Mike Gonzales
@eigenpuff.bsky.social
Chicano, Yoeme. Game developer, formerly at Crystal Dynamics, Choice Provisions, Planet Moon, ArenaNet, and others. @EigenPuff mostly everywhere. He.
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Huge props to Women Help Women. What a victory! msmagazine.com/2025/12/14/g...
A Global Telehealth First: Women Help Women Begins Producing Abortion Pill Combipack
The feminist telehealth provider Women Help Women cuts out pharma middlemen to make its new mifepristone-misprostol abortion pill combo pack.
msmagazine.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Huge props to Women Help Women. What a victory! msmagazine.com/2025/12/14/g...
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A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
He Recorded China’s Detention of Uyghurs. The U.S. Wants to Deport Him to Uganda.
www.nytimes.com
December 15, 2025 at 10:50 PM
A Chinese dissident filmed Uyghur detention sites and then released the video on YouTube after fleeing China. He sought asylum in the US. Now the Trump admin wants to deport him to a country with strong ties to China.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/u...
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Building off @cameronwilson.bsky.social's reporting for @crikey.com.au, I highlight how we appear to have a baptist & bootleggers situation in Australia, where it appears the gambling industry was a big force behind the "social media ban for teens" in an effort to kill a plan to ban gambling ads.
Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole…
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole…
Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole thing even more grotesque: turns out the campaign pushing hardest for the ban was run by an ad agency that makes gambling ads.
www.techdirt.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Building off @cameronwilson.bsky.social's reporting for @crikey.com.au, I highlight how we appear to have a baptist & bootleggers situation in Australia, where it appears the gambling industry was a big force behind the "social media ban for teens" in an effort to kill a plan to ban gambling ads.
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Damn this video of a observer/protester climbing a ladder to hand blanket to the construction worker who was surrounded by ICE.
December 14, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Damn this video of a observer/protester climbing a ladder to hand blanket to the construction worker who was surrounded by ICE.
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Hey @safety.bsky.app,
Ruaa is a real person who doesn’t spam other users. She should be reinstated, especially in light of her being targeted by a Nazi.
Speaking of Nazis, it’s been over 48 hours since I reported this account.
Am I to assume Islamophobia is within Bluesky’s Community Guidelines?
Ruaa is a real person who doesn’t spam other users. She should be reinstated, especially in light of her being targeted by a Nazi.
Speaking of Nazis, it’s been over 48 hours since I reported this account.
Am I to assume Islamophobia is within Bluesky’s Community Guidelines?
December 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Hey @safety.bsky.app,
Ruaa is a real person who doesn’t spam other users. She should be reinstated, especially in light of her being targeted by a Nazi.
Speaking of Nazis, it’s been over 48 hours since I reported this account.
Am I to assume Islamophobia is within Bluesky’s Community Guidelines?
Ruaa is a real person who doesn’t spam other users. She should be reinstated, especially in light of her being targeted by a Nazi.
Speaking of Nazis, it’s been over 48 hours since I reported this account.
Am I to assume Islamophobia is within Bluesky’s Community Guidelines?
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The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
Keita Takahashi (Katamari, Wattam, Noby Noby Boy) has moved back to Japan, and says he may be forced to quit the games industry due to To a T underperforming.
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
He also says he'd love to work on Katamari again, and for someone to invest in his studio.
(Read more at GamesRadar)
December 15, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The games industry brings in 300 billion dollars a year. The guy who made DOOM gets his projects canceled, the guy who made Katamari Damacy is broke, everyone in your feed is begging for a job and there are 50 new games coming out on Steam every day all going towards buying Gabe Newell's next yacht
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US legal citizenship is a complex topic. Here's what I hope my book helps people understand. 1. Before the 14th Amendment included birthright citizenship, one's access to rights/privileges/protections was not based on legal citizenship--it was based on race, gender, social class, membership in 1/
December 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
US legal citizenship is a complex topic. Here's what I hope my book helps people understand. 1. Before the 14th Amendment included birthright citizenship, one's access to rights/privileges/protections was not based on legal citizenship--it was based on race, gender, social class, membership in 1/
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“We’re Jewish—we grew up knowing how hated we were just for existing,”
That's the essence of being transgender in America today. The difference being, the government doesn't even pretend to be opposed to such hate. They lean into it. It's a feature, not a bug.
