Emperatriz
@mprtrzng.bsky.social
Writer, game designer. Personal account. She/they.
www.emperatrizung.com
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join us on friday 10/18 for an international crossover event with our friends from [[rect*]]repair in shanghai! at the same time they will be showing our games in new york, we'll have a curation of chinese games, a portal to interact with the attendees in shanghai, and a fax machine(?!!).
October 5, 2025 at 3:16 PM
join us on friday 10/18 for an international crossover event with our friends from [[rect*]]repair in shanghai! at the same time they will be showing our games in new york, we'll have a curation of chinese games, a portal to interact with the attendees in shanghai, and a fax machine(?!!).
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opening your new game announcement with this is so fucking funny and real
August 19, 2025 at 1:01 PM
opening your new game announcement with this is so fucking funny and real
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Hi all, I’ve written a novel.
It is called PROCESS. It is about a Seattle tech worker and would-be entrepreneur. It is published by Dublin-based Tune & Fairweather, and it looks incredible.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/...
It is called PROCESS. It is about a Seattle tech worker and would-be entrepreneur. It is published by Dublin-based Tune & Fairweather, and it looks incredible.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/...
Process: A Novel
“Matthew Seiji Burns has done the nearly impossible. He’s thought deeply about the systems and technologies warping the human experience, and embedded them in a moving, nuanced, weird, and superlative...
www.tuneandfairweather.com
March 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Hi all, I’ve written a novel.
It is called PROCESS. It is about a Seattle tech worker and would-be entrepreneur. It is published by Dublin-based Tune & Fairweather, and it looks incredible.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/...
It is called PROCESS. It is about a Seattle tech worker and would-be entrepreneur. It is published by Dublin-based Tune & Fairweather, and it looks incredible.
www.tuneandfairweather.com/collections/...
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Are you a trans or nonbinary writer?
Clarion West just announced a new scholarship that covers all six weeks of tuition:
Clarion West just announced a new scholarship that covers all six weeks of tuition:
Announcing a Scholarship for Trans Writers
We are delighted to announce the Sea Star Scholarship, an annual full-tuition scholarship for our flagship Six-Week Workshop, offered by an anonymous donor, which will be awarded each year to one…
www.clarionwest.org
January 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Are you a trans or nonbinary writer?
Clarion West just announced a new scholarship that covers all six weeks of tuition:
Clarion West just announced a new scholarship that covers all six weeks of tuition:
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"that's not canon" I do not care
January 27, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"that's not canon" I do not care
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omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain
December 30, 2024 at 12:25 AM
omg a student somehow accidentally wrote an email addressed to a faculty-wide NYU listserv and my inbox is now a master class on who understands the difference between a listserv and an email chain
This is TODAY from 3pm–9pm ET!
Game Devs of Color Expo is hosting this livestream to fundraise grants for developers impacted by the record layoffs & other hardships in the industry.
You can get notified when @gdocexpo.com goes live here: www.youtube.com/live/FVl_xZr...
Game Devs of Color Expo is hosting this livestream to fundraise grants for developers impacted by the record layoffs & other hardships in the industry.
You can get notified when @gdocexpo.com goes live here: www.youtube.com/live/FVl_xZr...
Meet the game developers we're featuring in our Developer Hardship Fundraiser stream this Friday 🙌🏾
🔗 tilt.fyi/8d3HmyZJAC
They'll be discussing their experiences in #gamedev, industry hardship, and showcasing their games.
#indiedev
🔗 tilt.fyi/8d3HmyZJAC
They'll be discussing their experiences in #gamedev, industry hardship, and showcasing their games.
#indiedev
January 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This is TODAY from 3pm–9pm ET!
Game Devs of Color Expo is hosting this livestream to fundraise grants for developers impacted by the record layoffs & other hardships in the industry.
You can get notified when @gdocexpo.com goes live here: www.youtube.com/live/FVl_xZr...
Game Devs of Color Expo is hosting this livestream to fundraise grants for developers impacted by the record layoffs & other hardships in the industry.
You can get notified when @gdocexpo.com goes live here: www.youtube.com/live/FVl_xZr...
