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Rachél Bazelais

@pixelfuzz.bsky.social
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@popular_pixels on Twitter UI Engineer and Technical Game Designer Accessibility Advocate #GDoCExpo "Compliance isn't accessibility, it's the starting point" We are strong together, protect each other

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🎴 高 | irene koh 🎴 @koh.money · 28/09/2026
K.K. Slider easily in the top ten coolest video game dudes ever
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Strange Scaffold @strangescaffold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Something is Wrong With the Library. Our next game, coming soon. 📚 Organize the Alex Dieter Public Library and Center for Reflection 💀 Dead people are stuffed in the walls 😨 It is extremely haunted 🌊 The Drowning Room Wishlist now. store.steampowered.com/app/3971340/
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Josh Boykin @wallstormer.blacksky.app · 28/09/2026
Behind-the-scenes for Game Devs of Color Expo today, plus demos! Stream's live! I'll chat about curating this year's expo and spin a Wheel of Demos! twitch.tv/intelligame
Headshot of Josh in a yellow-and-black hoodie
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The Afterlife Cafe | Visual Novel by Guava Pixel Studios @guavapixelstudios.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The Afterlife Cafe is on sale for 20% off! Get it now at this rare discount. store.steampowered.com/app/3763730/... Check out all the other amazing games in the @gdocexpo.com Steam Sale: store.steampowered.com/sale/gdocexp... #indiegame #gdocexpo #visualnovel
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sailor mercury @sailorhg.com · 28/09/2026
@jzplusplus.com and i are hosting a kickoff for this year’s weird web october! (weirdweboctober.website) bubblesort studios 78 gough st, sf sun, october 4, 2026, 1-5pm
a vector drawing of internet browsers at a slant 

the browser in the foreground has the text:

weird web october kickoff

bubblesort studios
78 gough st, sf
sun, october 4, 2026, 1-5pm

2000s style link banners say “web showcase from past years” 
“make your own weird websites”
and “work on this years prompts”

there’s a halftone image of clouds in the background, a mouse with a cursor trail
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🍳RachelDfs @similicuir.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Hey look at this super dope sticker I got from the cool @moliaudrey.bsky.social 🔥🌻🔥🤲🔥 It will rock on my next sketchbook, thank u and fuck AI🖕🖕🖕
A photo of a cool sticker with godzilla on it, destroying AI database and put everything on fire. A girl in the corner is highly encouraging them!
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Grant Stoner @supercrip1994.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I'm currently writing this report for @aftermath.site. If any member of any accessibility team was impacted by the layoffs, please reach out through email, messages, or my signal –4129804478.
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𝐆𝐑𝐈𝐌 @gcbaccaris.itch.io · 06/07/2026
this industry truly hates its workers
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Cat Manning @catacalypto.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
AK is incredibly thoughtful and talented. Anyone who can snap her up would be lucky.
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dr. hazel 🕸️🕷️ @hazelmonforton.com · 06/07/2026
It’s hard to overstate how different everything in this industry felt three years ago.
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Ron “Ronald” Taylor, Esq. @talespun.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Hot take there should be prosecutions for a single corporate entity damaging an entire industry in such a critical way.
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Rachél Bazelais @pixelfuzz.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
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Sign the Petition
Don't Kill the Disc: Tell Sony to Keep Physical PlayStation Games
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 01/07/2026
You can’t own anything physical anymore, everything is digital, you can’t own anything digital now, storage is too expensive, you cant stream anything because they took it off the service once their parent company got bought out, you can’t get a McFlurry because the machine is broken
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tami lam @cuppy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
I don’t want this point to be lost in the discourse. Going digital-only means inequity for people who cannot afford internet or constantly purchasing new games. Libraries provide opportunities for people to experience games they otherwise wouldn’t be able to afford, and that will be lost.
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Harri @hfrayling.com · 01/07/2026
It is Disability Pride Month! This year, disability pride for me is: 1. Accepting my disabilities and how they fluctuate. 2. Accepting myself because of and despite disability. 3. Trying to be rebelliously positive and joyful in the face of widespread normalised ableism.
The 2021 Disability Pride Flag - Created by disabled writer, artist  and activist Ann Magill in response to critical accessibility feedback of the first iteration.

A faded black background to represent the rage against how disabled people are mistreated, while also commemorating disabled people who have died, including from neglect and ableism.

Coloured lines going from the top left of the flag to the bottom right, representing the ideal of cutting across the barriers disabled people face.

