ells
@epudds.bsky.social
They/Them. Playing all of the videogames.
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{marketing meeting}
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
Let me just say that Valve really knows their audience by picking these two as poster children for the Steam Machine:
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
store.steampowered.com/sale/steamma...
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
{marketing meeting}
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
VALVE CEO: Hmm let's see... does anyone here know who's addicted to Valve products and buys weird hardware at the drop of a hat?
GAY INTERN: {quietly} Sir… I have to teach you a term right now…
CEO: Is it "Six Sigma"? Because I'm way ahead of you
INTERN: No, no… it's… "T4T"…
Ok I'm coming back for a bit, we'll see how this goes.
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Ok I'm coming back for a bit, we'll see how this goes.
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I need $1600 to get my mom's dog out of the animal welfare that she got taken to after the crash.
if you can help, i just got laid off and my life is in shambles rn. i just lost my mom and my grandma just a month ago.
i also have general funeral expenses and shit.
thanks
venmo.com/code?user_id...
if you can help, i just got laid off and my life is in shambles rn. i just lost my mom and my grandma just a month ago.
i also have general funeral expenses and shit.
thanks
venmo.com/code?user_id...
November 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I need $1600 to get my mom's dog out of the animal welfare that she got taken to after the crash.
if you can help, i just got laid off and my life is in shambles rn. i just lost my mom and my grandma just a month ago.
i also have general funeral expenses and shit.
thanks
venmo.com/code?user_id...
if you can help, i just got laid off and my life is in shambles rn. i just lost my mom and my grandma just a month ago.
i also have general funeral expenses and shit.
thanks
venmo.com/code?user_id...
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I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
Gonna speed run getting banned here if I say what I wanna say about Doug Ford.
The Ford government's proposal would effectively end rent control for tenants across the province. "The bill reads very much like an early Christmas wish list for the landlord lobby,” one lawyer tells The Grind.
By @emmapaling.bsky.social & @rdassaly.bsky.social. www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
By @emmapaling.bsky.social & @rdassaly.bsky.social. www.thegrindmag.ca/ford-governm...
Ford Government Law Could Spell the End of Rent Control in Ontario
Tenant groups are ringing the alarm over changes that could dramatically increase the price of rent and drive people out of their homes. But the proposed legislation, endorsed by the landlord lobby…
www.thegrindmag.ca
October 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Gonna speed run getting banned here if I say what I wanna say about Doug Ford.
I'm still alive, just enjoying not being on social media.
I've gotten into fighting games recently and bought my first fight stick. It's been a ton of fun.
I also finished watching Season 1 & 2 of Peacemaker. I really enjoyed the first season and the first half of the second.
Ok, see you later!
I've gotten into fighting games recently and bought my first fight stick. It's been a ton of fun.
I also finished watching Season 1 & 2 of Peacemaker. I really enjoyed the first season and the first half of the second.
Ok, see you later!
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm still alive, just enjoying not being on social media.
I've gotten into fighting games recently and bought my first fight stick. It's been a ton of fun.
I also finished watching Season 1 & 2 of Peacemaker. I really enjoyed the first season and the first half of the second.
Ok, see you later!
I've gotten into fighting games recently and bought my first fight stick. It's been a ton of fun.
I also finished watching Season 1 & 2 of Peacemaker. I really enjoyed the first season and the first half of the second.
Ok, see you later!
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For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time
Record solar expansion and steady wind growth driving world’s shift away from fossil fuels in 2025, report finds
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:20 PM
For the first time in history renewable energy sources are now generating more power than coal worldwide.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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it remains really funny that this site was spun up to be a crypto/rationalist platform and then old time weird twitter people and others started moving over here in spring 2023 and ever since management has been mad they're successful but not in the way they wanted
October 6, 2025 at 4:27 AM
it remains really funny that this site was spun up to be a crypto/rationalist platform and then old time weird twitter people and others started moving over here in spring 2023 and ever since management has been mad they're successful but not in the way they wanted
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Turns out, 6 months was optimistic
October 4, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Turns out, 6 months was optimistic
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Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
2 million rally in Italy for Gaza as general strike halts key services
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
bit.ly
October 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Over 2 million people across Italy have rallied in more than 100 cities for a one-day general strike.
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Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.
If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.
Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.
If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.
Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.
October 4, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Watching Jay, I realize I am simply exhausted by folks in positions of leadership who are driven to distraction by critique.
If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.
Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.
If you can't function with critique and pushback, a leadership position is not for you.
Leadership REQUIRES you to absorb and process the critique of stakeholders.
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Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This amazing article from @vic-parsons.bsky.social via @wearequeeraf.com shows the absolute criminal state of trans healthcare in the UK.
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Scotland has a 224 year wait for a first appointment. Yes, you read that right.
www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...
