Kenzie Gordon 🍉
@kenzitronic.bsky.social
Settler on treaty 6, PhD candidate in feminist game studies @ ualberta, itinerant social worker, parent, usually in over my head on a wild DH scheme.
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Baby Ghosts is now recruiting for the next round of our newly revised Cooperative Foundations program - if you're part of a co-op-curious Canadian studio, this is an amazing opportunity to join a hugely supportive community and maybe transform the way you work together 👻
Co-op curious? Apply for our NEW Cooperative Foundations program now! You and your collaborators will get 8 weeks of pre-formation education alongside alumni and other indie studios in a cozy cohort. Open to new and established studios and comes with a $5k grant.
babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...
babyghosts.fund/coop-foundat...
Baby Ghosts
Baby Ghosts is a nonprofit supporting studios led by underrepresented founders across Canada.
babyghosts.fund
February 11, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Baby Ghosts is now recruiting for the next round of our newly revised Cooperative Foundations program - if you're part of a co-op-curious Canadian studio, this is an amazing opportunity to join a hugely supportive community and maybe transform the way you work together 👻
do I actually work better at home because several times a day I can scream 'GAH' when the volume of things becomes untenable... it's becoming a pretty core part of my workflow
a woman wearing glasses is making a funny face and saying `` gah '' .
Alt: Tina Fey shouting 'gah'!
media.tenor.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:29 PM
do I actually work better at home because several times a day I can scream 'GAH' when the volume of things becomes untenable... it's becoming a pretty core part of my workflow
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🔥new report on debanking in Canada by @internetmaggie.com and @publicpubics.bsky.social
Today @publicpubics.bsky.social & I are pleased to share our new research report:
Account Closed Without Notice 🏦💸🚫☂️
we clarify policies restricting bank access for many 🇨🇦 adult industry/SWers + offer recommendations to secure fair financial inclusion for all
www.internetmaggie.com/debanking
Account Closed Without Notice 🏦💸🚫☂️
we clarify policies restricting bank access for many 🇨🇦 adult industry/SWers + offer recommendations to secure fair financial inclusion for all
www.internetmaggie.com/debanking
February 10, 2026 at 8:24 PM
🔥new report on debanking in Canada by @internetmaggie.com and @publicpubics.bsky.social
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We’re hiring a QA Analyst! $90,069 CAD/year, remote 6-month contract, 4-day work weeks with flexible hours! 🫶
Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨
Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
We’re hiring a QA Analyst! $90,069 CAD/year, remote 6-month contract, 4-day work weeks with flexible hours! 🫶
Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨
Apply now: www.workwithindies.com/careers/ko-o... ✨
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In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
January 23, 2026 at 4:01 PM
In solidarity with today's ICE OUT OF MINNESOTA blackout, MinnMax is donating $1 to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota for every share of this Bluesky post for the next hour.
bots swarmed an online game dev survey we did and it sucks but also their answers are 🌟🌟🌟, today's winner "My cisgender identity let me focus purely on game dev coursework-no identity-related distractions, just mastering Unity and C#."
i'm dying and also why hasn't being cis led me to master C#
i'm dying and also why hasn't being cis led me to master C#
January 9, 2026 at 6:40 PM
bots swarmed an online game dev survey we did and it sucks but also their answers are 🌟🌟🌟, today's winner "My cisgender identity let me focus purely on game dev coursework-no identity-related distractions, just mastering Unity and C#."
i'm dying and also why hasn't being cis led me to master C#
i'm dying and also why hasn't being cis led me to master C#
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Hey Canadians! Your taxes subsidize these big game companies and you should be furious about this.
Ubisoft closes Halifax studio weeks after workers vote to unionize
Ubisoft closes Halifax studio weeks after workers vote to unionize
Workers at the Canadian studio voted to unionize in December in search of security in an era of 'studio closures, layoffs, and increasing instability.'
www.gamedeveloper.com
January 7, 2026 at 4:38 PM
Hey Canadians! Your taxes subsidize these big game companies and you should be furious about this.
Caroline Bem at UdeM and I were interviewed by @beurkeek.bsky.social for this episode of Random Encounters about the ongoing sexualized violence in games drama - it sounds really cool (cannot vouch because cannot German), check it out (if you can German!) insertmoin.de/random-encou...
Random Encounters: Sexualisierte Gewalt in Adult Games – Insert Moin
insertmoin.de
December 12, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Caroline Bem at UdeM and I were interviewed by @beurkeek.bsky.social for this episode of Random Encounters about the ongoing sexualized violence in games drama - it sounds really cool (cannot vouch because cannot German), check it out (if you can German!) insertmoin.de/random-encou...
Super cool perk of doing a doctorate is that mortgage lenders don't count t4a income as "income", great news for our double-SSHRC household trying to renew when 70% of our income apparently isn't real 💵 🫠
December 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Super cool perk of doing a doctorate is that mortgage lenders don't count t4a income as "income", great news for our double-SSHRC household trying to renew when 70% of our income apparently isn't real 💵 🫠
Hey labor-aligned folks in Canada - have you signed UVW's petition to reinstate the Canadian Rockstar workers unjustly fired for their union organizing efforts? Why not??? actionnetwork.org/letters/rein...
Reinstate Rockstar Toronto workers now!
On October 30th, three Rockstar Toronto employees were fired with immediate effect and without investigation. They were swept up in a brazen and ruthless union busting effort to terminate over 30 work...
actionnetwork.org
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hey labor-aligned folks in Canada - have you signed UVW's petition to reinstate the Canadian Rockstar workers unjustly fired for their union organizing efforts? Why not??? actionnetwork.org/letters/rein...
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Edmonton Police Service just launched this pilot with their body cameras without approval from the Privacy Commissioner, to give you an idea of the institutional approach to adopting tech which violates Charter Rights.
