Steve Streza 🌈
@stevestreza.com
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Steve Streza 🌈
@stevestreza.com
· Oct 19
I'm Steve, a 37yo programmer in Seattle.
By day I build iOS apps (currently Kickstarter, previously Tumblr and Teams). By night I make VTuber merch with my partner at DokiDreamers.com.
I also do 3D modeling/printing, woodworking, synthesizers, and FFXIV and sim games!
#introduction
By day I build iOS apps (currently Kickstarter, previously Tumblr and Teams). By night I make VTuber merch with my partner at DokiDreamers.com.
I also do 3D modeling/printing, woodworking, synthesizers, and FFXIV and sim games!
#introduction
Me logging on to everyone going "did it happen" right after watching episode 5 of Heated Rivalry was some whiplash
January 21, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Me logging on to everyone going "did it happen" right after watching episode 5 of Heated Rivalry was some whiplash
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Whenever I read discourse on AI energy/water use that focuses on the "median query," I can't help but feel misled. Coding agents like Claude Code send hundreds of longer-than-median queries every session, and I run dozens of sessions a day.
On my blog: www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-01...
On my blog: www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-01...
January 20, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Whenever I read discourse on AI energy/water use that focuses on the "median query," I can't help but feel misled. Coding agents like Claude Code send hundreds of longer-than-median queries every session, and I run dozens of sessions a day.
On my blog: www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-01...
On my blog: www.simonpcouch.com/blog/2026-01...
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I was in high school when ICE came into existence. I remember it happening. Anyone my age or older can remember a time before ICE, and it really wasn’t that different! It’s not a radical policy proposal because the department didn’t really change policy, just created a new culture of cruelty.
If you don’t want ICE on your block but think “Abolish ICE” is too extreme, you desire a terrorized “other”…just not where it inconveniences you.
If you are, say, a mayor or politician with this view, then you want freedom from terror while also wanting the option to set terror upon others.
If you are, say, a mayor or politician with this view, then you want freedom from terror while also wanting the option to set terror upon others.
January 20, 2026 at 7:38 PM
I was in high school when ICE came into existence. I remember it happening. Anyone my age or older can remember a time before ICE, and it really wasn’t that different! It’s not a radical policy proposal because the department didn’t really change policy, just created a new culture of cruelty.
How to knock out hours of business filings and bookkeeping and tax things you have been dreading and don't want to do: grind in RuneScape while you do it
January 19, 2026 at 8:17 AM
How to knock out hours of business filings and bookkeeping and tax things you have been dreading and don't want to do: grind in RuneScape while you do it
Anyone who wants to discuss AI (positively or negatively) should be prepared to show at least, like, 20% of the nuance that Affleck talks about here.
Insights from Ben Affleck on AI:
• AI can help write scenes but can't create full movies.
• Job loss fears are overblown because adoption of new tech is slow; it's hype for startup valuations.
• ChatGPT v5 is ~25% better but costs 4x.
• Users actually preferred v4's sycophancy for companionship.
• AI can help write scenes but can't create full movies.
• Job loss fears are overblown because adoption of new tech is slow; it's hype for startup valuations.
• ChatGPT v5 is ~25% better but costs 4x.
• Users actually preferred v4's sycophancy for companionship.
January 19, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Anyone who wants to discuss AI (positively or negatively) should be prepared to show at least, like, 20% of the nuance that Affleck talks about here.
My favorite Pixar movie has historically been WALL-E, but I think I have to change that to Ratatouille on rewatch. The movie has a fair few writing flaws and poorly-aged choices, but it is incredibly charming and optimistic and fun to watch
Doesn't hurt I've learned to cook since last watching it.
Doesn't hurt I've learned to cook since last watching it.
January 18, 2026 at 11:54 PM
My favorite Pixar movie has historically been WALL-E, but I think I have to change that to Ratatouille on rewatch. The movie has a fair few writing flaws and poorly-aged choices, but it is incredibly charming and optimistic and fun to watch
Doesn't hurt I've learned to cook since last watching it.
Doesn't hurt I've learned to cook since last watching it.
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a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
January 17, 2026 at 12:59 AM
a few things I want people to get from this:
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
-how tense it is here. I was death-gripping the steering wheel during this, even watching it makes me tense up
-how organized the community is. the rapid response networks are ENORMOUS and highly effective
-how completely the city is united against ICE
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Nei will return in Avengers: Doomsday
January 14, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Nei will return in Avengers: Doomsday
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Molly's being characteristically thoughtful. I'll be more of an asshole: THE AI COMPANIES HAVE USED WIKIPEDIA'S SHIT FOR YEARS. It costs millions of fucking dollars in infrastructure to serve up content to these companies. Should Wikipedia subsidize them? No? Then it's *good* they're getting paid!
I think people are erroneously interpreting the headline to mean that the Wikimedia Foundation is embracing AI for purposes like generating encyclopedia content, or are providing AI companies with more training data than they were already scraping.
January 15, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Molly's being characteristically thoughtful. I'll be more of an asshole: THE AI COMPANIES HAVE USED WIKIPEDIA'S SHIT FOR YEARS. It costs millions of fucking dollars in infrastructure to serve up content to these companies. Should Wikipedia subsidize them? No? Then it's *good* they're getting paid!
One thing I learned working at a social network like Tumblr is that people will be mad at you for literally anything you do.
January 15, 2026 at 10:10 PM
One thing I learned working at a social network like Tumblr is that people will be mad at you for literally anything you do.
