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Jay Sid
@jaysid.bsky.social
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• They/Them 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ • Up North, England, UK • Games QA, UX, Accessibility (CAPXP) 🛠️ • Open Degree Student @ The Open Uni • Artist @distortarte.bsky.social • COVID-concious 😷 • Sober ✖️ • CD collector 💿 • Tech, gender, art, and goofs https://linktr.ee/jaysid
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 7d
Would anyone be interested in some pro bono game analysis?

I'm looking for clients who might benefit from some accessibility, usability and quality assurance-focused analysis and direction.

I'd like to start building a portfolio!

Please let me know if you or anyone you know might be interested!
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 3h
iBroadcast is great cause I'm able to stream the old forgotten Dreamcast game PenPen TriIcelon's soundtrack

Spotify ain't got shit on iBroadcast
PenPen TriIcelon box art, features Penguin-animal hybrid aliens in race formation on an ice course, very wacky vibes
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 3h
It's the one charity shop I skip on thrifting adventures
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 3h
Fuck off the Sally army, they're already bad enough
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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 5h
Salvation Army seen feeding ICE today. For anyone who doesn't already know about their bigotry, here is more, No need to give them your money this Christmas, or ever.
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unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 6h
It’s dinner time for the police. Appears to be pizza from a Salvation Army van.

Broadview’s “free speech” curfew starts soon, at 6pm.
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 9h
For the Brits, we have mask blocs too!! But I also recommend:
thefacemaskstore.co.uk

I highly recommend masking, I'm way less sick from viral issues since I started, I've never tested positive for COVID, and con crud is a thing of the past!
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cchhccaa.bsky.social @cchhccaa.bsky.social · 11h
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bats 🦇✨ @itsbabs.bsky.social · 1d
i am begging you to see wearing a mask as the act of daily solidarity with your fellow man that you are looking for. now is the time.

if you don’t know where to start, see some brands i like n wear in the vid, &
if you need free masks (or want to donate some), try:
maskbloc.org
covidactionmap.org
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 13h
I'll feel better after copious amounts of Mitski, right? Right???
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Riley Black 🦕 🏳️‍⚧️ @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 1d
You can always keep fucking with your gender.
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 15h
oh hell yeah I love me some j-shoegaze
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 15h
That's evil as fuck
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 16h
games are so silly
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Ada Basilisk, Haunted Doll VTuber @comfybasilisk.bsky.social · 1d
what the fuck do you MEAN you can evolve eevee into jolteon in gen 1 by getting into a trainer battle, levelling eevee up, switching to growlithe, and finishing the battle with growlithe, because growlithe's pokemon index is the same as thunder stone's item index. WHAT. WHATTT
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Josh Foreman @josh-foreman.bsky.social · 23h
follow for more career advice
A post from Kay that reads: "The secret to work life balance is generational wealth"
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edenstein♡.° @beepzelbub.bsky.social · 8d
i got 'ship it, inc.' on the steam sale and the first thing i do when i boot up a game is turn down the sound n check the accessibility settings for like subtitles etc. i saw this as an option and omg? this is so cool?!
you see a screenshot that says ADHD/AUTISM FILTER - less repeating sfx and no alarms
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 17h
Come back to the UK, The Anamanaguchis ⭐
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 20h
Found this website the other day

It's wonderful

wiby.org
Wiby - Search Engine for the Classic Web
Wiby is a search engine for older style pages, lightweight and based on a subject of interest. Building a web more reminiscent of the early internet.
wiby.org
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Joanna Blackhart [They/Them] @joannablackhart.com · 1d
Daily reminder: DO NOT EVER SIGN UP FOR A PROTEST. DEMS WORK WITH THE FEDS TO TRACK PEOPLE VIA STINGRAY, PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND SIGN UP SHEETS.

DO NOT. EVER!!!! SIGN UP. A PROTEST.
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kamimagic @kamimagic.bsky.social · 1d
Just a reminder, find joy in the resistance anywhere you can!

Sign up to find your community for the No Kings on October 18th!

#ProudBlue

Video credit: kris.and.mike/IG
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 1d
Paper is here:

ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid...
Object personification in autism: This paper will be very sad if you don’t read it - ORA - Oxford University Research Archive
Object personification is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human agents. In online forums, autistic individuals commonly report experiencing this phenomenon. Given that approximately ha...
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 1d
I'm paraphrasing but the paper found that autistic people can be distressed by interpreting objects as "sad" or "forgotten" for various reasons

The very title of the paper then has the capacity to cause distress in autistic people, incl. me

I get the intention but yeah, not ethical at all imo
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 1d
Started reading through some papers today for Uni

I started by reading "The Paper That Will Be Sad If You Don't Read It" as practice for dissecting papers and reading through the paper makes the very title itself highly unethical oop 🙃
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 1d
Absolutely yuck, the government has been going off the rails for most of this Labour leadership, absolute mess.

