Raine

"flag" by Raine Cole abstract digital art

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"this is not the help i wanted" by Raine Cole. Abstract digital art, though "art" might be a stretch...

"this is not the help i wanted."

...what am I even looking for?

The inside of a dark, abandoned train tunnel. Bright light filters in from the tunnel entrance, revealing various chunks of fallen icicles scattered across the foreground.

the idea of trying to locate a needle in a haystack may seem to harken back to simpler times, yet in fact it was first introduced to the English language in a certain Steven Paul “Elliott” Smith’s self-titled record as recently as 1995

Raine Cole face reveal soon lmao

Wowie I'm gonna be in the omegathon at PAX East this year!!

Seltzer water is the nicotine patch of soda

Alysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United States YouTube video by Olympics

I urge you to stop what you're doing and watch Alysa Liu's free skate from yesterday. I have never seen anything like this. I understand why sports writers are born now. I have never seen anyone as free from the burdens of this world as this pierced Oakland girl spinning to Donna Summers.

a picture of a Konami Python 2, which is composed of a literal, entire, retail PlayStation 2 console, case and all - exactly the same unit as you'd buy at a store. the PS2 is surrounded by some custom boards, and framed inside a metal box (meant to go inside an arcade cabinet). it looks ridiculously funny.

the Konami Python 2 will always be the peak of mid-2000s arcadejank to me

imagine being an arcade tech back then, and you finally receive the kit to upgrade your cab from DDR SuperNOVA to SuperNOVA 2, so you open the case to get at the disc drive, and you're met face-to-face with this:

SUBJECTIVATION Prelude Demo
Available NOW

SUBJECTIVATION Prelude Demo
Available February 18th
Part of Steam Next Fest
Full Game Out In 2026

this week's transmission: recurring nightmares, cutting a body open, looking over your shoulder.

农神
#SIGNALIS

A screenshot of Animal Crossing New Horizons showing Francine saying, "Abolish ICE! Yes! That sounds wonderful!"

Thank you!!

Thank u molly!!! 🩷

omg we share a birthday!! it's my 26th today!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY <3

A large deer skull masked figure, dressed fine 1640-60s garments with slashed sleeves, ribbons, and cape, crouches before a young woman with pearls in her hair that match her fair dress. Blood pours out of the large figure's chest. Their dripping heart is delicately held in their ringed, cupped hands... offering to the woman. The caption along the bottom reads: Take it, please...I do not want it anymore.

I wanted to love her, I truly did, for I cared for her so much but her love was too much for me. I treasured the time we spent together greatly, but I did not know how to match the affection she gave so easily to me. I did not know the mask I wore would attract such affec-tion. I did not know its smile would be perceived flirta-tious. When the realization hit me, I wanted to run and hide. She deserves someone who could match her affec-tions. And that sadly could never be me. My smiling mask did not help me in my efforts to dissuade her from pursuing my affection. So, I told her to meet me in the garden, that I had something special to gift her. She greeted me with a sweet smile and held out her hands ready to receive her gift. "I know this is what you want and I want you to have it," I told her. Then I dug my hands deep within my chest and offered her my heart. "Take it, please... I don't want it anymore. I know it's what you want, and with you, it will be safe so please... take it from me."

I thought I could go on without a heart, that was why I encouraged her to take my gift-despite her wary hands. But I assured her all would be well, letting the lump of muscle and flesh rest heavy on her hands. Gifting my mind to someone who admired my intellect resulted in no issues, so of course I thought giving away my heart would be more or less the same. If only I knew how wrong I was. Without a head or heart to guide my actions, my body became aimless. My sense of self was lost. Soon I was a lumbering thing with flesh that began to stretch with a great yearning for what was missing. And that was how she found me. From an ornate glass jar, she procured the still-beating thing and held it aloft. Instantly, my body stilled and my flesh leaned with intrigued. Through tears, she sniffed. " I kept it safe as promised, and I truly appreciate the sentiment of this gift, but it was never mine to take so... Please, take it back... You need it far more than I."

digital illustration bathed in warm hues of orange, red, and ochre greens of two figures framed in delight border. The smallest figure dressed in a 16th century shirt and doublet holds a large dripping heart up to the larger who is crouched on their hands and knees, trying to hold back the tentacles bursting through the torn linen of his shirt from a his chest under a wide-sleeved doublet. More tentacles twist and arch from where a head would be above a mane of long wavy hair. Text at the bottom reads: Please, take it back...you need it for more than I.

didn't have the energy to draw Valentine this year, so here's the first and last pieces him with some accompanying writing for all the aromantics 💚💐✨

also happy Valentine's Day y'all!

Today is my birthday and my girl put her hair up in twin tails and is taking me to a rage room this is the best day of my life

nobody posted the clip anywhere so i went and dug the whole episode up

four panel comic about a person who can't fall asleep and the creature under their bed, sharing thoughts

3am

My 2025 Animation work reel, some, but not all. I did quite a lot on some other work that's under NDA too. I hope to be even better in 2026, and continue working and collaborating with amazing people along the way. Thank you!

🎵 Wang Wen - Mail from the River

tomorrow is my birthday~

Mike Klubnika's logo on the left a red heart in the middle and Godot's logo on the right

We would love to welcome @mikeklubnika.bsky.social, developer of Buckshot Roulette and s.p.l.i.t, as a new development fund member, joining as a Corporate Platinum sponsor 💙

This is a major contribution and it helps us to continue developing the Godot Engine for everyone. Thank you!

transition is a choice that anyone can make for any reason, and if I do it because of the Latent Transsexual Genes Lurking In My Head and some other bitch does it because she wants to attract lesbian librarians by bending over in a pencil skirt by the periodicals we are both right to choose it

my politics

sigh

It's important work.

On the forgiveness of killers

meaningless work

hiroi senpai