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Marijam Didžgalvytė

@marijamdid.com
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Materialist Videogames Industry Critic │ Author of "Everything To Play For" (Verso Books) with 7 translations Bylines Vice, Guardian, Kotaku etc. Bikes, Post-rock, Adorno, Gramsci, Antifascism, Anarcho-Syndicalism, Lust, Negronis 🍸🏴 marijamdid.com

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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 29/09/2026
Christiania - the legendary anarcho district in the heart of Copenhagen, squatted by a bunch of hippies in the 1970s. As of last weekend - 55yrs old so a festival was held. Incredible to see tens of thousands of supporters, a new generation of young folk enjoying the space - it's stronger than ever?
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 29/09/2026
Banning empty homes, promising leasehold reform and he's only just started the speech - oh nooo, I got the hope..🥹 How badly is he gonna break my heart!
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Sylvestre Picard @sylvestrepicard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
« Il n’y a pas de grande conspiration ; il y a simplement la répétition de procédés bien connus » Lecture très stimulante : Tout reste à jouer de @marijamdid.com
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James Butler @piercepenniless.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
When was the last time our Secretary of State for Culture displayed anything approaching this degree of public enthusiasm for our world-class arts industry? Has she been seen anywhere? Given impending charter renewal... did she even bother to visit a single prom?
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Jussie Northside @jussienorthside.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Quick Andy, do the pub snacks thing again
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 14/09/2026
Thrilled for the Swedes. Both Denmark and Sweden now have centre-left governments, hopefully some cool stuff can be achieved!
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 09/09/2026
Idk, yes, it's good to see the UK government finally somewhat, a tiny little bit, criticise Israel's actions etc. But listening to the coverage today - all heralding Miliband as some sort of hero, tiny little plucky UK standing up against
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Peter Ullrich @peterullrich.com · 08/09/2026
🚨 Announcing Pushin 🚨 Now officially: I'm announcing Pushin.eu, a git hosting platform built and run entirely in Europe. Think GitHub/GitLab but European, better, and faster. Built with #ElixirLang and #RustLang. peterullrich.com/announcing-p...
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Announcing Pushin
I'm launching Pushin.eu, a git hosting platform built and run entirely in Europe.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 05/09/2026
Unbelievable it took until 2026 to do this. My father wasn't paid much in salary (very post-USSR), but he was paid in stationery often so we had maps all over our home when I was little. These images absolutely form one's vantage, a wrong imagery of the world. I'm so glad it'll be more accurate now.
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ApocalypticaNow @apocalypticanow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The one trait consistent to EVERYONE on the right is an inability to understand anything until they experience it personally
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screenshot archive of internet @archiveofficial.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 01/09/2026
The guy who made a career out of dunking on "Depression Quest" is seemingly on a very public depression quest.
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weeder @weeder.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
So funny watching the media try to write 2000's era Grand Theft Auto Outrage articles now that the whole country is a casino run by murderers.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 31/08/2026
Really glad Chomsky is getting a reckoning. It's one of the greatest tragedies that as anarchists we lost the great David Graeber and were left with this dude who hasn't contributed with an original idea for 30 years and did a lot of bad deeds in the meantime.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 31/08/2026
I'll believe the Burnhamania when he'll start properly cracking down on stuff like this (empty properties AND unpaid taxes) instead of banging on abt "high welfare bill". www.theguardian.com/business/202... Even after this court win the last paragraphs show the loophole is only slightly tweaked!
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The London office, the empty boxes and the £1bn tax loophole
Exclusive: How a court case over an unoccupied office block could end a widely used tax avoidance scheme
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 30/08/2026
Amber Heard for a Dolly Parton biopic though... Them dimples!
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 28/08/2026
Saw the extended trailer. Still hold the same view. Devastatingly, embarrassingly hyped.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 26/08/2026
Every time I see those Chinese running robots all I can think of are the kamikazes from "Serious Sam".
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 22/10/2024
I also crafted a little Starter Pack, that needs to get much bigger. A tonne more people ought to be on this list, do tag them here and I'll add. "Writers / Critics / Activists / Devs / Cultural Actors interested in the intersection of videogames & real-life politics & culture." go.bsky.app/RzmV6GM
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linealoca.bsky.social @linealoca.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
So it's okay for billionaire tech facists to steal everyone's data and plagiarise everyone's work with no repercussions. But humans, especially if you're of colour will be mercilessly hounded. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jason Arday, professor at centre of Cambridge plagiarism row, found dead
Academic was pronounced dead at his home in south London after police called to address after 3pm on Friday
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 14/08/2026
Oh Luigi. 💔 Took a bullet for many. Always in our hearts, will always be remembered, a hero forever. 💚 P.S. Thanks to a starter pack reshare I got a fair few new followers in the last 24hrs and so yes, hi, plz accept, new followers, I'm a huge Luigi stan.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 14/08/2026
Upon joining Twitter more than a decade ago a wise Twitter veteran told me to make sure I never follow above 1k people as it becomes unsustainable for a good feed. On Bluesky it's becoming almost impossible - so many good quality follows here! I'm constantly at ~999 lol.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 14/08/2026
My book in a nutshell. www.versobooks.com/products/308...
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david goldfarb @locust9.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
one of my favorite voices
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 12/11/2024
Hey new BlueSkyers! Here goes the inevitable "this is who you followed" 🧵. A Lithuanian-Tatar who fled for UK after '08 economic crash, but now lives in Copenhagen. My latest big project "Everything To Play For" is out worldwide with Verso @versobooks.bsky.social. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 13/08/2026
Posting false information about election candidates is one of the last remaining forms of criminal libel in the UK, fwiw. If your algorithm/AI is bad enough that it isn't immune to this kind of fuck up, it is not ready for deployment! Turn it the fuck off!
