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Owen Dennis: Infinity Train/Among Us Show creator @owendennis.com · 12h

I wish people understood that TV writers: 1. *Have* actually thought more about this than even the most die hard fan. 2. Are beholden to time, money, and owner constraints that fans will never be aware of. 3. Are extremely likely to already be aware of any critiques because (see 1) but (see 2)

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Lorraine🍬 @lorandbehold.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

ok here we go 🍝 Spaghetti Celesti: Devour the Heavens ⛅ is out now for free!! 🍴 the best pixel spaghetti of your life ↪️ prepare them & fork them perfectly ⭐ get those 5-stars reviews 😡 and be quick ! the people are hangry play it at punkcake.itch.io/spaghetti-celesti #fallingblockjam #pixelart

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United Wizards of the Coast - CWA @uwotc-official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This morning, the D&D team and Magic's Studio X informed our leadership of our intent to unionize. We love the games we make and the work we do, and unionizing is how we protect that work. unitedwizardsofthecoast.com/news/dnd-stu...

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Dungeons & Dragons and Studio X Join United Wizards of the Coast - CWA

Today, October 6, 2026, the designers, artists, writers, producers, and workers behind Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering, Duel Masters, D&D Beyond, and countless other games are uniting in soli...

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Lesbiandrea • she/they @lesbiandrea.bsky.social · 1h

And it was made with AI for "debugging purposes" because of course it was. Disregard.

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Necrosoft Games @necrosoftgames.com · 1h

Discount ends in 24 hours BTW!

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GeorgieBoysAXE | PressPauseRadio @georgieboysaxe.bsky.social · 3h

I reviewed the new Kingdom Hearts collection coming out later this week! I was really impressed with all of the technical improvements, but super bummed that a lot of issues from the old compilations are still here...

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NPR @npr.org · 8h

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa

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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide

Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14h

*adds to the impeachment proceedings list*

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Tina-Desiree Berg @tinadesireeberg.com · 20h

The LAPD union is spending millions to defeat a half cent sales tax that would fund firefighters www.latimes.com/california/s...

The Los Angeles Police Department's officer union said Tuesday it will oppose Measure FD, the half-cent sales tax measure on the Nov. 3 ballot pushed by the city firefighters' union - setting up a bitter and expensive clash between two of the city's most powerful unions.
The Police Protective League said it plans to spend several million dollars on broadcast and digital advertising as well as mailers to oppose Measure FD, which if approved by voters would direct hundreds of millions of dollars annually to the Fire Department to build new stations, hire firefighters and upgrade

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Seán Ferrick @seanferrick.bsky.social · 16h

This took off in an amazing way. Please share your favourite piece of art featuring an incredible trans artist - let's use platforms the way they were meant to be used Thank you #TransIsBeautiful

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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 22h

I spent a year watching school administrators do their jobs—and interviewing the students most impacted. I spoke to @thecut.com in a long-form Q&A about what I saw. Mainly, a system designed to protect perpetrators and punish victims in each and every case.

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The Reason Why Colleges Still Fail to Address Sexual Violence

The “Cornell Seven” case highlights what’s wrong with Trump’s Title IX rules — and how the system was always designed to fail.

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Mikhail Klimentov @leadergrev.bsky.social · 19h

Has anyone heard anything about this guy www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKwp...

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Bobby Kotick vs. The Games Media

YouTube video by People Make Games

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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social · 18h

I hate that my first thought when seeing that the new Star Wars racing game is out ends up being "I wonder if they're gonna fire the dev team now that it's done?"

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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 02/10/2026

This is a better epilogue to my January story about the private equity firm profiting off of ICE's cruelest flights than I could have ever possibly hoped for. CHICAGO: You went to the mat and protected (at a minimum!) thousands of immigrants from torture. Take a bow. prospect.org/2026/10/02/i...

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The City That Brought Down an ICE Airline - The American Prospect

In Chicago, progressive alderpeople held up a contract until a private equity firm was forced to dispatch Omni Air International, protecting thousands of immigrants from deportation.

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Brent/Barb 🏳️‍⚧️ @vibrent.bsky.social · 19h

Just learned that Aaron Pierre from Lanterns is the son of Ivar from Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog.

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Ivar's Water Armor | E5 | Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog | Power Rangers Official

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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I know there are languages or programs out there that might make programming more approachable, but it's always going to be one of those things that I'll always find tediously torturous no matter how simplified it might be. Hell, even Carnage Heart is pushing it for me.

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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

On top of my general lack of patience for programming, I also don't have the money to pay someone who does. And I will *NEVER* use a slop machine to code for me. Or do anything for me, for that matter. So I just kinda get to sit here and frown about what I'd like to make but can't.

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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I wish I could make a video game. And before anyone says "You can!", which I know is coming from an earnest place of encouragement/support, I (specifically "I") really can't. Not because I don't believe I can learn, but because I have no patience for programming. I hate it more than video editing.

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Rick Desolate 🪦 | The D-Pad @ricdesi.dpad.fm · 06/10/2026

Sarah just 360 no-scoped me out of nowhere with this screencap, I have never been so mortally wounded

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Memo Torres @eltragon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

There’s a new ICE surge happening in the Greater Los Angeles Area now. At least 20 people have been taken by noon in Southern California, numbers we haven’t seen in a long time. @lataco.bsky.social

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Ken Reid @kennethwreid.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

It's Anti-Prime Day! Want to buy an original painting? A gift for somebody special for the Holidays? Why not buy one of my paintings? Most are $75-150 framed and shipped priority (depends on size and complication) give them a browse www.instagram.com/stilllifekit...

