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@jinxiestone.bsky.social

🌈They/Them. 📝 Writer and professional lore nerd working in games 🔞Views are my own, occasionally NSFW 📷 Banner: by HENdotdot (hendotdot.bsky.social) 📷 Profile: Avatar by MAF (velnna.bsky.social) Email: jinxie.stone@gmail.com Patreon:🔜

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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 2d ago

A statement from our union president on the amazing turnout of support for the Game Industry Hardship Fund itch.io bundle 🙏 👇 The bundle is live for 10 more days to support devs in need, but a long-term difference can be made by joining UVW-CWA directly. ✊ uvw-cwa.org itch.io/b/3802/game-...

A message from United Videogame Workers, a Code-CWA Union, part 1: A statement from Aurelia Augusta - President, UVW-CWA Local 9433:

The response to the Hardship Fund has been so awe-inspiring and so great that it's honestly made it difficult to write a statement because every time I look away, the total amount raised by the itch bundle leaps forward yet again and I find a few more tears of joy on my face.

A message from United Videogame Workers, a Code-CWA Union, part 2: As I'm writing this, we've just passed $97,000 that will go directly into the pockets of struggling game workers, raised at a truly incredible speed, in addition to the $25K already dispersed by UVW-CWA.

I want to start with a massive thanks to players who have bought the bundle, signal-boosted it, or otherwise supported this effort.

A message from United Videogame Workers, a Code-CWA Union, part 3: To our allies in the labour movement who have supported this effort, everyone in UVW-CWA continues to be awed by and thankful for your solidarity and ever proud to be standing up to fight for workers alongside you.

And to all game workers, I want to highlight that this is just small example of what's possible when we stand together as workers. Together in solidarity, we can make sure that this is far from just a one-off reprieve.

A message from United Videogame Workers, a Code-CWA Union, part 4: We can make an industry where workers don't have to choose between fighting for their rights and paying their bills.

It will take time, it will take winning the many fights to come, but I adamantly believe that one day we can make an industry and a world where we won't need a hardship fund.

Join us today in that fight at uvw-cwa.org.

In Solidarity,
Aurelia Augusta - President,
UVW-CWA Local 9433

Jinxie 🌱 🖤@jinxiestone.bsky.social · yesterday

I've been looking forward to this one! 🖤

Dave Gilbert@wadjeteyegames.com · 2d ago

Nighthawks is launching in SEPTEMBER! www.kickstarter.com/projects/753...

Phil Nobile Jr.@philnobilejr.bsky.social · 4d ago

Horror heals the planet? Maybe? www.bbc.com/news/article...

Orchids return to grassland after 28 Years Later filming

Fountains Abbey staff left grounds unmown to appear abandoned for film shoot - but orchids returned.

bbc.com

DBJ @deadblossomjesse.bsky.social · 5d ago

Please use this link twitch.uservoice.com/forums/92338... and tell twitch how fucking insane this is. Comment and let twitch know that this is horrible. Thank you

twitch.uservoice.com

Zach Bussey 🍁@zachbussey.tos.gg · 5d ago

Twitch and Amazon are apparently planning to use streams to train Generative AI. Multiple sources tell me it will be announced in the coming months, despite some internal friction against it. Creators may be able to opt out of some training data.

Mischief @mischief.games · 6d ago

Welcome To The New Apocalypse

Inkling @printinkling.bsky.social · 7d ago

You cannot get better at anything without fucking something up. Them's the rules. And some of the very best things you'll ever do, you'll find entirely by accident while playing, or experimenting with something else. Hell, that's how Inkling came to be. Fail faster, loves.

Friday Afternoon Tea@fridaytea.com · last wk.

Worried you’re making a mess of things? Don’t let it paralyze you! Give it a try anyway. You never know when you’ll make something brilliant! ☕️💅

Zoë “Baddie Proctor” Quinn @unburntwitch.com · 6d ago

making shit is weird and awesome and hard and one of the most satisfying things you can do with your time and will absolutely turn you into an insane person that wonders why you did it at all and wonders even more about why you want so badly to do it again

Kim Lyons @kimly.bsky.social · 7d ago

“… it bothers me with the way it inherently presumes my searches are transactional or can be forced to be. It stinks of capitalism, of the belief that my questions are simply roadblocks to be overcome in a quest for productivity” YES it is infuriating @aftermath.site aftermath.site/google-searc...

