This year, I want to give holidays meaning & joy again. We have ample time before their arrival to get ready for them. In the meantime, let's get our asses in gear, rebuild, hone our skills, strengthen our bodies & end 2026 on a proud note. It'll be shit out there, but it'll be great within us.

For the rest of my peeps on Discord, consider packing up too.

OH MY GOD IF YOU GO TO THE BROWSER DISCORD, AND SEARCH FOR 'FAMILY CENTRE' AND PUT YOUR AGE IN, IT JUST TAKES YOUR AGE AND SAYS YOU'RE VERIFIED THANK FUCK FOR DISCORD BEING STUPID AS ACTUAL SHIT

As eager as I was to get off of Windows, I cannot deny that more accommodations need to be made for the less technically inclined, artists & those who need the programs they have on Windows. It sucks majorly, having the only thing you can work with is being run by the worst people & practices.

🐰 A bunny appears! - Yapping for a bit and sharing a silly new stream feature, then hopping into more ⭐ Super Mario RPG! ⭐ Yahoo! ~ www.twitch.tv/bunnyhearted

You can completely uninstall/disable copilot on Windows. Your system and local search will run faster afterward. www.howtogeek.com/how-to-rip-o...

If Minecraft/Mojang were to somehow escape Windows, they could work with Linux to make a Minecraft themed/centered Operating System. It wouldn't be an OS for anyone wanting to do much, beyond gaming & working on Minecraft stuff, but I can see major fans downloading it on a separate laptop.

genAI is dying repost to make it die faster

The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Internet Browser ad (2000) #retro #art #gaming #Zelda

🚨LIVE🚨 Ralphy the Tipsypus is live with Karanthas for drunk Jackbox before my sweet octopus returns to the frozen north. www.twitch.tv/ralphypusVT

Not my finest thumbnail, but admittedly I slapped it together in Pixelmator while in a rush to leave for work. In any case, here’s me talking about my issues with parasocial relationships, mainly within VTubing. #deerinprojectorlights #youtube #vsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcX3...

Tea & coffee is NOT a substitute for clean fresh water. Soda & juice is definitely not, either. Drink water, everyday, not kidding. You don't want to end up with an Irritated bladder, UTI, kidney stones or anything of the sort. Those absolutely suck. Drink water to not be in pain.

@thereeljon.cryptoanarchy.network Very underrated video. Also, yes something similiar has happened to me before too. More than once. #vtuber #vtuberEN www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcX3...

JellyBean Minecraft was not a bad person.

These were really good posts explaining Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria I had to pull over On a personal level, this is one of my hardest things to deal with. Thankfully its not constant, and I've learned outward reactive regulation, but inside its still this, and sometimes the sad slips out >> 1/2

My evolving relationship with streaming. 🏴‍☠️

Vroid is free if you want a tracked model. Krita is free, use that to draw a PNG. You can even use IbisPaint on your phone to draw a PNG. There are some Picrews that you could use, just double check they allow for it (streaming is commercial use). You do not need to start off in debt.

She is saying the same type of shit that I've been trying to say for *months* and omg she is right. Please stop outsourcing your own brain power, that is letting the billionaires win.

I slapped together a new stamp. If any Real Artists who feel the same way want to, you're free to stick it on your own work. #FuckAI #NoAI #AntiAI #AIart #ArtTheft #Plagiarism

We love casting spells!

We've had first Dino Crisis, but what about second Dino Crisis? Come join me for the second game as we sadly have to put down more dinos! www.twitch.tv/the_fluffy_d...

"Our standing rule is: If one of us brings up using GenAI in any of our work, then it's safe to assume we've been assimilated by The Thing and should be burned alive by Kurt Russell," said a game design consultant in the US.

I might be screwing up my diet, but I need to eat dried cranberries to get better. I'm suffering.

Goin' awoo in the dragon palace!! - www.twitch.tv/bunnyhearted

Whenever someone asks "how DID the Y2K even happen?", I share them a screenshot of the Windows 98 setup and how date/time setup is configured to only show the last two digits of the year.

...plus the DLC pack

For those just now seeing this post about Stoat... here's a post about Fluxer! bsky.app/profile/nyyx...

This is the only Valentines Day message I've received (in probably ever) and I'll gladly take it. Thanks Mojang!

Oh yes, happy Villaintines Day! I'll be honest, it feels just like another day to me. I ain't going all out or anything. I'm single, so no need to buy flowers or chocolate. Today, I'm treating myself right, doing what I love & letting others know how much I appreciate them. That'll do nicely.

I'll stay on the net for a bit. In fact, as long as I can take steps to make being online safer, cozier & less invaded by ads & spyware, I ain't leaving. You can have the best of past & present internet, but you'll have to do research & put in effort. The same goes for your Operating System.

1. Hot, cold, whatever, it's a take; Nickelback wasn't bad, nor was their music. They didn't deserve the hate, & hating them just to fit in wasn't very punk rock or metal. Nickelback was successful & popular, & critics hated that. Anyone falling in line with Nickelback-hate wasn't cool at all.

The internet won't go anywhere, so I'll see you all after the weekend is over.

Mewgenics got me like this.

Maybe let's take finding Discord alternatives seriously

This is who you are sending your data to when you use age verification with Discord or VRChat. Because they aren’t using it for age, they legitimately want to track you everywhere, everyday and learn what you are doing. Fall out of favor? They know everything to make your life hell.

The constant urge to just make a Nintendo theme'd website / channel called "Aki's Toy Box" and it's just walkthroughs, guides, reviews and new articles. I wanna do that so badly, because I have such a strong passion for it, but it's so niche and no one goes to websites like that anymore. 😭

@crowdcontrol.live I'm looking forward to Crowd Control for Linux. I left Windows, & would be delighted to get back to streaming, letting my viewers delight in mischief once again.

Crypto won't crash the economy. But it's going to be hilarious when it crashes. #crypto youtu.be/IXNUM4FMqNs?...

Bad news: I won't be able to do #CrowdControl streams on my PC, until they support Linux. It may be a while before that happens. Until then, no frets. It'll take time, before I'm back streaming at all.

I can have Vroid & Warudo on Linux. I can definitely still be a 3d streamer on Linux. VoL is still unstoppable.

@mixxiemoon.bsky.social @bunnyhearted.bsky.social @flyann.bsky.social @redcloud16.bsky.social

AI-Gen is dying, repost to make it die faster :)

Sometimes the threat of losing the userbase is also what could pressure people to improve their services. If there's no pushback, no criticism, and no competition, then naturally services will get more invasive and less functional. Cancelling Nitro is a decent start to send a message at least.

Feed based websites promoted the concept of apathy rather than a sense of agency. In the past too, people switched services for so much less than some of things happening recently. Keep in mind that there are a lot of potential alternatives for messengers if Discord really goes through with this.

I hope people can become familiar with the concept of not putting all faith into a single service/platform again. It was ten years ago that Skype became inconvenient so people switched from using it. Even further back people manually opted to download and use other browsers than Internet Explorer.

Fluxer was the #5 product of the day on Product Hunt! www.producthunt.com/products/flu...