@arkroma.bsky.social

please vote for this, and share it with your friends and gaming communities. Player Voice has some weight in XBOX and the support of the public can help us win better severance for those laid off, and better protections for those who remain. all you need is an XB or MS account.

OneBGS - Bethesda Game Studios Union@bethesdaunion.bsky.social · 4mo ago

One way you can show Microsoft your concern is here through the XBOX Player Voice feedback platform: feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/ide...

Yesterday’s layoffs at Bethesda Games Studios were not a cut of “14 layers of management”. We lost dozens of programmers, artists, designers and testers. Many of whom worked at BGS for decades.

If Bethesda fans are worried this will harm the quality of our future games, like TES VI, let Microsoft know!

Here’s a really fun one! The iconic armor worn by the Dragonborn in all the Skyrim key art was made by Lead Character Artist Christiane Meister. The Steel Sword (and a majority of weapons in Skyrim) were made by Senior/Lead Weapon Artist Dane Olds. Both were just laid off by Microsoft.

Picture of Skyrim key art. The armor is circled and labeled “Christiane Meister”
The Sword is circled and labeled “Dane Olds.”  These were the devs that made the in game art and they were both just laid off.

Monday, I was laid off from my job of 27 years at Bethesda Game Studios. Shock is an understatement. I’m not sure how to feel about it right now, especially since I’ve received no communication other than the teams call about their hard decisions. So I’m kind of in limbo.

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Watching Trump’s press conference at the NATO Summit live. He just said the USS Abraham Lincoln had been attacked by missiles from “the Islamic Republic of Japan.” And minutes later called Zelensky, sitting next to him, “President Putin.”

Most Americans need stronger safety nets and deserve a bigger piece of the economic pie. They need protection from those who seek to exploit working people for every last penny. Some decry this view as "socialism." I call it fair.

Thomas Massie pushed for the release of the Epstein files, and the response has been tens of millions in outside spending, smear campaigns, and coordinated attacks. If this is what they do to a sitting member of Congress, imagine what Epstein survivors face when considering whether to come forward.

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Here are all the names Oversight Chair James Comer just subpoenaed for testimony related to Epstein. One name not subpoenaed: Ghislaine Maxwell. Bill and Hillary Clinton, James Comey, Loretta Lynch, Eric Holder, Merrick Garland, Robert Mueller, William Barr, Jeff Sessions, and Alberto Gonzales.

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will shut down its Office of Research and Development and eliminate thousands of agency jobs. According to the agency, this office has long served as the scientific backbone of its efforts to protect both public health and the environment.

Well, if Trump really wants to deny it, there’s a simple solution: release all the files. Instead of filing billion-dollar lawsuits and having a thousand federal employees comb through a 100,000-page document looking for his name, he could just call for full transparency.

😂 Good point. Bondi ordered 1,000 FBI agents to review roughly 100K pages of Epstein files (the ones that don't exist but now exist again but Obama wrote) - and Senator Dick Durbin said the FBI agents were told to "flag" any mentions of Trump. This is a must read from Marcy:

emptywheel@emptywheel.bsky.social · last yr.

Reup: Congratulations to Pam Bondi for creating an additional 1,000 people who know what is in the Epstein files. Really superb work! www.emptywheel.net/2025/07/18/p...