I also hate AI and I definitely wrote stress-induced deadline papers but now I'm on medication and I'm trying to undo the years of frying my nervous system

YOU CAN EXTEND YOUR SUPPORT FOR WINDOWS 10 BUT YOU HAVE TO DO IT BEFORE OCT. 14! Yes it's only for one year, yes you should consider Linux, but if you just don't want to deal with this shit NOW, here's a comfy raincheck. It says "$30" but I just did for free: windowsforum.com/threads/how-...

And there goes another tire. I swear I just replaced those. So much for going shopping today! 😩

Ok, hand is really starting to ache. Definitely hit my limit in #HadesII for a while. Prolly should have stopped earlier, in fact. Ouch.

It took a death defiance, the tooth trinket, and %50 god mode, but I finally beat Chronos, and with the Sister Blades no less, my worst weapon that I have apparently gotten quite good with. #HadesII

CALL THEM, EMAIL THEM, SEND THEM LETTERS TELL THEM THIS IS FUCKED UP AND THEY SHOULD NOT BE PLAYING THE MORALITY POLICE

Getting through security at the airport was a whole thing today, but they at least all did a good job gendering me correctly. Total for the day is only a single 'sir' from a guard at the facility. Now a long wait to board, sadly.

Damn, EA was trying to sell off Bioware before the Saudi deal, and damn do I wish that would have happened. It couldn't be worse than Saudi Arabia owning Bioware.

Holy Crap, the axe just made super short work of the sirens, after struggling with them forever. Then I one-shot Cerberus! Haven't even lost my Defy Death yet. Wow! #HadesII I suck at this game, so I feel like I found a cheat code.

Gawddamn, Scylla and the Sirens really suck. Haven't gotten closer than 20%. Feels like they just have a million HP, my hands ache after each time I fight them, it's brutal. #HadesII

Wait the government only now shut down? Jokes aside - I’m actually shocked (happily so) that the Dems actually showed some spine - for trans people no less! Color me actually happily surprised.

being a cat person is so crazy bc you live with someone who is undeniably annoying and you're always thinking "maybe i should get another cat"

And it's time for the hardest day of this trip to begin. 😞

I really missed Taqueria La Morena. Such a good place.

Tomorrow is going to be very difficul. I have to be up at like 5am to fly to another state for an utterly miserable event. I hate that I have to make this trip, but it's sadly necessary. Wish me luck!

Well, I managed to beat Hecate the first time I encountered her, only died one time prior to getting that far. The game is pretty damn hard so far, we'll see if I can pace myself enough to keep my hands from hurting too much.

Damn, the depression/anxiety is hittin' right now. I wish I had remembered to go shopping instead of reading too much social media, but at least I did my exercises today.

Call Gavin Newsom's office like you called ABC/Disney/Sinclair/Nexstar

20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest

It's going to be a miserable weekend and upcoming week, so I am ordering pizza for lunch tomorrow. It just seems like the thing to do.

So I ran the numbers and I am making about $500 this month from my extremely part time job. I also know that rent plus the many other bills I have (like a trip I don't want to take), are WELL over $2000. This is untenable. Good thing my life is getting flipped upside down soon!

Buyers: So your games... guns and football, yes? EA: Mmhmm, mmhmm, mostly guns and football, yep. Buyers: No gay stuff? No politics we're not going to like? EA: Haha, definitely not! Hey, could you give me one sec? I just need to shut down a studio real quick. kotaku.com/report-saudi...

I wanna play Hades II so bad, but OUCH!

Ugh, I am not looking forward to work today. Hopefully I can get some help.

I need to vacuum. Between me and my cat everything is covered in hair.

Watching myself in a training video is painful. Especially since I'm not the one sharing their screen at the time.

Have you done your dailies? Make sure to call your card company, payment processors, and representatives to protect free speech and artistic expression!

Maybe I should watch one of these movies next time. I just don't normally like to watch movies without friends.

Can't say I'm a fan of the new Ranma's localization, but I haven't seen the original in a long time so it might be just as bad in some way.

Damn, I'm really getting the feels right now. I think watching Ranma 1/2 triggered some shit.

I'm here *trying* to enjoy autumn, the best season, but the rampant fascism is really FUCKING UP THE VIBE

Ok, well, let's see if the new Glitch show is as stressful as Murder Drones. Heh

these are all actual headlines from the washington post. you can literally track the rightwing ideological shift over time towards supporting billionaires & transphobia.

Damn, that Elemental Warfare video for Hoyofair is still really good. Hoyofair in general was pretty great, the talent on display is always something else, but I always look forward to Elemental Warfare videos by no_tables. A nice distraction in these times.

It's funny how when you look through enough of these websites you start to recognize some of the people in the stock photos they use. There is this particular, grizzled old guy I recognize a lot, for example. He just stands out.

Dang, books I want to read, but just can't. Being old sucks. I just can't imagine a screen reader would work well at all, and still leery about "natural language" screen readers unless they are somehow not attached to Generative AI. I'd rather pay extra for a proper audio book like Magica Riot.

it's so funny to see America's health insurance companies be like "look. If there's one thing we love it's denying you care. but we ran the numbers - and we cannot BELIEVE we're saying this - and it's cheaper for us to just pay for the vaccines than deal with you going to the ER."

Oh, of course. PS Remote Play updated and now it won't log in anymore. The literal only way I can even play my PS5 and it just doesn't work anyways. This app has always been janky, but they must have decided they needed it to be non-functional too.

Call your reps AND senators! Trans people need to have their healthcare protected. Tell them you support trans people. Cis people, pick up your phones and do some heavy lifting.

Pam Bondi deleted a government study showing that right-wingers commit more terrorism. The right cannot think coherently so instead of making their own studies, they censor legitimate ones. But don't worry Pam, I saved it for you web.archive.org/web/20250911...

Every time I see a person call themselves 'apolitical', my brain translates it to "my rights as a person aren't constantly up for debate and I don't care that yours are."

Played the demo for the new Digimon game, that's some decent nostalgia. Your character is a silent self insert, which is weird cuz they animate like they are talking, but aren't voiced, so I assume they were just saving money VA. At least they let me pick a girl for a change.

despite their constant whining about how "wokeness killed comedy!" and "you can't say anything anymore without getting canceled!" after receiving pushback on their shitty punch-down jokes, none of those failed, hacky, has-been comedians will ever conceive of anything in the same stratosphere as this

So far, Nod Krai is the first nation since Liyue where the Traveler isn't immediately recognized as the great hero, and Paimon can just go with the flow while Traveler makes jokes about not being recognized for a change. Usually it's Paimon shocked they are recognized somehow. Heh #Genshin

Gawddamnit, they announced a new #FireEmblem game and it looks related to Three Houses, cuz that sure seemed like Sothis at the end there. I need to know more. It's definitely not worth buying a Switch 2 just for a Fire Emblem game, even if it is great, cuz that is really the only game so far.

Hades 2 got a launch date, pretty soon too. Good, sooner it comes out the sooner it'll go on sale (in like 6 months, anyways). I just can't justify buying it at full price considering how rough on my hands Hades is. Of course, if someone were to buy it for me, then I could play it right away... Heh

The world is shit, and my personal world is a mess right now, plus I didn't sleep super well last night, so I feel deep fried, and it's only 9:30am. This is such horse shit.

Omg! Every time Traveler calls Paimon "Paimonovna" I giggle, it fucks me up every time! She can be such an ass it's hilarious! #Genshin

What is "mechanical fidelity" in a video game?