Mel M
@melchiwi.bsky.social
“a good and learned Digest of Common Places".
Formerly game publishing, game sales, and indie consulting.
Currently online market research.
Posts do not reflect the views of my employer.
Formerly game publishing, game sales, and indie consulting.
Currently online market research.
Posts do not reflect the views of my employer.
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Hidden Folks is this week's ✨ Free Game ✨ on the Epic Games Store!
It's a beautiful & silly game I'm very proud of! You search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hidd...
For Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS (!!) (in the EU).
It's a beautiful & silly game I'm very proud of! You search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hidd...
For Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS (!!) (in the EU).
August 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Hidden Folks is this week's ✨ Free Game ✨ on the Epic Games Store!
It's a beautiful & silly game I'm very proud of! You search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hidd...
For Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS (!!) (in the EU).
It's a beautiful & silly game I'm very proud of! You search for hidden folks in hand-drawn, interactive, miniature landscapes.
store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hidd...
For Windows, macOS, Android, and iOS (!!) (in the EU).
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Happy Zero Cool Day to all who celebrate.
August 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy Zero Cool Day to all who celebrate.
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Hello! You may have seen it, but I am one of the employees that have been impacted by layoffs at IGN.
It's been a great six years, but this now means I am looking to apply my talents to something new and exciting.
It's been a great six years, but this now means I am looking to apply my talents to something new and exciting.
August 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Hello! You may have seen it, but I am one of the employees that have been impacted by layoffs at IGN.
It's been a great six years, but this now means I am looking to apply my talents to something new and exciting.
It's been a great six years, but this now means I am looking to apply my talents to something new and exciting.
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🥨🎉 NEW GAME RELEASE! 🌭🎈
Cook Serve Forever is now available for PC and consoles! Grab it on Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox! (links in the replies)
Thank you so much for all of the support- I can't wait for y'all to play.
Cook Serve Forever is now available for PC and consoles! Grab it on Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox! (links in the replies)
Thank you so much for all of the support- I can't wait for y'all to play.
July 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
🥨🎉 NEW GAME RELEASE! 🌭🎈
Cook Serve Forever is now available for PC and consoles! Grab it on Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox! (links in the replies)
Thank you so much for all of the support- I can't wait for y'all to play.
Cook Serve Forever is now available for PC and consoles! Grab it on Steam, Switch, PS4, PS5 and Xbox! (links in the replies)
Thank you so much for all of the support- I can't wait for y'all to play.
"Their branch of service does not require them to be educated people of broad culture and broad views—and they are not. Their branch of service does not require them to think logically—and they do not." 1/3
July 3, 2025 at 3:48 AM
"Their branch of service does not require them to be educated people of broad culture and broad views—and they are not. Their branch of service does not require them to think logically—and they do not." 1/3
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1 in 12 Americans live in California.
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
not the main issue here but i'd really appreciate it if democratic politicians spoke out in support of big-city life and culture with the same energy and reverence that all politicians have for small towns
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
los angeles is "real america" and so are all the other big cities the president hates
June 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
1 in 12 Americans live in California.
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
1 in 35 Americans live in LA County.
LA is America
When doing video interviews, don't forget to ask for a You Can't See Me to trip up the AI image layer. unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/north-korean...
False Face: Unit 42 Demonstrates the Alarming Ease of Synthetic Identity Creation
North Korean IT workers are reportedly using real-time deepfakes to secure remote work, raising serious security concerns. We explore the implications. North Korean IT workers are reportedly using rea...
unit42.paloaltonetworks.com
April 22, 2025 at 7:44 PM
When doing video interviews, don't forget to ask for a You Can't See Me to trip up the AI image layer. unit42.paloaltonetworks.com/north-korean...
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The House of Representatives has voted to overturn a rule that would've limited bank overdraft fees to $5.
April 10, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The House of Representatives has voted to overturn a rule that would've limited bank overdraft fees to $5.
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It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
April 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
It is 2002. I am 18 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
It is 2008. I am 24 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2020. I am 36 years old. We are in a once-in-a-generation economic crisis.
It is 2025. I am 41 years old. We are in a—
the internet used to be WEIRD and I miss that
March 31, 2025 at 3:49 PM
the internet used to be WEIRD and I miss that
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The Republican budget plan:
-Cut SNAP by $230 billion
-Cut Medicaid by $880 billion
-Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%
-Cut SNAP by $230 billion
-Cut Medicaid by $880 billion
-Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%
February 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Republican budget plan:
-Cut SNAP by $230 billion
-Cut Medicaid by $880 billion
-Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%
-Cut SNAP by $230 billion
-Cut Medicaid by $880 billion
-Give $1.1 trillion to the top 1%
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#Bluesky: We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare.
Independent. Neutral. Impartial.
