"Trying to start a meaningful conversation" is another one of those tools in a Shrodinger's Asshole playbook. Anyone who has ever dealt with reply guys knows the exact type.

One of my eyes looks markedly bigger than the other one today today and it's fucking me up in video calls.

Me pulling out the Joyce Carol Oates Musk tweets when once again arguing about the importance of being able to do your own writing and not let AI do it for you

TFW u open BlueSky and a bunch of ppl are vaguely posting about the same shit

I still have like half a scarf to knit, because I like super long scarves, so you'll be seeing more of these pictures.

Sissel loves Steam Deck

I have rewatched Gilmore Girls a bunch of times and I am never not disappointed they had Lane end up with Zack.

How cool that at this time where health insurance is a mess, the health advice coming out of the official health department comes from people who I absolutely do not trust at all.

This race could very easily be decided by challenged ballots. Use this link to track your ballot, and remind your friends and family to do the same: info.kingcounty.gov/kcelections/...

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After being laid off I rely solely on ACA marketplace plans to help cover my medications and some of my doctors. If I can't afford my medication, I will die. This is not an exaggeration.

Accidentally undocking something in Maya

Read every word & share with everyone you know. This is real life here in Chicago. Americans need to know this grotesque reality & stand with us.

The true knitting model claims her throne. Sissel is a natural.

We have updated our call script so you can let your Senators know how you feel about this (TERRIBLE) deal they just advanced... 👉🏽 5calls.org/issue/federa...

I keep on typing stuff, but honestly I just want to scream. At the top of my lungs. As loud as I can. In anger and frustration. And I can't so I just have to send this out to the void.

This either means I'm really good at judging volume or really bad. It's the latter. I just ignore amounts and dump the bag in.

Man, I really wish living wasn't so exhausting. 😭

“I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time.” aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...

Sissel will immediately start purring when I hug her pretty much every time, but my favorite is in the mornings when I'm not ready to get out of bed yet and she'll wedge herself onto my pillow against my side and just purr continuously.

I still enjoy watching Gilmore Girls, but every rewatching does make me more aware these people would be absolutely insufferable in real life.

Morgana is improving her model look and my scarf is getting longer.

if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets. no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.

Enjoy these old pictures I found on my phone from when I tried harnesses on my cats for the first time to see if they would like to try being walking around outside cats. Note: they did not want.

You all don't need to show me all the bad takes of Mamdani, even if they are unhinged. I prefer to rest my eyeballs on something else please.

Trying to make my bed, but it keeps on being lumpy. 🤔

Trying to coach her to pose better and she's like "möthər, why have you done this :("

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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:

I just heard a YouTuber say "defy the odds of gravity" and that's not a thing, right? It's a mix up of "defy the odds" and "defy the laws of gravity." This is right after they quoted a google AI summary (different YTer than a previous post) and I really think it is making people dumber.

The fucking fact they even appealed the ruling to fund SNAP should show how much they don't care and were purposefully holding starving families hostage to apply pressure on Dems to cave and reopen the government. I don't know how else you can view that decision to immediately appeal.

Showing some of our Builder gameplay for "Hello World" a post-AI apocalypse builder game with robot friends. #gamedev #indiegames www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E9f...

This is what I wish people would understand about things like ChatGPT. It does not have thoughts. It can not lie. If it misleads you, that is by design of the creators pulling the levers. That's why it's bad to treat it like therapy or a friend or anything else that has any influence on your life.

Hey game dev friends, if you're in need of a senior producer please let me know. Most recent experience is primarily in VO/PCAP/Localization production but also have produced design, art, and engineering teams aplenty over the last 13 years.

If you were a member of The Game Awards Future Class and can speak to your experience, I want to chat with you for The Guardian! DM me, or email alyssamerc[at]gmail[dot]com. Signal boost please!

Take the time to read this thread and understand that this is what our terrible country with its reprehensible government are doing to people.

This is what I wish people would understand about things like ChatGPT. It does not have thoughts. It can not lie. If it misleads you, that is by design of the creators pulling the levers. That's why it's bad to treat it like therapy or a friend or anything else that has any influence on your life.

Morgana is less tolerant of being my knitting model than Sissel but she's still very very cute.

If you worked/work at Square Enix and have any further specifics on the layoffs today you're willing to share, please reach out. Email and Signal in my bio, can keep you anonymous.

I have YouTube "We try different kitchen gadgets to see if they work" videos on in the background while working and I'm chanting "wash it first, please wash it first" as they pull things out of the packing and use them immediately on food. 😭🫠

The union is calling on people to boycott btw!!

I've redeemed myself. Officially these two cancel each other out and as a detective I am just okay. Sèance of Blake Manor personally hit for me more than Blue Prince because I love cast of characters in a house mysteries, but what a gift to get 2 amazing & different mystery games this year!

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You don't need me to tell you this is yet more good money being burned after bad. But as someone who's worked with that QA team, I'll say they're unsung heroes who truly play a huge role in maintaining SE's reputation for high quality locs and to attempt to replace them with AI is deeply insulting.

Morgana came to yell at me for lunch at the corrent noon. The daylight savings time curse is finally over.

The AI QA announcements make me furious. QA are essential. They have the ingenuity to break your game in insane ways because players definitely will. Any game out the door without a fuckton of bugs is down to QA. They're so underappreciated and so necessary.

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The girls are fighting again.

I have once again done the animation thing where I had an idea, but couldn't fit it in the frame limit so I edited and deleted and reblocked all parts of the animation until it's a fucking ship of Theseus and after all this work, I'm too lost to know if what I have is any good. 🫠

Houdini’s siblings are all in the adoption process but he hasn’t received any applications - most likely because of his coloring, since tabby cats are fairly common. He’s incredibly sweet and hilarious and will fill your home with joy. kittenrescue.org/available-an...