Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 12hUgh. The glut of vanity AI slop books published in 2026 is making competitive title research for my tartan book much more difficult. I think I’m going to have to go directly to known publisher websites, one by one, and they’re not all optimized for searching. 180
Reposted by Jill MurrayStellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 30/09/2026Here’s the bigger ask I mentioned: I owe $6k in back rent. I’ve been selling my limited belongings to reduce the number but it is slow going and I can’t hope to cover it all, especially not in the short time I have. I have enough to cover October rent and little more. More details below. 18849806
Reposted by Jill MurrayKatie L. Carroll @katielcarroll.com · 30/09/2026Heads up, readers! Over 90 books for $69, starting tomorrow!!! A bundle of creepy and cosy reads. All by incredible indie authors! Ghosts, goblins and gothic tales! Witches, warlocks and werewolves! Demons, dreams and Hallowe'en themes! itch.io/b/3904/chill... 054
Reposted by Jill MurraySé Reed @sereedmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Turns out, the U.S. Department of Labor has some things to say about what counts as volunteering and what doesn't. So I took a deep dive into labor law and what it might mean for contributors and businesses in the open source ecosystem. sereed.media/for-love-or-money-open-source-labor-law-problemsereed.mediaFor Love or Money: Open Source's Labor Law ProblemOpen source software runs on volunteer contributor labor. But U.S. labor law has rules about volunteering, no matter what it's called. Does open source have a labor law problem? 033
Reposted by Jill Murrayking's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026very pleased to have 50 pre-orders in less than a week. the AI hate is real and I can't wait to see these on the streets 0344
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I know things are hard in game dev right now, but I was just on linkedin looking for inspo for an HR Director character and now I just feel grateful I'm not looking for some other job like HR , and having to apply to like, travel agencies that are rebranding as AI companies. 090
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026I just read Tom's big post on sustainable game dev, and I will happily march to this beat. www.pentadact.com/2026-01-08-1...pentadact.com15 Years of Indie Dev In 4 Bits of Advice - a post on Tom Francis' blog 051
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Sephora, a store whose newsletter I did not sign up for and have tried to unsubscribe from many times, sends me over *one thousand* emails a week. Pretty sure that each time I unsubscribe, it just adds more emails. Each email subject line, ten times a day. 550
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Adding 6 to my cart next time I need to buy a book. 1111
Reposted by Jill MurrayKim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026As part of a global effort to demand regulation for artificial intelligence developers, The Writers’ Union of Canada (TWUC) has launched a Parliamentary Petition calling for radical transparency for AI training processes and the works they subsequently produce. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en... 148
Reposted by Jill MurrayEd Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This September, The Muppets come to the Marvel Universe for the very first time in THE MUPPETS TAKE THE MARVEL UNIVERSE #1, a one-shot celebrates the 50th anniversary of The Muppet Show with all-new stories uniting the beloved gang of Muppets with the iconic heroes of Marvel Comics! 122
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 23/09/2026After spending a few weeks commuting among packs of championship cyclists in town for Worlds, I’m surprised that only one of them has been in a race-ending traffic accident. Even at low speeds they ride as if cars, pedestrians, and other cyclists don’t exist. 140
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Canadians: the Writers of Union of Canada has launched a parliamentary petition demanding "radical transparency" around AI www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...ourcommons.caSign this Petition - Petitions 099
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I was just reading about opposition to the Nova Scotia Tartan in 1954, on the grounds that a provincial tartan would somehow cheapen the meaning of tartan. Little did they know they would one day be competing with CheeseIts and utility cos for tartan integrity. 020
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Of the 10 tartans registered this week, two of them, weirdly, are for energy companies, including this one for Great British Energy, which tastes like metal to me, smells like diesel, & sounds like the hum of standing under electrical towers. #TartanTuesday www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetail... 140
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If there's one thing I can't stand, it's when an academic with a full time university job doing research on art, suggests in a derogatory tone, that a working artist was motivated by profit. "Yeah 'cause it was her JOB dumbass," I always want to say. "You know, the one with no union or 'benefits'?" 3234
Reposted by Jill MurrayHadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026the museum sounds great i hope they also build one for women 311388247
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026If you hate dealing with a paywalls and logins for mainstream news but want to support a healthy news ecosystem, it’s worth checking whether your library card will give you access to a zillion publications through PressReader or similar. So far the only thing I can’t read there is The Globe & Mail. 08849
Reposted by Jill MurrayNicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026thats why you should support my pivot to miniature ceramics by buying this VERY cute mini vase charm i am selling on Etsy (im currently using it as a pokemon binder charm!) claybycarpenter.etsy.com/listing/4580...claybycarpenter.etsy.comHandmade Mini Vase Key Chain / Bag Charm - EtsyThis Keychains item is sold by ClayByCarpenter. Ships from Stratford, CT. Listed on Sep 21, 2026 3487
Reposted by Jill MurrayThe Price of Reason @priceofreason.bsky.social · 19/09/2026OKAY FINE YOU CAN HAVE A CHURU 33131253841
