Elizabeth Harper

Elizabeth Harper

@faience.bsky.social

Freelance writer, editor, herder of cats. Editorial Director on Blizzard Watch. Supposed WoW healer. Also @faience@awaymessage.club, Faience on Twitter. She/her

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Elizabeth Harper reposted

AOC: "As AI begins to encroach in our society, their goal is to take your cognition away from you. AI's goal is to take your thoughts away from you, your ability to think away from you, so that you become dependent on a machine ... reading books is active resistance"

This is Oliver. He is a scruffy little shih tzu that I adopted from the shelter this week, and I think he’s settling into life pretty well. (Note that he is curled up on a ratty old blanket because he rejected the pillows I put in front of the window.)

Elizabeth Harper reposted

I'm not saying it was a quest hook, I'm just saying I'd feel pretty stupid if I ignored it and missed the beginning of my adventure.

I'm not mad, I'm just disappointed, empty of all enthusiasm. But also I'm mad, I'm real mad, I'm so mad I invited myself on to next week's Lore Watch to be mad with everyone else, and I prefer to keep a safe distance from Warcraft lore nerdery because it's bad for my mental wellbeing.

Don’t promise me a good time.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

JENNINGS: Let's say Democrats take the House. How sure are you that they would immediately move to impeach President Trump? MIKE JOHNSON: It's guaranteed. Probably on the first day.

I keep seeing jokes about the boat that sunk after hitting a whale. I love stories of orcas sinking megayachts as much as anybody, but this was 4 people on a sailboat between Australia & New Zealand. They got into a life raft in the middle of the night in a big empty ocean and are lucky to be alive.

Just think about that. No land, no lights, no ships in sight. You step off your ship into a tiny raft in the moonlight and hope for the best. Seems like they did everything right. They were prepared for an emergency. Still incredibly lucky. It took 18 hours to rescue them.

cbsnews.comWhale sinks yacht in South Pacific, sailors rescued alive 18 hours laterA sperm whale cracked the hull of a yacht sailing off New Zealand, forcing four sailors into a day-and-night fight for survival on the high seas.

I feel like I spend an hour fitting everything I need to say into the correct character count whenever we do these.

Blizzard Watch@blizzardwatch.com

We're giving away two keys to the Warcraft Forever Collection, which includes World of Warcraft: Forever and Warcraft 3: Reforged with the Forsaken Kingdom expansion! To enter, reply with the race and class combo you're taking back to the past in Forever when it launches on November 4! #WoW_Partner

tfw one addon stops getting updated and your whole wow ui falls apart and it's hours of work and 2+ new addons just to get things sort of working the way they were before story of this whole expansion

Elizabeth Harper reposted

If you're going to play the new Hogwarts game, watch the series, or keep supporting this behemoth of cruelty and inhumane action, then go ahead and unfollow me. Do not talk to me. Do not claim to stand for the LGBTQIA+ community. I had three Harry Potter tattoos that have all been covered. 1/2

The Verge@theverge.com

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

Patch 12.1 snakes aren't as bad as the snakes in Diablo 4, which have an absolutely horrifying slithering movement. My skin crawls when I'm fighting those things. But I can also play in places that don't have snakes, for the most part. Right now in WoW EVERYTHING IS SNAKES.

I have been generally having fun in the Venomous Abyss. I enjoy the challenge, I enjoy hanging out with my raid group, and the boss fights are interesting. But I can't stand the snakes. I keep my camera top down so I see less, and watch my cooldown bar and my feet rather than what I'm fighting.

Elizabeth Harper reposted

If Dolly was our constant reminder that it was Good to be Good, Tim Curry was our reminder that it was Good to be Weird. Embrace your strangeness, sing with Muppets, wear your lingerie with a leather jacket, and fuck with uptight people who hate anything that makes them remotely uncomfortable.

Craig Calcaterra@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social

RIP to a motherfucking icon.

