Summer Fletcher

FUN UPDATE: A friend talked to the person working at Steam who I pitched this to last year and THEY CONFIRMED IT.

So yes, Steam Horse Fest is officially happening because of me 😌

*throws toy*
*cat chases toy under the bed*
*mysterious intermittent jingling*

when will my kitten come back from war

HealthyGamerGG did a talk on the puer aeternus archetype, and how the fantasy of greatness (or belief that one is naturally above the slog) prevents a person from starting, improving, or finishing anything.

RIP Tindaro, a fantastic skewering of this type of guy. #Decameron

💀🖤👇

I've taught many people new to gamedev from kids to adult, from a practical educator lens I believe the main difference people credit to kids learning faster or easier than adults is they aren't yet consciously trying to avoid temporarily looking like a beginner at something

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take me down to the paradise city, where the cats are big & the trains itty bitty

Honestly a belief in one's own artistic talent can be more of a hindrance than a help. At least it was for me. My first couple of bad novels led me to a place of "but everyone told me I was a prodigy! they said I was gifted!" pikachu face. I had to get past that for the learning to begin.

a pixel art painting by sid of a kaiju styled Clippy the paperclip destroying a city with flaming breath

“It looks like you are trying to stop me”

#originalart #pixelart #art

Random worldcon conversation, what if the public library hosted a romance&horror event? Who should feature?

Seconding Babel.

this is the biggest thing i tell my students. you have to fucking read. not to follow trends, not to be a smartie, but to LEARN. it's your apprenticeship. you would not throw a nurse into an ICU with no training. you would not ask someone to build you a table if they didn't know the tools.

Trying to Maximize Efficiency is the death of art, sorry to say, kids

Why is Aidan not at WorldCon?

Look upon thy works, ye Marguerite, and be emboldened.

Something in the woods: horror

A deer with a stick crown: folk horror

A stick crown and fangs: creature horror

It's disembowelling you: gore horror

You grow fur and horns: body horror

You're the deer now: possession horror

You make these tiny mortals worship you, the horned god: cosmic horror

Think about all the tech bros who caved immediately

F101
Return
from lower world.

A Border Leicester sheep, overlaid with a motivational message: "I’m plotting on ur rise bro. I’m literally up in the lab scheming on the beautiful abundance for you. I’m cooking up ways for a rising tide to lift all of our boats. I’m praying for your gains. I’m lighting a candle to your inevitable splendor dude."

The actual public service chatgpt provides is in demonstrating the effect of never hearing the word no on the human psyche, it has made billionaire brain pudding a condition accessible to everyone irrespective of net worth

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

"If your books were uploaded to LibGen/fed into the LLMs, add your name to the potential class action lawsuit by tomorrow." Details:

LibDem database: www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Attorney form: www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

(This information comes via a reliable Discord source.)

My personal opinion is that "citation needed" is an acceptable audience comment at a panel, and recommended reading is excellent. Looking forward to this rec.

Last day to vote for the Ignyte Awards:

Hello, I am not at Worldcon, but I will be near Worldcon. If we're mutuals, shoot me a DM so we can plan.

You got this. Take care of you.

yesyesyesyes

anyway. taking some Nine Inch Nails lines out of context to help me feel more confident while I work on my projects.

How'd you get so big
How'd you get so strong
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Nothing can stop me now 'cause I don't care anymore

hehe fanmail as scale mail. Protection against the black dog.

He has sang me to sleep when I was tiny and hyped me up in the gym when I was big and kept me company in the pandemic when we were all alone/together like wtf doubting his purpose?! WHAT

this cannot STAND

We were twinkly lights in the dark!