Jill Harrington
@jillithe.bsky.social
Cantankerous tech animator for games.
Currently at Motive, previously at Bioware, formerly at Blizzard, formerly-formerly at Turbine Games.
She/her. My opinions do not represent those of my employer. 🇨🇦
Currently at Motive, previously at Bioware, formerly at Blizzard, formerly-formerly at Turbine Games.
She/her. My opinions do not represent those of my employer. 🇨🇦
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How much do you have to hate yourself to even read this article?
February 13, 2026 at 1:07 AM
How much do you have to hate yourself to even read this article?
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There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
February 13, 2026 at 12:45 AM
There needs to be some serious accountability for the colossal harm to life these absolute demons have caused, and will cause. Life in prison is the moderate option.
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Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
Flock off
buff.ly
February 12, 2026 at 11:10 PM
Ring cancels its partnership with Flock Safety after surveillance backlash
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The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
AI-upgraded Notepad now exposes Windows users to critical exploit
A critical remote code execution vulnerability found in the AI-upgraded Windows 11 Notepad has fueled renewed criticism of Microsoft's forced AI feature creep.
cybernews.com
February 11, 2026 at 9:13 PM
The AI features added to Notepad created a critical exploit vulnerable to loading a compromised txt file.
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
The fix is part of Patch Tuesday, so update your systems.
AI is not a feature I ever desired in Notepad. I should look into some alternatives...
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As of today, Feb 11. I know of so many games industry layoffs in 2026 that it impacts over 50% as many people that i know of than i know who were impacted in the entirety of 2025. Its going to be a long year.
February 12, 2026 at 12:08 AM
As of today, Feb 11. I know of so many games industry layoffs in 2026 that it impacts over 50% as many people that i know of than i know who were impacted in the entirety of 2025. Its going to be a long year.
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Remember when Fortnite was a PvE game and they kept it around even though it wasn't doing great and at some point someone said I dunno, let's try it as a battle royale?
Imagine if Epic had just laid the team off after like four days.
Imagine if Epic had just laid the team off after like four days.
February 12, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Remember when Fortnite was a PvE game and they kept it around even though it wasn't doing great and at some point someone said I dunno, let's try it as a battle royale?
Imagine if Epic had just laid the team off after like four days.
Imagine if Epic had just laid the team off after like four days.
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Games need to be built differently. If every game lives or dies by its day-one, there is no future, period -- live games demand new production plans, and your first year needs runway/planning.
For employees -- not content. Because you need those to make stuff. Infuriating and sad. Love to the team.
For employees -- not content. Because you need those to make stuff. Infuriating and sad. Love to the team.
Several now-former Highguard developers at Wildlight Entertainment have posted about layoffs at the company, with one remarking that they had affected "most of the team."
The news comes just two weeks after Highguard's launch, and ahead of its first post-launch update.
The news comes just two weeks after Highguard's launch, and ahead of its first post-launch update.
Highguard Developer Makes Layoffs Affecting “Most of the Team”, Two Weeks After Launch
Several LinkedIn posts from now former Highguard developers confirmed the news, which comes ahead of the game's first post-launch update.
thisweekinvideogames.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:54 PM
Games need to be built differently. If every game lives or dies by its day-one, there is no future, period -- live games demand new production plans, and your first year needs runway/planning.
For employees -- not content. Because you need those to make stuff. Infuriating and sad. Love to the team.
For employees -- not content. Because you need those to make stuff. Infuriating and sad. Love to the team.
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If only there was an allegory for how we shouldn't abuse technology to make things ill-advisedly, like bringing back things from the past, but not quite correctly.
Yeah I’m afraid I’m gonna have to veto that Xfinity Jurassic Park ad.
February 9, 2026 at 2:17 AM
If only there was an allegory for how we shouldn't abuse technology to make things ill-advisedly, like bringing back things from the past, but not quite correctly.
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We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
February 9, 2026 at 11:30 AM
We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?
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Speaking just for myself, by now I've had my fill of efforts to "understand" people who have stuck with Trump.
We know who they are.
There are more of us than of them.
Just have to make sure that diff keeps showing up in election results. (As it has in virtually all special elections so far.)
We know who they are.
There are more of us than of them.
Just have to make sure that diff keeps showing up in election results. (As it has in virtually all special elections so far.)
We spoke with more than a dozen Trump voters about how they are making sense of the recent events in Minneapolis. Listen to "The Daily."
Why Trump Voters Are Torn Over Minneapolis
Illegal immigration and government overreach are colliding in Minneapolis, fundamentally changing Trump voters’ views of the president.
nyti.ms
February 9, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Speaking just for myself, by now I've had my fill of efforts to "understand" people who have stuck with Trump.
