Thyanel

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Hey, y'all! I'm live, streaming some more of Act Three of #Baldur'sGate3 and this may be our last (or penultimate) episode? I'm not sure yet. We'll see how these last fights go. But come join me and see if we survive!

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Image of a dragonborn rubber duck. There are trans flags on either side of them. Text says "DOVAH DUCK, DOVAH DUCK, TERFS GO SHUT THE FUCK UP"

A tuxedo cat dressed up with horns and a kramous outfit beside an electric candle.

Shout out to catcosplay who does real photography shoots with their cat for this Krampus outfit.

LauraK483 - Twitch She/her. Comes with a permanent headphone warning. Canadian bisexual, co-founder of Level Select, and player in the Dungeon Select DnD Campaign. This channel is a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space ...

Our first Roll 4 Hope dnd oneshot with @teamsidequest.bsky.social raising money for @projecthopeorg.bsky.social starts in 15 minutes! All donations will effect the game! Join us over at twitch.tv/laurak483

🚨 NEW: A majority of Americans now support Medicare for All even if it ends private insurance and raises taxes. The tipping point is here because the ACA is failing to keep health care affordable. New polling shows a 50-point shift in just six years.

i’m so excited!!😍😍😍

nice.

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Whoops! Things got a tiiiiiny bit chaotic over here, but we are, in fact, LIVE, streaming some #Palia, and just being cozy for the evening! We'll go a little longer tonight to make up for the bit of lost time we had earlier!

Lurkers are more than welcome!

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A black keyboard sits on top of a wooden desk. A rainbow array of lights shine through the black keycaps to illuminate the text on the sides of the keys. A green leaf-shaped wrist rest sits in front of the keyboard.

A keyboard sits on top of a wooden desk with a green leaf-shaped wrist rest in front of it. An almost icy blue light illuminates the bottom of keycaps that are either white with dark green text on the top or various shades of green. Over and around the arrow keys is a leafy vine design.

It took me about an hour (and then I got distracted), but the new keyboard is all set up! And honestly, I'm kind of in love with it.

Now, to be fair, the black it started off with wasn't BAD, but the icy greenery it is now feels so much more me.

The cable, sent to all U.S. missions on December 2, orders U.S. consular officers to review resumes or LinkedIn profiles of H-1B applicants - and family members who would be traveling with them - to see if they have worked in areas that include activities such as misinformation, disinformation, content moderation, fact-checking, compliance and online safety, among others.

Holy shit.

Reuters reporting that new admin instructions on visas are if you worked at a platform in trust & safety or content moderation or on fact checking or online safety at an platform you *and your loved ones* are ineligible for H-1B visa.

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You know what I didn't really expect to be doing/today? Getting set up to customize an entire keyboard, but here I am, I guess.

we’re at 43%! can we make it to 50% today?!?!?!

Genuinely terrifying. Healthcare (really, health insurance) costs skyrocketing. Then complicated by these fuckers wanting us all to be more sick, all the time. Our kids, sick. Our elders, sick. All of us, sicker and sicker, and paying more for it.

Kitty!Loona DOES look adorable.

Let's do some math...

The lowest living wage in the USA is $40,000/yr in West Virginia. That's what a single person with no pets, kids, or car needs to live.

In a 40hr work week, that's $19/hr.

Minimum wage in WV is $8.75/hr. That's an 80hr work week just to survive.

Minimalist white poster with a subtle crumpled-paper texture; small ‘whn.global’ logo centered at the top. A small intro line sits above a huge headline where ‘COVID’ is bright red and ‘is different.’ is black. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. COVID is different. SARS-CoV-2 behaves differently from the viruses most of us grew up with. And treating it like “another flu” is costing people their health.’ Footer: The World Health Network is a network devoted to global compassion—working together to inspire collective action through science for a safer, healthier world.

Same white, paper-texture poster and top ‘whn.global’ logo. Large title reads ‘What makes COVID different?’ with ‘COVID’ in red, followed by a bulleted list. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. What makes COVID different? • It can breach the blood–brain barrier • It can damage your endothelial lining and increase clot risk • It can persist in tissues • It can lower key immune cells • It may increase cancer risk • You can catch it multiple times per year These are not “normal cold virus” behaviors.’ Footer line about the World Health Network.

Same clean white poster with paper texture; ‘whn.global’ at top. Big statement line mid-page where ‘Long COVID’ appears in red and the rest in black; two short paragraphs below. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. Long COVID is caused by SARS-CoV-2. Persistent symptoms come from real, documented damage. Not anxiety, not imagination, not “just needing rest.” Hundreds of thousands of studies show SARS-CoV-2 affects the body in ways we’re still uncovering. Just because you’ve had multiple infections and “felt fine” doesn’t mean it will stay that way.’ Footer line about the World Health Network.

Same minimalist white, paper-texture layout with ‘whn.global’ at top. A large heading ‘Here’s what you can do.’ sits above a simple bullet list; the final URL slug ‘covid-is-different’ is in red. Text: ‘Paraphrased from David Brasure’s WHN blog post, “COVID Is Different.” Read the full article at whn.global/covid-is-different. Here’s what you can do. • Improve air quality (filters, ventilation) • Wear a high-filtration mask in shared indoor air • Test when exposed or symptomatic • Stay home when sick • Use layered protections with friends, family, and workplaces Read more at whn.global/covid-is-different’ Footer line about the World Health Network.

COVID isn’t acting like the viruses most of us grew up with, and treating it like “just a cold” is putting people at real risk. David Brasure breaks down why SARS-CoV-2 is fundamentally different, how it causes long-term damage, and what we can do to protect ourselves.

Just a friendly reminder that AI slop has not taken over games fully yet and there are still humans making the games you enjoy. Please for the love of god dont abandon us.

It’s so exhausting hearing CEOs tell the customers what they want instead of them actually listening to what people are saying. All generative AI use in every media should be labeled as such.

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Hey, folks! I'm back in Faerun! I'm live with more #BaldursGate3, and I think we might be heading towards the end of the story. So come join me and see how this all might resolve!

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Instead of doing a consumerism on "Black" Friday, consider supporting small businesses, dropping a few coins in someone's ko-fi or go fund me, sign up for their patreon instead.

Life is expensive, things are hard. Drop coins to humans, not AI, or big corporations today.

QRP with your links!

What a great headline

Gavlebocken receives a few finishing touches. Red bows around the middle and legs are added.

Gavlebocken stands proudly in the center of wooden fencing after receiving some upgrades.

The Goat received a few finishing touches overnight 🎁

And so begins the annual guessing game. Will it survive or will it perish?

New Yule Goat design! 🎄🐐

I mean.

Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:

As you’re preparing for your Thanksgiving meal, remember the skilled work it took to get that food to your grocery store.

Tell us your favorite Thanksgiving dish, and we can share some of what we know about the work behind the ingredients.

Thanksgiving is problematic. Giving thanks is not. As someone who wants to remember the attempted genocide of indigenous people but also likes a reminder to practice gratitude, I like to use Indigenous People's Month to support (and be grateful for) indigenous creators. A partial list! /1

I'm old.

If you're not, listen to this.

Get a guitar or some drums, or a trumpet. Pick up a brush, a pencil, some clay or a welder.

Just make shit. It doesn't have to be good (eventually it will be) just make music, art or write or whatever.

It's literally never been more important.

THEY ADDED NEW GARBAGE reblog to save a life