Dana the Elf
danatheelf.bsky.social
Dana the Elf
@danatheelf.bsky.social
Disabled gay elf princess. Creative type with too many interests.
Loves Zelda and Tolkien way too much; loves Tina even more. <3

You may know me from the HM64 projects/modding scene.
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I think you get some slack on a huge solo project. xD
November 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Real Simple Syndication.
Think of it as kinda like a Bluesky feed - websites have an RSS feed you can add to a feed reader; when the website updates, a new post is added to the feed, so when you check the reader, you can see if anything new had posted.
No accounts needed; no third party interference
November 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've not! Will have to look into it, cheers!
November 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I usually use DDG myself, but the results still aren't great - it's pulling from Microsoft's Bing, just scrubbing all the evil tracking nonsense.

We need a new, perhaps federated, search engine platform that puts finding good information above making money.
November 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Google hasn't created anything they haven't ruined.
We need to free ourselves from Google.
November 24, 2025 at 5:38 AM
RSS feed readers feel like a forgotten magic - people kinda forgot that we had a tool for tracking updates to websites with no algorithms, just what you want to see, as it goes up.
November 24, 2025 at 5:08 AM
I was mentored by Pixar Alum - the man who taught me what I know *made* Toy Story - and honestly, the only opinion I have is that I'm so tired of what Pixar has become.

I'll never forgive them for what they did to Brenda Chapman, too.
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I think I needed real proof that you can work towards something like that, and it's not a divine skill you just... *have* - you study, learn, and gain skills to be able to do cool stuff. Mere mortals can just learn to make games and things!
For some reason, I needed that proven to me.
Thanks Ian. 💖
November 23, 2025 at 2:30 PM
No going deeper, no exploring of why, no solution at all proposed... just an observation that the world sucks and it sucks that it sucks.
It's so bleak and nihilistic; just holding up a mirror to the world and shrugging with nothing to add. It's hashtag-content for zombies, by zombies.
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Yeah, I think that's about as good as you could possibly get without seeing the actual textless asset to confirm anything.
November 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM