Lorie_o
@lorieo.bsky.social
She/Her. Cat mom, gamer, sometimes cosplayer. Works at Riot Games. Opinions are my own.
Now that Mighty Nein has aired, I can't wait to fall down the Shadowgast rabbit hole all over again. 😌
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Now that Mighty Nein has aired, I can't wait to fall down the Shadowgast rabbit hole all over again. 😌
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your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 12:50 AM
your dead AI mother loves you so much ❤️
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November 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
November 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
if you are food insecure for both the humans and pets in your household there is a tool called Pet Help Finder that can help locate pet food banks nearby and other free or reduced price assistance and supplies for pets.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
no one, ABSOLUTELY NO ONE, should have to give up their pet bc of this.
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Good thread, and I will add that men DO NOT LIKE IT when women say "hey, you fucked up," and to the extent that women tend to soften the blow with indirectness, it's because men feel like their honor is insulted if they have to take feedback from women.
I'm not linking to that NYT piece today, but of all the horrible parts of it, this was the worst. This was an explanation of "female vices" in the workplace and LET ME JUST TELL YOU...
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Good thread, and I will add that men DO NOT LIKE IT when women say "hey, you fucked up," and to the extent that women tend to soften the blow with indirectness, it's because men feel like their honor is insulted if they have to take feedback from women.
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Also can video game journalists, please, please stop framing QA as a 'gateway' into the industry or a way for people to get their foot in the door so they can go into 'more creative' disciplines? QA is its own specialized field which requires very capable and specialized professionals.
November 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Also can video game journalists, please, please stop framing QA as a 'gateway' into the industry or a way for people to get their foot in the door so they can go into 'more creative' disciplines? QA is its own specialized field which requires very capable and specialized professionals.
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www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...
I imagined trying to get through bug reports written by an LLM and immediately got an honest to god headache. What do you mean I can’t even go back to the person who wrote it and ask for more details because there isn’t one, but it can still make shit up?
I imagined trying to get through bug reports written by an LLM and immediately got an honest to god headache. What do you mean I can’t even go back to the person who wrote it and ask for more details because there isn’t one, but it can still make shit up?
Square Enix says it wants generative AI to be doing 70% of its QA and debugging by the end of 2027 | VGC
The publisher is researching “Game QA Automation Technology” with the University of Tokyo…
www.videogameschronicle.com
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/square-...
I imagined trying to get through bug reports written by an LLM and immediately got an honest to god headache. What do you mean I can’t even go back to the person who wrote it and ask for more details because there isn’t one, but it can still make shit up?
I imagined trying to get through bug reports written by an LLM and immediately got an honest to god headache. What do you mean I can’t even go back to the person who wrote it and ask for more details because there isn’t one, but it can still make shit up?
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
bit.ly
November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.
November 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Palate cleanse. Some humans are terrible, but more of us are great.
This year for Halloween I decided to be a baguette delivery man. @pehrek.bsky.social as Maelle.
October 31, 2025 at 5:30 PM
This year for Halloween I decided to be a baguette delivery man. @pehrek.bsky.social as Maelle.
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October 17, 2025 at 8:04 AM
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October 11, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Playing Assassin's Creed Shadows is so wild cuz you meet this little ol obaasan who asks if you can do her a favor and then proceeds to ask you to murder like 100 people.
October 9, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Playing Assassin's Creed Shadows is so wild cuz you meet this little ol obaasan who asks if you can do her a favor and then proceeds to ask you to murder like 100 people.
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I'm scared that a huge issue is not being aware:
On Aug 29th the US is removing the de minimis rule on all packages. Being international, de minimis meant no one payed tariffs on my goods since it was under $800. Now there will be a $80-200 fee to receive my art. Even for a $5 sticker. 🔸(1/4)
On Aug 29th the US is removing the de minimis rule on all packages. Being international, de minimis meant no one payed tariffs on my goods since it was under $800. Now there will be a $80-200 fee to receive my art. Even for a $5 sticker. 🔸(1/4)
August 21, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I'm scared that a huge issue is not being aware:
On Aug 29th the US is removing the de minimis rule on all packages. Being international, de minimis meant no one payed tariffs on my goods since it was under $800. Now there will be a $80-200 fee to receive my art. Even for a $5 sticker. 🔸(1/4)
On Aug 29th the US is removing the de minimis rule on all packages. Being international, de minimis meant no one payed tariffs on my goods since it was under $800. Now there will be a $80-200 fee to receive my art. Even for a $5 sticker. 🔸(1/4)
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“You fool! That wasn’t even my final form!”
*health bar recharges*
*health bar recharges*
August 17, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“You fool! That wasn’t even my final form!”
*health bar recharges*
*health bar recharges*
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Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Peak camping is a raccoon showing up at your campfire while you're roasting marshmallows for s'mores. Thankfully it left quietly and probably checked out the other camps.
August 7, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Peak camping is a raccoon showing up at your campfire while you're roasting marshmallows for s'mores. Thankfully it left quietly and probably checked out the other camps.
I finally started AC Shadows. Since the game has given me a hideout to improve and decorate, I am level 17, my hideout is level 5 and I haven't unlocked Yasuke yet. I am playing this game like Stardew Valley. Resources, resources, resources.
July 28, 2025 at 5:01 PM
I finally started AC Shadows. Since the game has given me a hideout to improve and decorate, I am level 17, my hideout is level 5 and I haven't unlocked Yasuke yet. I am playing this game like Stardew Valley. Resources, resources, resources.
Molly won't always ask for pets, but there will be signs.
July 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Molly won't always ask for pets, but there will be signs.
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ICE will become a parallel military. They will have enormous power and money with little accountability or oversight - and Stephen Miller will give them massive quotas of arrests to make. The ways that this is going to go wrong - and the number of innocent people who will be hurt - are uncountable.
With this vote, Congress makes ICE the highest-funded federal law enforcement agency in history, with more money per year at its disposal over the next four years than the budgets of the FBI, DEA, ATF, US Marshals, and Bureau of Prisons combined.
🚨🚨 NEW: House passes sprawling domestic policy bill, sending it to Trump's desk
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Final House vote is 218-214, with TWO Rs voting no (Massie & Fitzpatrick).
Senate passed it 51-50.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
July 3, 2025 at 6:53 PM
ICE will become a parallel military. They will have enormous power and money with little accountability or oversight - and Stephen Miller will give them massive quotas of arrests to make. The ways that this is going to go wrong - and the number of innocent people who will be hurt - are uncountable.
Killing time. 🕰️🗡️
July 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Killing time. 🕰️🗡️
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This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
Based on crowd-sourced records of No Kings Day event turnout, and extrapolating for the cities where we don't have data yet, it looks like roughly 4-6 million people protested Trump across the U.S. yesterday. That's nearly 2% of the U.S. pop!
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
Mobilized anti-Trump resistance is exceeding 2017 levels
"No Kings Day" protests turn out millions
Our unofficial estimate is that around 4 million people attended a protest event yesterday. Anti-Trump resistance is outpacing 2017.
www.gelliottmorris.com
June 15, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This is serious, rigorous analysis and it should change the way the media has been covering these protests. These were, in the aggregate, *massive.*
After prop 8 passed in CA to ban same sex marriage, I joined the large protest in DTLA and while we were marching down the streets, I passed Lucy Lawless who was down there protesting with us.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 15, 2025 at 5:59 AM
After prop 8 passed in CA to ban same sex marriage, I joined the large protest in DTLA and while we were marching down the streets, I passed Lucy Lawless who was down there protesting with us.