A "normal" Lina

A "normal" Lina

@anormalina.bsky.social

✅ They/Them ♾️ AuDHD + ♿ Disabled 🎮 Gamer + 🖥️ Streamer 🏳️‍🌈 Queer + 🏳️‍⚧️ Ally Your goblin-coded pibling that loves video games, cats, and over-explaining things. Current ADHD interest: Lebkuchen Gaming content: @itsgoblina.bsky.social 🚫 No Gen AI

607 followers358 following6K posts

Pinned

🚨I ask for aid A good friend of mine (plus his uncle and dog) is losing his family home after his mom died in March. He was an unpaid carer to her for 10+ yrs, and is struggling to find work. He'll become homeless in Nov if they can't find suitable housing. Please help if you can. He's a good man.

gofund.meDonate to Help Christopher and Walter survive a major tragedy, organized by Christopher ZabrouskiHi. My name is Christopher Zabrouski, and as I write this, … Christopher Zabrouski needs your support for Help Christopher and Walter survive a major tragedy

Thanks for all the feedback and suggestions. Mass Effect Legendary Edition won out in the end. Kinda excited to get our copy in the mail! 😁

Goblina@itsgoblina.bsky.social

📢 We bought Mass Effect! We went for the Legendary Edition. But that doesn't mean I don't have ideas for the originals in the future. 💡 Thanks to everyone that gave opinions. It just makes sense with all the DLC being included. Got it from CEX so EA and the PIF don't get a penny! 🖕 #fuckea

A "normal" Lina reposted

Question for the Mass Effect fans! My gaming channel is meant to be more retro focussed going forward, and so the best versions of a game aren't necessarily the goal. So I'm curious if grabbing ME on 360 would be fun/cool, or if I should just get the LE as recommended. Is it truly that bad?

Goblina@itsgoblina.bsky.social

📢 Should I play the original Mass Effect?! Lots of homies telling me to play the Legendary Edition this week (pour one out for Bioware)... But I'm a "retro vibes" goblin! 😉 Feels like I should see where the series started, so I can get the genuine ME experience. 🤔 What d'ya reckon? 👀

Question for the Mass Effect fans! My gaming channel is meant to be more retro focussed going forward, and so the best versions of a game aren't necessarily the goal. So I'm curious if grabbing ME on 360 would be fun/cool, or if I should just get the LE as recommended. Is it truly that bad?

Goblina@itsgoblina.bsky.social

📢 Should I play the original Mass Effect?! Lots of homies telling me to play the Legendary Edition this week (pour one out for Bioware)... But I'm a "retro vibes" goblin! 😉 Feels like I should see where the series started, so I can get the genuine ME experience. 🤔 What d'ya reckon? 👀

TW - Vomit Why do cats insist on trying to vomit in literally the worst places? Like... They 100% are trying, I swear. Haru starts making her "gonna be sick" noise and promptly moves herself in the direction of all my electronics currently on the floor, despite there being about 6ft of free floor.

I've done a lot of physical stuff so I'm giving it a rest. My stream setup is a lot of faff. I'm gonna have a cup of tea, I've taken more painkillers, I'm wrapped in my new fluffy bedding, and I'm gonna read quietly. I do think I'm gonna prefer this layout though, so the work is worth it.

A "normal" Lina@anormalina.bsky.social

I've been moving my room around today and it's taken all afternoon/evening and I'm not even remotely done. I now have massive regrets about removing the arms for my monitors from the desk, as I don't know what position they were in to be PERFECTLY ALIGNED. 😭😭😭

I've been moving my room around today and it's taken all afternoon/evening and I'm not even remotely done. I now have massive regrets about removing the arms for my monitors from the desk, as I don't know what position they were in to be PERFECTLY ALIGNED. 😭😭😭

I wish my body didn't treat most painkillers as an invasion. To get rid of toothache, I have to trade for kidney pain. Which to me is a worthwhile swap, but the toothache is still throbbing mildly AND my kidneys feel like they're in a press. This is with another protective medication as well. 😭

Does anyone have advice for selling a scooter? My CBT licence runs out on 1st Nov and I'm not renewing it. But I don't fully own it until ~Jan. I won't be able to ride it for servicing. Is it worth me going to local bike shops to ask if they might take it off my hands? Any advice is appreciated.

There's a lot of factors for the choice to sell. I'm unemployed, and rarely travel. I can't afford another CBT test, insurance, and servicing on UC. My safety gear is also due for replacing, inc. the helmet. I just can't justify the cost. Along with my disability making it harder to handle.

Been having toothache for a couple days and last night it was really fucking with my sleep. Spent an hour seeking out an NHS dentist at about 3am. Sent an email to enquire about slots. Been years since I've dealt with dental stuff. Gods it hurts.

