Jay Stevens
@jaystevens.me
Now: Engineer @ Respawn - Apex Legends
Prior: Battlefield Mobile, Star Wars FPS, <redacted>
Long Ago: Skipper/Tiki Bird Wrangler @ Disneyland
Views are my own, blah blah blah.
Big fan of model trains, tiki bars, and general electronic doohickeys.
He/him
Prior: Battlefield Mobile, Star Wars FPS, <redacted>
Long Ago: Skipper/Tiki Bird Wrangler @ Disneyland
Views are my own, blah blah blah.
Big fan of model trains, tiki bars, and general electronic doohickeys.
He/him
Assuming that's Pacific time (likely given the race was still ongoing at 6 PM NYC time), the race had been called 30 minutes prior
November 5, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Assuming that's Pacific time (likely given the race was still ongoing at 6 PM NYC time), the race had been called 30 minutes prior
The bottom left of the sign in this Yesterland photo looks suspiciously bright considering the direction of the lighting in the rest of the shot, but it's hard to tell for sure
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 AM
The bottom left of the sign in this Yesterland photo looks suspiciously bright considering the direction of the lighting in the rest of the shot, but it's hard to tell for sure
We had to put Togepi in a onesie because the cone and the donut both did not work.
Onesie worked great, though, and it was super cute
Onesie worked great, though, and it was super cute
October 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
We had to put Togepi in a onesie because the cone and the donut both did not work.
Onesie worked great, though, and it was super cute
Onesie worked great, though, and it was super cute
Finally tried on this year's Halloween costume 🎃
October 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Finally tried on this year's Halloween costume 🎃
Here she is at 2 different points in her history.
The big "saddle" is how she originally came; it held fuel and water for her boiler. Pine Creek removed it in the early 1950s and built a tender instead, which is how she came to Disneyland.
She has a preserved sister: trains.nute.ws/0-4-0/Rarita...
The big "saddle" is how she originally came; it held fuel and water for her boiler. Pine Creek removed it in the early 1950s and built a tender instead, which is how she came to Disneyland.
She has a preserved sister: trains.nute.ws/0-4-0/Rarita...
October 21, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Here she is at 2 different points in her history.
The big "saddle" is how she originally came; it held fuel and water for her boiler. Pine Creek removed it in the early 1950s and built a tender instead, which is how she came to Disneyland.
She has a preserved sister: trains.nute.ws/0-4-0/Rarita...
The big "saddle" is how she originally came; it held fuel and water for her boiler. Pine Creek removed it in the early 1950s and built a tender instead, which is how she came to Disneyland.
She has a preserved sister: trains.nute.ws/0-4-0/Rarita...
Fun fact:
On Sunday strips, some newspapers cut off the title panel (plus the adjacent panel). That's why you get 2 jokes like this - the header panels may be missing.
Watterson hated this and eventually secured an exemption for C&H and C&H _only_.
You can see the difference in later Sunday strips
On Sunday strips, some newspapers cut off the title panel (plus the adjacent panel). That's why you get 2 jokes like this - the header panels may be missing.
Watterson hated this and eventually secured an exemption for C&H and C&H _only_.
You can see the difference in later Sunday strips
October 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Fun fact:
On Sunday strips, some newspapers cut off the title panel (plus the adjacent panel). That's why you get 2 jokes like this - the header panels may be missing.
Watterson hated this and eventually secured an exemption for C&H and C&H _only_.
You can see the difference in later Sunday strips
On Sunday strips, some newspapers cut off the title panel (plus the adjacent panel). That's why you get 2 jokes like this - the header panels may be missing.
Watterson hated this and eventually secured an exemption for C&H and C&H _only_.
You can see the difference in later Sunday strips
Specifically, this Mothman
October 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Specifically, this Mothman
After a bit this guy came out to make sure that there were no slackers in the crowd 🤣
(Alt: A ripped bald man steps to the head of the mosh pit and uses an imaginary whip to keep the crowd rowing in time to the music. Pan up to the lead singer pretending to French kiss the guitarist)
(Alt: A ripped bald man steps to the head of the mosh pit and uses an imaginary whip to keep the crowd rowing in time to the music. Pan up to the lead singer pretending to French kiss the guitarist)
October 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
After a bit this guy came out to make sure that there were no slackers in the crowd 🤣
(Alt: A ripped bald man steps to the head of the mosh pit and uses an imaginary whip to keep the crowd rowing in time to the music. Pan up to the lead singer pretending to French kiss the guitarist)
(Alt: A ripped bald man steps to the head of the mosh pit and uses an imaginary whip to keep the crowd rowing in time to the music. Pan up to the lead singer pretending to French kiss the guitarist)
Got the video from my fiance of one of my favorite parts of the show - when everyone in the mosh pit collectively decided to pretend to row a boat together
(Alt: A scene from an Alestorm concert. The mosh pit in the crowd has all sat down and is miming rowing. They are chanting "ROW!" to the music)
(Alt: A scene from an Alestorm concert. The mosh pit in the crowd has all sat down and is miming rowing. They are chanting "ROW!" to the music)
October 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Got the video from my fiance of one of my favorite parts of the show - when everyone in the mosh pit collectively decided to pretend to row a boat together
(Alt: A scene from an Alestorm concert. The mosh pit in the crowd has all sat down and is miming rowing. They are chanting "ROW!" to the music)
(Alt: A scene from an Alestorm concert. The mosh pit in the crowd has all sat down and is miming rowing. They are chanting "ROW!" to the music)
Finally, the main event - Alestorm!
