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@aeva<\/a> Everyone I know in real life that was on here has moved to bluesky.
But I'm stubborn. I stayed on Google+ with 2 or 3 followers until it shut down instead of moving to facebook with everyone else I knew. I'll probably stay here until everybody interesting has gone silent.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/kojack\/statuses\/114357182379150553","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/kojack\/statuses\/114357182379150553","objectType":"note","content":"

@aeva<\/a> Everyone I know in real life that was on here has moved to bluesky.
But I'm stubborn. I stayed on Google+ with 2 or 3 followers until it shut down instead of moving to facebook with everyone else I knew. I'll probably stay here until everybody interesting has gone silent.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@kojack\/114357182379150553","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357000518936659","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357000518936659"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10219731","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-16T09:57:59+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@kojack\/114357182379150553"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

@jannem<\/a> I ran out of characters so I shortened it to \"quiet\" but what I really meant was there's this noticeable void where the community had eroded out that's filled with this sort of low grade miasma of anxiety vague posting by people I care about who used to talk about other things. Yeah, it's better than raw dogging every misleading headline and every hot take from arm chair journalists who just interviewed their Amygdala for today's breaking news and want to spread it around :\/<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357086160083311","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357086160083311","objectType":"note","content":"

@jannem<\/a> I ran out of characters so I shortened it to \"quiet\" but what I really meant was there's this noticeable void where the community had eroded out that's filled with this sort of low grade miasma of anxiety vague posting by people I care about who used to talk about other things. Yeah, it's better than raw dogging every misleading headline and every hot take from arm chair journalists who just interviewed their Amygdala for today's breaking news and want to spread it around :\/<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357086160083311","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/users\/jannem\/statuses\/114357056035473906","url":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@jannem\/114357056035473906"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/users\/jannem"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10219719","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-16T09:56:22+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357086160083311"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/users\/jannem","displayName":"Janne Moren","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/37107-original-tmp20221123083213.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":139,"height":139},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/37107-96-20230614212808.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/37107-48-20230614212808.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/37107-24-20230614212808.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"37107"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/37107-96-20230614212808.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"HPC support engineer in Okinawa, Japan. Former neuroscientist, former programmer.Photography, recreational programming and playing the sanshin are things I do. Sweden, Osaka and Okinawa are places I particularly care about.","url":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@jannem","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"jannem","displayName":"Janne Moren","note":"HPC support engineer in Okinawa, Japan. Former neuroscientist, former programmer.Photography, recreational programming and playing the sanshin are things I do. Sweden, Osaka and Okinawa are places I particularly care about."}},"content":"

@aeva<\/a>
I filter out as much US news as I can. And it definitely makes my feed a lot more quiet. <\/p>

Still, I prefer that to a constant flood of anxiety inducing posts I can do nothing about.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/users\/jannem\/statuses\/114357056035473906","object":{"id":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/users\/jannem\/statuses\/114357056035473906","objectType":"note","content":"

@aeva<\/a>
I filter out as much US news as I can. And it definitely makes my feed a lot more quiet. <\/p>

Still, I prefer that to a constant flood of anxiety inducing posts I can do nothing about.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@jannem\/114357056035473906","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357019832486852","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357019832486852"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10219718","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-16T09:56:22+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/@jannem\/114357056035473906"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

@jannem<\/a> but it's not really \"US news\" anymore is it? One of the silver linings to my insomnia was that the people who live here eventually go to bed and the people who don't talk about other things because they existed at a safe distance. But now it's hot takes about it all night long. And the hot takes from great distances are often the worst because they don't care if I die here they're just mad it'll inconvenience them.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357103075588764","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357103075588764","objectType":"note","content":"

@jannem<\/a> but it's not really \"US news\" anymore is it? One of the silver linings to my insomnia was that the people who live here eventually go to bed and the people who don't talk about other things because they existed at a safe distance. But now it's hot takes about it all night long. And the hot takes from great distances are often the worst because they don't care if I die here they're just mad it'll inconvenience them.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357103075588764","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357086160083311","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357086160083311"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/fosstodon.org\/users\/jannem"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10219723","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-16T09:56:20+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357103075588764"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/gamedev.lgbt\/users\/psilocervine","displayName":"Stygian Abyss Pie Factory","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/349848-original-tmp20250815161444.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/349848-96-20250819221436.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/349848-48-20250819221436.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/349848-24-20250819221436.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"349848"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/349848-96-20250819221436.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","url":"https:\/\/gamedev.lgbt\/@psilocervine","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"psilocervine","displayName":"Stygian Abyss Pie Factory"}},"content":"

