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Melo @letitmelo.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
knowing how much matt moylan hates black protagonists it's really funny to see him on the other end of this shit
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Stuart Webb @inflatabledalek.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
And the Brad Mick response:

It’s unfortunate to see you back again, two years later (and after only tangential involvement in the creative process of the “Transformers” books), spouting more misleading venom and baseless personal attacks. It’s particularly sad that you cannot seem to discuss anything without throwing in some juvenile insults or references to us. Your tone and methods should give people a fairly good indication that there is more of an ill-conceived personal vendetta here rather than any facts. It seems that whenever people start mentioning that they’d like to see us return to the brand and continue our stories, or even just that they enjoyed the work, you and a few others have to consistently hop in to try to shout them down and cast aspersions on us. Since some information you’ve given out is unfortunately being reposted by certain individuals elsewhere, we wanted to nip this in the bud before it starts seeping into the general consciousness as fact.At least this time you’ve chosen to post under your own name. While you appear to have taken several opportunities to attack us from behind the safety of your keyboard and the anonymity of the Internet, it’s interesting to note that when we were all together at a convention last year, you took great pains to sit as far away from us as possible and avoid any and all interaction before running out at the conclusion of the panel. Mysteriously, someone hopped onto the Internet soon afterward, first posing as a person that had talked to us after the panel in order to disseminate fake story points that were falsely attributed to us, and later admitting to being a DW insider--apparently trying to damage our rights to our unpaid-for material by posting supposed script information and also trying to impugn our reputations by spouting more libelous falsehoods. Was it really preferable to do that (or send threatening personal e-mails wishing us “pain and suffering” [Feb. 18, 2005] upon the close of Dreamwave, which you also did--the York Regional Police were very concerned about your statements and behavior, in fact) instead of discussing the matter face-to-face and just honestly comparing facts?

We want to make clear that we bear no ongoing grudge against you despite your many attacks, and we’re both pretty mystified that you continue to do so against us. You claim to get some karmic pleasure out of whatever you perceive our situation to be, but you apparently fail to see the irony in the fact that you have been admittedly burned by the same person twice--a person that you were apparently interested in suing as recently as last year, judging by your involvement in communications regarding a potential lawsuit relating to corporate malfeasance, etc. We’re not certain who or what is goading you to continually make these false statements about us, but we’d like them to end.

Unfortunately, given the fact that you are persisting in this nonsense two years after the fact.1) Please stop repeating that we were “fired” from Dreamwave in an attempt to make it appear that our departure from the books was about anything other than the egregious amount of money left unpaid by the company. Whatever personal feelings you may harbor, you and everyone else involved know that the situation was based around the fact that we refused to carry on with “business as usual” until our growing debt and various other breach-of-contract issues were resolved. To give you the benefit of the doubt, we’ll assume for a moment that you may have heard some variations of the truth from Pat or others. Please bear in mind that if you expect anyone to put stock in any such statements, Pat and others at the company had no problem calling you and your behavior “unprofessional, and unnecessary” [July 05, 2004], not to mention asking that you “put a stop on these personal emails” against us and also demanding that you “must operate in a more professional manner” [July 28, 2004] overall--all in response to your continued insistence on making our work within the company more difficult, a goal you admitted in company e-mails that included statements that you’d work to “eliminate you entirely from Dreamwave” [July 28, 2004]. To attempt to portray us as being unprofessional or bad people is really disingenuous and hypocritical considering the entirety of the situation and our extensive documentation of it, upon which we based our uncontested lawsuit for unpaid wages, breached contracts and defamation.

2) The “continuity” points of Volume 1 vs. our work: While you claim to have “called out” this matter, you neglected to mention that you were also the one to explain that things like Red Alert’s appearance were supposedly really art mistakes (for example, Sideswipe had been drawn in two different locations, so instead of redrawing, one was colored as Red Alert) or things just added in to fill out panels because those were the toys that the artist had on his desk at the time. I…3) Beast Wars: Please don’t misrepresent our statements and please don’t speak for others, including Simon. (He is an intelligent adult and can certainly engage us directly if he has anything he’d like to discuss.) What we may have gone “on & on” about was the fact that we had a contract to write “Beast Wars” which was breached, and then the book was handed to another creative team (who were, reportedly, given false reasons for our departure from the project), but still solicited using some of our covers and concepts. We had a contract for the project and it was solicited with our names and ideas, but ended up getting shunted off to another team and then handed off across two publishers without us, largely due to Dreamwave’s last-second shuffle to make it appear we weren’t involved. As we’ve said before, it seems more than a little unconscionable to attack us for merely fighting for the money and projects that we were contractually promised, rather than attacking those who were responsible for cheating us and many other creators out of money we all worked to earn.

