Questing Refuge
@questingrefuge.bsky.social
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https://youtube.com/QuestingRefuge is where I sometimes make video essays about disability, autism, parenting, politics or whatever usually looking at media
https://youtube.com/QuestingRefuge is where I sometimes make video essays about disability, autism, parenting, politics or whatever usually looking at media
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Final Fantasy 4’s Unsung Disabled Hero
YouTube video by Questing Refuge
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NEW VIDEO looking at a beloved disabled character from one of my favorite RPGs growing up
youtu.be/MeNYH8pTT0I
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Gonna start wishing for more apps to go into maintenance mode to guarantee no more AI bullshit.
February 4, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Gonna start wishing for more apps to go into maintenance mode to guarantee no more AI bullshit.
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Cough cough
When Your Hero Is A Monster
YouTube video by The Leftist Cooks
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February 4, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Cough cough
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And the winner is Tunic! A Reconstructed video thoroughly analyzing this game will release sometime in 2026. But more importantly, you all raised $2,530 for Immigrant Defenders Law Center! It's really incredible to see how much generosity people have in this difficult time. I think we'll make it 💙
February 3, 2026 at 5:09 PM
And the winner is Tunic! A Reconstructed video thoroughly analyzing this game will release sometime in 2026. But more importantly, you all raised $2,530 for Immigrant Defenders Law Center! It's really incredible to see how much generosity people have in this difficult time. I think we'll make it 💙
I think the only people we can blame besides the Dems is people like you actually. Think of all the votes you've probably lost by showing how absolutely awful you are.
One thing many people refuse to understand is that voting for Kamala Harris doesn’t excuse you for telling everyone she sucks and convincing others not to vote for her
February 3, 2026 at 2:29 PM
I think the only people we can blame besides the Dems is people like you actually. Think of all the votes you've probably lost by showing how absolutely awful you are.
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We won best use of theme and got an honorable mention for best art!
February 2, 2026 at 1:32 AM
We won best use of theme and got an honorable mention for best art!
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We just had our lowest patreon payout in 2 years. We don't typically take sponsors and our next 2 projects are both ones that would be significantly weakened by the presence of one. If you enjoy our work and have funds to comfortably pledge to support us right now, we would really appreciate it.
Get more from The Leftist Cooks on Patreon
video essays about the social sciences, philosophy, and art
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February 2, 2026 at 5:04 PM
We just had our lowest patreon payout in 2 years. We don't typically take sponsors and our next 2 projects are both ones that would be significantly weakened by the presence of one. If you enjoy our work and have funds to comfortably pledge to support us right now, we would really appreciate it.
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Today is the very last day to force me to make a Reconstructed video on whatever you want! Whatever suggestion has the most dollars donated to Immigrant Defenders Law Center will be the subject of a video later this year! 16 hours left!
tilt.fyi/SFvSTMquow
tilt.fyi/SFvSTMquow
February 2, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Today is the very last day to force me to make a Reconstructed video on whatever you want! Whatever suggestion has the most dollars donated to Immigrant Defenders Law Center will be the subject of a video later this year! 16 hours left!
tilt.fyi/SFvSTMquow
tilt.fyi/SFvSTMquow
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It's the first Monday of the month which means it's time for a new episode of Take Back History!
This month we're untangling how to study and represent difficult histories of slavery and racism without doing more harm than good.
youtu.be/4hjFO8oHWBM
This month we're untangling how to study and represent difficult histories of slavery and racism without doing more harm than good.
youtu.be/4hjFO8oHWBM
Handling Traumatic Histories | Rebecca & Anna Loy and Stephen Kenny - TBH #2
YouTube video by Take Back History
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February 2, 2026 at 2:02 PM
It's the first Monday of the month which means it's time for a new episode of Take Back History!
This month we're untangling how to study and represent difficult histories of slavery and racism without doing more harm than good.
youtu.be/4hjFO8oHWBM
This month we're untangling how to study and represent difficult histories of slavery and racism without doing more harm than good.
youtu.be/4hjFO8oHWBM
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Today is the 2nd-to-last day to make me make a video on whatever you want! Whatever subject gets the most dollars donated to the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (tilt.fyi/SFvSTMquow) will receive a Reconstructed video sometime this year!
