Page Branson
@pagebranson.bsky.social
Senior QA Tester II for ESO, Level 7 Access podcaster, artist, MSTie for life. All opinions are my own.
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Page Branson
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· Jul 22
NEW: Multiple employees at ZeniMax, including two union members, have accused Microsoft of once again failing workers with its latest round of layoffs.
Sources described the way the company handled the cuts as "inhumane" and claimed work will be hampered after the loss of key talent.
More below:
Sources described the way the company handled the cuts as "inhumane" and claimed work will be hampered after the loss of key talent.
More below:
ZeniMax staff lambast chaotic Xbox layoffs: 'It's difficult to work when you're looking at a graveyard'
Employees at The Elder Scrolls maker ZeniMax explain how Microsoft's latest round of colossal layoffs unfolded and what they mean for the studio and its developers.
www.gamedeveloper.com
I spoke with Chris and Game Developer about what’s happened! The vibes are rancid folks!
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Senator Chris Van Hollen is also a No on the DHS funding deal, his spox confirms to me.
My statement on funding DHS:
The proposed Appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security released today puts no meaningful constraints on the growing lawlessness of ICE, and increases funding for detention over the last Appropriations bill passed in 2024.
The proposed Appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security released today puts no meaningful constraints on the growing lawlessness of ICE, and increases funding for detention over the last Appropriations bill passed in 2024.
January 20, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Senator Chris Van Hollen is also a No on the DHS funding deal, his spox confirms to me.
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Absolute garbage.
Call your reps and tell them NO BODY CAMS, NO TRAINING - ICE CANNOT BE "REFORMED." ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES, THEN DEFUND AND ABOLISH ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
They are giving ICE *MORE* money with these garbage "reforms." More money to HURT US.
Call your reps and tell them NO BODY CAMS, NO TRAINING - ICE CANNOT BE "REFORMED." ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES, THEN DEFUND AND ABOLISH ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
They are giving ICE *MORE* money with these garbage "reforms." More money to HURT US.
January 20, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Absolute garbage.
Call your reps and tell them NO BODY CAMS, NO TRAINING - ICE CANNOT BE "REFORMED." ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES, THEN DEFUND AND ABOLISH ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
They are giving ICE *MORE* money with these garbage "reforms." More money to HURT US.
Call your reps and tell them NO BODY CAMS, NO TRAINING - ICE CANNOT BE "REFORMED." ICE OUT OF OUR CITIES, THEN DEFUND AND ABOLISH ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS.
Find your reps here: reps.fyi
They are giving ICE *MORE* money with these garbage "reforms." More money to HURT US.
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If there are any European/Australian gaming outlets that still have a budget and want coverage of the year's biggest gaming events in the US but *don't* want to expose their people to well... the US, my email is in my bio!
January 20, 2026 at 9:42 PM
If there are any European/Australian gaming outlets that still have a budget and want coverage of the year's biggest gaming events in the US but *don't* want to expose their people to well... the US, my email is in my bio!
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Look for the helpers
Alaska Art Student Arrested for Eating Another Student’s AI-Generated Art in Protest
A University of Alaska student was charged with a misdemeanor for eating another student's AI-generated art in protest.
www.artnews.com
January 18, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Look for the helpers
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that’s right
Spanberger ends relationship between ICE and Virginia State Police
“This is an absolutely huge first step because it sends a message that she cares about the trust that the community has with the government, not just law enforcement,” immigration advocate Luis Aguila...
www.wvtf.org
January 17, 2026 at 8:33 PM
that’s right
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We must be unequivocally clear:
Any member of the military who participates in this terrorist occupation of an American city is a traitor. They are not “just following orders”. And they must be treated like the fascists they are.
Any member of the military who participates in this terrorist occupation of an American city is a traitor. They are not “just following orders”. And they must be treated like the fascists they are.
ABC News reporting 1,500 active duty soldiers are on standby to deploy to MINNESOTA.
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
The soldiers are from the 11th Airborne Division, based at Joint Base Elmendorf--Richardson, one of the Army's premier infantry formations.
The division is also the military's leading formation for Arctic warfare
Hundreds of active-duty soldiers on standby, 2 defense officials say
abcnews.go.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:13 AM
We must be unequivocally clear:
Any member of the military who participates in this terrorist occupation of an American city is a traitor. They are not “just following orders”. And they must be treated like the fascists they are.
Any member of the military who participates in this terrorist occupation of an American city is a traitor. They are not “just following orders”. And they must be treated like the fascists they are.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:26 AM
Second chip bag contains a potato dicer and a note saying ‘man, you figure it out.’
Got my first bag of potato chips in months. Cracked it open. The first chip out of the bag was... soggy?
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
The second chip was almost fungal.
Baffled, I explored the bag and discovered AN ENTIRE POTATO. Unsliced, brined, like a wad of seasoning juice. It had survived, and now was juicing the chips.
January 16, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Second chip bag contains a potato dicer and a note saying ‘man, you figure it out.’
