Churlish Hambino
@liamthesummers.bsky.social
Pop Culture Know-it-all | Filthy Casual | Dabbler of Puns | Nocturnal Cryptid
Making a mess since 1991
Creative Director @ PULLING POWER
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Making a mess since 1991
Creative Director @ PULLING POWER
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I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
July 8, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I'm an "A.i." abolitionist.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
No consumer-facing LLMs or generative "A.i." in anything.
Sure, machine learning in science and a few other limited applications is fine.
But consumer-facing LLMs and generative "A.i." that are based on theft, push disinfo, and can be manipulated by billionaires?
No.
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Why on EARTH would anyone suspend Goran?? @safety.bsky.app and @support.bsky.team get him back on here. What are you doing??
Hey @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team please unsuspend Goran immediately.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
Goran is a great person, a great artist, and the whole anti-Palestine thing youre on is one of those "Ford funding Hitler" disasters you remember being shocked and dismayed by when you learned of in middle school.
November 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Why on EARTH would anyone suspend Goran?? @safety.bsky.app and @support.bsky.team get him back on here. What are you doing??
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More musings from the Deity series I’ve been noodling on. A WIP from a collection of cultist designs, a group of servants that worship the serpent themed Deity. I’m currently exploring their motifs, outfits, equipment and eventually their locations of worship.
November 26, 2025 at 4:05 AM
More musings from the Deity series I’ve been noodling on. A WIP from a collection of cultist designs, a group of servants that worship the serpent themed Deity. I’m currently exploring their motifs, outfits, equipment and eventually their locations of worship.
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creators share 90% of their work for free, so what ends up for sale is a small fraction to gather income and support. treating creators like they aren't already sharing freely riles me up.
also: libraries exist, you can read books for free without stealing while supporting authors at the same time
also: libraries exist, you can read books for free without stealing while supporting authors at the same time
People who pirate books: “I just think art and literature should be FREE to everyone!”
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
Yes, I too would love to live in a world where art is accessible freely to all and yet artists are paid a living wage, but as this magical wagical pixie wixie land does not exist, please don’t steal from us.
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
creators share 90% of their work for free, so what ends up for sale is a small fraction to gather income and support. treating creators like they aren't already sharing freely riles me up.
also: libraries exist, you can read books for free without stealing while supporting authors at the same time
also: libraries exist, you can read books for free without stealing while supporting authors at the same time
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Interview with me and @losing.games on JUNK CITY and MAUSRITTER by @geeknative.bsky.social !
70% Beatrix Potter, 30% Heavy Metal: Inside the Mausritter Month takeover
Join the Mausritter Month celebration on BackerKit. We interview the team behind the 16-creator collaboration and the new Junk City expansion about why their RPG is 70% Beatrix Potter and 30% Heavy Me...
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November 25, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Interview with me and @losing.games on JUNK CITY and MAUSRITTER by @geeknative.bsky.social !
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Back from Pax! Exhausted!
I need to do a post to express my appreciation to many people for their kindness, consideration, and generosity. In the meantime, here's a quick photodump of the many games I played!
Barkeep!
Cairn!
Paranoia!
Break!!
Picklebacks with @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social!
I need to do a post to express my appreciation to many people for their kindness, consideration, and generosity. In the meantime, here's a quick photodump of the many games I played!
Barkeep!
Cairn!
Paranoia!
Break!!
Picklebacks with @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social!
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Back from Pax! Exhausted!
I need to do a post to express my appreciation to many people for their kindness, consideration, and generosity. In the meantime, here's a quick photodump of the many games I played!
Barkeep!
Cairn!
Paranoia!
Break!!
Picklebacks with @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social!
I need to do a post to express my appreciation to many people for their kindness, consideration, and generosity. In the meantime, here's a quick photodump of the many games I played!
Barkeep!
Cairn!
Paranoia!
Break!!
Picklebacks with @exaltedfuneral.bsky.social!
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A BIG @kickstarter.com pledge cancelled. We dropped 14% overnight. It happens. If this story matters to you: RT, share, tell someone. bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
November 24, 2025 at 9:52 AM
A BIG @kickstarter.com pledge cancelled. We dropped 14% overnight. It happens. If this story matters to you: RT, share, tell someone. bit.ly/croc-dance-ks
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
The Mami Wata doesn't go down that easy. We're going to make this film!
#projectwelove #kickstarter #indiefilm #defiant
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We are mid-campaign and ALL miniature achievements have been unlocked: a massive set of 44 paper minis! Yes, 44, it's insane! You could practically play wargames with them.
I hope you like these minis as much as I enjoy creating them!
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f...
#Mausritter #ttrpg
I hope you like these minis as much as I enjoy creating them!
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f...
#Mausritter #ttrpg
November 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We are mid-campaign and ALL miniature achievements have been unlocked: a massive set of 44 paper minis! Yes, 44, it's insane! You could practically play wargames with them.
I hope you like these minis as much as I enjoy creating them!
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f...
#Mausritter #ttrpg
I hope you like these minis as much as I enjoy creating them!
👉 www.backerkit.com/c/projects/f...
