John of Mars

much of this stems from a gross misunderstanding of writing as “the act of sitting down to write”. writing is the 10,000 other things that you do before you sit down. it is light cast through a window hitting the far wall, it is the memory of that time you saw that one bird, it is the act of living

ink illustration by Bernie Wrightson from the novel "Frankenstein" showing the monster intimidating Victor Frankenstein in his laboratory

ink illustration by Bernie Wrightson from the novel "Frankenstein" the creature in shadow behind rocks in a forest

ink illustration by Bernie Wrightson from the novel "Frankenstein". The creature walks alone in a snowy landscape

"I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear." - Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Remembering the incredible work of the late great Bernie Wrightson on his birthday 🖤

My sealife #pixelart set is nearly at 1000! Only 10 more to go! Anyone got any good suggestions for the last pieces to add to the set? <3

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

so disappointing how many ppl I see preemptively convincing themselves they can't learn a thing w/o giving it a real effort over time bc they think natural aptitude is the defining factor of skill acquisition. the only diff btwn them & the ppl who can do the thing is that the latter just kept trying

‘Things keep evolving into anteaters.’ Odd animals arose at least 12 separate times Findings speak to the dramatic impact ants and termites can have on mammalian evolution

Crab-like creatures are famed for having evolved five times in evolutionary history. But anteaters have evolved at least 12 times--in half the evolutionary span. Cool story by @jakebuehler.bsky.social for @science.org

drawing of a man listening to headphones with little beams and broken notes coming out

Drawing of a man plugging a cord into a socket with water drops coming down, he looks alarmed and there's lightning coming out of the socket

A man touching a CD player with a storm outside, he looks alarmed and there's an explosion drawn around his hand

A man driving a car into a fire hydrant or bollard, the front of the car is crumpled

excerpts from the life of a man in the Japanese manual for a Sony Discman, who is having a VERY BAD DAY

Thank you for sharing this!

it's humbling to do a skill we're not trained for, doesn't come naturally to us, likely won't ever be pro in. deepens our respect for and the need for other people. part of why I find helping people make hobby games healthy is they stray from their comfortable core lane more than pro settings let us

Where ya moving?

no, no, like the channel select thing. This is my age verification.

The worst was when it would lose that tuning after you let go. Like, it needed your hand as part of the antenna.

In the US, we had a coax cable with Channel 3/4 select. Did they have that for you?

A little rabbit smashed a computer screen with a bay showing it’s teeth with the force of its impact. It reads Born to create AI is a fuck 人工智能 Kil Em All 2025 1 am art man 410,757,864,530 DEAD BOTS

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@sharkeatsman.bsky.social @joshhamrick.bsky.social @klawdd.bsky.social Howdy! Yesterday I bashed Fighting Lion into Doom2 & thought y'all'd like to see it. Klawdd's talk on game feel was inspiring. (Not sure yet if Zdoom can handle friction on bounces.) Thanks for all the fun memories!

DIY > AI

among the things we apparently need to do a better job of going forward - as a society, it seems - is communicating the basic conceit of what learning is and why we value it. a problem that we in higher ed share with our K-12 colleagues

I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?

How i read this one, every time

Re-sharing with Alt Text cuz it deserves to be read/heard by all.

The Guardian in ship form, racing vertically

THE GUARDIAN LEGEND
COMPILE 1989
NES

I’m sorry what?!

@prostatepuncher.bsky.social hope you're well, my friend

AI can’t have my em dash Gen Z and AI have pulled a divisive punctuation mark into the spotlight.

For my first @salonnewsroom.bsky.social piece, I wrote about how freaks for the em dash (me, and possibly you) will not stand by and cede our precious punctuation to AI www.salon.com/2025/06/11/a...

A friend showed me a demo for a rhythm beat-em-up game called "Dead as Disco" that lets you import your own music (with adjustable game speed to suit the BPM)!

So naturally as an FFXIV player, there was only one option:

@ladonnapietra.bsky.social Hi! I hope you’re well. But you gotta see this one:

A futuristic, red spaceship with a unique design. It has a large, central body with two long, wing-like structures extending from the sides. The spaceship is carrying cargo containers on its underside. The background is black.

Concord (2024): The Northstar, art by Noax Design

Core design and initial sketch done by Jan Buragay (I don't have these sketches yet)

This game may have suffered a nightmarish release, but we're still left with a great deal of superb conceptual work.