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Richard Kadrey @richardkadrey.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Bi Visibility Day! *ahem*

"Bi people in a m/f relationship aren't straight"

Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A wonderful piece of art and also one of my favorite eras of X-Men. The Krakoa era felt new and different in a way nothing else had. A chance to explore what being a mutant could mean if it wasn't being defined by non-mutants. To tell stories that were more than "hated and feared".

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

It's not every day somebody activates my "Shakespeare wrote in modern English, not Old English or even Middle English," anger response, but it is the first time Robert Eggers has done it.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

The refutation of the argument made by "effective altruists", that, morally, we should prioritize saving the lives of those in rich countries over those in poor countries because they are "better positioned to influence the far future", is contained in the argument itself.

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Michael Fry @bigdirtyfry.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Your Grandad Cyclops talks about his school days

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The Riverbottom Nightmare Band will no longer be opening for Ed Sheeran.

An image of the Riverbottom Nightmare Band on stage, from Emmett Otter's Jug-Band Christmas.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There is literally nothing the Ring can offer this man that he has any interest in. The Ring itself is one possession too many.

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Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher Turns Around

ALT: Alan Ritchson as Jack Reacher Turns Around

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MC Nietzsche @mcnietzsche.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Stealing this from a discord with no shame

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Turn Down For Hwæt @mxlabradorite.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Todayborday is Labor Day.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The 40 hour work week. Compensation for overtime. The right to organize and strike. These were not inherent rights given to all in the US and Canada. They were fought for by the courageous workers who came before us. On Labor Day, we remember how far we've come, as well as our fight left ahead.

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CWA @cwaunion.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy Labor Day from CWA!

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It's been said before, but the release of Zero Company and the revelation that 80% of the people who worked on it were furloughed really drives home that success and failure are treated the same by this industry.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our union in the news today! From The Guardian, read interviews from our members on the impact of XBOX's mass lay-offs. With 1,600 more to come, we must act now to protect the future of the games industry. Read more: tinyurl.com/2p9m32f5

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

It keeps happening. This is why we need to support game devs unionizing!

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

You've gotten that, too, huh? He's very enthusiastic about his job.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This is exactly what you've done. If you can't high-kick a scumbag in this game, it'll be a missed opportunity.

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

“I was scheduled to have the rest of my career”

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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 22/08/2026

It’s worse than this. Having been in the room with many of them (long ago, before I knew they were psychopaths), the tycoons who are left running the industry have an active contempt for ordinary people, including their own workers. They actively want to oppress, control and punish them.

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Dave Shramek @dshramek.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

YouTube algo served me a trailer for a new movie called Best of the Best and to my immense disappointment, it has nothing WHATSOEVER to do with an American team of martial artists training to beat a Korean team in a tournament.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

There are no video games without video game developers. Trillionaire corporations will continue to treat devs as line items on a balance sheet unless we fight back. Join us on August 18th to #SaveGameWorkers, as we rally across nine studios in the US and Canada. More location details to come soon.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Give me my Delta Green show. 22 episode season, 10-13 episode streaming style season, or even just a 4 part UK-style series, I'll take what I can get.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

An under-discussed part of the fairly stupid "are llms sentient" question is the fact that if they were, it would be slavery to use, still, and force them to work.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Really heartening to see both game workers and players wake up to the realities of what collective action can do to change things. The tide is turning. Everyone, including you, deserves a union.

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Lisa Nohealani Morton @lnmorton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

*standing up on the plane* Hwæt! We Gardena in geardagum, þeodcyninga, þrym gefrunon, hu ða æþelingas ellen fremedon. Oft Scyld Scefing sceaþena þreatum, monegum mægþum, meodosetla ofteah, egsode eorlas. Syððan ærest wearð feasceaft funden, he þæs frofre gebad, weox under wolcnum, weorðmyndum þah

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Christopher Nolan made a horror film using the skin of The Odyssey, and a lot of people are going to misunderstand it in much the same way they come out of Dune thinking Paul is a hero.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

My favorite part of being a quest designer at Bethesda was getting to sit in on the zoom calls for the voice recording sessions. There's nothing quite like being "there" when an actor brings your words to life and endowing them with that extra humanity and emotion.

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Jackson O'Brien @sprobeforebros.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

GREG DAVIES: seems like a kind of a shit task. Everyone just seems like they're going home normally. ALEX HORNE: well before you say that let's have a look at how Odysseus did. cut to panel of AJAX, MENELAUS, AGAMEMNON, and DIOMEDES who are all staring at ODYSSEUS with his head in his hands

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A not-uncommon answer for my age group, I imagine, but: Die Hard. My father let us watch it while we were staying with him. My mother was less than thrilled.