#Mausritter #ttrpg
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WE SOLD OUT of Defenders of the Wild at PAXU 2025💥💥💥 Thanks to everyone who snatched up some of the last copies of the 1st edition available anywhere. We even sold the demo copy! Very special thanks to @queenrook.bsky.social for collaborating to make this happen 🧡
November 23, 2025 at 7:53 PM
WE SOLD OUT of Defenders of the Wild at PAXU 2025💥💥💥 Thanks to everyone who snatched up some of the last copies of the 1st edition available anywhere. We even sold the demo copy! Very special thanks to @queenrook.bsky.social for collaborating to make this happen 🧡
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”When MÖRK BORG came out, it didn’t come out of nowhere. It was the outcome of everything that the movement had been working towards. … All of the things that had been bottled up in OSR zine culture came pouring out into a single book, with the confidence of a manifesto.”
New on RPG Gazette: a deep dive into how the OSR aesthetic went from scrappy blog maps to full artpunk identity. From early zines to MÖRK BORG neon chaos, here is why the look became a movement.
#osr #ttrpg #morkborg #indierpg #rpgzines
#osr #ttrpg #morkborg #indierpg #rpgzines
Why the OSR Aesthetic Became a Movement: From Old School Renaissance blogs to MÖRK BORG’s art-punk explosion
At one point in my obsessively reading OSR blogs, junking through home-printed zines, and debating random encounter tables at unreasonable hours, I noticed something strange. The OSR aesthetic was categorically more than a surface visual preference for somebody. It was a declaration of values. All of a sudden scratchy black-and-white illustrations, crazily layered pages, handmade maps, zine-style-ness, and general rejection of clean or corporate aesthetics felt meaningfully loaded.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:59 PM
”When MÖRK BORG came out, it didn’t come out of nowhere. It was the outcome of everything that the movement had been working towards. … All of the things that had been bottled up in OSR zine culture came pouring out into a single book, with the confidence of a manifesto.”
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whoever told you you couldn’t do the creative thing is wrong and you should tell them to fuck off because it’s what david lynch would have wanted
February 9, 2025 at 1:11 PM
whoever told you you couldn’t do the creative thing is wrong and you should tell them to fuck off because it’s what david lynch would have wanted
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Caught blurry on our way to Pax U! @artbrister.bsky.social will be with DVC and I’ll be over at Forever Stoked!
November 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Caught blurry on our way to Pax U! @artbrister.bsky.social will be with DVC and I’ll be over at Forever Stoked!
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“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
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An extremely funny bit that Instagram is doing atm is sending push notifications when an artist you admire joins Meta AI. 🙃
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 AM
An extremely funny bit that Instagram is doing atm is sending push notifications when an artist you admire joins Meta AI. 🙃
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It was this time last year that I was wholly distracted from pressing project deadlines by making this ragtag troupe. Currently resisting the pull to add new recruites...
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It was this time last year that I was wholly distracted from pressing project deadlines by making this ragtag troupe. Currently resisting the pull to add new recruites...
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ALT Text benefits everyone
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
ALT Text benefits everyone
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
Alt text helps with accessibility, identifying/explaining elements you might not get to in your posts and makes your posts/work more discoverable - Make sure to toggle it on to “require alt text” in your settings
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JUNK CITY just crossed the 100,000 mark so we have new stretch goals! Big shard puzzle, and standees. Help us make this happen.
Mausritter Junk City Project Update: Second Achievement Character Envelopes UNLOCKED! On to Bigger Better Puzzle!
You did it!
100k Stretch Goal UNLOCKED!
We've unlocked FIVE CHARACTER RECORD ENVELOPES! Now each Junk City boxset will contain these handy envelopes for players to store t...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
JUNK CITY just crossed the 100,000 mark so we have new stretch goals! Big shard puzzle, and standees. Help us make this happen.
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"you're canadian this doesn't concern you at all" you forget that zohran also had the better fonts. a win for Graphic Design the world over
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
"you're canadian this doesn't concern you at all" you forget that zohran also had the better fonts. a win for Graphic Design the world over
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Check out Junk City!
November 4, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Check out Junk City!
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Can we all agree to start calling it Regurgitive AI?
I think that needs to become a thing.
I think that needs to become a thing.
November 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Can we all agree to start calling it Regurgitive AI?
I think that needs to become a thing.
I think that needs to become a thing.
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*taps the meme*
November 3, 2025 at 9:33 AM
*taps the meme*
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Microsoft isn't demanding these post be taken down cause Microsoft is fine with them. Microsoft donated to the White House demolition fund. @mjgault.bsky.social reached out multiple times to Microsoft for comment in his 404 piece about it and they declined to comment. That is tacit consent.
October 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Microsoft isn't demanding these post be taken down cause Microsoft is fine with them. Microsoft donated to the White House demolition fund. @mjgault.bsky.social reached out multiple times to Microsoft for comment in his 404 piece about it and they declined to comment. That is tacit consent.
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Who called them magpies when they could have instead called them birdglars
October 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Who called them magpies when they could have instead called them birdglars