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New Yorker, show me the🍕 Gunpla. Software engineer in games.

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House House @househouse.com · 15/10/2026
An explanation on why Big Walk isn't available on Xbox. bigwalk.game/xbox
Regarding Xbox

In June 2026 we announced that the release of Big Walk would be limited to computers, Switch 2 and PS5. Since then, we have received many messages and comments, asking about a future Xbox release. We would like to address those questions here:

We have made the decision not to release Big Walk on Xbox, in accordance with the Palestinian-led BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement’s call to boycott Microsoft, and their designation of Microsoft Games (and Xbox) as a priority boycott target. If you need help understanding our motives, we would recommend reading about why Microsoft is a BDS priority target, the successes this kind of pressure has already had on Microsoft, and especially, watching this great introductory piece by People Make Games.

It has always been our intention for Big Walk to be played by groups of friends, and we know that keeping the game off Xbox runs counter to those intentions. This decision means that some people will miss out on playing Big Walk with their friends, and we understand the disappointment we’re causing. We are disappointed too.

We would love for people to be able to play the game on Xbox, but not until Microsoft and/or Xbox have been removed as BDS boycott targets.

We’ve made this decision with the belief that meaningful change can be made in the world, that coordinated collective action can confront even the most powerful interests, and that one day, Palestine will be free.

Thank you for your understanding.

Sincerely,
House House

(see bigwalk.game/xbox for links)
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Erin Maye Quade @erinmayequade.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Republicans like JD Vance actually think that a man who was born in Michigan, (graduated from high school in Michigan, went to University of Michigan, and went to University of Michigan Medical School), isn’t a real American because he’s Muslim. Just rank, gutter racism.
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Anthony @anthonybarranco.bsky.social · 16/10/2026
MAGA? www.nytimes.com/live/2026/10...
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Live Updates: School Shooting in Bend, Oregon, Kills 3 Children and 1 Adult (Gift Article)
The police in Bend, Ore., said the suspect, who was also dead, was killed, possibly by an armed bystander.
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The one in which Magistrate Judge Fitzpatrick joins the #WITAOD cult, finding Musk was head of DOGE on Feb. 11 — a date when, per the government’s position in other litigation, no one formally held that role. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
vi. February 11, 2025, Statement by Flon Musk
On February 11, 2025, Elon Musk, a Special Government Employee and head of DOGE
retweeted on X a photo of Ms. Comans along with the statement, "FEMA CFO Mary Comans was just fired for funneling $58M to illegal migrant hotels in Manhattan" and he called it a "criminal
action." The Government concedes and the Court finds that other than the fact that Ms. Comans
had been fired, the post by Mr. Musk was entirely false. The Government further concedes and the
Court further finds that Mr. Musk and officials at FEMA and DHS knew this information was false
at the time it was posted. Based on the unchallenged facts and the fact that Mr. Musk was the head
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of DOGE, he knew or should have known that any payments made to state or local governments through a FEMA grant in February 2025 were approved by his subordinates. Finally, the fact that Mr. Musk posted a picture of Ms. Comans to his millions of followers while falsely characterizing
her government service as a "criminal action" was clearly intended to make her afraid. Posting
Ms. Comans' picture served no legitimate governmental interest and was little more than state
sanctioned intimidation.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
This whole opinion is terrific. Also, *a year and a half* after a series of government officials made false statements about a federal employee to justify cutting funding off to a blue state. They also hoped to put this employee in fear, using amplifiers like Benny Johnson and Laura Loomer.
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Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
JUST IN: Mag. judge in EDVA clears former FEMA CFO Mary Comans of claims she directed tens of millions in payments for housing undocumented immigrants in NYC. Judge: Statements by Musk & others were 'little more than state-sanctioned intimidation.' Doc: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
WOW. Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, among others, "chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an impeccable record of public service. ... The attacks against Ms. Comans were based entirely on false information" and many officials "knew [they] were untrue."
In conducting this hearing, the Court is not called upon to resolve factual disputes between
the parties. The facts set forth in this Memorandum Opinion and Order were proposed by the
Plaintiff, unobjected to by the Government, and then deemed admitted by the Court. Dkts. 74, 75,
77.2 These facts establish that high-ranking government officials, including then Secretary of DHS
Kristi Noem and Elon Musk, engaged in a coordinated public relations campaign to impugn the
personal and professional integrity of Ms. Comans. For reasons unfathomable to this Court,
officials chose to turn the power of the federal government against a singular employee with an
impeccable record of public service. In short, Ms. Comans was professionally targeted and
personally attacked by government officials for no legitimate reason. The attacks against Ms.
Comans were based entirely on false information, and many government officials knew the
accusations were untrue at the time they were made. With no regard for the truth and with no
consideration for the personal and professional effect on Ms. Comans, government officials
exploited their access to mass media outlets to broadcast false information. These false
statements reached hundreds of millions of people. The purpose of this Order is, to the best of
this Court’s ability, to correct the public record and establish as a matter of law that the
statements made by these officials about Ms. Comans were objectively and demonstrably false.
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putawomanincharge.bsky.social @putawomanincharge.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Great story about how the state has given up on doing anything about cranks selling their bacteria filled dairy products (ha ha that photo obviously did a number on me woooooooo) www.propublica.org/article/cali...
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A Girl Nearly Died After Drinking Raw Milk. The State Did Little to Punish the Unlicensed Farmer Who Sold It.
California is teeming with black-market dairies, propped up by consumer demand fueled by misinformation. With evidence against one raw goat milk farm, regulators could have sought punitive action. But...
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Will Weldon @oldmanweldon.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Top ten most foreboding sentence I've ever read.
She had bought raw goat milk from a farm recommended to her in a Facebook group run by her chiropractor
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
I am angry tonight. Because tonight ICE shot a New Yorker. They shot a New Yorker while his five year old child was in the car. ICE makes this city less safe. We want them out. Now.
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Butlerian Jihadist of House Dornick @shimminykricket.blacksky.app · 08/10/2026
Harvard just dropped a study AI productivity in software engineering and it found the average increase in productivity from using Claude code is.....zero and for exactly the reasons you'd think fion.ac/jellyfish.pdf
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
Immigrant New Yorkers belong here. ICE does not. If you need help, call our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline at 1-800-354-0365 or dial 311 and say “Immigration Legal.” Help is here in your native language, no matter your immigration status. More info: nyc.gov/knowyourrights
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Know Your Rights: Federal Immigration Enforcement (ICE) - MOIA
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JC Lau @drjclau.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Anytime someone says "I just asked ChatGPT [some mundane thing you could easily figure out]" I stop paying attention to anything else they have to say because if they're not willing to use their brain for more than 2 seconds then I'm not willing to use my time on them for more than 2 seconds 🤷🏼
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 09/10/2026
This afternoon in Marble Hill, a New Yorker was shot by an ICE agent in a residential neighborhood. Early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a 5-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds. We believe the child was physically unharmed.

