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Jill Murray

@jillmurray.bsky.social
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Narrative Director for videogames at discoglobe.ca. MFA Creative Non-Fic student at UKC. Luddite in the historical sense. She/They www.jillmurray.com

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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 6h
Carney cuts off nose, promises not to spite face
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 12h
Ugh. 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.
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Stellbound: Stellraiser II @antlervel.vet · 30/09/2026
Here’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.
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Katie L. Carroll @katielcarroll.com · 30/09/2026
Heads 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...
Graphic 1 for the Chills, Thrills & Kills October Itchio Sale. 93 books for $69. A VERY BIG AND SPOOKY BUNDLE of creepy and cosy reads perfect for this year’s Hallowe’en Season! Hosted by Indie Book Spotlight.
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Gabe Graziani @gabegraziani.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Let's fucken go!
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Sé Reed @sereedmedia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Turns 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-problem
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For Love or Money: Open Source's Labor Law Problem
Open 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?
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king's co-op bookstore @kingsbookstore.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
very 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
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I 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.
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I 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...
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15 Years of Indie Dev In 4 Bits of Advice - a post on Tom Francis' blog
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Sephora, 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.
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Adding 6 to my cart next time I need to buy a book.
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Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
As 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...
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Ed Lynch @goatburgler.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This 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!
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
After 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.
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Canadians: the Writers of Union of Canada has launched a parliamentary petition demanding "radical transparency" around AI www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...
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Sign this Petition - Petitions
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I 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.
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Of 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...
A repeating tartan sett in grey, white, pale blue, green and purple.
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If 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'?"
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Hadas Weiss @hadas.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
the museum sounds great i hope they also build one for women
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If 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.
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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
thats 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...
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Handmade Mini Vase Key Chain / Bag Charm - Etsy
This Keychains item is sold by ClayByCarpenter. Ships from Stratford, CT. Listed on Sep 21, 2026
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The Price of Reason @priceofreason.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
OKAY FINE YOU CAN HAVE A CHURU
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Old DeuTaranomy🧶⚒️ @kindofstrange.com · 21/09/2026
Last 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!
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Managing Burnout for Game Developers
This workshop will equip developers impacted by layoffs with the knowledge and skills to tackle burnout and support their mental health.
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I 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."
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So 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.”
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good luck to everyone planning remote meetings with dispersed teams!
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
American neighbours did you know you had no right to clean water or truthful information during a health crisis?
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Federal court rules there is no constitutional right to safe drinking water
Years after a water crisis rocked Jackson, Mississippi, the court finds that residents have no right “to truthful information from officials.”
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Matthew Dow Smith @matthewdowsmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
This is just about the most awesome thing ever.
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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Last 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!
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Bryant Francis @bryantfrancis.me · 17/09/2026
I’m sorry but…what? They were selling other people’s content to each other???
According to another portion of the motion that was unredacted on Thursday, on top of copying stories to teach LLMs to cook up content that looks a lot like news, the companies illicitly copied
"billions of web pages" for "horse trading"-like deals
- meaning they sold the content to each other rather than licensing it from the news organizations. Microsoft did not address a question about the allegation.
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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
new 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.com
thinking in white
thinking about silences and care
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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
We need to start aggressively shunning anyone even remotely associated with private equity firms bc they are RUINING EVERYTHING FOR EVERYONE AND I AM TIRED
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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The 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!
Cover of JMcCall's DESIGNING HISTORICAL GAMES FOR CLASSROOMS
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Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
If you’re a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada, this webinar is for you. ✍️📚✨
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Bikepedantic @pedantic.bike · 15/09/2026
If 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.
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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
CBC Arts: A veteran Nova Scotian artist is finally getting the career-spanning show she deserves www.cbc.ca/arts/sandra-...
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A veteran Nova Scotian artist is finally getting the career-spanning show she deserves | CBC Arts
Sandra Brownlee’s show, on now at Halifax’s The Blue Building gallery, mixes old and new works from her five decade long career
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Just 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.
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Totally agree. Do not waste time debating things that could be playtested.
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Zaire @zeestermeester.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hey, 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.
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Carolyn Petit @carolynmichelle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's so lovely and profound.
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Journalism
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
This 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.)
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The $3 barista soy milk I like added the word “protein” to the carton and doubled its price 🫥.
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Keep 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...
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Controversial 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.
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Alyssa S. @drsepinwall.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NYC teachers, drop your wishlist for Flavor Flav!
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Very much in love with this website's tagline: "A Groundbreaking Advancement in the Field of Obsolescence"
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Jill Murray @jillmurray.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My 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...
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USB Typewriter Conversion Kit +Bluetooth
NOTE: 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...
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Kevin Wilson @kwilsonhfx.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Atlantic Canada smuggling era has returned.
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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
excellent 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 🫠
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