vfig
@vfig.bsky.social
never quite sure if i am myself or my evil twin • bi • nb • they
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A useful counter to the narrative which has really taken hold post-pandemic.
I sit on Holyrood's finance committee and alarm (from MSPs and expert witnesses) over a perceived sharp decrease in labour participation has felt like a reopening of the door to nasty 2010s 'Benefits Street' discourse.
I sit on Holyrood's finance committee and alarm (from MSPs and expert witnesses) over a perceived sharp decrease in labour participation has felt like a reopening of the door to nasty 2010s 'Benefits Street' discourse.
Just mucking around with some stats on the internet and found the stability of UK labour force participation remarkable given all the discussions / panics over many years www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
November 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
A useful counter to the narrative which has really taken hold post-pandemic.
I sit on Holyrood's finance committee and alarm (from MSPs and expert witnesses) over a perceived sharp decrease in labour participation has felt like a reopening of the door to nasty 2010s 'Benefits Street' discourse.
I sit on Holyrood's finance committee and alarm (from MSPs and expert witnesses) over a perceived sharp decrease in labour participation has felt like a reopening of the door to nasty 2010s 'Benefits Street' discourse.
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Just mucking around with some stats on the internet and found the stability of UK labour force participation remarkable given all the discussions / panics over many years www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
November 30, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Just mucking around with some stats on the internet and found the stability of UK labour force participation remarkable given all the discussions / panics over many years www.ons.gov.uk/employmentan...
someone: makes a throwaway joke about a "meat arrow" in the thief discord.
me: spends two hours making this fully functional meat arrow as an elaborate shitpost: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3M-...
me: spends two hours making this fully functional meat arrow as an elaborate shitpost: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3M-...
They're made of meat?
YouTube video by vfig
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November 27, 2025 at 12:37 PM
someone: makes a throwaway joke about a "meat arrow" in the thief discord.
me: spends two hours making this fully functional meat arrow as an elaborate shitpost: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3M-...
me: spends two hours making this fully functional meat arrow as an elaborate shitpost: www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3M-...
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for all the big talk about raytracing in games these days not once have i seen a chrome sphere float over a checkerboard field in any major AAA release
November 26, 2025 at 12:41 AM
for all the big talk about raytracing in games these days not once have i seen a chrome sphere float over a checkerboard field in any major AAA release
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this is amazing you need to listen to this immediately I swear
I wrote and recorded a song about the Big Dino / Metal Gear that Disney built. Thanks, Defunctland.
(it's a demo, ignore the producer tags, i'll put the final product up on spotify when it's done. I put this together in like an hour and a half haha) youtu.be/K6J5Z1zXMN8?...
(it's a demo, ignore the producer tags, i'll put the final product up on spotify when it's done. I put this together in like an hour and a half haha) youtu.be/K6J5Z1zXMN8?...
the ballad of big dino
YouTube video by JFK FANFIC ENTHUSIAST
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
this is amazing you need to listen to this immediately I swear
this was a triumph:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI7t...
a great skit, a great magic trick, and a wonderfully entertaining performance all around. take 10 minutes to watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI7t...
a great skit, a great magic trick, and a wonderfully entertaining performance all around. take 10 minutes to watch:
TOBY RUDOLPH - WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF MAGIC - Close-up Magic - FISM
YouTube video by Toby Rudolph
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 6:01 AM
this was a triumph:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI7t...
a great skit, a great magic trick, and a wonderfully entertaining performance all around. take 10 minutes to watch:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI7t...
a great skit, a great magic trick, and a wonderfully entertaining performance all around. take 10 minutes to watch:
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We're wrapping the GFM campaign now, but if anyone has leads on technical support roles in the Vancouver, BC area, please share them with me and I will pass them along.
Thank you so much to everyone who shared and those who gave as well! This is miraculous! Thank you! ✨💖✨
Thank you so much to everyone who shared and those who gave as well! This is miraculous! Thank you! ✨💖✨
November 26, 2025 at 3:01 AM
We're wrapping the GFM campaign now, but if anyone has leads on technical support roles in the Vancouver, BC area, please share them with me and I will pass them along.
Thank you so much to everyone who shared and those who gave as well! This is miraculous! Thank you! ✨💖✨
Thank you so much to everyone who shared and those who gave as well! This is miraculous! Thank you! ✨💖✨
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i'm meeting up with Ryah later today, and it would be really cool to close this out! we only need a little bit more to hit 100%
hi everyone! you know i don't normally ask for money (esp. for myself), but i have a friend in great need here in Vancouver who needs help.
my friend Ryah, who is a trans woman and immigrant from mexico, needs help with medical expenses to get diagnosed so she can get better and support herself.
my friend Ryah, who is a trans woman and immigrant from mexico, needs help with medical expenses to get diagnosed so she can get better and support herself.
