so Google changed Forms recently, an app millions of people and small businesses rely on. apparently they also broke Form Notifications, their in-house email notification extension (to email respondent and to form owner). workspace.google.com/marketplace/...

Jason Brown said same-sex ice dance!

This is one of my favorite programs of the season. 💜 The Browns. Who do I talk to at USFS to get them the funding they deserve? #FinlandiaTrophy #GPFigure

Nice that Amber has a little American company at the Japanese Nationals this year

Still thinking about that $4 million mansion in a wealthy town in CT fully burning down due to someone trying to deep fry a turkey in the garage: fireandsafetyjournalamericas.com/connecticut-...

Thanks to the ISU, you can't use Depeche Mode released in late 1989 for the 90s RD but you can skate to AI slop copying Bon Jovi songs from 1986! ⛸️

"Across the Stars" is my favorite of my favorite Star Wars songs, I'm so happy right now #GPFigure ⛸️

Coming out of Desert Bus for Hope straight into "How the heck am I gonna get caught up on #GPFigure ⛸️?" Between work and Desert Bus and kids' stuff I'm just weeks behind at this point.

Bungie is back with their characteristic style and generosity. This lovingly rendered Sunshot hand cannon from @destinythegame.bungie.net. Forged by Bungie’s team of dedicated craftspeople, featuring the expertly rendered heat bloom, weathering, and presented in its own glass display case.

It's live, and you've got only about another 20 minutes to enter! It was a joy putting together the prize pack this year, and I am just pleased as punch to see chat's reaction to it. ROCKS! TEETH TEETH TEETH! FOR THE CHILDREN!

Not sure how many years I can take credit for having convinced* Rollacrit to sponsor a Desert Bus prize pack, but I figure at least 2, so hey! Another giveaway that I helped make happen! 😂 *It did not take hardly any convincing at all, I literally just said it and they went right for it.

i understand this framing but i think it's inaccurate. i think we never figured this out at all. Google figured out how to monetize the open web, and publishers were secondary beneficiaries. But at no point were publishers ever actually fully in charge of their monetization, like in the print era.

$500k - That’s HALF A MILLION dollars raised for kids through the most gloriously boring game ever made. Let's dance. @desertbus.org

So... Which was your FIRST @desertbus.org that you attended? strawpoll.com/3RnYXo9dzye #desertbus #DB2025 #dbfh #desertbusforhope

DAY ONE OF DAWN GUARD AND WE HIT $12 MIL LIFETIME!!! Thank you so much for your contribution to our work, we appreciate each and every one of you for getting us here! Now let's keep going to $13 million!

A good answer to "that's that thing you're watching all week this week, Stephonee?"

Oh my fucking god. SERIOUSLY?! "Former Olympic figure skater Surya Bonaly revealed that nearly all of her treasured medals — spanning her illustrious international career — have been stolen from her home in Las Vegas."

As is tradition - I'm sending the bus back to space in support of Desert Bus 2025. Join me tomorrow over at twitch.tv/cantwearhats for Space Bus 2025 to get hyped for the run - going live at 12pm Pacific / 8pm UK! #CWHstreams #DB2025

Why we don’t use AI in our house. - Excessive resource utilization (power and water) that will harm our communities and people - AI was built through theft, stealing without compensating people for their work - AI is wrong a majority of the time (which continues to waste resources) /1

Housing is too expensive because your private equity douchebro friends hoovered up an unsustainable percentage of the goddamn available market. Way to racist dog whistle to cover up extreme end-stage Capitalism of the people who have to bought and paid ya [REDACTED]

In an effort to expand on James's annual thing, I will match the next $500 in donations made through desertbus.org/2025/ The total is currently at $9039.

“After the war is won, we must be prepared to move forward with the implementation of these rights.”

I am a man of my word. Y'all came through in a big way with the $5 donations and I promised a match, and a match you shall get. If anyone else would like to match my match that would be super neato, but at the very least let's keep those early $5 donations coming! Onward to $10,000! desertbus.org

Every time I see someone going "This has more side effects than it's worth!" that just means it is a well-tested product that likely is very safe and effective for it to have made it to commercial sales. Your doctor can tell you what side effects to look out for in YOUR case.