4) Story points: Please also quit presenting your own inventions or plot points as somehow relating to our stories or intended continuity, such as claiming the underground pool was the Decepticon Matrix, or that Sunstreaker was supposedly "gay" (the latter being an especially juvenile way for you to try to rile up the fandom).

We hope that it wasn’t your own desire to work on the property that spurred your continual attacks on us (it’s interesting that you quickly inserted yourself into a creative position to fill the vacuum left by our departure, even knowing that you might not get paid). Maybe there can even be a polite resolution to all of this someday. We certainly wish to not have to deal with this particular matter again (be it with Matt Moylan, Wulff, Cinder, Mynameisstan, The Puppet Master or any of the other DW/DE-related Internet characters) and dredge up more documentation.

Goodbye and please…
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Becky & Frank @beckyandfrank.com · 19/01/2025
Publisher of Udon Comics randomly shit talking us on Twitter lol
Bad Twitter
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Stop Killing Games @stopkillinggames.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
One more day to sign #StopKillingGames!!! eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public www.stopkillinggames.com Remember: No need to reside in Europe! Citizenship from an EU country and being voting age is enough!: citizens-initiative.europa.eu/how-it-works... Thank you to those who have supported us thus far!
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Stop Killing Games @stopkillinggames.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
#StopKillingGames Let's get it done! www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIjy... eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#...
youtube.com
hey ross, lets get it done
YouTube video by The Gaming Juggernaut
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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.
"A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world.”
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wastrying.bsky.social @wastrying.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Sen. Josh Kimbrell, R-Spartanburg, testifies before Senate subcommittee in Columbia on March 23, 2023. Kimbrell is accused of diverting millions of dollars from an aeronautics company he co-owns to support his own political ambitions. Alexander Thompson www.postandcourier.com/politics/jos...
postandcourier.com
Governor hopeful Josh Kimbrell accused of swindling business partner to fund political ambitions
South Carolina Republican State Senator and current candidate for governor Josh Kimbrell is being sued by his business partner for embezzling funds to boost his profile.
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Liam @ GamingOnLinux @gamingonlinux.com · 03/07/2025
Stop Killing Games consumer movement hits some major milestones #StopKillingGames #Gaming #PCGaming
gamingonlinux.com
Stop Killing Games consumer movement hits some major milestones
Stop Killing Games has seen a massive surge recently and it has hit some vital milestones.
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 01/07/2025
SAVE THE DATE! July 2nd. We want to get the hashtag #StopKillingGames trending on that day. Please use it in a post and link to the EU initiative and the UK petition.
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Dolphin Emulator @dolphin-emu.org · 02/07/2025
Signature collection for the #StopKillingGames initiative against planned obsolescence of video games is ending in a few weeks. If you're from Europe, please sign the petition and support game preservation! EU: eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#... UK: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
eci.ec.europa.eu
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Wabbaboy @wabbaboy.dev · 02/07/2025
The petition is moving full steam ahead and only 200k signatures are left to make the cut. It takes seconds to sign, it changes history forever. #StopKillingGames
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TehSnakerer @tehsnakerer.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Short vid supporting #stopkillinggames youtu.be/f3bB1HvRbjs
youtu.be
Support #stopkillinggames
YouTube video by Tehsnakerer
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Accursed Farms updates @notrossscott.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
#StopKillingGames
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 02/07/2025
Good morning, Europe! Today is the day StopKillingGames wants us to get the hashtag #StopKillingGames trending everywhere. Use it in your posts. Link people to the EU Citizen's Initiative (eci.ec.europa.eu/045...) and the UK petition (petition.parliament....).
eci.ec.europa.eu
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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uesp.net @uesp.net · 02/07/2025
There is a pro-consumer rights movement for gaming right now called #StopKillingGames. It is currently try to pass an initiative to ensure that games that you pay for cannot be rendered completely unplayable after being sold to you, please consider supporting it.
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Accursed Farms updates @notrossscott.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
#stopkillinggames
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 30/06/2025
The EU Initiative from #StopKillingGames is now over 2/3 of the required signatures! 677k at the typing of this post. Let's make history! Can you think of someone who hasn't signed yet? Show them this link: eci.ec.europa.eu/045... Everbody you know signed already? Tell them to spread the link!
