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Repeat after me: Yes on 40, no on 41 and 42, which are designed to cancel out 40!

Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 20h

I hate the idea of having to ask people for referrals to get any attention while applying for jobs now. I always feel like I'm being a bother but I really need to find work. I wish my experience was still enough. 😥

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

- Lack of Junior/Entry- and Mid-level game workers - Investors either turtling up or only investing in AI related work - Union busting and game workers being treated "less than" just because "they're doing their dream jobs" - Studios being bought up and laying off workers So many things to work on.

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Cinder (it/its) @dollcinder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I don’t want everything tailored to my interests I want stuff made by perverts and sickos that makes me think about stuff differently

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I feel like if your game demo is costing you thousands of dollars a day to run with maybe 20ish congruent players, to the point of needing to take out a bank loan to keep funding the AI tokens it eats, it might be time to rethink if your game is worth it (it definitely doesn't).

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Adri @adriofthedead.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

it's always "not all men" until it's "well, she should have known that the Man House had men in it"

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Taxing Entrepreneurial Wealth: Evidence from
Norway, 2021-2025
Marius A. K. Ring
WORKING PAPER 35854|
DOl 10.3386/w35854
ISSUE DATE October 2026
Whether imposing higher taxes on business owners adversely affects business activity by constraining investment and inducing capitalist flight is a central question in the ongoing debate on how to tax the ultra wealthy. To shed new light, I exploit a series of related Norwegian reforms during 2021-2024 that increased dividend tax rates, removed migration-related capital gains tax loopholes, and nearly doubled the effective marginal tax rate on business wealth. These reforms spurred international debate and, allegedly, an "exodus" of Norwegian billionaires (Financial Times,
2023). While I document clear effects on migration, these responses are concentrated among the top 0.1% of the wealth distribution and mostly confined to 2022 and 2023. My results indicate that at most 100 individuals left due to the reforms. I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors. I estimate that absent any outmigration, wealth tax revenues would have increased by 75% from 2021 to 2024. Reform-driven outmigration lowers the revenue gain to 71.5%. My findings further show that outmigrating owners' firms remain economically active and do not reduce investment. In a broader set of analyses, I examine whether business outcomes are affected, regardless of whether owners outmigrate, since firms may reduce investment both due to liquidity constraints or distortions to owners' savings decisions. I compare firms owned by Norwegian individuals subject to the wealth tax with firms owned by foreigners and other tax-exempt entities. By merging historical ownership data from Orbis with the Norwegian shareholder register, I perform these analyses on both Norwegian and foreign-domiciled firms.
Across settings, I find no evidence that Norwegian-owned firms pay out more dividends or invest less after the reforms,…

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

- A man was injured and spirited away - The president is stealing from the tax payers - The president is plotting to screw up the midterms - They're planning to stream a public execution, a horrible act that hasn't happened since the 1930s That's just these last few days. I'm tired. I want to leave

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innes mck @innes.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

if you think you're personally in too sweet a position to need a union, that they're just for other people, what do you think the best way to support those folks is? that's right: join a union

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

New Yorkers could do a really cool thing right now. While we famously "didn't see anything" in certain events, I guarantee you we have eyes everywhere. It'd be a really cool time to "snitch" on ICE and find this man to get him back to his family. Also fuck ICE.

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Mat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I'm sorry... Costume Quest 1 & 2 bundle is only $4 on Steam right now? What the heck are you doing looking at social media when you could instead be playing Costume Quest 1 & 2 for $4? store.steampowered.com/sub/53813/

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Save 80% on Costume Quest 1 & 2 Bundle on Steam

Includes 2 items: <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/115100/Costume_Quest/">Costume Quest</a>, <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/275180/Costume_Quest_2...

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e.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 07/10/2026

there's a lot going on right now, but the ability to buy elections in order to stay out of prison is on the ballot whether you realize it or not

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

One of the biggest political battles of the midterms is happening in California. The result will shape the Democratic Party and how we shift the balance of power from the billionaire class back into the hands of the people. ⬇️ robertreich.substack.com/p/why-cali…

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Hey, so does anyone want to get together to make something that finally snuffs out Harry Potter? I believe we can make something better than that series and NOT have it tied to the bank accounts of folks cool with hating on people trying to exist.

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Manda Farough 🔜 AdventureX | Causeway Studios @amandafarough.ca · 07/10/2026

We’re artists first and foremost. What’s the point of our art if we’re not the ones making it?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Don't forget that nearly all Republicans in Congress stood by and supported Trump's... -Tax cuts for the rich -Cuts to the social safety net -Iran War -ICE abductions & National Guard deployments -Inflationary tariffs -Blatant corruption His unpopularity is theirs too — and the midterms are here.

