I just feel sad.

My dad released a new EP and did a Bandcamp listening party. I broke down and cried. I never realized how much I was going to miss everyone. It sucks.

These cameras are some vile shit and I wish they'd never even gotten put up anywhere at all

So I guess MegaLag is back and the world is worse than we knew, which is something I think many of us suspected anyway

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You ever think about that "a hungry dog is an obedient dog" rhetoric and just wonder if people saying it have ever actually cared for a dog ever? A hungry dog is an angry dog. Ridiculous.

this is a good reminder of how things that are shitty but have been accepted as normal and inevitable can actually turn out to be abnormal and evitable with some science, time, education and political will

Based as fuck

If you're not trans, I don't think I can fully explain how important this is. It's so powerful that one of the most circulated science media publications in the world has come out and said "trans children are real and providing transition care improves their lives." That's groundbreaking.

Drop Fortnite

Well, I just saw my electric bill and had a heart attack. Hoo boy. Gonna need to change some habits for the winter.

I think part of the anti-AI discourse people aren't really aware of that's adding further emotional fuel to the fire is that...AI is replicating humanity in ways that force us to actually think about those parts of humanity, and that act is DEEPLY uncomfortable when done honestly and earnestly.

Keep thinking about this term "pre-digested" that Kojima used to describe art that's instantly gratifying. And how it's better when people grow to love something instead. I've gravitated, as player and designer, toward the latter, but that term "pre-digested" is new and feels very strong.

A word that keeps coming to mind lately is "Sisyphean"

I have had some pretty rough tinnitus all my life. Sitting in a car that was off with the doors shut was a problem. I lacked the ability to articulate it at the time, but now, as I sit in a quiet room, I'm realizing that the ringing sensation is physically uncomfortable.

Can we get rid of the entire C-Suite? Please.

Brainspace is unkind, so we're doing things in whatever the hell the alternate dimension is called in M&L Brothership. It's endgame stuff, so...if you've not beaten the game, there's your heads-up. twitch.tv/zmaskm

Proud of my old state. Thankful that JBP is still trying to do things with the people in mind, even if IL political norms are a pain at times.

It's really fucked up that the banks have the solution to debt assistance of "we might just close the account you're paying bills with" ...we really have crafted hell and called it "Freedom"

So I (finally) went through the process of cancelling my Spotify subscription and they shove this fucking playlist in my face at the end of the whole ordeal (because of course they try to stop you like 4 times) ...I'm insulted, honestly. Go fuck yourself, Spotify.

Being told to send a cover letter when I've never written one in my life feels weird. First time for everything, though. Hopefully I can whip up something appealing. ...no, I won't use genAI LLMs. Fuck that noise. If they wanted to hire a slop machine, they wouldn't be known for their quality.

Licensing is kinda evil in some ways. Partitions, regional divides, time limits, vendor restrictions, and so much more. Does it really benefit the actual creators? Somewhat. Does it benefit the C-Suite and investors? More than anyone else, as if they're all that matters. Vile.

"Our reality is being destroyed all around us"

What this underscores is a fundamental truth that while none of the rest of us need supremacists in our spaces, and are just fine without them, supremacists need the rest of us or they collapse against each other. Without them we're fine. Without us they've got nothing.

As an American, he's right. Not a fan of how our citizens are treated worse than cattle.

Booted up ACNH and felt like it'd been a while and then Charlise hits me with the "3 years and 3 months" and that... ...damn, call me out why don't you.

I think SikTh said it best when they named their album "The Future In Whose Eyes?" Corporate mouthpieces keep trying to sell us "the future" but I really don't know what the hell they're on about. We have very different aspirations, I think.

The devaluation of workers and creators should not be taken laying down. Tell them to pay you your worth. This isn't just about ad revenue, but that's the main topic at hand here. Know your worth. Don't take pennies when you're worth far more.

Just another day, trying to keep my head from spinning. Someone made a 4ft fully-packaged snowy erection on their housemate's car. Probably some college students, if I had to guess. Keep pranks goofy and harmless, y'all. Shit's funny.

Somebody sanity check me, please. I'm becoming worried that one function of AI is to support white supremacist bullshit by overriding their "great replacement" delusion by replacing workers entirely. Minorities can't have money or power if there's no jobs for them to even pursue. I hate this.

One of the biggest issues with AI that I don't feel people care about enough is that it is devaluing workers across the board. "I used to have to pay money to do this" is the attitude of a lot of people who do not understand the consequences of that mentality. It makes me sadder than words convey.

Finding out that the radio ad my employer paid for shamelessly has an AI music and vocal track is just disheartening. I really, really hate the world we live in. I'm scared for the future and wish I knew something else to do to keep a roof over our heads.

Epic pays for licensing fees for the games they give away for free as promotions. Which means even if YOU aren't paying for it, you're giving money to JK Rowling to harm transgender people AND elevating her stature by giving her franchise higher numbers. NO TERF WIZARD GAME. NO TERF WIZARD SHOW.

100% agree. Ironically, this is the only version of "broken windows" that actually makes any sense, because it has to do with the individual behavior of one person going from getting away with small crimes to getting away with big crimes, instead of being some vague theory about general contagion.

This reminds me strongly of the psychic vultures who fraudulently claim they can talk to the dead. It does real damage because it interrupts the grieving process and doesn't let people adapt in a healthy way after losing a loved one.

Tonight is the VGA but you can do something more productive than watch it: read a book, bake a cake, purchase and play an indie game, etc. Don't give more views to this circus of a show!

The whole AI simulated dead person thing is fucking weird and churches that use it should maybe not. Y'all don't understand what hell you're unleashing, or you think you're in control. You're gonna find out far too late that you're so very, very wrong.

Thinking about how a friend was excited that he published an app to the android app store for class years ago and wondering if all the copycat software clogging up these app stores is in part due to vapid curriculum. Don't tell your students to publish to storefronts. It's bad.

cannot stress how much better the world would be if billionaires weren't allowed to exist Each one of them could solve world hunger alone, they choose not to. The very existence of a billionaire is a failing as they only exist via mass scale exploitation

Shoutout to deathgenerator.com

You know it's fucking cold outside when there's ice on the inside of the windows. Not a fan.

"May be" My fingerboard account has already experienced the 3 tag limit. Social media is hell.

no idea

Today is one of those "too cold to exist" days and I really, really wish I didn't have to go outside. Humans should hibernate.

"masculine leadership" what a loser what an overcompensating, angry, vile loser

Twitch chat is dying like it's Twitch Plays Pokemon all over again what in the world

With the exception of the puns, @techconnectify.bsky.social is pretty much my midwest spirit animal. That sentence feels cursed for reasons I can't quite articulate. ...I miss Portillo's. Truly the biggest loss when I moved states.

If you lived in the midwest (like I did for most of my life until recently) the "ugly sweater" parody will set off a sleeper cell marketing jingle in your brain. ...fuckin' Menards.

someone really put out a video that just casually drops some nyan cat like yesterday ...alright, thanks for that sudden flashback lol

It's an actual game plan on the right. They use it for book bans as well. They start with something easy: no porn in libraries. That hooks in the low information folks. Then you slowly broaden the scope until you're yanking any YA that violates Christian nationalism.