Peter Pischke-Friendly Neighborhood Journo
@HappyWarriorP
Journo, Critic & Disabled Otaku✍️♿ Host of the CultureScape Podcast & YouTube Show👾 People like to talk to me for some reason ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
BIG NEWS EVERYONE!🗣️ I’m fundraising to meet the woman I love 💗 Annabel in the Philippines this September. @RamosAnnab3630 is amazing, she takes care of her mom with Alzheimer's full-time, is amazing & we’ve built something real together🥰 GoFundMe: gofundme.com/f/help-peter-v…
this is horrible, what a loss to the games industry he didn't get to see wayward realms to completion :(
Julian LeFay, Bethesda's former chief engineer known among fans as the "Father of The Elder Scrolls" series, has died aged 59, a week after stepping back from game development due to cancer. bit.ly/4o8qQW4
This is it 100% We want to work, it's not us stopping this from happening We want accommodations so we can be more fully functional but we get complained about for asking too much 🙄 It's the rest of society stopping us
If you give disabled people the support they need to maximise their quality of life, those who are able to work, will work. The best employment support you can give someone is not actually about employment at all… Work should be a secondary outcome (for those it’s possible for)
And down goes Playstation's walled garden
According to Job listing Sony to expand PlayStation Studios titles across Steam, Epic, Xbox, Nintendo, and Mobile reporting to the Vice President, Commercial Management as Senior Director of Multiplatform & Account Management job-boards.greenhouse.io/sonyinteractiv…
My daughter is in a wedding today. She is excited. I’m excited for her. The tragedy of it all is that she was unable to pick up her pain medications before leaving. They had two in stock. Had to order in more. Of course, a script for pain medications can’t just be transferred. 1
This is how websites die. Data from @pewresearch shows that Google users are more likely to end their browsing session entirely after being presented with an AI Overview compared to result pages without one. 🔗 pewresearch.org/short-reads/20…
Wow this is insane
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Does no one else find it insane that Government schools get kids for 8 hours a day for 12 years and yet those kids who graduate come out with zero ability to do above basic jobs?
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Chuck Mangione just passed. Hope King of The Hill resident musician rests in peace. Ozzy Osbourne. Hulk Hogan, Malcolm-Jamal Warner...what a week.
Not mincing words here What is happening to help for the poor & disabled in the US is downright barbaric
TANF cuts portend 'heart-wrenching' decisions Social Services secretary apologizes to lawmakers over communication about cut to neediest South Dakotans Story: thedakotascout.com/p/tanf-cuts-po… Photo credit: SD Searchlight
“Find out what content is driving more engaged viewers.” @WritingRaven2 and I literally just talked about this and now YouTube’s not even pretending. Engagement isn’t a bonus, it’s the requirement.
📢 Creators: We've added new metrics for 'Casual' & 'Regular' viewers in the Audience tab in Analytics! Get deeper insights to learn more about your audience & find out what content is driving more engaged viewers. Learn more about these metrics here: goo.gle/44Zfdb1
Excellent breakdown of the Steam porn game censorship issue and the dangers of allowing payment companies to have such broad control over what we can purchase.
I want to break down the whole "porn game censorship" issue really simply, and hopefully change the minds of some pro-censorship people who are okay with the takedown of these games because they think they're "weird." First, let's talk about Steam: Steam is adherent to local…
fascinating tool makes you think though how many companies play games to boost their stock price using apps like this
😰 found out traders are using this AI tool to get news hours before Bloomberg… wild
I'm agoraphobic and try to avoid everyone including people in the healthcare system, but I'm not in good shape. They have no idea what it takes for some people to get out and interact and talk and ask for help. 👇💔
what happened to Bridget is a tragedy, that's the danger for all of us chronic pain patients we've been so dehumanized we avoid the hospital like the plague but sometimes that heartburn is an infarction :(
what happened to Bridget is a tragedy, that's the danger for all of us chronic pain patients we've been so dehumanized we avoid the hospital like the plague but sometimes that heartburn is an infarction :(
I've been lurking around Bridget's timeline since I heard the news. It's all too relatable. Recently, I went to the ER to check out my heart because I was experiencing an alarming constellation of symptoms. I worried I might die suddenly, just as she did. I'm still here.🧵
My girlfriend @RamosAnnab3630 met my dad and stepmom last night and it went super well I'm so happy, having her in my life has been a revelation Truly life transforming
There rn tbh
“If I endure one day of pushing my body’s boundaries I can become almost completely bedridden. If I am lucky it only lasts days—but sometimes I’m put into a flare that lasts weeks—even months… unable to even get up to shower, eat… anything.” buff.ly/CA0bH71 #ChronicPain
This is something I've tried explaining to my foreign friends We are so blessed in America but the system has become impossible to really enjoy and appreciate the abundance we have Hard to enjoy life when you are stretched 10 different ways to Sunday
The old America: “Work hard and you’ll make it.” America now: Work 2 jobs and you still can't afford rent. Start a family? Forget it. Buy a home? Only if your parents co-sign. This isn't failure. This is the new normal that was engineered.
This is virtually true of all parasocial relationships Popular people don't tend to have problems finding love
some people still don't realize that every vtuber is dating or married already
People need to understand that dementia for older people has been the norm throughout history That we have treatments & therapies now to combat the brain falling apart is a miracle even if they aren't always the most effective That this man can struggle yet be so loved is…
At 70 years old, Bruce Willis doesn't remember he was once a famous actor 😢 💔