The “streaks” feature is everything that’s wrong with social media. It pumps up engagement numbers for marketing I’m sure, but there’s nothing meaningful going on in terms of humans connecting.
“Here’s a picture of my ceiling so we don’t break our streak!” 🤮
Manor Lords is on sale during the Steam Sale for those who celebrate. (No I still haven’t picked up a gaming PC 🥺😆)
If I wanted this much rain, I would’ve moved to Ireland or even B.C. C’mon weather—give us enough of a window to pack up the trailer and set it up this weekend so we can sit inside it and be miserable somewhere else for a change.
New on my blog: Voice Chat Moderation in Video Games
I dig this internal linking feature Ghost implemented where you can “@” mention any page, post, tag, or author on your blog without having to open up a new tab to find it.
My 14yo shouldn’t have to do moderator work for Meta because other kids keep using the N word and other offensive language in Meta Quest games. He does it, and rallies other players to report accounts.
What a delightful world we’ve created.
New on my blog: John Green on Taking a Break from the Internet
Currently reading: Slash by Slash 📚Would you be shocked to find out it’s full of misogyny and objectifying language? I know I am.
Tornado watch issued for Saskatoon and area weather.gc.ca
My brain can spin on whether something is YOLO or wasteful forever. Which feels wasteful since YOLO.
New on my blog: David Simon on AI
Alright I’m invested. I was ready to tune out hockey after my Jets bowed out in the first round. Now the Oilers better win game 7 after coming back from 3 games to none.
New on my blog: U2 Inspired Evangelical Church Worship Music
It’s really weird to me that Final Cut Pro for iPad with a new iPad is needed to do multicam with iPhones or iPads, when I’ve got a Mac Studio on my desk that has to be able to keep up as well, wouldn’t it?
Normalize breaking “streaks” that social media apps try to use to keep you coming back to their app. Snapchat, TikTok now, etc. It’s not the same as breaking a reading / exercising / therapy related streak. 😆