Kevin
ratkes.bsky.social
Kevin
@ratkes.bsky.social
Indie Game Dev
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Really wild situation here: a celebrated and well-regarded indie dev and publisher is facing shutdown because Valve banned their game from Steam and won't talk to them about it, at all.

www.ign.com/articles/uns...
Unsettling Horror Game Horses Banned From Steam, Leaving Studio With 'High Risk' of Closure - IGN
Indie horror game Horses is preparing to launch on December 2, on the Epic Games Store, GOG, Itch.io, and the Humble Store. But one place it won't be is on Steam, because Steam has banned the game for...
www.ign.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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If you don't get that the "yucky porn games" are the gateway to censor further media that YOU personally think is acceptable, you need to get your head out of your ass. They're trying to divide people into smaller groups so their collective power is also smaller. Kill the cop in your head.
Already seeing folks say, "Well, HORSES isn't YUCKY PORN like other games are, so..." which is super frustrating.

Now is NOT the time to be throwing the hentai games you happen not to like under the bus. Your rage should be directly at payment processors.

Join the fight
stop-paypros.neocities.org
Stop payment processors from censoring games!
stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 25, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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ARTISTS! You can DISABLE this feature! Protect yourself and don't assume that you're safe if you're an sfw artist!
November 20, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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Gmail users!!

They've turned on AI scraping by default now...Here's how to turn it off.

Pass it on!!

www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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November 19, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The Israeli genocide continues as expected: with all infrastructure brutally and intentionally destroyed, Palestinians in Gaza are dying from Israel's continued blockade on aid, Israel's continued land theft, and Israel's continued murdering.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Displaced Palestinian families suffer as heavy rains flood Gaza tent camps
Palestinians call for better tents and other supplies as Israel maintains restrictions on aid to war-ravaged Gaza Strip.
www.aljazeera.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Then why do I keep talking to devs in the US whose salary is suddenly $0
November 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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For those that are willing and able, here is the QR code for Philippine Red Cross for relief efforts
November 6, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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This is a really vulnerable time for paypro call centers. It's already been reported that Mastercard is stressed by our persistence

I know we're all busy around this time too but let's fire the engines 🔥
#SaveSpeech

starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!

stop-paypros.neocities.org
November 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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#SaveSpeech

starting Nov 1st we're entering the holiday season, which is a big stress point for big businesses like Mastercard and Visa. These Paypros havent stopped cracking down on Adult Content, so we need to jump back into calling them in full force again!

stop-paypros.neocities.org
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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“Air pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.”

Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.

Common sense.

Such a no-brainer, it’s remarkable that more cities HAVEN’T done the same.
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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if you see this post, your actions are:
- if you have a spare buck, give it to Wikipedia, then repost this
- if you don't have a spare buck, just repost

your action is mandatory for the world's best source of information to survive
I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.
Elon Musk takes aim at Wikipedia
Musk has denounced Wikipedia as "Wokepedia" on X and urged people not to donate to the platform.
www.newsweek.com
December 26, 2024 at 12:03 PM
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friendly reminder that the BDS microsoft boycott is still happening
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Trans people about rights erosion 🤝 Autistic people about antivaxx eugenics 🤝 sex workers about censorship

"We told you so"
October 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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Good list

They've got almost all the new Republican fash accounts covered already.

@skywatchde.bsky.social just needs to add Trump's department of labor to this list.
October 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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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
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A reminder.
October 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
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every fucking time
October 9, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...
October 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Greta Thunberg, deported to Greece, says the targeting of the Sumud Flotilla is "not the story" @teenvogue.com — instead, she says:

"Israel once again violated international humanitarian law by preventing aid from getting into Gaza while people are being starved.”
Greta Thunberg On Her Detention: I'm "Not The Story" — It's Israel Violating International Humanitarian Law
“I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story.”
www.teenvogue.com
October 6, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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silksong
October 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Everyone in EU, UK or any US state with ID laws on the books [or even ones without them] should contact their representatives and mention this data breach specifically and [link the article if emailed]

Show them the actual, tangible results of all this digshit online ID legislation
October 4, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Paypros are still throwing their weight around. Now's a good time to pick up yelling at them again!
October 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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The boycott works. Continue the boycott.
Microsoft has terminated unit 8200’s access to select cloud storage and AI services, making it the first giant tech company to terminate any services to apartheid Israel at least since the beginning of its Gaza genocide.

Read more: loom.ly/aS6eYUQ

#NoTechForApartheid
#NoTechForGenocide
September 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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i hope people see this recent microsoft news as proof of BDS' effectiveness; especially in regard to raising publicity and encouraging action from microsoft employees and it inspires more people to join in keeping the pressure on these unrepentantly imperialist tech companies
But this win means our collective pressure is working. Palestinians call for increased global BDS and shareholder pressure until Microsoft adheres to international law and ends all complicity in Israel’s atrocity crimes.
September 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM