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Maurizio Massari @mauriziom.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

That annoying part of my personality that worries about money and won't shut up any time I'm just trying to be genuinely happy because a deserving colleague worked on something cool

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Loc in Credits @locincredits.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Dead as Disco, developed by @brainjar.games and localized in 11 languages, does NOT feature any #TranslatorsInTheCredits. Only the localization provider, Side, is credited.

A picture of the Dead as Disco credits. The localization provider, Side, is credited, but none of the translators and editors who actually did the work.

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Maurizio Massari @mauriziom.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Insightful read that also explains why I'll soon start looking for a reliable part-time job so that I can spend the rest of the day and brainpower focusing on writing and translation, instead of doing soul-draining marketing and networking nonstop to hopefully afford food

scottsantens.com

The Angine de Poitrine Argument for UBI

Why Angine de Poitrine's viral microtonal math rock KEXP session, Ireland's permanent basic income for artists, and Albert Einstein are three sides of the same human triangle Two guys in papier-mâc...

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Maurizio Massari @mauriziom.bsky.social · 23/04/2026

Louder for the people in the back

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Maurizio Massari @mauriziom.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

My amazing drawings >>>> DLSS5 slop

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I finally lost my shit about so-called AIs, LLMs, enshittification & everything fucking evil that @officialgrammarly.bsky.social is doing. I'm fucking furious, and not just about what 1 company has done. An open letter to Grammarly & the rest of the LLM hype machine www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

moryan.com

An open letter to Grammarly and other plagiarists, thieves and slop merchants

To everyone at Grammarly, I am writing a book right now, a really challenging endeavor that no doubt someone in Silicon Valley will think it’s fine to steal the day it’s published. I’ve been a profes...

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PorcaLoc @porcaloc.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Anyone in Cannes for the Festival International des Jeux? Our Chiara will be there, don’t hesitate to go and say HONK! #FIJ2026

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Please read our statement regarding the proposed Electronic Arts buyout. We refuse to let corporate greed decide the future of our industry. cwa-union.org/news/release...

United Videogame Workers-CWA Statement on Proposed Electronic Arts Buyout
October 15, 2025
NATIONWIDE — The following statement is from United Videogame Workers-CWA Local 9433.

The recently proposed acquisition of Electronic Arts (EA) by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and private equity firms, including Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, will further concentrate power and wealth into the hands of a few gatekeepers while doing nothing to address the concerns of players and workers.

EA is not a struggling company. With annual revenues reaching $7.5 billion and $1 billion in profit each year, EA is one of the largest video game developers and publishers in the world. EA’s success has been entirely driven by tens of thousands of EA workers whose creativity, skill, and innovation made EA worth buying in the first place. Yet we, the very people who will be jeopardized as a result of this deal, were not represented at all when this buyout was negotiated or discussed.

We are particularly worried about the future of our studios that are arbitrarily deemed ‘less profitable’ but whose contributions to the video game industry define EA’s reputation. Since 2022, an estimated 40,000 video game workers have already lost their jobs due to mass layoffs at AAA and indie studios alike. As reported in Game Developer, this deal will result in EA having to finance nearly $20 billion in debt—who will be spared, which corners will executives cut, and what studios will be sacrificed in order for that to happen?

If jobs are lost or studios are closed due to this deal, that would be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors’ pockets—not to strengthen the company.

Every time private equity or billionaire investors take a studio private, workers lose visibility, transparency, and power. Decisions that shape our jobs, our art, and our futures are made behind closed doors by executives who have never written a line of code, built worlds, or supported live services. We are…

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Brian Merchant @bcmerchant.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing. These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

bloodinthemachine.com

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI

Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

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Lucile Danilov @locdandloaded.net · 02/09/2025

This is what Palworld's Communications Director had to say on the matter. As of the time of posting, they have yet to follow-up on those questions. (Source: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...)

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Loc in Credits @locincredits.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Wheel World by @messhof.bsky.social / @annapurna.com, localized in 11 languages, does NOT feature any #TranslatorsInTheCredits. Only the localization agency, EDS Wordland Ltd., is credited.

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Tramiti @tramiti.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

As the multinational giant @keywordsstudios.bsky.social loves to say, «There is a bit of Keywords in pretty much every video game that you know.» Yet, when the video game translators ask for fairer compensation, the giant seems as deaf as if it were someone else’s business. shorturl.at/2RVFw

avteurope.org

Keywords: communiqué from ACTA-Tramiti | AVTE

The video game localisation industry is becoming unsustainable for freelancers: multinational giant Keywords ignores requests for collective bargaining

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Loc in Credits @locincredits.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

For our first official post on Bluesky, we would like to talk about the recent release of Atomfall by @rebellion.com. Despite being available in 11 languages, the game doesn't feature any #TranslatorsInTheCredits and only includes Lionbridge Games. Source: GamersPrey

A screenshot taken from Atomfall's credits. Below the title "Game localisation", only Lionbridge Games is listed.

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Huge moment in the history of the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party

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Oliver L @eey0re.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

If you subscribe to Microsoft 365 Personal, the 40% price increase is a con to upsell you AI. Your old plan and price is still there called "Classic" - but only if you try to cancel. Microsoft should be ashamed if not prosecuted.

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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 30/11/2024

To all of you who has supported @rasheedabueideh.bsky.social's Dreams of a Pillow already: thank you so so so much for being a part of this ever-improbable dream of a Palestinian developer making a Palestinian game about Palestinian stories. Read up, signal boost, support at launchgood.com/1948

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