Goldkin @Goldkin@awoo.space

The game wants me to escort the lawn gnome from Half-Life 2 (Episode 2) to the end of the game for an achievement. Instead, I have developed a parental bond for the game's sole floppy disk, and am determined to carry it to the ending credits.

Also, why does no computer in the game have an A: drive?

Valve: This is Half-Life: Alyx. Here's an epic, narrative-driven story that is completely immersive, with intricately woven story bits through the whole experience.

Me: *spends 45 minutes in the starting area drawing dragons on a glass partition; stacks milk cartons; reads labels off of everything; shakes water bottles to listen to the liquid slosh around inside; daintily holds a tea cup; makes a fork slingshot; tosses said fork past a story NPC to see what happens* Story?

@fox_news Watch out for those textualist pirate ships. 🏴‍☠️

Here's the exact language that was changed according to HHS: https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2020/06/12/hhs-finalizes-rule-section-1557-protecting-civil-rights-healthcare.html

A good summary of the impact: https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/06/12/868073068/transgender-health-protections-reversed-by-trump-administration

This will not go into effect for at least 60 days. If you can, please call your state and federal electeds to raise visibility and help them fast track relevant legislation to block this.

@Aradia (Is anyone staffing a courier drop or PO Box for folks that would like to donate, but can't make it there in person?)

@ElectricKeet (Some previous sessions from my perspective are here, with others relatively easy to find on Twitch: https://m.twitch.tv/goldkindrake)

@ElectricKeet Friends of mine and I do a weekly multiworld session that we try to keep accessible (via Discord), so do let me know if you're ever interested in that.

We have folks in it ranging from standard simple logic to inverted keysanity door shuffle, with occasional SMZ3 combo rando tossed in for fun, and we're always happy to add one more.

@ElectricKeet Pretty sure you were in super bunny mode. There are quite a few ways to activate it! https://alttp-wiki.net/index.php/Bunny_Glitches

Twitler is threatening violence in Seattle tonight (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1270914092295950337), within an hour of reporting in NYT that lethal ammo stockpiles existed last week during the DC protests (paywalled source, sorry): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/10/us/politics/national-guard-protests.html

The phrase "to be used on American citizens in case of emergency" is chilling AF and is hopefully editorializing. Regardless, please stay safe out there and double check your exit strategies just in case.

@orrery Shout-out to this person's other flights, which are documented on their infrequently-updated birdsite account: https://mobile.twitter.com/DimitriNeonakis

@Kyresti There's also the fact that the response from multiple police forces (hello, SPD, LAPD, NYPD) has been to ramp up violence and to reduce accountability even further. And that's before considering the federal response of building a private militia and threatening a repeat of Tiananmen Square (which seems worryingly likely on its now anniversary). To say nothing of Lafayette Park.

So yeah, I'd say that's all cause for momentum.

In the spirit of this, I'm going to reach out to the head of HR who, 8 years ago, showed me empathy during a corporate coup where I then-worked. I think we all need to hear at this time that (1) even the small acts of rebellion matter and (2) people do remember them.