Betsy Aoki (she/her)
@betsyaoki.bsky.social
Game producer, writer, poet. Clarion West grad and currently poetry editor at Uncanny Magazine. See Betsyaoki.com for more.
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QA Testers 🤝 Professional Assassins
1) Enter the building
2) Kill the target enemy
3) Observe results
1) Enter the building
2) Kill the target enemy
3) Observe results
November 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
QA Testers 🤝 Professional Assassins
1) Enter the building
2) Kill the target enemy
3) Observe results
1) Enter the building
2) Kill the target enemy
3) Observe results
Thank you bsky peeps. Needed the sass and the joy tonight :)
November 5, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Thank you bsky peeps. Needed the sass and the joy tonight :)
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I hope you feel a little okay. I hope you smiled once. I hope today grants you space for restful sleep at least tonight and maybe some energy for tomorrow. I hope you're hopeful.
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I hope you feel a little okay. I hope you smiled once. I hope today grants you space for restful sleep at least tonight and maybe some energy for tomorrow. I hope you're hopeful.
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Only one political party is actually expressing any empathy and concern on the way this shutdown is immediately impacting tens of millions of patients nationwide.
The tragic irony is most of these patients live in states that support the current party in power. That party remains silent.
The tragic irony is most of these patients live in states that support the current party in power. That party remains silent.
October 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Only one political party is actually expressing any empathy and concern on the way this shutdown is immediately impacting tens of millions of patients nationwide.
The tragic irony is most of these patients live in states that support the current party in power. That party remains silent.
The tragic irony is most of these patients live in states that support the current party in power. That party remains silent.
Recent trip to NYC had the chance to chat with @mcflycahill90.bsky.social & talk AUDITION FOR THE FOX! Loved it, it's a dose of what we need right now. Also damn Breads cheesy focaccia for the win!
October 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Recent trip to NYC had the chance to chat with @mcflycahill90.bsky.social & talk AUDITION FOR THE FOX! Loved it, it's a dose of what we need right now. Also damn Breads cheesy focaccia for the win!
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🎉GeekGirlCon is unveiling our match campaign!🎉
💞 Thanks to a few generous matching donors, every dollar you give to GGC will be matched — dollar for dollar — from now until the close of #GGC25 on November 9.
GGC is a 100% volunteer-run organization – every single dollar donated goes directly to🧵
💞 Thanks to a few generous matching donors, every dollar you give to GGC will be matched — dollar for dollar — from now until the close of #GGC25 on November 9.
GGC is a 100% volunteer-run organization – every single dollar donated goes directly to🧵
August 25, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🎉GeekGirlCon is unveiling our match campaign!🎉
💞 Thanks to a few generous matching donors, every dollar you give to GGC will be matched — dollar for dollar — from now until the close of #GGC25 on November 9.
GGC is a 100% volunteer-run organization – every single dollar donated goes directly to🧵
💞 Thanks to a few generous matching donors, every dollar you give to GGC will be matched — dollar for dollar — from now until the close of #GGC25 on November 9.
GGC is a 100% volunteer-run organization – every single dollar donated goes directly to🧵
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BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
October 2, 2025 at 10:42 PM
BREAKING: Our client Mario Guevara, an Emmy-winning journalist detained by ICE in retaliation for livestreaming law enforcement activity, will be deported tomorrow to El Salvador.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
Mario and his family are being punished for his reporting. This cruelty is meant to stifle our free press.
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Hiya friends, are you or do you know a rad dev who could use something like this? Pass it on!
Our friends at GLAAD Gaming just announced their new mentorship program, which focuses on lifting the LGBTQ Game Dev community!
If you're an early-mid career LGBTQ Game Dev, this might be for you! glaad.org/qed
Reposting & sharing is appreciated!
If you're an early-mid career LGBTQ Game Dev, this might be for you! glaad.org/qed
Reposting & sharing is appreciated!
October 3, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Hiya friends, are you or do you know a rad dev who could use something like this? Pass it on!
Toss a fiver at NPR ( like tossing a coin to your Witcher but, ya know, there’s inflation )…
Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere.
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself.
Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj
October 1, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Toss a fiver at NPR ( like tossing a coin to your Witcher but, ya know, there’s inflation )…
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Just gonna keep tapping the sign*
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
October 1, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Just gonna keep tapping the sign*
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
*𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘦𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦
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I will not piss on anyone’s chips, but as a project which celebrates the English gothic and the weird every day of the year, I sigh heartily at the start of October. Celebration of the dark and strange should never be calendar constrained. #October
October 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
I will not piss on anyone’s chips, but as a project which celebrates the English gothic and the weird every day of the year, I sigh heartily at the start of October. Celebration of the dark and strange should never be calendar constrained. #October
Worth getting up early to read this :)
Book Tour Day 2:
Our fabulously hatted heroine shares a cab to the airport with a woman in town for a healthcare conference.
