Sven Slootweg @joepie91@pixie.town

did you know. did you know that whenever you french fries on ketchup, taste ketchup fries you? this, this is because ketchup and taste french fries on ketchup is reference to taste french fries on you taste.

This is important to remember, especially in hard times

Today I learned that the bones of #ThisOldClownHouse are even nicer than we thought.

Had someone identify the era of construction within ten years, and joyfully infodump on us about the amazingly rare and sturdy hardwood which our clowns romp around on here.

This place continues to be full of surprises. :)

Edit: And now we find out the Forza team was completely disbanded. I am heartbroken. Good thing both SKG petitions reached their targets because this shutdown might be sooner than later…

Fuck Microsoft. No wait, actually fuck all the execs at every big tech deciding to keep laying on the layoffs while taking larger and larger bonuses. Over 9000 people got layed off from their gaming division today, cancelling a number of projects. This also included the majority of people working on Forza, essentially putting the game on life support.

https://www.theverge.com/news/696676/microsoft-forza-motorsport-turn-10-studios-layoffs-xbox-cuts

I got a bit emotional because it really sucks seeing this happen over and over, and in the case of Forza it's a game that means a lot to me personally because it's the first, and basically only racing game that's playable by blind gamers. It's the game I've logged by far the most time in recently, because it's a genre I always wanted to play and I had an interest in... And honestly, if it ever gets shut down and no one else decides to follow in their footsteps there's really nowhere else to go for this genre at least. Which really sucks. Well, there is F1 25 from EA, but it doesn't have a menu screen reader and the racing assists are less precise and not as complete.

Something else this is making me realise is a lot of the gaming accessibility successes we enjoyed recently have all broadly been considered a disappointment or involved in some controversies with the mainstream. The Last of Us 2's ending had people up in arms, the game also launched in the middle of a pandemic which didn't help, though I think it might be enjoying a bit more favor now. Mortal Kombat 1 seems to have largely disappointed WB games with Sales, which considering the game was designed to be a live service much like Forza actually is not good. We know plans for a second content expansion were cancelled and the game has basically had no updates since April, and knowing WB's CEO especially after the split they just had I wouldn't be surprised if he decided to lay on some layoffs of his own. Blizzard also experienced a lot of layoffs which affected the team working on Hearthstone which already resulted in 1 mode being completely removed, another frozen and the game pivoting even harder into microtransactions recently enjoying some controversy of its own involving a cosmetic pet item that can potentially cost over $100. All of these games were celebrated by the disabled gamer community but disliked in some way by everyone else, and could potentially shut down any minute. On that note earlier today I signed the stop killing games petition which would make preserving games like this much easier in the future, and if you're either in the UK or EU you should seriously do so as well.

https://www.stopkillinggames.com

the adapter is a really simple 3D print, although I added a few steel pins to reinforce it

adapting an Ikea desk lamp to a tripod must be one of the most cursed, yet best things I have done this year… I mean, look at it!!

I am not annoyed by packages not being delivered at 36 °C weather, I am annoyed by automated notification systems claiming "we're sorry".

If an automated system is mailing me, you're not sorry.

Vuurwerk in juli

Ik ga de hele zaak met grote argwaan volgen – blij met het mogelijke effect van een verbod, blij als de narigheid die vuurwerk heet echt minder wordt, maar met grote zorgen vervuld over een staat die haar macht steeds verder uitbreidt. Een staat die aantoonbaar geen bezwaar heeft tegen gezondheidsschade, milieubederf en dierenleed. Een staat die niet de slachtoffers van vuurwerk werkelijk wil beschermen. Een staat die vooral bezorgd is over haar eigen gewapende hulptroepen. Welnu, als de overlast voor politie het enige argument tegen vuurwerk zou zijn, dan was ik van vuurwerk – en vooral van het massaal en wanordelijk afsteken ervan – een groot en enthousiast voorstander. Was het allemaal maar zo eenvoudig.

https://peterstormt.nl/2025/07/01/vuurwerk-in-juli/

my deepest, most deranged fantasy: dupont cables that last more than one use.

especially a problem with female ends, everything I used in recent memory just goes poof after 2 or 3 insertions

No surprise that the fediverse is talking about #gravy today.

Open sauce is popular here.

Fijne Keti Koti iedereen!

By @RTHM_Health

"A new study suggests that exercise doesn’t clear microclots in people with Long COVID—it just fragments them into smaller ones. These smaller clots are linked to increased inflammation and impaired oxygen transport, which may help explain post-exertional malaise (PEM) and post-exertional symptom exacerbation (PESE)—a worsening of symptoms after even mild physical or mental effort."

"Researchers observed these microclot and inflammatory changes even after submaximal exertion, highlighting the need for caution when recommending exercise-based therapies."

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🔗 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6717727/v1

#LongCOVID #ChronicFatigue #pwLC #PostCOVID #rthm_health #LongCOVIDResearch #PESE #PEM #IACC #COVID19 #Microclots @auscovid19

I think i'll need to defend my stance on not wanting to promote and use 'AI' at work to management soon. So i will be looking for good arguments that i can write down beforehand and use, so i can try not to go off the rails.
I am already reading 'The AI Con' by @emilymbender & @alex, but more suggestions that may be easier to use are welcome.
Feel free to boost this message 🙂

i read a post a month or so ago and it detailed how to get more Windows 10 updates past the Oct deadline for this year? for like 2+ years?

i thought i had bookmarked it, or the person deleted their post

anyone know what i am talking about?

edit: see replies for multiple options, but the one(s) i replied to are what i was looking for specifically