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Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 30/09/2026

Meet Backpack, your 2026 Fat Bear Week champion. Backpack is 20 years old, weighs about 1,000 pounds and got his nickname because, as a cub, he loved riding on his mom's back across the Brooks River.

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Meet Backpack, Fat Bear Week’s chunky champ

Backpack went from hitching a ride on his mom’s back to cross the Brooks River to winning the hearts of fat bear fans around the world.

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A metaphor for the current state of modern gaming

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Happy Friday, internet! Here is my very best girl Toffee zooming, temporarily wiping out, and recovering this AM 🌞

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Anna 🌿👁️ @annacwebs.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Hollywood did this exact same thing under the nearly identical studio system after a global pandemic/financial crisis and what happened? Everyone unionized. Game studios when they hear their workers are interested in unionizing under virtually the same industry circumstances:

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Basil 🌱 @basil-mage.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Lil treat

Drawing of a puppy holding a popsicle with the caption; "Time to get a little treat and go bankrupt"

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Dominic Tarason @dominictarason.com · 20/08/2026

See, this is why I think it's VITAL to differentiate the people making the games from the terrible corporate circumstances they're working under. The people actually doing the work are usually the coolest goddamn people you'll ever meet, fully in it for the love of the (video) game.

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Asking for a September Spanish honeymooner hehe 👀👀👀

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Hey internet, what are your opinions on wearing a Lightning McQueen shirt to an F1 race? Blasphemous? Appropriate? 👀

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emilio g @emiliog.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

today's rally in Austin, TX to protest XBox layoffs & support union bargaining. it was 100F, but members of @cwaunion.bsky.social, @videogameworkers.bsky.social, Activision, @zosunited.bsky.social, @bethesdaunion.bsky.social, ZSSU, the city council's Mike Siegel & AFL-CIO's Ana Gonzalez showed up!

a man with a megaphone leads marchers in a chant; all wear red t-shirts

about 50 people wearing red t-shirts and waving signs march on a sidewalk under a clear sky

close-up of marchers, including Mike Siegel

Ana Gonzalez, a woman in a red t-shirt, gestures with an upraised hand while talking into a megaphone in front of two people holding a cloth banner reading "CWA - Microsoft Gaming Workers United - Those who game together stay together"

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Having been in this industry now for ten years, across projects big and small, I've never seen a more poignant summary of modern development. Listen to the people who are trying to survive and make the games we all want to play.

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Shayna MoooOOOooon (she/they) @themoonis.gay · 13/08/2026

Did any of the tech companies that acquired game studios actually end up creating a flourishing games org or did they all just crash and burn because hey hired a bunch of incredible game developers and then just didn’t listen to them?

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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 12/08/2026

The GDoCExpo 2026 full schedule is out NOW! 🙌🏾 Four days, Sept 22–25, online - 38 sessions, 40+ speakers for our 11th year. gdoc.events/2026schedule In-person watch parties are back in NYC, LA, Rochester, and Portland, with more to be announced! #gdocexpo2026 #gamedev

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Ash Parrish, Kotaku's LeBron James @adashtra.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It really does trip me out that this is Xbox's key janglin' era because sis really saw that giant rat and people talking about it and decided 'lets breadcrumb them som TES 6 info!'

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

His shout could be FUS RO JOBS 🙏

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Scabby is perfect and we love him. Thank you so much for this!!

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

For the love of Talos, someone please mod Scabby into the Elder Scrolls universe and give him his own Dragonborn helmet 🥹

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

SCABBY THE RAT HAS SPAWNED INTO THE LEVEL

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Titania @titaniasrealm.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

The magical mice of Lily Seika Jones

Four watercolour illustrations of mice in cloaks, pointy hats and with walking sticks and wizard's staves.

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𝕵𝖎𝖒𝖒𝖞 𝕸𝖆𝖐𝖊𝖕𝖊𝖆𝖈𝖊 @jimmymakepeace.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

the bullies at school keep making me squeeze through narrow gaps so that they can seamlessly integrate cutscenes into gameplay without a loading screen.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Without serious public pushback, trillionaire corporations like Microsoft will continue to treat talented developers like Naomi Green as expendable. Help us break this unbalanced system and #SaveGameWorkers by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎉 IT'S LIVE 🎉 The game industry hardship fund itch bundle made in partnership with @necrosoftgames.com is HERE. Over 100 games for $10+ bucks: all funds (save for itch fees) go directly to the UVW-CWA Game Worker Hardship Fund. GOOD GAMES FOR A GOOD CAUSE👇 itch.io/b/3802/game-...

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Game industry hardship fund by Necrosoft Games and 109 others

Game industry hardship fund: 127 items for $10.00

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Ben Johnson 🏺👻 @gamedesignerben.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Layoffs hit Double Fine today, and I'm sorry to report that I was one of the ones hit. If you need a game designer with tech chops and 2+ decades of experience, here I am.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In our new series #SaveGameWorkers, you’ll meet the people who make your favorite games at Xbox…until they get laid off. Today, meet Eric Bakutis from Zenimax Online Studios. #SaveOurDevs by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

thank you! this is over woodland park - rampart reservoir trail!