HEROINE: Oh, are you a doctor?
WOMAN: …lawyer.
WOMAN: *clearly waiting for joke*
HEROINE: So I write these fantasy novels about a god of lawyers and social workers…
Our fabulously hatted heroine shares a cab to the airport with a woman in town for a healthcare conference.
HEROINE: Oh, are you a doctor?
WOMAN: …lawyer.
WOMAN: *clearly waiting for joke*
HEROINE: So I write these fantasy novels about a god of lawyers and social workers…
Will the woman with the fabulous hat make her connection in Atlanta?
Does she have a lint roller in her luggage?
How many books does she have to sell before the publisher springs for Comfort Plus?
Tune in next time when this and other questions will be answered, in Tales! Of! Book Tour!
Does she have a lint roller in her luggage?
How many books does she have to sell before the publisher springs for Comfort Plus?
Tune in next time when this and other questions will be answered, in Tales! Of! Book Tour!
October 1, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Worth getting up early to read this :)
Just got home to happy book mail!!
September 21, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Just got home to happy book mail!!
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It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
September 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.
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There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
September 18, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for people to build on the rubble of what’s being destroyed before our eyes. Private corporations bending over to forcefeed everyone government-approved speech is evil and amoral, but more than anything this creates boring, inauthentic, unwatchable shit.
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting
www.nytimes.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.
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Today begins the process of removing interpretive assets across National Park Service sites that violate the president's EO. If you work for the NPS, please let me know what, if any, changes are taking place at your site. No names will be used. Thank you. #NationalParks 🗃️
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September 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Today begins the process of removing interpretive assets across National Park Service sites that violate the president's EO. If you work for the NPS, please let me know what, if any, changes are taking place at your site. No names will be used. Thank you. #NationalParks 🗃️
cwmemory.com/contact-me/
cwmemory.com/contact-me/
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Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
September 17, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Regardless of the disgraceful nonsense we will likely hear from this administration in the coming days on vaccine “recommendations,” Americas healthcare insurers issued a joint statement tonight saying coverage for Covid and flu shots will remain unchanged from prior years.
Speaks for itself.
Speaks for itself.
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Quick point. Trump cannot silence you, period. He doesn’t have the means or the tools, and if he did he would be too weak to use them. This is a bluff.
It only works if you let it.
It only works if you let it.
September 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Quick point. Trump cannot silence you, period. He doesn’t have the means or the tools, and if he did he would be too weak to use them. This is a bluff.
It only works if you let it.
It only works if you let it.
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The Fox is free! Today my debut, Audition For The Fox, is officially out in the world. Magic. Fables. Time travel. And the many ways even a goofball can resist oppression & fight tyranny.
Thank you to everyone who had a paw in bringing this into the world & supporting it. Forever grateful, I am 🦊💜
Thank you to everyone who had a paw in bringing this into the world & supporting it. Forever grateful, I am 🦊💜
September 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
The Fox is free! Today my debut, Audition For The Fox, is officially out in the world. Magic. Fables. Time travel. And the many ways even a goofball can resist oppression & fight tyranny.
Thank you to everyone who had a paw in bringing this into the world & supporting it. Forever grateful, I am 🦊💜
Thank you to everyone who had a paw in bringing this into the world & supporting it. Forever grateful, I am 🦊💜
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Attention! Attention! Free Silvia Moreno-Garcia work from Uncanny Magazine! Woooo hoooooo! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
The Lure of Stone - Uncanny Magazine
They saw the men when they were close to reaching Elmesak; they rode two by two and all six of them were decked in crimson. Yalxi set the bedroll and the pack with their supplies down by the side of t...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Attention! Attention! Free Silvia Moreno-Garcia work from Uncanny Magazine! Woooo hoooooo! www.uncannymagazine.com/article/the-...
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Uncanny Magazine received 2800 short story submissions. It does seem that we are still getting AI subs. (Sadly, no shock there.) I can buy 15-20 stories for Year 12.
September 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Uncanny Magazine received 2800 short story submissions. It does seem that we are still getting AI subs. (Sadly, no shock there.) I can buy 15-20 stories for Year 12.
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Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around!
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
September 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Have been tagged in to provide the reminder about traumatic video because of the Charlie Kirk shooting video going around!
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound
1. Settings -> Content & Media, turn off "autoplay video"
2. Keep your device sound off while browsing so an accidental activation won't include the sound