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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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Save money on food bills and help the environment by eating a billionaire

Have a cheap and environmentally friendly holiday by throwing a billionaire into a volcano in ritualistic sacrifice

06.03.2026 07:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some of you probably know this already, but I'm a combat veteran with the US Army. My unit pushed Al-Quaeda out of East Rashiid in Baghdad in 2007-2008. It's not worth it. If you're entertaining ideas of joining the US armed forces, just don't. There is little justified about how they used us.

04.03.2026 18:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 34 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hereโ€™s a cover I illustrated for the upcoming D&D book, Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. It was such a joy to paint Strahd again ๐Ÿฆ‡
Art director: AJ Hanneld

04.03.2026 18:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 3969 ๐Ÿ” 1020 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 94 ๐Ÿ“Œ 26

It's like we're literally playing the game Fall Guys but with our livelihood.

Genuinely exhausted.

#gamedev

04.03.2026 16:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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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 ๐Ÿ‘ 4490 ๐Ÿ” 1676 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 15 ๐Ÿ“Œ 99
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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 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 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 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You're absolutely corrupt, eat shit

02.03.2026 19:09 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 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 ๐Ÿ‘ 1434 ๐Ÿ” 437 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 ๐Ÿ‘ 1023 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 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!
Explore the full collection: store.3dtotal.com/collections/...
My Art Books: store.3dtotal.com/collections/...

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

youtu.be/KbDj5zcIlJs?...

26.02.2026 15:07 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 ๐Ÿ‘ 2369 ๐Ÿ” 699 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 27 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 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 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 ๐Ÿ‘ 19677 ๐Ÿ” 5923 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 501 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1140
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16.02.2026 20:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 2688 ๐Ÿ” 1162 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 30
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16.02.2026 20:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 12614 ๐Ÿ” 3468 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 41 ๐Ÿ“Œ 59

Having to play games like a Victorian at the theatre with your Binoculars ๐Ÿ”ญ

16.02.2026 01:17 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 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 ๐Ÿ‘ 827 ๐Ÿ” 211 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 57 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12