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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 16/09/2026

Yep it's AI, I get them too and it's usually a combo of my IG bio and the recent game categories I've uploaded on YouTube. The same four buzzwords every time for me!

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 16/09/2026

This is the Hamilton/Strictly Come Dancing crossover everyone needs

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 09/09/2026

Endlessly relatable!!! ♥️

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 09/09/2026

Just realised that not posting in weeks then doing a long vulnerable thread about something is somewhat of a theme lmao Whole ass, no half ass. Middle ground? Don't know her 😂

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 09/09/2026

And every community focussed creator I talk to has the same fears. Human connection is so vital. In a world where it's so hard to find that geographically, how do we find it, and preserve it, in 2026?

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 09/09/2026

I feel it myself. My content has always been community focussed, but I find myself feeling less able to be vulnerable, share and connect. I want to sing happy birthday to a viewer, wish them luck for their interview, and have vulnerable deep dives into narratives. Deep and meaningfuls.

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 09/09/2026

Community online does still exist, and I ADORE those places. But when AI is always listening, how safe do we feel to be vulnerable & have real discussions? In a world where platforms incentivise rage bait and digital addiction over human interaction, are we losing digital community spaces?

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 09/09/2026

What worries me now is the loss of connection. The loss of community, the loss of people being able to have meaningful multiway interactions, actual discussions with each other. Finding places to do that is increasingly hard. In a world full of isolation, will it still possible to find our people?

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 09/09/2026

Fame and virality isn't always mutually exclusive with community focussed content, but the venn diagram overlap is almost impossible to consistently produce. I get it - mass content makes the platforms money, and they're built on it. This has been the case since long before 2018... BUT-

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 09/09/2026

I've been streaming professionally since 2018. I never wanted to be famous, I just wanted to connect with people. It was possible then in a way it is not now. Platforms incentivise content in volume to reach the maximum number of eyeballs, aiming for fame and virality over human connection.

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 09/09/2026

I fear that community focussed content is at risk of becoming extinct. It's harder and harder to produce or find content with the aim of connecting with other people. Actually, genuinely discussing, connecting, interacting.

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

We throw newbs in a pit. We tell them they must be competitive auteurs from day one, and that they’re disposable. Young professionals need space to learn. Apprenticeships and junior roles. They don’t know what they don’t know. We need entry level jobs. We’re moving in the opposite direction.

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 19/08/2026

TTRPG GMs: What's the advice you'd give to a first time GM? And TTRPG Players: What makes a really good GM? I'll be GMing for the first time in a few months and I'd love your advice!

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☀️ @stel.energy · 01/09/2026

i want games made by people who get to keep their jobs

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 31/08/2026

God of War, First play, day 2! Lets go, live now! BOOOOOOOOOY twitch.tv/helloitskolo

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Dead Man's Online @spadetheskeleton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Heads up windows 11 users, microsoft now has this setting enabled by default. Be sure to disable it :]

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 20/08/2026

"randomly roll dice every so often" Is this to make the players wonder what's happening? Hahaha, this is so good and I'd never considered that a dice roll from the GM may not have an exact purpose. I love it 😂

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 20/08/2026

oooh, with the success and failure, like tell players "roll X for it to succeed?" I've played some games where this is known beforehand and others where it wasn't! I'm gonna ask my players. Maybe I do a mix! Food for thought, thank you!!

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 19/08/2026

thank you! Gonna bookmark this one !

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 19/08/2026

lmao i have done this to @wacksteven.bsky.social so many times bwahahahahaha. I'm ready to get a taste of my own medicine 😂

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 19/08/2026

TTRPG GMs: What's the advice you'd give to a first time GM? And TTRPG Players: What makes a really good GM? I'll be GMing for the first time in a few months and I'd love your advice!

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 17/08/2026

To me, "NoGenAI" means; I'm not using generative AI. "AIOptedOut" on the other hand is the signifier people are using to show they have opted out from Twitch's new GenAI training setting. I agree tho that the distinction between AI & GenAI should be clear everywhere bsky.app/profile/zach...

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 17/08/2026

this is the answer btw! (also hi, that's me!) bsky.app/profile/zach...

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Tara Voelker @tarav.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

So, who’s hiring? (Yes, I was impacted by the Netflix layoffs even though I was the single accessibility person in gaming.)

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 13/08/2026

Is anyone aware of a tag we can use on Twitch to show that our channel is opted out of GenAI training? Just thinking that it'd be nice to be able to identify it immediately when browsing streams. Any suggestions? "NoGenAI"? "OptedOut"?