Red to represent physical disabilities
Gold to represent neurodivergent people
White represents people with non-apparent disabilities and those that haven't yet been diagnosed
Blue to represent emotional and psychiatric disabilities, including mental illness, depression and anxiety
Green represents sensory disabilities, including blindness, deafness, lack of taste, lack of smell, audio processing disorder and all other sensory disabilities
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Video Game History Foundation @gamehistoryorg.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Statement from VGHF director Frank Cifaldi on the discontinuation of physical PlayStation media, and the closure of the PS3 and PSP digital storefronts.
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Phil Salvador @philsalv.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
God I didn't realize they were shutting down the PS3 and Vita stores too. Honestly, in our game availability study, we didn't even count PS3/Vita games as "available" because the stores were so broken that they barely worked. That's the long-term state of digital storefronts
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that one video game writer @deathmeetauthor.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The only reason anyone can access any part of the games that jumpstarted my career anymore is an entire group of dedicated fans archived episodes of the mobile game by recording it, video by video, with months of grueling effort before the apps vanished and servers disconnected.
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itch.io @itch.io · 01/07/2026
We don't enforce any DRM for games and stuff on @itch.io. Buy, download, and never connect to the internet again for all we care ✌️
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Rachél Bazelais @pixelfuzz.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
A proposed rule fueled by Trump’s conspiracy theories would require the USPS to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—and give them the power to hold those ballots hostage. Urge them to say NO and help protect voting by mail: act.standupamerica.com/letters/cte-...
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Don’t Let Trump Sabotage Vote by Mail!
In a new proposed rule, the USPS would be required to keep a list of voters it believes should be allowed to vote by mail—as well as the power to stop those ballots from being delivered. Urge them to ...
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Leslie Molson @ladymolson.com · 19/04/2026
Whatever you do,
A large white waterfowl with orange feet stands in front of a door. On the door is a cardboard sign secured with tape that reads, "DO NOT LET THE DUCK IN."

Adding insult to injury, I think the duck might be a goose.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
At a time when mass surveillance and autonomous weapons companies like Palantir are openly announcing their plans for violent world domination, it is crucial that our attempts at “big tech reform” don’t actually give them more power—ie via government mandated age verification/identity software
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onion person @junlper.beer · 19/04/2026
palantir should be viewed as the enemy of modern society
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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I mean, it's too late. Everyone saw you. Everyone knows what you are. But OK.
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Maddy Thorson @maddymakesgames.com · 19/04/2026
cis people really do have so much to gain from respecting & understanding trans people
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Breaking: HHS’s ban on gender-affirming care is struck down. Rarely have I read a ruling this sharply worded. “This case is one of a long list of examples of how a leader’s wanton disregard for the rule of law causes very real harm to very real people.” www.advocate.com/politics/nat...
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Federal judge unloads on ‘unserious’ RFK Jr., says anti-trans policy showed his ‘cruelty’
Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the “Kennedy Declaration,” finding it unlawfully attempted to override medical standards and restrict care for transgender youth.
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Bodega Cats @bodegacats.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
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Dave Lee @davelee.me · 21/10/2025
WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts
A millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 23/09/2025
“We are told by leaders that we are the future. But when it comes to the ongoing pandemic, our present is being stolen right in front of our eyes.” Incredible speech by Violet Affleck who warned about the ongoing dangers of COVID & Long Covid, & advocated for masks and clean air at the UN today!
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AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app · 28/08/2025
Link to the article if you'd like to read it online: ist.psu.edu/iconnect/sum... And of course, a link to Spirit Swap! store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/...
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Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 To on Steam
Cast spells, be queer, and crash the biggest concert of the year! Spirit Swap is an action-puzzle meets narrative game set in a lush world of witchy demons.
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AFNarratives @afnarratives.blacksky.app · 28/08/2025
Oh hey that's me!!! 💙💙💙
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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
realizing this connection 1000 years late
City The Animation ep 2: "But the next artist is going to be Daisuke Naganohara-sensei."Nichijou volume 10: Mio answering the phone as "Daisuke Naganohara"
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Jay Justice @jayjustice.net · 05/07/2025
I hate it here #gamedev
4 panel comic, 2 people ask a much smaller third, "hey what's your job?", who responds cheerfully "I'm a game developer!" The two of them look down skeptically with furrowed brows saying "what game are you working on now?" The smaller person says nothing, as red stamp stylized text above their head reads "CLOSED" "SHUTDOWN" "CANCELLED"
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IllegallySighted @illegallysighted.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Today's video is kind of both a low vision and accessible game Spotlight video, as it's a fighting game. Unfortunately there is no menu narration, or much in the way of single player content if that's what you're looking for: youtu.be/0hctUepzeLU?si=Fq-GcSshI--…
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Rachél Bazelais @pixelfuzz.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Hey good people! I've been M.I.A. for a bit. I've been working on my CS Degree while as actively job hunting Unfortunately my laptop is on its last legs and I could use some help covering my final term. A friend made me this fundraiser  Donate if you can or share fundrazr.com/Laptop_for_R...
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Help Rachél Finish Their Degree
Rachél is a video game developer by trade and is in school completing a computer science degree (3 cheers!) and could use some help getting across the finish line.
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Eka | Dosa Divas @ekanaut.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
The biggest thanks to @fortebass.bsky.social @victoriatran.bsky.social and @outersloth.com for supporting and funding our game. The whole process has been so smooth!
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Game Devs of Color Expo @gdocexpo.com · 27/03/2025
Celebrating our awesome scholars! 🥳 We're so happy we're able to provide #gamedev with the opportunity to attend #GDC year after year. Special thanks to our Scholarship Manager, @dpandaheart.bsky.social, & everyone on our team who helped make this happen! 💜
GDC scholarship recipients smile for a photo by a Game Devs of Color Expo Banner at the Game Developer Conference.
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Jetset @jet-set.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
#GDC attendees and local friends, join me this Tuesday March 18 to play some D&D and Magic at the 2nd annual Zero Proof game night! RSVP here: partiful.com/e/XRPdpHBGbn...
Promo graphic for the event. The text reads "Second annual zero proof game night, Tuesday march 18th 5-11pm at The Foundry. Participating group logos at the bottom include GGP, wizards, d&d, and Modulate
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Rachél Bazelais @pixelfuzz.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Fire alarm went off at my hotel. If I look tired later it's because it's 3am 👁️👁️
Fire trucks lining the side walk outside of the Hampton Inn SF
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Tanya D. || Writer || Narrative Designer @cypheroftyr.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I assure everyone who has said how disappointed they are that the Wonder Woman game isn’t happening? Is not as devastated as those of us who lost years of work, effort & creativity that had been put towards bringing Diana to life in what would have been her first solo game.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 15/03/2025
Massive die-in in front of the New York Stock Exchange to protest the illegal cuts by DOGE and the Trump administration.
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Alanna Smith @alannamode.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
This forced deportation + disappearing attempt is so deeply evil And mentioning for folks who quietly go "well she took the risk to protest": she didn't. The court summons she failed to disclose that got her flagged? Were from when she was caught up in protest arrests while trying to walk home
In response to questions, officials with the Homeland Security Department said that when Ms. Srinivasan renewed her visa last year, she failed to disclose two court summonses related to protests on Columbia’s campus. The department did not say how the summonses made her a terrorist sympathizer.

