Lightros

Remembering is pointless if you don't actually use it to inform action. Unless the queer community broadly & the world generally starts genuinely contending with its racism, sexism, ableism, transphobia & the intersections there of we will keep dying and being remembered as a tragic name on a list.

A screenshot from Celeste. Madeline stands by a memorial dedicated to those who perished on the climb up Celeste Mountain.

happy transgender day of remembrance

thank you for sticking around in the hardest of times. if you haven't, you are missed dearly

please live 💜

YouTube video by nocaps somebody made this game

somebody made this video. they poured hours into recording and editing. they reminded us that our art is important. they reminded us that our humanity is important. they gave us a sign to keep making.

keep making. keep living.

(great vid, @nocapsbb.bsky.social)

youtu.be/eRMpZc0Qzkg

yo check this out 😏😏

You are not unclean. You are not a vessel for sin. You are not the creation of others. You create yourself.

Welcome to your Throne | Laura Michet's Blog Los Angeles Metro has begun placing portable, self-contained bathrooms near many light rail stations. They are developed by a company called "Throne." In fac...

wording shamelessly stolen from laura michet’s blog: blog.lauramichet.com/welcome-to-y...

“There are portable, public restrooms that you scan a QR code to enter. This means you can’t use them anonymously or if you don’t have a phone to begin with”

is not how I imagined describing dystopia.

Sometimes I hate myself for the kind of gameplay ideas I have, coding this tumbling block physics with the screws was SOO hard

But I'm happy that the block puzzles are getting more varied and better integrated with the platforming, pacing and all

(game is ABYSS X ZERO, btw)

#gamedev #lowpoly #axz

WOKE SOFTWARE LICENSE Version 1, :3 Do whatever the fuck you want as long as you're woke. Basically the AGPL license but only when you're woke. None of us are free until all of us are free, the same goes for software.

finally a normal software license that definitely holds up really well

a stylized 3d render of me playing a guitar surrounded by computer screens displaying various odd images.

making art in the time of AI

lately i've been getting more questions (and occasionally downright accusations) of using AI in art and music. rest assured i have not and will never touch that garbage. thank you

COVID Isn’t Going Anywhere. Masking Up Could Save My Life. "When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving."

Respect Alice Wong’s call here:
“When I am in public spaces and see most people unmasked either because they think the virus is a hoax, that masking is virtue signaling & a sign of weakness, aren't thinking about it, or that they simply don’t care, I feel like an expendable burden not worth saving.”

You’re telling me the same liberals who demand that we all back a transphobic bigot to become the Dem presidential noninee are also saying that homophobic jokes are necessary because they’re against a fascist?

Real. Mastodon uses “boost” which I still don’t love, but is still a step up

New Blog Post: Games I Played in October
lightros.neocities.org/posts/2025-1...

Featuring: Kitsune Tails, Unfair Flips, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf

a subtle callout video dedicated to some of my friends

Drawing of a Tri-Color Dango. Each Dango is replaced by a Kirby of the corresponding color (Pink, Yellow, Green). Each Kirby has a different expression/mannerism. Pink Kirby is Lazing, Yellow Kirby is sitting happily, and Green Kirby is balancing cautiously.

Kirby Dango

[ #kirby #カービィ #カービィイラスト #星のカービィ #art 🎨 ]

YouTube video by a_lilian lost ephemera | the traces we left behind

a_lilian videos are always so goood, oh my godss

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbg-...

“Alright fine, I’ll hack my 3DS”
…
“oh my gods it really was that easy”

You Can't Report on Hunger While Taking Bread Off the Table On the proliferation of machine translation in video game outlets covering the effects of AI on labor.

I wrote more words about how it feels to be a translator watching the games press report on AI and labor, coming from a field that's fought these battles for decades. It may look like I'm beating up on one outlet, but it's not about them; I've been trying to write this for me and my peers all year.

What happens to disabled people WILL ALWAYS happen to you.

The Megami-Tensei demon, Pyro Jack (a jack-o'latern, with red eyes, a cloak, and a wizard's hat), says: Don't be stupid, ho.

Synchronicity Prologue could just be this conversation at the beginning and it'd still be great

Games aren't fun anymore!?

Apparently a lot of people online think games aren't as fun anymore, but that could not be farther from the truth. There's more great games than ever now, so where is this coming from? As always, the culprit is capitalism.
#blog #gaming

Start Here (2025 Edition) Are you questioning your gender and searching for fiction that’ll help you figure out what a transition might look like? Are you a trans woman or a femmeby who’s never seen herself on the tradition…

After hundreds of hours of reading and research, my 2025 Starter Guide to transfeminine literature is finally live!

No matter your experience level, there's a book for you! 🏳️‍⚧️📚 #transbooks

The list covers a vast range of genres. There are 78 handcrafted recs on this list, and I've read all but two.

A screenshot of Kirby Air Riders with a dozen Rick hamsters posing together and saying “I’m happy!”

This is the future leftists want

Time to bring this back

I love video games.

Hey can yall motherfuckers get unstuck from your feelings about the year 2020 already and start doing the right thing and masking up, at least around people who are vulnerable, disabled, and or already struggling with long covid? Cause I'm sick of people making my friends sick.