And they want us gone. Eradicated.
That's the essence of being transgender in America today. The difference being, the government doesn't even pretend to be opposed to such hate. They lean into it. It's a feature, not a bug.
And they want us gone. Eradicated.
“We’re Jewish—we grew up knowing how hated we were just for existing,” Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, tells me. "Now he’s trying to take away the exact thing his own family benefited from: that ability to create a life for themselves, to prosper, to build community...to live a rewarding life.”
Finally, Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, gave us her first interview. It's powerful stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 15, 2025 at 2:47 PM
“We’re Jewish—we grew up knowing how hated we were just for existing,”
That's the essence of being transgender in America today. The difference being, the government doesn't even pretend to be opposed to such hate. They lean into it. It's a feature, not a bug.
And they want us gone. Eradicated.
That's the essence of being transgender in America today. The difference being, the government doesn't even pretend to be opposed to such hate. They lean into it. It's a feature, not a bug.
And they want us gone. Eradicated.
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“We’re Jewish—we grew up knowing how hated we were just for existing,” Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, tells me. "Now he’s trying to take away the exact thing his own family benefited from: that ability to create a life for themselves, to prosper, to build community...to live a rewarding life.”
Finally, Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, gave us her first interview. It's powerful stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
newrepublic.com/article/2041...
December 15, 2025 at 2:33 PM
“We’re Jewish—we grew up knowing how hated we were just for existing,” Miller's cousin, Alisa Kasmer, tells me. "Now he’s trying to take away the exact thing his own family benefited from: that ability to create a life for themselves, to prosper, to build community...to live a rewarding life.”
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December 13, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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This is very bad. Some of us have to encrypt and secure our devices because they contain export-controlled information. This would put us between a rock and a hard place of breaking federal law either way.
Chavarria, a U.S. citizen, was held at the airport "for more than four hours and released only after he finally agreed to let the agents search his smartphone, tablet, and laptop computer. The agents...informed him that he had no Fourth Amendment right to resist." @pacificlegal.bsky.social is suing.
CBP agents held this U.S. citizen for hours until he agreed to let them search his electronic devices
A federal lawsuit argues that perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
reason.com
December 13, 2025 at 12:21 AM
This is very bad. Some of us have to encrypt and secure our devices because they contain export-controlled information. This would put us between a rock and a hard place of breaking federal law either way.
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The American right insists that it has the secrets to a happy life.
But what they offer is a prison ship of reactionary politics, misogyny, and contempt for anyone who doesn’t conform to their retrograde expectations.
Read my latest at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/marriage-mis...
But what they offer is a prison ship of reactionary politics, misogyny, and contempt for anyone who doesn’t conform to their retrograde expectations.
Read my latest at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/marriage-mis...
Marriage, Misogyny, and the Pursuit of Happiness: The Right Is Offering A Morally Barren Vision of The Family
Liberals cannot allow the right to monopolize the discourse on virtue and the good life or they will cede space to their rigid and hierarchical visions.
www.liberalcurrents.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The American right insists that it has the secrets to a happy life.
But what they offer is a prison ship of reactionary politics, misogyny, and contempt for anyone who doesn’t conform to their retrograde expectations.
Read my latest at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/marriage-mis...
But what they offer is a prison ship of reactionary politics, misogyny, and contempt for anyone who doesn’t conform to their retrograde expectations.
Read my latest at @liberalcurrents.com
www.liberalcurrents.com/marriage-mis...
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"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
December 10, 2025 at 9:56 AM
"RemoveWindowsAI" is a script created by zoicware, available on GitHub, that does exactly what it says: it remove every AI feature in Windows 11. Do what you wish to do with this information. I'm sharing this because some folks are forced to use Win11 at work or other places for any reasons.
