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๐ŸŽฎHard Surface Artist @ Blue Dot Games ๐ŸŽฎprev. Unknown Worlds, Free Radical Design, Bippinbits, StillAlive, Dekogon ๐Ÿฅ‹Kickboxing & ITF Coach, Judo. 4x UK Champion โšฝLeeds United Suffererโšฝ ๐ŸŽจ www.artstation.com/marknormington Views are mine

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Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

"If I was to use ChatGPT for my designs rather than our designer Sean, that's taking money out of the local area into the hands of a multibillionaire ... removing value from the local community and local artists [and] into the hands of some of the richest people in the world."

#AIslop #refuseresist

22.02.2026 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4219    ๐Ÿ” 1590    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 98
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#aymoventures #croatianstartups #womeningaming #healthtech #enterpriseai #fintech | AYMO Ventures Announcing our first accelerator cohort! We're thrilled to introduce four exceptional startups joining the AYMO family: Sentona Games โ€“ a gaming studio developing story-led merge puzzle games for wo...

Also this is an open post they're tagged in from an investment arm:

www.linkedin.com/posts/aymove...

03.03.2026 07:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Instagram Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

www.instagram.com/nixter41?igs...

Their executive and primarily board member has an open profile on Instagram.

Time to let them sweat.

03.03.2026 07:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The best way to mindfully use (generative) AI is to not use it at all, and to use your own brain instead.

Improve yourself inside and out.

02.03.2026 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 12    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're absolutely corrupt, eat shit

02.03.2026 19:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Write to or visit your MP asap. Absolutely fuck this.

02.03.2026 18:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Screen caps from twin peaks of characters talking, with the subtitles, "Every day once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it.
Don't wait for it. Just let it happen."

Screen caps from twin peaks of characters talking, with the subtitles, "Every day once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen."

Happy Twin Peaks Day to all who celebrate ๐Ÿฅง โ˜•๏ธ

24.02.2026 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1432    ๐Ÿ” 438    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10

The Foreign Office have issued official advice for UK citizens who now live in Dubai:
"You're on your own you tax-dodging bastards! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha!"

01.03.2026 09:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1020    ๐Ÿ” 221    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
Stephen Miller โ€ข @StephenM
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If young men don't want to be drafted to fight in Kamala's and Cheney's 3rd World War they better get out and vote for Trump.
11:38 AM - 11/4/24 โ€ข 1M Views

Stephen Miller โ€ข @StephenM X.com If young men don't want to be drafted to fight in Kamala's and Cheney's 3rd World War they better get out and vote for Trump. 11:38 AM - 11/4/24 โ€ข 1M Views

Time to remember those beautiful promises made by Trumpโ€™s team.

28.02.2026 15:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 30    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
an artist holding her two published art books

an artist holding her two published art books

Special Offer! Between Feb 26โ€“28, grab any โ€œArt ofโ€ book from the 3dtotal Shop, and get a FREE softcover book of your choice!
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My Art Books: store.3dtotal.com/collections/...

26.02.2026 15:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 85    ๐Ÿ” 18    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory but it's in the Mario 64 Soundfont (2025 Remastered)
YouTube video by More Tsua Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory but it's in the Mario 64 Soundfont (2025 Remastered)

youtu.be/KbDj5zcIlJs?...

26.02.2026 15:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Another developer update to check out!

#gamedev #gamedevelopment #unrealengine5 #ue5 #gaming

26.02.2026 14:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Here's a little sneak peek on the upcoming commander Dev Tape coming soon.

Make sure to follow us to stay in the loop!

#tacticalshooter #pcgaming #coldwar #usarmy #ussr #nato #redarmy

24.02.2026 14:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ukraine war: Four years of defying Putin - the civilians who grabbed hunting rifles when the tanks came Ukraine war: Four years of defying Putin - the civilians who grabbed hunting rifles when the tanks came

Chernihiv and Sumy - hero cities.

Sky News reveals tales from some of the scariest places to live, and those who try to save them.

news.sky.com/story/ukrain...

24.02.2026 07:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 70    ๐Ÿ” 19    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

100 percent take the draw and had it in my head beforehand it would be a great result.

Just gotta keep chipping away

21.02.2026 17:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"As monetization and AI evolve and influence this future, we will not chase short-term efficiency or flood our ecosystem with soulless AI slop." - Asha Sharma

This reads well to me, let's hold her to it.

20.02.2026 21:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And yet can't see myself going back to a regular day job ever again

20.02.2026 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
from reddit 

r/ExperiencedDevs โ€ข 21h ago
Tech-Cowboy
An AI CEO finally said something honest
(Meta
Dax Raad from anoma.ly might be the only CEO speaking honestly about Al right now.
His most recent take:
"everyone's talking about their teams like they were at the peak of efficiency and bottlenecked by ability to produce code
here's what things actually look like
- your org rarely has good ideas. ideas being expensive to implement was actually helping
- majority of workers have no reason to be super motivated, they want to do their 9-5 and get back to their life
- they're not using Al to be 10x more effective they're using it to churn out their tasks with less energy spend
- the 2 people on your team that actually tried are now flattened by the slop code everyone is producing, they will quit soon
- even when you produce work faster you're still bottlenecked by bureaucracy and the dozen other realities of shipping something real
- your CFO is like what do you mean each engineer now costs $2000 extra per month in LLM bills"

from reddit r/ExperiencedDevs โ€ข 21h ago Tech-Cowboy An AI CEO finally said something honest (Meta Dax Raad from anoma.ly might be the only CEO speaking honestly about Al right now. His most recent take: "everyone's talking about their teams like they were at the peak of efficiency and bottlenecked by ability to produce code here's what things actually look like - your org rarely has good ideas. ideas being expensive to implement was actually helping - majority of workers have no reason to be super motivated, they want to do their 9-5 and get back to their life - they're not using Al to be 10x more effective they're using it to churn out their tasks with less energy spend - the 2 people on your team that actually tried are now flattened by the slop code everyone is producing, they will quit soon - even when you produce work faster you're still bottlenecked by bureaucracy and the dozen other realities of shipping something real - your CFO is like what do you mean each engineer now costs $2000 extra per month in LLM bills"

someone in AI fucked up and actually told the truth

20.02.2026 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2367    ๐Ÿ” 698    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 26    ๐Ÿ“Œ 23

dawg i fuckin told you

scary shit is always just a smoke and mirrors push to attract investors and more marks (users)

19.02.2026 02:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 613    ๐Ÿ” 142    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

George Osborne who helped the Tories run the country into the ground for 14 years?

No thank you

19.02.2026 08:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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DOG AT THE OLYMPICS
FULL COMPETITION HIGHLIGHTS

18.02.2026 13:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19671    ๐Ÿ” 5921    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 502    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1140
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Having to play games like a Victorian at the theatre with your Binoculars ๐Ÿ”ญ

16.02.2026 01:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

One studio I worked at I was the only person that played on console as their main gaming format and I was having to constantly tell the UI team to go stand 2 metres from their screens and see if they could read it ๐Ÿ˜…

16.02.2026 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Don't you hate it when fighting age men flee their own country, leaving their families behind, then expect other people to give them a handout.

14.02.2026 20:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 827    ๐Ÿ” 211    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57    ๐Ÿ“Œ 12

Drop an album that was important to you when you were nineteen.

Still a banger

14.02.2026 14:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Known many "one man" CEO's over the years and they're all very, very similar unfortunately

14.02.2026 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

CEO's remain the lowest lifeform on the planet #gamedev

14.02.2026 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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