kirin

kirin

@koboldstyle.bsky.social

Creative Technologist & Animator/Dev in LA. Tabletop and Videogames, Weird Culture, He/Him. Operating at about 0.42 self-actualization. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ally One half of Scuttlebutt: https://www.youtube.com/@scuttlebuttery

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The best art is made for the self. It’s the very act of making art that itself is the gift to the world.

RJ Palmer@rj-palmer.com

Make art that you think is fuckin sick as hell. Make the shit you never thought you could that you always wanted to see. Beat your insecurity to death and fight to become your own favorite artist.

There’s this thing about Ramaswamy’s party being The Party Of The Cycle Of Abuse because that’s it, that’s the MAGA party, the party of living with hate and that everyone’s evil and believing that you can hate your way out of it.

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Asked how he felt about President Trump suggesting he would have to go through a metal detector, Abdul El-Sayed joked, "He knows I got those Wolverine claws." Mercado Media

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I'm still picking my jaw up off the floor over five officers hearing an alleged shoplifter is running and exploding out into the parking lot with guns drawn like they just heard zombie Charles Manson was spotted.

Radley Balko@radleybalko.bsky.social

So @lilianasegura.bsky.social and I just co-wrote a piece about the bodycam footage in the Kohan Wiley case. theintercept.com/2026/10/23/k...

Obama was a pretty mid president when it came to delivering on his promises but damn he sure can give a speech.

FactPost@factpostnews.bsky.social

Obama on Abdul El-Sayed: "You see those big guns? That's why he wears those t-shirts. I never campaigned in a t-shirt. I ain't got those big guns."

I think at this point I’ve fallen mostly out of love of D&D in favor of #Shadowdark. I’ve been running it off and on for the last 6 months and now I’ve been trying to start a campaign with my longtime group. But one of my players has bounced off it HARD. An interesting conundrum.

D&D manages to be a lot of different things for a lot of different types of players, it’s kind of magical in that way. Shadowdark is a much more streamlined, very specific adventure system designed to be thrilling. It makes sense that some players can’t find the joy in it.

I’m having such conflicted feelings about it, but it’s very clear to me that running Shadowdark is a real joy that I dont really get from D&D, and that’s an important truth. But I feel like I’m breaking up with someone, a little.

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CBS identified Illinois based Three Z Printing as the holder of the permit associated with the fake transgender mailers. One of the owners, Matt Zerrusen, is based in Dallas. His Instagram shows pictures with Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump, and comments from local Republicans.

Still even after a decade, that this man is seen as presidential. Using extremely abusive language to lean hard into a pro-abuse stance. That he’s lost anyone with a shred of empathic understanding yet maintains support makes me wonder at the flexibility of a society to become pro-abuse.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

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"Honestly, if we end up with two hundred and twenty-five seats on the White Council, I would be disappointed. I would rather Sauron keep control of Middle-earth by five seats than have the Fellowship win by five, because then we’d be hostage to the Ents." buff.ly/9WluK1y

buff.lyWhile I Oppose Sauron, I Would Rather Mordor Win Than Be Held Hostage by the Ents“Honestly, if we end up with two hundred and twenty-five seats on the White Council, I would be disappointed. I would rather Sauron keep control of Middle-ea...

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literally this comic except he apparently lives in Czechia instead of Nebraska

Charlie Warzel@cwarzel.bsky.social

70 percent of the internet was vulnerable yesterday to very bad security flaws inside a coding language. Turns out, *one volunteer* is mostly responsible for maintaining that code & helping push updates. Yesterday Ondřej Surý saved the internet. So I called him up www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

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Huge co-sign from Trump on Ramaswamy's shockingly vile ad just now. It has to feel amazing, if you're running as an abusive predator, to get this kind of endorsement from the number one abusive predator in the game.

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Standard online crochet/knitting community discussion

ex-Lethality Jane@lethalityjane.bsky.social

The drama in the yarn, knitting, and crochet online communities has honestly convinced me that any hobby turns toxic beyond belief if you spend enough time online.

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Just had the annual IEP review for my 16 yo w/pretty serious ADD & was struggling to keep the tears back as his teachers discussed his issues w/focus, perfectionism & turning things in—could’ve been me they were describing w/o changing a word—and then all they’re doing to help him *that I never got*

ghost malone ergo propter bones@proptermalone.bsky.social

it's not the only problem in the world but it seems very clear to me that better ADHD support leads to better real-world outcomes, and that the delta between outcomes for the well-supported and unsupported is frequently enormous

4chan, kiwifarms, they’re all going down one by one. Any older-coded website that pissed anyone off has a decent chance of dying this week

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4chan going offline is a strong indicator that this is very serious

John David Pressman@jdp.extropian.net

In case anybody needs social proof/thinks I'm exaggerating.

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As someone who needs a translator for whatever the tech people are talking about, this was quite helpful as an explanation

between the catastrophic PHP vuln and the intermediate cert vuln and AI models that can turn a proof of concept into a bot net in like 10mins we’re in for a wild 24 hours

Still thinking about Elon pitching a monster truck flying car show event while making the assuredly-planned-in-collusion-with-Putin decision to yank Ukrainian starShield defense, like this is some Temu James Bond villain shit

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A family I've been working with was recently reunited after one family member spent two months in ICE detention, and on top of all the anguish and trauma, the cash he had on him the morning of his detention disappeared. Thousands of dollars from a just-cashed check - he was on his way to buy a car.

I believe that everybody has a right to fantasize and explore their sexuality but I can’t help but be annoyed at these dumb online boys inventing a new girl every half decade that they’re convinced changes everything: Vivian James, Bowzette, Malfoid, whoever. Ah young lust, lol

Speaking of quiet, quietly waiting for the article that points out that a humongous chunk of the older generation has been quite clearly politically and culturally radicalized from a status quo but since we believe that only youth can be radicalized it will remain unrecognized.

Michael Hobbes@michaelhobbes.bsky.social

This is a quietly metastasizing moral panic

Genuinely curious what level of bridge-burning has happened between Trump and the GOP with his Russia moves. Just been too busy in my life to track.

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FinTwitter@fintwitter.bsky.social

NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG SAYS EVERY COMPANY IN THE FUTURE WILL HAVE TWO FACTORIES, ONE REAL AND ONE DIGITAL, WITH THE DIGITAL FACTORY SO REAL IT MIGHT AS WELL BE REAL

It took a little while but it’s finally sinking in that our president and his wealthiest donor very likely aided and abetted a significant attack on Ukrainian civilians by the ruthless Russian regime. The details could be clearer but man I’ve become pretty convinced that this happened.