Casey

With how many layoffs we’ve had over the past several years, remote work should be the default. Requiring relocation at this point is unreasonable for the risk that we’re just going to get laid off two months, six months, a year in.

My heart hurts so much at these layoffs.

So many people sacrificed at the altar of the shareholders.

The other half is "why didn't anyone tell us this existed?"

Rising expectations and plummeting retention

Losing institutional knowledge and experience when aforementioned retention fails

Not nearly enough of us being paid well enough to be safe and sane, often instead operating from survival mode meaning its harder to be creative and problem solve-y

nature says "💚"

Our Founding Fathers were no dummies.

As James Madison wrote in Federalist No. 47: “The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands...may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.”

This is what Trump wants. We will stop him.

So true.

Born and raised in South Florida, moved to Maryland in 2013, I have seen like 2 lizards here in the last 12 years.

Boots, Tuxedo cat stands on a desk looking around, looking cute.

Boots, Tuxedo cat wearing a green dragon costume

Boots, Tuxedo cat. Recreated in Monster Hunter Wilds Palico creator

Boots, Tuxedo cat laying down. Cool blue light / sunlight backlighting

First new Monster Hunter game without my hunting buddy, Boots.

Thanks @capcomusa.com @monsterhunter.capcomusa.com - I get to have more adventures with my baby boy.

If you have the coding chops, I'd nudge in an Audio Programmer direction, honestly.

There are never enough folks who have the coding skills and critical listening skills to do that work, IMO.

Otherwise, yeah. Reel, network, get lucky.

Such a shame. I really enjoyed this one from time to time.

Don't put yourself in a position you're uncomfortable with

Have a list of things you want to say or ask

Try your best to detach the responses (or lack of) from the statements or questions

Focus on knowing you did your best

Do these and you'll be able to say you tried, regardless.

It isn't EZ

I feel this, Mark. I'm also not flying anywhere for a while. Someone above cited some percentages that show it's still small, but given the sharp increase in crashes and problems in the last month..... Yeah, I get not wanting to do it.

@bencrossbones.bsky.social 's stuff is awesome. 😍

Carroll Creek and Baker Park are just beautiful.

Great shot!

Audiolog can have flaws, for sure, but personally given the choice between an Audiolog I can listen to while exploring/doing combat things/etc or being stuck in place listening to an NPC, I typically prefer the former

Better middle ground for "walk and talk" style storytelling is definitely welcome

The latter, not so much actually. With the addon AltVault you can track this for WoW.

I did this the other night and the total hours spent over the last 20 years is staggering.

Wow that's a ton of hours!

And the nominees are...?

Got my notification email that they're raising the price end of the month, too.

Kaos is so good. It deserved to finish telling its story

Bernie Sanders: "We are living in an unprecedented moment in American history. We are looking at a rapid growth of oligarchy. We are looking at a rapid growth of authoritarianism. And I fear we're looking at a rapid growth of kleptocracy as well."

Sam Altman warns AI could kill us all. But he still wants the world to use it | CNN Business Sam Altman helped pave the way for a new AI era. But the road ahead is filled with uncertainty

"Sam Altman warns AI could kill us all. But he still wants the world to use it"

We had a run

That IS the manager.

"how did this chocolate get there!?"

Me: *waiting for the follow-up post hours later.*

You: *finding crumbled cheese somewhere you didn't expect*

From the very first time I saw it I always said it was a documentary that time traveled back to us as a warning.

Mike Judge, a modern day prophet.

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."