my phone made a highlight reel of “terminal 2 over the years” and maybe something in my brain is broken but i’ve been giggling at this for 10 mins. compilation of times i’ve been exhausted in melbs t2, specifically, + brunetti (here’s the short version, you don’t need to see annual pics of lines)

Hey this won't fix our problems or anything but can we all agree to pronounce it Anti-fa and not AnTEEFa, because it seems like the second pronunciation has taken hold and it's the wrong one

weather is really turning out for the #NZGDC visitors 🥴 usually i can see te papa from up here. don’t bring an umbrella out today fellas

we still don't have a method of diagnosing endometriosis without surgery, btw, but i'm glad we've taken the time to see how it affects men

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we don’t have tylenol (acetaminophen) in nz. we use paracetamol, which is the exact same ingredient. there are regionally different names for the same drug. coincidentally, we also have autism.

having a rough morning (medical battles continue) and was already feeling pretty wobbly-lipped, and then, naturally, i knocked over my iced coffee treat that i was saving for a “tough morning”. 🙃

SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.

Industry: hey GDC, we need you to move out of San Francisco and the US at large because it's unsafe, deal with the still-too-common harassment issues, stop charging egregious for-profit fees, and for you to provide proper compensation for speakers GDC: we hear you but best we can do is rename it

joining the war on autism on the side of autism

there’s a teenage boy reading a yellow-paged old book in this hospital waiting room. maybe things are gonna be okay after all

one of the most intensely frustrating things about burning out so badly is how suddenly immobilised I've become. Last year, I was doing HIIT or weights every morning 6am. Now I struggle to carry groceries up my stairs without tweaking my shoulders/elbows/knees -- painful, and benches me for weeks

Donating can be challenging — from the (admittedly brief) research I’ve done, Share the Meal has hit the sweet spot of ease of access and meaningful contribution. It’s a very ADHD friendly way for me to donate a meal whenever I have cash to spare. sharethemeal.org/now?adjust_t... #ShareTheMeal

(he doesn’t know about the horrors)

This is all he said.

I've been aware that I've been signalling 'i'm 30' for a while with my excitement about my vacuum cleaner, my new goth fridge and my new goth washer/dryer combo but nothing prepared me for how obsessed I'd become with le creuset's harvest collection. it's been months

watching the welly mayoral debate (love u jack) but omfg no one who pronounces “māori” like ray chung should be anywhere near the public sector apart from andrew little, who sounds amazing by virtue of who is sitting next to him, i feel like i’m listening to my grandpa and his mates at the RSA

stepped on her tiny paw today 😭 i knew this day would come, she’s very smol and is a leg-weaver and trips me up on the daily. despite immediate kisses and apologies and treats, the guilt i feel is monumental. (she has forgotten about it)

yes, but this isn’t a “fad”, it’s an amalgamation of a goal that has been worked towards for decades. The Turing Test, described in 1950: “Can a machine exhibit intelligent behavior indistinguishable from that of a human?” This specifically has been a long time coming, unlike NFTs etc.

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i mark how good my alt text is by checking to see if it reads as detailed as a tabloid’s description of a paparazzi picture of a celebrity (“she stepped out looking rosy in love in a short orange dress and black strappy heels that flattered her trim figure and long tanned legs, dark hair swept…”)

called a new mechanic today. Heard a (rare in nz) accent that sounded Greek, so tentatively said my name "properly" instead of using the anglo version. Instead of the usual "what??" she just asked "Ah!! Calliope! With the C or the K?" ... 😭 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐, would cry again

Wordsworth called Byron ‘coarse’ and ‘epigrammatic’, ‘a panderer to the basest artistic urges’ and secretly insane. Byron referred to Wordsworth simply as ‘Turdsworth’.

“help me write” should actually suddenly transform the computer into ye olde type writer with no distractions but a handy dictionary/calculator on the side

something truly baffling to me is with all that money, trump still can’t get a proper colour match on his hand foundation?? girl that is NOT your shade. i understand the orange tan isn’t meant to look natural but this is presumably actually trying to conceal something

pro tip: if you’re getting food with emre at a game con, ask him to take you to his fav turkish spot. not only has he found “locals” in every major con city we frequent, but i swear the meals are double the size and have lots of tasty extras… ordering in turkish improves flavour dramatically 😂

as someone who has stood in deluge of abuse for decisions that i had no control over i think you CAN be open as a dev, but your online hygiene has to be impeccable (no comment reading) and you need company support. being exposed then left to fend for yourself fckin sucks

!!!!!!

not to harp on about this, but tens of thousands of people have lost their jobs since the last “haha ai is shit” report your personal opinions aside, it’s impacting our industry dramatically and we need to respond appropriately

i would encourage everyone to: - actually look at who paid for the “ai is gonna die and no one can use it” report - consider that maybe we’re being lulled into a false sense of security, thinking it’s going away so that we don’t keep demanding our govts regulate it

some of you need to make like travis kelce and engage with a tailor swiftly

gamescom 3 years ago gamescom this year not… a lot has changed, least of all my wardrobe

and that’s a wrap on #gamescom!! I’m around zipping in and out of köln til Monday — hit me up if there’s an event we can have a cheeky bevvy and hang at ♥️

literally the only pic i’ve taken on the floor so far, accept this as the belated OOTD

the amount of conversations i’ve overheard this week where americans are asking europeans about moving over here… says a lot when people are angling to move CLOSER to a war to escape their bullshit.

on the floor today at #gamescom repping @dragonsnacksgames.bsky.social ! Say hi ♥️

grand scheme of things this is such small potatoes but german tallness means that whenever i sit on loos here my feet are swinging off the floor and it feels VERY silly

sitter sent me this pic of my gargoyles 😂 “don’t ever talk to me or my brother again”

i get so much petty joy about looking like a scruffy delinquent in fancy exclusive places. yessss they let any old riff raff in here, karen

omg i am on 3 hours sleep but im on my way to gamescom!!!

things have been really crazy last few weeks — work deadline, my own medical emergencies, planning gamescom, Pan nearly dying and needing a lot of care — apologies for being worse than usual at responding. it’s not you, it’s me. here’s proof: i only just booked my flights to gamescom. 😭🥹

saw a dessert idea on pinterest that was essentially greek yoghurt, berries and honey, and the top comment was “how many calories is this” just

yes. my cats make working from home and pulling some long hours almost impossible, they are so needy?? and it’s not even coz they’re in an especially snuggly mood, it’s just that I’m At Computer when i should be In Lounge. omg grow up you’re just fine here

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stop coming to the US take your families and tourist dollars to other countries that welcome visitors

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this may have been where we went wrong

laying off staff used to be a red flag that a company wasn’t doing great. now, they’re framing them as accomplishments, shrinking the work force while increasing profits. make it stop

how’s my week? well, my vocal stims have been flip flopping between - humming the vet hospital hold music, and - 🎵 i understand but is she by the same father 🎵