Lorri Hopping (HoppingFun)
@hoppingfun.bsky.social
One of those creative types: Word-y, geek-y, game-y (oh wait).
I keep makin' games, stories, media, books, jazzy products for oodles of clients. Come see: hoppingfun.com
I keep makin' games, stories, media, books, jazzy products for oodles of clients. Come see: hoppingfun.com
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NYC game dev, creative, publishing, media, journalism friends and colleagues! Coming your way Jan 27-Feb 18!
It's a working stay, based in Greenpoint, but with plenty of Fun Time to explore the City.
Will line up events, meetups, gatherings, outings, etc in January (tips welcome).
It's a working stay, based in Greenpoint, but with plenty of Fun Time to explore the City.
Will line up events, meetups, gatherings, outings, etc in January (tips welcome).
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Society: “Sir, there are laws protecting creators and artists who make a living from their work.”
Criminal: “I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
Criminal: “I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
www.theverge.com
December 31, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Society: “Sir, there are laws protecting creators and artists who make a living from their work.”
Criminal: “I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
Criminal: “I just don’t know how you go around, asking everyone first. I just don’t see how that would work.”
Games for Change 2026 CALL FOR SPEAKERS: "Reimagining Play" is the theme.
Deadline is Feb 20 for mid-July conf in NYC.
#g4c #g4c26 #g4c2026 #seriousgames #seriousplay
@gamesforchange.bsky.social
Deadline is Feb 20 for mid-July conf in NYC.
#g4c #g4c26 #g4c2026 #seriousgames #seriousplay
@gamesforchange.bsky.social
Call for Speakers | 2026 G4C Festival
Submit your speaker proposal for the 2026 Games for Change Festival. Share how play drives learning, builds community, and creates social impact. Deadline: February 2, 2026
festival.gamesforchange.org
December 31, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Games for Change 2026 CALL FOR SPEAKERS: "Reimagining Play" is the theme.
Deadline is Feb 20 for mid-July conf in NYC.
#g4c #g4c26 #g4c2026 #seriousgames #seriousplay
@gamesforchange.bsky.social
Deadline is Feb 20 for mid-July conf in NYC.
#g4c #g4c26 #g4c2026 #seriousgames #seriousplay
@gamesforchange.bsky.social
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New @romchip.bsky.social issue just dropped and it's a big one! Come for @lainenooney.bsky.social's epic interview with Leigh Alexander, stay for Hanae Kramer's dive into the Japanese hobby culture around "superguns".
www.romchip.org/index.php/ro...
www.romchip.org/index.php/ro...
ROMchip
ROMchip: A Journal of Game Histories is a platform designed for the advancement of critical historical studies of games.
www.romchip.org
December 30, 2025 at 8:54 PM
New @romchip.bsky.social issue just dropped and it's a big one! Come for @lainenooney.bsky.social's epic interview with Leigh Alexander, stay for Hanae Kramer's dive into the Japanese hobby culture around "superguns".
www.romchip.org/index.php/ro...
www.romchip.org/index.php/ro...
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Along with measles, whooping cough rampaged across the U.S. in 2025, culminating in almost 28,000 cases and 13 deaths.
There were substantially more cases last year, but there were three more deaths this year.
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax cult are responsible for the decline in vaccination.
There were substantially more cases last year, but there were three more deaths this year.
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax cult are responsible for the decline in vaccination.
Whooping Cough Deaths Rise in U.S. as Surge in Infections Continues
The brutal respiratory infection has infected tens of thousands and killed at least 13 people in the U.S. in 2025
www.scientificamerican.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Along with measles, whooping cough rampaged across the U.S. in 2025, culminating in almost 28,000 cases and 13 deaths.
There were substantially more cases last year, but there were three more deaths this year.
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax cult are responsible for the decline in vaccination.
There were substantially more cases last year, but there were three more deaths this year.
RFK Jr. and his anti-vax cult are responsible for the decline in vaccination.
So sad. That dragon, cancer, robs a young mother and writer of a bright future.
Tatiana Schlossberg's moving story in the New Yorker spoke of her medical journey, her dismay at her cousin RFK Jr's gutting of crucial research, and family memories that flooded her mind as her body wasted away.