eci.ec.europa.eu
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Fábio Fontes @fontes.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Momentum's been great and if it keeps up they're getting the required sigs way ahead of schedule. But that's no reason to get cozy. On the contrary, that's all the more reason to be a pain in the ass about it, hence the reposting lol #stopkillinggames
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Fábio Fontes @fontes.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
If like me you care about media being usable after official support ends, check it: eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#... If you're an EU citizen leaving your signature's quick enough. If you're not, you can at least pass it around. Either way thanks! Bit more info in 🧵 #stopkillinggames
eci.ec.europa.eu
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Stop Killing Games @stopkillinggames.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Ross has released some updates on the #StopKillingGames campaign from his Twitch videochat yesterday: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3z4w... In it, he goes over announcements, lays out how he would like to have discussions/debates about Stop Killing Games, and answering questions from the audience
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Stop Killing Games updates + answering questions (June 2025)
YouTube video by Accursed Farms
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Accursed Farms updates @notrossscott.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
#stopkillinggames
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NightSkye27 🏳️‍⚧️ @nightskye27.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Maybe I should spend July 2nd sharing dead games (aka games nobody can play anymore, even with a physical copy) with the tag #stopkillinggames.
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Does it play? @doesitplay.org · 28/06/2025
Passed 600k. Over 100k new signatures in less than a week. This is very much doable! Don't stop now! #StopKillingGames eci.ec.europa.eu/045...
eci.ec.europa.eu
European Citizens' Initiative
Give your support !
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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 19/04/2025
Someone please do something about these millennial gray basketball courts. House flipper-ass aesthetic, it’s undignified.
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NPPA Nic @nppa-nic.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
Additional photos of today's protest rally in Columbia, SC. #protest #50501protests #NoKingsDay
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Additionally — and this is big — before the end of the day Wednesday, the newly added plaintiff in training in South Carolina — a trans woman who had been removed from the women's barracks and was put in a one-person room — is now back in the women's barracks. So, the DOD stood down for now.
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
NICOLAS TALBOTT, et.al.
Plaintiff,
No. 1:25-cv-240 (ACR)
V.
DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
Defendants.
NOTICE TO THE COURT
The parties filed a joint status report as ordered by the Court this afternoon. Since the filing of that status report, the Army has decided to return PFC Perelson to the female barracks and will assign PFC Perelson a single female battle buddy.
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Jay Hulme @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
When I was in South Carolina one of the things I did was visit and run a poetry workshop at Safe Space Dinners in Columbia. Twice a month homeless queer young people gather and they arrange a big hot meal, haircuts, health check ups. Even the library came when I was there. They do incredible work.
A graph showing number of youth served from 2022-2023 - there's an exponential increase
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Chuck🏳️‍🌈 @mooney039.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
The Charlotte hornets despite being just horrible and ravaged with injuries are 7th in the NBA in attendance The crowd pop on last night’s game winner is so wild This place DESERVES a winner
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J. R. Moock, jr. @jrmoockjr.northsky.social · 21/09/2024
It’s open for public comments. Cyclists and those who love walkable cities, PLEASE comment. www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...
federalregister.gov
Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards; Pedestrian Head Protection, Global Technical Regulation No. 9; Incorporation by Reference
NHTSA proposes a new Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) that would ensure passenger vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 4,536 kilograms (kg) (10,000 pounds (lb)) or less a...
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Dr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
If you haven't seen this answer Trump gave today to a policy question... well, it's really something.
Q: What specific legislation will you commit to to make child care affordable?
Trump: Well, I would do that and we're sitting down, you know, I was, somebody, we had Marco Rubio and my daughter, Ivanka… But I think when you talk about the kind of numbers that I'm talking about that because the child care is, child care couldn't, you know, there's something you have to have it in this country, you have to have it... I want to stay with child care… So we'll take care of it. Thank you
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 05/09/2024
