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Ceri Young

@ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social
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Associate Narrative Director. Gotham Knights. Assassin's Creed (Syndicate, Odyssey, Unity) Writing, art, and nonsense. (she/her)

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CTIJ Montréal / GWU Montreal @gwu-montreal.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Today marks the public launch of the Ubisoft Workers of Montreal (UWM) campaign, with a first action: a petition to preserve hybrid work. Every Ubisoft Montreal employee is invited to sign the petition and every supporter encouraged to reach out to their network to encourage them to sign!
Poster from Ubisoft Workers of Montréal on a pole, with a link to a petition, and text reading "we made our mark from a distance - preserve hybrid work"
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🔥 Napalm ErAnn🔥 @annlemay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Question (please share)! What games industry speaker and/or what topic (games or not!) would make you consider travel to attend a conference/convention? Or as a games industry person, what speaker from outside of games would like to see at a con? Or topics that are not games specific?
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Ceri Young @ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
PWHL is gonna be on Hockey Night in Canada? Oh HELL YES! Also can't wait for the Victoire radio broadcasts. www.cbc.ca/sports/hocke...
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CBC/Radio-Canada announces return of Hockey Night in Canada in PWHL partnership | CBC Sports
CBC’s Hockey Night in Canada is returning for a 90th season this fall after all. But instead of six-plus months of NHL action, the longest-running sports program in the world will air eight prime time...
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AP Stylebook @apstylebook.com · 23/09/2026
Artificial intelligence systems do not think, feel, want or understand. Avoid language that gives them human characteristics.
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https://apnews.com/article/openai-safety-ai-framework-089e75b95bc935af092da7b79d92706d
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Joe Wintergreen @joewintergreen.com · 20/09/2026
no game dev skill is more important than making up your fuckin mind
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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
when ai leaves u behind
7 panel comic.

Panel 1:
A Red Guy with AI across his chest looks like he’s about to run away. A Yellow Guy stands next to him. Red Guy says “I’m the future, buddy. You comin’?”
Yellow Guy replies “Nah”

Panel 2: 
Red Guy is almost out of the panel. He leans in and says “Enjoy getting left behind, pal”
Yellow Guy replies “ok”

Panel 3:
Yellow Guy stands alone.

Panel 4: 
Close up on Yellow Guy, there is a quiet “huff-huff-huff” noise coming from behind him

Panel 5:
Yellow Guy turns to look behind him

Panel 6: 
Close up on Yellow Guy’s face as if from the point of view of an attacker.
Yellow Guy yells “Jesus Christ”

Panel 7:
AI Red Guy is now chasing the Yellow Guy. 
Red Guy: “Use me”
Yellow Guy “No”
Red Guy “USE ME”
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Starbucks Workers United @sbworkersunited.org · 12/09/2026
We have power in numbers, and we'll continue to fight for a better Starbucks. Support us by BOYCOTTING STARBUCKS until the company finalizes fair union contracts with workers! boycottstarbucks.net
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BOYCOTT STARBUCKS
Starbucks is the biggest violator of U.S. labor law in modern history. Join the movement - Boycott Starbucks!
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Pantsirang @pantsawe.borasky.com · 05/09/2026
This advice was for working out originally (not crying in physical pain just emotional, keep good form!) but it is really applicable to so many things Your body/brain still gives you full credit for the hard thing you did, the tears deduct nothing from your strengthening and skill building
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moosetress @mistresscurvy.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Oh my GOD THEY ACTUALLY GOT PAUL GROSS www.instagram.com/p/Dc1aDBBjfxD/
PAUL GROSS AS COMMISSIONER ROGER CROWELL
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Ceri Young @ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This is probably a good idea actually….
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy Jenny Holzer, election time 1984 (Survival 1983-85) Photo Pelka/Noble #everynightapoem
In a dream you saw a way to survive and you were full of joy

