At Arctic Comic Con I helped host the Alaska Developer Alliance's indie game dev booth with projects playable from various developers. A record turnout which meant a lot of people to talk to about development! @wy477.bsky.social @codeaclysmgames.bsky.social #gaming #indiegames #gamedev #comiccon

Still working on establishing ideal dungeon vibes #screenshotsaturday #indiegame #gamedev

Upon the fall of Antares, you will claim a two-handed Morning Star infused with astral energy. Channeling its power allows you to conjure and wield stellar fire. #Wishlistwednesday

the fuck it will

Dunleavy's petulant behavior aside, it genuinely still pleasantly surprises me that a significant portion of moderate Alaska Republicans with basic moral decency actually exist, and Giessel is top among them #akleg #akgov

Sen. Cathy Giessel, R-Anchorage, does not mince words in her newsletter today, following the collapse of the pipeline-for-pension deal last night. #akleg #Alaska

There is a new Democratic Socialist in Congress. DSA congratulates our member Chris Rabb on his election for Pennsylvania’s 3rd Congressional District. This victory would not have been possible without the work of thousands of working class people across Philadelphia organizing for a better world.

Dark Scrolls now releases for PC and Switch on June 22nd, and the reason why will SHOCK YOU. May is for Mina, June is Dark Scrolls. store.steampowered.com/app/2912550/...

I have been forwarding this edition of @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter to everyone I know. The impact of Musk and Trump's cuts to USAID didn't hit right away, but they are hitting now. And in Somalia and the DRC it looks a lot like racist culling. billmckibben.substack.com/p/a-question...

The cave design in Subnautica 2 feels like such a massive upgrade – they actually feel intentionally designed for exploration and all the little breathing pockets are super satisfying

I went to a wedding last week without even knowing zero parades drops this week

i always like places of comfort & safety when in a dangerous feeling RPG world so i've been trying my best to build them in #gamedev #indiegame

refining the process of greybox -> concept art -> implementation .. still very WIP but can you tell i like morrowind lol #gamedev #indiegame

sewer vibez

There is a threat emerging in the mountains of Síorainn.. #indiegames #gamedev #rpg

DOGE is a criminal conspiracy to defraud the people of the United States

In #Okinawa, coastal fishermen now farm #coral, restoring #reefs like planting trees in a forest. With #ocean temperatures rising, half the world’s coral reefs have already vanished. These farmers are fighting back, one fragment at a time. [Heppoko Taylor]

60 yrs ago was the March on Selma. 600 nonviolent Black protesters were beaten & the brutality of Bloody Sunday led to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act Yesterday in Transportation, I shared my concerns on HB 71 which would make protests like the March on Selma an arrestable offense. #akleg

1. AUDIO On Monday in Fairbanks, Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) told a constituent laid off from a job with the federal gov't that there was nothing he could do to stop budget cuts imposed by DOGE and Elon Musk Begich said he was "not in a position to approve or deny the cuts"

only appropriate political response here is to demand the white house explain how its actions aren’t responsible www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...

Political enthusiasts! Check out “Capitol Crude: The Impact of Oil on Alaska Politics.” This unique legislative history gives context for today’s political dynamics shaping Alaska's future. Get your paperback at Hearthside Books or Alaska Robotics in Juneau. See capitolcrude.com for digital options.

🚨BREAKING🚨 Leonard Peltier Granted Executive Clemency After 50 years of unjust incarceration and the tireless efforts of intergenerational grassroots organizing and advocacy, our elder and relative Leonard Peltier has been granted executive clemency.

PSA to my friends in California near the fires: breathing in wildfire smoke is really bad for you (even if it’s not super thick where you are) but if you have face masks (N95, KN95, etc) those can help a lot

2023 saw a 12% increase in homelessness and 2024 saw an additional 18% increase. This is a crisis that neither political party is even pretending to do anything about except to exacerbate the problem by criminalizing homelessness.

Kamala's chief advisors were senior Uber executives who cautioned her away from the kind of populism which would have spoken to Americans broad sense of revulsion with the status quo. Curiously, Tony West and David Plouffe are considered less at fault than Sunrise and Justice Democrats.

"Mga Kuwento," a podcast about the history of Juneau's Filipino American community that I helped edit and features Mana content, just won a Signal Award! Huge win for Mana co-founder Tasha Elizarde, who was the host and executive producer of the show! (Also, this was her FIRST PODCAST EVER!!!!)

If we lose ranked choice voting in Alaska, I’ll have to get more involved with the Democrats and that is so tragic

BREAKING: Republicans Have Elected Mohg, Lord of Blood as Speaker of the House

Forecasts presented Wednesday to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corp.'s board of trustees show that the Permanent Fund could be out of spendable money in 3-4 years, which is a big problem for a state that relies on the fund for more than half of its general-purpose government revenue. #akleg

first paid newsletter out for subscribers, on the accelerating risk of heatwaves:

Threads sucks because it rewards Instagram influencers who were able to just import their already large following & the algorithm just promotes the hell out of their high engagement posts but as everyone is finding out, Instagram influencers just aren’t good posters. they don’t have the sickness.

the 4 twitters

Truly a strange feeling to have grown up with the internet being your refuge and cherished resource only to have it become utter shit and realize that maybe you don't need it and in fact can't use it the way you used to anymore

Subaru mindset

The Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly is led by absolute fools who have no business being in local government. Yesterday, after over 60 people rallying and hours of positive testimony, the Fairbanks Borough Climate Plan that had been in the works since 2019 was rejected