Hiya Friends! I'm live with the first Tale within Utopia Builder (Endless Mode of #Frostpunk2) called Beacon of Hope! Let's see how this Tale plays out :3 www.youtube.com/watch?v=3h0h... www.twitch.tv/CrystalENVT #VTuber #vtlive #TheNetwork

Beacon of Hope [Frostpunk 2: Utopia Builder - Live]

YouTube video by Crystal

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Slow start this morning. I'll probably start within the next half hour, but we'll see

Getting ship logs setup in New Horizons (a Modding framework on top of the OWML framework specifically built for adding new planets) is surprisingly difficult. I haven't even gotten the Planet to show up yet in the star chart >.>

Succeed on my first go! It was really tough but also really fun to play through. I've learned a lot to be able to play better in a future playthrough. Looking forward to more Frostpunk 2 tomorrow :3

🔞 CrystalENVT 💎🍄 Ultra Gay Mushroom@crystal.envt.gay · yesterday

Hi Friends! I'm back from my Modding Hiatus, & we are hopping into the Frostpunk 2 DLC: Breach of Trust It's #Frostpunk2, but there's an Active Volcano? Certainly nothing bad will happen with this, right?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTTU... www.twitch.tv/CrystalENVT #VTuber #vtlive #TheNetwork

Hi Friends! I'm back from my Modding Hiatus, & we are hopping into the Frostpunk 2 DLC: Breach of Trust It's #Frostpunk2, but there's an Active Volcano? Certainly nothing bad will happen with this, right?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTTU... www.twitch.tv/CrystalENVT #VTuber #vtlive #TheNetwork

Frostpunk 2, but there's an Active Volcano?? [Frostpunk 2: Breach of Trust - Live]

YouTube video by Crystal

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University of Minnesota students are testing soil for what enduring harms tear gas caused. Good, vital work. www.startribune.com/operation-me...

What did a winter of tear gas leave in Minneapolis soil? U of M researchers are trying to find out.

The study aims to determine whether chemical munitions used by federal agents left contaminants in neighborhood gardens and soil.

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Bed so cozy, but I wanna stream! Dilemmas of being a sleepy girl thing

Hello hi, job searching for months has been really weighting me down, but I hope to find something eventually! Until then, any amount you're willing to donate is mega appreciated!!! 💖💖💖💖💖

Kandy@kandyelmo.northsky.social · last yr.

perma mutual aid pin thing, hi! I'm a black transfem who's only getting by with income support and that only helps with so much. So, if you're able to and wish to, you can donate to me at ko-fi.com/kandyelmo quotes on this in the future will be for particular in the moment stuff i need support in

When the public made noise for Liam Ramos, the little boy in the bunny hat, ICE let him and his father go. Now they’ve kidnapped another 5 year old named Liam. They’re disappearing little kids. Make noise for every one of them. Shut Dilley down.

FULL THROTTLE AND GRIM FANDANGO REMASTERS ARE NOW BDS-COMPLIANT, PURCHASE WITH ABANDON!!!

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 2d ago

Double Fine now officially owns all of its games made under Xbox and their publishing rights. https://kotaku.com/psychonauts-dev-now-owns-all-its-games-publishing-rights-2000726713

I am becoming incredibly exhausted of this pattern: many people: "AI sucks!" Very Smart Person: ah but have you considered (distinct application of ML or statistical modeling that has no real relationship to what the tech industry is marketing as, and people broadly perceive as, "AI")

Megan Greenwell@greenwell.bsky.social · 3d ago

apropos of nothing, here's a terrific feature about a meaningful, life-saving use of artificial intelligence, which I have been thinking about for over a year. it's just extremely stupid to say that AI has zero benefits even if you don't think it should be used in writing (which I don't)!

Wendy Carlos, BOTD in 1939, worked closely with Robert Moog in developing many of the modules and features of early Moog synthesizers in the 1960s. Here, in 1970, Carlos shares the clearest and most easy to understand explanation of how a synthesizer works that you'll ever hear: #musicsky #moviesky

Wendy Carlos on the BBC in 1970

Wendy Carlos demonstrates how a Moog synthesizer works.

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I haven't shared what mod I made yet, as my team is working on bugfixes & improvements, but I plan to share it out soon :3 You don't need DLC knowledge, just base game knowledge. c:

Update, seems to be only in Blacksky to remove you from AI content

Blitz Pride Mode@chums.yorha.vip · 3d ago

When did Bluesky have a AI setting to train your account on their AI model??? I havent seen anyone talk about this, I had to change my settings to deny, It was on "no pref" before

let's all take a moment to thank the EU for being the only slightly serious governing body in the west

The Verge@theverge.com · 4d ago

A screwdriver is all you’ll need to swap a new battery into the Momentum 5’s charging case and earbuds. www.theverge.com/tech/982216/...