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lauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 15/07/2026

woke: national hot dog day bespoke:

the liturgical hot dog calendar

four seasons are broken down into ordinary time (plain hot dog) advent (chili dog) lent (corndog) and easter (chicago style dog, or, refional style)

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The bosses are stealing our game industry, and we aim to take it back! We’re calling game workers, allies, and fans alike to join emergency rallies on WEDNESDAY, JULY 15th! Check this thread for times and locations as they’re established: 🧵

An illustration, done in a flat graphic style depicting a menacing executive with a sickly smile, towering over scores of downtrodden workers carrying boxes of their belongings out of frame. Below, a call to action:

SAVE OUR DEVS
JULY 15 - Rallies across US & Canada
END MASS LAYOFFS NOW

Dallas, Texas (Richardson) - Id Software
Austin, Texas - Id Software
Montréal, Quebec - Bethesda Games Studio Montréal
Rockville, Maryland - Bethesda Softworks
Irvine, California - Obsidian Entertainment

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Rik Godwin @rikgodwin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Satire is dead

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Ben Carnow @carniferus.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Fun fact! When you start a new game of Skyrim literally the first thing you see is art concepted by laid off concept artist Ray Lederer. (I made the in game art.) A slap in the face to every Elder Scrolls fan.

Skyrim concept art for the Stormcloak Armor done by Ray Lederer

Screenshot of the intro to Skyrim. The Stormcloak/Town Guard armor is circled.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

Yesterday’s layoffs at Bethesda Games Studios were not a cut of “14 layers of management”. We lost dozens of programmers, artists, designers and testers. Many of whom worked at BGS for decades.

If Bethesda fans are worried this will harm the quality of our future games, like TES VI, let Microsoft know!

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

My extremely limited posting to date makes me reposting this look like I'm some kind of prime Garfield aficionado, but I can assure you that hasn't been the case since I was a wee lad. I was, on the other hand, a medievalist in college, and this bit is so very good.

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uesp.net @uesp.net · 06/07/2026

A list of people we know who have been laid off at ZOS and Bethesda: ZOS Community Manager Gina Bruno Lead Dungeon Director Mike Finnigan Writer Designer Andrew Siañez-De La O Writer Designer Julianna Comstock Senior Writer Designer Jeff Grubb Project Art Director Marc Hudgins 1/many

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Well, I've kept this account pretty quiet for a long time - I've never been eager to draw attention, and the dance between personal expression and risking blowback from my employer hasn't been worth it. As of today, however, I'm one of many who were laid off across the XBox division. (thread)

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Garfield @garfieldthecat.bsky.social · 01/09/2023

big day today.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 25/08/2023

Being just some guy on this app and looking at any of my non-following feeds is a daily exercise in seeing references to characters I have no context for. "Ah, yes, Marty. Lots of people talking about Marty." [the sage nod of the truly ignorant man]

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 14/08/2023

I'm being told that game developers are "scared" by Baldur's Gate 3's scope/size/quality. This is correct. We're scared because we have work to do and we really just want to be playing Baldur's Gate 3.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 03/08/2023

This isn't a Star Trek account but: SNW: "Let's really twist the knife on this La'an-Kirk thing." Also SNW: "Oh Christina's got pipes we should do a musical episode." Also also SNW:

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 03/08/2023

I'm very on board with this. If you did something so wild that they had to rewrite the rules to stop it from happening again, at minimum you should get a trophy of some kind and they should have to name the rule after you.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 31/07/2023

Weirdly, Good Omens season 2 feels stronger than the first season, despite the lack of a long-beloved book as its foundation. The heavier focus on Crowley and Aziraphale plays to the series' greatest strength, the stellar Sheen and Tennant. I don't think it would hold together without them.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

Quick context-bio for anyone stumbling onto me: I make game stuff (previously Bioware Austin, currently Bethesda Austin). Always interested in the usual nerd nonsense, horror, politics, quality shitposts, pictures of animals, etc. Nothing I say represents my employers.

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Josh Moretto @joshmoretto.bsky.social · 28/07/2023

Realized this morning that SNW is failing at being Trek in a key way: It's consistently good. We're well in S2, where's the real stinker episodes? Where's the Code of Honor or Move Along Home? It's just good, all the time! That's not the Trek I'm used to. I expect Deeply Uneven!

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