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The Last Judge in Silksong is a great example of how bullshit this game can be. The fight itself is great, a decently hard skill check that's very readable and the rhythm is really smooth.
Then you win, he turns into a bomb, and if you don't know he does, it kills you and the win doesn't count.
Then you win, he turns into a bomb, and if you don't know he does, it kills you and the win doesn't count.
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The Last Judge in Silksong is a great example of how bullshit this game can be. The fight itself is great, a decently hard skill check that's very readable and the rhythm is really smooth.
Then you win, he turns into a bomb, and if you don't know he does, it kills you and the win doesn't count.
Then you win, he turns into a bomb, and if you don't know he does, it kills you and the win doesn't count.
The Last Judge in Silksong is a great example of how bullshit this game can be. The fight itself is great, a decently hard skill check that's very readable and the rhythm is really smooth.
Then you win, he turns into a bomb, and if you don't know he does, it kills you and the win doesn't count.
Then you win, he turns into a bomb, and if you don't know he does, it kills you and the win doesn't count.
January 15, 2026 at 8:55 AM
The Last Judge in Silksong is a great example of how bullshit this game can be. The fight itself is great, a decently hard skill check that's very readable and the rhythm is really smooth.
Then you win, he turns into a bomb, and if you don't know he does, it kills you and the win doesn't count.
Then you win, he turns into a bomb, and if you don't know he does, it kills you and the win doesn't count.
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Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
January 14, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Happening Now: Students have walked out of school and are protesting against ICE in Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saba's singing voice is always so pleasant...
January 13, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Saba's singing voice is always so pleasant...
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Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
January 13, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Today at 34 & Park in Minneapolis, a woman tried to drive down the street where a protest had broken out in front of a home ICE was raiding, saying she had a doctor apt to get to. ICE agents busted out her windows, cut off her seatbelt, and pulled her out before arresting her.
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We did a ride along. Not with law enforcement. But with the Minneapolis residents defending their communities from those very officers.
@premthakker.bsky.social's front-row seat at ICE's psychological warzone in Minnesota — and how residents are banding together against it:
@premthakker.bsky.social's front-row seat at ICE's psychological warzone in Minnesota — and how residents are banding together against it:
January 12, 2026 at 3:30 AM
We did a ride along. Not with law enforcement. But with the Minneapolis residents defending their communities from those very officers.
@premthakker.bsky.social's front-row seat at ICE's psychological warzone in Minnesota — and how residents are banding together against it:
@premthakker.bsky.social's front-row seat at ICE's psychological warzone in Minnesota — and how residents are banding together against it:
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I am rapidly becoming a single-issue voter and that issue is "throwing people with poorly aimed, way too bright aftermarket car headlights directly into a wolf den"
December 9, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I am rapidly becoming a single-issue voter and that issue is "throwing people with poorly aimed, way too bright aftermarket car headlights directly into a wolf den"
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every day involves grappling with how embarrassing it is that the secret police are so embarrassing, just complete losers incapable of visiting the men’s room alone, who cannot comprehend why people are calling themselves bums to their faces
January 11, 2026 at 10:39 PM
every day involves grappling with how embarrassing it is that the secret police are so embarrassing, just complete losers incapable of visiting the men’s room alone, who cannot comprehend why people are calling themselves bums to their faces
You can have whatever opinion you want about AI companies, the impact of AI on tech, its cultural impact, the ways generative AI is contributing to enshittification of the internet, all of that.
But the number of people who think that makes it okay to harass individuals for using AI is... alarming.
But the number of people who think that makes it okay to harass individuals for using AI is... alarming.
January 11, 2026 at 7:19 AM
You can have whatever opinion you want about AI companies, the impact of AI on tech, its cultural impact, the ways generative AI is contributing to enshittification of the internet, all of that.
But the number of people who think that makes it okay to harass individuals for using AI is... alarming.
But the number of people who think that makes it okay to harass individuals for using AI is... alarming.
I am generally enjoying Silksong much more than Hollow Knight.
And then I lose 300 rosaries because of some bullshit and I want to delete the game.
And then I lose 300 rosaries because of some bullshit and I want to delete the game.
January 10, 2026 at 3:32 AM
I am generally enjoying Silksong much more than Hollow Knight.
And then I lose 300 rosaries because of some bullshit and I want to delete the game.
And then I lose 300 rosaries because of some bullshit and I want to delete the game.
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You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
January 8, 2026 at 12:15 AM
You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today.
This could be you.
This could be you.
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Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
March 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Every person on Bluesky should know:
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
* Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever
* Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies
* Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured
* Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic
www.404media.co/the-200-site...
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Two queer women with a 6 year old in school today stopped to film ICE and for their bravery ICE agents murdered one before the other’s eyes. The grief in the survivor’s voice is a knife to the gut. Destroying people and their bonds is what ICE has always done.
NEWS: In a heartbreaking video, after ICE shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis, a woman who was in the same SUV cries out: “They killed my wife. I don’t know what to do."
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
“We stopped to videotape, and they shot her in the head,” the distraught woman sobs.
www.advocate.com/news/minneso...
Distraught woman says ICE killed her wife in video after deadly Minneapolis shooting
“They killed my wife,” the distraught woman says, adding, “They shot her in the head.”
www.advocate.com
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 PM
Two queer women with a 6 year old in school today stopped to film ICE and for their bravery ICE agents murdered one before the other’s eyes. The grief in the survivor’s voice is a knife to the gut. Destroying people and their bonds is what ICE has always done.