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Dr. Bridget Blodgett

@siveambrai.bsky.social
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Professor Bridget "Why wouldn't I open the Ark of the Covenant and look directly into it?" Blodgett, personal Tumblr curator. Games, Feminism, and Design Scholar.

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 05/08/2026
Yep. Yesterday JSTOR was unreachable. Aaron Swartz was hounded to death for far less.
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Dieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
While the SCREEN Act failed in the committee, KOSA did move forward. Contact your senators immediately demanding it be opposed, and keep the pressure up until it comes to a vote in the Senate
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Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Barovia: Come for the beets and the cocaine
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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
tl,dr; Scientists no longer allowed to use federal funding to publish, attend meetings, or talk to the public. They cannot collaborate internationally. Grants can be cancelled for any reason, at any time, political appointees have a final say over what gets funded, and who gets funded.
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Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
I know I'm likely preaching to the choir here but the Canvas hack is a damning statement about our software ecosystem. Ecosystems run on range and diversity. And most of our software at this point have neither.
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Aaahh!!! bstract Tesseract @abstracttesseract.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
normalize 👏 telling 👏 tech 👏 companies 👏 to 👏 keep 👏 their 👏 grubby 👏 mitts 👏 out 👏 of 👏 schools 👏
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Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
On behalf of a graduate student: We're looking for experienced Mythic+ players (age 18+ )for an anonymous survey about gameplay, ranking experiences, and M+ environment. Your insight will help us better understand how players engage with competitive dungeon content. www.surveymonkey.com/r/WowThesis
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World of Wacraft Player Experience Research
Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.
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Fox Harper @foxharper.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Okay I'm actually awake now and not on my phone so let's talk for a moment about why this nameless She Big character from the Horizon Hunter's Gathering trailer is actually, like... Important
A very large red and white-haired lady from the trailer mentioned in the post, running and dodging a spear
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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT As of January 1st 2026, John and I are **no longer** the owners of Complexly (the educational media company we started 15 years ago that makes Crash Course, Eons, SciShow, Study Hall, and a bunch of other shows.) We have been the sole owners for all that time...
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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 15/01/2026
i've worked in journalism for almost two decades now but i've never gotten to OWN the website where i work. and now i do and it's so exciting!! check out our pre-launch teaser video if you haven't yet, and consider taking advantage of our pre-launch 15% sale via mothership.blog. full launch jan. 26!
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Rebecca A @creativeresistance.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
The New School was founded by Columbia University professors who wanted a university run by the faculty with minimal administration. For over 100 years it has been a unique institution with progressive values and incredible students and faculty from Ai Weiwei to Hannah Arendt. We are devastated.
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Will "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
my name is cow and wen its nite and when a star is shiyning brite and three wise men give me the nod i walk up close I lik the God
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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Update: id Software producer Andrew Willis tells Game Developer that the union has "protected a pretty beloved IP from the volatility that the games industry has been through in the last few years." He added that this volatility may have been avoided if the industry were more "developer-led."
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id Software workers unionize in response to mass Xbox layoffs
Doom developers at id Software have successfully voted to unionize in a bid for better working conditions, benefits, and agency of the studio's use of AI.
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Researchers find that influencers influence. New experimental evidence for old theories around opinion leaders, parasocial relationships, and persuasion, with implications for political messaging in our digitally connected era. www.wired.com/story/the-mo...
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The Most Powerful Politics Influencers Barely Post About Politics
New research shows that social media creators have enormous influence over their audiences' politics—especially those who don't normally share political content.
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Jean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
We are still recruiting game makers who had games posted to Steam or itch.io in July 2025 for a survey on the impacts of NSFW policy changes. More info on the project website. You can also always email me (via the website or through the email on the USask website) for info or with questions.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/12/2025
Today is World AIDS Day. AIDS has killed 44 million people globally. Over the years, we've learned that silence and stigma are huge contributors. Yet, the State Department sent an email to employees stating “The US Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year.” Silence = Death
Please note that this guidance has now changed. This new guidance supersedes the blanket approval we shared last week.
The U.S. Government will not be commemorating World AIDS Day this year. To comply with this new directive, please note the following:
•USG funds should not be used for any World AIDS Day-related events or commemorative activities.
