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Finally caught up on my comic issues backlog! 📚 Kind of glad I had 2-3 issues each of the Absolutes to read. Someday, I'll make some progress on the trades and graphic novels I've picked up...

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Found a spot that sells vinyl and serves Filipino brunch on Saturdays! Excited to try the Ube French toast.

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Why bully the National Park Service? defector.com/why-bully-th...

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I hope every laid off dev who poured their soul into a project understands and allows themselves to recognize that you need to grieve after. Like, seriously grieve. It's a loss, a big one, and if you don't process it like grief, it will get stuck inside and rot, like any trauma.

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Saw Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX in IMAX tonight with @cloudstrife420.bsky.social and had a blast!

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I spoke with trans and genderqueer developers about working in games in the US amid an anti-trans administration and harassment from online communities. Many feel left behind by the companies they work for. “Can’t piss off the bigots, because they spend money.” www.wired.com/story/game-d...

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Happy & Sad 'Princess Maker' PC-9801

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🥳 it’s my birthday! 🥳 please consider donating or signal boosting these orgs as ur gift to me: gamehistory.org/donate/ www.gamedevsofcolor.org/sponsor www.blackvoicesingaming.com

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I hope I hear back soon on if I can attend GDC or not this year.🤞🏼 There's a lot of relevant talks I really want to go to!

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Still thinking about the longanisa pizza I had. It even came with spicy vinegar to put on it. 🤤 Ube pizza next time! 🍕

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Hey, it’s my birthday (please clap) - if you wanna get me a gift, consider subscribing to my podcast with my wife @themonstersaredue.bsky.social which is dropping its first three episodes on Tuesday. She is an insightful genius and I am a clown —it’s a good time themonstersareduepodcast.com

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Be proud of yourself too 🩷

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By special honorable request, I present here a list of trans/NB/Genderfluid DC Comics characters, and the best places to find them. Thanks to @gillandria.bsky.social for the suggestion. 🧵

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Anyone into tinned fish that has recs/faves to share? Going to try having it in my lunch rotation since eating anything is better than nothing, and my schedule's been pretty hectic.

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Catching up on everything that's happened over the last few days at work, in the world, etc. while I've been under with the Flu

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Teetering in and out of consciousness for the last two days while battling the Flu has been awful. 🤒

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I actually want to be in the office this week for a lot of reasons, but most especially for the puppy bowl.

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One of my favorite things is hearing @cloudstrife420.bsky.social singing all the songs on concert clips I've recorded. 😆

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The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are. Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...

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Currently enjoying this version by @the8bitbigband.bsky.social 🎶 youtu.be/ra-pFr5xPhQ?...

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My sleep quality has been so bad lately that waking up after sleeping well feels disorienting. The only night last week I didn't have terrible sleep quality was when Kirby and I knocked out on the couch marathoning the Lord of the Rings trilogy. 😅

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Dr Phosphorus from Creature Commandos, @jamesgunn.bsky.social

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Sometimes I get nervous about going out on my own to do things, but once I push myself to do it, it feels so rewarding! 🥰 Had a nice solo outing trying a local cafe's chai, picking up my pull list from the comic shop and more, grabbing lunch, and getting more things to read at the used bookstore.

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Why is it that when I'm not working, I'm figuring out the exact way to query some data that had me stumped when I was working??? I'll take notes so I have it for Monday 😅

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happy year of the Ekans...wait i mean Snake! gonna make a small run of these prints for Genesis in a regular variant and hopefully a gold foil one 🐍 #art #lunarnewyear

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My last story for @polygon.com I'm so grateful to @charliehall.bsky.social for giving me the space to write about indie TTRPGs, about things that matter, about tariffs and censorship and platform migration. And with my final act, I used that platform to do some good.

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I just finished an essay I've been working on for about a month: Being a Kid making games in the early 2000s. It includes videos of my earliest games. If you've ever wanted to page through the embarrassing nonsense someone posted online from age 12 to 16, read it here: jaytholen.net/teengamedev

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Having a rough time. Ordered myself a sushi feast to make today a better one. 🍣

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Really wish Discord let me block friend requests per server. I'm getting an influx of bots requesting from game community servers. There's so many per server options otherwise, I'm surprised there isn't one for friend requests.

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Spirit Swap is coming in 2 weeks and I am too distressed to do normal marketing so now you get spite marketing. Anyways if you’re doomscrolling why not watch our fun happy trailer full of QT/+POC (made by a team of the same!!) and wishlist spiswa! bit.ly/WishlistSpiritSwap

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Gotta get used to calling @cloudstrife420.bsky.social my fiance 😳

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officially proposed to my best friend of 16 years today @ohhellojackie.bsky.social

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Been enjoying being online enough to be up to date on news, but not enough to see spoilers or discourse all the time. I'm only giving myself 5min max on here.

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Downloaded a bird identifying app and it's already hatin

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I finally got my PvP series level to 25 last night, and oddly enough, the journey got me to enjoy the game a bit again. I think I'll still be taking a break until the Valetione's event unless I start attending art parties again. Nothing got me more motivated to draw than those!

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New Ask Pat is up! Always love talking about our TOing work, but TOing is simply one tool for developing a scene, and it's not always the right one to start with. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BUc...

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This idea we keep hearing from AI tech bros that making art is a miserable process they’re going to “free” us from is just more misanthropic fascistic nonsense.

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ATTENTION: I am starting a charity bundle to benefit victims of the Southern California wildfires. Game (and other) makers, please submit your projects so we can do some good. There is a call for submissions of projects through the 18th, please share widely! FAQ below: itch.io/jam/californ...

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I started playing FFXIV PVP again & the pool of people in Crystal CC queue is so tiny when I'm on. 🥲 It's nice getting people I have teamed up well with again, but also sucks because I end up feeling like prime target #1. I only wanna queue casual and not suffer in ranked, so maybe that's on me.

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Calling into work gay

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People think AI images of Hollywood sign burning are real AI generated slop is tricking people into thinking an already devastating series of wildfires in Los Angeles are even worse than they are — and using it to score political points. 🔗 www.404media.co/hollywood-si...

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