Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 05/08/2026Yep. Yesterday JSTOR was unreachable. Aaron Swartz was hounded to death for far less. 826668
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettDieselbrain @dieselbrain.bsky.social · 05/08/2026While 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 826882988
Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Barovia: Come for the beets and the cocaine 100
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettAlex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 30/05/2026tl,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. 17044952553
Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 08/05/2026I 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. 111
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettAaahh!!! bstract Tesseract @abstracttesseract.bsky.social · 04/05/2026normalize 👏 telling 👏 tech 👏 companies 👏 to 👏 keep 👏 their 👏 grubby 👏 mitts 👏 out 👏 of 👏 schools 👏 35417
Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 05/02/2026On 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/WowThesissurveymonkey.comWorld of Wacraft Player Experience ResearchTake this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free. 010
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettFox Harper @foxharper.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Okay 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 1277
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 04/02/2026IMPORTANT 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... 562862237
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettMaddy Myers 🏳️🌈 @midimyers.com · 15/01/2026i'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! 323345
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettRebecca A @creativeresistance.bsky.social · 14/12/2025The 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. 8847323
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettWill "scifantasy" Frank @scifantasy.bsky.social · 15/12/2025my 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 10931283
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettGame Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Update: 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."gamedeveloper.comid Software workers unionize in response to mass Xbox layoffsDoom 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. 06822
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Researchers 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...wired.comThe Most Powerful Politics Influencers Barely Post About PoliticsNew research shows that social media creators have enormous influence over their audiences' politics—especially those who don't normally share political content. 523476
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettJean Ketterling @jeanketterling.bsky.social · 16/12/2025We 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. 2399359
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 01/12/2025Today 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 5378184
Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Digital Fellow (Post-Doc) Center for Digital Communication, Commerce, and Culture at University of Baltimore. marylandconnect.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UBaltC...marylandconnect.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comDigital 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... 000
Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 13/11/2025FT Lecturer in Visual Comm and Design - College of Arts and Sciences at University of Baltimore. marylandconnect.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/UBaltC...marylandconnect.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comVisual Communication and Design Faculty (Full-Time Lecturer), College of Arts and SciencesJob 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... 000
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettEye, the international review of graphic design @eyemagazine.bsky.social · 17/10/2025New on the Eye blog, review of The AI Con by @johnlw ‘The ouroboros of hype’, www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/th... 0239
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettGame Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 17/10/2025A new Blizzard union, workers and lawmakers alike question the EA buyout and horror game design continues to evolve - Patch Notes #27gamedeveloper.comA new Blizzard union, workers and lawmakers alike question the EA buyout and horror game design continues to evolve - Patch Notes #27EA's big buyout continues to send shockwaves through the industry, more game workers are unionizing, and a new game journalism site is born. 071
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettNina Kiel @beurkeek.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Dear #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.insertmoin.deRandom Encounters – Insert Moin 32019
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettGame Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Hearthstone and Warcraft Rumble developers unionize to combat 'instability and unfair conditions'gamedeveloper.comHearthstone 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.' 018550
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettKate Starbird @katestarbird.bsky.social · 17/10/2025We 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). 19832
Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Apparently there's something about week 6 of the research methods course that just makes me think about the Sawbones podcast. 010
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettNaomi Clark (@metasynthie) 暗悪直美 @halfrobot.com · 27/09/2025Apropos 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) 0175
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettJason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 29/09/2025A 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 712546608
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettKean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025This looks like an interesting new paper on #assetization in #videogames || www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comDigital labor turn: the impact of assetization in digital gamesLabor 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... 021
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 20/05/2025Under 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. 691437620
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettDoug 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. 081
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettDoug 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 041
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettSara M. Grimes, PhD @smgrimes.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Really looking forward to this talk next week! 062
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettKit Colliver @presentlyincorrect.bsky.social · 06/05/2025This 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 🎓🌈 0115
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettSenthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Hello 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... 🌈🎓 0229
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettMike 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’ 422516
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettKatie Munday @kmunday.bsky.social · 02/05/2025A 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... 🌈🎓 #AcademicSkydocs.google.comNot In Our Name: Feminist Academics and Educators Speak Out Against TransphobiaWe 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... 26437
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettRazorblade Apples 🍎 @applecider.bsky.social · 27/03/2025The 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 191
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettPete Marcus @petemarcus.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Useful chart to understand AI agents (by @mmitchell.bsky.social) www.technologyreview.com/2025/03/24/1... 0197
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettDr. 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.”"wapo.stThese 5 words have killed millions in grants and advanced Trump’s agendaFive words in an obscure regulation are being deployed by Trump’s appointees to kill grants unilaterally across the government. 8300138
Dr. Bridget Blodgett @siveambrai.bsky.social · 07/03/2025"Corseting the scrambled remains of the unborn is a crime" @demiurgent.bsky.social 110
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettKean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Call for papers: "Tech Oligarchy" Forum by @sciasculture.bsky.social #bigtech #sts #oligarchy #Trump #ElonMusk think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...think.taylorandfrancis.comScience as Culture Forum on “Tech Oligarchy” 86337
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettPam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social · 20/02/2025They'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-...propublica.orgThe Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income TaxProPublica 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... 10976371
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 15/02/2025little pieces of language are ours slogans, taglines, chants, flyers, memes, stickers, posters, zines 823063
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettCarl 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. 1143095
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettMel Stanfill @melstanfill.bsky.social · 17/02/2025i'm featured in this article about AI in the context of social media recommendations and content moderation www.forbes.com/sites/peters... 122
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettVan Wendigo @vanweezer.myatproto.social · 10/02/2025I'm saying Go Birds because there's a chance their victory riot turns into a general strike 202860379
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettCassie, Anxious Millennial Pixie @cassieceleste.bsky.social · 09/02/2025I 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. 141474302
Reposted by Dr. Bridget BlodgettBrendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 09/02/2025Honestly, 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. 9717179