Yiannopoulos and McInnis will serve as “roast masters,” Ms. Harris will not be in attendance, and nearly 24,000 USC students, faculty and alumnae are calling for its cancellation.
lgbtqnation.com
Anti-LGBTQ+ trolls will soon host a "sexist & racist" roast of Kamala Harris at state college - LGBTQ Nation
Self-loathing "ex-gay" conservative Milo Yiannopoulos is one of the organizers along with the founder of the Proud Boys.
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SANTA CLAUS @santaclausalaska.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
ASSAULT WEAPONS FACT: "After Bill Clinton banned assault weapons in 1994, mass shooting deaths dropped by 43%. After the Republican Congress let the ban expire in 2004, they shot up by 239%. We don't need to arm teachers; we need to BAN assault weapons again!" ~ Lee Turner (South Carolina)
A color photo of Lee Turner, wearing a dark suit jacket over a white blouse, looking directly at the camera, quote posted to the right.
ASSAULT WEAPONS FACT:
"After Bill Clinton banned assault weapons in 1994, mass shooting deaths dropped by 43%. After the Republican Congress let the ban expire in 2004, they shot up by 239%. We don't need to arm teachers; we need to BAN assault weapons again!"
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Bedrooms Are For People @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social · 06/09/2024
"Officials in Boulder and across Colorado are re-thinking parking which sounds boring but is actually a big deal" #boulder
kgnu.org
Officials in Boulder and across Colorado are re-thinking parking which sounds boring but is actually a big deal - KGNU Community Radio
New research reveals that the City of Boulder has nearly twice as many parking spots as it uses in certain [...]
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Dan Wentzel @danwentzel.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
America's transit renaissance continues. Madison, Wisconsin's new BRT system opens September 22nd. #transit #Madison #Wisconsin #BRT www.masstransitmag.com/bus/infrastr...
masstransitmag.com
City of Madison, Wis., to launch BRT system Sept. 22
The new BRT system will help to alleviate passenger overcrowding, speeding up travel times and simplifying the system.
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Erin Dwyer aka Ginger Is A Construct @erindwyer.bsky.social · 17/08/2024
Pretty incredible that they’re already resorting to “give him a dog to make him seem likable / human.”
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Bedrooms Are For People @boulderbedrooms.bsky.social · 16/08/2024
"When Minneapolis’ housing authority put out a request to build affordable housing at scale across the city, eight teams of designers, developers and architects submitted proposals. The winning bid: a plan for modular housing."
nextcity.org
Modular Construction Is on the Rise. Can It Build High-Quality Affordable Housing?
The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority built dozens of affordable units through modular construction. Is this a sign of things to come?
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Bernie Wick | BUY FADING SERENADES NOW! @partnano.bsky.social · 06/08/2024
Well, that entire Thor vs StopKillingGames is a discussion (and shitstorm) I didn't expect. Such a big proponent of the indie-gamedev scene against something that intends to preserve games. It's so strange there is no face-to-face discussion between Thor and Ross on this.
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kwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar) @booksandbows.bsky.social · 03/08/2024
🚨 SPENCER STRIDER HAS TAKEN THE COCONUT PILL 🚨
Photo of Spencer Strider’s Twitter header, which has his name and the coconut and palm tree emojis.
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News Feed @news-feed.bsky.social · 31/07/2024
@business: Environmentalists have sued Charleston County, South Carolina over a November referendum to raise $5.4 billion in sales-tax revenue for transportation projects t.co/nJmuakWfLG
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barbisblue @barbisblue.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
Gerrymandering districts so one party can get much more political power than it should based on voting patterns is cheating, said Allen Chaney, legal director for the South Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union which is handling the lawsuit.
apnews.com
Voting group asks S. Carolina court to order redraw of US House districts that lean too Republican
A group that works to protect and expand voting rights is asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to order lawmakers to redraw the state’s U.S.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/07/2024
New book banning laws or regulations have gone into effect in Utah, Idaho, South Carolina and Tennessee. Here’s what to know.
nytimes.com
More States Are Passing Book Banning Rules. Here’s What They Say.
Discussion about what books children should access has diminished on the national stage. But most rules pertaining to schools and libraries are made at the state and local level.
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David Zipper @davidzipper.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
This chart should embarrass city leaders. It's absurd to charge 5-10x more for a bikeshare trip than a transit ride. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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kilgore trout @kilgoretrout.bsky.social · 30/07/2024
oh yeah? well would a bunch of weird freaks post THIS??? huh? huh?
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