Tiltify - Made for Fundraisers
We give you the tools to engage with your donors and raise more for your charity
tilt.fyi
February 1, 2026 at 6:12 PM
Today is the 2nd-to-last day to make me make a video on whatever you want! Whatever subject gets the most dollars donated to the Immigrant Defenders Law Center (tilt.fyi/SFvSTMquow) will receive a Reconstructed video sometime this year!
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No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.
-Terry Pratchett
-Terry Pratchett
February 1, 2026 at 2:40 AM
No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.
-Terry Pratchett
-Terry Pratchett
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Oddnon once said they wanted their memorial to be a roast
I'm sorry, habibi, that I can't fulfill your wish, but nobody can think of anything bad to say about you
the only people who could talk shit about Oddnon were Oddnon and racists
I miss you
I'm sorry, habibi, that I can't fulfill your wish, but nobody can think of anything bad to say about you
the only people who could talk shit about Oddnon were Oddnon and racists
I miss you
January 31, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Oddnon once said they wanted their memorial to be a roast
I'm sorry, habibi, that I can't fulfill your wish, but nobody can think of anything bad to say about you
the only people who could talk shit about Oddnon were Oddnon and racists
I miss you
I'm sorry, habibi, that I can't fulfill your wish, but nobody can think of anything bad to say about you
the only people who could talk shit about Oddnon were Oddnon and racists
I miss you
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There's that line "Your favourite YouTubers' favourite YouTuber". Let's talk about your Favourite YouTuber's favourite BTS person
You have probably come across a charity stream that Oddnon did work on. You may not know them but that is okay-they were extremely private and did not like the spotlight
You have probably come across a charity stream that Oddnon did work on. You may not know them but that is okay-they were extremely private and did not like the spotlight
January 31, 2026 at 1:33 AM
There's that line "Your favourite YouTubers' favourite YouTuber". Let's talk about your Favourite YouTuber's favourite BTS person
You have probably come across a charity stream that Oddnon did work on. You may not know them but that is okay-they were extremely private and did not like the spotlight
You have probably come across a charity stream that Oddnon did work on. You may not know them but that is okay-they were extremely private and did not like the spotlight
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One of the kindest, most supportive people I’ve ever met passed this week. @oddnon.bsky.social would drop everything to support community, friends, and anyone who needed anything. Always showed up in a way that made us feel important and loved.
my friend Oddnon passed on wednesday evening.
they were a joyous, creative, revolutionary spirit.
they helped dig me out of a creative hole in 2023 and was always there when i needed them.
their absence will leave a vacuum in my life.
may their memory be a blessing.
they were a joyous, creative, revolutionary spirit.
they helped dig me out of a creative hole in 2023 and was always there when i needed them.
their absence will leave a vacuum in my life.
may their memory be a blessing.
January 31, 2026 at 8:30 AM
One of the kindest, most supportive people I’ve ever met passed this week. @oddnon.bsky.social would drop everything to support community, friends, and anyone who needed anything. Always showed up in a way that made us feel important and loved.
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Oddnon was one of the kindest, most community minded and most of all funny people I have ever met. They were a ray of sunshine in an all too often gloomy world, I hope they will be remembered as the wonderful person they were and that everyone in the community will continue the work they did.
my friend Oddnon passed on wednesday evening.
they were a joyous, creative, revolutionary spirit.
they helped dig me out of a creative hole in 2023 and was always there when i needed them.
their absence will leave a vacuum in my life.
may their memory be a blessing.
they were a joyous, creative, revolutionary spirit.
they helped dig me out of a creative hole in 2023 and was always there when i needed them.
their absence will leave a vacuum in my life.
may their memory be a blessing.
January 30, 2026 at 10:21 PM
Oddnon was one of the kindest, most community minded and most of all funny people I have ever met. They were a ray of sunshine in an all too often gloomy world, I hope they will be remembered as the wonderful person they were and that everyone in the community will continue the work they did.
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I'm wrecked
my friend Oddnon passed on wednesday evening.
they were a joyous, creative, revolutionary spirit.
they helped dig me out of a creative hole in 2023 and was always there when i needed them.
their absence will leave a vacuum in my life.
may their memory be a blessing.
they were a joyous, creative, revolutionary spirit.
they helped dig me out of a creative hole in 2023 and was always there when i needed them.
their absence will leave a vacuum in my life.
may their memory be a blessing.