This shit is why you can't separate continuing to financially support the Harry Potter IP (whether by buying the games, merch, watching the new TV show when its out) from the consequences of what JK Rowling does with that money She's become so stiflingly powerful that even private docs arent safe

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3d ago

I've never seen such an effort to censor a document as I have the Amnesty International report on gender critical groups because of JK Rowling. They removed the report from the Wayback Machine and now I got a DMCA strike on my Google Drive for having it. It was deleted and removed from my account.

@mobiusdigitalgames.com I would love to get the Outer Wilds "Dad Cap", but it was only sold on the Annapurna website, & they aren't showing the Outer Wilds collection anymore. Is there any chance that it would come back in the future?

So, 1) Mod Jam over (yippee!) & people are enjoying the mod, which is great! 2) Pathfinder is actually scheduled for tomorrow night, so no stream. Plan to do something this weekend though :3

🔞 CrystalENVT 💎🍄 Ultra Gay Mushroom@crystal.envt.gay · 5d ago

Mod Jam got extended one more day due to the GitHub outage yesterday, but then I also have Pathfinder scheduled for tonight, so no stream tonight. I'm planning to play some Deltarune tomorrow though on stream :)

I think my phone number has been sold/leaked, because I get so many spam calls & targeted text messages for the area I live in >.>

Mod Jam got extended one more day due to the GitHub outage yesterday, but then I also have Pathfinder scheduled for tonight, so no stream tonight. I'm planning to play some Deltarune tomorrow though on stream :)

I cannot stress enough: the AI bubble has already popped it is just being kept on life support by corporations trying to squeeze even a dollar more out of their shit investment, and tech bros doing the same before abandoning their shit company startups. keep hating on AI, you're winning

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 6d ago

Report Suggests Nearly No One Is Buying AI Generated Goods https://kotaku.com/3d-model-markets-are-being-flooded-with-ai-sellers-but-no-ones-buying-2000724790

THE ONLY THING HOLDING ME BACK FROM MAKING THIS BETTER IS MYYY HANNNDDDD OWWWW *cough* ahem, this is Vivanne, shes a Loan Shark, she wants your money hand it over.

Hey so as a heads up. This. Is. All. Commissions. PayPal is DREADFUL to work with. Do not mention the word. Do not censor the word. Please just pay the invoice. If you do the artist you commissioned WILL get in trouble.

Alex Ri (NSFW)@demonking225.bsky.social · 3mo ago

STOP ADDING COMMENTS IN PAYPAL STATING ANYTHING THAT WHAT YOUR PAYING FOR IS A COMMISSIONS ESPECIALLY A NSFW COMMISSION!!! THESE FUCKING PROCESSORS WON'T STOP PUTTING THIER OWN DISLIKES AND MORALS ON WHAT WE FUCMING BUY!!! Spread the Word!!!!

Has anybody used Renderdoc before? If so, do you possibly know why my teammate would not be having the overlay show up & be able to capture a frame? Thanks in advance!

19 hours 40 minutes until Jam 6 is complete

If you're a streamer on windows 11 check your audio input settings for your mic as there's now an AI powered "Audio enhancement" section that defaults to on which can interfere with your microphone audio if you're already processing your audio via OBS filters or other software

there is no such thing as "age verification." All "age verification" is actually "identity verification." You can coat it in glitter and "privacy-preserving" wrapping paper. But in the end, mandating age verification means mandating surveillance be built into software and hardware. Period.

Just because people don't talk about it or ignore it doesn't mean it's gone, and behaving that way is exactly how we can get another mass pandemic.

NPR@npr.org · last wk.

Just like all previous summers since the pandemic began, COVID-19 cases are ticking up again, even while other health threats make more headlines. n.pr/45oln5k

There you have it.

Rogue Ren@rogueren.net · last wk.

So it seems that #Twitch normal staff are also pissed at the gen AI crap, but big daddy Amazon makes the rules so they don't get a choice. GREAT! infosec.exchange/@0xabad1dea/...

People really be like "well, we gotta be clear, it's not vibe coded, they just used Claude for documentation"... Like, the bad thing is that they're using generative AI, right? So why are we splitting hairs about whether or not a documentation codebase should be referred to as a codebase?