@aeva<\/a> if it's the thread I'm thinking of, I was searching the entire thread for ANY link only to eventually come across \"I hope I'm wrong\" presented in a context where it was clear the thread's author just made everything up whole cloth<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/gamedev.lgbt\/users\/psilocervine\/statuses\/114355330800362434","object":{"id":"https:\/\/gamedev.lgbt\/users\/psilocervine\/statuses\/114355330800362434","objectType":"note","content":"

@aeva<\/a> if it's the thread I'm thinking of, I was searching the entire thread for ANY link only to eventually come across \"I hope I'm wrong\" presented in a context where it was clear the thread's author just made everything up whole cloth<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/gamedev.lgbt\/@psilocervine\/114355330800362434","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355315458791528","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355315458791528"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200580","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:15:31+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/gamedev.lgbt\/@psilocervine\/114355330800362434"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

@psilocervine<\/a> I wish people would put \"speculation\" in the cw tags for stuff like this<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355347631237178","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355347631237178","objectType":"note","content":"

@psilocervine<\/a> I wish people would put \"speculation\" in the cw tags for stuff like this<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355347631237178","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/gamedev.lgbt\/users\/psilocervine\/statuses\/114355330800362434","url":"https:\/\/gamedev.lgbt\/@psilocervine\/114355330800362434"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/gamedev.lgbt\/users\/psilocervine"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200581","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:15:26+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355347631237178"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/users\/wagesj45","displayName":"jordan","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-original-tmp20240106234049.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":320,"height":320},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-96-20240107220431.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-48-20240107220431.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-24-20240107220431.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"25925"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-96-20240107220431.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"great american humorist. non-aesthetic socialist libtard. proud appalachian-american.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/@wagesj45","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"wagesj45","displayName":"jordan","note":"great american humorist. non-aesthetic socialist libtard. proud appalachian-american."}},"content":"

@aeva<\/a> yes aeva i promise<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/users\/wagesj45\/statuses\/114357041521764486","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/users\/wagesj45\/statuses\/114357041521764486","objectType":"note","content":"

@aeva<\/a> yes aeva i promise<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/@wagesj45\/114357041521764486","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357038797692817","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357038797692817"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200576","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:15:13+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/@wagesj45\/114357041521764486"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

@wagesj45<\/a> well ok I can't argue with that, but you have to promise me to use filters, timed mutes, and turn off people's boosts if you find that being on here is having adverse effects on your health and well being<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357038797692817","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357038797692817","objectType":"note","content":"

@wagesj45<\/a> well ok I can't argue with that, but you have to promise me to use filters, timed mutes, and turn off people's boosts if you find that being on here is having adverse effects on your health and well being<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357038797692817","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/users\/wagesj45\/statuses\/114357033095553542","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/@wagesj45\/114357033095553542"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/users\/wagesj45"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200573","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:15:01+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357038797692817"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/users\/wagesj45","displayName":"jordan","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-original-tmp20240106234049.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":320,"height":320},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-96-20240107220431.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-48-20240107220431.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-24-20240107220431.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"25925"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/25925-96-20240107220431.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"great american humorist. non-aesthetic socialist libtard. proud appalachian-american.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/@wagesj45","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"wagesj45","displayName":"jordan","note":"great american humorist. non-aesthetic socialist libtard. proud appalachian-american."}},"content":"

@aeva<\/a> post more cool Blender nodes is what you do :D i always enjoy those.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/users\/wagesj45\/statuses\/114357033095553542","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/users\/wagesj45\/statuses\/114357033095553542","objectType":"note","content":"

@aeva<\/a> post more cool Blender nodes is what you do :D i always enjoy those.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/@wagesj45\/114357033095553542","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357019832486852","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357019832486852"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200571","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:15:00+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.jordanwages.com\/@wagesj45\/114357033095553542"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