Reposted by Jill MurrayOld DeuTaranomy🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 21/09/2026Last call, y'all! Sign up now for our FREE workshop supporting gamedevs impacted by layoffs and industry instability. TONIGHT at 5pm PT | 8pm ET givebutter.com/takethistalk... Reskeets appreciated!givebutter.comManaging Burnout for Game DevelopersThis workshop will equip developers impacted by layoffs with the knowledge and skills to tackle burnout and support their mental health. 01012
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I went back to school partly to reignite a reading habit but now I'm more like "I can't wait to graduate so I can read more." 1140
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 21/09/2026So many things can go wrong in trying to get to the pool for a morning swim. Today was the classic “forgot shower shoes, cap and goggles.” 1101
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Good luck to everyone planning remote meetings with dispersed teams! 040
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 19/09/2026American neighbours did you know you had no right to clean water or truthful information during a health crisis?grist.orgFederal court rules there is no constitutional right to safe drinking waterYears after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.” 382
Reposted by Jill MurrayMatthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026This is just about the most awesome thing ever. 0162
Reposted by Jill MurrayAlyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Last call today on the @upmississippi.bsky.social 50% off sale! Ch. 3 of SLAVE REVOLT ON SCREEN (“Handling Haiti in HUAC-era Hollywood”) is also a sneak preview of my current HUAC project! 042
Reposted by Jill MurrayBryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 17/09/2026I’m sorry but…what? They were selling other people’s content to each other??? 717659
Reposted by Jill MurraySonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 17/09/2026new substack....the image doesn't match the title at all, but it does end up making sense, I promise. stitchingstories.substack.com/p/thinking-i...stitchingstories.substack.comthinking in whitethinking about silences and care 001
Reposted by Jill MurrayPreeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026We need to start aggressively shunning anyone even remotely associated with private equity firms bc they are RUINING EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE AND I AM TIRED 2369143
Reposted by Jill MurrayAlyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The folks who organized the AHA conf might be surprised to know that Historical Game Design is a theoretically rich subfield that our colleagues have worked in for years! Here's @gamingthepast.bsky.social's new book - developed over collabs with students. But no: let's vibecode! 26118
Reposted by Jill MurrayKim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026If you’re a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, this webinar is for you. ✍️📚✨ 001
Reposted by Jill MurrayBikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 15/09/2026If you can, try to support the performing arts in your community. Between the NEA/NEH funding gutting, and now this, a lotta wages for (non-Ed-Sheeran tier) performing artists and techs has exited an already brutal market. 1172
Reposted by Jill MurrayHeather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 15/09/2026CBC Arts: A veteran Nova Scotian artist is finally getting the career-spanning show she deserves www.cbc.ca/arts/sandra-...cbc.caA veteran Nova Scotian artist is finally getting the career-spanning show she deserves | CBC ArtsSandra Brownlee’s show, on now at Halifax’s The Blue Building gallery, mixes old and new works from her five decade long career 002
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Just began my 24 hour fast before my first ever colonoscopy. When do we think the headache will begin? Hoping it's not until 4am tomorrow. 5180
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Totally agree. Do not waste time debating things that could be playtested. 2348
Reposted by Jill MurrayZaire @zeestermeester.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Hey, about three months later I am still looking for work. I have done senior level work, I’m comfortable owning zones, writing cutscenes, and environmental narrative. Open to working in other mediums as well. 3249170
Reposted by Jill MurrayCarolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026It's so lovely and profound. 1136
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This week is going to be very stressful, but one day at a time, it will pass. Must swim through it like I'm doing a nice slow recovery breast stroke. (But sadly not actually swimming, as the stressful things conflict with the pool schedule.) 130
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The $3 barista soy milk I like added the word “protein” to the carton and doubled its price 🫥. 282
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Keep thinking about a story in the local paper, pertaining to the provincial election, w parties debating whether the province should stop selling power to the US, in the trade war... 110
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Controversial opinion: if you’re going to put day old rice in a waffle maker, make it brown rice and not sticky rice. There is such a thing as rive that’s /too/ sticky. 150
Reposted by Jill MurrayAlyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026NYC teachers, drop your wishlist for Flavor Flav! 021444
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Very much in love with this website's tagline: "A Groundbreaking Advancement in the Field of Obsolescence" 190
Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 11/09/2026My current cumbersome idea for existing in the present time is that if you mod a typewriter to double as a keyboard, then you can simultaneously produce a first draft no one can say AI wrote, and still have your work be editable. And you get to mod a thing. www.usbtypewriter.com/products/blu...usbtypewriter.comUSB Typewriter Conversion Kit +BluetoothNOTE: Please allow 1-2 weeks for your kit to be prepared prior to shipping. "A groundbreaking advancement in the field of obsolescence!"This conversion kit will let you upgrade your old manual typewri... 051
Reposted by Jill MurrayKevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Atlantic Canada smuggling era has returned. 55911
Reposted by Jill Murraymeghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026excellent thread as always. glad we ignored all those myths teaching us not to let the monster mimicking the human face and voice into the house 🫠 05815