Donate to Ryah needs your help!, organized by Spooka Lucca
Hello, my name is Lucca, aka SpookaLucca, and I am raising funds for my friend Ryah, who is really … Spooka Lucca needs your support for Ryah needs your help!
www.gofundme.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
i'm meeting up with Ryah later today, and it would be really cool to close this out! we only need a little bit more to hit 100%
todays dark engine scripting shenanigans, 1/2: a mouse-driven crt keypad:
November 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
todays dark engine scripting shenanigans, 1/2: a mouse-driven crt keypad:
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wrapping up production on background art for stages / levels in my Castlevania-like "Lady Dracula"
this is a scene from the Library stage. the library is aesthetically inspired by Keeper libraries from the Thief series
this is a scene from the Library stage. the library is aesthetically inspired by Keeper libraries from the Thief series
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
wrapping up production on background art for stages / levels in my Castlevania-like "Lady Dracula"
this is a scene from the Library stage. the library is aesthetically inspired by Keeper libraries from the Thief series
this is a scene from the Library stage. the library is aesthetically inspired by Keeper libraries from the Thief series
the natural genre of the immersive sim is not action; it is not stealth; it is neither conspiracy noir nor cyberpunk thriller.
no; the natural genre of the immersive sim is slapstick.
no; the natural genre of the immersive sim is slapstick.
November 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
the natural genre of the immersive sim is not action; it is not stealth; it is neither conspiracy noir nor cyberpunk thriller.
no; the natural genre of the immersive sim is slapstick.
no; the natural genre of the immersive sim is slapstick.
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A cat enjoying the view of stars being born 🌌
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A cat enjoying the view of stars being born 🌌
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The assumption that we have to deter asylum seekers is never questioned.
The reasons they have left their countries are hardly even considered.
#R4Today
The reasons they have left their countries are hardly even considered.
#R4Today
November 18, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The assumption that we have to deter asylum seekers is never questioned.
The reasons they have left their countries are hardly even considered.
#R4Today
The reasons they have left their countries are hardly even considered.
#R4Today
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A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:16 PM
A Government of cowards.
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Rather than tackle inequality - they've gone for pensioners, disabled people and now it's people fleeing war and persecution.
They can't get away with this.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
November 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.
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My new Thief 2 Fan Mission, Reflection in Red, is out! I am very proud of this one, and it is by far my most ambitious work in the Dark Engine to date. www.ttlg.com/forums/showt...
November 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
My new Thief 2 Fan Mission, Reflection in Red, is out! I am very proud of this one, and it is by far my most ambitious work in the Dark Engine to date. www.ttlg.com/forums/showt...
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Follow ABIDE here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
Coming soon: ABIDE
A stop motion horror game from the makers of Judero and Mashina.
www.kickstarter.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Follow ABIDE here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/637...
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Very excited to share a 3d scan of one of my models. 🍑
November 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Very excited to share a 3d scan of one of my models. 🍑
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just got the metrics on the steam machine. turns out its perfect room height and so many different textures will fit.
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
just got the metrics on the steam machine. turns out its perfect room height and so many different textures will fit.
wake me up when videogames have strandbeest hair and fur rendering
#SIGGRAPH2025 Advances in Real-Time Rendering in Games course talk recording of "Strand-Based Hair And Fur Rendering In Indiana Jones and The Great Circle" by Sergei Kulikov from MachineGames is now online: youtu.be/jSE1XXBEK-w
SIGGRAPH 2025 Advances: STRAND-BASED HAIR AND FUR RENDERING IN INDIANA JONES AND THE GREAT CIRCLE
YouTube video by SIGGRAPH Advances in Real-Time Rendering
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November 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
wake me up when videogames have strandbeest hair and fur rendering
“Whatever became of the moment
when one first heard your mother fart? There must have been one, a moment, in the womb, when it came resonating turbulently through the amniotic fluid. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it.”
when one first heard your mother fart? There must have been one, a moment, in the womb, when it came resonating turbulently through the amniotic fluid. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it.”
November 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“Whatever became of the moment
when one first heard your mother fart? There must have been one, a moment, in the womb, when it came resonating turbulently through the amniotic fluid. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it.”
when one first heard your mother fart? There must have been one, a moment, in the womb, when it came resonating turbulently through the amniotic fluid. It must have been shattering, stamped into one's memory. And yet I can't remember it.”