Glad I voted Greens.
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GamesMarket @gamesmarkt.bsky.social · 1d
UK Gouvernment: Payment Processors Can Ban NSFW Content
According to the UK treasury, payment processors are in the right and the gouvernment has no plans to step in. This puts it in direct contrast to what artists and the UK games industry have asked for.
www.gamesmarket.global/en/business/...
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 1d
just saying
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Coates is Odd This Day @oddthisday.bsky.social · 1d
Ah, happy 88th anniversary of the day Oswald Mosley tried to sell fascism to Liverpudlians – and someone concussed him with a brick
A man in a suit stands at a microphone which has been mounted on the roof of a van. There are loudspeakers at his feet, and a building behind him. He has an arm raised, and is flinching as projectiles are hurled at him, because he's a fucking Nazi
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 1d
I unsubbed from a UX course company's emails and it just showed me a 😿 crying cat emoji

1. Don't advertise AI courses to me

2. Emotional manipulation, especially from UX specialists, is particularly insidious

3. Not having a feedback option is either very strange or tells me all I need to know
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 1d
yknow I've sung this to myself many times and only now I've realised the full title
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Jadzia Axelrod 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @planetx.bsky.social · Sep 4
Masking at conventions makes so much sense I don't know why we don't all do it. The chances of getting get sick at a con are so high we have a cute little name for it: "con crud." That its easy to get COVID at cons should come as no surprise. Why would you not want to protect yourself and others?
Jadzia on stage at New York Comic Con, wearing a K95 mask.
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Chris 🎃 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 3d
btw are you calling reps? will attend protests?

my audiobooks/ebooks used by 7,000 people are free if you did or will do 2 hours of volunteering, those count no proof needed

not trying to sell here, gifting it to help people who help people

GetYourselfToDoThings.com ➡️ Gumroad ➡️ "I Will Volunteer"
3 photos in circles with testimonials (woman, guy outside, man with beard): "I love it! Honestly. Listening to it I think gives you a good kick! I like to listen to it while I walk or during my workout." -Martina Natale "Chris' book Self-Command changed the way I do tasks (work related or otherwise). It's a simple and powerful tool that anyone can make use of. It's been the only system I've stuck to for several years without deviation... this changed my level of productivity so profoundly that I feel it would be selfish not to share." -Brian Nielsen (LinkedIn post) "I was a person who would sit and internally debate about what I need to do next. Then it would turn into hours of me thinking about working/completing task and not actually doing them... by applying Chris' method I have been dramatically more productive. But most importantly I now enjoy my downtime without the stress/anxiety of something needing to be done." -BaronJ67. Photo of a guy around age 30 with curly hair. Text: "Chris DeLeon's 'Self-Command' is both necessary and sobering for any frustrated and creative person in the post-internet era, where resources are infinitely growing yet attention spans shrink to near-zero. DeLeon's book is unique in the world of self-help, showing a rare empathy as he acknowledges the very real pitfalls people face and offers pragmatic guidance despite our seasonal slumps. My first listen with 'Self-Command' marked a significant turning point, helping me become more robust and achieve my academic and professional goals. Routine re-listenings of the book keep me steadfast." -Hamza "Hums" Sehavdic Photo of a guy with a camera from a distance, face blocked by his camera on tripod, outdoors, text: "One of the things I loved in Self-Doubt is the importance of getting your work out there. If you don't publish your work, you will not benefit from it, and the public who you can help will also not be benefitting from it. It helped me finish a book that I've been working on since 2019." -Rodrigo Bonzerr Lopez. Photo of woman with guitar, purple lighting. Testimonial: I do a lot of things. It’s a natural part of being a musician. I teach around 30 students a week, compose for games, implement audio, gig on the weekends, play video games, play Magic, visit family, have fun with friends. All of this is kept together by an eternally under-construction schedule. However, putting events on calendars and writing to-do lists for the day or the week, always made it seem like I was living on the next item. If I made a list of things and then assigned an order, it always felt like I was second-guessing my priority assessment every time I glanced at the list. “What if this takes too much time?“, “should I have done the other thing first?” And so on. This inevitably lead to multi-tasking unrelated tasks, getting things halfway done or, even worse, getting a burst of focus and inspiration at inconvenient times where I had to stop. It seemed like total focus was a happy accident. When I saw the summary for ‘Get Yourself To Do Things’ [bundle combining Self-Command and Self-Doubt] I thought it could offer a solution to the multi-tasking problem I had. As of page 46 of 206, it has helped far more than I imagined." -Dannyellis Meléndez. text: title I will volunteer option. Confident you'll benefit from this material, but not in a position at this time to afford the purchase? This entire program is also available, at no direct cost, through a unique arrangement: the "I Will Volunteer" option. How this works is simple: you can receive all the material, free, simply by agreeing to spend a minimum of 2 hours on specifically helping other people within the next year, or fairly recently did. That's it. It's fully up to you when, how, or where to do this. Also left to your judgment is what "counts." Guest speak at a public school. Run a workshop activity at a shelter. Organize a donations drive. Assist a non-profit with fundraising. Serve at a food kitchen. Participate in an important protest. Call and write representatives to support the USPS. This is not required to be through a formal organization, and I'm not asking for any receipts or proof. Do this on your own in whatever way works for you. Worried or feeling unsure as to whether you'll be able to get yourself to follow through on this? Fortunately, that's literally what this material exists to address. Apply techniques from this content to search out and pick a way to help others, use the same techniques to sort out timing or other logistics, and to get yourself to do it. If and when it works, you'll be more ready to get yourself to do this--and the many other things--you mean to do. Maybe you're worried, you might feel saddled with guilt, if it begins to feel those two hours are overbearing pressure and don't look likely to happen. Well, I don't want that for you, either. In combination with that money-back guarantee below, if you choose to use this no-cost volunteering option, but it is not working well for you, consider yourself off the hook - can think of it as a refund on the volunteering promise. So if it does work, and helps you do it, then do it. Otherwise, no harm in having given it a shot, and nothing owed. link for download...
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Jay Sid @jaysid.bsky.social · 2d
🥳❤️

I also stumbled across this fanart on TikTok earlier today by @hessasart !!
Screenshot of TikTok, showing a King Of Meat contender illustration
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