This is an unconscionable and incredibly serious situation. I have called the President; when we speak I will demand that he ends all ICE enforcement actions in our city. I will not stand by while ICE agents terrorize our communities.

Our thoughts are with the injured New Yorker and his family tonight. We are praying for his recovery.

Get ICE out of our neighborhoods. Get ICE out of our hospitals. Get ICE off our streets. Get ICE away from our children.

Abolish ICE.
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Anthony @anthonybarranco.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Not as pretty but I made the mon lapin scallop sandos
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Alex Kaplan @alkapdc.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Here's what Tina Peters — who has said she's visited the White House at least six times since her release from prison — has said on podcasts about her election plans & proposals.
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Tina Peters allegedly met with Trump to discuss election plans. Here's what that could mean for the midterms.
Former Mesa County, Colorado, clerk Tina Peters, who was released from prison on June 1 after being sentenced to nearly nine years for actions related to tampering with voting machines following the 2...
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Who you gonna believe, the lying liar or your own eyes? 👀
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I got really annoyed that so many stories about the "Cornell 7" case don't link to the underlying court documents. So I compiled the key filings from Jane Doe's civil suit and from a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them here: annabower.substack.com/p/read-the-c...
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Read the “Cornell 7” Documents
I compiled key court filings from Jane Doe’s civil suit and a separate suit brought by one of the accused. Read them on Slip Opinion.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 02/10/2026
Calling all NYC artists — painters, filmmakers, poets, musicians and more! Did you know our city provides grants to support your work every year? And this year, we're DOUBLING the amount — from $5,000 up to $10,000 per artist! Deadlines are approaching fast — apply today at nyc.gov/artistgrants.
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Jim Lokay @jimlokay.com · 29/09/2026
If you want to really know how the outrage machine gets fired up: 1. Schmitt plans to drop “bombshell” on Smith 2. Someone plants story that Schmitt is a Vance VP contender to run same day 3. Right-wing Twittersphere gets talking points 4. Schmitt steps in it 5. Scheduled tweets go out anyway
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 29/09/2026
🤡 Schmitt beclowns himself 🤡 Schmitt concocted an elaborate conspiracy theory that Smith traveled to Atl for a Hawks game and to collude with Fani Willis, & flashed his "evidence" before accusing Smith of perjury. There's just one problem -- his facts were totally wrong. Here's the whole sequence:
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It's inconceivable to me how someone who lost in a free & fair election can incite an angry mob to attack his own government, (the very definition of treason) & be allowed to run for any office ever again.
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Anthony @anthonybarranco.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
What's up with Missouri? Just read about Eric Schmitt. What a degenerate clown show. You support this baboon? He got so embarrassed by his mistake, he whined like a baby "i stand by calling him a dirtbag" and leaves. cant make it up. You all suck for letting this type represent you.
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kvconner.bsky.social @kvconner.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🎁Gift Article How Biden Averted a War With Iran In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack. By Brett McGurk September 28, 2026, 8 AM ET www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How Biden Averted a War With Iran
In April 2024, the U.S. military helped avoid a wider conflict in the Middle East by working with Israel to defeat an Iranian missile attack.
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Anthony @anthonybarranco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I genuinely hate it here www.nytimes.com/2026/09/24/n...
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About 100 Are Arrested in Protests Against Netanyahu (Gift Article)
Large groups gathered in Midtown Manhattan to demonstrate as the Israeli prime minister spoke to the General Assembly.
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Anthony @anthonybarranco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I genuinely hate it here. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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US citizen injured after ICE agents reportedly mistook him for fugitive
Man left bloodied and hurt after immigration enforcement agents tried to arrest him in Evanston, a Chicago suburb
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Anthony @anthonybarranco.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I genuinely hate it here.
