@rhysins
🎙️ Non-Union Voice Actor 🎙️ | They/Them | Welsh | Neurodivergent | LGBTQ+ 🏳️🌈 | Website - https://rhysins.carrd.co/ Professional Account - @rhysdrakins.bsky.social I don't consent to my voice or posts being used for AI purposes.
I got an email from a company reaching out to me to train AI models for my Welsh dialect. If they bothered to see my socials, they'd know I do NOT consent to my voice being used for ANY GenAI purposes. If you see an email or a contact from LILT AI appear, avoid them, they are not to be trusted.
What type combo could the new starters be in Pokémon Winds & Waves? Many have thought of ideas, but what do I think? Rock, Ground & Ice. Here's why I think so, if anyone i interested.
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Some of us spent the day going to St Fagans (my first time ever going in my life) & the whole party later gave her some campaign themed gifts irl. There were some tears before & during the game. A big heart shaped hole will be missing in the party going forward.
Today was a sad day in one D&D campaign I am in, as one of our regular players had to leave the party since she's moving to a different country this week. I mean it's only to England from Wales but she won't be able to come to the sessions anymore due to distance & new career. 😭
I'll update people here when the procedure will happen since I will be out of action in terms of voice over stuff for a fair bit and it can set any work I am actively doing momentarily.
Some good news! NHS Wales called me recently asking for medical history for my upcoming septorhinoplasty procedure. While a date hasn't been given yet, the fact they rung me asking this stuff means it can't be too far away. I can't wait to get these issues with my nose sorted!
I just finished watching the Iron Lung film in the cinema. It was a solid watch, not as horror-y as I expected, which I appreciated since I’m not a horror person. Everyone who helped create/be part of it in any way should be proud of what they made.
As a 2D Animation University graduate, hearing the Adobe Flash/Animate discontinuing news is honestly evil work. So many livelihoods for people who rely solely on those platforms alone will be gone. If I was still animating & only relied on those platforms, I'd be devastated.
Some people just shouldn't be parents, sorry not sorry. If you cannot raise your kids well regardless of their medical diagnosis & cannot raise them well, you just shouldn't have set out on this path in the first place. My neighbours alone have resulted in me losing out on so much voice over work.
Maybe hot take? If you parent neurodivergent kids, you still need to parent said neurodivergent kids WELL. I live next door to parents who let their kids make the worst amounts of noise that come through right next to my work room. Shouting, screaming, singing, jumping on scooters INSIDE THE HOUSE-
Watch out for the ONE question where they try to trick you by putting "I want AI" as the bottom option where EVERY other question has "I don't want AI" at the bottom!
I would really caution anyone against implying that paywalling this feature is a legitimate response to public outcry. The paywall is an endorsement, not a restriction. Musk is saying "this thing you're all talking about is valuable. Pay me for it." The actual material effect is just monetization.
I'm not one for New Year's Resolutions usually, but for 2026, I'll try to focus on my overall health a little more, alongside trying to get myself out there in the voice over world a little more.
This post seems to point in what I had a gut feeling withs. Again I've never been the best with social media engagement so that'll have a hand to play for sure. But when I do post, my followers barely notice when I do post anything, so I feel this site's algorithm is just dog water in general.
I do want to say to those who do follow me, who see my stuff & who manage to see & stuff & interact with me here, you genuinely mean the world to me, you make everything being on this void of a website worth it. Maybe there'll be more of a reason to post here more regularly at some point. (10/10)
For the record I'm limiting this chain to just my current followers to see who will still interact with me from my current followers, just to see my metrics on who is even interested in interacting with me in this chain or who wants to get off this ride, no worries if you do, I understand. (9/10)
That's my soap/sad box moment over I guess. It's just a lonely time when I try to put myself out there & no one really interacts with me I guess, especially when I feel like I put out solid work in my career or do something that brings me rare joy. (8/10)
Posting here is screaming to a much bigger following of currently over 900+ followers, and even more since other from outside can still see who interact even more. Yet those who do follow rarely ever interact with me. It feels lonelier with an even bigger following than anywhere else I am at. (7/10)
I just want to post about something I do on occasion, get the occasional affirmation like, 'Hey Rhys, the world sees you existing, keep doing your thing!' Now sadly on most social media sites, my social interactions has always been lacking, but on here it hits different. (6/10)
OR maybe it's both! As I said earlier, maybe me not posting enough has something to do with it? Maybe this site relies on images/videos/articles or some other social media meta nonsense to get more attention? Maybe better key words? But I don't like doing this Bluesky meta game thing. (5/10)
It took me being sad about them & two bigger users in my following to give me quote posts to get more people to notice them (you two gems are too good for this world). So it just shows either this website doesn't care about Voice Over all that much, or that there is a major algorithm problem. (4/10)
makes meaningful voice over announcements like I did with my 'Perfect Prince' & 'Greek Galivant' roles earlier this year, you'd THINK people would be receptive. Maybe some would post a nice 'Congratulations!' or even just a simple like. Basic human decency you know?. But not on Bluesky... (3/10)
barely anyone who follows me interacts to me. Of course I understand not everyone will all the time because people live lives & they will likely have no opinions on the posts when I make them. And they won't always respond to every single post, that's not normal. But if someone, say... (2/10)
Okay, Bluesky talk time with Rhysins, I promised before. I truly believe this website has some sort of a problem. Now I'm not the most active poster here so perhaps this will have something to do with my followers not seeing me often, but when I do post here, ... (1/10)
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
Before I head to bed for the day, I noticed another scammer email so I'll showcase it to warn others. This one is from a 'Jane Matthew' presenting to represent 'BACKSTAGE'.
A NEW SCAMMENGER HAS APPEARED! This one appeared straight in the spam folder from a 'Adams Smith' representing 'BACKSTAGE'. No signature or email trail from this one, they didn't even bother trying to sound official. It's so sad they keep trying this nonsense.
More of them are showing up in emails again so the chain will be continuing! This one is from 'Cierra Rogers', or 'Cierra Roger's' (why the unnessesary apostrophe Cierra?) representing 'Back Stage' (A space in Backstage this time! Keeping us on our toes!)
It's been awhile huh! This new email appeared in my spam folder 2 days ago from a 'Sam Pelton' from 'BACKSTAGE'.
Thank you so much for the kind words & support as always!