Thank you for sharing and following our account.
Independent. Neutral. Impartial.
Thank you for sharing and following our account.
February 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
#Bluesky: We provide medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from healthcare.
Independent. Neutral. Impartial.
Thank you for sharing and following our account.
Independent. Neutral. Impartial.
Thank you for sharing and following our account.
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Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 18, 2024 at 11:37 AM
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
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sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
December 16, 2024 at 4:16 PM
sesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
"a tech industry that has become so obsessed with growth that you, the paying customer, are a nuisance to be mitigated far more than a participant in an exchange of value."
Newsletter: Our digital lives are unregulated growth-hacked ecological disasters. The modern tech ecosystem's growth-at-all-costs mindset is actively harming billions of people, pushing them toward authoritarianism for profit. We must fight back.
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
www.wheresyoured.at/never-forgive-them/
Never Forgive Them
In the last year, I’ve spent about 200,000 words on a kind of personal journey where I’ve tried again and again to work out why everything digital feels so broken, and why it seems to keep getting wor...
www.wheresyoured.at
December 16, 2024 at 7:50 PM
"a tech industry that has become so obsessed with growth that you, the paying customer, are a nuisance to be mitigated far more than a participant in an exchange of value."
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1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
The Mystery of Food Deserts
They didn’t materialize around the country for no reason. Something happened.
www.theatlantic.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 PM
1. The conventional explanation for food deserts—that these places are too poor or too rural to generate enough spending on groceries, or too Black to overcome racist corporate redlining — fail to grapple with a key fact: food deserts didn’t used to exist. My new piece in The Atlantic.
"These platforms, these algorithmic oracles, are not neutral forces. The result is often less a sense of increased connection and more an inflated sense of self-importance." - Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
November 8, 2024 at 3:30 PM
"These platforms, these algorithmic oracles, are not neutral forces. The result is often less a sense of increased connection and more an inflated sense of self-importance." - Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
"I've been told that you seldom find anything exciting growing on a rich person's grave" - People with Dirty Hands, The Passion for Gardening - Robin Chotzinoff
June 26, 2024 at 5:38 PM
"I've been told that you seldom find anything exciting growing on a rich person's grave" - People with Dirty Hands, The Passion for Gardening - Robin Chotzinoff
Gearing up to head to GDC tomorrow for the first time in 5 years.
March 18, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Gearing up to head to GDC tomorrow for the first time in 5 years.
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I didn’t expect to become so cynical about technologies to generate text, but here we are: a “coobook” purchased by a hospital, intended for use by patients. Note the “2000+ Day Recipe” panel. It is a lie.
#MedLibs #AmReading 1/n
#MedLibs #AmReading 1/n
March 5, 2024 at 8:11 PM
I didn’t expect to become so cynical about technologies to generate text, but here we are: a “coobook” purchased by a hospital, intended for use by patients. Note the “2000+ Day Recipe” panel. It is a lie.
#MedLibs #AmReading 1/n
#MedLibs #AmReading 1/n
"When the language of advertising and personal branding enjoins you to "be yourself", what it really means is "be more yourself", where "yourself" is a consistent and recognizable pattern of habits, desires, and drives that can be more easily advertised to and appropriated..." - Jenny Odell
March 14, 2024 at 10:20 PM
"When the language of advertising and personal branding enjoins you to "be yourself", what it really means is "be more yourself", where "yourself" is a consistent and recognizable pattern of habits, desires, and drives that can be more easily advertised to and appropriated..." - Jenny Odell
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this is a good reminder that when people complain about DEI and “merit,” they don’t mean “evaluating who is the optimal person for the job” they mean “determining who deserves the prestige that comes with the position,” where their preferred answer is always “someone white and preferably my child”
Wall Street is retreating from DEI, as programs once meant for minorities and women are now open to all.
One ex-exec says she’s had white women ask what opportunities their sons will have if Wall Street focuses on promoting underrepresented groups
One ex-exec says she’s had white women ask what opportunities their sons will have if Wall Street focuses on promoting underrepresented groups
Wall Street’s DEI Retreat Has Officially Begun
Programs once meant for people of color and women are now open to all.
www.bloomberg.com
March 5, 2024 at 5:26 PM
this is a good reminder that when people complain about DEI and “merit,” they don’t mean “evaluating who is the optimal person for the job” they mean “determining who deserves the prestige that comes with the position,” where their preferred answer is always “someone white and preferably my child”
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Google search is almost useless now. We need to bring these back:
March 5, 2024 at 2:41 AM
Google search is almost useless now. We need to bring these back:
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cannot recommend ed’s stuff enough, it only gets better the worse late stage capitalism gets
March 1, 2024 at 1:07 AM
cannot recommend ed’s stuff enough, it only gets better the worse late stage capitalism gets
