Disciple of Telesto
@zaliachimera.bsky.social
Producer @runwithzrx.bsky.social for Zombies, Run! and Marvel Move. Writer, occasional game designer. Very deep in fandom. Currently plays too much Destiny. She/they. #VP22. BAFTA Connect
https://ciaranzaliaroberts.carrd.co/
https://ciaranzaliaroberts.carrd.co/
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After six amazing years I can reveal that I'll be leaving @runwithzrx.bsky.social at the end of April due to a major restructure. I'm so proud of the work we've done on Zombies, Run! over the years, and on Marvel Move with the support of @agentm.bsky.social
(art by @kasthetics.bsky.social )
(art by @kasthetics.bsky.social )
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I wrote a mini essay about Ning Fei's storyline in #DestinyRising and the disconnect between what the story wants us to think, and what it actually shows us, regarding Claudia's treatment of him.
#DestinyTheGame #NingFei #Destiny:Rising
I wrote a mini essay about Ning Fei's storyline in #DestinyRising and the disconnect between what the story wants us to think, and what it actually shows us, regarding Claudia's treatment of him.
#DestinyTheGame #NingFei #Destiny:Rising
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
zaliachimera.dreamwidth.org/11214.html
I wrote a mini essay about Ning Fei's storyline in #DestinyRising and the disconnect between what the story wants us to think, and what it actually shows us, regarding Claudia's treatment of him.
#DestinyTheGame #NingFei #Destiny:Rising
I wrote a mini essay about Ning Fei's storyline in #DestinyRising and the disconnect between what the story wants us to think, and what it actually shows us, regarding Claudia's treatment of him.
#DestinyTheGame #NingFei #Destiny:Rising
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🎅 Santa's Mailbox is now OPEN and accepting letters to Santa.
This event is open to everyone, anyone can send a letter!
For more info on how to participate:
📬 santas-studio.carrd.co#lts
This event is open to everyone, anyone can send a letter!
For more info on how to participate:
📬 santas-studio.carrd.co#lts
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🎅 Santa's Mailbox is now OPEN and accepting letters to Santa.
This event is open to everyone, anyone can send a letter!
For more info on how to participate:
📬 santas-studio.carrd.co#lts
This event is open to everyone, anyone can send a letter!
For more info on how to participate:
📬 santas-studio.carrd.co#lts
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(UK) Parliamentary Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
December 1, 2025 at 8:55 AM
(UK) Parliamentary Petition: Require generative AI watermarks & ban using people’s likeness without consent
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/736690
Just countryside things - the Christmas tractor parade, apparently...
November 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Just countryside things - the Christmas tractor parade, apparently...
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Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess
A game where you can do anything and they’re mad that people are doing anything.
November 30, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Time to invoice the telegraph for using my illustration, I guess
Now if I could only get my act together to write the big 'this is why I headcanon Osiris as autistic and here is evidence' essay XD
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Now if I could only get my act together to write the big 'this is why I headcanon Osiris as autistic and here is evidence' essay XD
zaliachimera.dreamwidth.org/11214.html
I wrote a mini essay about Ning Fei's storyline in #DestinyRising and the disconnect between what the story wants us to think, and what it actually shows us, regarding Claudia's treatment of him.
#DestinyTheGame #NingFei #Destiny:Rising
I wrote a mini essay about Ning Fei's storyline in #DestinyRising and the disconnect between what the story wants us to think, and what it actually shows us, regarding Claudia's treatment of him.
#DestinyTheGame #NingFei #Destiny:Rising
November 30, 2025 at 2:33 PM
zaliachimera.dreamwidth.org/11214.html
I wrote a mini essay about Ning Fei's storyline in #DestinyRising and the disconnect between what the story wants us to think, and what it actually shows us, regarding Claudia's treatment of him.
#DestinyTheGame #NingFei #Destiny:Rising
I wrote a mini essay about Ning Fei's storyline in #DestinyRising and the disconnect between what the story wants us to think, and what it actually shows us, regarding Claudia's treatment of him.
