Jon Erik!

To my friends from LiveJournal I still think about you Wonder if you finally quit, Do you still speak to your mom? I remember when you went to Japan How you swore you'd never forgive him. I can't remember to take my meds but I remember you wanted to live on a houseboat. It's a strange intimacy, all of us unspooling across decades of internet space Like balls of yarn leaving a trail behind us of everywhere and everyone we've ever been I hope you got your houseboat. I hope you got everything. -Hayley DeRoche

♥️

one of my fave posts I've seen in its orbit is someone being like "I'm a gay actor and I'd only want the BEST actor for the role, regardless of sexuality" and

on what planet can you be an actor and think actors are cast exclusively on merit

the "gay actors and gay roles" discourse is a "multiple things can be true" conversation but unfortunately most people who wade into it just want one thing to be true

juicy fruit! a brilliant reminder of an old fave, thank you

does it better or worsen my odds that I had to look up what Zyn was

(Never thought I’d be a gum guy! 2025 continues to surprise)

Anyone have recommendations for non-mint flavored gum? Preference for longer lasting.

I’ve been dealing with a 24/7 taste sensory issue and gum is one of the few things to help mitigate it

it's the least we could do!!

keezy I want to apologize in advance because it is going to be Cold. but I do think that means a confident No Ants policy will be in effect as a result

NORCO's a Christmas game. 65% off on Steam through December 12th.

In less than a week, MICE returns to BU's Fuller Building and we'll be there at Table 47B!

We'll have our entire available catalog along with our brand new titles: Slices of Life and Testament!

See you there 😁 @massmice.bsky.social

this game is one of my faves of 2023! great if you love character-driven ensemble narratives and vibrant art styles

I plan on looking around for a new one eventually, but it's a bit harder because my primary care dude clearly loves her, and I (aside from this) love him. A very strange spin-off of a love triangle

Dealing with a chronic health issue that is being made only more chronic by the fact that my specialist seems to be caught in some time loop where she only recalls 2% of anything I've ever told her

I've been watching it for the first time over the past year or so, and I've very much been enjoying it! it's easy enough to relegate to background noise on the less interesting episodes

update: I've been liking Random From Follows bsky.app/profile/boog...

Google denies ‘misleading’ reports of Gmail using your emails to train AI Google says “we do not use your Gmail content for training our Gemini AI model.”

The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.

I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.

www.theverge.com/news/826902/...

about to read a horror comic that's likely going to unglue my skin. wish me luck

as a comics journo who, in a former life, wrote about webcomics: Lavender Jack is exceptional and I could not more highly recommend it @danschkade.bsky.social

there a lot of passive aggressive turns of phrase that still on technicality have thinly plausible elements of good faith to them but "friendly reminder" is 100% not one of them

nothing better ensures that a statement comes off as rude than opening it with "friendly reminder"

America's first ever esports champion was Rebecca Heineman, a trans woman. She went on to found some of your favorite video game studios and worked on your favorite video games. Next time you see somebody rail about 'woke' and 'DEI'
Remember that.
Remember her.

Photo of round-ish acrylic pin badges on backing cards. The pins are circles with the letters "AI" crossed out. There are two color versions. One is pink and dark blue, the other is green and light blue.

Anti-AI pins have been RESTOCKED in my shop! (Shipping US & Canada only). Get 'em before the AI bubble bursts. 😉🤞 shop.breelundberg.com

anyway pouring one out for the zillions of competent, ethical journalists who are currently unemployed

like: what do you mean I'm playing an indie puzzler or a otherwise straightforward cozy resource management game and at the last minute the fate of every townsperson's life is in my hands??? pardon???

for multiple endings to hit, they need to feel earned, and if I had no concept that the game I was playing was a "multiple endings game," then safe to say at least a few of those endings weren't set up

take: the indie game equivalent of "AAA studio adding half-baked 'open-world' to a game because 'players prefer it' and 'more choices always equals better'" is having a sudden "multiple endings" choice that is not informed by what the player was doing in the first 98% of the game

too many bees!!!

having a bees in my head kind of day in a bees in my head kind of week in a bees in my head kind of year 🐝 🐝 🐝

be the change, etc.