Sign on a truck, Jenny Holzer
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 26/08/2026
The best way to honor the two who have left us recently, imo, is to keep being as gay as possible
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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Cassandra Khaw @casskhaw.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Yes, you read right. It absolutely does say cozy fantasy. There is a lot of hot chocolate involved, and a herbo, and no one dies or is maimed on camera.
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Sarah Archer @sarcher.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
My other piece of unsolicited writing advice is to always have two things going at the same time because you can use one to procrastinate on the other until they’re both done.
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chrishawn @chrishawn.net · 20/08/2026
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Ceri Young @ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
YAY! Nathan's book is finally up for preorder! Nathan is absolutely brilliant at combining narrative ideas with clever gameplay to make both better. You want to hear what he has to say!
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Ceri Young @ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Any BTS ARMY following me? Yesterday I got to talk to NOW Toronto my love for BTS and how a group fans are giving that love back with a virtual food drive in every tour city. If you're headed the Toronto concerts, please consider donating! #BTS #Arirang #Toronto nowtoronto.com/culture/bts-...
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BTS fans launch food drive in North American tour cities| NOW Toronto
With BTS set to return to stages across North America, ARMY members are launching a food drive for every concert stop.
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 15/08/2026
One of the most underrated storytelling techniques: lowering the stakes
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Ashley Cooper @ashleycooper.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
As counter-intuitive as it sounds, writers are not always in control of every element of a game's story. Sometimes the job is making the best of the directives you're given. (and that's okay!)
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Ceri Young @ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
This is great! I do something similar I call “zero draft” where everyone says exactly the thing they need to do. “I will make a wry comment here” “Haha I will laugh and now we have rapport!”
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Leslie, the Collab Auntie @lesliemuse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
People are always surprised when I tell them that some of the most racist encounters I’ve had in North America have been in Canada
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G. Willow Wilson @gwillow.me · 03/08/2026
There is no version of yourself you could become that would satisfy the people who hate you. So you might as well be who you are.
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Captain Awkward @captainawkward.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
I wrote a whole essay in some poor person’s replies again. This 🧵’s for teachers who deal with group projects and creative fields in the age of the capitalist plagiarism hagfish slime machines.
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Ceri Young @ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Nathan is super smart and you want to hear what he has to say about quest design.
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Jo Berry @joberry.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
If you've enjoyed Mary Kirby or Sylvia Feketekuty's fabulous writing on Dragon Age and Mass Effect, definitely check out The Concierge.
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Nathan Savant @baldsavant.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
NEW BLOG POST! This time I'm looking at Pokemon Pokopia and how it shifts quest rewards away from the individual and towards a system, accidentally creating a socialism simulator in the process. www.nathansavant.com/post/pokopia...
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Pokopia's Rewardless Quest Design
Why would you undertake a quest? The next time Gandalf walks into your life offering to send you to some distant mountain where you must chuck a piece of jewelry into the fires from whence it was made, what could possibly make you want to do that? After all, the alternative is to sit at home and eat some nice muffins baked by your beautiful neighbor while someone plays a lute and a bird chirps in the branches of a nearby oak. Usually a quest exists to return the world to a state of normalcy. The
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Ian Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 10/07/2026
FYI, this is malware. If you see this, don’t do this
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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Whoa. I didn't know Xbox Game Pass was free. Weird. What is this. "The problem with it was that (DOOM: The Dark Ages) was played by millions of fans, but many played it for free on Game Pass."
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Inside a studio layoff -- Big questions for Microsoft's intentions for id Software
id Software considered multiplayer Doom DLC, Perfect Dark or a title code-named Fury for its next game. But then the layoffs hit.
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David Lindsey Pittman @dphrygian.com · 07/07/2026
My best advice for any game devs recently laid off is to keep in touch with your closest coworker friends, do a group call at least once a week, share job postings in the chat, hype each other up, and just generally look out for each other.
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Daniel Abraham @abraham.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
