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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I joked to some coworkers that Tilli was my Orcsona. I had fun dressing her up and having her introduce Rumors to the world. We wanted to Rumors to capture the fun of Morrowind-style questing (which to 7 year old me blew my mind).

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

submitting a scientific paper on how carnivoran allergies were actually an advantage to our rodent/proto-primate ancestors to feel better about not petting your dog or cat

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THE CODEX NOIRMATIC @thecodexnoirmatic.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Memorial to Sucrestor of Zircenu, in Suell Pharabin, Orepirrus. 2023

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@tommybrudzinski @tommy1947.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

“JUST A QUICK SKETCH” I only had a moment or two. In Maine, I had seen many mounted deer heads and moose heads. However, I only had a quick glimpse of a mounted LobMoose. Or was it a dream? Sketched very quickly with a PLATINUM Carbon fountain pen in a 9” x 12” Bristol pad.

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Ursula K. Le Guin @ursulakleguin.com · 18/09/2026

We'd like your help with something. The one hundredth anniversary of Ursula's birth will take place in 2029. This may seem a long time away, but we’re already starting to think about how to celebrate Ursula’s life and art. We’d love to add your ideas to the mix—there's a brief survey here:

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Centenary event planning

Please click the link to complete this form.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Reading Gail Carriger's The Heroine's Journey right after watching Marty Supreme and having too many thoughts.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Billy put decades of his life into a career in game development. Now, he questions if he can continue to weather an industry that is becoming increasingly hostile to its workers. Follow the link in our bio to demand better of employers like Microsoft and #SaveGameWorkers.

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

When leadership makes poor decisions and tries to fix them with layoffs, they don't just hurt devs like Anelise. They hurt our players and our games, and never pay the price themselves. Join us to #SaveGameWorkers and gaming overall by using the link in our bio to make your voice heard.

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Andrew Siañez-De La O @mexicancryptid.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I also did a narrative/fiction pass on the new ability/passive names and mastery flavor text (for Warden and all the refreshed classes).

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とまと🍅Tomato @tomatotomato777.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

-Enforcer Urfan: Koldane Cartel: Thieves Guild: Daggerfall Story Quests- #ESOFam #ESO #ESO_JP #ElderScrolls

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I got COVID in late May this year and since then I've struggled with such bad forgetfulness, exhaustion, and brain fog that I genuinely feel like a less intelligent person. It's impacted my ability to create and also mood regulate as every event in my life feels absolutely catastrophic

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とまと🍅Tomato @tomatotomato777.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

-Abrasia: Roadsworn: Thieves Guild: Daggerfall Story Quests- #ESOFam #ESO #ESO_JP #ElderScrolls

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Just shy of a 4 year work anniversary on The Elder Scrolls Online, Kevin was laid off alongside 1,600 Xbox developers. Without our labor, there are no games. #SaveGameWorkers and remind Microsoft who it was that actually built their gaming legacy: shorturl.at/5ruBE

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Even with over 17 years of experience in AAA games, Kitty was laid off on July 6th. Making profitable games doesn’t spare developers from mass lay-offs; only fighting for their protections will. Help us #SaveGameWorkers by going to the link in our bio and tell Microsoft to stop killing our games.

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とまと🍅Tomato @tomatotomato777.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

-Seline Menant & Basil Menant: House Menant: Thieves Guild: Daggerfall Story Quests- #ESOFam #ESO #ESO_JP #ElderScrolls

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とまと🍅Tomato @tomatotomato777.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

-Carso & Edwane the Hawk: Streethawks: Thieves Guild: Daggerfall Story Quests- #ESOFam #ESO #ESO_JP #ElderScrolls

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

When massive corporations lay off foundational team members like Ching, they tear out the soul of a team. It is up to all of us to protect video games and it starts with the real people who make them. #SaveGameWorkers and tell Microsoft to correct course on these layoffs (link in bio).

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Today at HQ, we had special guests from Microsoft leadership. We refuse to let executives forget what game studios are actually made of: their workers. As welcome gift, we placed hundreds of flags outside, honoring all of the game workers who have been laid off by Microsoft in 2026 (so far).

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Developers like Eric just want to make games that enrich player's lives. But too often, multi-billion dollar companies like Microsoft, Sony, and EA want to enrich shareholders via layoffs. #SaveGameWorkers and tell these companies to stop treating game developers as disposable: shorturl.at/5ruBE

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Penumbric Speculative Fiction Mag @penumbricmag.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

The August issue is here! Find it at www.penumbric.com/currentissue... and pdf www.penumbric.com/currentissue... #fiction #poetry #art #scifi #fantasy #horror #magazine

The August 2026 cover of Penumbric, found at https://www.penumbric.com/currentissue/cover.html

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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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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

when we say young suns is about a revolutionary future, we mean it! all the characters have different ideas and relationships to what liberation looks like for them, but all of them are aligned in working towards a better world even if the methods aren't the same

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Developers like Atran Raikany from ZOS are responsible for making the game worlds we love feel alive. Microsoft's lay-offs aren't just short sighted business decisions - they're threats to the future of these worlds. #SaveGameWorkers and tell Microsoft to end these layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE

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Gustav Örn Samuelson @mechabarbarian.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Want to once again remind you that the best way to view pixel art is to order fine prints of it from my shop and free them from the tyranny of the screen! www.inprnt.com/gallery/mech...