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

Training for Generative AI

Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon. Turning this off does not opt you out of Twitch and Amazon using your channel content for other purposes described in the Twitch Privacy Notice, including using AI-supported Twitch features that benefit the community by facilitating streamer growth and monetization (such as real-time sponsorship campaign assistance), viewer discovery (such as recommendations), and community safety (such as AutoMod). Learn more

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 10/08/2026

I know nothing about Magic or Star Trek, but I'm seeing this gatekeepy nonsense as a theme in a lot of places. If they love the game, why wouldn't they want others to enjoy it? Where is their energy when there's something in the world that is actually harming people? SO WEIRD

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 05/08/2026

Come give me your game and book recommendations! Coffee time then chat picks the game! LIVE NOW twitch.tv/helloitskolo

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HelloItsKolo - Live on Twitch

Coffee time, game & book chat & then you pick the game! [!choices] | Streaming just chatting.

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 30/07/2026

Thank you for another piece, Grant. I'm sad to say that it all sounds very familiar. ♥️

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Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

For seven years, I've had the privilege of reporting on accessibility and the disabled perspective. And now, during my seventh Disability Pride Month in this industry, I'm left wondering if this beat is coming to an end. Read my first @skyboxcritics.com piece here: skyboxcritics.com/2026/07/28/t...

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The vanishing art of disability reporting

As the games industry contracts, disability reporting is facing an extinction-level crisis.

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 30/07/2026

I love this so much, thank you for tagging me!!

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 30/07/2026

✅ travelling at maximum ginger efficiency ✅ not running ✅ seeking snacks ... I think I might be this cat...???

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 16/06/2026

PSA: Someone on Discord is impersonating me & DMing people, mostly other streamers, in what I believe to be a scam. I have not DMd you. My DMs on Discord are closed. I will never DM you asking for money, for personal details, or ask you to click links etc. Please block & report if they contact you

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Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

With layoffs at Xbox, sources indicate accessibility efforts have also been affected. What was once a champion of accessibility is now a shell of its former self, unsure if accessibility even has a place at the new Xbox. Read my first report for @aftermath.site here: aftermath.site/xbox-layoffs...

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Layoffs Leave The Future Of Xbox’s Award-Winning Accessibility Efforts In Doubt

Former workers say Xbox cuts leave less resources and experts to make sure games are developed, labelled, and tested with accessibility in mind

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 22/07/2026

Help me pick today's game! There's some beautiful short indies, a chaos option and No Man's Sky all on the list today! Big yaps, big cuupa tea, let's play a game! Live: twitch.tv/helloitskolo

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HelloItsKolo - Twitch

big yaps, little coffee, help me pick today's game! [!choices]

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 16/07/2026

@tykenn.games thank you for your tree demo, 10/10 can't wait for the full release!

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 16/07/2026

If you fancy a giggle (& some trees) today... enjoy this video🌲 Best demo I've played all year, an infuriating & hilarious masterpiece. I raged at it for an hour & loved every second. The best & worst (complimentary!!) 10/10 would spend hours joyfully cursing it again. youtu.be/SARM1i05i60

YouTube Thumbnail with the text "Trees Hate Me". Kolo's face is in the foreground, expression scrunched up and eyes closed with three white question marks next to her head. the background is two images from the game demo Trees Hate You, one has a character's path blocked by a bending tree and the other shows a character it trapped under overlapping tree roots.

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 15/07/2026

Can I finish Subnautica 2 ... on a 20 day no death streak? LET'S FIND OUT Live! Twitch.tv/HelloItsKolo

Kolo holds up a yellow dry erase sign that reads "safety first, 20 days since last incident" with the number 20 written on by hand

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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)

In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of:

improved recognition
changing help-seeking behaviour
institutional incentives
pressures within existing service pathways
Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.

These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including:

real increases in distress in some groups
improved recognition of previously unmet need
changing expectations about support
systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance
Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need.

In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services.

The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 10/07/2026

I'm getting an error 404 trying to find it via this link, is it just me?

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Kolo @helloitskolo.com · 07/07/2026

Did a hard thing today then joked to my partner about how adulthood sucks because you don't get a gold star when you do hard things. Just found this on my desk 🥹

A hand drawn gold star on lined paper. The words "YOU DID IT" above the star in upper case letters.

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⚡ Shaz Shanghari @shazshanghari.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

This is heard to hear. A lot of the Xbox accessibility team are excellent and really care about what they do. I hope they find homes in the industry somewhere, because that talent and expertise should not be lost.

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Kat Welsford @popelady.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

SURPRISE! I'm going to be at develop Tuesday - Thursday to hear wonderful pitches from indies with our VP Ben Finch - What are we looking for? Games with Soul - We want games created by talented teams who show their passion in their game - How can you pitch to us? [SEE THREAD]

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