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i’ve got 2 new poems in Quarterly West!!
here’s one of them, “12 Questions,” which is inspired by Bhanu Kapil’s questions from The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers, a book i remain completely obsessed with
for both poems: quarterlywest.com/issue-113-chen
here’s one of them, “12 Questions,” which is inspired by Bhanu Kapil’s questions from The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers, a book i remain completely obsessed with
for both poems: quarterlywest.com/issue-113-chen
December 14, 2024 at 8:43 PM
i’ve got 2 new poems in Quarterly West!!
here’s one of them, “12 Questions,” which is inspired by Bhanu Kapil’s questions from The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers, a book i remain completely obsessed with
for both poems: quarterlywest.com/issue-113-chen
here’s one of them, “12 Questions,” which is inspired by Bhanu Kapil’s questions from The Vertical Interrogation of Strangers, a book i remain completely obsessed with
for both poems: quarterlywest.com/issue-113-chen
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“i know a poem i’m working on is working (on me) when it’s not only articulating something i needed to say, but complicating the saying, the need, the me i thought i was when i started.”
-- Chen Chen
-- Chen Chen
December 13, 2024 at 2:05 PM
“i know a poem i’m working on is working (on me) when it’s not only articulating something i needed to say, but complicating the saying, the need, the me i thought i was when i started.”
-- Chen Chen
-- Chen Chen
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Indie devs and a major game storefront losing revenue because Funko used an AI tool to confuse a domain registrar that has no appeals process is a very 2024 enshittification stew
I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
December 9, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Indie devs and a major game storefront losing revenue because Funko used an AI tool to confuse a domain registrar that has no appeals process is a very 2024 enshittification stew
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I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
December 9, 2024 at 7:13 AM
I kid you not, @itch.io has been taken down by Funko of "Funko Pop" because they use some trash "AI Powered" Brand Protection Software called Brand Shield that created some bogus Phishing report to our registrar, iwantmyname, who ignored our response and just disabled the domain
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If you have a personal (non-business) Paypal account in the US, Paypal will be selling info on your purchases starting next summer unless you tell them to go f*** themselves.
Here's how to opt-out, since they automatically opted you in (except in CA, ND, VT where your gov't cares about privacy)
Here's how to opt-out, since they automatically opted you in (except in CA, ND, VT where your gov't cares about privacy)
In 2025 (less than 30 days away), PayPal will start selling your transaction history for targeted advertising.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
I very highly recommend logging into your account and going to Settings > Data & Privacy > Personalized Shopping.
If you're reading this, turn that off RIGHT NOW before you forget.
December 8, 2024 at 7:14 AM
If you have a personal (non-business) Paypal account in the US, Paypal will be selling info on your purchases starting next summer unless you tell them to go f*** themselves.
Here's how to opt-out, since they automatically opted you in (except in CA, ND, VT where your gov't cares about privacy)
Here's how to opt-out, since they automatically opted you in (except in CA, ND, VT where your gov't cares about privacy)
How to use the "Detach quote" feature –
Fun fact: If someone quotes a post of yours in a way that is unwelcome (as is commonplace on Twitter/X) there is a tool to combat the unwanted attention. Simply click the three dot menu on the quote post & click "Detach quote". This removes your post from their quote post. Useful to know, do share!
November 30, 2024 at 10:38 AM
How to use the "Detach quote" feature –
@josephvlee.bsky.social's forthcoming book "Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity" is available for pre-order 💛
Link to pre-order: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...
Link to pre-order: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...
To learn more about the Wampanoag story & the complexity of Indigenous identity, I hope you'll consider pre-ordering my book. It explores big questions about land & community, from Martha’s Vineyard to Indigenous lands around the world 🌊
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...
Nothing More of This Land
From award-winning journalist Joseph Lee, an exploration of Indigenous identity that builds on the author’s experiences and questions as an Aquinna...
www.simonandschuster.com
November 28, 2024 at 5:14 PM
@josephvlee.bsky.social's forthcoming book "Nothing More of This Land: Community, Power, and the Search for Indigenous Identity" is available for pre-order 💛
Link to pre-order: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...
Link to pre-order: www.simonandschuster.com/books/Nothin...
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400+ years after the "First Thanksgiving" most Americans have no idea that the Wampanoag people are still here. My tribe, the Aquinnah Wampanoag, is on Martha's Vineyard and we're still fighting for our land and rights. We’re also doing some cool stuff. 🧵👇 if you’d like to learn more & support us
November 28, 2024 at 4:10 PM
400+ years after the "First Thanksgiving" most Americans have no idea that the Wampanoag people are still here. My tribe, the Aquinnah Wampanoag, is on Martha's Vineyard and we're still fighting for our land and rights. We’re also doing some cool stuff. 🧵👇 if you’d like to learn more & support us
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A lovely Icelandic term for pins and needles (tingling after your foot goes numb) is stjörnur í skónum, or “stars in your shoes.” A Yoruba version is pajapaja (“kill dog kill dog”). And the best one I’ve heard in German (uttered by a friend’s child) was mein Fuß glitzert. It means “my foot twinkles”
November 27, 2024 at 1:19 PM
A lovely Icelandic term for pins and needles (tingling after your foot goes numb) is stjörnur í skónum, or “stars in your shoes.” A Yoruba version is pajapaja (“kill dog kill dog”). And the best one I’ve heard in German (uttered by a friend’s child) was mein Fuß glitzert. It means “my foot twinkles”
Tried out vinterbad for the first time today and survived!!! Was only kind of scary.
