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I'm cleaning up old tweets, so time for a new pinned one! Find me at: alan-henry.net Bsky: halophoenix.bsky.social IG: instagram.com/halophoenix Twitch: twitch.tv/halo_phoenix And my book, #SeenHeardPaid: penguinrandomhouse.com/books…
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Some recent c0mms 🩶 Just added more slots ⛓️ in attached tweet!
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my therapist once said "people don't abandon the people they love, they abandon the people they're using" and that was all the closure i needed.
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Grateful to be quoted in this amazing piece about the history of The Oregon Trail! Excellent work Alex, and thanks for chatting with me about some of my earliest gaming memories!
My first article for BBC examines strides and setbacks of The Oregon Trail video game, 50 years later. Thank you to @thomasgermain @ToreCarlOlsson Phillip Bouchard, Dr. Margaret Huettl, and Artur Plociennik bbc.com/future/article/20241…
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20 Nov 2024
Buying games and media digitally is easy, but is it always the best option? Here's a controversial take.
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Just as a reminder: I am MUCH more active on Bsky than I am on Twitter these days, and if you follow me on Twitch, I'll likely be more active there soon too. Safety first, community next. Be good to each other.
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We are on ULP strike. We gave @nytimes management months of notice of our strike deadline, we made ourselves available around the clock, but the company has decided that our members aren’t worth enough to agree to a fair contract and stop committing unfair labor practices.
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Agreed—about to start streaming again just to spite this. Do better Twitch, come on. And yes, if you're seeing this and realizing there's a common thread among platforms and owners who "don't want to confront/make people uncomfortable" with takes like "I'm human," you're right.
Replying to @TwitchSupport
I've seen some of the terrible takes that the creators you shelter have on this platform, and I'll be damned if you think I'm flagging my streams for talking about something as BASICALLY HUMAN as gender, race, and sexuality. These are not political, in any capacity. Do better.
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Okay, so let me get this straight—a Facebook page out of Pakistan fabricated a Halloween parade in Dublin, complete with AI-generated pictures, and it spread enough that people showed up for the parade that didn't exist. And that's totally fine by Meta? pcmag.com/news/crowds-get-gh…
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Anyone who’s recently entered any content creator’s “like and retweet” Twitter giveaway is going to have to be patient with their creator... The primary tool used to draw winners has been killed my Elon’s legal team. I’m guessing folks are scrambling to find a replacement tool.
Oh damn. Twitter Picker is no more. twitterpicker . com RIP all those Twitter “like and retweet” giveaways.
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NEW: @OpenAI & @Microsoft are jointly funding a $10M AI local news project managed by @lenfestinst —$5M funding for fellowships, $5M credits for OpenAI and Azure products —No data licensing deal, just funding experimentation/fellowships More on @axios: axios.com/2024/10/22/openai-…
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Strongly considering locking my account after this change happens - but more than that, come visit me on bsky instead. I've been meaning to talk more over there and rebuild community on a platform with actual moderation tools.
Soon we’ll be launching a change to how the block function works. If your posts are set to public, accounts you have blocked will be able to view them, but they will not be able to engage (like, reply, repost, etc.).
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Techno-Orientalism is a strand of futurism that condemns and erases Asian cultural power. We need to eradicate it, says @Annaleen. newscientist.com/article/mg2…
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Aurora over @CentralParkNYC . What a moment!
Here’s the aurora borealis over Jackie Kennedy reservoir in Central Park not long ago @nymetrowx
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It's my storm it was made for me
NYC Emergency Management is monitoring a potential severe geomagnetic storm that may impact New York City on October 10-11. Our federal partners from the Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) have issued a Geomagentic Storm Watch. NYC Emergency Management advises New Yorkers to monitor Notify NYC for emergency updates. Sign up for alerts at NYC.gov/notifynyc or by calling 311. While the public does not need to take any action at this time, we always encourage everyone to stay informed through Notify NYC and having an emergency plan in place that includes a Go Bag with an AM radio. Impacts to critical infrastructure, including GPS, power grids, and communications including inaccuracies or disruptions, are possible.
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Twitch really said "It's been a week or two before I shot myself in the foot, now's a good time" and straight up said, in 2024, that your animated hips are too sussy for our innocent platform
New Enforcement Note on Attire. No prohibited examples were provided. #TwitchNews #TOSgg
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Have you ever wondered how people can stream and protect their privacy online at the same time? Well, wonder no further! @mozilla asked me to give some tips, and I enlisted fellow @Twitch streamers @sweetxsage and @DANGERD0RK for advice too: blog.mozilla.org/en/internet…
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