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James Cattle
@jamescattle.bsky.social
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Also known as Jim or Javaman. Sometimes I say things into a microphone in my closet.
https://www.castingcall.club/javaman
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marinmmiller.com
In case anyone wants to know my feelings on AI as a queer performer outside of the enormous environmental and ethical concerns.
My voice is the result of 2 decades of classical training that was interrupted by a masculine pitch shift at 35 years old. It is attached to a body that is preparing to undergo surgery that as of 1/1 is no longer covered under federal healthcare plans. I know, because I was hired for a post office job that I immediately had to quit because my benefits would not cover my hormones, either. Acting is the work I do to reconnect to who I am and where I have been. My work in Destiny 2 had moments informed by my sexual assault in 2009. My work in Hades is informed by my love of kink. When I speak about my work, I remember the lines I said, how they felt in my throat, the memories I lingered on. AI steals those from me and uses my instrument as a corpse. It evokes the image of my mother, standing in the kitchen over a chicken she slaughtered, laughing as she showed me its voice box before squeezing it. I heard it cluck, just like it was alive. And now I am that chicken, with my voice box held by someone hoping to make money while my blood is fresh on their hands. Queer performance cannot be separated from queer performers. Feeding our voices into a machine that is designed to make them statistically average robs us of the very fiber of our identity. They don't have the vocabulary or dataset necessary to properly handle this job, and I'm not interested in giving it to them.
January 7, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
lorettaposting will continue until morale improves
in a dark basement, a woman stands at a counter with a microscope and test tubes on it. she has a giant human-sized bug perched on her back. from the stairs another woman stands with her hands on her hips and says, "Lunch is ready, Lawrence, and... what? You're still Holy Moley Loretta?"
January 7, 2026 at 4:21 PM
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ggdg.bsky.social
read my tonally balanced vn gigidigi.itch.io/soulsov
January 6, 2026 at 1:48 PM
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chiimira.bsky.social
gateway to a dream world
#enajoelg #dreambbq #enasona #quartus
December 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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finalgirlafterdark.bsky.social
I like video games because they allow me to act out my wildest power fantasies
December 18, 2025 at 4:07 AM
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elivalley.bsky.social
"My daughter opposes genocide and also sexual abuse. Where did I go wrong?"
"The Free Press" tweet: Jewish parents are “shocked,” “confused,” and “upset” by their children’s radical politics. They wondered if they should have parented differently. Did their children get enough Jewish education? Were they brainwashed by their elite private schools? Where did they go wrong? “Maybe I failed in the sense that the kids didn’t go to Israel enough,” a 63-year-old physician in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, told me. He said his daughter, a civil rights attorney, holds anti-Zionist views and refused to vote for former New York governor Andrew Cuomo due to his alleged sexual harassment. “It would’ve been better if they went more, just to see the lies they’re being told.” Read the full piece by @Olivia_Reingold here: With pic of some person and the text "The Jewish Parents Who Raised Mamdani Voters by Olivia Reingold"
December 18, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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ggdg.bsky.social
read soulsov btw gigidigi.itch.io/soulsov
May 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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commandersterling.bsky.social
Game developers were here first. Not executives.

Game developers make games. Not executives.

Game developers have skills & knowledge important to the business. Not executives.

Game developers deserve to keep their jobs. Not executives.

Executives are replaceable. Not game developers.
December 2, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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commandersterling.bsky.social
Executives trying to replace game developers with so-called AI is nothing short of a usurpation.

They’ve always been clueless interlopers who muscled their way in, and it’s disgusting that they’re the ones authorizing themselves to decide who is needed and who is not.
December 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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commandersterling.bsky.social
Executives are the only ones regurgitative AI could actually replace. AI can fuck up game projects by making irrational demands based on utterly derivative ideas.

You wanna lay off the dead wood? Start at the fucking top.
December 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
jamescattle.bsky.social
I was pretty happy with the theyn, so he can go here. Bonus depth-of-field blurred cat in the background.
November 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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caseyexplosion.bsky.social
Why am I so against generative AI in games?

Because I simply do not want my initial reaction to art to be one of suspicion and scrutiny, AI slop is fundamentally damaging my relationship to art and artistry, and I am deeply resentful that it is forcing me to be guarded when I should be wowed.
November 17, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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katietiedrich.bsky.social
thank you, vaguely threatening gachapon machine
gachapon machine dispensing smiling teddy bear heads; the cover art proclaims “good things are fucking coming” close-up view of same
November 14, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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littlekuriboh.bsky.social
It’s important to assume this guy huffs his own farts
November 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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iznaut.com
Zora's Domain from BotW but it says Zohran's Domain
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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blacktabbygames.com
"You two can be the family you were always meant to be, free from the sins of generations past, if you let me do what needs doing."

