the cool and fun artist game "am i charging too much or is the economy just really bad"

like. the immediate consequences of rejoining would be "a moderate economic upturn" and "slightly improved living conditions", both of which are changes no living briton has ever experienced. at that point just enjoy your next 12 years of stable majorities. "ungovernable" lol

"britain is ungovernable" is so funny considering you could unfuck solidly 65% of britains problems by just rejoining the EU

Mobile phone: Hi I'm your battery and I think I'll die after half a day's travel before you're out of the underground. Me: aw man Laptop: hi I know you fully charged me but I've been showing a PowerPoint deck for 30 mins and it's time to die Me: aw COME ON Cursed by the battery ghosts. :(

Yes. Super lucky at several points in my life, and well aware of being on the Lowest Difficulty Setting in Life here in the US (regrettably even more so today than before). I'm smart, talented and work hard, but lots of people do that and haven't gotten the breaks I've gotten from luck/privilege.

Having a lot of pride and heartache listening to Tessa Quinn's #CampDigital talk about the Scottish Government response to the illegal invasion of Ukraine. I wish we were having this talk with a free, safe Ukraine.

I didn't know you could just sign up and pay some money and then not only get to vote in the Hugos but also get access to a bunch of the materials to actually be informed in your vote! I can't go to the con, but I'm signed up for the virtual events and I'm gonna have a busy summer reading.

The Hugo Packet alone is worth more than the cost of a @laworldcon.bsky.social membership As a member of their staff, I encourage you to register for the con: scifiinc99.regfox.com/membership

The legend that is @dasbarrett.bsky.social at #campdigital - or is it Bill Gates?

I should be working, and yet...

Bilbo Baggins: "I feel thin. Like butter spread over too much bread." This is what burn out is like. It takes a long time to realise. Himal Mandala on burn out #CampDigital

Enjoying @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social keynote kicking off @nexerdigital.com #CampDigital Hope spreads

"Silence isn't the absence is risk. It's the absence of safety." Himal Mandala on burn out #CampDigital

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Did they just.... redo the original Git Flow graphic with AI for no reason?

Bugfixes may be continvoucly morged :)

I too am an enjoyer of joy and whimsy. The only thing I’d change is making the horn slightly larger lol

trans lesbians be like yeah dude let me paint some minis while i listen to a podcast

shoutout to americans for being fairly bizarre little creatures

This is owned by a LANlord

I guess I’m on a bit of a purple kick

I like how in the UK, they say car park. It makes me think of, like, a Subaru on a swingset.

Oh hey who wants a retelling of Sherlock Holmes where Holmes is an abrasive female scholar and Watson is a traumatized sentient spaceship who ekes out a living by making space tea? Nebula Award Winning book right here, and on sale!

Patrick Stewart admits popular music "has never played a big part in my life" and recalls how he didn't recognize Sting on the set of Dune

I encourage writers to never disparage their earlier works. Are they as polished as your current ones? No. But in their totality, they're a map showing where you started and what you learned. YOU made that journey, be proud, celebrate it. (Bonus: it proves you're human, and not an AI word monkey.)

I moved to Doraville in Atlanta yesterday with the cats, and Poe escaped before I got him in. Not looking for advice but if you're in the area please watch for him. He's all black with golden eyes, with an occlusion in the right eye. He's very shy. Lost on Winters Park Dr. @decaturish.bsky.social

One thing you will never think after reading a great book or listening to a great album or seeing a great piece of art is, “I’m really glad this person remained cautious while they were making this and guarded against being perceived as weird.”

> New tech platform sets up > Furries flock to it and essentially are the core reason it's user base grows rapidly > Website becomes popular > Website starts banning NSFW/adult content > Starts to marginalize furries once it no longer needs them > Rinse and repeat 😞

Spun up an Oracle Cloud instance for a wee tech project, and whew. Just. Yikes. One of the most unpleasant and anti-user systems I've ever seen and this is for a service they presumably want me to like and pay for. I don't generally touch Oracle stuff but I'm going to be avoiding it even more.

i can’t remember anything that has felt more foisted upon us than AI. repeatedly telling us why we actually need is like thinking a joke will get funnier the more you explain it.

Here’s a comic I drew when I was 19.

Looking for a UK-based user of screen reader assistive technology on Windows (eg JAWS or NVDA) for a short paid user study. No required tech knowledge or location, just that you're comfortable regularly using a screen reader for web browsing and have an existing set-up for it. Drop me an @!

I think it's pretty telling that responses to this quickly got crabby.

Yolk Heroes: A Long Tamago ($5.59) - idler, virtual pet, hero raising sim, RPG, fishing minigames, this little game is packed! the Fairy Queen has appointed YOU to raise the hero of legend (she's really busy, you see) that will rise up to defeat the dark lord. store.steampowered.com/app/2417850/...

Anode Heart ($8.09) - don't come to this looking for a Pokemon-alike, this is more inspired by the Digimon World games. you take the role of the amnesiac robot named Seek, teaming up with digital beasts named Tama to discover your true purpose. store.steampowered.com/app/1592750/...

Blood Typers ($8.99) - Multiplayer horror typing action ideal for Typing of the Dead fans or L4D fans who like their shit weird, where EVERYTHING is keyboard driven. type your way through procgen life or death situations alone or with friends for grand fun. store.steampowered.com/app/2790330/...

you already know what's up (summer game sale rec thread is what's up) as always, i focus primarily on more obscure, older, and just plain weirder games, as big name titles don't need the help. with that out of the way: onwards!

New verse: If he recruited you on Bluesky he's a Fed If he recruited you on Bluesky he's a Fed If he's talking 'bout a bomb Log off now and tell your mom If he recruited you on Bluesky he's a Fed

They literally federally indicted a guy for his Bluesky threats 21 days ago. He's in federal custody right now. They'd been tracking him for years. Feds don't even need to pay for API access to Bluesky it's freaking free. You're all on a Palantir dashboard right goddamn now. Simply shut the fuck up.

£4.19 for a single bottle of Bru?! Get absolutely fucked, airport W.H. Smiths, ye bastard.

I know this feel extremely well

Honestly make sure any conference has one talk which will just tell people this in so many words. #CampDigital

Love we being 300 seconds to #CampDigital @sharonodea.com. Suspect Ryan would have stepped up to do a keynote if given the chance

#CampDigital Michael Palmer's running a fantastic talk about how spirituality can shape Web and software and print design, and affect people who might not necessarily share the same religion. Really fascinating stuff!

‘AI shows novel cognitive vulnerability, such as being completely confident in sharing an incorrect answer’ *stares in Has Been A Woman At Work* #CampDigital

The flipping legend @herahussain.bsky.social kicks off #campDigital with her 3 month old in a pram by her side 🌟💪🏽