Steve Streza 🌈
@stevestreza.com
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By day: Helping creators bring projects to life @Kickstarter.com. By night: Making sweet VTuber merch @DokiDreamers.com. 🍫🍪✨ Avatar by @AbigailStarling.bsky.social. They/them. Masto: https://indieweb.social/@stevestreza Twitter: @SteveStreza
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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!

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Who picked this word. I just want to talk. 🔨
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Sometimes cats get the zoomies. Sometimes they do it in your bedroom while you're sleeping at 6 AM. Sometimes they don't stop for 3 hours. Sometimes you move to sleep on the couch. Sometimes they follow you and then get the zoomies around the couch for another hour. Sometimes this happens 4x a week.
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Glad I tuned into the end of that one.
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djangowexler.bsky.social
My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but
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melissagiragrant.com
speaking of occupy, if you told me in those days that kickstarter workers would one day be organized and on strike—
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nyclabor.bsky.social
Today we were proud to stand with the members of Kickstarter United / OPEIU Local 153 on strike! We’ll continue to support these workers and raise our voices to see that they get the fair contract they deserve!

#1u
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comicsbeat.bsky.social
Kickstarter United NYC strike rally: ‘tech workers will never be defeated!’

Kickstarter United held a rally on Tuesday, October 7, in Manhattan outside the offices of venture capitalist Fred Wilson, a major investor in Kickstarter.
Kickstarter United NYC strike rally: ‘tech workers will never be defeated!’
Kickstarter United held a rally on Tuesday, October 7, in Manhattan outside the offices of venture capitalist Fred Wilson, a major investor in Kickstarter.
www.comicsbeat.com
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longtalljodie.com
Independent comics as an industry would barely exist these days without the tireless efforts of Kickstarter's staff behind the scenes. As they advise, keep supporting all the amazing projects you already are, but have their back in the process.
kickstarterunited.org
‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
Kickstarter United is on strike!
We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform
swipe for ways to show your solidarity Why We're Striking
A codified 4-day work week.
We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work.
Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers.
We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet. Creators
Show your solidarity by:
Continue using the platform like normal
When something breaks, complain loudly that it is management's fault for causing the strike
Include our logo and strike info on your project
Send a letter to KSR leadership urging them to meet our demands & end the strike bit.ly/KSRUletter Community Allies
Show your solidarity by:
Support your favorite creators on the platform like normal
Send a letter to KSR leadership urging them to meet our demands & end the strike: Creators
Show your solidarity by:
Continue using the platform like normal
When something breaks, complain loudly that it is management's fault for causing the strike
Include our logo and strike info on your project
Send a letter to KSR leadership urging them to meet our demands & end the strike bit.ly/KSRUletter
Donate to our solidarity fund: bit.ly/KSRUdonate
Attend a rally or picket either in-person near you (NYC and Seattle) or virtual
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artofchira.bsky.social
whenever i encounter people who say they can't understand shakespeare verses I always send them this clip from the 2019 Shakespeare in the Park production of Much Ado About Nothing
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kairyssdal.bsky.social
This is the lesson of 2025
qjurecic.bsky.social
he's going to come after you either way, so you might as well act with integrity
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Found some old things and a new thing.
An iPod first gen, and iPod 3rd gen, an iPod... 4th gen?, and a Tangara.
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kickstarterunited.org
In between rallies and pickets and bargaining, we’ve been trying to highlight live Kickstarter projects our workers love on this page! Without access to our tools, we’re doing this manually but we wanted to highlight folks who support us on their projects! kickstarterunited.org/projects-our...
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katmabu.bsky.social
Took a break from recuperating in bed to talk to Kickstarter workers who are currently on strike.

Before I left, I asked for them to share cat pics with me and they have delivered. Cuba is wonderful.
spice.bsky.social
thanks for speaking on our picket line, @katmabu.bsky.social ! here is Cuba, the cat, at your service
Cuba, the cat
stevestreza.com
Thank you SO much for coming to our rally today!! Shadow the Ultimate Lifeform and Lily thank you as well! bsky.app/profile/stev...
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Day 16 of new cats, Shadow the Ultimate Lifeform and Lily are pretty comfortable with the house and hanging out outside of the bedroom safe spot. They're still very jumpy around people but they're getting better. They want belly rubs so much. And they get serious air time when hunting their toys.
Shadow sitting on a bed Shadow flopped on his back demanding belly rubs Shadow and Lily on our flower-shaped cat tree Lily stretched out on a cat bed, paws in the air, getting chest scritches
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Day 16 of new cats, Shadow the Ultimate Lifeform and Lily are pretty comfortable with the house and hanging out outside of the bedroom safe spot. They're still very jumpy around people but they're getting better. They want belly rubs so much. And they get serious air time when hunting their toys.
Shadow sitting on a bed Shadow flopped on his back demanding belly rubs Shadow and Lily on our flower-shaped cat tree Lily stretched out on a cat bed, paws in the air, getting chest scritches
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unburntwitch.com
Reminder to cis people that anti trans legislation can and will also hurt you, if you’re not already motivated to care about trans rights. We need stronger state level privacy laws around medical records in a post-Roe world for abortion rights, too.
Screenshot from the news article:

One bill expanded San Francisco state Sen. Scott Wiener's "State of Refuge" law, passed in 2022. The enhanced measure would prevent other states and private entities from subpoenaing private medical records.
At least four bills directly addressed trans protections, including Wiener's healthcare and patient confidentiality measure; streamlining legal name and gender changes, anu enhanced confidentiality requirements for court records; nondiscrimination protections for health insurance plans and an insurance company mandate to offer a
12-month supply of prescription hormones; and a requirement to ensure homelessness programs remain inclusive and nondiscriminatory, combatting federal efforts to force homeless shelters to ban trans people.
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alphabetworkersunion.org
Tech workers united will never be defeated! Alphabet Workers Union members in Seattle and New York City turned out in solidarity with @kickstarterunited.org members ON STRIKE for a fair second contract! #1u
a big group of workers, including AWU members and striking Kickstarter United workers, hold Kickstarter United signs at a rally in Seattle. Two NYC AWU members hold a Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 sign as they participate in a rally in solidarity with Kickstarted United workers on strike.
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Bazzite is totally fine, especially if it's for a gaming-only system. If you want to become a Person Who Fucks Around With Linux Shit then I would send you to Arch Linux but it is absolutely not necessary for a good time with games on Linux.
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In my experience, often times the performance is actually a little better on Linux because Windows' thread scheduler is ass, which leads to micro-stutters and frame pacing problems.
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I have not booted into Windows to play a game in probably two years. There are a handful of competitive online games that have anti-cheat problems but by-and-large this is now a solved problem.
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thesharkqueen.com
The Kickstarter strike is deeply affecting our campaign. This is your reminder that the workers are not asking you to boycott. But also that campaigns aren’t being seen outside their immediate spheres of followers (of which I do not have many)
Can you share the campaign today, please?
S.E. Ransdell's Curiouser & Curiouser: Tales from Beyond
Volume 2 of S.E. Ransdell's illustrated erotic horror and dark tales from the other side- of the veil, of sanity, and of revenge.
www.kickstarter.com