Xib (They/Them) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
@xib.bsky.social
From 沖縄🌺. Videogame Producer. Sometimes I do art! 日本語も英語もＯＫ. Queer af. Opinions are my own.
MTG Arena | Suckerpunch Studios | Thrill Switch Games
https://xibxib.com
MTG Arena | Suckerpunch Studios | Thrill Switch Games
https://xibxib.com
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Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
Alabama uses Japanese American Internment era law to charge immigrants who don’t self-register
Alabama is finding new ways to criminally charge undocumented immigrants
www.al.com
January 18, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Do we need to say it louder? Here. Louder.
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
" Federal courts in Alabama are using a law last applied during the U.S. internment [incarceration] of people of Japanese descent during World War II to charge immigrants who don’t register themselves..."
www.al.com/news/2026/01...
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Reposting with alt text! This is from the photojournalist who was violently tackled and detained by ICE earlier today.
January 18, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Reposting with alt text! This is from the photojournalist who was violently tackled and detained by ICE earlier today.
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"we don't want people thinking Democrats are for open borders" I am! who gives a shit!!! my life has been immeasurably improved by the presence of immigrants in my community, regardless of their status, there is literally no downside there! why would I give a shit!!!!
January 17, 2026 at 10:08 PM
"we don't want people thinking Democrats are for open borders" I am! who gives a shit!!! my life has been immeasurably improved by the presence of immigrants in my community, regardless of their status, there is literally no downside there! why would I give a shit!!!!
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If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
January 17, 2026 at 1:33 AM
If you are in Seattle, please go patronize this store because this is amazing content/promo 😂 (laughing to keep from crying, and I do kind of low-key want that orange spider plant I have never seen that before)
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DTQrTqZ...
POCKET CART MY LOVE I would die for you
My friend captured an insane moment in REPO tonight, I hid the pocket cart b/c we don't have enough money for it.. but Xib still wanted it.... and..
January 17, 2026 at 4:34 AM
POCKET CART MY LOVE I would die for you
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Stop using Spotify
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 16, 2026 at 5:34 AM
Stop using Spotify
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watch this
pulling this reflection on white silence/fear over here, too:
January 16, 2026 at 4:39 AM
watch this
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It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
ICE agents to begin checking documents at MSP airport, patrol jet bridges - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will begin checking documents of travelers and workers at MSP airport, with patrols inside jet bridges.
www.bizjournals.com
January 16, 2026 at 4:11 AM
It’s been reported locally, but I’m not sure how much national notice this has gotten. As part of this invasion by shithead goons, they are putting ICE agents in jetbridges and other parts of the airport at Minneapolis-Saint Paul. If you are flying Delta via MSP, you are putting yourself at risk.
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Rioters are painting TUNNELS on ROCK WALLS right in front of ICE agents in order to make agents CRUMPLE THEIR NOSES AGAINST THEM
January 16, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Rioters are painting TUNNELS on ROCK WALLS right in front of ICE agents in order to make agents CRUMPLE THEIR NOSES AGAINST THEM
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This is from the Vonnegut museum, and apt as ever.
January 15, 2026 at 2:44 PM
This is from the Vonnegut museum, and apt as ever.
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📣 ATTENTION GAME DEVS! WE NEED YOUR VOICE! 📣
We're conducting a confidential survey on mental health & workplace stressors for people working within game dev. Your insights can help inform best practices and improve resources & support across the industry.
Survey ➡️ bit.ly/TakeThisResearch
We're conducting a confidential survey on mental health & workplace stressors for people working within game dev. Your insights can help inform best practices and improve resources & support across the industry.
Survey ➡️ bit.ly/TakeThisResearch
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
📣 ATTENTION GAME DEVS! WE NEED YOUR VOICE! 📣
We're conducting a confidential survey on mental health & workplace stressors for people working within game dev. Your insights can help inform best practices and improve resources & support across the industry.
Survey ➡️ bit.ly/TakeThisResearch
We're conducting a confidential survey on mental health & workplace stressors for people working within game dev. Your insights can help inform best practices and improve resources & support across the industry.
Survey ➡️ bit.ly/TakeThisResearch
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Cancel. Genuinely. Cancel. A rejection at the border is a permanent mark against entry, forever.
If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.
If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.
January 15, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Cancel. Genuinely. Cancel. A rejection at the border is a permanent mark against entry, forever.
If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.
If you insist, follow dangerous territory protocols: know your embassy details, make sure someone knows your travel details, and have funds for emergency legal, health, and departure expenditures.
