We're back from break! We've got some great articles cooking, and we also want to know what *you* are interested in. What topics and issues would you like us to focus on in the coming months? Do you have a story you want to tell?
Noah Arroyo
@noaharroyo.bsky.social
Journalist in San Francisco. Co-founder: @tlvoice.bsky.social & @newsrelaynetwork.bsky.social. Some of my work: https://muckrack.com/noah-arroyo DMs open, especially to aspiring journos. Reach me here or on Signal: noah.755
The $1 sale ends tonight at midnight PT! If you've ever thought, "I wish they made a video game publication for grown-ups that I can enjoy during my commute and chores," well... I have very good news.
Post Games for $1 - The Summer Sale! | Post Games
Right now, $1 will get you every bonus episode, bonus segment, and ad-free episode of Post Games! Some say this is a terrible way to run a b
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@plante.bsky.social got a rec for a cheap, good couch co-op on steam? Something that's not super hard or super easy, and preferably PvE?
But the secret parts are, like, the parts that'll be super effective, right? Right? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
The White House’s plan to vet potentially dangerous AI is cloaked in secrecy
A Trump administration framework on AI testing leaves a lack of transparency – and plenty of open questions
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Ok so I'm back on my bike for the first time in two years and... Are SF cyclists horrible now? I feel like they're horrible.
We already have footage of their horrific acts, and what's come of it? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
ICE will not reveal body-camera footage unless in agency’s ‘best interests’
Much-delayed devices to be deployed by end of month after immigration agents involved in deaths or serious injuries
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Bad news: The old model of games media is collapsing, and "free" writing funded by Silicon Valley pivots will be a strange blip in the history of journalism. Good news: It's possible to make high-quality, low-cost indie games media by cutting out the ads and charging a very, very modest fee!
Post Games for $1 - The Summer Sale! | Post Games
Right now, $1 will get you every bonus episode, bonus segment, and ad-free episode of Post Games! Some say this is a terrible way to run a b
patreon.com
Folks this is just depressing. (Spotted at BART, Downtown Berkeley.)
This InfoWars caper is going a little too well. We need to staff up a bit. We're hiring a Social Media Lead, who will help make InfoWars the network of the future. We need someone who is extraordinarily online, has big ideas for how things break through in 2026, and can pull those ideas off quick.
Social Media Lead, InfoWars at Global Tetrahedron
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Upcoming Post Games episodes: @writnelson.bsky.social on games that demand you give a shit and pay attention @midimyers.com on the history of Metroid @adashtra.bsky.social and @heartimecia.bsky.social on the international fan fallout of Love and Deepspace It's a great time to subscribe!
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Video Games Podcast · Updated Weekly · Post Games is an audio magazine about how and why we love video games. Each week, host Chris Plante reports on a new, overlooked, or underappreciated topic in ga...
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Chris Plante@plante.bsky.social · 4mo agoWhy you should try Post Games: - An NPR-quality weekly podcast on video games - Hosted by a 19-year games media veteran - Rare interviews with the most interesting people in gaming, from philosophers to CEOs, sex game designers to Dunkey - And scripts, editing, and music that respect your time!
As a former caretaker/giver... That work is so, so necessary and SO undervalued and misunderstood. This country subsists off of family members doing the work for free. And plenty of industries fail to make space for it. Journalism is undoubtedly one.
Mothership@mothership.blog · last mo.Inspired by @meredithgran.com's writing on attending game conferences as a parent, @exalclaw.com interviewed devs who are also caretakers about balancing their careers in games with their loved ones' needs.
I suuuuck at finishing games. Took me maybe two years to finish Cyberpunk 2077. Just didn't want it to end. But I got the good ending! Other times, the gameplay and writing go sour. Boring. I can't hang.
Mothership@mothership.blog · last mo.In this week's Dear Mother, a reader wonders why they feel so guilty when they abandon games before the end. @zoehhannah.com writes, "You have a finite amount of time in your day. It's no wonder you leave games unfinished. I do it, too, more often than not." www.mothership.blog/is-it-okay-i...
