Elise Valla
@lansu.bsky.social
Freelance Senior Game Designer. Formerly Thought Pennies, Blizzard, Standing Stone Games, Turbine. Icon by @knockoffgoblin. Opinions are mine and mine alone.
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Not having work-life balance can literally kill you or disable you. The grind absolutely is not worth it.
October 5, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Not having work-life balance can literally kill you or disable you. The grind absolutely is not worth it.
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The CDC tried to remove remote work as an accommodation for disabled people.
Working from home is a game changer when you’re chronically ill. It allows people to remain in the workforce who otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
Big thanks to the unions who fought this, the CDC caved from the pressure
Working from home is a game changer when you’re chronically ill. It allows people to remain in the workforce who otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
Big thanks to the unions who fought this, the CDC caved from the pressure
Our current admin hates disabled people 🌈
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
www.afge.org/article/cdc-...
CDC Removes Disability as Reasonable Accommodation for Remote Work, Backtracks After Union Pressure
Leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had said employees with disabilities would no longer be approved for telework or remote work as a reasonable accommodation – a stunning vio...
www.afge.org
September 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The CDC tried to remove remote work as an accommodation for disabled people.
Working from home is a game changer when you’re chronically ill. It allows people to remain in the workforce who otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
Big thanks to the unions who fought this, the CDC caved from the pressure
Working from home is a game changer when you’re chronically ill. It allows people to remain in the workforce who otherwise wouldn’t be able to.
Big thanks to the unions who fought this, the CDC caved from the pressure
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Nobody, and I emphasize, nobody should go to the US. If you're games industry, I promise you that there are better events everywhere else.
korean reporting is nightmarish on the conditions Korean workers were contained in
September 15, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Nobody, and I emphasize, nobody should go to the US. If you're games industry, I promise you that there are better events everywhere else.
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This is how they ensure political opponents can't escape when they start rounding them up.
If you're in a position to leave, you should do so now before they close the door.
theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
If you're in a position to leave, you should do so now before they close the door.
theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
New Bill Would Give Marco Rubio “Thought Police” Power to Revoke U.S. Passports
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has already sought to punish immigrants for speech. New legislation might let him revoke passports from U.S. citizens.
theintercept.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:29 AM
This is how they ensure political opponents can't escape when they start rounding them up.
If you're in a position to leave, you should do so now before they close the door.
theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
If you're in a position to leave, you should do so now before they close the door.
theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...
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If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up
September 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up
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August 31, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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I know this is a ridiculous ask but if anyone has any leads on contract or in-house work as a writer, narrative designer, game designer, or generalist starting after November, please let me know.
August 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
I know this is a ridiculous ask but if anyone has any leads on contract or in-house work as a writer, narrative designer, game designer, or generalist starting after November, please let me know.
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It is mind blowing to hear Democratic politicians talking about the president sending the military into American cities as a “distraction.” Actually you are all now one degree away from being violently removed from power. The fact that this may not happen does not erase the fact that it may happen.
August 19, 2025 at 2:12 AM
It is mind blowing to hear Democratic politicians talking about the president sending the military into American cities as a “distraction.” Actually you are all now one degree away from being violently removed from power. The fact that this may not happen does not erase the fact that it may happen.
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We just added two design roles and a UI/UX role here at Gravity Well. Give it a peek if you're looking/curious.
Exciting news! ✨ We're growing our team and have 3 new openings for talented folks in the Design and UI/UX spaces. If you're passionate about making amazing player experiences, come join us!
Check out our open roles here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/gravitywell/
Check out our open roles here: job-boards.greenhouse.io/gravitywell/
Gravity Well
gravitywell.games
August 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
We just added two design roles and a UI/UX role here at Gravity Well. Give it a peek if you're looking/curious.
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"Deranged president increasingly threatening American citizens with deportation and denaturalization" sounds like a front page story to me
July 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
"Deranged president increasingly threatening American citizens with deportation and denaturalization" sounds like a front page story to me
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ICE killed a farm worker who was just doing their job. Murdered.
July 11, 2025 at 9:15 PM
ICE killed a farm worker who was just doing their job. Murdered.
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I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven
July 11, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven
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🌛 I am looking for work 🌜
July 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
🌛 I am looking for work 🌜
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An argument I've seen against unionization is that workers demanding better from employers will only incentivize bosses to replace them with AI. There is nothing you can give to or give-up for a growth-obsessed CEO that would discourage them from trying this regardless. Fight for what's yours now.
July 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
An argument I've seen against unionization is that workers demanding better from employers will only incentivize bosses to replace them with AI. There is nothing you can give to or give-up for a growth-obsessed CEO that would discourage them from trying this regardless. Fight for what's yours now.