Bras may as well be the same as my socks/shoes issues. I can feel them all day. They're not comfy, whether they fit or not. I can feel sweat gather on them on hot days. It's impossible to feel good about them.

Autistic people who are sensitive to clothing and textures: What is the one clothing issue you wish other people would understand?

Wearing anything on my feet feels like I am radiating heat and that something unpleasant in its warmth is squeezing me. I hate socks and shoes in equal measure. I desperately want to be bare-foot at all times.

Autistic people who are sensitive to clothing and textures: What is the one clothing issue you wish other people would understand?

I cannot believe this advert isn't satire. I don't understand how you can look at this advert and think this is a good advert. I don't even mean because of the theft-machine. It 100% looks like a dunk on uninspiring and unimaginative people.

KetAnthropic JoshAI@ketanjoshi.co

The first genuinely honest ad for generative AI I've ever seen, from Microsoft / CoPilot A mediocre white guy sees his non-white colleague getting praised for good work, he asks AI to *literally copy it*, and then he gets all the praise instead: www.ispot.tv/ad/SoDi/micr...

The people in power in the gaming industry sure are doing all they can to make it feel like there's literally no future here. Jesus fucking Christ. I'm so angry about all the higher ups getting no consequences and walking away with millions of dollars. It's sickening. It's maddening. It's vile.

The economy is crashing, people are struggling to buy food and energy, and yet everywhere I look people are losing their jobs because of someone else's mistakes and are being left with nowhere else to go. How is anyone meant to feel any joy or hope surrounded by this? Where is the horizon?

If there's no Cubone stuff I'll scream.

Andy Robinson@andyrobinson.bsky.social

A permanent Pokémon retail store is officially coming to London, the first of “several”planned to open outside Asia. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/a-perma...

I don't know what's going on with my sleep atm. I've been waking up around 8 for a few days, but still exhausted. I felt so terrible yesterday that I went to be before 10pm and I've been up since around 7am. I can't win. I sleep well, I'm exhausted. I sleep less I'm exhausted.

I did in fact break and turned off all the emails from these services. I just can't handle 30 emails in one day for demos of games that don't match my interests when I'm still not streaming or making other content. It's so overwhelming just as a gamer, let alone for content creators.

A "normal" Lina@anormalina.bsky.social

I think I've finally hit my limit with receiving emails about indie games. I get promos from legit key sites every day and the new Next Fest just started. It's too much. I don't have time to filter through 8000+ games. I'm barely streaming, haven't begun YouTube, and too many use Gen AI. 😔

I think I've finally hit my limit with receiving emails about indie games. I get promos from legit key sites every day and the new Next Fest just started. It's too much. I don't have time to filter through 8000+ games. I'm barely streaming, haven't begun YouTube, and too many use Gen AI. 😔

EBay is trying to sneak in an update for you to allow them to train data on you. Here's the link to switch it off for UK users. accountsettings.ebay.co.uk/ai-preferences

accountsettings.ebay.co.ukOpt out of training generative AI models
Kate Griffin@griffinkate.bsky.social

eBay users! Don't ignore today's email, even though it looks like a boring standard update to the User Privacy Notice. They want to use your data to train AI models. If you click the link over the words "the right to object", it takes you to a page with a toggle button letting you opt out.

Sharing for those that might find this tool useful.

A "normal" Lina@anormalina.bsky.social

🚨GEN AI PSA FOR GAMERS 🚨 Absolute brilliant tool that highlights Gen AI Disclosures for games on Steam. And can also be installed IN Steam directly.

🚨GEN AI PSA FOR GAMERS 🚨 Absolute brilliant tool that highlights Gen AI Disclosures for games on Steam. And can also be installed IN Steam directly.

Now that Steam Next Fest has started I want to remind everybody to not give games with AI any attention, to help you with this you can download this neat extension that will make it A LOT easier to filter through the slop! github.com/seeeeew/aiwa...

I'd planned to start moving my room around today, but I forgot I had a Dr's appointment this morning, and I woke up feeling wobbly again. I felt on the verge of collapse by the time I got home. I was only out an hour. Now having a cup of tea on the sofa, spending some time with my housemates cats.

The good news is the appointment was about Chronic Fatigue. I'm going to have blood tests next week, and a urine sample to be sure. Then, if they show no weird signs of underlying health issues, we'll move to referral to a Chronic Fatigue Illness specialist service.

