, don't worry.
Dumbass author: it's not fair that in order to be beautiful now you have to be trans.
All in unison: we are good feminists (we know women are terrible at everything)
December 6, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Rec-league sports: no trans women, they're too good.
Video game tournament: we won't let trans women play, don't worry.
Dumbass author: it's not fair that in order to be beautiful now you have to be trans.
All in unison: we are good feminists (we know women are terrible at everything)
Video game tournament: we won't let trans women play, don't worry.
Dumbass author: it's not fair that in order to be beautiful now you have to be trans.
All in unison: we are good feminists (we know women are terrible at everything)
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Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
December 3, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Here’s my Spotify Wrapped 🎵✨
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Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
December 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Yesterday, the Epic Games Store decided at the last minute not to distribute the game, after having previously approved a release build. HORSES is otherwise now available on GOG, Itch, and Humble for $4.99. www.horses.wtf
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a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
December 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM
a lot of people debating the merits of that dogshit essay meanwhile the girl’s mom is retweeting demands to ban all trans people from teaching at any level. it’s forest for the trees shit
Hey so are @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov doing anything about this or are we just letting people be disappeared and not caring about abandoned children.
This evening, a resident was kidnapped by agents with face coverings. They disguised themselves in masks and as Uber drivers. They even left kids abandoned inside a car in the freezing cold. 1/
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Hey so are @mayorjacobfrey.bsky.social @governorwalz.mn.gov doing anything about this or are we just letting people be disappeared and not caring about abandoned children.
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
November 30, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Being rich literally makes your brain rot.
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Being rich literally makes your brain rot.
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i've got 4 games on itch right here! all 20% off, or even cheaper if you buy the bundle with all 4! bsky.app/profile/jess...
you can find all my games on my @itch.io page: jumpgategames.itch.io
this includes the CRIT Awards Best GMless Game of the Year going rogue 2e, and the @ipr.bsky.social bestselling game I Have the High Ground!
hear about my work by signing up for my email newsletter: jessfrom.online/newsletter
this includes the CRIT Awards Best GMless Game of the Year going rogue 2e, and the @ipr.bsky.social bestselling game I Have the High Ground!
hear about my work by signing up for my email newsletter: jessfrom.online/newsletter
November 28, 2025 at 8:55 PM
i've got 4 games on itch right here! all 20% off, or even cheaper if you buy the bundle with all 4! bsky.app/profile/jess...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Britain's attacks on trans existence have global significance
Fuming whilst listening to Alberta UCP MLAs referring to the Cass Review ad nauseam to defend its bill... literally removing the right to life from trans youth.
November 26, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Britain's attacks on trans existence have global significance
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Bluesky suspended Goran Gligovic, the guy that makes nice art. Jesus fucking Christ Bluesky
November 26, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Bluesky suspended Goran Gligovic, the guy that makes nice art. Jesus fucking Christ Bluesky
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idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 AM
idiot guy: i'm like the wolf i'm stalking my prey alone through the forest and being raw as fuck even if i'm in a group i'm the alpha
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
actual wolf: i love my friends so much!!! i love to romp and kiss my bros and work together as a family <3 awooo etc etc have you seen the puppies oh my god come see
Is it dumb to think there should be an indie games store that *only* sells games from small studios, and *only* ones it thinks more people should buy/play? Itch *also* has discoverability/curation problems, also a problem of scale/“moderation” (of a kind, clearly)
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Is it dumb to think there should be an indie games store that *only* sells games from small studios, and *only* ones it thinks more people should buy/play? Itch *also* has discoverability/curation problems, also a problem of scale/“moderation” (of a kind, clearly)
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Honest analysis: as this poorly-applied policy can kill 75% of sales for a game like this, it's indicative of a wider, ongoing crisis for the creative potential of video games. Valve may not intend anti-art sanitizing, but that's the result.
Developers don't have much choice, but players still do.
Developers don't have much choice, but players still do.
November 25, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Honest analysis: as this poorly-applied policy can kill 75% of sales for a game like this, it's indicative of a wider, ongoing crisis for the creative potential of video games. Valve may not intend anti-art sanitizing, but that's the result.
Developers don't have much choice, but players still do.
Developers don't have much choice, but players still do.
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Santa Ragione, a venerable, innovative and award-winning studio, may close due to @valvesoftware.com's unaccountable, counter-factual ban. From an early build of HORSES I can easily say it's another award-contender.
Valve can still rectify this poor judgement.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-it...
Valve can still rectify this poor judgement.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-it...
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Santa Ragione, a venerable, innovative and award-winning studio, may close due to @valvesoftware.com's unaccountable, counter-factual ban. From an early build of HORSES I can easily say it's another award-contender.
Valve can still rectify this poor judgement.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-it...
Valve can still rectify this poor judgement.
www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-it...
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Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air.
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Well, well, well, imagine this:
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
Iowa City Made Its Buses Free. Traffic Cleared, and So Did the Air. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/c...
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It's interesting how this all flows from a single regulatory requirement: Steam asks developers to disclose GenAI usage on their store page, while no other store does this
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
Indie game developers have a new sales pitch: being ‘AI free’
“We can produce results that meet our quality standards without its assistance.”
buff.ly
November 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
It's interesting how this all flows from a single regulatory requirement: Steam asks developers to disclose GenAI usage on their store page, while no other store does this
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📌 Looks like the ones affected are model numbers RP-1304 and HL-RP-S1304.
November 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM
📌 Looks like the ones affected are model numbers RP-1304 and HL-RP-S1304.
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Extremely bad news for everyone who rides a Rad Power Bike 😢
CPSC Warns Consumers to Immediately Stop Using Batteries for E-Bikes from Rad Power Bikes Due to Fire Hazard; Risk of Serious Injury or Death www.cpsc.gov/Warnings/202...
November 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Extremely bad news for everyone who rides a Rad Power Bike 😢
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Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
November 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Seeing how much of the right-wing on Twitter is just bot farms, kinda lays bare how much hate and hatred is a project that needs to be constantly maintained, a fire that needs to be fed all the time lest it go out for a moment, so much time, effort, and resources to keep people angry and hateful.
Honestly can't imagine how people can buy this game when this is how the studio treats people. By all signs it's a horrible studio to work for, churning out a next-gen version of something decades old, that will cost like $80+.
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 6:12 PM
Honestly can't imagine how people can buy this game when this is how the studio treats people. By all signs it's a horrible studio to work for, churning out a next-gen version of something decades old, that will cost like $80+.
It feels impossible that Chris Fleming hasn’t made appearances on @dropout.tv by now
November 23, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It feels impossible that Chris Fleming hasn’t made appearances on @dropout.tv by now