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Tom Hawthorn 🇨🇦 @tomhawthorn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Somebody needs to explain solidarity and anti-imperialism to the DSA.
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Turing Police Andúnië Branch 🇺🇦🇱🇹🇵🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @dov.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We have a generation of American political activists whose primary understanding of geopolitics comes from some sort of flanderised Stardew Valley-ass version of Paradox games
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 11/08/2026
Anti-some imperialism
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 11/08/2026
Can't be overstated how often self-described "lefties" retreat to campist, at best football-style flag-waving, at worst naive & genocidal (impressive doing both!) rhetoric in foreign policy. Values? I don't know her. Teams based on vibes? Hell yeah! A HUGE weakness of ours. Must be solved yesterday.
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#StupidSuez @diplomatofnight.com · 11/08/2026
A lot of people have decided in recent years that their only two options are to shoot and cry (liberals on Palestine, Yemen, etc) or cry and do nothing (leftists on Ukraine, USAID, etc) and these are both absurdly stupid. Say what you will but dirt poor revolutionaries in the 1800s knew better.
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Dana Jay Bein (DJB) @danajaybein.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
AOC freezing her eggs bothers shitty men because she’s a strong woman demonstrating control of her own reproductive health. If women controlling their own bodies bothers you, you are a problem.
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
today is the day! artist proposal deadline for ART IN THESE TIMES, a new consideration of political art for #falloffreedom @inthesetimes.com join us! interccect.com/art-in-these...
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Art In These Times – Fall of Freedom
Art in These Times October 2–4, 2026 Authoritarian assaults on free thinking, fellow feeling, and creative making call for artists to unite in defiance. The 2nd annual Fall of Freedom festival conv…
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Matt Royer 🤘🏼 @mattroyer.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Right-wingers: women should have more children and should want to do it *Woman does something to increase her chances of having children* Also right-wingers: NO NOT LIKE THAT 🤬
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She'll turn 37 in a couple months. If she got pregnant now, it would technically be a geriatric pregnancy. Instead she's freezing her eggs. This desire to start having children late in life is completely baffling to me. I'll have kids in theirs 20s by the time I turn 50. AOC apparently wants to have a toddler at that age. Totally backwards and ridiculous.
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C.H. Romatowski @romatowski.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
AOC’s on IG stories rn talking about freezing her eggs. More power to her, super brave and generous to be so candid about repro health.
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words @words.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
rip raoul vaneigem
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 04/08/2026
I cannot overstate Vaneigem's influence on my politics, how I view the world. During times of acute political depression it's his work that I'd turn to, and always feel uplifted & with a sense of community. What a great, vast mind. What sensitivity & precision. You'll be greatly, missed, hero. 🖤
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 03/08/2026
Un must read, everyone! 🥰 Merci, comrade!
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 03/08/2026
Now that I’m back from an epic drive around Scotland, and finally catching up on things, I want to congratulate the authors Simon Gusman & Arjen Kleinherenbrink with last week's release of their book with @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social that I had the pleasure to provide a blurb for. 1/3
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 31/07/2026
Disgusting attacks against Sánchez by some EU members, Denmark included. I am vehemently against the evil sentiment, the singling out of Spain in this manner and so little care for human life. EU ought to represent values, not just a racist technocratic regime that it probably is.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 25/07/2026
Absolute legends, huge congrats to the protesters with their victory!! 🪳🪳🪳🪳🪳💘
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 21/07/2026
Sad to say UK has to prepare for a Reform government and resistance to it. This cabinet is so samey and centrist that the level of ambition will sadly be very weak, and the voters will turn.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 17/07/2026
70s Texan kids' last day of school
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The Chinese Room @thechineseroom.co.uk · 17/07/2026
Adding one more! ◾ Senior Concept / UI Artist - forms.office.com/e/VN0Lwxdxjf
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 17/07/2026
Copenhagen summer things. Some volunteers brought tonnes of fresh refused fruit & veggies from a market for anyone to pick up for free, hopped on a bike & did that, then next door is the nudist beach bang in the city centre, so an effortless swimsie there, & back to work before lunch time's ended :)
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 16/07/2026
For some reason not hearing the tankie "left" calling protests in Albania a "colour revolution".. 👂👂🤔🤔 What happened, guys?
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 16/07/2026
I for one am sad. Everyone at my English office is gonna be on time tomorrow morning, and no day off on Monday..
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The Chinese Room @thechineseroom.co.uk · 14/07/2026
The Chinese Room is hiring! We're currently on a lookout for: ◾Lead Level Designer - forms.office.com/e/VXTrGY7SsF ◾Senior / Principal Programmer - forms.office.com/e/GhgKavXBeC Note: The roles are "hybrid" ie 3 days/week in our Brighton office with the other 2 days WFH or the office, as preferred.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 15/07/2026
This is all so terrifying. Whilst I'm having a dreamy Copenhagen summer my friends in the Baltics are reporting a very stressful time filled with fear of escalation. Why can't that god forgotten massive imperialist curse of a country next door just buzz off!!?! www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
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Lithuania warns Russia could be planning ‘targeted’ attacks on critical infrastructure – Europe live
Lithuania’s president says Russia could be looking to escalate against one of the Baltic countries or Poland
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I haven't seen nearly enough discussion of this incredible, very in-depth piece of reporting on Palantir. We tend to talk about the company as if they're some all-powerful panopticon, but the reality is they're a sub-par data integration middleware company with better branding and lobbying.
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