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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
Zero words on inequality, zero words about how the rich are ripping over everyone, but sure squeezed in the time to attack migrants twice! Yeah, business is pretty much as usual, seemingly..
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 29/09/2026
It's very close to my home so I'm a bit invested. Just opened the sauna season the other day there, too;)
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 29/09/2026
No no not heartbroken now lol, just I think he won't actually do much of any of the good. Too many neoliberals around him. And certainly a lot of reactionary hate caused by the party, too!
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 29/09/2026
Especially impressive since 1.5years ago the community finally succeeded in closing down Pusher street - a pretty hardcore gang-led drugs corner that resulted in stabbings etc. Seeing that happen with community efforts instead of over-policing is kind of astonishing. Long live Christiania!
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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
My elderly mum is sadly still stuck in the UK so esp re: social care of it all it'll be good is she won't have to die in abject poverty, as per Tories wishes. She's a Greens voter tho anywho, Labour mismanaged her constituency to the ground.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 29/09/2026
No doubt. The Danish Social Democrats are mega fash on other fronts, but it's been refreshing to see a broad depoliticisation & anti-discriminatory approach for now. UK is murderously behind, & Labour in particular attracts JKRowling types 🤢
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 29/09/2026
My bar is for sure below ground, & hearing at least something on the front line of problems did sound so needed! But needless to say it's not the first rodeo and chances are a tonne of the good stuff won't see the light of day! And scaremongering of course will.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 29/09/2026
Oh nooo.....🫣
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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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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 28/09/2026
Fantastic! Massive merci for your interest in the book, really hope you had quality time with it. All the best! 💫
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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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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 23/09/2026
videogames
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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
It's just so jarring - UK journalist elite being all defensive now "oh gosh can't believe this ungrateful nation is now closing our consulates!" when 1 - UK created the mess 2 - generations of activists (Corbyn included!) have been shouting about all this from rooftops and only got vilanised!
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 09/09/2026
what's wrong; it's really fascinating to see no one bringing up the colonial shenanigans of Mandatory Palestine - Britain's historical massive responsibility over the way it occupied the lands there, subjugated the people, engineered a mess and promptly left. Zero accountability!
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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
You just grow up thinking the Northern hemisphere has this grandeur to it, whereas it's a significantly lesser spec in where the world happens. And it's awesome, it's exciting, it should invite curiosity and less of this literal self-aggrandising. Again, sad it took until 2026.
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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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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 05/09/2026
You can see Kushner's hard-on it's so disgusting...
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 05/09/2026
I do think we oughtn't have to message with as many people in as intense a way as we're now asked to. We're the 1st generation where it's normalised, but can be super grating and exhausting, dk. Before pulling away (which is fair) the last kind gesture would be perhaps telling them how you feel?
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 05/09/2026
That's really really tough, I'm so sorry. Is there a possibility that these pals have other love languages, perhaps? Maybe messaging is just hard for them (I know it is for me.), and so if you express lack perhaps they can call or plan a date or send dumb memes, instead of thoughtful messages?
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 04/09/2026
The natural conclusion of the genre I guess..
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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
That is not to say that I found the liberal response not flawed btw, wrote about it at the time, but the irony is still a tad strong. medium.com/@marijamdid/...
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#Gamergate, Class and The White House
Liberal feminism did not have a strong enough voice to counter these misogynist attacks. Communist / socialist / radical feminism may
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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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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 01/09/2026
Oh my god this looks way better than it should. Zomg.
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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 · 01/09/2026
I thought the same thing btw, only saw the name at the bottom, not the top of the page..
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 31/08/2026
By god it's immaculately written too - that piece.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 31/08/2026
Talk of unqualified academics!
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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
I mean that would probably be the moneyed choice, but entirely wrong - Amber and Dolly both went through strife, whereas Myley just went through a posh girl does drugs problem seemingly, dk.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 30/08/2026
Oh no.
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 30/08/2026
Can't find quite match to match, but Dolly here just looks exactly like Ms.Heard! AND the all famed "Southern charm". I hope some casting director is on it as we speak!
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 30/08/2026
I mean whoa!
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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
Which btw is still a very scary sight lol! And one can only hope not the future lol!:<
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 26/08/2026
Top move. I'm still partial towards the first one, but hear that the whole franchise was in fact really strong. Nice one, wish us nice replays :)
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 26/08/2026
Ah what a game, will need to replay soon.
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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 · 19/08/2026
Ou, totally delightful. That was a great convo, I was privileged to be invited. Thanks a tonne again and I'll be sure to check out your podcast, too! :)
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Marijam Didžgalvytė @marijamdid.com · 19/08/2026
Baw that's awesome, thanks a tonne. Where did you hear of it? Kind of you to post about this. 🌻
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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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