“I’m fearful that even the most low-level political speech or just doing what we all do — like shout into the abyss that is social media — can turn into this dystopian nightmare where somebody is calling you a terrorist sympathizer and making you, literally, fear for your life and your safety,” Ms. Srinivasan said in the interview on Friday.Ms. Srinivasan’s current situation can be traced back to last year, when she was arrested at an entrance to Columbia’s campus the same day that pro-Palestinian protesters occupied Hamilton Hall, a university building. She said she had not been a part of the break-in but was returning to her apartment that evening after a picnic with friends, wading through a churning crowd of protesters and barricades on West 116th Street, when the police pushed her and arrested her.

She was briefly detained and received two summonses, one for obstructing vehicular or pedestrian traffic and another for refusing to disperse. Her case was quickly dismissed and did not result in a criminal record, according to her lawyers and court documents. Ms. Srinivasan said that she never faced disciplinary action from the university and was in good academic standing.
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
DID YOU KNOW YOU CAN GET 120 GLOW IN THE DARK TURTLES THROUGH AIRPORT CUSTOMS IN UNRELATED NEWS, WE’RE BRINGING SOMETHING VERY COOL TO GDC TO CELEBRATE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES: TACTICAL TAKEDOWN
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Claire Hosking @hoskingc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
If you’re going to GDC, here are some tips: Don’t try to get someone drunk. Don’t spike anyone’s drink. Don’t touch anyone without explicit permission. Don’t assault anyone. You will be found out and there will be consequences.
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Rachél Bazelais @pixelfuzz.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Yo tomorrow is a new day let's go! Together we are strong.
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Rachél Bazelais @pixelfuzz.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
I'm a black Game Designer together we have power
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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
"a computer can never be held accountable" is probably the strongest feature of AI
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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Spicy Post of the Month: Disabled people don’t need “special treatment”—they need what should’ve been accessible from the start. It’s not a handout; it’s a correction for bad design in our systems, services, and products.
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Xalavier Nelson Jr. @writnelson.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A big reason to take a demo down is because it no longer shows the consumer an accurate picture of the game in development—and because maintaining a demo *drains resources from the final game*. When it’s a choice between improving/fixing a demo and making a better game, I pick the game.
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