I am itching to talk to a Person, but have nothing to say. I wish I were more interesting so I had an excuse to talk to them.

gbwrngbrwogn. Just got offered a ~thing at work that I've been wanting since I started teaching. BUT it's going to mean a shitton of extra work AND will mean the rest of this semester is likely going to be permanent chaos (which had finally just started to slow down this week...).

My GOD the hormones are hormone'ing today. Did I tear up in a Publix pharmacy line because I saw flowers that reminded me of my mom? Yes. I also just broke into tears because Broccoli is curled up on the last blanket I gave Laika. (that he's had for almost the entire time I've had him...)

It cannot be made clearer. If you continue to support the Harry Potter franchise in any way, you are directly funding the removal of trans people's human rights in the UK.

i am BEGGING for games to stop using AI. I hate when I get super excited to check out a game and then look at the steam page to see gen AI was used during development.

OK, so, like, when do we do something about... all this? And what, for that matter?

Everyone's all like, "I miss college! I could stay up all night drinking and partying and still make it to my 8am class like nothing happened!" Girl, I just miss when all my friends lived within walking distance of me instead of a 3-9 hour flight away.

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Prayer of the Faithless is 50% off for the Steam Autumn Sale! store.steampowered.com/app/1878350/...

It is tattoo day :)

A true indicator of the state of my mental health right now: I just booked a tattoo appointment for this weekend.

Good Morning, World.

Disney adults canceling subscriptions, vacations, etc really are making the Harry Potter adults that threw a fit over a $60 video game look like huge bitches

I would like a new brain, please?

I love how many of my previous students have reached out to me the last few weeks to be outraged about the new "Wuthering Heights" movie adaptation that's coming out on Valentine's Day.

What an interesting evening... read a whole book laying out on my balcony with Brocc, dropped my cell phone off said (3rd floor) balcony, recovered it from the bushes it fell into (miraculously unscathed, just dirty), smashed my toes on my stairs, then fell up them into my room. How's your Sunday?

If you're not in the habit -- turn on the option in your settings to make it so you can't publish a post unless there IS ALT text!

Excited to have received my Kickstarter key from @sawyer.gem-games.net today~ :))) Can't wait to play Silver Daze!

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As you cancel streaming services, here is a casual reminder that only 16% of Americans read for pleasure anymore, and your local library has hundreds or thousands of books you haven't read. They would love to see you stop by and renew your library card.

if Jimmy Kimmel's political humor is too hot for you to handle, I'm not sure "snowflake" even cuts it as a term of derision for the level of fragility you've achieved

I log into work and our LMS is down, so I can't do anything. Cool. I hop over to my personal computer to work on setting up for Q4. Notion is down, so I can't access anything I've been working on. Also cool. Guess I'll just watch YT.

Sittin' here wanting to late-night post, and then remembering I am a boring erson with nothing interesting or fun to say ever.

So ridiculously proud of all the blood, sweat, and tears that has gone into this distro deal becoming a thing! (And always pleased beyond words that I get to have even a tiny part in helping them find success.)

Reposting this from twitter to be able to get to it without going to that wretched site. Maybe it's still useful to someone! strong-houseboat-ba3.notion.site/Raindrinker-...

On the morning of September 11th, a disgraced FBI Agent chases her suspect into the North Tower of the World Trade Center... but will the hunter, become the prey? Find out now! My debut novel, "The Trouble with Trauma", is available NOW! Links to purchase below, with a few review quotes +more (1/7)

I like immigrants. I like meeting new people who can bring new cool shit to my life. I like exploring languages. I like learning about different cultures. I like exploring interesting foods. So many fun drinks, dances, clothes, tools, myths, techniques and ideas. Humanity should be diverse.

Man, I love when games announce their PAID DLC before they even give a concrete release date... or have it launching day one with the game. Okay, thanks for seeing you consumers as just consumers / with dollar signs in your eyes. That DLC should've been part of the launch. Sorry, not sorry.

Maybe I'm biased, but it seems pretty fucked to me the whole world is all "RIP Public Speaker Man," talking about how no one deserves to be shot for speaking their mind (which is true), but ain't no one worried about the kids who got shot yesterday just for GOING TO SCHOOL. Why are they different?

More things in the "erin really needs to move" file: for the last four days, there have been SEVERAL police cars out in front of my building / with dudes in cuffs in the parking lot for hours. Same dudes each day. Why do we keep letting them free if there is clearly still a problem?? Am I safe??

We got the theme nights for the Holiday from Real Cruise I'm doing for my birthday and man... I have never done a cruise with theme nights, but I am SO excited for this.

My brain is buzzing with things I want to work on (edits for both myself and someone else, and outlining my next novel, to name a few). The fact that work has STILL been so insane that I haven't felt like I have the capacity to touch a single one of them since the first week of August sucks. :(

Oh clumsy me, I seem to have dropped my #trevorproject campaign in front of you all again! Any help is hugely appreciated, from sharing to donating to... ummm... well those are the two main things! Donation link: tilt.fyi/4LBLyiqc70 YT short: www.youtube.com/shorts/bWhRI... #charity #lgbtqia

If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up

I am opening up 10 very limited slots for some pet/creature portraits. These will be closing by the end of this week. I would love it if all 10 slots were filled! Feel free to share this around with anyone you may think would be interested in working with me. Thank you 🤍

SO MUCH THIS. Be kind to others, and be true to yourself / your priorities and morals... But above all? Be. Happy.

Happy September! Wanna see what I managed to do last month and how my game dev / writing progress is going? I'd love to tell you: erinfosterbooks.substack.com/p/aug25 It'd also be cool if you subscribed to my little weekly posts, if you haven't yet, too. :)

For one week, starting on 9/1, I'm hosting a ✨GAME JAM✨ and asking participants to create games based on the theme of having "the last laugh"! 🤡 One week, any game engine, any genre! 🤸💃 Join the fun: itch.io/jam/riggyjam7

I'm supposed to be editing the novel I wrote this summer right now so I can get it over to be beta'd and then move forward in the process of publishing next year. But I really want to just draft the next book instead. Woe.

As long as guns are easily available to crazy people, mass killings directed at so-called soft targets will continue. This is a fact. Countries where it's more difficult for crazy people to obtain guns have less shootings. This is also a fact. Do with these facts as you will.

I know we're all hyped for Silksong next Friday, but THIS Friday @undertherugmusic.bsky.social is dropping pt. 2 of their latest album & you'd be super fucking rad if you listened (or ordered the album. that'd be even cooler.) Then you can brag you know an album with a wild initialism: ILOTTEBIIHA

If your industry can't build a product without stealing from artists and writers, then you should be financially ruined.

Looking forward to picking this one up! :)

We truly live in a 3rd world country, y'all.

Was I inspired to write about Silksong's dev cycle a little bit this week? I'll let you be the judge of that... erinfosterbooks.substack.com/p/creatordebt

Using ChatGPT

Saturdays are quickly becoming my favorite day of the week.

I got a little shout out thing from a student today that said I was "the funniest teacher who also is smart" that she's ever had. We've had one session. Hope I can keep THAT reputation up all year lol. (Sometimes teenagers aren't half bad.)

From talking to my students this week, it seems like more of them are adamantly anti-GenAI than ever, which is a good sign!

When people ask me when I'll be streaming next, it always blows my mind. First bc it's weird people want to watch me dev; I'm nobody and boring! But then also bc I literally stream for a living, so to me... I never stopped streaming. Today, several kids told me "W stream Miss" as they left class <3