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

thank you so much! toff's been loving the extra time to go on adventures together <3

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Honestly still in disbelief that Colorado is a real place. Toffee, on the other hand, believes she is owed every single piece of sausage her snoot detects

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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

🚗🖥🛣👷‍♂️

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Thursday! What a concept! @thursaconcept.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Thursday! What a concept!

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Rock Paper Shotgun @rockpapershotgun.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Last week, in the wake of yet another round of mass layoffs across the company, Xbox announced that Fallout 5 is in preproduction, Fallout 3 and New Vegas remasters are coming, and that Obsidian are working on a new Fallout project. bit.ly/4hpOoof

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

And yes Toffee is sitting on two beds. Maple refused to sit on it and cried because she wanted to be next to Toff 🤣

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Rebeccah with an H @bexbassell.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Interrupting your doom scroll to share my greyhound, Toffee (left), celebrating her birthday with her greyhound bestie, Maple (right) ❤️

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nat. @natclayton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

hey girl mind if i pick u up in the distant LOD warthog

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ceej @ceej.online · 23/07/2026

say what you will about the internet, but it’s undeniably the best way to find new stupid stuff to be insane about every day

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Leftist Gamer Memes @leftistgamermemes.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

🐰🐦🌍🔚

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 22/07/2026

Time between ruthlessly laying off the person who did the work & Xbox claiming that work as a forward-looking team victory: 14 days. www.gamespot.com/articles/xbo...

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Xbox Layoffs Included 37-Year Veteran Who Designed One Of Xbox's Best Features Ever

The Xbox cuts will affect more than 3,000 people.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Did you know that in official numbers (often extracted from WARN notices), contractors aren't counted as cut employees? So the games industry bloodbath is even worse than being reported. Big ups to Rebekah for covering what many game workers already know: it's past time we fight for our dignity.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Bethesda Games Studios’ Montreal workers are being treated especially poorly by XBOX and we won’t stand for it. Here are the details. If this upsets you let Microsoft know: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

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Astra 🔜 NebrasKon @astrawitch.com · 18/07/2026

Slowpoke Cove 🌊

A watery cave scene with slowpokes and a slowbro, sleeping and fishing and generally looking derpy

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Nathan Grayson @nathangrayson.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

microsoft is in full damage control mode following last week's layoffs. its main strategy so far? namedrop sequels to popular series at every turn. but despite what execs like asha sharma might want you to think, those series were made by people, and now they'll never be the same

Todd Howard just shared plans for the Fallout, The Elder Scrolls, and Starfield franchises. These worlds have earned a special place with hundreds of millions of people over many years. I'm looking forward to what's next, including the partnership with Obsidian on a new Fallout game and closer collaboration with ZeniMax Online Studios on The Elder Scrolls. The achievements of these franchises are remarkable: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has crossed 65 million units sold, becoming one of the 10 best-selling games of all time, Fallout 4 has also crossed 35 million units sold, joining the top 25, and Starfield will soon reach over 1 billion hours played.
This statement sucks so bad that it makes my blood boil. Look what the franchises did, all by themselves! Look what they’ve accomplished, of their own volition, thanks to their own intrinsic goodness! So many big numbers, which translate to giant heaps of cash in the bank accounts of execs and shareholders! Never mind the people who spent decades painstakingly crafting the many games, stories, and other creative endeavors that corporate ghouls now so happily flatten into “franchises,” erasing themes, meaning, and human beings in favor of empty iconography.

This is how the people running the show at Xbox—and countless companies besides—view games, not to mention everything else in their robotic, colorless lives. Numbers and lines trending ever upward. Fuel for platitudes and faux-inspirational nonsense directed at the LinkedIn hivemind, of which they all paradoxically believe they’re the main character. Another stepping stone toward the next bigger, better thing. No ultimate destination, no camaraderie, no soul. Just an endless ladder that leads to the void regardless of which way you climb.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

The timing of this kind of press is intentional. How are they going to make these games when Bethesda and Obsidian collectively laid off hundreds? Don’t fall for it.

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Momo @heyheymomo.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Rise and grind

4 panel momo comic:

Panel 1: momo in bed. We see the sun has risen through the bedroom window. Text reads “I wake up”

Panel 2: momo behind his table. There’s a coffee pot and a pink cup of coffee on it. Text reads “pour myself a little coffee”

Panel 3: he’s in a chair behind the table with an opened laptop and a glass of water. It says “check my little emails”

Panel 4: we see he left his house. Door still a little bit open. Text: “ignore them a little bit” as momo gleefully goes to play outside rather than answering his work duties

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The Captain @thoreau.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

This is not gonna go well for dhs ice and the admin. This all stacks up. Fast. The people have had enough.

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Simon P @pixelpoutine.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

We sure did!

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