Scarlet Hollow Episode 5 releases in February, on Friday the Thirteenth.

A huge shout out to our friends at @smallbu.bsky.social for animating this trailer!
October 23, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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smallbu.bsky.social
Later Alligator is 75% off right NOW! Want to kill time before Fionna & Cake with something that is not like that but maybe amusing?? Want to spite SmallBu by paying low cause you're still mad about the Owl House or something?? Well do I have the link for YOU-

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October 22, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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blacktabbygames.com
October 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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sunsetvisitor.studio
You are a clone named Watcher, and you’ve made a grave mistake.

💠 Surface a 1,000-year-old lie from the cosmic shadows
💠 Discover the forbidden truths about your god
💠 Unravel a tapestry of familial pain, love and revolution

1000xRESIST is coming to PlayStation, Xbox, and Game Pass on November 4.
October 15, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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flikk64.bsky.social
Day 15: The wraith
#slaytober #slaytheprincess #slaytober2025
October 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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thelen0.bsky.social
Just needs some fuel
#signalis
October 12, 2025 at 11:52 AM
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cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social
it's not FOR us
edited comic panel. Batman is breaking a lump-with-handle cow tool over his knee and saying "this is the tool of the cow. we do not understand it. we will not use it."
October 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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blacktabbygames.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:36 PM
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bluebeads-art.bsky.social
Do you ever wish you could beat into a character’s head that they’re loved? Because I sure do!

Better quality and rambling over on Tumblr (I have been thwarted by character limits): bluebeads-art.tumblr.com/post/7616239...

#InStarsAndTime #ISATFanArt
A comic featuring the characters Odile and Siffrin from the game In Stars and Time. Odile is a tall older woman with light skin, straight black hair pulled into a bun, rectangular glasses, and a long coat with large sleeves. Siffrin is a small, androgynous, young-looking adult with light skin and chin-length wavy white hair with the ends dyed black. He has an eyepatch over his left eye and is dressed in a white cloak. Panel 1: The two are talking while sitting on the floor of a dark brick room with motes of magical light floating around. Odile is looking at Siffrin with a relaxed posture and a neutral face, while Siffrin is looking down and away from her with a sad expression. He asks, “What you said earlier, do you really care about...? … Never mind…” The speech bubble font gets smaller as the text goes on. He’s fidgeting with the brim of his wizard-like hat resting on his lap. Panel 2: The camera angle shifts to point towards Odile, who’s narrowed her eyes at Siffrin with a stern expression. She says, “Siffrin,” in bold text with an angular speech bubble. Siffrin flinches and ducks his head. The camera being on his blind side means you can’t see his eye, but his eyebrows are pinched together and his mouth is pressed into a wavy line. He grips the brim of his hat harder. Panel 3: The camera angle is the same, but now Odile’s face is softer and sympathetic. She says, “Of course we care about you,” with a round speech bubble and regular font. Siffrin’s shoulders have slumped and he looks more relaxed, but his head is still hung with a sad expression. He’s still firmly gripping the brim of his hat. Panel 4: The same camera angle. Now Odile is reaching up to grab her own speech bubble from the previous panel. It still says, “Of course we care about you,” and it’s deforming like it’s made of cloth. Her mouth is closed, indicating she’s not actually speaking. Her eyes are sharp and intimidating, and she’s maintaining intense eye contact with Siffrin. Her posture has shifted like she’s getting ready to stand up. Siffrin has whipped around to look up at the speech bubble and his face is no longer in view. He’s leaning away from Odile slightly. Panel 5: The camera has shifted to a high angle slightly behind Odile, who is now up on her knees looming over Siffrin. She’s gripping the “Of course we care about you” speech bubble by the tail and has it raised up behind her head, preparing to swing down and hit Siffrin with it. Her loose coat flares out behind her from the motion. Siffrin has stumbled and is lying on his side, staring up at Odile with his eye and mouth wide open in shock. He’s trying to scramble away from her while shielding his head with his arms. The hat that was on his lap is now on the ground between the two, and his cloak is bunched up awkwardly underneath him.
October 17, 2024 at 11:27 PM