January 30, 2026 at 11:42 PM
I'm wrecked
The world is a worse place without them. They were always looking out for everyone.
Oddnon was one of the kindest, most community minded and most of all funny people I have ever met. They were a ray of sunshine in an all too often gloomy world, I hope they will be remembered as the wonderful person they were and that everyone in the community will continue the work they did.
my friend Oddnon passed on wednesday evening.
they were a joyous, creative, revolutionary spirit.
they helped dig me out of a creative hole in 2023 and was always there when i needed them.
their absence will leave a vacuum in my life.
may their memory be a blessing.
they were a joyous, creative, revolutionary spirit.
they helped dig me out of a creative hole in 2023 and was always there when i needed them.
their absence will leave a vacuum in my life.
may their memory be a blessing.
January 30, 2026 at 10:34 PM
The world is a worse place without them. They were always looking out for everyone.
yeaaaa
Truly it's such a trauma response to be like "I have to keep trying because if I just figure out the right way to explain this, the rest of the world will understand me and everything will be fine!"
January 30, 2026 at 8:14 PM
yeaaaa
Oh no I started listening to the OST from FF14 and now I am reminded I stopped playing just before I got to Shadowbringers, which I hear is incredible.
January 30, 2026 at 7:33 PM
Oh no I started listening to the OST from FF14 and now I am reminded I stopped playing just before I got to Shadowbringers, which I hear is incredible.
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Pausing is allowed and no time pressure on dialogue choices are two things I wish were literally just always true.
January 30, 2026 at 4:48 PM
Pausing is allowed and no time pressure on dialogue choices are two things I wish were literally just always true.
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Immigrants: Thank Goodness You're Here!
If you donate to our ICE Out Charity Drive with @giantbomb.bsky.social, you're in the running to win a game code! Help thank the good folks at @panic.com, @annapurna.com, @visaigames.bsky.social, @lululu.games, and @popagenda.co!
bit.ly/iceoutminnea...
If you donate to our ICE Out Charity Drive with @giantbomb.bsky.social, you're in the running to win a game code! Help thank the good folks at @panic.com, @annapurna.com, @visaigames.bsky.social, @lululu.games, and @popagenda.co!
bit.ly/iceoutminnea...
January 29, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Immigrants: Thank Goodness You're Here!
If you donate to our ICE Out Charity Drive with @giantbomb.bsky.social, you're in the running to win a game code! Help thank the good folks at @panic.com, @annapurna.com, @visaigames.bsky.social, @lululu.games, and @popagenda.co!
bit.ly/iceoutminnea...
If you donate to our ICE Out Charity Drive with @giantbomb.bsky.social, you're in the running to win a game code! Help thank the good folks at @panic.com, @annapurna.com, @visaigames.bsky.social, @lululu.games, and @popagenda.co!
bit.ly/iceoutminnea...
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Overall: 28% laid off in the last 2 years
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
More than a quarter of developers surveyed by GDC say they were laid off in the last 24 months, and around half of them say they haven't found a new job yet.
www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-th...
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More than a quarter of devs surveyed by GDC were laid off in the past two years, and half of them don’t have a new job | VGC
“Execs are throwing people overboard and expecting these scuttled ghost ships to keep making them infinite money”…
www.videogameschronicle.com
January 29, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Overall: 28% laid off in the last 2 years
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
US: 33%
Design/narrative: 20% in the last 12mo (most impacted discipline)
48% said they haven't found a new job, and the survey admits these numbers are likely an undercount.
Fun fact: the survey would boot you out if you'd been out of work >2 years.
I’ve managed to talk about FF4 in 2 videos and never brought up one of the reasons it was such a memorable experience for me. Talking about the game to my mom caused her to quit playing video games forever.
January 29, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I’ve managed to talk about FF4 in 2 videos and never brought up one of the reasons it was such a memorable experience for me. Talking about the game to my mom caused her to quit playing video games forever.
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Congratulations and thank you to @saribo.bsky.social - Sarah the Leftist Cooks - for hitting this milestone with me. Thank you to all of you for all the watching and sharing, engagement and encouragement. Our best videos are yet to come.
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Congratulations and thank you to @saribo.bsky.social - Sarah the Leftist Cooks - for hitting this milestone with me. Thank you to all of you for all the watching and sharing, engagement and encouragement. Our best videos are yet to come.