My friend Chris is in need of help funding a new home for him, his uncle and their dog Lili. If you can spare a moment, please read their story and consider donating. If you can't, please share. They're good people. If you know of any support available in Milwaukee please let me know. #mutualaid

A "normal" Lina@anormalina.bsky.social

🚨I ask for aid A good friend of mine (plus his uncle and dog) is losing his family home after his mom died in March. He was an unpaid carer to her for 10+ yrs, and is struggling to find work. He'll become homeless in Nov if they can't find suitable housing. Please help if you can. He's a good man.

My housemate is going to the US for the next 10 days... So naturally while he's gone I'm gonna be an absolute menace... By removing everything from my room, and reorganising it so that I'll disturb him less at night when he returns... A menace I tell you!

It's also because I'd like to not be in the darkest corner of the room. And there's a chance that cos I'm in an organising mood, that it'll kick-start my drive to sell the crap I hauled with me that is still sitting in boxes. Taking up valuable space. Fingers crossed I can motivate myself to start.

Been playing Theatrhythm Final Bar Line all week and loving it. So many great tunes from one of my favourite series, Final Fantasy. It made me want to replay Dissidia 012, so I did this evening, and it still fucking slaps. Come on Square. Do a remake. It would be fucking amazing.

Sharing for the evening crew. Any makeup or cosplay mututals have any tips/advice or tutorials you can recommend for goblin/demon makeup and prosthetics?

A "normal" Lina@anormalina.bsky.social

Do I happen to have any mutuals that know anything about makeup, specifically for cosplay? I'm wanting to experiment with my Goblin persona and I need to be a reddish colour with big ears, but I don't know where to begin. I've never even done regular everyday makeup so it's a bit overwhelming.

Do I happen to have any mutuals that know anything about makeup, specifically for cosplay? I'm wanting to experiment with my Goblin persona and I need to be a reddish colour with big ears, but I don't know where to begin. I've never even done regular everyday makeup so it's a bit overwhelming.

A "normal" Lina reposted

We need to stop feeding J K Rowling & other transphobes. We need to stop introducing children to the things she & her ilk create. By doing so, we're doing 3 things: 1. funding the hate 2. teaching children that it's ok to support transphobes 3. turning transphobes into our children's heroes

Good Law Project@goodlawproject.org

Almost 10,000 people have emailed Sadiq Khan to stand against transphobia. Will you join them? https://action.goodlawproject.org/sadiq-khan-pull-the-plug-on-transphobia?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=HarryPotterLights&utm_medium=social_media

I'm so fucking tired of this shit.

Disability News Service@johnpring.bsky.social

The Department for Work and Pensions is secretly introducing changes to how it checks the quality of disability assessments, risking claimant safety and increasing the chance of dodgy reports slipping through the net, DNS has learned. #DWP #PIP www.disabilitynewsservice.com/leaked-dwp-c...

I haven't paid for a TV licence my entire adult life and I'm not gonna start now. A dog shit service, with nothing I'm interested in and consistently platforms fascists and hateful right-wing propaganda. They can eat my entire ass.

This post is unavailable.

A "normal" Lina reposted

My friend Chris, along with his uncle and their dog, need to find a home in Milwaukee before November. After 10+ yrs of being an unpaid carer to his mom, Chris will be losing his home after losing his mother to ill health. If you can help, please share. They've all been through so much. 💛

A "normal" Lina@anormalina.bsky.social

🚨I ask for aid A good friend of mine (plus his uncle and dog) is losing his family home after his mom died in March. He was an unpaid carer to her for 10+ yrs, and is struggling to find work. He'll become homeless in Nov if they can't find suitable housing. Please help if you can. He's a good man.

My friend Chris, along with his uncle and their dog, need to find a home in Milwaukee before November. After 10+ yrs of being an unpaid carer to his mom, Chris will be losing his home after losing his mother to ill health. If you can help, please share. They've all been through so much. 💛

A "normal" Lina@anormalina.bsky.social

🚨I ask for aid A good friend of mine (plus his uncle and dog) is losing his family home after his mom died in March. He was an unpaid carer to her for 10+ yrs, and is struggling to find work. He'll become homeless in Nov if they can't find suitable housing. Please help if you can. He's a good man.

Catching up with the latest MinnMax podcast and it really cuts deep hearing the grief in Ben's voice as they openly address the discovery of Jacob Geller's past. What a blow to the community and the Cohorts. I've had to stop my walk for a cry. It still hurts, even though I wasn't directly effected.

Resharing to help my friend find a home. If you happen to know any financial or homing resources for Milwaukee, I'd appreciate any knowledge I can pass on to them. 🙏 💛

A "normal" Lina@anormalina.bsky.social

🚨I ask for aid A good friend of mine (plus his uncle and dog) is losing his family home after his mom died in March. He was an unpaid carer to her for 10+ yrs, and is struggling to find work. He'll become homeless in Nov if they can't find suitable housing. Please help if you can. He's a good man.