#DestinyTheGame #NingFei #Destiny:Rising
C-Suite executives who have never made a creative thing in their lives and are only there for line goes up
November 30, 2025 at 12:02 PM
C-Suite executives who have never made a creative thing in their lives and are only there for line goes up
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Purrfect day
#tan-2 #tan2 #destiny #destinyrising #destiny:rising #destinyfanart #exoart #exo #robotart #rkgk #illustration #digitalart #art #fanart #cat #catart #kitten #blue #aesthetic #cozyart
#tan-2 #tan2 #destiny #destinyrising #destiny:rising #destinyfanart #exoart #exo #robotart #rkgk #illustration #digitalart #art #fanart #cat #catart #kitten #blue #aesthetic #cozyart
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
This is the most alarming story I’ve read today. Giving up the fight before it’s started
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Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
The only thing less human than these AI dub performances is the decision to sign off on them
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
A company this big can pay human actors a decent wage, not produce slop that intentionally removes the human element.
November 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Let me give some insight on this, as a producer in the dub industry who worked with major streamers, who's witnessed first-hand where this push for AI is coming from.
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
tl;dr: Only CEOs want this. Tell them how much you hate it. Be loud, email, call, @, post. You will kill this.
🧵⬇️
One thing I've been enjoying doing in Destiny recently is hopping into normal strikes, especially the ones New Lights have to do for their quests, and just... being helpful. Not zooming ahead, being patient with jumps etc.
I get to feel like a badass in my Tier 5 gear and stupid Voidlock build, and
I get to feel like a badass in my Tier 5 gear and stupid Voidlock build, and
November 29, 2025 at 2:06 PM
One thing I've been enjoying doing in Destiny recently is hopping into normal strikes, especially the ones New Lights have to do for their quests, and just... being helpful. Not zooming ahead, being patient with jumps etc.
I get to feel like a badass in my Tier 5 gear and stupid Voidlock build, and
I get to feel like a badass in my Tier 5 gear and stupid Voidlock build, and
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Both Visa and Mastercard are really going to push the idea that "they dont restrict any legal transactions" when you call
you need to call out how paypros restrictions arent on the transaction, but on the way they are pressuring platforms to drop/censor content that they have decided is verboten
you need to call out how paypros restrictions arent on the transaction, but on the way they are pressuring platforms to drop/censor content that they have decided is verboten
November 29, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Both Visa and Mastercard are really going to push the idea that "they dont restrict any legal transactions" when you call
you need to call out how paypros restrictions arent on the transaction, but on the way they are pressuring platforms to drop/censor content that they have decided is verboten
you need to call out how paypros restrictions arent on the transaction, but on the way they are pressuring platforms to drop/censor content that they have decided is verboten
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have made a HUGE breakthrough towards a UNIVERSAL antiviral. By targeting sugar molecules found on the surface of many viruses that SHARE structural similarities, they identified FOUR compounds that successfully BLOCKED infections from SEVEN different viruses.
It is unfortunate that my brain has decided that we have reached the part of the year that is equivalent to 4.30pm when you finish work at 5pm.
November 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
It is unfortunate that my brain has decided that we have reached the part of the year that is equivalent to 4.30pm when you finish work at 5pm.
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1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
November 27, 2025 at 8:28 AM
1/5 It was entirely predictable that The Telegraph would jump on @DavidOlusoga’s Empire series to fight its right wing culture war for control of our public history. Let’s see what they’ve done:
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It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend
Spoke with a source who told me the call volume is so high, a call center for both Mastercard & Visa is bringing out pizza and ice cream so agents don’t quite amid the rush. Long waits are causing dropped calls.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
What you’re doing is working. Call MC & Visa.
