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Listening to a report about Google chopping down a quarter of a million trees in Finland to build a data centre while washing out yoghurt pots for the recycling

This is probably the best ad I've seen against using generative AI: Mayer, who was an engineer at Google and a chief executive of Yahoo, has rotted her brain so much she can no longer classify her daughter as "empathetic, creative and an animal lover". The slide of competence is incredible.

“Cyclists are often perceived as recklessly flaunting road laws. A new study challenges this perception. The study found only 5% of cyclists broke road rules while riding on bike infrastructure versus 66% of motorists who broke rules while driving.” Safe bike infrastructure fuels rule-following.

making games so you can hopefully afford to make more games is literally a different industry from grinding up people so number goes up and it is harmful to pretend otherwise regardless of whether or not we share a platform or a binary format

Little details make things prettier! 🌿🏡 Jksoren from our Discord server certainly knows how to make a cozy settlement!  Now, Beaver. 🦫 Do you enjoy decorating, or do you prefer to keep things simple?

my company did not lose $80bln so invest in free game assets?

Removing motor traffic from city centre streets creates places where people linger, relax, dine and enjoy being outside. Places where families can safely ride their bikes, people of all ages can get safely around, and where streets are dominated by people, not cars.

I've made 6 open-source @godotengine.org projects perfect for as a base for your first or next game. Completely human-made and easy to understand code & comments. All visuals and sounds included, CC0! kenney.nl/starter-kits

I've been pretty locked-in last couple of weeks, here's what to expect! Lots of new game assets with the first releasing tomorrow, free updates for my existing games & software and a long awaited successor 👀

Don't let billionaires convince you slop is the future. They're used to managing & directing, not making things themselves. Of course they can't see the difference. They don't understand your love for the craft. Keep making personal, beautiful games. You've got my support 💖

WATCH: Seriously, if you’re following ANY bike-lane debate, you really should watch and share this excellent news story. Ford LIES that bike-lanes are bad for small business, and THE ACTUAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION obliterates him with data. Remember and share this as Ford tears out Toronto bike-lanes.

Witchtember Day 23 - Tattoo Mystical witch of decay. She uses amber to preserve nature's arcane elements. Her powers come from the roots of the trees and the mycelium that weaves through the world. Her scythe is a live, symbiotic weapon. #witchtember #witchtember2026

OnlyFangs 🧛‍♀️🦇 I spent way too long on a dumb joke and now I’m emotionally invested. 😆 Prints and shirts exist. Do what you will with that information. 💅 See below ⤵️

this is the ultimate end point of capitalism, ai will completely atomize everyone and there will be zero shared experiences. there will be no culture, only pure consumption. this must be resisted

His infamous bother, the “crack smoking Toronto Mayor” Rob Ford, first popularized the lie about a #WarOnCars to divide urban/suburban voters and rage-farm. Now his brother Doug ramps up the real #WarOnWalking, biking and transit, weakening the city and costing everyone money and lives. #UrbanTruth

Witchtember Day 19 - Dragon Brood of the ancient bronze dragons; resides in a giant cave filled with treasure. She often uses her humanoid form, hunting for exquisite new trinkets at markets. She has ancient arcane powers she can channel through her gems. #witchtember #witchtember2026

the year is 2030 and i no longer consume anything that isn't personalized to me. every game, every book, every movie extends to the limits of my own imagination and no further. i haven't been surprised in five years. i cry softly, in bewilderment, if i see a word i don't know

maybe i'm old fashion but the coolest thing about video games is being taken to new worlds that i hadn't thought up and experiencing something exciting that the artists behind the game want to show me

I made it possible to make sloped walls in my relaxing building game 🌳🏡Island architect🏡🌳 Starting to really feel like the buildings system is coming together, with a good balance of flexibility and it just doing the sensible thing for you. #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiegame #cozygames

thoughts on AI coding

Two new #gameassets packs releasing really soon; Mini Skate update which doubles the content, and Tiny City! Needless to say both will be completely free for everyone to use in anything! 🎁

“Local stores next to the protected bike-lane have seen a 49% increase in sales, compared to an average of 3% for Manhattan as a whole.” (Among MANY other public benefits.) Want To Make More Money? Build A Business On A Bike Lane. #CityMakingMath via @fastcompany.com #BikeLanesMeanBusiness

✅ Low-car city-centre streets ✅ Protected cycle tracks on main roads ✅ Ample cycle parking at shops and huge underground bike parking at the station = Streets safe enough for families to cycle, quieter neighbourhoods for residents and more welcoming cities for visitors. 📍 Delft, the Netherlands

They hounded Aaron Swartz to death for downloading papers from jstor but society is now supposed to just accept mass theft because this thing can write that TPS report *for* you. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_S...

"But if it was limited only to public domain it couldn't function like it does!" I mean: a) That's why I noted "licensed and compensated works" b) It doesn't excuse IP theft or materially argue for the value of a tech apparently only possible through IP theft c) It's not too late to compensate!

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

Zeedijk, Amsterdam in 1972 and today.

To carry 50,000 people per hour in each direction, a city needs a 175m wide road for cars. Even if those cars are electric. And then there’s all the parking. OR a city can move A LOT MORE people in a lot less space, with A LOT LESS public money, emissions, pollution, noise etc. Choices. Simple.

Also a bit of a redesign of this area. The layout wasn't very efficient before so it got improved :) #Timberborn #IronTeeth #HiveCity #Colony12

These platforms are the first metal structures built in my Timberborn hive city ^^ #Timberborn #IronTeeth #HiveCity #Colony12

Another one of my beloved before and after visuals. HT @civixplorer

This one is doing the rounds

They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

I’m disgusted. I’m so sorry that yet another person in the YouTube gaming space has made the community less safe and less welcoming for women.

Hemonystraat, Amsterdam in 1985 and today

Cool visual of a hot planet by @RyanWeather. Watch the Bell Curve slowly wobble from the left of the chart to the right side and think about what this means for your region (glance at the map too). Source: buff.ly/lgXQKFA

NEW: Is it true that Japan loves AI because of Shinto? Not really. In fact, a slew of surveys show that use and acceptance of generative AI is much more muted in the land of Astro Boy and Doraemon than recent headlines imply.

One of my Stargate based fan designs. Tempest class. Enjoy. #stargate #scifi #3dmodel #lightwave

Made some progress on windows for my relaxing building game Island Architect! Placing windows now makes actual holes in the building! Will also make it possible to vary the window style, add details and more! Also glass roofs for greenhouses. #screenshotsaturday #indiegames #indiegamedev

Endpaper illustration I illustrated for "Tempest" by Victoria Aveyard, for the OwlCrate special edition.

So true: "Once our eyes are opened to all the ways we’ve prioritized cars over people, we can’t unsee it." Since I sold my car the way I see the world has changed. Cars everywhere. Fossil fuel burners (most of them, still), noise, smell, p-space they take, the priority they get at traffic lights. 🤓

A #WarOnWalking. A war on biking. A war on public transit. A war on any transportation choice other than driving. A war on better cities. But a war on cars? Hardly. Cars still get most of the space, rights, budget, prioritization, etc. And any effort to add more choice is immediately attacked.

Ginnekenmarkt, Breda in 1978 and today

Eerste van der Helststraat, Amsterdam, in 1982 and today. A street once dominated by parked cars to a car free place for people, with children playing, greenery and cafés making use of reclaimed outdoor space. This is what’s possible when we choose to redesign our streets for life, not storage.

Rocket Factory Augsburg is getting a contract extension worth €2.7 million under our ‘Boost!’ programme. The contract extension will support the preparations for the two first flights of the RFA One launch vehicle.