Shane‽

@apparentlyshane.bsky.social

Maker of things & stuff. Producer of sounds. Occational DJ. He/They. Demidude. Neurodivergent. Bi/Pan. 30. Jank specialist. Too weird for TV. Cringe, but free. WIll probably found at a rave somewhere. https://linktr.ee/ApparentlyShane

Helloooooo 4 of my video games are included in this bundle! Get Bombing!! 1 + 2, Centauri Dark, and Lofty Quest for just $10+ bucks and support folks who have been hurt by all this industry horseshit That's literally a $40 value from my games alone, and there's over 100 more games in there!

a screenshot from the bundle page showing Bombing!! 1, Lofty Quest, Bombing 2 and Centauri dark, as well as descriptions of each game.
Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · 6d ago

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

it’s always good to remember that just because you have a great personal or professional relationship with someone doesn’t mean others have not had bad experiences with that person or that they not been unreasonable or unprofessional

But when someone cruel and hateful who has built a legacy of harm and making things worse for everyone else dies, we're browbeaten into not speaking to that legacy, cowed into niceties. If all you can manage to say about some disgusting bigot is not to speak of that legacy, that's just as damning.

Not speaking ill of the dead is the greatest crock of shit, and you know why? Nobody has to invoke it whenever someone beloved died, you'll hear outpourings from fans about how authors touched their lives, people reminiscence about their favourite actors' best roles, a celebration of their lives...

Amazon feeds Twitch into the AI furnace, hoping yet another piece of once-lived in furniture will keep the debt fires burning one day longer. Break the chair's legs off. They're down $309.1B. Rip the chest's drawers out. $309.2. Cut through the desk with a handsaw. $309.3. Nobody needs to live here

A screenshot from the website https://isaiprofitable.com/ showing that Amazon's investment in AI is up to $331.1 billion with only $22 billion in revenue, for a total loss so far of $309.1 billion
Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 5d ago

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.