Stop Talking To Me, Google Search

Since May, Google's AI summaries have tried to lure users into conversation with AI

aftermath.site

Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 2w ago

150,000 marched yesterday in London for trans rights. Opened the Sky News app. Scrolled and scrolled. Nothing. BBC News app. Nothing. Guardian app. Nothing. This is what actual silencing looks like.

Aftermath @aftermath.site · 2w ago

Workers behind immensely popular Game Theorists YouTube channel will get their union, with or without MatPat's help aftermath.site/game-theorists...

leyla mamedova ✨@leylses.bsky.social · 2w ago

i explained my job to my mom and i think i came up with a fun example so sharing for all the non-games folks that follow me on the off chance they're curious about game dev. let's talk about making a hypothetical coconut for a hypothetical lion king game and what that means for me, a producer. 🧵

Zee Smith 🐝@korovyev.bsky.social · 2w ago

Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate goodlaw.social/8968d9 If you're in the UK, you just need to fill in some details and GLP sends the email for you. It takes a minute and will hopefully have some impact on this hateful farce of a 'charity'.

Stop Sex Matters spreading transphobic hate

The anti-trans pressure group Sex Matters are running a campaign of hate, spewing abuse online and in the media – and putting trans people in danger. Sex Matters say they work to “protect everybody’s ...

goodlaw.social

RSGWU @rsgworkersunion.bsky.social · 2w ago

We’re happy to share this major news🌱✊

Shade of Stars @shade-of-stars.bsky.social · 2w ago

New art! Endpaper commission for wonderful @ckandersson.bsky.social 💜

Digital painting. On the right side two characters are standing on the stairs in some old ruins. The male paladin in full plate armor with gold decorations and blue cloak holds the sword stained with blood and looks down at the body of his enemy laying near his feet. A female paladin in armor who has long dark hair and wears glasses holds the arm of a male paladin and looks at his face. On the left side an elf with long white hair casts a purple magic spell, he wears white armor. Another dead enemy can be seen in the background.

Rayne Grimm Vulpes Zer-Duh @raynegrimm.bsky.social · 3w ago

Reskeeting with alt text But yeah this Ive had quite a few people ask me "wait you've never used it? Why not it's so fun" and I'm there like why would I want someoen else to do the thing I love for me? Its the same as when I say I don't want players to design my world thr making is what I love!

23h

As a writer who doesn't use Al, it's not like there is some temptation I am resisting.

I am a writer. I engage in the act of writing.

It's like asking if someone who loves to play tennis would prefer sitting on the sidelines and watching a robot play tennis. They'd be like, "No, man, it would just make me want to play tennis."

There's no temptation; the very idea is baffling.

Khealos's Gaming Table@khealos.bsky.social · last mo.

Post by Will Stenberg. #Writing #amwriting #indiauthor

Boots @bootsmcgoot.bsky.social · 2w ago

I will be thinking about Angrypennies forever

Tumblr post from user kat: i had a dream last night that the entire world used a currency (?) called angrypennies which as the name implies are obtained by experiencing anger. the stronger and more intense your anger was, the more angrypennies you'd gain. an all-consuming rage would earn you more than a slight irritation, etc. so people were always searching for ways to fuel their anger and purposefully keeping themselves angry all the time because they wanted to earn angrypennies. unclear if angrypennies could be exchanged for goods and services, or if they were just a collectible.

anyway, as if this wasn't heavy-handed enough, at one point british comedian greg davies appeared and explained that angrypennies couldn't be worth feeling angry all the time. this was a real revelation to dream-me and i was finally able to break free of the angrypenny grind and allow myself to experience emotions other than anger.

it goes without saying that i will be using the word angrypenny as if it was part of the common vernacular instead of a term that my dreaming brain conjured up i.e. "he's all about the angrypennies" (derogatory way to refer to a guy who searches for reasons to be angry and possibly lacks introspection)

Posted on 19th June 2026

The Fluffy Folio @fluffyfolio.bsky.social · 2w ago

🦝 #dnd

🍓🍒𝕱𝖗𝖊𝖉 𝕯𝖚𝖗𝖘𝖙 & 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕯𝖎𝖆𝖒𝖔𝖓𝖉𝖘🍎🍉 🔜 AC @seconddeath.bsky.social · last mo.

AI IS AN INSULT TO LIFE ITSELF LET IT BURN #art #queerart #fuckai

RossyDoesDrawings (commissions open)@rossydoesdrawings.bsky.social · 2w ago

I have some more slots for £10 per character commissions available, please send me a message if you would like to have one, thank you!