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Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
Ash Parrish
www.ashparrish.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Breaks my heart to share this, but today is my last day at The Verge and I am looking for work! I'd really like to stay in video games, preferably in some kind of journalistic capacity but I can do PR/Marketing and maybe even a lil Narrative Design. Please get in touch!
www.ashparrish.com
www.ashparrish.com
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Worth every second
January 15, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Worth every second
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ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
January 15, 2026 at 4:47 PM
ICE must be abolished. It has become a lawless, rogue agency. Federal law enforcement agencies must follow the law, if they're going to have any credibility enforcing it.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
We are demanding justice for Renee Good and the prosecution of ICE agent Jonathan Ross for her murder.
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Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.
Wikipedia is 25 today.
January 15, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Leonardo DiCaprio has stopped using Wikipedia.
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
January 14, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness.
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Secret, unaccountable law enforcement agencies should be abolished. This shouldn’t be controversial.
January 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Secret, unaccountable law enforcement agencies should be abolished. This shouldn’t be controversial.
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“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?”
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
January 13, 2026 at 8:30 PM
“But what do you expect Democrats to doo-hooo?”
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
1) Refuse to fund this criminal government anymore.
2) EVERY one of them call to abolish ICE (and bonus, DHS). No more “they need training” shit. Promise prosecutions.
3) EVERY one of them call for Trump’s impeachment, relentlessly, EVERY day.
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A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
You’ve Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I’m the Proof.
What happens when you do minimal screening before hiring agents, arming them, and sending them into the streets? We're all finding out.
slate.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:11 PM
A few months ago, ICE hired me
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I didn't sign and submit any paperwork. I almost certainly failed the drug test. I'm real outspoken about my opposition to the Trump administration, and I am extremely googlable
And yet, there it was, in plain English. "Welcome to ICE!"
My latest for Slate
I implore everyone to read this detailed account of what’s happening behind the scenes with these absolute clowns. Fuck ICE.
just a reminder that we aren’t even seeing the worst of what is happening in Minneapolis from someone detailed at the Whipple Federal Building yesterday
January 13, 2026 at 4:25 PM
I implore everyone to read this detailed account of what’s happening behind the scenes with these absolute clowns. Fuck ICE.
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I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
January 12, 2026 at 4:39 AM
I don’t see how this country survives until 2029 unless Trump is impeached and removed. This level of lawless malice is not sustainable. What fresh horrors await us this week?
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so pretty soon ice will have deployed every officer they have to minneapolis and the thing to do then is cut a huge hole in the ice in a big lake and have bugs bunny dress up like a lady and stand behind talking all "help help rescue me from all the foreigners!"
January 12, 2026 at 1:46 PM
so pretty soon ice will have deployed every officer they have to minneapolis and the thing to do then is cut a huge hole in the ice in a big lake and have bugs bunny dress up like a lady and stand behind talking all "help help rescue me from all the foreigners!"
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🏁TIME🏁 #AGDQ2026 has raised a total amount of $2,443,414 for @preventcancer.org!
Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support!!
See you all next time at #SGDQ2026!!
We are SO BACK!!!!!!!
Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support!!
See you all next time at #SGDQ2026!!
We are SO BACK!!!!!!!
January 11, 2026 at 7:58 AM
🏁TIME🏁 #AGDQ2026 has raised a total amount of $2,443,414 for @preventcancer.org!
Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support!!
See you all next time at #SGDQ2026!!
We are SO BACK!!!!!!!
Thank you to everyone who made this marathon possible, and to all of you for your amazing generosity & support!!
See you all next time at #SGDQ2026!!
We are SO BACK!!!!!!!
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Another friend witnessed ICE pulling up on the sidewalk and grabbing a woman wearing a hijab and shoving her into their car and driving off. No conversation, just snatch and grab.
We are being terrorized and we still have politicians being dumbasses about it.
We are being terrorized and we still have politicians being dumbasses about it.
January 10, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Another friend witnessed ICE pulling up on the sidewalk and grabbing a woman wearing a hijab and shoving her into their car and driving off. No conversation, just snatch and grab.
We are being terrorized and we still have politicians being dumbasses about it.
We are being terrorized and we still have politicians being dumbasses about it.
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New PCs are unaffordable because 3 billionaires got in a circlejerk
January 10, 2026 at 2:24 AM
New PCs are unaffordable because 3 billionaires got in a circlejerk
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"It would be hard, but not impossible, to try the ICE shooter on state charges and obtain a state-law conviction that Trump couldn’t wipe away. It might seem like the longest shot in the world, but honestly, we have to try something, anything, to stop this — not just in Minnesota, but everywhere."
Renee Good's killer can and must be prosecuted
Doing nothing is not an option.
www.publicnotice.co
January 8, 2026 at 9:59 PM
"It would be hard, but not impossible, to try the ICE shooter on state charges and obtain a state-law conviction that Trump couldn’t wipe away. It might seem like the longest shot in the world, but honestly, we have to try something, anything, to stop this — not just in Minnesota, but everywhere."
Not the slightest amount of urgency from any of them over what happened. The population is reeling but our reps? Business as usual, spinelessly ducking questions, giving vague platitudes without any signs of actual action. It’s going to get much, MUCH worse if someone doesn’t do something NOW.
Jeffries dodged when multiple reporter, myself included, ask about using appropriations to rein in ICE
January 8, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Not the slightest amount of urgency from any of them over what happened. The population is reeling but our reps? Business as usual, spinelessly ducking questions, giving vague platitudes without any signs of actual action. It’s going to get much, MUCH worse if someone doesn’t do something NOW.