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Earlier this week, Kristi Noem told me under oath that she has not deported veterans. I then introduced her to one that she did deport.
But it’s much worse than that:
@moulton.house.gov got DHS to admit that they’ve deported at least 8 vets and are planning to deport dozens more.
But it’s much worse than that:
@moulton.house.gov got DHS to admit that they’ve deported at least 8 vets and are planning to deport dozens more.
December 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Earlier this week, Kristi Noem told me under oath that she has not deported veterans. I then introduced her to one that she did deport.
But it’s much worse than that:
@moulton.house.gov got DHS to admit that they’ve deported at least 8 vets and are planning to deport dozens more.
But it’s much worse than that:
@moulton.house.gov got DHS to admit that they’ve deported at least 8 vets and are planning to deport dozens more.
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Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Here is a bit of my resignation speech from last night
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I know the holidays are the worst for hiring but I'm still looking for work :')
my website goes into detail on my contributions to Civ VII, MMS, and Hindsight: emmkid.info
I'm quick, adaptable, and eager to learn from smart people who enjoy abusing custom slack emotes
my website goes into detail on my contributions to Civ VII, MMS, and Hindsight: emmkid.info
I'm quick, adaptable, and eager to learn from smart people who enjoy abusing custom slack emotes
December 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I know the holidays are the worst for hiring but I'm still looking for work :')
my website goes into detail on my contributions to Civ VII, MMS, and Hindsight: emmkid.info
I'm quick, adaptable, and eager to learn from smart people who enjoy abusing custom slack emotes
my website goes into detail on my contributions to Civ VII, MMS, and Hindsight: emmkid.info
I'm quick, adaptable, and eager to learn from smart people who enjoy abusing custom slack emotes
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
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This whole thing should simply be a commercial. Frankly, if the Democrats have any sense at all, they will take this clip and pay to air it, unedited, across 90 seconds of Superbowl airtime
Magaziner: How many US military veterans have you deported?
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
Noem: We have not deported military veterans.
Magaziner: We are joined on zoom by a gentleman who is an army combat veteran who was shot twice while serving our country. You deported him to Korea.
December 11, 2025 at 7:07 PM
This whole thing should simply be a commercial. Frankly, if the Democrats have any sense at all, they will take this clip and pay to air it, unedited, across 90 seconds of Superbowl airtime
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🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
December 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🚨Judge Xinis finds that, incredibly, Mr. Abrego Garcia was never ordered deported in 2019. She notes that every since this saga began all the way back in March, the government has NEVER been able to produce any evidence that the immigration judge actually issued a removal order.
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One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
December 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One of the most blatantly authoritarian threats in a Trump term full of them
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NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
December 11, 2025 at 3:27 PM
NEW: Five years of social media history is only a fraction of what the US Government will shortly demand of overseas visitors.
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
The full requirements will end tourism in the United States.
Below is the full, mind-blowing list.
🚨THEY. WANT. YOUR. DNA.🚨
1/
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
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In what seems like an awesome but terrifying portent, Weird Al has added a straight cover of “Killing in the Name of” to his set list
December 11, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In what seems like an awesome but terrifying portent, Weird Al has added a straight cover of “Killing in the Name of” to his set list
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Lou Correa notes that Kristi Noem is not focusing on criminals. The example he raises (smartly) is an Irish green card holder and mother of a Marine. She's been in detention since July.
December 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Lou Correa notes that Kristi Noem is not focusing on criminals. The example he raises (smartly) is an Irish green card holder and mother of a Marine. She's been in detention since July.
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MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”
December 11, 2025 at 4:00 AM
MINNEAPOLIS: “All I did was step outside as a Somali American citizen, and I got chased by a masked person, assaulted, kidnapped. It was inhumane. If this is what’s happening to a 🇺🇸 citizen on camera, imagine what could happen to your loved ones.”