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See, everyone who's ever lived in Japan or even just visited here for a week knows that Mamdani's cause is moral and righteous
January 15, 2026 at 6:36 AM
See, everyone who's ever lived in Japan or even just visited here for a week knows that Mamdani's cause is moral and righteous
Just rewatched Space Sweepers and man, what a fun movie. Absolutely love it
January 15, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Just rewatched Space Sweepers and man, what a fun movie. Absolutely love it
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the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
January 15, 2026 at 1:19 AM
the problem with an untrained secret police squad that shoots people in their cars isn’t that they’re untrained
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We, as an industry, need to teach people that crunch-induced burnout can be permanent. It's like Long-Covid or ME/CFS, you might spend years managing it and fighting off flare-ups, and for some it can be permanent and completely debilitating.
Crunch kills.
Dreams.
Relationships.
Lives.
People.
Work. Dream. Live. Succeed. Never crunch.
Signed 'a crunch survivor'.
Dreams.
Relationships.
Lives.
People.
Work. Dream. Live. Succeed. Never crunch.
Signed 'a crunch survivor'.
January 14, 2026 at 11:29 PM
We, as an industry, need to teach people that crunch-induced burnout can be permanent. It's like Long-Covid or ME/CFS, you might spend years managing it and fighting off flare-ups, and for some it can be permanent and completely debilitating.
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now that's more like it
The Congressional Progressive Caucus, a group of nearly 100 House Democrats, will announce later today that it's formally endorsing legislation to strip $175 billion from ICE and put it toward affordable housing. www.huffpost.com/entry/doj-fe...
Progressive Caucus Backs Bill To Redirect ICE Money To Affordable Housing
www.huffpost.com
January 14, 2026 at 8:05 PM
now that's more like it
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This is not the language of the government of a free country.
January 14, 2026 at 1:16 PM
This is not the language of the government of a free country.
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the federal government has announced that it has total immunity from all laws constraining the power of the federal government
January 14, 2026 at 2:39 PM
the federal government has announced that it has total immunity from all laws constraining the power of the federal government
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This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.
We need to pick up this Overton Window and throw it as far as we can. Stop waiting for shit to “be popular” and start advocating for what is transparently right.
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
This. I am done returning to the status quo of what got us here. I want universal healthcare. I want a maximum wage tied to the minimum wage. I want omnipresent, cheap public transit and walkable neighborhoods. I want Supreme Court and police reform, and I want the rich to pay their fair share.
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It's actually insane to fully admit "we burn out our senior devs so we can hire less experienced workers desperate to prove themselves in a cutthroat and unpredictable industry so we can take advantage of their passion and push crunch on them since they're cheaper and less likely to complain"
January 14, 2026 at 5:40 AM
It's actually insane to fully admit "we burn out our senior devs so we can hire less experienced workers desperate to prove themselves in a cutthroat and unpredictable industry so we can take advantage of their passion and push crunch on them since they're cheaper and less likely to complain"
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Idk who this helps, but if you, like me, have been using Notion as a work/life database for the past 5 years and are also tired of companies forcing AI onto all of their products, I recently found out you can email Notion support and ask them to manually disable the AI features in your account
January 14, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Idk who this helps, but if you, like me, have been using Notion as a work/life database for the past 5 years and are also tired of companies forcing AI onto all of their products, I recently found out you can email Notion support and ask them to manually disable the AI features in your account
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To any junior devs reading the discourse, don't let anyone tell you crunch is necessary. Don't fall for it. Long term crunching is dangerous for your physical & mental health, full stop. Great games are not made because of crunch, they are made in SPITE of crunch, and it is NOT sustainable. Period.
January 14, 2026 at 7:02 AM
To any junior devs reading the discourse, don't let anyone tell you crunch is necessary. Don't fall for it. Long term crunching is dangerous for your physical & mental health, full stop. Great games are not made because of crunch, they are made in SPITE of crunch, and it is NOT sustainable. Period.
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Our company’s stance on AI.
We're not subtle with all our sassy skeeting about it, but it's probably time for a persistent, official statement about our stance on AI.
TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...
TL;DR: we know what we're talking about. GenAI is harming creatives. There will be no AI features in Yarn Spinner. yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-...
Why We Don't Use AI | Yarn Spinner
We get asked about AI a lot. Whether we’re going to add it to Yarn Spinner, whether we use it ourselves, what we think about it. Fair questions. Time to write it all down.
Yarn Spinner doesn’t use the...
yarnspinner.dev
January 13, 2026 at 10:40 PM
Our company’s stance on AI.