Alan Henry's Avatar

Alan Henry

@halophoenix.bsky.social

Author: Seen, Heard, & Paid: https://amzn.to/4dXOAHv Now: Managing Editor, @pcmag.com Then: WIRED, NYT, Lifehacker. Forever: Yours. Bi, poly, unapologetically Black. He/Him. 🎨: @alfyria.bsky.social https://www.alan-henry.net | https://www.novawerks.net

3,260 Followers  |  450 Following  |  1,989 Posts  |  Joined: 27.04.2023  |  1.9091

Latest posts by halophoenix.bsky.social on Bluesky

Post image

Happy Amazon Prime Day! Amazon collects mountains of data about how you use the service, but there is a setting you can change to make it harder for the company to use that data to sell you more things. #OptOutOctober www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

07.10.2025 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 117    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

thank you!! I'm so glad you enjoyed this!!

07.10.2025 20:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

finally Gengar end our suffering

07.10.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is SO REAL, I'm sitting on like four vods and I need to go through them and make clips. Every time I open one I'm like "ugh, this bitch again" and close it. XD

07.10.2025 15:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Tapping the sign, again, forever.


buttondown.com/alanhenry/ar...

07.10.2025 14:18 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's wild to me that a: someone can straight up say out loud "i have no values or morals, the only thing that guides me is personal gain" and be okay with themselves, and also that b: in a press obsessed with "objectivity" this is fine but "boy that racist guy said some racist stuff" is a problem

07.10.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Seen, Heard, and Paid: The New Work Rules for the Marginalized Seen, Heard, and Paid: The New Work Rules for the Marginalized [Henry, Alan] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Seen, Heard, and Paid: The New Work Rules for the Marginalized

Hi, if you're about to talk to me about yet another upward failure in this industry, I would much rather you read about what it's like to be someone who doesn't have that privilege *and* has to fight those people just to survive in it.

It's my book: www.amazon.com/Seen-Heard-P...

06.10.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

holy shit you were a un squadron player too???

I can count on one hand how many people I know that have even heard of the game much less played it AND watched the anime <3

06.10.2025 01:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Apropos of nothing, I would like to point out that large companies whose business model is "serve words to the public" will typically pay between US $.10 and $3.00 per word. So when you give words to a company for free, you are in fact paying them a LOT of money.

05.10.2025 18:22 β€” πŸ‘ 547    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 1
One of my twitch emotes, featuring my face, laughing, with > and < for eyes.

One of my twitch emotes, featuring my face, laughing, with > and < for eyes.

Libra Szn is underway! Let's yap a bit and build the big backlog bracket together, shall we?

Come along and help me pick out games I haven't played that I need to. Live now:

twitch.tv/halo_phoenix

05.10.2025 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

oh my god - here's to a quick recovery! <3

03.10.2025 20:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I am desperately asking people to stop fawning over CEOs in general, even when they make things you like.

If this tech ecosystem should show you anything, it's that these companies build products. They have no interest in communities, safety, or justice in any sense.

*They do not have values.*

03.10.2025 18:51 β€” πŸ‘ 59    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Backing this up - Some of the worst humans I know and have worked personally with were some of the chummiest, "let's get drinks"-iest, "not so bad in person"-ey people I've ever met.

Some of the most astounding racists I've met said they were "big fans of my work." They know how to play this game.

03.10.2025 15:09 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so bummed about this, Asahi doesn't deserve this

03.10.2025 14:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œI am so tired of waiting.
Aren’t you,
for the world to become good
and beautiful and kind?
Let us take a knife
and cut the world in twoβ€”
and see what worms are eating
at the rind.


~ Langston Hughes, in "Good Morning, Revolution: Uncollected Social Protest Writings"

02.10.2025 22:51 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

02.10.2025 20:12 β€” πŸ‘ 20843    πŸ” 4792    πŸ’¬ 476    πŸ“Œ 168

UGH FINE I'll choose A, I think that'd probably be best anyway...

02.10.2025 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

a, maybe c, b terrifies me

02.10.2025 20:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is still true and the mods would do well to remember it

02.10.2025 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1582    πŸ” 450    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2

This is true, but the headline for this story hits hard too:

"Sam Altman Admits Sora 2 'Slop' Feed Is a Money Grab to Fund GPUs"

So there you are, mask off and all.

02.10.2025 00:10 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for posting your art. When I am feeling low I come here and look at cool art. It is one of the best benefits about this app. Please keep it up.

01.10.2025 23:43 β€” πŸ‘ 34    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3

It's not a coincidence that very wealthy individuals noticed that the press was starting to notice the hand in the puppet, so they started buying all the outlets and shedding journalists as a result until all we have left is an uncritical collection of grifters and sycophants.

01.10.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so tired man

01.10.2025 15:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Libra Season Starts Now! | The Phoenix Directorate Get more from The Phoenix Directorate on Patreon

Okay folks, let's get this birthday season party started! Introducing: The HaloPhoenix Backlog Bracket! (aka please help me find gems in my game library...)

Read on: www.patreon.com/posts/libra-...

30.09.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Libra Season Starts Now! | The Phoenix Directorate Get more from The Phoenix Directorate on Patreon

Okay folks, let's get this birthday season party started! Introducing: The HaloPhoenix Backlog Bracket! (aka please help me find gems in my game library...)

Read on: www.patreon.com/posts/libra-...

30.09.2025 19:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm now at the point in my baking journey where I'm experimenting with shit like "high hydration vs. low hydration dough" and I think I'm cooked, chat

someone come eat all this bread, please

29.09.2025 23:05 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Post image Post image Post image

wrote this in 2022 about MS+Acti, and honestly im just surprised its taken this long for the other shoes to drop

29.09.2025 22:17 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Haha - thank you!!

29.09.2025 14:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is EXACTLY why I wrote my book.

This shit is *exhausting.*

29.09.2025 14:47 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

BARS. THREAD.

28.09.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

@halophoenix is following 19 prominent accounts