They were great; nice long set that hit basically every song I wanted to hear including my favorite (P.A.R.T.Y.: youtu.be/c967usVxYq0).
The only one I really missed that they didn't play was Tortuga, but Tortuga is a bit divisive so I understand why they didn't
They were great; nice long set that hit basically every song I wanted to hear including my favorite (P.A.R.T.Y.: youtu.be/c967usVxYq0).
The only one I really missed that they didn't play was Tortuga, but Tortuga is a bit divisive so I understand why they didn't
October 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Finally, the main event - Alestorm!
They were great; nice long set that hit basically every song I wanted to hear including my favorite (P.A.R.T.Y.: youtu.be/c967usVxYq0).
The only one I really missed that they didn't play was Tortuga, but Tortuga is a bit divisive so I understand why they didn't
They were great; nice long set that hit basically every song I wanted to hear including my favorite (P.A.R.T.Y.: youtu.be/c967usVxYq0).
The only one I really missed that they didn't play was Tortuga, but Tortuga is a bit divisive so I understand why they didn't
Never listened to Gloryhammer much but honestly I get it now
October 6, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Never listened to Gloryhammer much but honestly I get it now
First opening act - Glyph! Honestly really good, short half-hour set but they seemed like a newer band.
They're a good reminder that metal folks are all goobers since their bit is that they're dragon hunters from outer space.
They ripped a dragon to shreds live on stage
They're a good reminder that metal folks are all goobers since their bit is that they're dragon hunters from outer space.
They ripped a dragon to shreds live on stage
October 6, 2025 at 2:36 AM
First opening act - Glyph! Honestly really good, short half-hour set but they seemed like a newer band.
They're a good reminder that metal folks are all goobers since their bit is that they're dragon hunters from outer space.
They ripped a dragon to shreds live on stage
They're a good reminder that metal folks are all goobers since their bit is that they're dragon hunters from outer space.
They ripped a dragon to shreds live on stage
Our view of the stage as we get settled in
October 6, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Our view of the stage as we get settled in
Seeing Alestorm at the House of Blues!
October 6, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Seeing Alestorm at the House of Blues!
In addition to what the other guy said, there are other AppViews; e.g. deer.social.
You log in there and hit this checkbox, then you can disable Bluesky's moderation entirely
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October 4, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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You log in there and hit this checkbox, then you can disable Bluesky's moderation entirely
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October 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
You shouldn't need to make anything new at all?
Using deer.social as an example:
1. Log in using your Bluesky username/password
2. Go to settings and turn on this checkbox
Now you can see and talk to people on Bluesky, but you aren't using Bluesky's moderation.
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Using deer.social as an example:
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Now you can see and talk to people on Bluesky, but you aren't using Bluesky's moderation.
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Ah, yes, here it is - seems to be used for automated testing of Epic's Horde stuff
October 3, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Ah, yes, here it is - seems to be used for automated testing of Epic's Horde stuff
I was Dr. Frank-n-Furter for a production my high school put on! (No idea how we got away with that, we modified it a bit but even so)
To this day I still do the choreography and sing my parts when the songs come on haha
To this day I still do the choreography and sing my parts when the songs come on haha
September 30, 2025 at 9:02 AM
I was Dr. Frank-n-Furter for a production my high school put on! (No idea how we got away with that, we modified it a bit but even so)
To this day I still do the choreography and sing my parts when the songs come on haha
To this day I still do the choreography and sing my parts when the songs come on haha
I honestly think a spooky Jungle Cruise is something that would have legs, the jungle monster can be quite scary at night in the dark
September 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
I honestly think a spooky Jungle Cruise is something that would have legs, the jungle monster can be quite scary at night in the dark
Went to LA Union Station with @group160ntrak.org and ran some model trains!
Sadly had issues with one of my locomotives and half my cars, but that's just realism, right?
(Alt: An N-scale Santa Fe Warbonnet locomotive moves left-to-right across a suburb scene. It has 7 autoracks and a caboose)
Sadly had issues with one of my locomotives and half my cars, but that's just realism, right?
(Alt: An N-scale Santa Fe Warbonnet locomotive moves left-to-right across a suburb scene. It has 7 autoracks and a caboose)
September 22, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Went to LA Union Station with @group160ntrak.org and ran some model trains!
Sadly had issues with one of my locomotives and half my cars, but that's just realism, right?
(Alt: An N-scale Santa Fe Warbonnet locomotive moves left-to-right across a suburb scene. It has 7 autoracks and a caboose)
Sadly had issues with one of my locomotives and half my cars, but that's just realism, right?
(Alt: An N-scale Santa Fe Warbonnet locomotive moves left-to-right across a suburb scene. It has 7 autoracks and a caboose)
For Amos and every other kitty that needs help. I only wish I could do more
September 21, 2025 at 8:06 PM
For Amos and every other kitty that needs help. I only wish I could do more