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Bayside mourns tonight. RIP Dennis.

Screenshot from Saved By the Bell mobile game. Mr. Belding stands in the school hallway, saying “Aw man.”

Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bay Area Folks: The 24th Annual California Jug Band Festival is next Saturday 10/3 from 12-8 PM at @lagunitasbrewing.bsky.social in Petaluma.

A flyer for the 24th annual California Jug Band Festival at Lagunitas Brewery in Petaluma on October 3rd from 12 to 8 pm.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Playing music with my band is so healing.

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Josh Boykin @wallstormer.blacksky.app · 25/09/2026

I helped make a Steam Sale, and it's right next to Control: Resonant! gdoc.events/sale2026 Fantastic sale filled with games made by people of color from AROUND THE WORLD. Check it out! (And please share it too 😉)

A snapshot of the Steam homepage (slightly scrolled down). Control: Resonant is on the top, then a banner for the Game Devs of Color Expo Steam Sale. Below that are Discounts and events for other various franchises.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

while crunching, I’d take my daughter to the park as a way to detach, focus solely on her, and clear my head. We took the same walk after I was laid off. She tripped and began crying. Through my own tears I told her, “it’s okay to cry when we fall, but we pick ourselves back up and we’ll be okay.”

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

TBH - I didn’t want to take the role at first. But I’m a combat veteran, a marine sniper, a filmmaker. I felt the responsibility of the opportunity and the duty to do it right. I knew I’d be reopening old wounds, confronting my PTSD, sharing a truth. I gave it my all and it still wasn’t enough.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Working in games is called a Dream Job because one day you wake up and it’s all over.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I am part of this round of layoffs and am seeking new opportunities. If your team needs a narrative director / storyteller, please reach out.

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Brian S. Chung @brianschung.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

GDoCExpo is this week. World-class one-track online conference. Sliding-scale tickets, nothing gated by price. Open captions, immediate VODs. $21K in no-strings dev grants. Front-page Steam Sale + Direct, no fees. Watch Parties around the world. No unpaid speakers, mods, labor. Come see it.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our little game went gold - excited to finally launch in 2 weeks after 4+ years.

Marcus Fenix cheers with a beer bottle in hand from Gears of War E-day.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

you ever sneeze so loud your dog leaves the room?

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This Hispanic Heritage Month I'm sharing some of my favorite music across our genres and countries. This first one makes me tear up every time I listen - it's about finding the good things in life, if you stop and look for them around you. Oye - La Sonora Dinamita youtu.be/qfRHTLGqWTw?...

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La Sonora Dinamita - Oye ft. Roberto Tapia

YouTube video by SonoraDinamitaVEVO

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Kate Sánchez @ohmymithrandir.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!! Support your local Latino-run businesses. Take care of your neighbors. And for my fellow Latinos, remember ponte las pilas - even though it feels like we won't survive this we will.

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Michael Harriot @michaelharriot.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I DESPERATELY need your help with something, even if it’s just sharing this skeet: I’m working on a piec about the evolution of video games and the KEY to my story is a guy named Oscar Munoz who worked for Sega in the early 1990s I’ve tried everything to find him and social media is my last resort

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Did no one give them feedback or did they choose to ignore it?

An ad for Fan Duel that is a custom license plate with F N D L that sounds a lot like fondle.

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Oddarette @oddarette.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

As a Marylander, it had to be done. Old Bay lava lamp.

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✪ Gray Skies Ahead ✪ @jongraywb.blacksky.app · 20/04/2024

A friend of mine showed me this a long time ago and once in a blue moon “Bishop is alternate universe Gary Coleman with a hella massive glow up” pops back into my very accursed brain.

Gary Coleman from an Electric Company Magazine cover and Bishop from the X-Men wearing the exact same outfit

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Jodorowsky’s The Civil War

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Beware the fruit of the Bofadeez tree.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Michael Jackson was so talented he made scatting sound cool. When I do it I sound like a muppet.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

En el nombre de Ganon, Link, y Espiritu Zelda

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Fáyer🔥 @fayer.dev · 08/09/2026

Kid Link is kinda giving baby Jesus in this scene

Screenshot of kid link getting deku nuts from new ocarina of time

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I’m loving Lanterns. Writers did great setting up the scene with the scope/rifle package deal to parallel Hal/John - even did the research and got the scope brand right. But this shot missed the mark with a goofy ass pose, a marine sniper would’ve just bought a spotting scope or binoculars.

John Stewart, a marine sniper, looking through a scope in his hands, holding it like a rifle but there’s no gun. Off putting

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Ray @sireviscerate.myatproto.social · 07/09/2026

It was missing something.

I've added a Spaceballs helmet to the proposed Space Force uniform

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Dames 4 Games @dames4games.org · 05/09/2026

Happy International Day of Charity 💕 We want to shout out Black in Gaming, IGDA Foundation, LatinX in Gaming & Stream for a Cause - all orgs helping to make the gaming industry more welcoming, representative and supported. A little from all of us keeps this work going. Please support and follow!

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Chicken and Waffles but it’s actually Dino-nuggets and an Eggo. #ToddlerBrunch

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Palette Swap @paletteswap.site · 27/08/2026

Netflix's newest original series, Grand Theft Auto VI: An Extended Look, will reportedly have a much shorter run than fans have been hoping. paletteswap.site/dif...

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My daughter got her Dolly book today 😭

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

It’s like going to NASCAR just for the crashes.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Wanna feel old? If Dazed and Confused came out today it would be about the class of 2009.

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Shawn Alexander Allen @shawndoublea.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

It's my birthday week (13th's the actual day) As a gift, check out my game. It's got a demo. It's also highly reviewed! And if you have the game and haven't left a review, that would be cool too. 💅🏼✌🏼

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Kylie Eleison @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Columbo Summer (looking like I slept in whatever I’m wearing, asking questions I already know the answer to, talking about my wife to people who don’t know her)

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I got to my local pizza shop every Thursday for lunch. One TV always plays Rambo, the other livestreams this eagles nest. I feel like I lost a lunchtime friend.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 11/08/2026

Jackie, a beloved bald eagle whose fans watched her love story via livestream, has died. Jackie’s life in the California mountains was like a soap opera. First there was her partner, Mr. B. They raised two chicks before Shadow moved in and wouldn’t leave.

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Jackie, the bald eagle who became a live-stream star, dies after illness

Fans watched her and her partner Shadow’s love story unfold atop a Jeffrey pine near California's Big Bear Lake. She was believed to be 14 years old.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Wasn’t sure if I had watched Memento so I tattooed myself a reminder.

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Juan Vaca @juancow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Baffling to think that some of the kids from the original seasons of Sesame Street are probably grandparents now.

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Jess Krause @kessjrause.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Hey friends! I’m back making dice now that I finally have my workspace set up, but that means I’ll need to make room in my shop! I’ve got a sale running this week, so please help me get rid of some good click clacks :) legendloredice.etsy.com #dnd #dnddice