A few weeks ago I realised I was rapidly approaching burnout. Not with streaming, with life and being neurodivergent etc. The way I have always done things has clearly been pushing me beyond my limits. I came back to streams with a reduced schedule, terrified I'd lose what I've worked for.

Streamers: if you have opted out of Twitch's genAI training policy, please consider adding the 'aiOptedOut' tag to your streams. It will help easily indicate safe spaces to myself, and other streamers/viewers who don't want to spend time in or raid into spaces that haven't opted out 💜 #twitch #genai

Tripped over my own feet running to turn this shit off. Opt-out rather than opt-in is gross. 🤢

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 6d ago

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

Signal boosting this. To be clear, we don't know whether this IS happening, and we don't know any of the details, but I think it's still valuable to upvote this Uservoice and provide feedback about not wanting AI being trained on our content. I do not want to see this happening on Twitch.

Project Zomboid B42 going Stable on Wednesday next week??? I'm losing my mind. Huge huge huge 😭

I want trans women in shared, women-only spaces with me. I want them to be my sisters and friends and mentors and confidants.

Finally did a MASSIVE doom task that has been hanging over me since literally a year ago when some Bad Things™ happened and I kinda went into survival mode and my executive functioning just fell off a cliff. It's a tiny step, but at least it's in the right direction.

Born to have my tasty blood coveted by vampires, forced to be fed on by tiny insects in the woods.

I've been trying to go on nature walks the last few days, but today the tranquility was destroyed by me saying good morning to a man walking his dog at 2:30pm. Maybe I'm just letting him bank that one til tomorrow. 🫠

So sad to find out that @belghast.com has passed away. I met him many years ago through blogging, and he was always a kind and supportive force in the wider gaming community. I met many lovely folks and long-time friends because of Blaugust. Thinking of all of you. 💜 Fuck cancer.

I’m so sorry for everyone at id Software affected by these layoffs. I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on. It’s a strange and painful thing to step away from a place that holds so much of your work, friendships and history. 1/5

First day of my week off, and I fell asleep early last night and woke up without an alarm at 7am so I went for an early morning walk in the woods and got coffee and breakfast and it feels good. ☺️ My ADHD is convinced I'll definitely do this every morning but let's not get ahead of ourselves. 🥲

Microsoft this week: We're laying off half the industry. Sony: We're ending physical games. Nintendo: have u seen this splatoon weapon we call it the bloblobber

Committing to finishing my first draft (which is technically part rewrite) by the end of the summer. I can do it I can do it I can do it

My mental health has reached the "X-Files comfort rewatch" stage

inside of me there are two wolves

Saturday morning therapy session, just as a little treat (read: just as a little emotional damage to start the weekend 💀)

Past me booked a full body de-stress massage for myself then forgot all about it. Present me is very grateful for the pleasant surprise when I remembered about it last night, and I am now composed entirely of jelly.

POV: you're late for your meeting with Esme

Attention! Extremely small snail!

I keep thinking my special interests as an adult make no sense. Socially acceptable: skincare! A bit weird, actually: level 4 biohazards Then I remember my special interests as a child were horses and crime scene forensics. Yup, that tracks.

Hey so, I think social media is super dangerous in its current state and I agree that kids shouldn't be on it unsupervised. Harvesting IDs to "verify age" in order to access social media is not the solution and is a massive invasion of privacy.

Nothing quite as affirming as going to a queer event after a week filled with hate. 💜

Signal boosting this again today. 💜 Whilst unrest has calmed overnight, there are still many people being intimidated or forced out of their homes. I'll look for other fundraisers or ways to help later and share here!

Psyche@psycheplays.com · 2mo ago

What's happening in Belfast and the rest of NI at the moment is absolutely horrific. If you can, please consider donating to a fund to help people affected by the racist violence. Your donation goes towards emergency accommodation and transport. 💜 Reposts appreciated! chuffed.org/project/1854...

What's happening in Belfast and the rest of NI at the moment is absolutely horrific. If you can, please consider donating to a fund to help people affected by the racist violence. Your donation goes towards emergency accommodation and transport. 💜 Reposts appreciated! chuffed.org/project/1854...

Support people and groups impacted by racist attacks

We are raising funds to support people who have been attacked, displaced and traumatised in racist attacks in Belfast.

chuffed.org

As a Northern Irish person, I'd love it if absolute losers like Asmongold and his little crowd of sycophants could shut the fuck up about Belfast actually, since until today they couldn't point at it on a fucking map.

This giant lad climbed onto my chest and flung his head under my chin for cuddles, and I just felt a sense of peace and contentedness so suddenly that I sobbed into his forehead. 😭💜

If you were at TwitchCon please check this poster and spread the word, Bradley Passey has gone missing. Let's help find him. 💜

Thorlar ✨Octopus Vtuber✨@thorlar.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Just received this, figured I'd send this here to help spread the word. Hope he's safe!

It wouldn't be me if I didn't get a new item of clothing and immediately spill coffee on it.

Can confirm, I use this (thanks Barry!) and it has been fantastic!

Barry Carlyon | The Grumbling Archipelago of Pragmatic Code@barrycarlyon.co.uk · 3mo ago

And if you want to automate your Twitch/BlueSky live Status. Check out bluesky.chatbot.barrycarlyon.co.uk found at @bluesky.chatbot.barrycarlyon.co.uk YouTube chat support post TwitchCon I think