Latest waiting times for gender identity clinics in the UK
Revealed waiting times of all GICs in UK: Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life to get an appointment, and some will never receive care
www.wearequeeraf.com
October 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Glasgow Gender Clinic now has a waiting time of 224 years. The average across the UK is now 25 years.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
This segregated system isn’t working and is wasting millions. The NHS has been told time and again - informed consent now.
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his commitment to the scream was impressive
October 3, 2025 at 12:58 AM
his commitment to the scream was impressive
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This is what we should be using Bluesky for
October 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
This is what we should be using Bluesky for
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NORTHERNLION IS THE ONLY STREAMER WHO WILL PUMP YOUR DICK HONESTLY
October 3, 2025 at 12:22 AM
NORTHERNLION IS THE ONLY STREAMER WHO WILL PUMP YOUR DICK HONESTLY
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I see some progressive folks hesitate because we respect people can speak for themselves. they know their experiences, we don't. but one issue is people who need to hear things won't listen or register it said by people they dismiss. learn to talk about it with guys who only listen to people like us
To my fellow cishet dudes: when we are quiet about supporting the trans community, the only voices anyone hears are the Charlie Kirks of the world. Don't let accusations of being "performative" or "virtue signaling" shut you up - that's their whole point. Our voices are needed now more than ever.
September 13, 2025 at 11:58 PM
I see some progressive folks hesitate because we respect people can speak for themselves. they know their experiences, we don't. but one issue is people who need to hear things won't listen or register it said by people they dismiss. learn to talk about it with guys who only listen to people like us
Subscription services fucking suck. Buy shit and keep it on a local server or physical. Support Indie dev games more. GOG is good for DRM-free games and the high seas for shit you can't find anywhere else. Go pick up Megabonk, Cloverpit and Wander Stars.
$360 USD a year will now get you Xbox Game Pass. Or...
2 brand-new $70 games
PLUS
4 AA or discounted $35 games
PLUS
8 indie or heavily discounted $10 games
Or some variant thereof. Feels like you're better off just outright buying games than paying for an expensive subscription service.
2 brand-new $70 games
PLUS
4 AA or discounted $35 games
PLUS
8 indie or heavily discounted $10 games
Or some variant thereof. Feels like you're better off just outright buying games than paying for an expensive subscription service.
October 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Subscription services fucking suck. Buy shit and keep it on a local server or physical. Support Indie dev games more. GOG is good for DRM-free games and the high seas for shit you can't find anywhere else. Go pick up Megabonk, Cloverpit and Wander Stars.
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CEO: we're all trying to improve this place
You: so you're gonna kick out the guy who keeps trying to kill me, right
CEO:
You: You're gonna kick out the guy who has literally helped kiwifarms target me personally, right
CEO: WAFFLES
You: so you're gonna kick out the guy who keeps trying to kill me, right
CEO:
You: You're gonna kick out the guy who has literally helped kiwifarms target me personally, right
CEO: WAFFLES
October 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
CEO: we're all trying to improve this place
You: so you're gonna kick out the guy who keeps trying to kill me, right
CEO:
You: You're gonna kick out the guy who has literally helped kiwifarms target me personally, right
CEO: WAFFLES
You: so you're gonna kick out the guy who keeps trying to kill me, right
CEO:
You: You're gonna kick out the guy who has literally helped kiwifarms target me personally, right
CEO: WAFFLES
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BREAKING: Striking workers are currently storming Tesla showrooms in Paris, demanding higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy.
(🎥 Luc Auffret)
(🎥 Luc Auffret)
October 2, 2025 at 11:21 AM
BREAKING: Striking workers are currently storming Tesla showrooms in Paris, demanding higher taxes on the ultra-wealthy.
(🎥 Luc Auffret)
(🎥 Luc Auffret)
I'm enjoying not having the app on my phone. I gotta sit down at my computer like god intended if I wanna fry my brain on the internet.
Also god damn Peacemaker is so fucking good.
Also god damn Peacemaker is so fucking good.
October 2, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I'm enjoying not having the app on my phone. I gotta sit down at my computer like god intended if I wanna fry my brain on the internet.
Also god damn Peacemaker is so fucking good.
Also god damn Peacemaker is so fucking good.
Gonna uninstall the app off my phone.
Best of luck friends, I'll be over here playing games and watching shit.
Best of luck friends, I'll be over here playing games and watching shit.
September 30, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Gonna uninstall the app off my phone.
Best of luck friends, I'll be over here playing games and watching shit.
Best of luck friends, I'll be over here playing games and watching shit.
If you like Vampire Survivors check out Megabonk.
Megabonk is fun.
September 29, 2025 at 1:44 PM
If you like Vampire Survivors check out Megabonk.