Found the best way to deal with all the snakes in the Coiled Isle and Venomous Abyss raid: play without my glasses. As long as I don’t have to read any text or pay very close attention to cooldowns, it works great because I’m only ever fighting blobs.

Finished reading Psalm for the Wild-Built by Becky Chambers and my god, what a book. The feeling you have at the end is an unadulterated hit of joy. Wish I could read it again for the first time.

It’s me, I’m the one who’s tired all the time.

Blizzard Watch@blizzardwatch.com

There are two wolves inside every social media account. One of them is tired of hearing about Jimothy, and the other is a hundred raccoons in a wolf costume.

For @annabellreads.bsky.social, this is my current treehouse. The platform and stairs are both a bit wonky, and the platform use more supports so it doesn't look like it's hovering in space, railings for safety, more lights. The colors will be very different on another plot. AgTIPNWRdEpFJqyjShfDfbHU

The real problem with sharing this is that it's made out of a dozen trees, with dozens of lights in the branches, dozens plants around the base, dozens of beams and platforms for supports, decking, and stairs. If you want it in a different part of your plot, you're moving all that piece by piece.

... what I'm saying is housing badly needs a group select tool, and even more so since sharing homes and rooms with blueprints was added. Anything shared better be where you want it to start, or importing it has just given you a slight head start on (re)building from scratch.

For @annabellreads.bsky.social, this is my current treehouse. The platform and stairs are both a bit wonky, and the platform use more supports so it doesn't look like it's hovering in space, railings for safety, more lights. The colors will be very different on another plot. AgTIPNWRdEpFJqyjShfDfbHU

I got the idea for building the base of the tree out of upside down Razorwind Acacia Trees from another creator, but I don't recall who. The result is excellent, making a massive tree trunk that no other tree can match. The tree top is a mix of Elwynn Apple Trees and Founder's Point Apple Trees.

I've been a gamer for my whole life, so I'm used to sexist bullshit in video game stories, but I'd love it if a mainstream game could occasionally surprise me and not be the no girls allowed boy's trip big dick energy.

No, I have neither forgotten nor forgiven the "boy's trip" comment, and if I ever suggest I have you will know that I have been replaced by a clone or an alien. They might be nicer than I am about the whole thing, so do what you will with that information.

This game was so good you guys.

Blizzard Watch@blizzardwatch.com

Credits rolled, and I give Desktop Explorer a 12/10 with high marks for being just plain weird and leaving me feeling both sad and happy at the same time. You'll be able to watch our full playthrough on YouTube later this week or pick up the game yourself (and let us know what you think)!

It's me and @mitchfizzl.bsky.social! Having fun as a penguin! In this totally normal penguin sim!!

Blizzard Watch@blizzardwatch.com

Penguins are all in on a sense of adventure, and so are we. Join Liz and Mitch as we play Penguin Colony, a fun little game about penguins and eldritch horrors. (cw eldritch horrors) Watch us play the whole demo on YouTube, and join us on Twitch Thursdays at 8pm eastern for more indie game streams!

This game continue to be extremely weird, but I’m muddling though anyway.

Elizabeth Harper reposted

I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful

Days it has been since my aunts' cat bit me is back to zero. I am very tired of cat-sitting for my aunts, and both the cat and I are miserable over it. It is day 32 and my aunts provided no specific return date for retrieving the cat. ... does anyone want a cat?

Elizabeth Harper reposted

STARTING NOW! I will be giving away GHS keys on stream!

Kim Acuff Steiner@emberdione.bsky.social

Tomorrow, probably starting around 1pm - I am gonna stream here! www.twitch.tv/emberdione During the stream I am going to give away keys to Ghost Hunter Simulator. So instead of getting presents, I'm giving them.

Who knew error messages could be so scary?

Blizzard Watch@blizzardwatch.com

We've got another episode of Desktop Explorer for you, featuring Liz screaming in terror. Well, squeaking in terror, but the sentiment's the same. The computer is totally not haunted. IT tells me computers can't be haunted and I should just turn it off and back on, which I hope will also work here.