Just in case folks didn't see this email, wanted to share the news. TL;DR - Prime Gaming as a brand is retiring, but nothing of actual substance with relation to Twitch and Prime subscriptions will change.

Some days you just feel even more tired than normal. Guess I should try turning on my happy light.

Looking for something to do this #PeriodActionDay? The Prison Flow Project is hosting a webinar panel on periods in prison: how periods impact the experience of prison, how current policies hurt menstruators, and what we can do to make change. 10:30 am CT, October 11th! Sign up at bit.ly/4pzXKj5

Trying to get Workflows to interact with items in a Slack List is legitimately one of the worst user experiences I've ever come across. The documentation is bad, the interface doesn't make sense, and it's just all a mess. Holy hell.

Shut it down. Shut it all fucking down. Trump has the losing hand here & he knows it, so he's trying to blame his shitty shutdown on the dolls, hoping spineless dems will sacrifice them on the altar of civility. Fuck anyone who crosses to help him. Fuck them and primary them and hassle them to Hell

So @domesticdan.com , it seems Megabonk is the new Vampire Survivors for encoder slaying.

With the current stability of BL4, the DLC character really should have been named "CR4SH".

The default settings for Sledding Game (Demo) are very nice.

This comparison is funny.

Continuing to stream for Bike MS! Gonna play some throwback FPS games for a bit. Donate at BlinkingGuy.com Watch at Twitch.tv/drewscanlon

Friday Afternoon Lifts. Also behind the back cable curls are rough.

Any last minute Twitchcon bookers trying to find a hotel? Reply below or DM me, I have the means to help. I am the hotel hookup 👋

I had to see this, now everyone does.

I like Drew, and his face. Go do the thing.

This legitimately fixed the issue for me. After moving reflections and volumetric fog down one tick as well, I went from 50fps to consistent 60fps (I only have a 60hz monitor) with no stutters. This is so dumb.

Damn. The latest BL4 patch knocked me into the "You need a better PC" crowd I guess. My 3080-Ti and 9800X3D just can't make smooth gameplay happen. That's really frustrating.

While going to my office I randomly ran into an old co-worker from Apple, from when we both lived in Pittsburgh, PA. He's been at Apple corporate for almost a decade now in California, and we haven't seen each other since he moved. Randomly meeting on a corner in Seattle is the funniest thing.

An unofficial part of my job has become "I've noticed this thing in a random Slack channel I lurk in. I'm going to share it with people who potentially have a greater stake in what's being talked about." This is mainly because I'm in entirely too many Slack channels.

Final thought before bed: They say that it’s Tylenol being taken by the person carrying the baby, so they can blame the person who was carrying the baby. “You shouldn’t have taken Tylenol. You’re obviously at fault.” They want to (yet again), control pregnancies and pregnant people.

Took less than a week of Disney adults actually holding them to account for Disney to cave. All you people still propping up Harry Potter should be ashamed.

Please this. I know for me it was a behavior that was normalized by XKCD, but please know what you're doing.

I've discovered a new content creation pet peeve. People who use a Shure SM7B as a handheld mic. This now joins "People who use a BLUE Yeti as a top address mic" as my top two pet peeves.

Saturday is for lifting.

Went by KOMO Plaza in Seattle this morning, and there's a protest against the station because they're the local Sinclair owned station. Get 'em.

The more I learn about Cam Skattebo, the crazier he becomes to me.

I have started the stream. So far so good. No meeting Friday is go! twitch.tv/rss

No meeting Friday means we stream a bit. I may have caved and gotten BL4…come see later! twitch.tv/rss …in like an hour.

Critical Role is apparently locking down both their Twitch and Youtube chats for their pre-recorded streams for Campaign 4 (which will be most of their streams). This is as someone who is a fan, not an employee: I love CR's storytelling, but losing all the live aspects has killed the vibe for me.

Calling all Guild members, labor allies and anyone who believes in a free country — Join us outside the entrance to ABC's offices at 7 Hudson Square (310 Hudson Street, Manhattan) TOMORROW at 12 PM ET to demand that ABC bring back Jimmy Kimmel Live! RSVP: wgaea.st/kimmel-rally

Look who setup shop with her blankie while I bench. Tippi is still looking for her forever home! In NE Ohio and looking for a chill senior? Dm me

There’s a dude at my gym who has no concept about how to not slam plate machines or just drop the weights he uses. I get pushing yourself to failure, but jebus.

Do not put your name on a website to register for a rally in this political climate. What the fuck's wrong with y'all. Are there any people of color that work at this org who might knock some sense into your peach colored heads.

Also, happy Pythagorean theorem day to those who celebrate.

iOS 26 is officially out, and as a former #Apple technician here's my yearly recommendations on doing software updates: 1. ALWAYS BACK UP YOUR STUFF THAT'S MOST IMPORTANT TO YOU. Send it in an email, use dropbox, do a backup to iCloud, whatever you want. Just do a backup.

I've just realized that Trigun (the original) is on Crunchyroll. Do I want to feel some feelings again and watch it?

le gasp

Bidet #2 installed. yes I have two bathrooms, and yes I now have two bidets.

This man will not be fired for calling for the murder of American citizens, yet multiple journalists/reporters/teachers lost their job for accurately reporting things Charlie Kirk actually said and stood for. But it’s the “violent left” that’s the problem

My 20 year high school reunion is happening this weekend and I...don't really care? High school was filled with people who made my life not great. It was really the people outside of my high school that made those years fun. There were individual people I liked, but not many.

The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social "There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”

Pour one out for the Helldivers 2 Marketing/PR/Comms teams.

The rhetoric whiplash after the suspect was arrested is both unsurprising and astonishing.

The Onion continues to get it.

*Looks at news*

Passion Pit's Sleepyhead would be a banger of a marching band chart.

I’m so glad I’m not on Twitter right now.

Oh and for the love of fuck, don’t go screaming into stream chats about this. Political violence is never the answer, and we don’t need to throw common spaces into disarray over this news. Let people have their bubbles.

For no apparent reason, BlueSky is not your group chat. Take from that what you will.

I think it's time to bring back Animorphs.