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Anthony @anthonybarranco.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Trump had said on social media that the three outlets “shouldn’t be ⁠able to constantly write or report FICTION and LIES,”" So fox entertainment and newsmax are the first to go right? And your vice president JD Vance who admitted to making up stories to gain support? Clowns.
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Roger Parloff @rparloff.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
striking down as soon as possible. Judge Kelly: i'll try to get you all something as soon as I can. Hearing adjourned. If you found this useful, please consider donating to @lawfaremedia.org to enable the team to cover these cases. Thanks for listening! givebutter.com/journalism
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Anthony @anthonybarranco.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I am so fucking excited for a cook book
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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 22/09/2026
microsoft have essentially bought up and bulldozed almost an entire american arts industry as a half-hearted distraction from their main project of trying to monopolise and rent-seek global digital infrastructure and military contracts
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
still can’t believe this happened like even @bencollins.bsky.social and co. couldn’t make this stuff up dumbest timeline exhibit # 293848492202048493920203948492920293484829021029484920101029484930210011038384920101029484930010038484849201010103848339202020203848483920101010203947483920101010002
Aaron Rupar • @atrupar
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PATEL: The previous regulation automatically disqualified any individual who participated in either side of it
KENNEDY: Either side of beastiality? So you disqualified the animal?
PATEL: Well, we have great canines, but we're not going to disqualify them
KENNEDY: I'm trying to understand why you did this. Why did you get into beastiality?
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The video game industry has always been volatile (I published Press Reset in 2021!) but the skeleton key to understanding the current state of things is this: Big games now cost 10x to make what they did 15 years ago but most do not generate even close to 10x the revenue. Simple as that
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Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” @ryanjreilly.com · 11/09/2026
👀 👀 👀 Spent 15 minutes on the phone with Joe diGenova this morning, who acknowledged there was a specific event that sparked his resignation yesterday amid a clash with Main Justice.
nbcnews.com
Trump loyalist probing Mar-a-Lago search says DOJ tensions sparked his resignation
“Lanes got crossed,” Joe diGenova told NBC News after his departure from the Justice Department.
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Johnny @doctorvenkman.com · 10/09/2026
Geoff Keighley is in the news which seems as good as reason as any to share the website full of the members of the Future Class alumni Geoff would rather you forgot existed. Thanks to @mattieboombattie.bsky.social for helping me scrape archives and build the site nofutureclass.com
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No Future Class – Highlighting unique and diverse voices within the games industry
2023 was the last year that the ‘Game Awards’ presented the Future Class. The Future Class was ostensibly a way to promote and boost the profiles of game devs from underrepresented, marginalized, and ...
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Omg. When you’ve lost Joe DiGenova….
diGenova just told me by phone when I asked about his abrupt exit:
"If you want indictments where there's no evidence, you have an ethical problem"
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 11/09/2026
How was your first day of school, New York? Mine started at Mamá Tingó Child Care Center in Manhattan & ended at the Bronx School of Hip Hop. I joined a special education class in Queens, read to 3rd graders in Brooklyn, & was blown away by nursing students at Curtis High School on Staten Island.
A child high fives Mayor Mamdani while standing next to Governor Hochul.Mayor Mamdani sits next to a student. Mayor Mamdani learns from Staten Island high schoolers and UFT President Michael Mulgrew.A student opens a door in a mural that reads Bronx School of Hip Hop.
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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Last year, Rockstar was accused of firing over 30 workers for engaging in trade union activity. The studio said they were let go for leaking confidential information. The tribunal between the two parties begins today. I'll be attending and will do my best to provide updates over the coming weeks.
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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Increasingly convinced this is the most important post
Twitter post from January 24, 2019, from @Merman_Melville reading

