Heya, Don't cross the fucking picket line, people. Don't be a scab, either. I know the job market is shit, but once this strike starts, don't go to Starbucks, don't buy their stuff, don't work there if given a sudden job offer.

I'm going to be pretty much out of sorts and likely bored out of my mind for a couple weeks starting on Friday. Anyone recommend any good video games? I've picked up Dispatch, which was on my wishlist for a while.

No. *players* can be toxic. The community at large isn't.

Trying to catch their new bells.

so that must be why they flattened a McDonald's here to build another one in the same spot. good corporate responsibility

I literally never feel any joy completing a task. Never have. It sucks.

I want to make a reminder because I feel it from family sometimes, and I'm sure I am not alone. Poor mental health, mental health issues, etc. is nothing to be ashamed of. Your brain is another organ in your body. You wouldn't be ashamed of asthma, don't shame your brain.

If it’s not too early for this annual reminder: remember not to give one single penny to these guys this Christmas.

“0% woke shit” a black man with a physical disability leads an environmental terrorist cell trying to save the planet from mega-billionaires and you play as a cross dressing twink femdomed by two different women ending and the final boss against the gayest angel of all time

I generally buy groceries for a week at a time. Partially because storage gets to be a bear and food goes bad quickly. Buying for 2 weeks is *hard* when you aren't used to it. Buying for 3 weeks is damned hard. Good news, I have done all the prep for my surgery that I can, though.

The life expectancy gap between American men and women is pretty significant, but data from USA Facts shows how it can be lowered. Check out USA Facts for getting trustworthy data: usafacts.org/articles/do-...

If you have a costco membership, PediaSure and diapers are on sale right now. Might be a good thing to grab and hand to your nearest food bank/etc if you want something quick & easy. 💓

Richest nation in human history

Stripe continually blames visa and Mastercard for their issues and visa and Mastercard blame mystery "banks" they won't name. This is why we've called for folks to push back against all of them! This site has a ton of great info! stop-paypros.neocities.org

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default. Here's how to turn it off. First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

youtube algo blessed me today and showed me this wonderful looking game

I talk to the press professionally, I'm really, really, really good at it. So please, please believe me when say you cannot turn this interview request into anything good, it will do only harm. Harm to you, harm to your child, harm to other children.

Reminder!! Bluesky has a pronoun labeler you should really use! Only those who subscribe to this will see it so you should do that. Don't worry, that's all it does. Instructions are in the bio/first post.

I know the person was just trying to do their job, but hearing the "benefits coordinator's" sales tactics crash and burn because I: A: had a valid life insurance sales license in the past and B: don't expect to live until retirement Is satisfying in a weirdly dark way.

SONG FOR A FURRY Does he run? Does he play? Does he like to dance? My Sherwood Forest angel ain’t so big on wearing pants Face as cute as kittens, can he please be my mate? And show me all the downstairs Disney did not animate

Hey! It's election day. Go Vote. Do it.

Wait. Today is #Godzilladay? ... That explains a lot.

This. As someone who deals professionally with scams, destigmatizing getting tricked is a good thing and helps people come back from doubling down on a toxic sunk cost fallacy. Best thing to do is say, "it happened, it sucks, but it happens to us all and we'll try to do better."

You know your case is fucked when the Japanese Court throws out the lawsuit. Nintendo's lawsuit about catching monsters being something they own was thrown out. Thank God. If it had succeeded, it would have killed an entire genre of games.

It's so bad that I dropped a few fantasy game ideas because there was no way I could even remotely get any sales because of them, primarily.

Geordi, No one has been receiving my emails for many months. This is a significant security risk and it must be fixed. Worf

I did something I've never done on a game before. Turned down the brightness because the sheer color volume hurt my eyes.

Member of the APWU here. Also a Union Steward. We exist so that other people who work there get a fair shake and management doesn't screw you all over. And they *will* if given the chance. My management has tried several times *this month alone.*

I love when a song and the lyrics don't match like you think. Santeria, Straw Hat and Old Dirty Hank are both songs that don't quite match up. Santeria doesn't hide that it's angry. Straw Hat sounds like a typical unrequited love song, and then takes a *hard* turn in the back half to stalker.

Fashion enjoyers, this one is for you! From Patch 7.4 onward, you'll be able to equip any glamours regardless of your class/job! ✨ Mix and match your favorite outfits and slay on the battlefield! 💅

Happy Halloween! 🎃

"This fucking sucks" is just a complaint. A vent. "All is lost" is self defeating. The first is fine. The second is not.

Check your settings. My auto-alt text turned off.

Hey, so as a veteran and incident responder I need to warn you to pay attention to something in America. The human brain is resilient. While you're watching kids get dragged away from the parents and people being beaten in the streets, you're accumulating trauma but also being desensitized.

...Considering I have several house spiders that I live peacefully with, this isn't too far off for me.

Four of the eight Elemental Spirits found in Skies Above. Invokers can have a bond with these creatures as a familiar, and they can be allies or advesaries depending on the story being told. These are all minor versions of these Elementals.

Been leveling Fisher class in ff14 today. It's fine? I don't like the amount of space it takes up in inventory nor the fact you can't just collect what you want. It's heavily luck based.

Sometimes you just need to escape for a little while. Short stories are great for that. Visitors welcome. Subscriptions are good too. clarkesworldmagazine.com

"I DON'T NEED YOU TO FUCKING REWRITE WHAT I'VE JUST WRITTEN!"

Apparently, there's a really weird labeler bot that exists that puts a "shiny" label on one out of 4096 posts. Kinda neat. Only found out about it when I got tagged on one of my posts.

What do people do with 2 scheduled days off work? I've not had one in 10 months, but got scheduled 2 days off this week. Oh, God. What's going to happen when I have 2 weeks for the surgery? I'm gonna go (more) insane.

As someone who's has to train people in phishing scams, *this us literally a phishing tactic.* If you're messaging someone, give at least a bit of context why you want to talk, and don't leave the reasons vague. Otherwise, people who've been burnt will fill in the blanks and assume the worst.

aphrodite // #Hades2 #HadesII

Got a date for my surgery. Not looking forward to it at all. Needs to be done, but dammit, I know how much it sucked the last time and this time will probably be worse...