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Mary Yovina

@adothenlunch.bsky.social

Senior UI/UX Lead | UI/UX Manager at Insomniac • Previously Obsidian, Harmonix • (they/them) • http://maryyovina.com || Absolutely no A``I or N``F``T ||

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Mary Yovina@adothenlunch.bsky.social · last wk.

You can help people impacted by the layoffs with this purchase, and you can also donate directly to uvw-cwa.org/hardship-fun... (linked in the thread)

Game Worker Hardship Fund

Who is eligible to apply for this fund?This fund is for game workers in the US and Canada impacted by record layoffs & other hardships in the games industry within the timeframe of January 2024 to the...

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Brandon Sheffield@brandon.insertcredit.com · last wk.

In response to the unprecedented number of game developers laid off this year, we have created a bundle on itch to benefit a Game Industry Hardship Fund, managed by @videogameworkers.bsky.social. More than 100 games for 10+ bucks! Please share widely and donate generously! itch.io/b/3802/game-...

Aluino #ProtectJho@aluino.selfhosted.social · 7mo ago

I’m sharing this video again because people don’t really get what these data centers and ai are doing to our planet and our communities. Especially Black communities because they were strategically placed there. I need you to listen to these people. STOP USING AI. STOP SUPPORTING AI.

CNN@cnn.com · 7mo ago

The world has entered “an era of global water bankruptcy” with irreversible consequences, according to a new United Nations report. https://cnn.it/4qxGTNX

Allie@rally.luckyraven.cc · 8mo ago

KOSA has been defeated several times already and they keep trying over and over until the one time it goes through, at which point it becomes everyone's problem. It will be an unmitigated disaster if this passes and they say, well, sorry, now it's the law. Make sure your creature votes No on this.

Georgina Kiersten @ingloriousgigi.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hey romancelandia and fandom peeps! If you live in the U.S. right now you should know that KOSA (along with a slew of censorship bills) are advancing through congress right now. If you care about spicy books and/or fanfiction you should contact your reps right now and tell them to vote NO on KOSA!

Dieselbrain@dieselbrain.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Tomorrow the 11th, there will be a markup on various "child safety" bills This is part of the process where they are debated and amended before moving forward It is a good idea to make some rep calls TODAY and make it clear which bills are currently unacceptable and why

🔞OnyxNuva || PLUS 🔞@onyxnuvaplus.bsky.social · 8mo ago

#savespeech #stopKOSA ATTENTION! The House of Energy and Commerce has pushed a package of(now 18) "child safety" bills to a subcommittee markup. This means the bills will be likely voted on to go to a FULL committee markup, which sends it out to the House. Call the Committee. Tell them to vote NO

Ellie the Unskippable Cutscene 🪓🍺@fangandfable.com · 9mo ago

Remember: don't eat the mid tier fast food chicken, don't play the wizard game, don't shop at the hobby store run by the bad guys from Indiana Jones, and don't donate to the bigot bucket.

Rayne Grimm Vulpes Zer-Duh@raynegrimm.bsky.social · 2y ago

I know it's a tad early but I know those bitches with the buckets will be out soon. Don't gove them a penny. The volunteers may not know but the salvation army is no ally and actively combative and harmful to many queer minorities especially during the holiday season

A I age showing a typical collection bucket for the salvation army which is read with a lid holding mechanism on a tripod holder. There is a big stop/do not symbol over the hand depositing money with the words "we don't donate to the Bigot bucket" over the bottom bucket section
alpha @omarsbigsister.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Backed by the Heritage Foundation and Big Tech, KOSA will force everyone to upload their ID to access the internet. In an age when Palantir has direct ties to ICE, where technofascists are in power and want to eliminate and censor everything, we CANNOT allow KOSA to pass. It NEEDS mass pushback.

Fight for the Future@fightforthefuture.org · 10mo ago

🚨‼️As of yesterday KOSA is at 64 cosponsors with @vanhollen.senate.gov + @kim.senate.gov - who claim to support LGTBQ+ rights but are clearly okay with supporting legislation that’ll censor us off the internet- newly signed on. You know what to do: www.stopkosa.com

Kelly@broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Anyone can become disabled. Anyone can lose their job. Anyone can become homeless. Anyone can go hungry. These are not moral failings. They can happen in an instant. Most people are far closer to living in poverty than they realize. We must fight for one another & for the most vulnerable.

Preeti Chhibber@runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 10mo ago

As ever... the vast, vast majority of people don't want the hellscape the right is forcing on us. they really are the minority viewpoint. vocal? yes. powerful? unfortunately, yes. But there are so many more people who don't want to live in the world they're trying to make.

Mary Yovina@adothenlunch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Figma survey: "Have you tried vibe coding with our tools? :)" Me: Get out of here with that unserious trash, the fuck is this bullshit. Guess I'll go be a vibe surgeon or a vibe historian since apparently jobs and skills are just feeling shit out and moon energy. Figma: "Thx for the feedback!"

elmo from sesame street is standing in front of a wall of fire .

Alt: Elmo, with arms raised and wide eyes to the sky, stands expressionless in front of a raging fire.

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Mary Yovina@adothenlunch.bsky.social · 10mo ago

My fear has always been that I survive COVID. Dying, I don't care, I'm dead. If I survive but lose my ability to do my job--the things that bring me joy, and make money, and support other people than myself.... Taking that risk more than I absolutely have to isn't worth it.

Bigg@bpbigg.bsky.social · 10mo ago

As game developers, we are extremely hard workers whose trade is inextricably linked to our mental agility. Perhaps pubic appearances are unavoidable, but doing so unprotected in a crowded high-risk environment is just... reckless, frankly. For yourself, your team, your loved ones

"But the other threat of COVID, particularly at the population level, is its ability to reinfect. Because if COVID were a one and done virus- a virus that bestowed lifelong immunity, like measles or polio (generally) do, the cruel logic of “let it rip” and “back to normal” would ultimately work for the “survivors”. For those who didn’t die, for those who didn’t develop Long COVID from their one and only infection, for those who didn’t suffer brain damage or too much bodily damage on their first shot out of the gate, then that would’ve been it. We really could’ve gone back to normal. For those who’d been harmed, well life sucks. Losers lose, winners win. And this is the attitude that the people who consider themselves “unharmed” by COVID have very publicly and boisterously put on as they took their masks off these last several years. But COVID isn’t a one-and-done virus. And it doesn’t reinfect at a rate that is similar to other viruses of its severity. It’s more severe than the flu, yet the average person only contracts flu once or twice a decade. People are contracting COVID every year or so (and if you think you aren’t, bear in mind that 40+% of COVID infections are asymptomatic)- some people twice a year. People are spinning that roulette wheel- or rather, the Russian roulette wheel- often. Like, really often. Like, way, way, way too often. The danger of COVID is its inherent danger, yes, but it’s also its relentlessness. It’s that when you get away with your 5th infection it’s coming right back for you a 6th time. A 6th time in year 6? And you’re a 6-year-old child? Is it really such a mystery that teachers are complaining that “COVID babies” can’t say their names or tie their shoes coming into kindergarten? We’ve been serially infecting children with a virus that damages their brains. We know it does this. And we just…. keep doing it? "