A thread of things you can do to help folks in MN. If you've got funds to throw our way, the below website is a great place to start. I also repost fundraisers regularly as do other people on the ground. 🧵 www.standwithminnesota.com

Unhook your lives or they’ll take them.

Unbelievable

Let’s fucking goooo

OT should probably not be 16% of my salary. 😰

Love waiting for a service person or delivery for an unspecified time, afraid to go to the restroom for any prolonged period in case you miss them

i think gavin newsom fucking sucks and if you ever try to guilt me into voting for him i’ll scream

pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:

There is a reason - ICE is copying "starlight tours" from Canada. The objective is to use hypothermia to kill people. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saskato...

If you're also feeling angry and sad and distant and unsure how to help, and you have some means, maybe consider this, or other things like it.

Is it too early in the year to need a break from work cuz gosh

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I have become obsessed with civil war history for a lot of reasons but, as I have mentioned before, a big lesson was how the liberal faction of the republican party negotiated themselves out of power, in large part, because of their own personal interest in “getting back to business as usual”

My partner @jasoncapsaicin.bsky.social made a step by step guide on how to break up ice in your neighborhood in Minnesota. Enjoy!

I don't know how to convey to people that POLICING in the US is experienced by countless Black and brown people in the way that ICE is currently acting towards people.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen such a thrilling combination of game systems as the shrink debuff from duke nukem being paired with the jet pack to fly through windows you would otherwise be too large for Would love to see more mechanics that expand the possibility of a standard level

Seeing Zohran instantly getting a bunch of shit done in like a week makes you realize that politicians could always do that on some level if they wanted it bad enough and very few of them actually do.

If you were affected by the VR layoffs at Meta, or you are still employed at one of the company's remaining VR studios, and want to chat with me about what's going on, please reach out. Signal - @Zwiezenz.99 Email - [email protected]

Imagine a government helping people

‼️HEADS UP WASHINGTON STATE‼️ #washington #lamigra #washingtonstate

Okay. I need a boost here. Looking for artists. We're talking about some potential comic book style art and/or concept art for the #iHunt film. We're privately funding development, so budget isn't Hollywood. I want queer and/or nonwhite artists. I want cool styles. Links? Tags? Self-promo?

This is how you keep presidents from ever committing a coup again

Naughty Dog's doing great, man. That's why they haven't released any new games during the entire console generation of the Playstation 5, and why they've missed several internal deliverables in a row on their new game which probably isn't coming out next year if we're being totally honest.

A friend once told me he crunched from the time his daughter was born until she was 12. He took a new job so he could spend the next 5 years building a relationship with her. But he’ll never get those 12 years back. He missed her childhood, and for what? A 91 Metacritic?

Crunch is bad. Crunch ruins lives. Crunch kills. Don't ask for it. Don't do it. It's bad. I can't believe I still have to say this after all these years.

I made a lot of Yakisoba

It is remarkable the extent to which major players in the AAA do not understand the concept of institutional knowledge and are happy to slice open their own veins to save a buck.

To any junior devs reading the discourse, don't let anyone tell you crunch is necessary. Don't fall for it. Long term crunching is dangerous for your physical & mental health, full stop. Great games are not made because of crunch, they are made in SPITE of crunch, and it is NOT sustainable. Period.

I made a lot of Yakisoba

Warhammer maker Games Workshop has banned the use of AI in its content production and its design process, insisting that none of its senior managers are currently excited about the technology. https://bit.ly/49xT9Xl

Mark Darrah has finally put out a full post mortem of the development of Anthem, from start to finish. This is not only incredibly courageous on Darrah's part, but a great video that everyone working in the gaming space should watch. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxwr...

There’s always this big dopamine hit the day after delivering a big project. Probably wouldn’t be such a relief if I weren’t so crunched though 😅

AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.

To all my fellow games writers feeling imposter syndrome: stop that. WRITE THE THING!

so openAI scraped Ao3 to feed their stupid chatbot... and then the stupid writers of stranger things used the stupid chatbot, which was trained on stranger things fanfic, to write the final stupid season of the stupid show...

Thinking about adding tomatoes to my patio garden. If I’m interested in flavor and not productivity, which is the best breed of tomatoes and why? (Zone 10a) #gardening

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Church full of white people in the Midwest literally singing “we will abolish ICE” and guys like Chuck Schumer can’t bring themselves to say they will maybe possibly not give them another million dollars

Cutting onions is a lot easier under a running stove hood

I just found out last night that the $50k enrollment bonus only pays out after 5 years of service, and reader, the laugh I let out when I read that woke the dog from across the house. These absolute fucking grapes aren't seeing a dime of that money. No way they can ride out 5 years of this job.

Grocery delivery apps should require a confirmation prompt for adding large/family-sized items to your cart. Coincidentally, does anybody in LA want some bagel bites?

Thinking about adding tomatoes to my patio garden. If I’m interested in flavor and not productivity, which is the best breed of tomatoes and why? (Zone 10a) #gardening

My fiancé introduced me to WING and now we’re down a beatboxing rabbit hole. youtu.be/qlrpeYdm9Ec?...

Diablo Immortal is looking for a new Associate Design Director. Come be my new grand-boss! activision.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Blizza...

If you're in North America, check this out! It's an incredible lineup:

"It wasn't murder, and if you say it was murder we will kill you, which again will not be murder."

This reflects a deep politics directly opposed to the neoliberal sensibility, asserting that it is right and necessary for the state to provide material support for •everyone•, to enable vibrant piblic spaces.

Just... making this city liveable. Astounding.