• Please refrain from publicly promoting World AIDS Day through any communication channels, including social media, media engagements, speeches, or other public-facing messaging.
• CDC and other USG personnel may attend external, locally organized World AIDS Day events, but may not speak at these events or promote their attendance via social media or media channels.
We recognize this updated guidance differs from the blanket clearance and may require adjustments to planned activities. Thank you for vour flexibility and attention to these changes
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Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Digital Fellow (Post-Doc) Center for Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture at University of Baltimore. marylandconnect.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UBaltC...
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Digital Fellow (Post-Doctoral), Center for Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture (CD3C)
Job Posting: JR101475 Digital Fellow (Post-Doctoral), Center for Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture (CD3C) (Open) Department: Provost UBF Donor Funds, PM Position Type: Regular Open Date: 11...
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Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
FT Lecturer in Visual Comm and Design - College of Arts and Sciences at University of Baltimore. marylandconnect.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UBaltC...
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Visual Communication and Design Faculty (Full-Time Lecturer), College of Arts and Sciences
Job Posting: JR101503 Visual Communication and Design Faculty (Full-Time Lecturer), College of Arts and Sciences (Open) Department: CAS Academic Instruction, PM Position Type: Regular Open Date: 11-10...
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Eye, the international review of graphic design @eyemagazine.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
New on the Eye blog, review of The AI Con by @johnlw ‘The ouroboros of hype’, www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/th...
Cover of The AI Con by Emily M. Bender & Alex Hanna. 
Cover line reads: ‘How To Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want’
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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
A new Blizzard union, workers and lawmakers alike question the EA buyout and horror game design continues to evolve - Patch Notes #27
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A new Blizzard union, workers and lawmakers alike question the EA buyout and horror game design continues to evolve - Patch Notes #27
EA's big buyout continues to send shockwaves through the industry, more game workers are unionizing, and a new game journalism site is born.
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Nina Kiel @beurkeek.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Dear #AdultGame devs: For the upcoming episode of our podcast "Random Encounters", we're looking for developers who'd like to share their perspectives on depictions of sexualised violence in interactive fiction. We'd need your answers, either in writing or as voice recordings, until October 31.
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Random Encounters – Insert Moin
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Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble developers unionize to combat 'instability and unfair conditions'
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Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble developers unionize to combat 'instability and unfair conditions'
'The pressures we face are making it harder to create the high-quality work we care about.'
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Kate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
We turned our pain into a research paper… documenting how our collaborative research team (which included researchers at a public university) navigated a slew of public records requests (by some of the same folks who have since turned their attention towards attacking academia more broadly).
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Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Apparently there's something about week 6 of the research methods course that just makes me think about the Sawbones podcast.
Screenshot of a course learning module featuring two links to episodes of the sawbones podcast. One from 2024 and one from 2025 on the topics of Antimony and Tylenol respectively, both for the same week of the class.
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Naomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 27/09/2025
Apropos of this thread, @lackingceremony.bsky.social is writing a book about game design and you should look for it in about a year! Also Avery Alder advocated in this talk that designerd writing loose materials WRITE IN A LAYOUT PROGRAM and I feel profanely seen, this is utter filth (that I do)
Book cover: game design for creatures by Avery Alder
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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
A lot of people are (understandably) focused on the Saudi Arabia and Kushner part of this, but the far bigger immediate impact will come from the new private EA being on the hook for $20 billion in debt. That could mean mass layoffs, more aggressive monetization, and other big cost-cutting measures
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
This looks like an interesting new paper on #assetization in #videogames || www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Digital labor turn: the impact of assetization in digital games
Labor practices in digital games have been conceptualized as playbor, highlighting their exploited yet voluntary nature. As digital play increasingly converges with assetization, it is becoming mor...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/05/2025
Under its new leadership — who spread misinformation throughout the pandemic — the FDA announced it will limit all Covid vaccines to adults over 65 and those with certain medical conditions. Covid continues to spread and cause harm. This an anti-science move that will kill more Americans.
F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines
Agency leaders said there was evidence to justify approval only for older people and those with medical conditions. Many others may not be able to get the shots.
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Doug Eyman @kairosdoug.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
#cwcon Jason Tham takes a balanced view of AI use in teaching writing but ultimately asks whose time has been saved by AI efficiency (if any has been saved at all) - and notes AI’s erasure of labor. Writing takes time (and should), and reducing time reduces quality.