Let Them Wrestle @letthemwrestle.bsky.social · 2w ago

FIGHT ME YOU LONG ASS BITCH 😤 @kiddbanditpro.bsky.social taking on zack sabre jr at #EffyBGBX @effylives.com @vedascott.bsky.social @valcapone.bsky.social @pollodelmarfans.bsky.social

Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is important from @zackpolanski.bsky.social: As an education academic I will be working on this push-back, informed by theorists like Friere and hooks, in alliance with a number of fantastic activists from different backgrounds. www.scenemag.co.uk/zack-polansk...

Staying within the law, he said, teachers should still be prepared to push back.
"It's going to be important to rebel. It's going to be important to speak out and say what's unworkable in your school. Unworkable is one thing. More important than unworkable is the dignity of trans and non-binary students.
As a teacher or a head teacher, it is your first duty to make sure you're
protecting the safety and security of the people you're looking after."

Milktooth | making Bad Magpie @milktooth.bsky.social · 3w ago

😌 wishlist for more of this bit.ly/badmagpie

Alice Bell @abeewords.bsky.social · 3w ago

Funny* to see posters acting as if the ZA/UM layoffs are due to the studio having uniquely bad/evil management rather than this being a day in the games industry ending in Y *not funny

What The Trans?! 🏳️‍⚧️@whatthetrans.com · 3w ago

🔴 Live at Trans Pride Brighton - a thread 🧵 It's a very busy environment all around with thousands of people here already, despite the protest not starting for at least another 15 minutes.

What part of you did you have to destroy in order to survive in this world?

Alok Vaid-menon

Nerdy Excursions @nerdyexcursions.bsky.social · 3w ago

You've got more folks in your corner cheering you on than you think you do. Keep putting one foot in front of the other. And never forget that *your* joy specifically is an act of resistance. So go give 'em hell.

iggyzig@iggyzig.bsky.social · 3w ago

Keep it going, dork. I'm not the only one that wants to see you succeed; I'm just the only one that is bold enough to voice it (thus far)

Newt Newport @newtus.bsky.social · 3w ago

Microsoft is planning to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name:

Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!

Microsoft wants to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

you.38degrees.org.uk

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 3w ago

IWGB Game Workers union forms 'redundancy taskforce' to defend workers' rights

'With training, solidarity and support, workers can stand up to bosses who use redundancy to cover for their own mismanagement and greed.'

gamedeveloper.com

Jinxie 🌱 🖤@jinxiestone.bsky.social · 3w ago

Next-level brush work! The reds and metals look absolutely stunning

Flameon Miniatures@flameonminiatures.bsky.social · 3w ago

The tutorial series about painting Commissar Yarrick is available on my patreon. Everything is hand painted with a brush and acrylic paints. Link in the comment #warhammer #warhammer40k #warhammer40000

Jinxie 🌱 🖤@jinxiestone.bsky.social · 3w ago

Oh, this is grotesque in so many ways

elia ayoub@ayoub.bsky.social · 3w ago

Jesus. 35 UK universities quietly- without debate - joined the Ministry of Defence’s “Battlefield Alliance” which seeks to “reorientate academia towards Defence and National Security” They’re destroying the social sciences and humanities while militarising the institutions

• Durham University
• Newcastle University
• Northumbria University
• Lancaster University
• University of Cumbria
• University of Lancashire
• University of Liverpool
• University of Manchester
• University of Huddersfield
• University of Sheffield
• University of York
• Loughborough University
• University of Lincoln
• University of Nottingham
• Aston University
• University of Birmingham
• University of Warwick
• King's College London
• Kingston University
• Queen Mary University of London
• University College London
• University of Oxford
• University of Portsmouth
• University of Surrey
• University of Bath
• University of Bristol
• University of Exeter
• University of Plymouth
• University of Edinburgh
• University of Glasgow
• University of Strathclyde
• Cardiff University
• Swansea University
• Queens University Belfast
• Cranfield University

Cae (its-tzarina)@its-tzarina.bsky.social · 3w ago

Happy International Non-binary People's Day. Stay angry. #nonbinary #enby #trans #transgender #trans Art by @mxmorgan.com

A snarling hyena with purple and black fur and yellow spots. The background is a softer shade of yellow than the spots. There is white text on the lower part of the hyena's body that reads "biology was never binary"