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Create an account or log in to Instagram - Share what you're into with the people who get you.

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Quest 64 Official @quest64official.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Please don't go watch this This is the result of using AI to do your entire video AI picks the games AI writes the script AI generates a fake version of quest 64 for the attention image And yet this person has ten of thousands of subscribers and views Stop letting these people exist and thrive

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Rhiannon 🇵🇸 @rhithewitch.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Well. That's me gone from TheGamer too. Six years of service, and I was at least given the dignity of it ending in a phone call. Right after dealing with weeks of institutionalized misogyny too! Thought things might be getting better So. Uh. Looking for work now I guess!

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Arienne Childrey @ari4ohio.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇

Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats.

Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community.

For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail:

“One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”

We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence.

We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain.

I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy.

Sincerely,
Arienne Childrey

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I've been mulling over this for a while, but if you're a game journo who has worked under Valnet and want to confidentially share your views on how the company is managing its publications and treating workers, I am all ears. Signal: kerrblimey.43 Email: chris.kerr@verticalslice.news DMs open

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Nonnef 🔜 TFCon Orlando @nonnef.com · 06/10/2026

We're part of the #tfcon Orlando artist stamp rally this year, with a metal challenge coin being one of the rewards if you get them all. @zellezeion.bsky.social is taking point on this and using the equipment in the shop in fun new ways.

TFCon Orlando challenge coin for the artists stamp rally 2026.

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Elizabeth Anne, PhD @lacksauthority.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

never the wrong time for this classic

Screenshot of a tweet by @RobbtKraft reading “scientist: "does everyone here know what Watson and Crick discovered?"
me from back of room: "Rosalind Franklin's notes"”

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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

There are so many (way too many) developers/publishers with slop on the eShop as it is but you all should *definitely* steer clear of "DEV 666". I mean I feel like the name itself is enough of a red flag but seriously. Fake. Gameplay. Screenshots.

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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Apparently the eShop gives so few fucks about ai generated shit at this point it's even letting stuff in there with FAKE GAMEPLAY SCREENSHOTS.

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Hannah Lee Stockdale (LOOKING 4 WORK) @hanoodles.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

He destroyed careers, he destroyed peoples’ livelihoods. I hope he sleeps well with his golden parachute knowing he’s had a major hand in turning the US animation industry into the desert it is today.

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Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 06/10/2026

"You have three main goals: make as much money as possible, get promoted, and not be outed as a worm." @hotsliceofjesus.bsky.social goes to work as an undercover worm: buff.ly/6A8pKig

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Would You Still Employ Me If I Was A Worm? - Unwinnable

I couldn’t help but find ways to identify with my worm.

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Chris Kerr @kerrblimey.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Afternoon! Are you a video game developer who has been falsely accused of using generative AI? I’d love to pick your brains for a story about how those claims impact individuals, teams, and projects. Email in bio. DMs open. Signal: kerrblimey.43 Keen to hear lots of views!

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Joseph Knoop @josephknoop.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Do I know any games media people who enjoy highlighting charity/non-profit/good causes to donate to during the winter holiday window? Might have a fun interview opportunity for the right person.

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Aura/Moom @moomanibe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I say this all the time and I will never tire of saying it: this game is SO good yall. You will have a fucking blast

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Aysha U. Farah @ayshaufarah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I still think about the conversation I had with an uber driver Him: so what do you do Me: I’m a video game writer Him: wait, video games? They have writing? What do you write? Me: you know when you open up a game and you see the words? Him: yeah? Me: those

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juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 05/10/2026

my cats ultrasound for seeing if she has a stomach issue or cancer is TOMORROW please help me please please please PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don’t care where you started out on the political spectrum If your kid comes out as trans & you don’t become a rainbow-clad, parade-cheering ally & rock-solid supportive girl/boy/enby dad/mom? You were never a parent at all You were a doll collector furious they didn’t stay in their packaging.

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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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A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Hey, I’m just asking questions. Ignorant questions, bigoted questions, questions that have been repeatedly answered for many years. Sorry, but I’m not listening to answers right now; I’m far too busy asking questions. It’s called being intellectually curious.

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Ellory @thelocalmuffin.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I'm horrifically disappointed to see people hopping into a harry potter art trend after all the heinous garbage jk rowling has done to multiple communities Not so friendly reminder that she's using this as free advertising and you ARE supporting her indirectly for this.

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the samsara enjoyer @rubot.ie · 05/10/2026

hearing reports so-called pollution haters breathed polluted air this week.

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Dr. Emily Price @emilyprice.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I decided this year to spend no more than my monthly column budget on games I’ll be covering in that column meaning I make $0 from my roundup columns twice a year. I do it to broaden coverage + I like writing reviews. But if there’s no way for me to request a key I often can’t cover your thing.

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Rob "Wear A Mask" Rich @robsteinone.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Actually, no, it was Count Von Count from Sesame Street. When I was 2~3 he always terrified me whenever he was on the screen. But I also thought he was neat? No joke, I had a couple of Count things in my room that I liked having around during the day but would have my parents remove them at night.

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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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pumpkin spice doodlemancy 🎃 @doodlemancy.com · 05/10/2026

apparently nappy.co, an invaluable stock photo resource, is shutting down in a few months because, well, AI destroys everything. this blows. their statement: nappy.co/future just fucking sucks that AI dipshits essentially get to take away our choices because they're incapable of making their own