November 27, 2025 at 4:25 AM
It would be extremely cool if a bunch of people called payment processors over Black Friday weekend to ask why they're telling people what they can and can't buy with their own money. This holiday season, give the gift of calling payment processors over Black Friday weekend
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ahhh @novaramedia.com & People Make Games crossover event about Rockstar's union busting. glad to see this news spread beyond the games industry. hopefully a warning to any future union busting efforts + a support to fired workers in their upcoming legal battle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
Rockstar Games’ MASS Firing Of Unionised Workers
YouTube video by Novara Media
www.youtube.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:29 PM
ahhh @novaramedia.com & People Make Games crossover event about Rockstar's union busting. glad to see this news spread beyond the games industry. hopefully a warning to any future union busting efforts + a support to fired workers in their upcoming legal battle
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...
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If you like those Super Eyepatch Wolf videos, I made a game booklet and OST for a fake survival horror videogame called Soul Cemetery that's also a solo ttrpg. So go get it on itch or my store.
snowttrpg.itch.io/soul-cemetery
snowttrpg.itch.io/soul-cemetery
November 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
If you like those Super Eyepatch Wolf videos, I made a game booklet and OST for a fake survival horror videogame called Soul Cemetery that's also a solo ttrpg. So go get it on itch or my store.
snowttrpg.itch.io/soul-cemetery
snowttrpg.itch.io/soul-cemetery
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And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
almost every novelist you read who's not from the airport fiction or bestseller sections is working a full on day job, including multi-award winners and absolute legends, or they have a spouse or trust that supports them. virtually across the board. just normalize in your mind that's how it works.
I know we know this, but authors need to get better at talking about how they actually make their money. Stop pretending it's from the books.
November 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
And the folks who are actually writing full-time generally only got there after years of day jobs, family support, or both.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
The point of sharing this is not to demoralize anyone, but to let emerging writers know they're not failing if they can't make a living off writing alone. Almost no one can.
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Hosting a 50% sale on my Patreon until 1st December, which is cooler than other Black Friday sales because I'm really gay and not a corporation (and I send cool stuff at the end of the month!)
www.patreon.com/c/Brighan
www.patreon.com/c/Brighan
November 26, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Hosting a 50% sale on my Patreon until 1st December, which is cooler than other Black Friday sales because I'm really gay and not a corporation (and I send cool stuff at the end of the month!)
www.patreon.com/c/Brighan
www.patreon.com/c/Brighan
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"I think the best strategy in the age of AI is: bet on yourself… unique work made well with huge amounts of love is actually going to become more valuable in the AI era." A very heartening story about the brilliant Naomi Alderman buying back “Zombies, Run!” www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
Finally some good buyout news: A writer just bought back the game she co-created from a blockchain company so it 'doesn’t end up being turned into AI slop'
Novelist and game writer Naomi Alderman has bought back the rights to the Zombies, Run! exercise app she's been writing episodes of for more than a decade.
www.pcgamer.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"I think the best strategy in the age of AI is: bet on yourself… unique work made well with huge amounts of love is actually going to become more valuable in the AI era." A very heartening story about the brilliant Naomi Alderman buying back “Zombies, Run!” www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...
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Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
AI’s water problem is worse than we thought
A new investigation reveals how Amazon is amplifying Oregon’s nitrate pollution crisis.
heated.world
November 25, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Everyone knows data centers use a ton of water.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
What hardly anyone knows: they can poison the water that remains.
And in eastern Oregon, Amazon is doing exactly that.
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"Mitigation relies on understanding that a genuine Windows security update, ... will never, ever, require the user to cut and paste commands into the Windows run prompt from a web page"
Excuse me screaming
Do Not Download These Windows Security Updates, Experts Warn share.google/PqNSoSKDixZC...
Excuse me screaming
Do Not Download These Windows Security Updates, Experts Warn share.google/PqNSoSKDixZC...
Do Not Download These Windows Security Updates, Experts Warn
Not all Windows security updates are created equal, and experts warn that these ones will hack rather than protect your computer.
share.google
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"Mitigation relies on understanding that a genuine Windows security update, ... will never, ever, require the user to cut and paste commands into the Windows run prompt from a web page"
Excuse me screaming
Do Not Download These Windows Security Updates, Experts Warn share.google/PqNSoSKDixZC...
Excuse me screaming
Do Not Download These Windows Security Updates, Experts Warn share.google/PqNSoSKDixZC...