I recreated a new (at the time) arcade controller w/ the help of someone on the other side of the world. They lived in one of the two countries where the game was licensed for sale and would take measurements and photos for me to work from. Did all of the design, sourcing, manufacturing, & firmware.
The threat of arrest for trans people is an implicit threat of rape. This is what happens to incarcerated trans women.
I’ll say it again…
I think it's best for my mental health to stay the hell away from the internet today.
But, now and forever, fuck ICE
Here's the non-Starlight version I did for comparison: youtu.be/SPZROYt_y14
Oh yeah, and the processing time for this 37 minute video took almost seven days with my RTX 3070 🫠
Yeah, some of the faint details turn into the typical mangled mess that AI filters tend to produce, but there's something about Starlight that makes the output pretty nice to watch overall, at least imo. YouTube compression kinda kills the wow-factor a bit, but I might do more of these in the future
I forgot to share this when I uploaded it, but I restored another VHS of mine back in December with the Domesday Duplicator. I took an extra step with this one and ran it through Topaz Labs' Starlight filter...
youtu.be/tHjq7hEEKnQ
All of this was ✨ completely avoidable ✨
ISPs and cellular carriers will no longer be required to meet minimum cybersecurity standards after an FCC vote Thursday. “This is such a terrible idea. This is rolling out the red carpet for another attack,” EFF’s @cooperq.com told @CNET.com. www.cnet.com/home/intern...
We know from scientific research that up to 75% of intersex people with varations of sex chromosomes never become aware of this during their life.
You, a boring cis woman, might find yourself in the man section of a DHS holding facility and being charged with fraud just by traveling to the US.
I'm in the automotive HMI industry — kind of adjacent to the games industry 😅
Literally
I'm currently on my way back home to the US from Stockholm and feeling so sad to leave. Stay safe 🫶
All of this was ✨ completely avoidable ✨
Alt text: A tweet from Elon Musk reads: “Something is seriously wrong. Trans sex hormone drugs are driving extreme violence and should be banned.” Below is a screenshot of a post from ReduxxMag that says: “CANADA: A trans-identified male has been arrested after breaking into a family’s home and sexually assaulting their toddler. Daniel ‘Dani’ Senecal, who uses ‘she/her’ pronouns, was …” The tweet timestamp is September 4, 2025, 5:29 AM, with 21.7M views.
You can take my hormones from my cold dead hands you ketamine addled man child.
UPMC is forcing their trans patients under 19 to taper off their medication while simultaneously telling their emergency staff to expect more suicide attempts, mental health crises, and psychotic episodes as a result of being forcefully pulled off their medication.
open.spotify.com/episode/3HJN...
I feel like I'm going to be reposting this a lot for the foreseeable future 😒
People should lift each other up and cheer each other on, not try to outdo each other. The sky would be terribly dark with only one star.
Being trans in America feels like being stuck in a burning building while the fire department tries to negotiate with the flames
I have a huge request for my readers: Trump's tax and spending bill will be moving through the Senate. Senators can invoke the Byrd Rule to try to remove the anti-trans Medicaid ban and EHB changes.
You can find and call your senator here and ask them to do that.
Please share as well.
A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
A Shattered Nation Longs To Care About Stupid Bullshit Again
theonion.com/a-shatt...
Same lol — the Windows, Linux, even the Mac key combo, and use them regularly
That's one of the whole points of using Plex in the first place 😤. People will just move to Jellyfin
I've had a lifetime Plex Pass for a while now, but this rubs me the wrong way 😠. Seems very greedy imo. If they have to resort to these kinds of tactics, then maybe they need to rethink doing this project for a living.
I pre-ordered through Nintendo a couple of weeks back — I hope that I am chosen and get one on release day too 🤞😬. MKW looks like a blast tbh!
The whole right side of my face is paralyzed — can't chew or talk properly, can't close my eye when I need to blink. That side of my face is also inflamed and is like a constant, dull pain that I can't shake.
I was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy last Tuesday, which thankfully isn't typically serious and goes away anywhere between a few weeks to half a year. Still, it has been pretty hard to deal with.
As David Brooks has said, we’re approaching civil disobedience and national strikes phase of defending our nation.