Face recognition is too dangerous for police use and undermines individual privacy. That's why Axon's new test integrating this tech into body-worn cameras is such an alarming development. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
Axon Tests Face Recognition on Body-Worn Cameras
Axon Enterprise Inc. is working with a Canadian police department to test the addition of face recognition technology (FRT) to its body-worn cameras (BWCs). This is an alarming development in
www.eff.org
December 8, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Edmonton Police Service just launched this pilot with their body cameras without approval from the Privacy Commissioner, to give you an idea of the institutional approach to adopting tech which violates Charter Rights.
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We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:50 PM
We are recruiting game makers affected by the 'NSFW' policy changes on Steam and itch.io for a survey. This survey is part of a broader project on the factors that shape the production, distribution, and consumption of porn games. More info about the project and survey at www.pppproject.com
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Canada cancelled its northern food program over the summer and is refusing to answer APTN’s requests for why. Canada continues to Canada…
‘Having a hard time getting food’: Nunavut hunger crisis continues
‘People are having a hard time now getting food’: Nunavut hunger crisis continues as Indigenous Services Canada refuses to answer questions
www.aptnnews.ca
November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Canada cancelled its northern food program over the summer and is refusing to answer APTN’s requests for why. Canada continues to Canada…
I recently played Wednesdays as part of our research project on sexual violence prevention games and it is INCREDIBLE, A++, one of the GOATs 🐐 highly recommend checking it out and today it's free!
Wednesdays is ✨ free ✨ for World Children's Day in order to raise awareness about child sexual abuse.
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
Grab it on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/2747770/...
or Itch: artefrance.itch.io/wednesdays
before November 21th 9PM CET!
November 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I recently played Wednesdays as part of our research project on sexual violence prevention games and it is INCREDIBLE, A++, one of the GOATs 🐐 highly recommend checking it out and today it's free!
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
If you do gender-based violence prevention work in Edmonton, Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton will be running our Shifting Perspectives training on anti-carceral approaches to violence prevention in partnership with CIAFV next week - there are still spaces open! www.eventbrite.ca/e/shifting-p...
Shifting Perspectives
A Collective Framework for Anti-Violence Work Through Collaboration. This workshop for service providers and anti-violence advocates.
www.eventbrite.ca
November 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
If you do gender-based violence prevention work in Edmonton, Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton will be running our Shifting Perspectives training on anti-carceral approaches to violence prevention in partnership with CIAFV next week - there are still spaces open! www.eventbrite.ca/e/shifting-p...
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I hate watching a whole country fail its Constitution saving throw
October 31, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I hate watching a whole country fail its Constitution saving throw
I have an upcoming guest lecture at UDelaware on my usual schtick - violence prevention in games both commercial and serious. Come hang out if you want to hear me on my soapbox! (do I need more than one headshot plz say no) 🫥 events.udel.edu/event/games-...
"Games for Gender-based Violence Prevention" with Kenzie Gordon
events.udel.edu
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I have an upcoming guest lecture at UDelaware on my usual schtick - violence prevention in games both commercial and serious. Come hang out if you want to hear me on my soapbox! (do I need more than one headshot plz say no) 🫥 events.udel.edu/event/games-...
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Dear #AdultGame devs:
For the upcoming episode of our podcast "Random Encounters", we're looking for developers who'd like to share their perspectives on depictions of sexualised violence in interactive fiction.
We'd need your answers, either in writing or as voice recordings, until October 31.
For the upcoming episode of our podcast "Random Encounters", we're looking for developers who'd like to share their perspectives on depictions of sexualised violence in interactive fiction.
We'd need your answers, either in writing or as voice recordings, until October 31.
Random Encounters – Insert Moin
insertmoin.de
October 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Dear #AdultGame devs:
For the upcoming episode of our podcast "Random Encounters", we're looking for developers who'd like to share their perspectives on depictions of sexualised violence in interactive fiction.
We'd need your answers, either in writing or as voice recordings, until October 31.
For the upcoming episode of our podcast "Random Encounters", we're looking for developers who'd like to share their perspectives on depictions of sexualised violence in interactive fiction.
We'd need your answers, either in writing or as voice recordings, until October 31.
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George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
October 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
George Orwell’s Animal Crossing
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Israeli forces are attacking the Global Sumud Flotilla with water cannons, attempting to terrorize activists en route to Gaza.
They're using Skunk water. This water is combined with multiple chemicals that produce highly unpleasent smell that sometimes takes WEEKS to get rid of (from experience)
They're using Skunk water. This water is combined with multiple chemicals that produce highly unpleasent smell that sometimes takes WEEKS to get rid of (from experience)
October 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Israeli forces are attacking the Global Sumud Flotilla with water cannons, attempting to terrorize activists en route to Gaza.
They're using Skunk water. This water is combined with multiple chemicals that produce highly unpleasent smell that sometimes takes WEEKS to get rid of (from experience)
They're using Skunk water. This water is combined with multiple chemicals that produce highly unpleasent smell that sometimes takes WEEKS to get rid of (from experience)
🔥🔥🔥 every academic should be appalled and speaking up against the spread of this kind of academic intimidation
"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."
What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charley Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression
I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of Charli...
cfe.torontomu.ca
September 30, 2025 at 1:39 AM
🔥🔥🔥 every academic should be appalled and speaking up against the spread of this kind of academic intimidation
Can't explain it but some tasks can't be done in certain chrome profiles just because the vibes are wrong
September 24, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Can't explain it but some tasks can't be done in certain chrome profiles just because the vibes are wrong
@aoir.bsky.social is there an anticipated date for the schedule being shared? 🫶
September 9, 2025 at 3:07 PM
@aoir.bsky.social is there an anticipated date for the schedule being shared? 🫶