Tatiana Schlossberg's moving story in the New Yorker spoke of her medical journey, her dismay at her cousin RFK Jr's gutting of crucial research, and family memories that flooded her mind as her body wasted away.
A Battle with My Blood
When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.
www.newyorker.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:26 PM
So sad. That dragon, cancer, robs a young mother and writer of a bright future.
Tatiana Schlossberg's moving story in the New Yorker spoke of her medical journey, her dismay at her cousin RFK Jr's gutting of crucial research, and family memories that flooded her mind as her body wasted away.
Tatiana Schlossberg's moving story in the New Yorker spoke of her medical journey, her dismay at her cousin RFK Jr's gutting of crucial research, and family memories that flooded her mind as her body wasted away.
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IGDA members: It's Chapter Election time!
Jan 26: Nominations close. Please JUMP IN if you're ready to help boost the NYC game dev community and industry.
Jan 30: Nominees post statements.
Feb 2: Two-week voting period for IGDA members.
March 1: Winners take office! #NYMakesGames #nyc #games
Jan 26: Nominations close. Please JUMP IN if you're ready to help boost the NYC game dev community and industry.
Jan 30: Nominees post statements.
Feb 2: Two-week voting period for IGDA members.
March 1: Winners take office! #NYMakesGames #nyc #games
2025/26 IGDA NYC Chapter Board of Director Elections – Candidate Nomination Form
Nominations are open for the 2025/26 IGDA NYC chapter board of directors election!
Four seats are up for election this year.
The nomination period runs for five weeks, from December 22nd to Januar...
docs.google.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:17 AM
IGDA members: It's Chapter Election time!
Jan 26: Nominations close. Please JUMP IN if you're ready to help boost the NYC game dev community and industry.
Jan 30: Nominees post statements.
Feb 2: Two-week voting period for IGDA members.
March 1: Winners take office! #NYMakesGames #nyc #games
Jan 26: Nominations close. Please JUMP IN if you're ready to help boost the NYC game dev community and industry.
Jan 30: Nominees post statements.
Feb 2: Two-week voting period for IGDA members.
March 1: Winners take office! #NYMakesGames #nyc #games
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Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
64 days in Chicago: The story of Operation Midway Blitz
President Donald Trump’s federal immigration enforcement operation led to most surreal autumn in Chicago history. What happened during those 64 days will be remembered for a long time.
www.chicagotribune.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Chicago resisted. Protests came with a price. Bruises from pepper balls and fits of sickness from the tear gas. But also the shattering of illusions and loss of faith that what they witnessed could not happen in America. It did and is happening in America www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/28/c...
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Journalism students (grad or undergrad), throw your hat in this golden ring, if you are intrepid, curious, adventurous... and you live to tell the tale to others.
Expenses paid, conditions will vary, but the experience is priceless.
Spread the word?
#journalism
Expenses paid, conditions will vary, but the experience is priceless.
Spread the word?
#journalism
Opinion | Win a Reporting Trip With Me in 2026
www.nytimes.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Journalism students (grad or undergrad), throw your hat in this golden ring, if you are intrepid, curious, adventurous... and you live to tell the tale to others.
Expenses paid, conditions will vary, but the experience is priceless.
Spread the word?
#journalism
Expenses paid, conditions will vary, but the experience is priceless.
Spread the word?
#journalism
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Ok, promise -- last one for the day.
A list of Survival games and the studios that make them. Note the rubric outlined in the description. (Keep in mind that a lot of survival games and studios don't have Bluesky accounts.)
go.bsky.app/FR1rjLJ
A list of Survival games and the studios that make them. Note the rubric outlined in the description. (Keep in mind that a lot of survival games and studios don't have Bluesky accounts.)
go.bsky.app/FR1rjLJ
December 27, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Ok, promise -- last one for the day.
A list of Survival games and the studios that make them. Note the rubric outlined in the description. (Keep in mind that a lot of survival games and studios don't have Bluesky accounts.)
go.bsky.app/FR1rjLJ
A list of Survival games and the studios that make them. Note the rubric outlined in the description. (Keep in mind that a lot of survival games and studios don't have Bluesky accounts.)
go.bsky.app/FR1rjLJ
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Friday 13 April 2029 is the day Earth gets lucky, as asteroid Apophis skims (safely) past our planet. 🔭 ESA & JAXA are launching the Ramses mission 🛰️ to rendezvous for a journey only seen every few millennia. It's time to #LookUp. My latest for #JAXA Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/look-up-esa-...
