🎮 Got groundbreaking research on video games? There's still time to submit to VideoJogos'25 in Portugal! 🇵🇹 📢 The call for papers closes on September 26. Don't miss your chance to share your work with the community. +Info: videojogos2025.ipmaia.pt #CFP #Gaming #GameDev #AcademicBluesky #Conference

I confess, I'm one of those people who talks to my plants. It always felt like a harmless quirk, but a recent scientific discovery made me question the very foundation of how we relate to the living world around us. #Ethics #PlantIntelligence #Semiotics

This essay comes from a conversation I have with a Uber driver. tinyurl.com/45b9ds67 "His words, "it just didn't seem right," kept echoing in my head. This wasn't a concern about a shortage of food, as he himself had admitted. The discomfort came from somewhere else, something more subtle."

I am testing a podcast format, if you prefer to hear it. tinyurl.com/26ser64z This piece explores how language can be manipulated to disguise power. What happens when "imposition" is called "negotiation"? #discourseanalysis #politics #semiotics

This week's essay explores how language can be manipulated to disguise power. What happens when "imposition" is called "negotiation"? I analyze a high-stakes political meeting to reveal how words can obscure the truth and normalize dominance. #discourse #politics #semiotics tinyurl.com/22jd85yn

Some thoughts on people who are marrying AIs. tinyurl.com/27z4torq

A short essay about the kayros time: tinyurl.com/yuswbvlf

Recommend 10/10!

Some thoughts about sardines and cultural identity. shorturl.at/Q9pzN

Looking for meaning in The Time and The Arms, a short personal essay. tiny.cc/4gmo001

British Academy International Interdisciplinary Research Projects call. Open to Early-career, Established researcher, Mid-career, Postdoctoral or equivalent research, Senior researcher. 24 month duration. Application deadline 17 September 2025. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/know...

Fellow researchers, we’re editing a book on the impact of AI and genAI on the future of video games 🔍 Topics: Ethical challenges, creative tools, procedural content, player-AI interaction, and beyond 💡 No fees: Zero publication or peer-review costs 📅 Deadline & details: Check the link in comments!

Submissions for the 2025 Australian Game Developer Awards are officially OPEN! Celebrate excellence in Aussie game development at this year’s ceremony on 8 October during MIGW. Submissions close 11:59pm AEST, Sunday 15 June. Submit your entry here 👉 agdas.com.au/submit-your-...

📣 ¡Anunciamos el 4o Congreso Internacional de DIGRA España 2025 #DIGRAES25! 🗓️ Del 22 al 24/10 en el Campus de Pontevedra, Universidad de Vigo. 🎓 Taller de doctorandos 21/10

'the humanities are relevant and they matter...They matter as we consider climate change, global mobility, social injustice, human rights, poverty, the values we hold, & what kind of society we want to be.' We've launched a new #OpenAccess series, Humanities Futures: uolpress.co.uk/2025/02/call...

New place for researchers.

Adobye bye! Ciao! So long. Farewell. Stay in Twitter.

I've been playing #DiscoElysium recently, and now I've got a PC copy to give away! All you have to do is: ➡️ Follow @qualbert.com 👍 Like this post 🔁 Repost I'll pick a winner in 24 hours! If you've never experienced this narrative masterpiece, it's never too late.

A very Happy 15th of March to one and all.

É um erro de tradução achar que "free speech" que eles defendem é liberdade de expressão. O free speech que eles defendem não passa de discurso gratuito.

De um cartunista tuga

Organizem-se!

— Nobody here had to pay someone for play Diablo for you — You don’t have time to level up your characters when you are dismantling democracy. #happyvalentineday #diceawards

Layoffs in gaming and tech this week: Unity 25% (1800) Critek 15% (400) Meta 4% (3600) #layoffs #demissoes #gaming #tech kotaku.com/unity-layoff... www.newser.com/story/362545... bsky.app/profile/knoe...

Enshitification at PubMed

The Video Game History Foundation Library is now in early access. For free. For everyone. Wherever you are. Read more: gamehistory.org/vghf-library...

Amazing movie! #AindaEstouAqui

"the study concluded that reCAPTCHA has cost society an estimated 819 million hours of human time valued at $6.1 billion in wages while generating massive profits for Google through its tracking capabilities and data collection"

Video games, boards, movies and… propaganda. (Translated to Portuguese)

There's a petition to ban conversion practices (targeting LGBTQIA+ people) in the European Union. We need one million signatures, and we currently have 180,000+. If you live in Europe (even if you don't), spread the word ! 🌈🔥✊ eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#...

Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that tapir Yuna gave birth to a rare and endangered Malayan tapir calf Sunday night. The newborn, covered in distinctive white spots and stripes resembling a fuzzy walking watermelon, is only the second tapir born in our 120-year history.

Happy new Chinese year everyone 🎇🐍🎆

LET’S CROWWWWWWW

This $10 game bundle is a great deal to support the trans community

Itch.io problems

Hyped! :-)

Tarkovsky for free!

Wow!

Obrigado, Brasil, for the dancing Christmas capybara I didn't know I needed! (sound ON)

Show me where the Daria posting lies, I beg of you

Too small

Kaunas, Lithuania

"i hope this site doesn't end up like the last one :(" Hope has nothing to do with it--DO YOUR PART! Twitter & Truth Social are dying. Their users are used to farming outrage for engagement. Don't give them any! 🚫 Don't argue with them! 🚫 Don't quote them! ✅ #BlockAndMoveOn

Grande dia :-)

Pray for Milhouse ♥️

The only live action adaptation I respect

M for Meaw

Animators FTW!

have not seen @destinythememe.bsky.social crosspost this yet and I need everyone to see it