And a very happy day to all who believe we are created equal In dignity, rights, and responsibilities to each other.
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Proud that UVW-CWA is able to support workers with this fund. You do not have to be a member to apply! I would be great if you joined tho! 💪🏽
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James Seiji Nadiger * games & comics writer @jamesnadiger.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Today!
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 25/06/2026
Our games industry is people. Our studios are people. Our teams people, our games by people for people. Our games are made by people, in groups of people, in teams of people, making people things for people. The magic is people, and the people deserve so much better than all this. I am so sorry.
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Ashley Cooper @ashleycooper.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Games aren't made by studios, they're made by people. The studio is just the logo on the side of the building. The way this industry is undervaluing, abusing, and discarding people is shameful, and it's doing damage to this medium we will never fully know. All while execs line their pockets.
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Brandon Sheffield @brandon.insertcredit.com · 10/06/2026
1/3 of the game industry has lost their job in the last two years. Ubisoft closed two more studios today. Everyone is out of work. To that end I'm starting a new bundle to benefit a layoffs hardship fund. Game devs: please consider submitting your PAID games to the bundle, which will launch in July.
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Game industry hardship fund
A game jam from 2026-06-10 to 2026-06-24 hosted by Necrosoft Games. PREMISE: The game industry has a problem. Too many people are out of work (reports say 33% of the industry lost their jobs in the la...
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Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Much as I like Pride & Prejudice I find it impossible to deny that this is the greatest review of it of all time
"Just a bunch of people going to each other's houses." One star out of five.
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Mitch Dyer @mitchyd.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
For the last 2.5 years, I've been working on Crossfire with the unbelievably gifted folks at @thatsnomoon.com. Very excited for you to meet our single-player story's unlikely allies, Layla Qassem and Delroy Cross. Trailer: youtu.be/mt400rdovIg
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Ceri Young @ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Me: *folding clothes for 15 minutes* My Fitbit: Congratulations on 30 minutes of swimming! Me: *goes for a 35 minutes bike ride* My Fitbit: Hey congrats on 21 minutes of nonspecified activity! … sure okay.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oslo Pride video 🥹 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #LoveIsLove
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/04/2026
I don't know how to explain to the people who pop up when creatives complain about "AI" to say there are legit uses for it just how much they sound like someone saying "Well actually fire is used to make bread" when people are talking about an organized arson ring burning down their fucking houses
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 31/05/2026
Listen I don't want to see NSFW content on my feed and also I want people to be able to post, discuss, celebrate, and support NSFW content without their whole account being shadowbanned by puritanical tech bros trying to kick us back a century or two. These two positions are entirely compatible.
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Now is the time to make your thing. Stop motion with LEGO, webcomic, walking sim game, weird Halloween costume, backyard water feature, container garden. This is your sign. Make your thing. Stop waiting. Do it.
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Claudia: lesbian space merc @lesbianspacemerc.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
This is your daily reminder.
Meme of Venom talking to Eddie Brock.

Venom: The people who police your gender will police your gender even if you're cis. Eat them. 

"Oh, those body builder women with pancake breasts aren't…" — Eat them.

"This woman has a beard, that's not…" — Eat them. 

"That man has a baby face, that's not…" — Eat them with barbecue sauce.

Eat them. You will never be gender enough for their definition of gender. Eat them.
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jesse, head of endorsement deals at Boingo Wireless @killgoldfish.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
my gf works corporate and is on a training about AI and there's a word cloud for "what do you use AI for." the largest word by far is "Nothing" and the trainer is PISSED
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Ceri Young @ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Why do we not have this???
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Glockymolo🥑 @bblanco718.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
NOTICE: Do you have an elderly or disabled neighbor in NYC? Be a good neighbor and let them know about the free air conditioner program. If they earn $3473 or less a month, NYC will cover the costs of an A/C. Remember…last summer we had 95 degree weather. Look out for them
ProgramOriginal post. Sharing here on Bluesky
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Ceri Young @ceriyoungwrites.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Opened the mail to find my census form and am off to excitedly fill it out. Hey Canadians, remember that year they tried to axe the census and we all got mad and filled it out VOLUNTARILY? Good times.
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