We know who they are.
There are more of us than of them.
Just have to make sure that diff keeps showing up in election results. (As it has in virtually all special elections so far.)
We know who they are.
There are more of us than of them.
Just have to make sure that diff keeps showing up in election results. (As it has in virtually all special elections so far.)
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Ultimately right now in video games I feel surrounded by people who are worried, all the time, about long-term unemployment and ensuing social (or actual) death and so if you seem very invested in coming up with fun uses for LLMs in games I find you despicable.
February 9, 2026 at 2:36 PM
Ultimately right now in video games I feel surrounded by people who are worried, all the time, about long-term unemployment and ensuing social (or actual) death and so if you seem very invested in coming up with fun uses for LLMs in games I find you despicable.
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It was inevitable.
Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
techcrunch.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
It was inevitable.
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It's so wild that we live in a world where the response to "teenagers don't like genocide" is politicians pushing "let's stop teenagers from using the internet" so hard that Discord has opted to shoot its own foot off
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
www.theverge.com
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
It's so wild that we live in a world where the response to "teenagers don't like genocide" is politicians pushing "let's stop teenagers from using the internet" so hard that Discord has opted to shoot its own foot off
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
www.theverge.com/tech/875309/...
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i just wanna talk to my friends, man. fuck off.
anyway it rules that pretty much nothing is happening to the people in the epstein files but the rest of us have to like, give over our entire lives and privacy to look at tits maybe one time, or something
anyway it rules that pretty much nothing is happening to the people in the epstein files but the rest of us have to like, give over our entire lives and privacy to look at tits maybe one time, or something
February 9, 2026 at 4:25 PM
i just wanna talk to my friends, man. fuck off.
anyway it rules that pretty much nothing is happening to the people in the epstein files but the rest of us have to like, give over our entire lives and privacy to look at tits maybe one time, or something
anyway it rules that pretty much nothing is happening to the people in the epstein files but the rest of us have to like, give over our entire lives and privacy to look at tits maybe one time, or something
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I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
February 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.
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i like how british op-eds are just anti-woke madlibs now
February 9, 2026 at 5:34 PM
i like how british op-eds are just anti-woke madlibs now
Dear #discord, I will not be uploading my identification or a picture of myself to you or to anyone else.
You're gambling that we are too comfortable with you to quit. You'll lose this gamble. Everyone here is fed up with authoritarianism and is already used to finding new social media platforms.
You're gambling that we are too comfortable with you to quit. You'll lose this gamble. Everyone here is fed up with authoritarianism and is already used to finding new social media platforms.
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month
Age verification for all.
buff.ly
February 9, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Dear #discord, I will not be uploading my identification or a picture of myself to you or to anyone else.
You're gambling that we are too comfortable with you to quit. You'll lose this gamble. Everyone here is fed up with authoritarianism and is already used to finding new social media platforms.
You're gambling that we are too comfortable with you to quit. You'll lose this gamble. Everyone here is fed up with authoritarianism and is already used to finding new social media platforms.
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You can use this information to contact your Senators. Please do it! 2/
February 4, 2026 at 8:57 PM
You can use this information to contact your Senators. Please do it! 2/
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I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I read the “SAVE Act” (the GOP’s new voter suppression bill) so you don’t have to. This is my one page summary. Jesus it’s bad. 1/
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“I know they would do anything, that they would hurt people, that they’ve murdered people... I know that intellectually. But I still did not expect them to gas a chill, friendly protest full of nurses and teachers and children and the elderly.”
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
February 6, 2026 at 1:11 AM
“I know they would do anything, that they would hurt people, that they’ve murdered people... I know that intellectually. But I still did not expect them to gas a chill, friendly protest full of nurses and teachers and children and the elderly.”
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
www.theverge.com/policy/87278...
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There’s no reconciliation with or reintegration of these government employees after this
Metry and her husband of 4 years go to DHS to get their I-130 in motion. "Good news" a DHS employee told them, the form to start her naturalization was approved.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
DHS employee asks the husband to follow him through a secure door. When it locks behind him, ICE detains his wife to deport her.
EXCLUSIVE: Terez Metry was 13 when her family fled to Tennessee from Egypt in 2011. Then, they left her behind. She only recently discovered she had an order of removal from 2011. But she was following the legal path to citizenship. On Monday, at a routine DHS meeting, Metry was detained.
February 7, 2026 at 1:37 AM
There’s no reconciliation with or reintegration of these government employees after this
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A perfect mom-and-pop affordable housing provider 🤗 story in 3 images
February 6, 2026 at 11:03 PM
A perfect mom-and-pop affordable housing provider 🤗 story in 3 images