For those of you who haven’t been following this: The deadline has come and gone, and approximately 80% (estimated) of the remaining employees who were issued the Muskrat’s ultimatum have said “no” and are walking. In the wake of that, Twitter buildings have been locked down and all employee badge accesses withdrawn.
As if all this isn’t bad enough, the World Cup starts this weekend – an event typically so stressful on Twitter’s structure that the last time it happened it nearly crashed the platform even with all the former staff in place. What will happen in the very short term is hard to tell. But the platform may fail.
If you’re a Twitter user and have not requested a download of your data, this could well be your last chance before the platform starts to show signs of failure. Better get moving.
Meanwhile, many of the rest of us are going through most of the stages of grieving at once for online communities which may vanish utterly, but even if they do manage to survive, will unlikely ever again be what they once were…
Thinking of all those about to be impacted… not least the thousands of Twitter employees who worked hard through the pandemic, only to have this utter crap descend on them.
(sigh) Meanwhile, as for the users: may we all find one another again on the (or some) other side…
got a couple of requests for the codes for the picnic blanket so here it is!
if you want to make your own in a different colour you can follow the pixel art i’ve added the pixel art to show what i did:
1- make the middle panel first, as shown. the tile should be 4 squares x 4 squares, each square is 8 pixels x 8 pixels. i used two shades for each square (so 4 brown colours overall) to give it a woven look. you can make a simple plaid / checked pattern by using the line tool and ‘weaving’ the lines over and under each other randomly. you can make the pattern as simple or as complicated as you want!
2- copy it over to 2 new slots (this will ensure that the squares / pattern will look seamless on the side pieces!)
3- use the transparent pen tool to make the frills for each side. you can make them as big or as small as you like!
you can also just use a middle panel if you want a simpler blanket or don’t have many custom design slots 😅
