Alyssa M Torres

That first BIG fight inside the Monolith is making me spin out. STILL ONLY BREADCRUMBS after I defeated the boss?! The answers feel SO CLOSE! GAHHH!! I need Act 3. But first, life.

Breaking: Shooting at a South Carolina Planned Parenthood An anti-abortion protester has been detained

Here's what we know about the shooting outside a Planned Parenthood clinic in South Carolina today involving anti-abortion protesters. We spoke to volunteers + reviewed footage of the incident. Anti-abortion violence is sharply on the rise—essentially encouraged by the Trump admin:

AHHHH!! I hope to finish the main story next week. I can’t stop picking it up and experimenting with Pictos and Lumina.

A screenshot of a tweet from Ludwig saying: a couple weeks ago I found out one of my oldest viewers passed away she started following when i had 100 viewers she was super active in chat, funny, and helped turn my goofy dream of being a streamer into a full fledged career she was also trans, and my community was one of the few places she felt comfortable expressing that in so today in her memory im doing a charity stream for the Trevor project ty to anyone who tunes in or donates rip kanabana

So the streamer Ludwig recently found out that one of his earliest regular viewers, who was trans, passed away and tonight he's doing a charity stream for the Trevor Project. So far he's raised over $46,000 in about 5 hours. www.twitch.tv/ludwig

Starbucks Workers are on strike! And their Downtown Disney locations are looking for allies to rally with them today on Red Cup Day! Join them at 4pm Disney Way and Harbor Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92802. Sign here, pledge to not cross any SB picket lines! tinyurl.com/nocoffeepledge

@alyssasketchd.bsky.social 🙏🏻With a voice of pain, I plead with you.
With a voice of poverty, I call upon you.
Save my child, Muhammad, from losing his life.
Donate and share the pinned post on my page 🙏🏽

Finally we get a game update!

I’m not sure how robust character creation is going to be but I’m very curious about Lore being woven in here.

@alyssasketchd.bsky.social 🙏🏻With a voice of pain, I plead with you.
With a voice of poverty, I call upon you.
Save my child, Muhammad, from losing his life.
Donate and share the pinned post on my page 🙏🏽

stop telling workers to get a better job and start telling billionaires to stop exploiting workers.

ahem

‘I don’t want anyone to suffer like I did’: the intersex campaigners fighting to limit surgery on children What should be done about the small proportion of babies born with genitals that are neither typically male nor typically female? Many of those affected believe parents and doctors are often too quick...

These are some quite heartbreaking stories and, as Holly Greenberry-Pullen comments in the piece, really illustrates the perverse absurdity of deeming trans teens to young to even get blockers but being fine with intersex kids getting horrifically drastic full-on bodily surgery as *toddlers*.

When your government says Climate Change is a hoax but the Insurance companies are beginning to abandon entire states due to extreme weather.

We need regulations at every level to combat this. It’s going to be very rough in these upcoming decades.

Museums had a rough 2025: Report shows lower attendance, lost grants, less money The American Alliance of Museums put out its annual industry snapshot and it's not great. Trump's targeting of museum programming had downstream effects and put a "chill on corporate philanthropy."

The American Alliance of Museums put out its annual industry snapshot and it's not great. Trump's targeting of museum programming had downstream effects and put a "chill on corporate philanthropy." n.pr/43lIZa7

The music is so good that I think dying is not just totally fine but a good thing! “It’s all a learning opportunity for those Counters.” Literally changing brain chemistry, it’s so powerful.

I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Ahmad. Ahmad was an accountant in Gaza but because of the siege moved to Belgium for more opportunities before the war, leaving behind his family including his children Sabri, 9 and Amr, 5 and his mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer.

Also the way every cut scene (should you choose to let it play) feels like it DEMANDS that you remain in the present with your party and not spend a lot of time with a lore dump. I love lore but I also enjoy these actors reacting to everything. I enjoy how Presence is your transition to Slowness.

Separately, I want to shout out #ClairObscur for daring to be a Western Developer putting their twist on JRPGs but also including their VERY French philosophy into the mix. The fact that these camp scenes are peak joie de vivre + Artistic pursuits alone is giving me life.

Visages.

I think I Countered correctly ONCE?! It was a jump 😭. And that stupid Chromatic Ramasseur?!?! Ugh. Still beat it tho.

omggggg

Opinion | Cancer Patients Like Me Are Casualties of MAHA’s Hypocrisy

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Tasneem's flyer with the words: "Tasneem longs for safety for her three young children. She has spent many agonizing nights wondering if she will wake up to see the daylight. Her daughter Alma was recently cut in the head by broken glass from bombing. Her son Hassan was run over by a car that sped away without a second thought. Tasneem and her children depend on our generosity for their survival. The family needs funds for shelter, food, medical treatment, and would like to evacuate as soon as possible for outside medical treatment."

Gaza in ruins.

The civilians in Gaza are homeless, hungry and without any resources. They rely entirely on our donations to survive. Even the smallest donation will help them.

Please give to my dear friend Tasneem so she can feed and take care of her children. And to others if you can. ❤️🙏

tinyurl.com/Tasneemo

Action against injustice: How to (quickly) get started, restarted or unstuck Moving from outrage and overwhelm to action in 5 steps or less. Or your $$$ back ;)

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If you voted in Seattle, check to make sure your vote was counted! If not, you may have a chance to cure your ballot:

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Every chapter of this game just cleaves me in twain!

These boss battles are no joke. Each one is an endurance trial, even now that I’m capable of parrying about 40% of the time consistently! 😭 but the rhythm based QTEs are my JAM.

Tweet by Joyce Carol Oates: "wherever he goes, he wants to leave"--that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation. QT of @avidreader1000 Wherever he goes, he wants to leave: SA, Canada, ultimately the U.S. in the long run, based on his behavior. This also includes Earth. A continuous disavowal of your home is odd, to say the least. He seems to have no c...

“whatever club he’s invited to join has been devalued by the invitation”

20 hours in #ClairObscur and I appreciate how this game takes EVERY opportunity to make me cry.

I also completed 2 of the Gestral Beaches and uh… Ascension was painful 😭

Hospice is so rough to witness.

It just is.

okay sorry I cannot shut the fuck up about this topic, instead of another massive thread, here

More people need to play video games, honestly. Better storytelling than half of streaming TV and incredibly timely topics like confronting the mortality of yourself and your loved ones and even the place you live. Horizons hit me the same way.

Finally started Claire Obscur…

I’m going to need to track all the tasks on the map that I can’t do as a lowly Level 13 Party.

Two Black Boys in Paradise nominated for major award as executive producer reveals JADE, Billy Porter and Joanna Lumley are fans (EXCLUSIVE) Two Black Boys in Paradise, a short celebrating Black queer love, nominated for BIFA Best Short Film supported by Jade Thirlwall and more.

This looks amazing www.attitude.co.uk/culture/two-...