December 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Friday 13 April 2029 is the day Earth gets lucky, as asteroid Apophis skims (safely) past our planet. 🔭 ESA & JAXA are launching the Ramses mission 🛰️ to rendezvous for a journey only seen every few millennia. It's time to #LookUp. My latest for #JAXA Cosmos 🤸♂️🧪: cosmos.isas.jaxa.jp/look-up-esa-...
Cover-Up (Netflix): If you're concerned about:
military obeying illegal orders (My Lai, Abu Ghraib) & the
erosion of investigative journalism...
Watch this doc. Also read Sy Hersh's books about the shoe leather it takes to find THE TRUTH.
People disliked him but talked to him. Ask yourself why.
military obeying illegal orders (My Lai, Abu Ghraib) & the
erosion of investigative journalism...
Watch this doc. Also read Sy Hersh's books about the shoe leather it takes to find THE TRUTH.
People disliked him but talked to him. Ask yourself why.
‘Cover-Up’ Review: Reporter Seymour Hersh Anchors Laura Poitras’ Brilliant and Damning Look at 50 Years of America’s Worst Moral Crimes
Mark Obenhaus co-directs an unflinching epic that connects the dots between the Mỹ Lai Massacre and the genocide in Gaza.
www.indiewire.com
December 27, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Cover-Up (Netflix): If you're concerned about:
military obeying illegal orders (My Lai, Abu Ghraib) & the
erosion of investigative journalism...
Watch this doc. Also read Sy Hersh's books about the shoe leather it takes to find THE TRUTH.
People disliked him but talked to him. Ask yourself why.
military obeying illegal orders (My Lai, Abu Ghraib) & the
erosion of investigative journalism...
Watch this doc. Also read Sy Hersh's books about the shoe leather it takes to find THE TRUTH.
People disliked him but talked to him. Ask yourself why.
Public Domain Day is January 1, creative works set free, including books, films, sheet music, song recordings, art works!
Here are some highlights and the rules for usage.
#copyright #publicdomain
Here are some highlights and the rules for usage.
#copyright #publicdomain
Public Domain Day 2026 | Duke University School of Law
January 1, 2026 is Public Domain Day: Works from 1930 are open to all, as are sound recordings from 1925! By Jennifer Jenkins and James Boyle[1] CC BY 4.0 Please note that this site is only about US l...
web.law.duke.edu
December 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Public Domain Day is January 1, creative works set free, including books, films, sheet music, song recordings, art works!
Here are some highlights and the rules for usage.
#copyright #publicdomain
Here are some highlights and the rules for usage.
#copyright #publicdomain
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I would like to wish everyone a Very Merry "things published in 1930 will enter the public domain in 6 days."
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
Gaming Like It's 1930
A game jam from 2026-01-01 to 2026-02-01 hosted by Randy Lubin & Copia Gaming. A new year means new material entering the public domain! Starting January 1st 2026, works from 1930 are free to use and ...
itch.io
December 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I would like to wish everyone a Very Merry "things published in 1930 will enter the public domain in 6 days."
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
itch.io/jam/gaming-l...
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🎬 Filmmakers! The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Day Remix Contest is open!
🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
#publicdomain #contest
🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
#publicdomain #contest
December 24, 2025 at 2:00 AM
🎬 Filmmakers! The Internet Archive’s 2026 Public Domain Day Remix Contest is open!
🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
#publicdomain #contest
🎥 Create a 2–3 minute short film using at least 1 piece of public domain material from 1930. 🎶🎭📚
📆 Deadline: January 7, 2026
💰 First prize: $1,500
ℹ️ Details 👉 blog.archive.org/2025/12/01/2...
#publicdomain #contest
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Its #Christmas in my corner of the earth. Here's a playlist of seasonal films, music and cartoons in the public domain.
Christmas,: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Christmas,: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Christmas, - YouTube
Christmas is the time for giving, so I give these films freely.
www.youtube.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Its #Christmas in my corner of the earth. Here's a playlist of seasonal films, music and cartoons in the public domain.
Christmas,: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Christmas,: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Merry Christmas 2025 is a wrap!
