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P-O Desbiens @podesbiens.bsky.social · 34m

this election has been so profoundly fucking stupid, it's like everywhere, no one is at the wheel, right wing nationalists on the rise, only half decent left-ish party is polling below the insane libertarian talk radio guy, awesome the cops keep beating and killing people man

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 8h

✨ Q3 2026 🗓️ It's been an Emotionally Rich couple of months. nicknicknicknick.net/notes/2026/0...

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Third Quarter - 2026

Work

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 28/09/2026

📸 Late Summer 2026 ✨ Nikon FM2 + Kodak Kodacolor 200 nicknicknicknick.net/notes/2026/0... #NickPics

Plants and rocks on the shore of a lake, two islands in the distance

A picnic blanket with phones, sunglasses, a purse, and a water bottle

A green painted bollard, with a "TP" imprint, on a bike path

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 29/09/2026

today's my last day! grey little morning in Montréal. i've turned off my wakeup alarm now & pre-emptively signed out of slack on my phone & home computers. keys are handed in. here we are.

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 28/09/2026

do i know any Lomographers? iykyk i guess.

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 28/09/2026

📸 Late Summer 2026 ✨ Nikon FM2 + Kodak Kodacolor 200 nicknicknicknick.net/notes/2026/0... #NickPics

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Circ @tinyicecat.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This news is important because all the fucks out there actively attempting to wreck the world want you to think that the work is hopeless and just mitigating the worst case scenario. It's not. Fucking keep going.

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 26/09/2026

the french version of Annihilation really loses something in translation.

"Le Mystère du phare à l'envers," by Paddy Donnelly, an illustrated children's book in a shop window

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 24/09/2026

all things considered it's one of my favourite pocalypses.

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bel @steelybel.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

when u see claude on the github repo

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Ethan Mars @ethan.nicknicknicknick.net · 24/09/2026

SHAUN?

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 24/09/2026

it pains me to think future archaeologists will only remember us as the DOVBLEDOVBLE Culture.

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CWA @cwaunion.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

To those workers left at studios impacted today, and to workers across the industry, our message is simple: join us. Together we have a stronger voice in shaping our industry into what it ought to be. code-cwa.org/organize

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Contact an Organizer and Let's Organize!

Thousands of tech workers have filled out this form and gotten involved with organizing, and you can too! Use this form to contact a CODE-CWA organizer and get connected with others organizing at your...

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 22/09/2026

in october i plan to replace my website's URL with a "BOO-RL" and immediately tank all traffic.

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 22/09/2026

the writing has been genuinely charming in a way that i was not expecting from the Quake II engine. the writer's currently a lead on the God of War series, which is just kinda interesting.

Whackmaster Jack says: never be afraid to shoot 'em in the ding-dong.

Flingbot will fling anything, even himself, into the Fountain. For a buck.

A guard at a police barricade says: "Someone's on fire just around the corner. This area's closed off until he puts himself out."

Two alien humanoids gesticulate. "Seee ourrr magical arm movements!"

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 21/09/2026

i regret to announce that i may be Getting Into anachronox.

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Joachim ✊️ UVW-CWA @jdespland.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We don't live in slop world because of AI, we live in slop world because the purpose of everything is to generate a return on investment for capital. We evaluate everything along metrics designed to serve that purpose over any other. AI is just the best way we found of optimizing for these metrics.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 20/09/2026

Young Suns is part of this year’s PC Gaming Show! Watch right now to see a new trailer and catch some exciting news: www.youtube.com/live/VjrxcYc...

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PC Gaming Show Tokyo Direct 2026

YouTube video by PC Gamer

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 19/09/2026

my only thought whenever there's some new (or old) "does X belong in games" discourse is "sure, if you do it well." jenna would, you should.

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Mike Drucker @mikedrucker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

On one hand, AI might cause nuclear annihilation in the dumbest way possible. But on the other hand, it is semi-almost-useful at making lists. Gotta take the bad with the good!

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Rachel Gilmore @rachelgilmore.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Cool, another big pro-corporate, anti-worker move from our Conservative prime minister! I am becoming The Joker Source: www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...

CTV News article text reads: The sources tell CTV News the gover ment has conveyed to them that the legislation will be aimed at introducing binding mediation before strike action is taken. Industry's message to the government was that its traditional tool to use for binding arbitration, Section 107 of the Canadian Labour Code, can only be applied too late in the labour dispute process and from its perspective, does not adequately prevent the damage caused from a work stoppage.
Several union sources CTV News spoke with are on red alert over the possibility of this legislation and contend it will strip workers of their right to strike. Unifor National President Lana Payne expressed worry on Friday in an interview on The Graham Richardson Show on HeartRadio.

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 18/09/2026

i also wrote a little blog about other people who blog and what you might write in a blog. nicknicknicknick.net/notes/2026/0...

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Internet Really Chat

Against my better judgment, I’ve been spending some time on the internet recently.