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とまと🍅Tomato @tomatotomato777.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

-Skeever Nivo: information broker: Thieves Guild: Daggerfall Story Quests- #ESOFam #ESO #ESO_JP #ElderScrolls

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Duncan @goblinville.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Kaiju sketching

Rough digital sketches of a creature with a flat circular head, lots of teeth, tentacles, and glowing lights floating above it

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

User researchers like Elisabeth Whyte made sure players' voices were heard in your favorite Xbox games. On July 6th, Elisabeth and her entire team at Zenimax were laid off. Now, make your voice heard and #SaveGameWorkers by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: shorturl.at/5ruBE

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

End cretaceus hell

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OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union @bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In our new series #SaveGameWorkers, you’ll meet the people who make your favorite games at Xbox…until they get laid off. Today, meet Eric Bakutis from Zenimax Online Studios. #SaveOurDevs by telling Microsoft to end their cycles of layoffs: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

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Katherine Lam @ LBX 431 @katherinelam.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Another painting from my show with Gallery Nucleus, August 1-16th!

a worker at the laundromat, looking at a cat who is sitting on top of a washing machine

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Dwuff 🇿🇦✨ @dwuff.com · 20/07/2026

CALLING ALL LOVERS OF WILD AND WEIRD 70s FANTASY BY WOMEN (we owe them a *colossal* debt re: the genre, in my honest opinion) This is a great deal. Lee's work has been hard to source for me, most of it is out of print and obscure, my local libraries don't have it. Get yourself some good-ass fantasy!

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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

AI is next level gatekeeping. Its proponents don’t just tell you that you’re incapable of doing a thing, they imply that nobody else is gonna be able to do it either, and suggest you pay them to do it for you, badly. Can’t be having with that nonsense. I’d rather learn to do things badly for myself

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

any subs open right now for a 15k word fantasy novella? it's good, I promise

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sanzuniur (cmms open) @sanzuniur.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

no one wants to live in nets

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Rhigu (comms open!) @rhigu.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

All done! Now to go through the trials and tribulations of tshirtification. I will probably do pre-orders for these eventually. Not really sure how long this will take though so be patient with me, friends.❤️

My finished angraecoid orchid tshirt design.

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

NEW: The layoff confirmations are pouring in now. Another WARN notice indicates that a total of 379 ZeniMax employees based in Maryland have been laid off by Microsoft. That includes 213 workers at ZeniMax Online Studios, the developer behind The Elder Scrolls Online.

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Daniel Burke - 🍺Innkeep @innkeep.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Le Guin on the idea that there is a secret to getting good at writing.

I will dispose of the first myth as quickly as possible. The “secret” is skill. If you haven’t learned how to do something, the people who have may seem to be magicians, possessors of mysterious secrets. In a fairly simple art, such as making pie crust, there are certain teachable “secrets” of method that lead almost infallibly to good results; but in any complex art, such as housekeeping, piano-playing, clothes-making, or story-writing, there are so many techniques, skills, choices of method, so many variables, so many “secrets,” some teachable and some not, that you can learn them only by methodical, repeated, long-continued practice — in other words, by work.

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Theo 🏳️‍🌈🌙 Comms Open @theotimegm.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Trying to finish comms in this heat but i still need money, so who wants a comm for July ?

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Bill Slavicsek @billslavicsek.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Where to start? After 14+ amazing years of doing truly epic work on the beloved Elder Scrolls franchise (Elder Scrolls Online in specific), today I was among the way-too-large number of employees let go for strategic business reasons. Not sure what's next, but I suppose I'll think of something.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

If you are one of the many valuable workers callously laid off for corporate interests today, please consider applying to our hardship fund.

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Juli @okcryptid.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I am among the impacted. If you've ever said something nice online about anything I wrote for ESO (esp. Sharp, Zerith, Corelanya Manor, or Caterwaul Cove) just know that I likely have a screenshot of it in a folder of mine called "Reality Check" that I look at on days like today.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Erik was my first lead back when I started in QA. His patient and kind leadership helped me acclimate to the pressure-cooker that is AAA QA in a way I can never forget. He was a wonderful manager and all around awesome person.

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I want to re-emphasize one part of this Xbox story: Half of the 3,200 cuts are happening today and half are happening in the next 12 months. In other words, even people who survived today's layoffs will have to spend the coming year wondering if they're going to be next.

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Dustin @dustycode.dev · 06/07/2026

Howdy y'all, I just got laid off as part of the cuts from Xbox. I have 7 years of experience making full stack web apps, the last 3 of which have been with Zenimax Online Studios supporting The Elder Scrolls Online. Would greatly appreciate if anyone knows of any opportunities!

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Gina has been the face of ESO for as long as I can remember. She has brought joy to every community event and laughs to every devstream no matter how big or small.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Over the past few months I had the pleasure to mentor Page in narrative design. She's an incredibly fast learner with wonderful stories to tell. She's also a fantastic QA tester and a natural leader.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Jeff is a delight who brought curiosity and joy to any project we worked on together. He tackled new and difficult things with humor and experience. He's a fantastic writer to work with.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Finn has been a backbone for ESO in a million unlistable ways. His team always made clever and exciting things and he always brought enthusiasm to every meeting. He's a wonderful leader who fosters great design.

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Katherine Souza @kattysouza.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Andrew is one of the smartest and most enthusiastic writers I've had the pleasure of working with. Their sense of joy and ability to "yes and" has been one of the highlights of my job. Please please hire them to write all your characters you won't regret it.

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