Time to guilty-pleasure the final Downton Abbey movie on old-fashioned DVD. Or is it new-fangled?
Living in your head in another time, place has taken on new meaning.
Time to guilty-pleasure the final Downton Abbey movie on old-fashioned DVD. Or is it new-fangled?
Living in your head in another time, place has taken on new meaning.
December 26, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Merry Christmas 2025 is a wrap!
Time to guilty-pleasure the final Downton Abbey movie on old-fashioned DVD. Or is it new-fangled?
Living in your head in another time, place has taken on new meaning.
Time to guilty-pleasure the final Downton Abbey movie on old-fashioned DVD. Or is it new-fangled?
Living in your head in another time, place has taken on new meaning.
Childrens' games, a short video series from Francis Alÿs about free play time on the streets and in the neighborhoods around the globe. If you're stuck for a game mechanic, here's a simple spark to remind us that games can be simple and are more fun together.
francisalys.com/category/chi...
francisalys.com/category/chi...
Childrens Games – Francis Alÿs
francisalys.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Childrens' games, a short video series from Francis Alÿs about free play time on the streets and in the neighborhoods around the globe. If you're stuck for a game mechanic, here's a simple spark to remind us that games can be simple and are more fun together.
francisalys.com/category/chi...
francisalys.com/category/chi...
Featured prominently in my Beyond: Milky Way game narrative, the dance of colliding galaxies is hug, twirl, embrace.
Micro explosions will ensue. But it is the consolidation that matters.
Micro explosions will ensue. But it is the consolidation that matters.
#ArtAdventCalendar day 23
Milky Way and Andromeda enjoy a dance of death. They're moving towards each other and will begin to merge in a few billion years.
Crikey!
Milky Way and Andromeda enjoy a dance of death. They're moving towards each other and will begin to merge in a few billion years.
Crikey!
December 24, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Featured prominently in my Beyond: Milky Way game narrative, the dance of colliding galaxies is hug, twirl, embrace.
Micro explosions will ensue. But it is the consolidation that matters.
Micro explosions will ensue. But it is the consolidation that matters.
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1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
Sean Duffy on blue states: "What I can do is I can pull their money. That's the leverage I do have ... I guarantee you that the federal taxpayer is not going to fund their roads and bridges and their systems when they are putting illegals on the roads."
December 23, 2025 at 2:32 PM
1 - the exec branch can't decline to spend $ Congress appropriated
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
2- the fed govt can't use federal $ to extort states over policy/political disagreements
3-the fed govt can't use federal $ to impose conditions unrelated to the funding program
4-the fed govt can't use federal $ to coerce states
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Enjoy the quiet moments of beauty, like these winter bell jellies, this season.❄️🔔🪼
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
December 22, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Enjoy the quiet moments of beauty, like these winter bell jellies, this season.❄️🔔🪼
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
There’s wonder in ocean life, and caring for it helps us all.
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here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
December 22, 2025 at 10:58 PM
here's the 60 minutes cecot video part 1 of 5 - recorded/uploaded by and all credit to @jasonparis.bsky.social
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
I just reduced background noise, chopped the 14 minutes into 3 minute segments each compressed under 100 mb for bsky's limits, cropped and rotated a few degrees for easier viewing on here
Daily reminder (thread) that Ukrainians have been fighting for their homeland, their homes, their culture, their freedom, and their lives for nearly 4 years. Thank you, Tim White.
A Ukraine official says Russia 'kidnapped' civilians in Hrabovske in Sumy region, when they "were gathered in a church"
🇺🇦Armed Forces spokesman Viktor Trehubov claims Russians arrived, rounded-up residents in the church then started driving them all to Russia. It all took just a few hours"
🇺🇦Armed Forces spokesman Viktor Trehubov claims Russians arrived, rounded-up residents in the church then started driving them all to Russia. It all took just a few hours"
December 22, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Daily reminder (thread) that Ukrainians have been fighting for their homeland, their homes, their culture, their freedom, and their lives for nearly 4 years. Thank you, Tim White.
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Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...
December 20, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Woman comes to US at age 6. Graduates nursing school. Work permit. No criminal record. Snatched and imprisoned by ICE for 6 months now. About to be forced back to Honduras. A life destroyed and one less nurse. Merry Christmas.
www.nola.com/news/educati...
www.nola.com/news/educati...