When Xiangqi Chen thought of a Chinese LGBTQ+ history museum six years ago, she was trapped in her Shanghai apartment. Little did she know that one day she would flee country and the museum that she & thousands of supporters dreamed of would find a home in SF's Chinatown.
Watch this vid. It's a great taste of what you get from Post Games, an amazing podcast by a very insightful and REAL person/journalist, @plante.bsky.social
Chris Plante@plante.bsky.social · last mo.Shamelessly following the @jasonschreier.bsky.social model of "what if i promote my reporting in the spot people actually want to see it?"
“Even if you're a stranger, you belong here, this is your house,” said Lorenzo Listana, one of the community leaders who spearheaded the project.
SoMa gets resource center guided by Filipino values
The Bahay Kalinga center will offer a variety of services for people struggling with mental health, poverty, and homelessness.
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This is why we're about to take a month off. We've done SO MUCH since launching this newsroom!!
News Relay Network@newsrelaynetwork.bsky.social · last mo.We're breaking with conventional journalistic norms to meet this community's needs. We work with locals, editing them and publishing their writing. And in recent months we helped mobilize the neighborhood to guard it against budget cuts from City Hall. newsrelaynetwork.org/newsroom-fin...
Optima Prime with boob-cannons is genius and goes incredibly hard. Plus Kaylan is a delight. (Look at the way she added material so the flame extends beyond the border of the flag I mean COME ON) Also go check out St. Joseph's, it's a whole experience!
Tenderloin Voice@tlvoice.bsky.social · last mo.Artist Kaylan Rose re-imagined Optimus Prime as transgender for an installation at the St. Joseph's Arts Society. Kaylan transitioned in her 60s. "I always had a weird feeling, like I wasn’t living the right life," she said.
Look at this goddamn flag. I love it. And I love Kaylan's story. www.tlvoice.org/pride-with-t...
Pride ‘with teeth’: A local artist flies her flag
I feel powerful, with a desire to support my community.
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☁️ 💻 ☁️ For too long, #localnews entrepreneurs have launched their pubs with a website & a dream... Join @matsusentinel.bsky.social, @tinynewscollective.bsky.social, & @newsrelaynetwork.bsky.social at the 2026 Summit and bring your minimum viable product to life: tinyurl.com/LIONSummit26
Here's what I'd consider paying an AI bot/agent to do: Go out into my digital world and bring me the things I probably want to know about, based on parameters I programmed. Review: - Social media accounts of interest - Latest news coverage - Government press releases
This is wonderful news!!! As a former editor at SF Public Press, and as someone who has worked with all of these staff, I'm ECSTATIC and EXCITED for what comes next! These journalists are amazing.
San Francisco Public Press Workers Guild@sfppworkersguild.bsky.social · 2mo ago🧵 We are unionized! We are the staff of the San Francisco Public Press, a nonprofit investigative newsroom dedicated to breaking the surface level on deeply rooted issues in the city. We just formed a union and got voluntary recognition from our management!
Major props to the TLV for helping the community win. But the fight here never ends. Support them.
This happened yesterday and it's a big fucking deal. This community has been bracing for the worst — but it didn't happen!
Tenderloin Voice@tlvoice.bsky.social · 2mo agoThe air at City Hall was ebullient as many service providers discovered that their budgets would remain intact. But not all organizations got through the night unscathed. www.tlvoice.org/sweeping-res...
The city budget is nearly finalized. People turned out in droves for Public Comment Day on Wednesday, taking their final opportunity to urge that lawmakers preserve the programs that had helped them or others. www.tlvoice.org/city-budget-...
As SF budget nears passage, TL demands funds restored
Hundreds took a final opportunity to press lawmakers to preserve vital services.
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This is the culmination of a lot. I've known Cheryl since we first appeared in the Tenderloin over a year ago. We've always wanted to publish something from her.
Tenderloin Voice@tlvoice.bsky.social · 2mo agoCheryl Block Shanks shares two poems from her late father, a Golden Gloves boxer. One, about injustice and Black people being held back. The other, about how we are all "brothers and sisters." "Both of these poems are true. That’s what’s so hard about the world." www.tlvoice.org/living-in-bl...