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Rourke Bywater, Notorious Dyke

@rourke.bsky.social

Narrative Designer @ Hidden Door. lesbian. ๐Ÿ’œ procedural systems, women, folk music + art with a touch of melancholy and bitterness. Organizer @ Roguelike Celebration

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Latest posts by rourke.bsky.social on Bluesky

This is so cool. Zohran Mamdani just released the 2026 NYC Dev Roadmap and he's updating Williamsburg with not one but TWO new 20-man raids with their own endgame armor sets and weapons

14.10.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 646    ๐Ÿ” 132    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

What the world needs now is a good epistolatory novel about the undead

14.10.2025 00:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 40    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Killing Stone Demo on Steam Beat the Devil at his own game. The Killing Stone Demo lets you try out the deckbuilding card battler wrapped in a 17th century folk horror narrative. Clean the sins of a cursed family by bargaining a...

The demo of our folk horror card strategy game The Killing Stone is live!

We gots creepy characters and furry friends and so many animated figurines with sweet VFX. Also the enemy AI is pretty diabolical, that's on me.

Please check it out and leave a review!

store.steampowered.com/app/3987180/...

14.10.2025 00:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 52    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Itโ€™s getting very difficult to contort any sort of story that could explain good faith from Ruby Central at this point.

13.10.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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In prison, Israeli guards told him again and again they had killed his entire family as psychological torture meant to break him. When he walked up the stairs of his home today, his wife rushed into his arms, with his children and parents beside her - alive, waiting, delirious with joy and relief.

14.10.2025 00:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 389    ๐Ÿ” 120    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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comm done for @moon-cheese.bsky.social ๐ŸŒ™๐Ÿ’š

14.10.2025 00:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 144    ๐Ÿ” 42    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

there are four key texts as far as i'm concerned and they are The Sims, Dwarf Fortress, Caves of Qud, and Crusader Kings 3. lots of other seminal games out there but you play those four and you've unlocked the magical door

13.10.2025 21:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 252    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"Instead of Columbus, we should celebrate all Italian women for being so hot." this is a genuine thought I had this morning. I'm sharing it as an act of contrition. please do not get mad at me. please do not become passionately enraged with your fiery tempers and strike me with a heavily-ringed hand

13.10.2025 13:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1241    ๐Ÿ” 169    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 15

we all got that one sullen homie whose leitmotif shares a chord progression and instrumention with an enemy whose identity is yet revealed

13.10.2025 14:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1013    ๐Ÿ” 231    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 22    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

Further evidence that games can be understood stratigraphically

13.10.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 35    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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He was wrongfully imprisoned for 43 years. Moments after being released, ICE took him Subramanyam โ€œSubuโ€ Vedam now faces deportation.

After spending 43 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, evidence hidden by the prosecution reversed his conviction. Rather than finally enjoying freedom, ICE abducted him for deportation

Depraved.

www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

12.10.2025 02:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15093    ๐Ÿ” 7458    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 652    ๐Ÿ“Œ 862

The deportation order is based on Vedamโ€™s conviction for murderโ€”a crime he did not actually commit and for which heโ€™s now been wholly exonerated. He entered the US at 9 months old and was a legal permanent resident before his conviction. We are so, so, so far from the light of justice.

12.10.2025 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4842    ๐Ÿ” 1733    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 65    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32

THREAD. Did you know that at about 1/3 of all stranger homicides in the U.S. are perpetrated by police? But there's something hidden here that is important to understand in this authoritarian moment.

12.10.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 758    ๐Ÿ” 326    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

Emergency studio meeting, now.

12.10.2025 17:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 29    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œmajor pivot during productionโ€

12.10.2025 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 132    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

new GTA6 release date

12.10.2025 16:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 90    ๐Ÿ” 13    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
fanart of Artemis from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit - dark jeans, bra with some sort of laces around the belly -, moon and arrows tattoos on the arms and chest, dark green hair, and a tiny owl standing on her head
she's adjusting her outfit, head slightly tilted down, eyes closed, smiling
she also wears an arrow earring and a moon necklace

fanart of Artemis from Hades 2, wearing a modern outfit - dark jeans, bra with some sort of laces around the belly -, moon and arrows tattoos on the arms and chest, dark green hair, and a tiny owl standing on her head she's adjusting her outfit, head slightly tilted down, eyes closed, smiling she also wears an arrow earring and a moon necklace

the huntress

11.10.2025 17:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5548    ๐Ÿ” 1155    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 84    ๐Ÿ“Œ 20
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UNTIL ITโ€™S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera

In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.

As we combat Trumpโ€™s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

11.10.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 20955    ๐Ÿ” 6086    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 404    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1143

The universe is finished; the copestone is on, and the chips were carted off a million years ago.

11.10.2025 02:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 202    ๐Ÿ” 41    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

I am still loving it so far! I felt somewhat similarly with blue prince - itโ€™s really hard to wrap up such ambitious stories well, and Iโ€™m much happier they both tried something difficult (and for the most part pulled it off!)

11.10.2025 01:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I still havenโ€™t finished it, but you are not the only person I have heard this reaction from!

11.10.2025 01:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Show me how you draw armor! ๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ

05.10.2025 16:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1458    ๐Ÿ” 327    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14    ๐Ÿ“Œ 43
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October Monster 10
Malicious Thoughtform

10.10.2025 21:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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sherman, for the love of god!

10.10.2025 01:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5795    ๐Ÿ” 1822    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 122    ๐Ÿ“Œ 447

every video game is just a different type of gay bar

10.10.2025 22:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 142    ๐Ÿ” 32    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats"

subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

NYT headline: "Rutgers Expert on Antifa Tries to Flee to Spain After Death Threats" subheadline: "Mark Bray was teaching courses on antifascism. Turning Point USA accused him of belonging to antifa, which he denies. His flight to Spain was canceled abruptly on Wednesday night."

you'd think a prominent news outlet like the New York Times might mention that "antifa" isn't an actual organization in a long story about antifa, but nope!

and the subhead helps props up a false claim this professor was up to something seedy as something up for debate

09.10.2025 14:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11488    ๐Ÿ” 2795    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 492    ๐Ÿ“Œ 231

papers like the New York Times actively help right wing propagandists by introducing false claims as something that's open to debate and interpretation, instead of clearly framing them up front as lies pushed by unreliable operators

Turning Point USA is a right wing propaganda op aimed at kids

09.10.2025 14:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1312    ๐Ÿ” 244    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Looks like Ruby Central tripped over themselves putting together a smear campaign that they forgot to remove Andrรฉ from 1Password.

10.10.2025 04:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

if this whole rubygems takeover doesnโ€™t work out for ruby central, they could always pivot into developing curriculum for masterclasses in bad faith responses and eroding community trust

10.10.2025 04:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 81    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Earlier today somebody on Reddit told me that nobody writes long sentences in modern literature anymore and there's no more difficult fiction, that everything is short and snappy and simplistic, and I find it very funny to be told that on the day that Lรกszlรณ Krasznahorkai won the Nobel Prize.

09.10.2025 22:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 165    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

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