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Between moving my stepfather to long-term care, work being work, and now a mole digging up my vegetable beds… I might just cry.
Anyway that was awful. Let's agree to never do it again and wishing every game developer a
Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)
Clarence Thomas Secretly Accepted Luxury Trips From Major GOP Donor
Island-hopping on a superyacht. Private jet rides around the world. The undisclosed gifts to Thomas have no known precedent in the modern history of the Supreme Court. “It’s incomprehensible to me tha...
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IGN lays off tech workers following Summer Game Fest, where pro-union messages were erased aftermath.site/ign-summer-gam...
The lawyers on both sides of a federal court case in Mississippi were caught using artificial intelligence, a situation where, effectively, generative AI tools were used to argue against each other. @jasonkoebler.bsky.social reports. Read now: www.404media.co/judge-learns...
Haha… yeah… very cool to lay off our engineering team while we’re building a new site that is definitely not near finished, yet. Very smart and good planning.
They didn't hear us yesterday, so we let them know again. 80 more times. 80 more murals letting #IGNLive goers know that we deserve fair pay. Have fun cleaning them up this morning.
Today, the IGNCG sent this letter to our President of Ziff Davis Gaming & Entertainment to demand pay that reflects the rate of inflation in our contract. Please join us in asking @errorjustin.bsky.social, @peer-ign.bsky.social, @corradimus.bsky.social, and @yprough.bsky.social to pay us fairly.
It's been a ✨while✨ since we've posted, huh? That's because our Bargaining team has been DEEP in negotiations over our first contract for over a year now. But we're finally getting towards the end, and we're hopeful that we can come to a fair agreement! I mean how could you say no to these faces?
“We have lost all faith in your abilities to manage the company," said our @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social who overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in company exec Kate Gutman. Read more here nyguild.org/post/ziff-da...
Today, we sent a supermajority vote of no confidence to Ziff Davis General Manager, Kate Gutman. Here’s why. (1/7)
On Jan. 14, our parent company Ziff Davis laid off 5 of our members, days after our successful CES showing as the CNET Group. This is the third round of layoffs since Ziff acquired CNET in 2024. We’re sick of our members being on the chopping block. Read our full statement below:
🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7
An Oregon lawmaker is warning of ICE agents posing as utility workers. NW Natural and Portland General Electric have published guidance in several languages on how to tell if a person is actually one of their employees.
ICE posing as utility workers to detain immigrants, Gresham lawmaker warns
Oregon state Rep. Ricki Ruiz said three people were detained in his district after ICE agents posed as utility workers.
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ICE must be abolished. The work of our time is to tear down the system that built it and remake it into one that embraces and designs systems that include all people from all places. This work will be done, because the alternative is unbearable.
My proposal for a masking, identification, and verification ordinance will, if passed and among other things, direct PPB to conduct preliminary investigations of potential impostors / impersonators of federal agents, which is common enough that even Donald Trump's FBI is warning cities about it.
OPB@opb.org · 7mo agoAn Oregon lawmaker is warning of ICE agents posing as utility workers. NW Natural and Portland General Electric have published guidance in several languages on how to tell if a person is actually one of their employees.
BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews
I was wondering why city council suddenly convened. This is not what I was hoping for.
OPB@opb.org · 7mo agoTwo people were shot and wounded by federal agents in East Portland on Thursday, according to Portland police. The two people who were shot have been taken to local hospitals. Read more here https://www.opb.org/article/2026/01/08/portland-shooting-federal-agents/
NEW: After an ICE officer fatally shot a Minneapolis mother, the Trump administration jumped to portray her as a "left-wing radical" who committed "an attack on the American people.” The rhetoric marks its latest attempt to pin violence on its political foes to intensify its crackdown on dissent.
Trump administration uses ICE shooting to threaten political retaliation
Read more here.
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Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...
The 200+ Sites an ICE Surveillance Contractor is Monitoring
404 Media has obtained the list of sites and services that ICE contractor ShadowDragon pulls data from. ShadowDragon sources data from all over the web and lets government analysts easily search it an...
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Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · last yr.Anecdotal, but I'm definitely noticing an uptick in advocacy for violence here. About which I'll say only this: Promoting violence on social media is the work of trolls and fools, those eager to bait others into implicating themselves in the age of surveillance or fools rushing to the gulag.
Who killed the game industry? Union workers make splash at Game Awards protest
Who killed the game industry? Union workers make splash at Game Awards protest
A vigil for those trampled in the name of profits.
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Sometimes you have to sit down and make a list that reminds you who tf you are even when your bank account is fighting for its life. Even if it means a dreaded LinkedIn cross post 😜 Let's work together! www.picketywitch.com/contact-me/
Try Qobuz if you want music streaming - and podcasts can be found in a number of places, just pick one!
Indivisible ❌👑@indivisible.org · 9mo agoDo you use Spotify Premium? Cancel your subscription until Spotify stops running ICE ads. There are other streaming options that don’t profit from exploiting artists while recruiting for ICE: indivisible.org/cancel-spoti... #CancelSpotify
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
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The tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.
More than 170 U.S. citizens have been held by immigration agents. They’ve been kicked, dragged and detained for days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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