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If you're currently looking for a new home in gaming: @cdprojektred.com is currently hiring for 90 positions across numerous disciplines - both in the US and in Europe (with a few additional global, remote options too).
Fingers crossed for your job hunt❤️
▶️ cdprojektred.com/en/jobs
Fingers crossed for your job hunt❤️
▶️ cdprojektred.com/en/jobs
July 2, 2025 at 4:02 PM
If you're currently looking for a new home in gaming: @cdprojektred.com is currently hiring for 90 positions across numerous disciplines - both in the US and in Europe (with a few additional global, remote options too).
Fingers crossed for your job hunt❤️
▶️ cdprojektred.com/en/jobs
Fingers crossed for your job hunt❤️
▶️ cdprojektred.com/en/jobs
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Riot has 141 open roles at the moment- including some 77 in LA and some 24 in Mercer Island. It feels like a drop in the bucket these days, but please take a look if you need it.
www.riotgames.com/en/work-with...
www.riotgames.com/en/work-with...
Careers
www.riotgames.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Riot has 141 open roles at the moment- including some 77 in LA and some 24 in Mercer Island. It feels like a drop in the bucket these days, but please take a look if you need it.
www.riotgames.com/en/work-with...
www.riotgames.com/en/work-with...
Looking forward to the day when our industry isn't just a fucking meat grinder. We all deserve better.
July 2, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Looking forward to the day when our industry isn't just a fucking meat grinder. We all deserve better.
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I’m as tired of saying it as you are of hearing it, but this is unambiguously Nazi shit
The White House has ordered the US Dept. of Justice to prioritize denaturalization: voiding the citizenship of US citizens.
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
Who will it denaturalize? "Any" case that it "determines to be sufficiently important".
Point 10 leaves the criteria opaque and arbitrary.
substack.com/redirect/169...
June 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I’m as tired of saying it as you are of hearing it, but this is unambiguously Nazi shit
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The singularity is awesome
June 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The singularity is awesome
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they should be asking the deployed Marines how they feel about a father of 3 marines being beat to shit by ICE and stuffed in an unmarked car, all on camera
Masked men in U.S. Border Patrol vests brutally beat, take Santa Ana father
In a graphic video that has since gone viral on social media, about seven or more masked men wearing U.S. Border Patrol vests are seen taking part in a brutal beating of a Santa Ana father before f…
ktla.com
June 23, 2025 at 2:07 AM
they should be asking the deployed Marines how they feel about a father of 3 marines being beat to shit by ICE and stuffed in an unmarked car, all on camera
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Secret police tend to meet 5 criteria:
-target political opponents & dissidents
-the identity of members / operations are secret
-surveillance operations
-arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture.
👉 answer directly to dictator 👈
the StasICE, GestapICE, etc.
-target political opponents & dissidents
-the identity of members / operations are secret
-surveillance operations
-arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture.
👉 answer directly to dictator 👈
the StasICE, GestapICE, etc.
June 20, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Secret police tend to meet 5 criteria:
-target political opponents & dissidents
-the identity of members / operations are secret
-surveillance operations
-arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture.
👉 answer directly to dictator 👈
the StasICE, GestapICE, etc.
-target political opponents & dissidents
-the identity of members / operations are secret
-surveillance operations
-arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture.
👉 answer directly to dictator 👈
the StasICE, GestapICE, etc.
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SEEM LIKE GOOD TIME TA REMIND EVREEONE ABOUT DIS FAN-ORGANIZED EVENT DIRECTLY BENEFITTING DA TREVOR PROJECT.
🌈Running of the Trolls coming June 28th! Website, charity donation page and details this weekend! 🌈
June 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
SEEM LIKE GOOD TIME TA REMIND EVREEONE ABOUT DIS FAN-ORGANIZED EVENT DIRECTLY BENEFITTING DA TREVOR PROJECT.
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Trump posted this deranged message ordering every federal agency, including the pentagon, to do mass deportations in major cities because of trans people. I wish I was joking.
June 16, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Trump posted this deranged message ordering every federal agency, including the pentagon, to do mass deportations in major cities because of trans people. I wish I was joking.
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Liberals need to sustain the energy and opposition they have for things like ICE or funding forever wars in the Middle East for when their politicians are coming back into power or nothing will ever change.
Recognize that ICE and Israel funding increased under Biden and make it a non starter
Recognize that ICE and Israel funding increased under Biden and make it a non starter
June 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Liberals need to sustain the energy and opposition they have for things like ICE or funding forever wars in the Middle East for when their politicians are coming back into power or nothing will ever change.
Recognize that ICE and Israel funding increased under Biden and make it a non starter
Recognize that ICE and Israel funding increased under Biden and make it a non starter