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Tristan J. Tarwater

@backthatelfup.bsky.social

Writer, producer, maker of video games. Nuyorican/Black. Wrote some comics in some Eisner award winning anthologies. Linguist-ish. They/them. Making "Vampire The Taskerade." Website: https://www.backthatelfup.com

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Latest posts by backthatelfup.bsky.social on Bluesky

please mask up in shared air, too. the current vaccines only protect kids about 40%, at peak efficacy, from #LongCovid, which is why itโ€™s now the most common childhood disease (even over asthma).

30.11.2025 05:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 68    ๐Ÿ” 35    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

If this looks like something you'd be interested in, I can highly recommend!

30.11.2025 05:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

CRIMINAL: please, I have a family

BATMAN: [starts beating the shit out of him even harder]

27.11.2025 07:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 976    ๐Ÿ” 184    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Democrats need to campaign on destroying meta as a lesson and example

23.11.2025 20:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
23.11.2025 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 411    ๐Ÿ” 95    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Estamos sรบper contentos con cรณmo se ve, se escucha y se siente GSG.
Pero estoy un poco frustrado porque nos estรก costando mucho obtener wishlists. El juego va a salir pronto y no sรฉ en quรฉ estamos fallando. Si te gusta el juego ayudanos, cualquier difusiรณn nos sirve.

23.11.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

booooo, hate this for you and hate bright car lights!

21.11.2025 02:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Excuse to post a classic?

20.11.2025 19:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2556    ๐Ÿ” 432    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8

sheโ€™s a hero

21.11.2025 01:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4006    ๐Ÿ” 647    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 35    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

long ziti.

21.11.2025 02:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Remember: they used thousands of academic books too! If youโ€™re a scholar, check for your books too. This isnโ€™t just novelists and pop writers, itโ€™s academic books too!

18.11.2025 06:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 892    ๐Ÿ” 534    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Feds report more than 560 immigration arrests in Portland area in a month The figure is higher than estimates from a local immigrants rights group.

Holy shit www.oregonlive.com/news/2025/11...

18.11.2025 04:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Reminder that the vast majority of indie artists/super small businesses cannot afford to discount their work for Black Friday/Small Business Saturday/Cyber Monday.

Do not complain about it.

Buy from them anyway!

18.11.2025 02:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 87    ๐Ÿ” 39    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Portland-area Starbucks workers continue strike for a fair contract After more than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workersย went on strikeย at 65 U.S. stores Thursday, the fight continued Saturday as Portland-area workers protested a lack of progress in contract negotiatiโ€ฆ

After more than 1,000 unionized Starbucks workers went on strike at 65 U.S. stores Thursday, the fight continued Saturday as Portland-area workers protested a lack of progress in contract negotiations with the company.

16.11.2025 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I had the pleasure to meet Tanya last year and if anyone deserves a break from the universe, it's her. The universe doesn't provide, so we pick up the slack. They're a treasure and should be treasured.

15.11.2025 23:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back

15.11.2025 09:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13084    ๐Ÿ” 8549    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13    ๐Ÿ“Œ 93

My sound effect libraries are on sale for 75% off!

There's gore and a crazy chihuahua. Check them out!

www.asoundeffect.com/shop/sound-d...

15.11.2025 23:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Letโ€™s give a round of applause to this yearโ€™s nominees for the best Latin American game at @indiegameawards.gg!

- despelote ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ
- Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท
- Taria & Como ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ/๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
- Tormented Souls 2 ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ
- Adventure of Samsara ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท
- Kulebra and the Souls of Limbo ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด

๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป

13.11.2025 22:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐ŸŽ‰502's Arcade's new Continue Mode is out on #NintendoSwitch and #NintendoSwitch2! To celebrate we have a huge discount! ๐ŸŽ‰

๐ŸŽฎThe update is officially live everywhere, so we just want to say: Thank you for hanging out with us at the arcade! ๐Ÿซถ
#Nintendo #Update #Indiegame #IndieDev #Discount
Link ๐Ÿ‘‡

13.11.2025 22:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
22.01.2025 23:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23371    ๐Ÿ” 11489    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 220    ๐Ÿ“Œ 332

My industry has been pushing hard to Al-ify everything. Itโ€™s seen as a necessary evil to win budgets.

At a recent trade show my team was singled out as a shining example of improving workflows.

The catch?

We used 0 AI. Our whole product was deterministic matching rules with a very polished UX.

15.11.2025 19:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 306    ๐Ÿ” 92    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I know this is hard for a lot of politicians and pundits to understand since so many of them are senior citizens, but we have three whole generations of American voters (X, Millennial, Z) who do not give a damn about Bill Clinton. He has no stans out here.

14.11.2025 04:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1311    ๐Ÿ” 188    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 61    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

uuuuuuuugh, that blows

15.11.2025 03:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hopefully by the next election, the Doug Fir will be open again

15.11.2025 03:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If I was going to run for Mayor of Portland, i'd promise to:
- push all permits to get the Doug Fir open, wtf
- stop the bad train (literally camp out on the train tracks to keep the fucking train from coming into the city)
- get shelters at all bus stops

15.11.2025 03:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Data Center Resistance Has Arrived A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.

NEW from me: a new report found that national resistance to data centers skyrocketed between March and June of this yearโ€”especially in red states like Georgia and Indiana:

14.11.2025 16:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 388    ๐Ÿ” 125    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 19

hey, seattle, here's a bookstore to avoid

(as nicole says, don't harass them! but I would add: also don't give them your money)

14.11.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 517    ๐Ÿ” 282    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

Somewhere out there someone whoโ€™s the best at what they do is terrified that they have imposter syndrome while a bunch of barely literate pedophiles are very calmly running the world

13.11.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5105    ๐Ÿ” 1234    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 50    ๐Ÿ“Œ 45
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US firefighter detained on the job speaks out after deportation: โ€˜I feel betrayedโ€™ Exclusive: Border patrol arrested Josรฉ Bertin Cruz-Estrada while he was battling a wildfire in Washington. He is now in Mexico, separated from his family in Oregon

NEW: The US has deported a longtime Oregon firefighter who was arrested by Border Patrol while deployed at a major wildfire in Washington state.

Josรฉ Bertin Cruz-Estrada, separated from his family, is speaking out from Mexico for the first time:

โ€œI feel betrayed ... What am I going to do now?"

11.11.2025 23:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3419    ๐Ÿ” 1749    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 82    ๐Ÿ“Œ 109
A cartoony drawing of a crab done in marker on white paper. The crab is wearing a crown. The caption under the crown says "CRAB LIFE, FAB LIFE."

A cartoony drawing of a crab done in marker on white paper. The crab is wearing a crown. The caption under the crown says "CRAB LIFE, FAB LIFE."

Found this old drawing I did, guess I can get a tattoo of it

11.11.2025 23:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 22    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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