November 17, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Tried out vinterbad for the first time today and survived!!! Was only kind of scary.
Just saw someone pour a whole beer can into a water bottle on the subway at 10:30am 😵💫
November 17, 2024 at 9:38 AM
Just saw someone pour a whole beer can into a water bottle on the subway at 10:30am 😵💫
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Reposting for night-side BSky! Hoping to see some of you folks tomorrow :)
🚨Help us raise $10,000 for Lebanese Red Cross!🚨
We've got a matching donation for every dollar up to 5K; let's get money in the hands of Lebanese people in need.
Donate direct to supportlrc.app and submit your receipt during tomorrow's stream!
10a PT: twitch.tv/intelligame
Please repost! 🖤💛
We've got a matching donation for every dollar up to 5K; let's get money in the hands of Lebanese people in need.
Donate direct to supportlrc.app and submit your receipt during tomorrow's stream!
10a PT: twitch.tv/intelligame
Please repost! 🖤💛
November 15, 2024 at 5:34 AM
Reposting for night-side BSky! Hoping to see some of you folks tomorrow :)
Definitely don't miss out on No Quarter if you are in NYC!
The NO QUARTER games are extremely powerful this year, including a six-screen FMV game about grief / a dreamlike exploration of a 90s chatroom / a city-council simulator amidst rising ocean levels / THE TOWER OF TYPING
RSVP before the free tix are gone! www.eventbrite.com/e/no-quarter...
RSVP before the free tix are gone! www.eventbrite.com/e/no-quarter...
November 12, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Definitely don't miss out on No Quarter if you are in NYC!
Resharing this from earlier in the year! Useful short guide for alt text / descriptive text to make images a little more accessible.
November 12, 2024 at 8:24 AM
Resharing this from earlier in the year! Useful short guide for alt text / descriptive text to make images a little more accessible.
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There's now an easy way to convert a starter pack into a list (which you can then pin and check like any feed) if you want to keep up with posts in a certain area but don't want everyone in your following feed!
A third-party developer just built a tool today that lets you convert a starter pack to a list:
Convert BSky Starter Pack to List
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November 11, 2024 at 5:31 PM
There's now an easy way to convert a starter pack into a list (which you can then pin and check like any feed) if you want to keep up with posts in a certain area but don't want everyone in your following feed!
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Please share this, because this could help some folks with worry.
For LGBT married couples, it's time to take steps to protect your marriage in case same-sex marriage is officially dissolved in the coming years. My husband and I did this when Roe V Wade was overturned, so I hope this is helpful. 👇
For LGBT married couples, it's time to take steps to protect your marriage in case same-sex marriage is officially dissolved in the coming years. My husband and I did this when Roe V Wade was overturned, so I hope this is helpful. 👇
November 7, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Please share this, because this could help some folks with worry.
For LGBT married couples, it's time to take steps to protect your marriage in case same-sex marriage is officially dissolved in the coming years. My husband and I did this when Roe V Wade was overturned, so I hope this is helpful. 👇
For LGBT married couples, it's time to take steps to protect your marriage in case same-sex marriage is officially dissolved in the coming years. My husband and I did this when Roe V Wade was overturned, so I hope this is helpful. 👇
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Announcing our theme for the November submission period: Symbiosis! Submissions will open on November 1 for stories <5,000 words that match the theme "symbiosis". More info on how to submit are on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
October 14, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Announcing our theme for the November submission period: Symbiosis! Submissions will open on November 1 for stories <5,000 words that match the theme "symbiosis". More info on how to submit are on our website: www.khoreomag.com/submissions-...
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Don’t forget - ink jam is coming up, if you want an event to get you started with the tool, or just fancy making something! Signup link via itch
InkJam - game jam for ink games - will be returning this year in November! The sign up page is live now:
itch.io/jam/inkjam-2...
itch.io/jam/inkjam-2...
inkJam 2024
A game jam from 2024-11-01 to 2024-11-15 hosted by Jon Keevy. Welcome to the 7th edition of inkJam ! This is an annual community-organized jam all about ink, a versatile scripting language for narrati...
itch.io
October 18, 2024 at 6:05 AM
Don’t forget - ink jam is coming up, if you want an event to get you started with the tool, or just fancy making something! Signup link via itch