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 11/09/2026

it's been a rough couple of days, and weeks, and months. i wrote a bit about how it's felt to say au revoir, and possibly goodbye, to ko_op. nicknicknicknick.net/notes/2026/0... ❤️

nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 18/09/2026

It was all worth it, though, to create a slightly less-reliable IntelliSense.

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 17/09/2026

i’d say AI has *already* destroyed people’s humanity if you ask my imho

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Natalie @heartimecia.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Jenna is a force to be reckoned with, yet is also in possession of a gentle kindness that makes them both an incredibly skilled narrative designer and a fantastic collaborator!

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 13/09/2026

granted i should take my 2 months of severance & focus on self-improvement & the job search. but what if i spent the time cultivating a rolling CBD high while building a DooM wad based on Elder's "Reflections of a Floating World"? beholdtheelder.bandcamp.com/album/reflec... two things can be true.

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Reflections of a Floating World, by Elder

6 track album

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 13/09/2026

the only Starbuck i'm interested in would punch me square in the face, i tell you what.

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the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yo. This is the union calling for a boycott. Here in America people like to say "Well I was already boycotting Starbucks!" No you were not. You were just choosing not to buy their stuff. That is not a boycott. A boycott is an organized, collective activity. "I" don't boycott: we do.

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GP @mousefountain.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Anybody interested in artsy games stuff should be paying attention to Zium: big free exploration game populated with art from a bunch of different contributors all in different styles and forms, completely free and volunteer run.

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 13/09/2026

sight unseen, i thought this was about me, but then...

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 11/09/2026

it's been a rough couple of days, and weeks, and months. i wrote a bit about how it's felt to say au revoir, and possibly goodbye, to ko_op. nicknicknicknick.net/notes/2026/0... ❤️

nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 10/09/2026

ten years to the day that i learned bubble gum ice cream contains actual bubble gum. you can chew it, not just swallow! ❤️✨

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noé @celechii.itch.io · 10/09/2026

so sad to say i'm one of the devs affected by this and am leaving at the end of the month i've had an absolutely incredible time at ko_op helping ship our 3 most recent games over the 4 years i've been here. i love all my coworkers and hope that things improve and we get to work together again soon

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it's daniel @dkmode.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

i have unfortunately been affected by this, and will be leaving the studio at the end of this month. i will miss it dearly and am really hoping to make it back. ko_op is/was likely my last ride in games, but i am open to the right opportunity. deets on my experience in thread.

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Extremely heartbroken to say that I'm one of the affected members. Working at KO_OP for four and a half years has been one of the best things to ever happen to me and I really hope that my teammates can land a pitch that can bring us all back together again.

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KO_OP: 🪐 Wishlist Young Suns on Steam! @ko-op.com · 10/09/2026

An important update from KO_OP.

With great sadness and respect, over the next few months KO_OP will be saying goodbye to 13 members of our team. This decision was made to ensure the survival of the studio, and we deeply regret its necessity and the negative impact on our colleagues’ lives.

KO_OP has been making games for nearly a decade and a half, and our project funding has primarily come from publishers and platform partners. The games funding landscape has changed radically over the last few years, and unlike previous project cycles, this time we have been unable to secure funding for new projects while developing our current engagements.

As with all our company's operational decisions, this one was made democratically, and was motivated by the survival of the studio rather than maximizing profits. Our members are regularly updated on our cash flow situation, and were made aware of this upcoming shortfall well in advance. Membership then appointed a group to plan for this eventuality, and ratified their recommendations. Team leads and our elected executives will also be impacted by these reductions. We believe this level of transparency and accountability ought to be a minimum requirement for all organizations.

Young Suns will be reaching new platforms, with new content and features. We're all tremendously proud of it, and hope it will find its audience. Our bylaws ensure that any profits from Young Suns will still be shared with impacted team members. Our goal now is to develop new game concepts and prototypes while continuing to support Young Suns. In the event that we secure funding in the coming months, our intent is to rehire as many of our colleagues as possible.

In the coming days we will be sharing a list of impacted workers in the hopes of helping them find new work. We thank you for your support.

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 10/09/2026

me: i think i'm done microblogging. i'm going back to regular blogging. @oopsallkaty.bsky.social: you could try macroblogging. me: no that's too big.

hans moleman, in a phone booth being attacked by birds, getting real fucking particular about the size of his seed bell.

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C ✊ UVW-CWA @ckjong.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

These wins are incredible!!! Minimum 4 weeks severance + 1 week for every 6 months employment, AND recall rights, AND hybrid work + AI protections, AND up to 34% wage increases! This would have been unthinkable before the industry started to unionize!

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nick nick nick nick @nicknicknicknick.net · 09/09/2026

starting to think apps were a mistake.

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Jenna "the" Yow @jannouna.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

call me cynical but i don't know that launching a fellowship for new people entering the industry is going to help address the fundamental problems of longevity and sustainability in existing studios

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