JULY 20th! ITS HAPPENING! The Guild Reunion Movie Kickstarter goes LIVE! Please repost to help us reach all the Guildies who want to support! And sign up on the website! We're making a movie!!!!

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22

Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...

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What could one day at #XPATL26 do for your studio? Find funding opportunities, connect with publishers/partners, and learn from industry experts including Amir Satvat, Kate Edwards, John Nguyen, Kristian Roberts, and more. June 5, Halifax  Tickets: https://xpgaming.biz/xp-game-connect-atlantic/

We've posted before but now it's official: say hello to Phantom Rowboat! 🛶 The newest indie studio in Nova Scotia comes out of the aftermath of the #Ubisoft #Halifax closure. Time to start building something of our own. phantomrowboat.com #indiedev #gamedev

Phantom Rowboat — Studio

Five game developers, one small boat, one friendly ghost — and a journal kept by lantern light.

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Ontario worker co-op game studios. One roundtable. NO BOSSES! @covertsky.bsky.social @polyvalestudios.bsky.social @rocketadrift.bsky.social ++ more on building cooperative studios. Free, June 12 at North York Central Library. Register: tpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/events/6a15b0acf56bd86e00b22249

See you in a few days!

Hey everyone! We’re looking for volunteers for XP Game Connect Atlantic on June 5 at the Halifax Convention Centre. If you, or someone you know, would like to help out, meet people in the local game industry, and be part of the event, sign up for #XPATL26 here: wkf.ms/4nk2Ore

Since the announcement of our union, Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro have hired Fisher Phillips (a union avoidance firm), and chosen to engage in a daily union-avoidance campaign by sending emails to the Arena team that is spreading misinformation and sowing fear among our colleagues. #uwotc-cwa

We really need the NDP to get their sh*t together FAST if we have any hope of any Canadian politicians who might try to actually deal with the climate crisis. This last century thinking is not helpful for Canadians or our environment (aka food, storms, fires, etc). I'm so tired.

Canada's National Observer@nationalobserver.com · 3mo ago

BREAKING: Prime Minister Mark Carney is throwing his support behind a new oil pipeline, with a goal of putting shovels in the ground by the fall of 2027.

What on earth is 🇨🇦 doing here? Other countries are rushing to CLOSE every backdoor they can find, concerned that the new AI capacity of Mythos and other AI models In 🇨🇦, we want to force hundreds of new backdoors by government decree. Make it make sense. www.theguardian.com/technology/2... 4/

What is Mythos AI and why could it be a threat to global cybersecurity?

Anthropic’s decision to restrict access to its powerful new model increases fears about the advanced technology

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Learn how to run and grow your studio. Sneak peek at the upcoming #XPATL26 programming. Featuring: Amir Satvat (Tencent Games) Darryl Wright (Punk Science Studios) Jade Yhap (InteractiveNB) Kate Edwards (Geogrify) Manny Hachey (Xsolla) Marcelo Careaga Passes xpgaming.biz/xp-game-conn...

XP Game Connect Atlantic - XP Gaming

XP Game Connect Atlantic is a one-day B2B event connecting game studios with publishers, investors, and industry partners to build stronger game businesses in Atlantic Canada.

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Hey everyone - #XP26 Indie Pods are filling fast. There are a limited number left. Deadline is Monday, but remaining spots will likely be claimed before then. Grab your pod at xpgamesummit.com/xp26-indie-p...

XP Game Connect Atlantic docks in Halifax on June 5 Meet publishers, investors, & partners Learn from game dev experts #XPATL26 is built for developers growing their game business. Early Bird @ xpgaming.biz/xp-game-conn...

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in the US. Shut the backdoor: openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky #BillC22

Stop the Surveillance State: Stop Bill C-22!

🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...

openmedia.org

Do you work in games? Are you tired of corporate greed taking over our industry? Do you miss when industry events were by workers, for workers? The United Videogame Workers of CWA, in partnership with other unions and worker-centered organizations, announce the #GameWorkersConference. May 22-23 ❤️‍🔥

UPDATE: 🇨🇦's house just REFUSED to accept a Senate amendment that would put a sunset clause on PERMANENT immunity to privacy law for federal political parties! LPC, CPC, and NDP did not have the courage to defend their choice; only @elizabethemay.bsky.social spoke to the obvious issues in #BillC4.

Our recent survey shows that Europe is ready to ditch US technology, in favour of private alternatives. Check out our write-up and the stats here: proton.me/blog/europea...

Momentum for a return to the OPEN web is gathering steam! It's time to break down the walled gardens Big Tech locks us into and bring back the interoperable web. A new report from Goodbot explains why. www.goodbot.ca/tech-policy/...

Why Now is the Time for Social Media Interoperability Policy in Canada — goodbot

By Renee Black and Mathushan Thilakanathan FULL REPORT AVAILABLE HERE .

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Is 🇨🇦 a sovereign country? Are we prepared to do what it takes to be one? We just released a five point plan to getting there – and YOU can review and endorse it! Read the Digital Sovereignty Charter and add your voice: www.openmedia.org/DigitalCharter

Endorse Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Charter!

🇨🇦 Canada needs real digital sovereignty NOW to secure the future we deserve. ✍️ Endorse the Digital Sovereignty Charter’s five principles today!

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🇬🇧📢 At least 1200 workers from Ubisoft were on strike today ! Workers are rejecting the Guillemot dynasty's loser strategy and demanding the freedom to make good games in good working conditions. The strike will continue tomorrow and the day after ✊

Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo@stjv.fr · 6mo ago

🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft: unions called for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th. Here is the list of all the pickets around France ⤵️

🇬🇧✊🌀 Ubisoft : enough is enough! Faced with the arbitrary decision of the CEO who doesn’t even dare talking to employees anymore, unions are calling for a strike on February 10th, 11th and 12th.

🍕 The inaugural Atlantic Canadian worker co-op event for the videogame industry! Free pizza and travel grants available! 🍕 Register now at this link: gm4coopfutures.civicrm.org/civicrm/even... #gamedev #coops #cooperatives #atlanticcanada

Serious Q for #Privacy #CyberSecurity & #Tech peeps. I (like many) have been keeping my Twitter account around mainly to avoid scammers from scooping up my handle to scam others. Is that still the prevailing recommendation or should we 100% delete those accounts?

Drop the names of any Canadian companies you’ve seen working with ICE in the comments. I’m aware of Gardaworld, Roshel, Hootsuite. Would love to gather any and all other names.

Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him. White. Hot. Rage.

Alex Pretti’s last words were “are you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

For those of you who wondered if Elbows Up was ever coming back…. It’s not. At least not as it was. But if you haven’t deserted the feed yet, you’ll find something new in your podcast app tomorrow morning. Hope you’ll check it out!

Opening post for GM4CF! This all got kickstarted by layoffs abound in the game industry Then... our Ubisoft studio (local to Halifax, NS) was closed mere weeks after unionizing!! 😱😡 The writing is on the wall - we need more alternatives to big investor driven business! Let's learn how together

Still boycotting in my circle of friends and family. 🍁

Guard The Leaf@guardtheleaf.bsky.social · 9mo ago

CTV Says The US Product Boycott Is Dying, Is This True? #elbowsup #boycottusa #FuckTacoTrump #canadastrong #CanadaSky #never51state #canadaunited #political A 2 video kind of day today, this CTV report really irked me. Repost so we get this message out there! www.youtube.com/watch?v=znS-...