As it currently stands the incredible, young artform of the video game is being held hostage by a handful of people who make more money than the rest of us will ever see and don't care one bit about the quality of what gets made. It's not right. We're here to change that.

If you’re a vegetarian/vegan, the range of options that are available at every neighborhood grocery store, not just specialty stores an hour away, has absolutely exploded over just the last decade.

Revan@revan.eurosky.social · 21h ago

So this is basically one of the entry points to becoming a reactionary

There's something diminishing about living in a world where men's abuse is so ubiquitous and unimpeded, and still women are chided for not thinking enough of men's woes, men's harms, men's feelings. We're constantly asked why we don't tolerate our endless violation with more dignity.

Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 21h ago

It's demoralizing living in a nonstop Abuse-a-thon: we've had to learn the sordid details of so many men's abhorrent behavior; I mean this summer has been Graham Platner, Andrew Tate, Jared Leto, Max Miller, plus the horrific L.A. rape-murder of the child by the rapper, to name a few lowlights.

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Media illiteracy.

💢Marx Was Right.🕊@paulwalker44.bsky.social · 2d ago

🇺🇸 youtu.be/ZWdPDOxfTZI

When people die and the media says they had “pre-existing conditions”… they’re pacifying the public. Anyone could die from Cyclosporiasis, but they want you to believe it can’t happen to you. It can only happen to the weak, the disabled, the elderly. The expendable people. Eugenics.

Two Deaths Linked to Cyclospora Outbreak in Michigan

The patients had “significant underlying health conditions” that may have contributed to their deaths, health officials said.

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Workers are culturally oppressed by commercial/capitalist slop in both its human-created & AI-generated forms. It's right and good to hate it and to develop and share criticisms of it to help others to articulate their feelings & observations about it as it suppresses & corrupts better options. 1/

Slop Nuggets

Alt: Slop Nuggets food in a pan in sauce

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Game Devs Put Together An Itch.io Bundle Of Over 100 Games With Proceeds Going To Help Laid-Off Colleagues - Kotaku

The Game Industry Hardship Fund bundle contains over 100 games and will be on sale for the next two weeks

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btw if the ESA or any of these studios wanted to put together an initiative to provide financial relief to laid off game workers, they have ~$60M in total assets that they could allocate towards one. They're welcome to reach out to me if they need info on how to set one up.

Shayna Moon (she/they)@themoonis.gay · 4d ago

Devs, pay attention to who is actually, practically offering support to our laid off colleagues. It’s not the companies, it’s not the ESA, it’s the union, it’s us.

What I hate about COVID downplayers is… you won okay. In the aftermath of humanity coming together to develop the most crucial vaccines of our lifetime & collectively sacrificing to save lives, we are now less safe, less vaccinated & less empathetic than ever. You won ok. Lay down your swords.

Fuck AI and every anti-human dipshit who celebrates it

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · 7mo ago

AI boom could falter without wider adoption, Microsoft chief Satya Nadella warns

Guy who can't stop insinuating that it's anti-intellectual to assume corporations' profit-seeking behavior is harming people with microplastics, etc. "I can't stop using ChatGPT for science because it makes my brain feel too good."

Kotaku@kotaku.com · 5d ago

YouTuber Hank Green Admits He Has Unhealthy Relationship With AI After Facing Backlash Over Recent Video 'The level of dopamine I've been getting from interacting with LLMs is not healthy for me,' said Green

guys we are lost in the blair witch woods im gonna need you to stop arguing and lock the fuck in

'but AI is the only way i can afford to make an event flyer' notebook paper. sharpie. here is my event. photograph with phone. post. be less stupid in the future

We will be ready to have a real discussion about Covid when we accept the fact that “the vulnerable will fall by the wayside,” said by Fauci, under Biden, was eugenicist policy.

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Gotta shut down the factory that makes this kinda guy

Even a woefully inadequate pandemic response was enough to call day-to-day capitalism into question in the minds of working people and put a dent in profits. They are trying to ensure that that never happens again.

Micah@rincewind.run · last wk.

man I will just never get over the fact that the collective response to the pandemic, and an absolutely miraculous vaccine development, was to destroy public health in this country and smear everyone involved I generally take a positive view of humanity overall but it's so depressing

Personally, I don't think chickens (or any animal) should spend their lives in cages because humans don't want to stop driving or flying distances that could be traveled in 6 hours by train or blowing each other up.

Nick Harkaway@nickharkaway.com · last wk.

I'm getting dietary fatigue at this point. This is an OLD reality, but the solutions aren't as straightforward as some of the coverage would have you believe. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Mr. Gorbachev, turn down for what

The thing is, these people don't think their message is compelling; they're narcissistic assholes who don't believe that others are real people with agency and their own inner lives. To them, the coercion is the most appealing aspect of their "faith."

Hemant Mehta@friendlyatheist.com · last wk.

Evangelist Whitney Lynn says she preaches on planes because she loves “a captive audience.” She's not alone. It's becoming a trend. If spreading your message requires listeners who can't escape, maybe it's not as compelling as you think. www.friendlyatheist.com/p/christian-...

Maturity is playing Shadow of the Colossus for the first time in 20 years and wondering how the fuck you enjoyed mercilessly and systematically murdering innocent beings, many of whom have no way to defend themselves other than wail and try and shake you off as you stab them in the head repeatedly.

disney adults are harder to pull into cults 👍

This shit is not inevitable, it could be made illegal tomorrow if our governments weren't in the pocket of Big Pervert.

Unofficial CTV News Mirror@ctvnews-mirror.bsky.social · last wk.

AI devices that see, listen and record: Are we ready for the post-smartphone world?

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