Hey kids, timing didn’t work out so no weekly #puppet build stream today. Should be an interesting one next week though. Spoilers: Legally Distinct Celebrity Amphibian… Nephew. 🐸

i was gonna phrase it as:

if you brag about your new monkey-centric production strategy, and the first thing I get sent is a box full of shit, i am certainly going to blame the monkeys

Is the "we're totally decentralized, bro!" website still down?

Part of the problem with trying to keep The Oracle somewhat timely with tech & gaming news is once I’ve written a script, 16 more things happen before I’ve had a chance to shoot it. Time to write another script.

#CoffeeThought: Imagine raising a generation of children who aren't legally allowed to use social media, so instead they resort to.... actually hanging out and doing real things in the real world while the adults become slop-fed addict mugwumps unable to look away from a screen.

Even if #AI did the miraculous stuff the rich techbros claim (it does not), if they don’t also support universal basic income, they don’t want to “liberate” humanity, they just want different smelling slavery.

LLMs can do some useful things. What is being sold is a scam.

A little hashtag tells me it’s #portfolioday so no better time to point out if you’d like a hand made #puppet, this is an excellent time to get in touch! Links and stuff and junk at www.operationpuppet.com

A first: gave a #puppet some tattoos today (pics later). Wish it was this easy for humans. A full sleeve of my characters would fix me.

I think I worked 10 solid hours today with only a brief lunch break. Middle of the month crept up on me, gotta get #puppets on the shop!

With “vibe coding” being the flavour of the minute, people who know how stuff actually works will be in serious demand when the house of cards falls and the CEOs have no one to pick up the pieces.

I had a very pleasant weekend and I'm not ready for it to be over. I'm sure if I sulk hard enough time will yield to my wishes.

I love not using AI. I love looking at art made by human beings, sculpting kaleidoscopic mushrooms out of clay, learning a new skill from a real person, playing with cats, spotting bats silhouetted in a crepuscular sky. Not using AI is very fun.

Operation: Puppet Your goth grampa who makes puppets, podcasts and plays games

Gather the congregation for the Sunday morning Church of #Warframe! #Twitch #YouTube

www.youtube.com/@OperationPu...
www.twitch.tv/operationpup...

Kevin outside looking suspiciously at the sun

The warmer weather is slowing creeping back. Two walks today. I need this. Walking outside is when I let the algorithm feed me new (to me) music.

New #podcast is up! We're back, rusty and have a loud cat! #gaming, #tech, #Microslop and as always, #puppets. Special shoutout to my peeps in #TheGamersTavern

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Warframe, Frost Prime, and Saying Goodbye! - This Build Means More Than You Think YouTube video by Tactical Potato

After an emotionally draining day, one of the oldest #Warframe creators goes and posts this. I swear this game has brought me to happy tears more often than anything else ever. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhoG...

In addition to *waves arms* I just spent two hours in the sodding dentist chair that I forgot I’d booked.

*Glassy stare into the middle distance with occasional twitching*

The Voruna Prime Warframe on all fours in the foreground with a Kubrow and Lua (moon) in the background

I had to do one. 🐺 #Warframe #WaframeCaptura #VorunaPrime

A sudden (welcome) change in the weather has brought a sudden (unwelcome) yo-yo’ing air pressure so now my head feels like someone opened the airlock too soon.

This has been your Old Man Mentions The Weather Minute.

Operation: Puppet Your goth grampa who makes puppets, podcasts and plays games

Timeline cleanse! #Puppets! Chill crafty hangoutage on the build #stream. #YouTube #Twitch #puppetbuilding

www.youtube.com/@OperationPu...
www.twitch.tv/operationpup...

I cannot over stress how exhausting it is to work in the creative arts in times like these. Malign forces are hellbent on devaluing human interaction so they can use us as addicted cattle to milk. Genuine human #art is more than a distraction, it’s a life raft.

Hopefully I won’t be able to complain about this much longer but LORD I am ready for the cold weather to end. I think I’ve gone a bit cabin fever, need to touch something that will eventually be grass.

If I have to live through nuclear war anxiety again like the fucking 80s, can I at least have my hair back?

Quite pleased I’m getting back into #streaming on the reg, both puppet building and gaming. Had so much fun streaming the Pax #Warframe dev stream watchalong last week I might just do that every dev stream.

At in-laws. Watching JJ Trek with motion smoothing and commercials. Bet you didn’t think JJ Trek could get worse.

Another fun & pleasant stream. I think the Sunday morning time slot may work well for regular game streaming.

Operation: Puppet Your goth grampa who makes puppets, podcasts and plays games

Nothing says Easter like space ninjas! Sunday morning #Warframe stream! #Twitch #YouTube

www.youtube.com/@OperationPu...
www.twitch.tv/operationpup...

Last week's game stream was so much fun I was looking forward to doing more today but I fear a foul mood has settled on me. I honestly think it's weather related at this point. Freezing rain *again*. A touch of cabin fever I expect.

Still, better for everyone to stream when I know I'll have fun.

I hope every hardcore #Warframe player gets to have the experience of introducing someone to the game and then seeing their reaction once they get into the story quests. What a delight.

It's a day off, warm & sunny, I've just gone for a 1hr walk, discovered new music, and can spend the day playing video games. So *now* my brain decides it's grumpy.

I need a new one, this one's broken.