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โ€ข They/Them ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€โšง๏ธ โ€ข Up North, England, UK โ€ข Games QA, UX, Accessibility (CAPXP) ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ โ€ข Open Degree Student @ The Open Uni โ€ข Artist @distortarte.bsky.social โ€ข COVID-concious ๐Ÿ˜ท โ€ข Sober โœ–๏ธ โ€ข CD collector ๐Ÿ’ฟ โ€ข Tech, gender, art, and goofs https://linktr.ee/jaysid

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A poster that says
Did you see:
-a tent in the woods?
-someone shoplifting?
-a person sleeping in their car?
NO YOU FUCKING DIDNT
people are struggling don't make it worse

A poster that says Did you see: -a tent in the woods? -someone shoplifting? -a person sleeping in their car? NO YOU FUCKING DIDNT people are struggling don't make it worse

30.10.2025 17:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7003    ๐Ÿ” 3251    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 32

With almost a third of players identifying as disabled, I think accessibility needs a permanent seat at the table when we discuss UX ๐Ÿ–ค

30.10.2025 14:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Thereโ€™s a sudden influx of people asking what Sweet Baby Inc *do*. So here I am, a Sweet Baby Inc employee, to tell you: we are writers & narrative designers! We write and help create stories, all with the enthusiastic consent of the studios who hire us!

Great thread about that here! \/\/

29.10.2025 17:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 619    ๐Ÿ” 206    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

This is slightly related but one time I attached a video to a bug report called "stupid ai" and the dev replied saying "we've fixed the "stupid" ai" and honestly I'm still embarrassed over ten years later

30.10.2025 09:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My saying goes "If you love it, save it." This goes for YouTube, songs, pictures, TikToks, anything on the internet. You never know when a company is going to lose its mind and trash decades of data.

Apparently old resolutions may stay available, but I wouldn't trust Google about that.

30.10.2025 07:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Diving back into Uni, I am definitely not fully recovered after being so busy lately but I am allowing myself to half-arse it a little bit, cause it's better half-arsed than not-arsed ๐Ÿ‘

29.10.2025 16:18 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

worst thing I've read today and it's 10:13

29.10.2025 10:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This is me, I'm only able to use a left-handed trackball with no scroll wheel or middle button.

29.10.2025 09:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 19    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey if you rely on only AI QA tools your project will turn out as a fucking broken laughing stock.

And you won't be able to scapegoat QA anymore. People will see exactly what QA shield the world from.

28.10.2025 21:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

do you know what would streamline QA better than genAI ever could?

better working conditions in the games so that the people in QA and people improving the things found by QA will be happier, healthier, and more productive at work

28.10.2025 20:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 58    ๐Ÿ” 23    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

important reminder: food banks usually prefer money to direct food donations because they can buy at discounted rates

check with your local food bank to be sure but now is the time to help out

26.10.2025 20:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3419    ๐Ÿ” 2423    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 29

I'm still recovering from a bunch of too-busy days before I dive back into Uni, and during times like this, some parts of me are very thankful that my pre-medicated self was not able to sort out my thousands of Pokรฉmon cards. It's a wonderful brain-empty activity!

28.10.2025 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Python was awarded a funding grant, funding grant asked Python foundation to remove all diversity and inclusion initiatives they have.

Python foundation said no and rejected the grant.

If you use Python, send a few dollars to the charity to keep it going. Iโ€™m pushing a dono on behalf of ScamGuard.

27.10.2025 16:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8520    ๐Ÿ” 4775    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 44
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These Video Games Want Only Some of Your Attention

very excited to share this story about an emerging video game genre: games that live on bottom of your desktop screen. my first story in the NYT, featuring @mistermorrisgames.bsky.social, @toadzillart.itch.io, and more!

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/a...

27.10.2025 14:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 280    ๐Ÿ” 56    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

if you're looking to make a direct impact in your community, i highly recommend seeing if there's a community-run pantry/fridge in your city (mine has one, it's great) to drop off people *and* pet food. if you have money to spare, most have QR codes to scan for $$$ donations.

27.10.2025 15:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 11    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

did you know you can cancel spotify and instead right click on this video then choose Loop to be set for the whole week

27.10.2025 14:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sign up - Green Party

I joined the Green Party last night ๐Ÿ’š๐ŸŽ‰โ˜บ๏ธ

You can join via their website! And as I'm not really earning very much atm they have a reduced rate thankfully (:

join.greenparty.org.uk/join-us/

27.10.2025 13:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm really hoping the fact he's shown he's such a pointless waste of space will have an impact.

English people don't buy into the cult of personality in the same way Americans do.

27.10.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Popped to ye olde mental health hospital and now my ADHD meds are on repeat for the foreseeable future ๐Ÿ˜Œ

Treated myself to some CDs on the way home cause there were some charity shops on the way I hadn't been to before, very decent haul for a couple quid ๐ŸŽ‰

27.10.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's so baffling to me that people in England can use the pride of defeating the Nazis to then fuel fascism... it's such a bizarre oxymoron that can only exist via a fundamental misunderstanding about what WW2 was and what we were fighting to stop

27.10.2025 10:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Japan's gaming industry moves to improve accessibility Many in the industry are developing equipment and systems that allow people with disabilities affecting their hands to still play such as by using their feet and eyes.

"The Japanese gaming industry is working to improve video game accessibility by developing equipment and systems that allow people with disabilities affecting their hands to play by using other parts of their body, such as their cheeks, feet and eyes...." [1/2]

27.10.2025 10:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 33    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Me but also dyslexia is in there ๐Ÿซ 

Dyslexia is so misunderstood, and I've only been diagnosed for a month and trying to understand it myself.

Dyslexic thinking is a lot more than just typos!

27.10.2025 10:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

just... my cat was chill and well behaved lol

27.10.2025 07:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"ye, hasn't made a peep"

27.10.2025 07:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I'm gonna be adding alt text & hover over text to my hobby websites images today

It's only black and white HTML at the moment but this is when you put the accessibility in, from the start!

26.10.2025 08:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I ask myself that every day

26.10.2025 06:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Invest in a @flomask.bsky.social and a pack of filters and you're SET I promise

15.10.2025 18:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 41    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And they're all English or American and I can deport them to space

25.10.2025 19:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I talked so much my brain does not work anymore omg

25.10.2025 19:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I've just woken up after this

I'm so tired but I had a great time

25.10.2025 18:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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