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Me, upset that it's that time of year where the seasons are changing and my sinuses are dying (sneezing up a storm):

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Cat Holding a Knife

ALT: Cat Holding a Knife

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So apparently SEGA tried to launch a Discord for Sonic the Hedgehog fans last night that they needed to immediately take down due to "chaos". Does anyone in my sphere know what went down? I just want the tea being someone who's very aware of the "chaos" the Sonic fandom is capable of.

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Bat-Tali 🦇🎃 (Vancouver era ✨) @talidev3d.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Game Dev friends that are looking for work! One of the lovely indie devs that shares an office space with us at SSV just opened up 2 roles! If you are a: - 3D Animator - 3D Artist you can apply on here! www.workwithindies.com/work-with/am...

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Work With ambedo studios

Indie studio telling quietly human stories. Remaining Grace, an intimate non-linear ghost story.

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Morbi @morbi.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I think every human being needs to experience a little bit of suffering to be emotionally complete but I also think that suffering should be on the level of "lost an entire weekend to Pooh's Home Run Derby and didn't even win" and not "subjected to inhumane systemic violence"

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026

This is your occasional reminder that generative "AI" in particular could have been developed on public domain materials and/or licensed and compensated works but the major players intentionally, methodically and systemically chose to steal labor from working creative folks instead

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Josh Fruhlinger @jfruh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

they DIDN'T REFUND her fucking TUITION?????

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I have discovered yet another new bread: dragon bread! Dragon bread = jalapeno corn bread + whipped cream cheese + chopped bacon & jalapenos Vegan version = chopped peppers instead of the bacon & jalapenos

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Lanterns Finale feels (no spoilers): Sinestro is REALLY REALLY bad at a thing he thinks he's good at. I have no idea where he got that sort of confidence from.

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I've been racking my brain trying to think of the thing that first spooked me as a kid and I honestly can't think of anything. Not that I've never been afraid (I have) but I think I might have compartmentalized them in a way that can only be brought back to memory via exposure or therapy. Dang.

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PUNKI (PERPETUALLY POST DEBUT) @pun-ki.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

You should be asking why Rockstar gets to do this and doesn't run into any issues with payment processors, while the rest of anyone drawing or writing "explicit content" on any platform have so much trouble getting paid

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Peter Adrian Behravesh @behravesh.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Friendly PSA: Don’t outsource your creativity and critical thinking. (And ESPECIALLY don’t outsource it to a machine built on deception, destruction, and depletion of natural resources.)

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I've been so tired and upset about the state of the world that I forgot the term "critical thinking" even though I fully remembered the concept and practice it. Imagine being that burnt out.

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

I think I'll be ok continuing to use my own ability to think, learn, research, and create without AI getting in the way. We don't need AI for most of the things they're trying to shove down our throats, hence their panic.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 04/10/2026

remarkable piece of journalism. really worth reading.

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Not a great start to the day when your first thought is "I'm so tired of existing" because of the job market you're competing in and the state of the world being so messed up. I'm just so exhausted and I feel so disconnected and useless. All I want is to get a paying game dev job and and make stuff

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UBI Works @ubiworks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Universal training data. Universal dividend.

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kinoko @kinokosaur.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As a UI/UX Designer, Game UI Database is a unique and valuable resource that has helped me and many, many other game devs. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: it's disgusting that all the hard work Edd puts into it is treated as fuel for the garbage machines.

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

True for trans rights. True for games workers getting laid off to pay for more AI tokens. True for a lot of other things happening right now.

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GamesIndustry.biz @gibiz.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"I haven't seen AI create anything fun. It can replicate, for sure, but I haven't seen anything fun come from AI yet," said a senior-level attendee at the GamesIndustry.biz HR Summit. "You can make crap quicker," quipped another. bit.ly/4yrkVQq

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Theo Priestley @theopriestley.net · 02/10/2026

Hello, new followers!! I'm Theo, a freelance #gamedev narrative designer and game writer. I also write for TV, film, TTRPGs, and various IPs, mainly horror, sci-fi and dark fantasy. I have too many tattoos (inconceivable) and not enough cats (not possible). Currently looking for new projects :)

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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

FA is being very up front about both the cost of hosting the site [it aint cheap] and how advertisers theyd been relying on prior are pushing all the same puritan bullshit weve been seeing other platforms push FA is one of very few Old Internet spaces around. Support em while we CAN

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Meaghan Hartie @megzhartie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I wonder if there are any English teachers out there using manga to help students learn about themes and other things. One Piece would be a great series to pair with additional articles/reading to help get across what Oda was referencing in different parts, especially with history.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

ATTENTION COMIC NERDS!

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