Claire Hosking
@hoskingc.bsky.social
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people can transition, should transition, and successfully have transitioned for completely frivolous reasons. this does not make them tourists, it means they answer to a god whose language neither you nor they speak. they should command more rather than less respect for it
"my least woke opinion is---"
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
That's enough. We've had enough people indulging in the "thrill of a little conservatism", as a treat. Of considering reactionary thought to be a salacious and taboo in a world descending into reactionary mania.
Give me your MOST woke opinions. We're bringing it back.
November 15, 2025 at 3:06 AM
people can transition, should transition, and successfully have transitioned for completely frivolous reasons. this does not make them tourists, it means they answer to a god whose language neither you nor they speak. they should command more rather than less respect for it
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Her range from serious film actress to being amazing in Damages to absolutely hilarious in Bridesmaids and Spy also she’s so beautiful
Is rose byrne finally going to have a well deserved Oscar run…I’ve been waiting for a decade. she should have been nominated for an Oscar for Spy
November 16, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Her range from serious film actress to being amazing in Damages to absolutely hilarious in Bridesmaids and Spy also she’s so beautiful
Ok I'm glad the Wuthering Heights adaptation seems to be postmodern with lots of anachronism for drama's sake, I bet at least two Brontes would be so into it
November 15, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Ok I'm glad the Wuthering Heights adaptation seems to be postmodern with lots of anachronism for drama's sake, I bet at least two Brontes would be so into it
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what is most hard is that running a successful games business is diametrically opposed to making a good game and almost every dev is trying to walk a fine line between certain economic collapse and total player delight
November 15, 2025 at 9:52 AM
what is most hard is that running a successful games business is diametrically opposed to making a good game and almost every dev is trying to walk a fine line between certain economic collapse and total player delight
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I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
November 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I do not want to “Do my own research.” I want to pay trained accredited experts to do the research, trained accredited experts to report on findings, and trained accredited experts to make policy based on them.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
I am busy af with my own job, I don’t need to do eight zillion more.
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3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
November 15, 2025 at 2:07 PM
3 years ago today, Riot Games offered me a job making more money than I ever thought I’d make in my life. I had 19 interviews over 2.5 months to get it. Partner and I were moving to LA for it. I put in notice at my job and apartment.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
2 weeks later they rescinded the offer due to “headcount issues”.
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From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:38 PM
From this minister's op-ed: "People wanting to experience God are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview, Illinois, ICE facility than we ever were in church...God does not live in our houses of worship, but...with those who are bearing the brunt of cruelty in this moment."
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Then why do I keep talking to devs in the US whose salary is suddenly $0
The average salary for games industry professionals based in the United States was $142,000 in 2025, according to a new report from GDC Festival of Gaming.
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-survey-a...
GDC Survey: Average salary for US games professionals was $142,000 in 2025
Findings reveal 33% of workers feel employers are "working to close existing pay gaps," while one-tenth report no efforts are being made
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Then why do I keep talking to devs in the US whose salary is suddenly $0
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The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
November 13, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The median age of all U.S. homebuyers is now 59 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
Just 15 years ago, it was 39 years old.
So in the 1660s and 1670s, Leibniz had this idea for a "Characteristica universalis": "a theoretical, universal symbolic language designed to represent all knowledge, making philosophical and scientific reasoning as precise and unambiguous as mathematics."
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 AM
So in the 1660s and 1670s, Leibniz had this idea for a "Characteristica universalis": "a theoretical, universal symbolic language designed to represent all knowledge, making philosophical and scientific reasoning as precise and unambiguous as mathematics."
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Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...
Screen Currency 2025 — Screen and Games Industry Survey
survey.alchemer.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Screen Australia is doing a massive research project on the current state of the screen and games industries in Australia. Local devs, please consider taking the time to complete their survey survey.alchemer.com/s3/8573365/S...
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To even exist as a cellular moment in this movie is a great privilege to me.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
To even exist as a cellular moment in this movie is a great privilege to me.
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I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
November 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I had the honor of making this painting for Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein.
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appreciate this article breaking down a taxonomy of knowledge games (also, unfortunately, known as metroidbrainias)
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
Against 'Metroidbrania': a Landscape of Knowledge Games
What are knowledge games? How do we relate them to each other? What sub-genres exist – and which ones might be implied?
azhdarchid.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
appreciate this article breaking down a taxonomy of knowledge games (also, unfortunately, known as metroidbrainias)
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
azhdarchid.com/against-metr...
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If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?
November 12, 2025 at 4:56 AM
If this is what they are doing with the AI, what do you think they are doing with the much simpler and easier to control algorithm that chooses which posts you see and which of your posts are seen by others?
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🫢 "Mr. Epstein described Mr. Trump as a “dirty” businessman who was “borderline insane,” untrustworthy and worse in “real life and upclose” than the image he sought to portray to the public." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
Epstein Files Live Updates: Trump Named in Emails Released by Democrats and Republicans
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 AM
🫢 "Mr. Epstein described Mr. Trump as a “dirty” businessman who was “borderline insane,” untrustworthy and worse in “real life and upclose” than the image he sought to portray to the public." www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11...
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Just an idea but if we all get steam machines and little mini displays we can have a pretty sick LAN at MIGW next year.
November 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Just an idea but if we all get steam machines and little mini displays we can have a pretty sick LAN at MIGW next year.
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Now that I have successfully won the heart of a pop star famous for her lyrics, it's time for phase two: being a huge shitheel
November 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Now that I have successfully won the heart of a pop star famous for her lyrics, it's time for phase two: being a huge shitheel
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each time the nyt fucks up i post this. it's up to a dozen posts by now i think zaratustra.itch.io/dordle
November 12, 2025 at 10:55 PM
each time the nyt fucks up i post this. it's up to a dozen posts by now i think zaratustra.itch.io/dordle
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"Worst comes to worst, we can protect them from social media by locking them up." chaser.com.au/national/gov...
November 12, 2025 at 6:22 AM
"Worst comes to worst, we can protect them from social media by locking them up." chaser.com.au/national/gov...
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games people, if you could talk to a game developer about their craft for an hour, who would it be, and what would you ask them about?
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
games people, if you could talk to a game developer about their craft for an hour, who would it be, and what would you ask them about?
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she ate
I think #Dishonored 2 was released on this day, 9 years ago. Much love to Raf and my teammates in Lyon.
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
she ate