"Being a billionaire must be insane. You can buy new teeth, new skin. All your chairs cost 20,000 dollars and weigh 2,000 pounds. Your life is just a series of your own preferences. In terms of cognitive impairment it's probably like being kicked in the head by a horse every day."
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Anna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CNN reports that Christian Castro—ICE officer who shot Venezuelan man in leg in Minnesota—has been federally charged with lying about events that led up to the shooting. Castro is also charged at the state level and was subject of extradition fight between TX and MN. www.cnn.com/2026/09/03/p...
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ICE agent federally charged with lying over shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant | CNN Politics
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been federally charged with lying about the events leading up to his shooting of a Venezuelan immigrant in the leg earlier this year, according to mult...
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Bo Thompson @gaudipern.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
(1/3) With Dolly Parton's passing, I want to put good words on the wind for her. Feel free to quote reply with your own. Dolly became the single largest donor for the Moderna COVID vaccine because of a chance encounter and friendship with a Vanderbilt researcher Dr. Naji Abumrad years earlier. She
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Anthony @anthonybarranco.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Animenyc got some kicks out of my sanic shirt
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 19/08/2026
lollllll bro really pulled the ol' "reverse paintover" they very obviously clone-tool'd OUT details from the AI generated image in order to create a fake previous step
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LorennaCleary.bsky.social @lorennacleary.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
MAGA accused Mamdani of using AI for his multilingual videos. Mamdani responded by releasing the blooper reel of him practicing. And now they’re even madder.😂
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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Can you believe they made this without AI? Like, AI is here and it is used everyday but back then? It was not used everyday! How did people do anything before it was here and used everyday?!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 18/08/2026
NEW: A judge has ordered the Justice Department to produce grand jury materials for review in camera (behind closed doors) in the case against Don Lemon et al to see whether there are grounds to dismiss based on alleged prosecutor misconduct. DoJ has until 8/25 s3.documentcloud.org/documents/28...
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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The truth is, it IS cruelty. Executives make the mistakes, mismanage projects, make bad direction calls, and who gets laid off? Matt the programmer. Claire the concept artist. Sabrina the QA tester. Mateo the game designer. People who clock in every day to feed their families and make games.
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Hannah MacLeod is looking for work @macleodholdfast.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
I feel like we need a reminder sometimes, so there is no amount of extra hours you could've worked to keep from getting laid off. Seniority, company loyalty, importance to the project - none of it matters when you're a number on a spreadsheet. Anyone telling you different is selling something.
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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
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