I just wasted my entire lunch break trying to find a supporting news story to verify a very worrying hot take boosted by someone I generally trusted to not spread provocative misinformation, and now I trust that person a bit less to not spread provocative misinformation.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355238568882297","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355238568882297","objectType":"note","content":"

I just wasted my entire lunch break trying to find a supporting news story to verify a very worrying hot take boosted by someone I generally trusted to not spread provocative misinformation, and now I trust that person a bit less to not spread provocative misinformation.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355238568882297","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200563","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:14:58+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355238568882297"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

I could confront either person involved, but I really don't have the time or the spoons to argue with someone whether or not invasive thoughts and wild speculation are adequate justification to go and give everyone you can find a panic attack.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355250848899682","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355250848899682","objectType":"note","content":"

I could confront either person involved, but I really don't have the time or the spoons to argue with someone whether or not invasive thoughts and wild speculation are adequate justification to go and give everyone you can find a panic attack.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355250848899682","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355238568882297","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355238568882297"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200564","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:14:57+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355250848899682"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

Fear and misinformation are communicable, and your gut feelings are not reality. Please don't play the telephone game.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355291814866656","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355291814866656","objectType":"note","content":"

Fear and misinformation are communicable, and your gut feelings are not reality. Please don't play the telephone game.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355291814866656","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355250848899682","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355250848899682"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200565","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:14:56+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355291814866656"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

\"but Aeva what if the horrible thing I'm worried about eventually happens\" great idea let's burn everyone out now and train them to tune it all out as alarmist misinformation got any more genious ideas<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355315458791528","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355315458791528","objectType":"note","content":"

\"but Aeva what if the horrible thing I'm worried about eventually happens\" great idea let's burn everyone out now and train them to tune it all out as alarmist misinformation got any more genious ideas<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355315458791528","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355291814866656","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355291814866656"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200566","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:14:54+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355315458791528"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

I've been noticing here and there friends I miss haven't posted on here at all since January and I can't say I blame them for checking out. I've had to set up a lot of filtration to keep people who are panicking over headlines and hot takes from getting their infinite cortisol hooks in my brain and ripping apart my health. Even with that shit slithers through all the time. Worse though is with all that in place it's just... noticeably quieter now than it was before the election.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357000518936659","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357000518936659","objectType":"note","content":"

I've been noticing here and there friends I miss haven't posted on here at all since January and I can't say I blame them for checking out. I've had to set up a lot of filtration to keep people who are panicking over headlines and hot takes from getting their infinite cortisol hooks in my brain and ripping apart my health. Even with that shit slithers through all the time. Worse though is with all that in place it's just... noticeably quieter now than it was before the election.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357000518936659","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114355315458791528","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114355315458791528"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200567","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:14:53+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357000518936659"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva","displayName":"aeva","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-original-tmp20251104165625.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-48-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-24-20251104225031.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"20435"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/20435-96-20251104171638.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats.","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"aeva","displayName":"aeva","note":"I'm a just a small town AAA graphics programmer in Chicago. I worked on Gears 5, Gears Tactics, and other games. My work is secret, but my personal projects are not.I like to post about my numerous personal projects, and I like to think out loud a lot. Expect weird humor, esoteric ramblings, odd thoughts, my home made synthesizer visual programming language, sculptures, digital painting, and lowfi 3D.Fervently anti-ai. Chronic pain enthusiast. \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0fCurses are blessings with caveats."}},"content":"

I'm here for community and I hope maybe we can recover some day but it feels like that community has noticeably eroded. Worse, I worry that by being active here I'm helping people stay plugged into something that's hurting them. But idk what else to do.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-23:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357019832486852","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357019832486852","objectType":"note","content":"

I'm here for community and I hope maybe we can recover some day but it feels like that community has noticeably eroded. Worse, I worry that by being active here I'm helping people stay plugged into something that's hurting them. But idk what else to do.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357019832486852","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/users\/aeva\/statuses\/114357000518936659","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357000518936659"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-06-14:objectType=thread:nonce=44b9229a5218de89","notice_info":{"local_id":"10200568","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-06-14T11:14:52+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.gamedev.place\/@aeva\/114357019832486852"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5199537","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}