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Alison Harvey

@digitalpromises.bsky.social
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Professor of Communications, Glendon College, York University

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10/07/2026
“Cornell researchers found that at the current rate of AI growth, the burgeoning industry could represent 24 to 44 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, the equivalent of adding five to ten million cars to US roadways.”
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The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible
The extent of the pollution being put out by thousands of data centers is shocking. Some developers are exploiting regulatory loopholes.
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Rebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It's back! The annual video game industry conflict minerals report returns for 2025! Let's see which gaming hardware companies are actually checking their supply chains to ensure they're not funding armed conflict and human rights violations, shall we?
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
With its new AI-based "search," Google is literally killing the infrastructure that its entire business is built on. Instead of linking people to the web, it will lock users into an "interactive" mode that slorps up data what is rapidly becoming the now-neglected and unvisited web. (1/3)
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Richy Srirachanikorn @srirachanikorn.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Happening 🔴LIVE this Tuesday at 12pm-1pm ET. 🎫 Sign up with link in post below. #gamestudies #gamedev #videogames #academia #research #livetalk #videogame #games #manuscript #bookwriting
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Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
We have extended the submission deadline for the call for abstracts for open panels. New deadline is: May 5. 1. Submissions to Open Panels 2. Closed Panels 3. Making & Doing 4. Meet-Ups 5. Roundtables Submit here: www.xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
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Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
48 hours left to submit your abstracts to— 1. Submissions to Open Panels 2. Closed Panels 3. Making & Doing 4. Meet-Ups 5. Roundtables Submit here: xcdsystem.com/4sonline/mem...
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Alison Harvey @digitalpromises.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Somewhat unbelievably we are in the last year of the study! It's been incredible to follow the journeys of folks graduating into a very challenging context and hearing how they manage the changing world of gameswork. Keep up with the project and more publications to come here: first3yearsproject.com
first3yearsproject.com
Following the careers and trajectories of game program graduates in the US and Canada
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Alison Harvey @digitalpromises.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Pleased to share an article from the longitudinal First Three Years study on the pathways of game grads into work. Led by the amazing Vishal Sooknanan, this paper explores differential valuations and understandings of credentialization in games in Canada & the US www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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False promises and false hopes: credentialization and games education
Many educational institutions now offer credentials in game development/design and game studies to meet perceived industry demands and cater to students’ employment aspirations. However, graduates ...
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/03/2026
This is your reminder that if you are a class member and have NOT yet filed a claim in Anthropic v. Bartz, the AI copyright lawsuit, you have 9 days to do so.
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Feminist Media Studies @femmediastudies.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Excited to share a set of upcoming feminist media studies articles engaging questions of gender, platforms, labor, archives, games, fandom, and digital culture!
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
New book now coming out very soon. Next month!
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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Was your pornographic, lewd, erotic, NSFW, or sexual game hosted on Steam or itch.io in July 2025? If so, consider participating in our online survey about the impacts of the changes to NSFW platform policy. More info about the project, the research team and how to participate at www.pppproject.com
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
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About the Conference
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Rainforest Scully-Blaker (he/him) @rainforestsb.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
One more week to submit to this wonderful event - gogogogogogogo!
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Alison Harvey @digitalpromises.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
The reading list grows! Such an amazing collection, well done to the editors and authors.
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Alison Harvey @digitalpromises.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Happy New Year! So many great things to read coming out to kick 2026 off.
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Emily M. Bender @emilymbender.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
💜 to see it! @betterimagesofai.bsky.social now has an image representing "stochastic parrots at work" betterimagesofai.org/images?artis... 🦜 cc @mmitchell.bsky.social @timnitgebru.bsky.social
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Better Images of AI
We are a non-profit creating more realistic and inclusive images of artificial intelligence. Visit our growing repository available for anyone to use for free under CC licences, or just to use as insp...
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Michael Iantorno☔️🕹️ @michaeliantorno.com · 13/08/2025
"As researchers, we are equally concerned with the ways these policies threaten the preservation of video games. Despite their long history, sex and pornography games are a neglected archive."
theconversation.com
Censoring video games with sexual content suppresses the diversity of human desire
Targeting adult NSFW video games could have knock-on effects on queer creators and sexual education content.
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The QGCon Collective @qgcon.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
If you’re a rad, queer person interested in weird games and you want to help us run QGCon 2025, APPLY TO VOLUNTEER BY AUGUST 20! Applications are due by August 20th; we'll get back to you by August 25th. If you have questions feel free to ask! Learn more & apply here: forms.gle/B1CgvuKGnTjC...
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QGCon 2025 Volunteer Sign-Up
Hello Potential QGCon 2025 Volunteers! The Queerness and Games Conference (QGCon) 2025 will be held on September 26-28, 2025, in Montreal, Quebec. There will be talks, workshops, panels, and of course...
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The QGCon Collective @qgcon.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
TOMORROW our matching donor's #fundrasier begins! Any amount, and even just sharing this post helps! . #gaming #gamedev #indiegames #gaymer #gamestudies #queerstudies #genderstudies #paywhatyoucan #montreal #analoggames #videogames #twitch #queer #gay #convention #matchingdonation #indiedev
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Alison Harvey @digitalpromises.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Surely worth it for those scads of slop websites, contradictory and inaccurate search results, generic and boring texts, and wonky and just plain ugly images
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Alison Harvey @digitalpromises.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
As the CGSA/ACÉJ annual conference approaches, so too does our election season, and we are seeking nominations for new officers and representatives. Anyone interested in serving the Canadian game studies community, please check out our bylaws for info gamestudies.ca/governance/ @cgsaacej.bsky.social
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