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Doug Eyman @kairosdoug.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
#cwcon Tham: timescapes of writing with AI: compression of drafting time; expansion of evaluation time; elimination of incubation time; fragmentation of writing time
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Sara M. Grimes, PhD @smgrimes.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Really looking forward to this talk next week!
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Dr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 09/05/2025
disastrous
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Kit Colliver @presentlyincorrect.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
This work by @ashstokoe.bsky.social and I highlights the importance of administrative records - and ways they are scrutinised and policed - on trans people’s participation in public life. It’s a topic that feels increasingly relevant in the UK 🎓🌈
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Hello friends, I’ll be back in the UK next week and am very excited to be presenting a public lecture in Oxford on Thursday 15th May about doing creative queer legal work. Come along if you’re around/interested! RSVP here: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/AEOUCpRYOh... 🌈🎓
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Mike Bithell @mikebithell.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
‘If your game is good, it will do well, it’s a meritocracy’ ‘How does the algo know it’s good?’ ‘If people engage with it’ ‘What brings people to engage with it?’ ‘The algo’
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Katie Munday @kmunday.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
A UK-wide academic initiative was launched yesterday by non-trans feminist academics and educators (allies) who oppose the recent anti-trans Supreme Court ruling & the concerning EHRC attitude to it called 'Not In Our Name'. To co-sign: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 🌈🎓 #AcademicSky
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Not In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against Transphobia
We call on all trans-inclusive feminist academics and educators to sign this statement: ‘Not In Our Name’ We are non-trans feminist academics and educators. We write in support of trans rights, tran...
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Razorblade Apples 🍎 @applecider.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
The funniest part of this is that they showed off Overwatch, a large part of that "tip" economy would be coming directly from content creators as neither games journalism or game guides have kept up with addressing how to play a live service game in the way the demo fantasized
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Pete Marcus @petemarcus.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Useful chart to understand AI agents (by @mmitchell.bsky.social) www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/24/1...
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 27/03/2025
"Grants are getting killed “without any scientific input anywhere. It is purely political,” said a member of a senior NIH leadership team. “The science in this country is going to be destroyed if you can change what the priorities are going to be every four years. You can’t do science that way.”"
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These 5 words have killed millions in grants and advanced Trump’s agenda
Five words in an obscure regulation are being deployed by Trump’s appointees to kill grants unilaterally across the government.
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Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
"Corseting the scrambled remains of the unborn is a crime" @demiurgent.bsky.social
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Call for papers: "Tech Oligarchy" Forum by @sciasculture.bsky.social #bigtech #sts #oligarchy #Trump #ElonMusk think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...
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Science as Culture Forum on “Tech Oligarchy”
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Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
They're dismantling the agency that can, if it did robust enforcement, fill the deficit. For every $1 it spends on enforcement it generates $5-$9 in revenue. We lose ~1 trillion dollars each year to tax fraud, mostly from the rich. Musk paid no income tax in 2021 www.propublica.org/article/the-...
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The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
little pieces of language are ours slogans, taglines, chants, flyers, memes, stickers, posters, zines
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 17/02/2025
“We went to the AAAS meeting to see what practicing scientists think about gutting the nation’s science and technology infrastructure, and here’s what Trump’s acting NSF director and head of OSTP told us” is some fine motherfucking reporting, NYTimes.
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Mel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
i'm featured in this article about AI in the context of social media recommendations and content moderation www.forbes.com/sites/peters...
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Chad Loder @chadloder.dev · 10/02/2025
An anarchist meme with the Flyers mascot Gritty inside a black circle with white letters reading "The Urge To Destroy / Is Also A Creative Urge"
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Van Wendigo @vanweezer.myatproto.social · 10/02/2025
I'm saying Go Birds because there's a chance their victory riot turns into a general strike
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Cassie, Anxious Millennial Pixie @cassieceleste.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I have to wonder about the American strategy of spending three decades defunding and mocking the humanities, forcing kids into STEM fields whether they like it or not, and then rug-pulling the entire US science & medical sector because you got mad at women online.
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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
Honestly, I think even those of us who were saying gamergate is a training ground for/and direct path to outright fascism are probably a little bit surprised at how literally correct we actually were.
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