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New York Marathon photo thread incoming! ❤️🏃💪
November 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New York Marathon photo thread incoming! ❤️🏃💪
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seeing people talk about setting up mini food pantries in tandem with giving out halloween candy while corporations fund extreme makeover: white house edition is the sign of sick, broken society. i mean what in the actual fuck.
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
seeing people talk about setting up mini food pantries in tandem with giving out halloween candy while corporations fund extreme makeover: white house edition is the sign of sick, broken society. i mean what in the actual fuck.
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Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Tlingit artist Nicholas Galanin, “Architecture of return, escape (The British Museum)”, a deerskin map a floor plan of the British Museum and possible escape routes for various Indigenous cultural belongings held there.
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I don’t talk about it much because the situation doesn’t really change but it’s still insane to me what an enormous amount of really talented game developers are out of work. just whole studios worth of incredible people, often people who worked on beloved games, unemployed.
October 23, 2025 at 2:42 AM
I don’t talk about it much because the situation doesn’t really change but it’s still insane to me what an enormous amount of really talented game developers are out of work. just whole studios worth of incredible people, often people who worked on beloved games, unemployed.
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This is not something I want to do, but as someone who was food insecure for a long time, here are some ways to get the most out of what you can get.
-if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—
-if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—
October 23, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is not something I want to do, but as someone who was food insecure for a long time, here are some ways to get the most out of what you can get.
-if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—
-if you have dietary restrictions or food aversions, spend some time thinking about what foods are safe. It sounds obvious, but—
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going to put forth one of my most die-hard takes again: there is no content that is inappropriate for any age group. it's all in the way you present it and discuss it with them. the content itself is the world they live in and you're not helping them by pretending their world is better than it is
October 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
going to put forth one of my most die-hard takes again: there is no content that is inappropriate for any age group. it's all in the way you present it and discuss it with them. the content itself is the world they live in and you're not helping them by pretending their world is better than it is
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SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS! Announcing the Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize: two juried mini-grants of $250.00 each to support emerging artists l for the creation of a new minicomic that engages with medieval culture. More details available here:
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...
Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize
Juried mini-grants for emerging comic artists interested in engaging with medieval culture.
www.newberry.org
September 8, 2025 at 4:31 PM
SO EXCITED TO SHARE THIS! Announcing the Newberry Medieval Minicomic Prize: two juried mini-grants of $250.00 each to support emerging artists l for the creation of a new minicomic that engages with medieval culture. More details available here:
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...
www.newberry.org/calendar/new...
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Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.
Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...
Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...
October 15, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Windows 10 goes out of support today. My fave useless fact about w10 is that the iconic blue desktop background is a *photograph* - not CGI.
Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...
Tiny 'making of' vid here - youtu.be/_2RacX9DgWM...
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Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.
October 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
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A quick OER update:
Today I finished one of the most daunting tasks so far: Summarising legislation relevant for games and accessibility.
Our team is now looking for feedback from lawyers and #accessibility experts to make sure I got everything right. If you'd like to help, please get in touch!
Today I finished one of the most daunting tasks so far: Summarising legislation relevant for games and accessibility.
Our team is now looking for feedback from lawyers and #accessibility experts to make sure I got everything right. If you'd like to help, please get in touch!
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
A quick OER update:
Today I finished one of the most daunting tasks so far: Summarising legislation relevant for games and accessibility.
Our team is now looking for feedback from lawyers and #accessibility experts to make sure I got everything right. If you'd like to help, please get in touch!
Today I finished one of the most daunting tasks so far: Summarising legislation relevant for games and accessibility.
Our team is now looking for feedback from lawyers and #accessibility experts to make sure I got everything right. If you'd like to help, please get in touch!
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Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
October 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Sam Altman went from “AI will cure cancer" to "ChatGPT porn" in less than a month
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ICYMI – For my first original Access Granted report, I spoke with disabled players unable to afford the continuous rising prices of games, systems, and tech. If these trends continue, they say the disabled community will undoubtably be alienated from gaming. Read more here:
With the continuous rise of prices for games, systems, and tech, and as companies like Xbox announce further increases for services like Game Pass, some disabled individuals are choosing to forgo AAA gaming altogether. Read my latest Access Granted report here:
accessgranted.ghost.io/as-prices-in...
accessgranted.ghost.io/as-prices-in...
As Prices Increase, Disabled Players Feel Left Behind
Rising costs of games, systems, and tech forces some disabled players to leave behind their favorite accessible hobby.
accessgranted.ghost.io
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
ICYMI – For my first original Access Granted report, I spoke with disabled players unable to afford the continuous rising prices of games, systems, and tech. If these trends continue, they say the disabled community will undoubtably be alienated from gaming. Read more here:
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Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
October 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/
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Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
October 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Proud to announce Deviant Legal’s Game Developer’s Guide to Publishing Agreements: a free resource for developers wanting to learn about publishing deals. Publicly accessible, without requiring to provide your data: deviantlegal.com/guide/game-d...
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We 💯 support Amphifa! Give me ribbety, or give me death. 🐸
October 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
We 💯 support Amphifa! Give me ribbety, or give me death. 🐸
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Pivot to live service.
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.
October 12, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Pivot to live service.
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Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...
Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU
Proposed job losses almost triple since March as unions prepare to vote on nationwide industrial action
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Cuts equivalent to 15,000 jobs planned at UK universities – UCU www.timeshighereducation.com/news/cuts-eq...
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Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”
“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”
Trump Administration Lays Off Dozens of C.D.C. Officials
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Among many others at the CDC, the Trump regime laid off the staff of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”
“The publication’s storied history includes a June 1981 report that five previously healthy gay men were treated for an unusual pneumonia — the first hint of the AIDS epidemic.”
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NEW: Nearly 100 current and former developers at MindsEye studio Build A Rocket Boy slam Leslie Benzies and the rest of studio leadership for poor management and botched layoffs.
They say crunch was mandated leading up to release only for 250 people to be sacked afterwards.
They say crunch was mandated leading up to release only for 250 people to be sacked afterwards.
October 10, 2025 at 12:35 PM
NEW: Nearly 100 current and former developers at MindsEye studio Build A Rocket Boy slam Leslie Benzies and the rest of studio leadership for poor management and botched layoffs.
They say crunch was mandated leading up to release only for 250 people to be sacked afterwards.
They say crunch was mandated leading up to release only for 250 people to be sacked afterwards.
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Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
October 10, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Blessed are the frogs, for they keep making authoritarians look incredibly stupid
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Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags
It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We are now in a significant COVID wave after a period of relative calm- excellent summary from @chrischirp.bsky.social
England is now experiencing a significant Covid wave, after 10 months of relative quiet
The latest Covid situation in England and a look at where NHS services are as we head into winter
open.substack.com
October 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
We are now in a significant COVID wave after a period of relative calm- excellent summary from @chrischirp.bsky.social