And then we still have to pay for most of the actual care, until we reach the deductible, and even after that, until we hit out of pocket maximums.

hey if you are an artist who depends on SNAP, ✅ share some art ✅ share links to where people can buy from/donate to you ✅ share the thread ✅ share someone else's post too ✅ label NSFW/horror/etc. properly ⛔ no AI #artistsonbsky #supportartists #artshare

We hit our 100th $5 donation last night so I’ll be making the $500 matching donation as promised in the next day or two. If anyone else would like to join me in my matching donation I wouldn’t say no 😛 desertbus.org And thanks to everyone who’s donated so far! We’re already over $5000!!! 🥳

November 9th. #HelpFolksLive2025 thread. Something's *always* due & food is *always* needed. Things only get better with community action. *Now* is when folks need food, water, shelter, meds. *Now* is when we/the community needs to be there for each other. There's no one else. Just us.

Once upon a time, a group existed called “$1 Donations” and there were thousands of people in the group, and the goal was if everyone donated $1 to a goal then it would be funded/overfunded quickly. If people wanted to donate more, they could. No one was obligated to donate, but it was encouraged.

I usually wait until mid-month to send out my second newsletter, but what the heck: open.substack.com/pub/jessiema... My readers' poll had a tie! And I'm seeing a lot of decision paralysis in my local FB groups. "How can I help?" You already know, just do the thing.

New — While some states have received SNAP benefits for November and USDA is supposedly pushing through all federal payments soon, that doesn’t erase the psychological terror of the last few weeks. I spoke with 20+ SNAP recipients in 16 states about preparing for a possible future with no food:

Everyone who donates $10 or more will be eligible for one of our exclusive Patreon stickers while supplies last! Donations of $50 or more can request an exclusive Geekiary lanyard. See our latest GoFundMe update for more information. www.gofundme.com/manage/help-...

Shout out to this Google answer from 5 years ago about how to change the default times for the "snooze" options in Gmail, worked like a charm (for once).

It’s time for James Challenges @desertbus.org Chat. But I’m gonna be honest with y’all and lay it all out. Obviously this year has been rough on everyone, myself included. It’s been a struggle to find the energy for this years run. I know I’ll muster the juice needed for the show, but I’m tired.

Plus, the prize schedule's also live! Peruse the listings, plot out your week, and permit us to notify you when giveaways are live with our new reminder feature. desertbus.org/2025/prizes/... desertbus.org/2025/prizes/... desertbus.org/2025/prizes/...

We're exactly one week away from the start of #DB2025, so it's time to open up the donation page for some pre-gaming! It's also a great time to sign up, or update your donor account.

The radical scientists at @fangamer.com have concocted another totally awesome shirt for #DB2025! Beam over to shirt.desertbus.org to order this year's version, or a previous edition (in select sizes)!

If all you have extra to donate each week is $1, no you don’t. You save that dollar. (I KNOW that’s hard to swallow, but if you are on the edge, your first task is to get yourself away from that edge. And then show up for others once you’re stable.) 💚

Trying to catch up on yesterday's figure skating but the Pairs replay on Peacock is extremely glitched, pretty much unwatchable. Skating is the reason I have Peacock at all and they have the exclusive US broadcast rights 😵‍💫 On top of the fact that these replays are only available for 72 hours max.

Ah, I had wondered what the issue was last night, but, uh, sorry to say I assumed it was that I was trying to do anything at all too close to the Daylight Savings Time changeover 😅

Getting a bunch of these ready for a local food drive and Little Free Pantries. I feel like it makes a big difference to provide a "complete set" of something, with instructions, to make a meal.

i signed and you can to, very easily. check your email to verify afterwards tho!

Many, many active duty soldiers still rely on SNAP and WIC to feed their families, though eligibility changes depending on the state. People are getting concerned *fast* here.

I may have written about why you really *really* shouldn't trust AI-powered browsers, or their extensions again

Whelp, from the look of things here I have a LOT to catch up on with Cup of China ⛸️ #GPFigure #2025GPCHN

Does anyone have any good language for adding "No generative AI" to contracts for hiring freelance writers and artists? *yes I deleted this and reposted it to correct a typo - this is why I also need to update my contract to hire a new editor 😅

Played the drinking tabletop game "Heroes of Barcadia" tonight, and not only did I win with only 10 HP left in my glass, also I think having this Power-up card was very good for my marriage. I got so many forced compliments tonight! 😂

Define "perfect ending"

I see men's figure skating got the Square Enix memo about belts. #GPFigure #GPFra