Metal Mutton 🤖🐏 @SteelWool@computerfairi.es

— pssst... pssst.... hey, kid, you.. do you want an "S"?

— an S? what for?

— an S like in STRIKE.

— strike? like baseball?

— No! an S like in STRIKE!

(muppets in a picket line suddenly appears)

— STRIKE! STRIKE! STRIKE!

(THUNDER)

— YAHAHA! ONE #STRIKE TWO STRIKES! THREE STRIKES! THREE MARVELOUS STRIKES AND A PICKET LINE!

(THUNDER)

— YAHAHAHAHA!

(EXUNT)

'Sesame Street' Writers Unanimously Support Strike Authorization Vote
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/sesame-street-writers-strike-authorization-vote-wga-east-1235972886/

#labor #unions

CI Games CEO lauds record annual revenues months after cutting 10 percent of jobs https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/ci-games-ceo-lauds-record-annual-revenues-months-after-cutting-10-percent-of-jobs?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

I’m trying @librewolf browser and it might seem like a small thing to you all, but they went out of their way to preserve accessibility features for disabled users like myself, whereas other privacy solutions remove accessibility features completely, and their efforts to make sure disabled users have a private focused but accessible browser is more welcome than you can imagine because disabled people need privacy as well. I would argue that disabled people need privacy more. I wish more #privacy advocates took accessibility and disability into account the way they have currently. I hope this remains a core mission of theirs

enshittification: the sequel

Someone made a video about vector graphics on #picotron !

It was me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0PLyjMbOxU

The article on Descent 3 being made open source was updated, as the licensing on the code seems to be an issue at the moment https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/04/descent-3-has-been-made-open-source/

#FOSS #OpenSource #Descent3

StrataVision was the 3D modeling and rendering package used to produce graphics of the original Myst. They are so proud of this that even right now if you get the latest version of it ("Strata Design 3D SE", free on Steam,) it comes with a bunch of Myst assets in its library:

Wow!! That looks like a cool movie!!! Is it on Netflix??? Is it on Max?? Is it on Prime Video? Is it on crunchy roll??? Is it on Tubi?? Is it on poo poo?? Is it on pee pee?? Is it on doo doo?? Is it on skfhdofhdi?? Is it on aufoehekgjg?? Is it on dhfjsldbfkf??

#terrypratchett #discworld #harrypotter

A major US state just achieved a critical milestone for nearly two weeks: 'It's wild that this isn't getting more news coverage'

"#California has set a benchmark for #RenewableEnergy, with wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal supplying 100% of the state's electricity demand for 25 out of the last 32 days (and counting)."

https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/california-renewable-energy-100-percent-grid/

We live in a society, we laugh in a society, we love in a society" -The Joker from the hit film "the Joker 2"

I've been trying to work this whole morning, but my brain keeps spinning back around to "even SockDreams itself, the central website, calls them programmer socks now" https://sockdreams.com/products/xl-foot-extraordinarily-longer-programming-socks

#GameDev #Programming

David Bowie as Tilda Swinton, and Tilda Swinton as David Bowie.

Japanese books have achieved newfound acclaim and popularity in recent years. But only a fraction of what gets published in Japan gets translated into English. Here’s what doesn’t get translated – and why.

https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-books-what-gets-translated/

#japan #unseenjapan #ujwebsite #japanese #translation

U said it mewtwo

in my mind every one of these cows is a muppet. and they sing

"Being alive is as special an occasion as it gets" 😍