Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk

Game Developer, humanist, musician and baker from Oakland. Grim Optimist. Made Black Future '88, working on NECTARMANCER at The Beauty Cult. Does music as SKYMELT, currently playing synths in FRTRSS, MLIS student

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
2025-06-26

New instance, new !

Hi ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.

One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in . It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!

We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about

And many thanks to @sebinthestars for running our former instance!

📷 ESO/G. Vecchia

A drone photograph of a gigantic telescope in the desert, at sunset. The telescope dome is under construction, and partially covered in cladding. The sliding doors of the dome are open, revelaning the telescope inside: a cylindrical structure of white criss-crossed beams. The dome is surrounded by huge cranes, and the entire scene is bathed in the golden light of the setting Sun in the background.
Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
Scalziscalzi
2025-06-26

Oh, hey, there is an ARC giveaway of The Shattering Peace (my upcoming novel in the Old Man's War universe) happening on Goodreads, through July 7. If you want to get in on the action, go here:

goodreads.com/giveaway/show/41

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
2025-06-23

Knock knock ...

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
2025-06-19

Look people, no matter how much we destroy the Earth by polluting it with CO₂, microplastics, PFAS, etc. everywhere, and even if AMOC shuts down and both the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets melt, the Earth will still be infinitely more habitable than Mars. Mars is a shithole and we're not going.

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
2025-06-13

If there's anything that illustrated the hollowness of the Democratic Party as an effective opposition for me, it's this.

Yesterday, I watched a video of a sitting US Senator being thrown to the ground and cuffed by fed goons for asking questions of the fed official he has direct oversight authority over.

Within minutes, I'd gotten DOZENS of texts from Dems and Dem orgs asking for $5-$50 to "fight fascism."

That's it. "Are you terrified that your country is slipping into fascism? Pay me."

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Ron Gilbert (core dumped)grumpygamer@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-11

American Oligarchs could be brought to their knees if everyone: a) Stopping using Facebook b) Stopped using X c) Stopped shopping on Amazon. d) Stopped using Google. Yeah, I'm not holding by breath.

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
2025-06-10

Video demonstrating how to look up info about individual cops in LA.

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
2025-06-10

Really amazing that there's all these libs wringing their hands about the optics of the LA protests when "the optics of the LA protests" are literally this

dude pulling a wheelie with two burning waymos behind him
Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
2025-06-10

This is one of the best communicated responses I have ever seen against people trotting out "these are riots, not protests, look at the property destruction."

This is from a random post on /r/animeexpo.

You can find wisdom in the strangest places.

A Reddit post that reads:
"Sorry for getting a bit political on an AX thread, and apologies if this isn’t allowed. But I don’t see any rules against it. This isn’t a personal attack, just an observation.

It is morally incoherent to focus on the destruction of property (especially by few specific individuals) while also ignoring the current systemic and physical violence being enacted by our government.

Secondly, as a 2A supporter, you believe people should be able to stand up to the government if it turns tyrannical. Even with force if necessary, yeah? So it’s hypocritical to pearl clutch when people push back against actual government violence. It’s dishonest to support lethal violent resistance in theory, while condemning far less extreme forms of resistance the moment they don’t suit your political agenda."
Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
Mary Austin VOTED 4 HARRIS!MaryAustinBooks@mstdn.social
2025-06-08

It's surprising and it's not. This is the protest movement that the cowardly national media outlets have been ignoring for months now.

To them we say: HEY MOTHERFUCKERS, CAN YOU HEAR US NOW?? 🤡

screenshot from @erinscafe on bluesky

"the most striking thing about the LA protests is how many people just dropped everything to show up and yell at federal agents. There are people in suits, and carrying dogs, and wearing flip flops or bike helmets. There are not people who planned to do this today. But there they are."

Yes, the protest movement is capable of rapid responses now and it's BEEN going on with ICE this whole time, it just wasn't covered in the national media.
Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
2025-06-08

This redecorated Waymo is sounding an alert message which says, "unsafe behavior detected, authorities may be contacted". O RLY?

screenshot from livestream of the Los Angeles popular defense actions against the regime. A Waymo vehicle has been beautified with numerous spraypainted slogans saying things like "FUCK ICE"
Don Bellenger - Nurturepunk boosted:
2025-06-07

There is now a firmly documented pattern of Israel ordering civilians in Gaza to evacuate into "safe" zones, then directly bombarding those same zones in the following days.

This is a full-on pattern of ethnic cleansing, and methodically executed genocide.

frames.forensic-architecture.o

Forensic Architecture’s map showing a pattern of Israeli attacks on areas into which they have previously instructed civilians in Gaza to evacuate. “Our research confirms that the Israeli military carried out multiple attacks in areas towards which civilians had been directed, either on the same day as the evacuation order, or on the day after.”
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Don Bellenger - Nurturepunkdonnotron@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-06

Hey #PitchYaGame, lemme tell you about NECTARMANCER!

🌿 Splice genetics into plants to create illicit weapons!
🤸 Acrobatic and expressive platforming!
😵‍💫 Big psychedelic and cinematic vibes!
🕵️ Pretend to do your job while trying to overthrow your government!
✒️ Exquisite world-building and characters, a world in late-late-late-capitalist decline!
💻 Build a secret planet-scale biological computer out of plants!

Wishlist it on Steam!

#indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

store.steampowered.com/app/739

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunkdonnotron@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-06

Hey #PitchYaGame, lemme tell you about NECTARMANCER!

🌿 Splice genetics into plants to create illicit weapons!
🤸 Acrobatic and expressive platforming!
😵‍💫 Big psychedelic and cinematic vibes!
🕵️ Pretend to do your job while trying to overthrow your government!
✒️ Exquisite world-building and characters, a world in late-late-late-capitalist decline!
💻 Build a secret planet-scale biological computer out of plants!

Wishlist it on Steam!

#indiedev #gamedev #pixelart

store.steampowered.com/app/739

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunkdonnotron@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-06

@pinssss.bsky.social Woah, this looks amazing!

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunkdonnotron@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-06

@dunderbeckgame yooo! This is super cool!

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunkdonnotron@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-05

@NiwlCraft really looking forward to seeing more!

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunkdonnotron@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-05

@uhhuhthem gimme one

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Don Bellenger - Nurturepunkdonnotron@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-04

It's here! Zac and I have poured our hearts into this project, and I think this gameplay/commentary trailer really shows the wildness of what we've built so far.

We're as indie as it gets, so if you like this, please share or wishlist! Everything helps!

#indiedev #pixelart #gamedev #synth

Don Bellenger - Nurturepunkdonnotron@mastodon.gamedev.place
2025-06-03

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Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.04
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst