I recently played Wednesdays as part of our research project on sexual violence prevention games and it is INCREDIBLE, A++, one of the GOATs 🐐 highly recommend checking it out and today it's free!

Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work. Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/

If you do gender-based violence prevention work in Edmonton, Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton will be running our Shifting Perspectives training on anti-carceral approaches to violence prevention in partnership with CIAFV next week - there are still spaces open! www.eventbrite.ca/e/shifting-p...

I hate watching a whole country fail its Constitution saving throw

I have an upcoming guest lecture at UDelaware on my usual schtick - violence prevention in games both commercial and serious. Come hang out if you want to hear me on my soapbox! (do I need more than one headshot plz say no) 🫥 events.udel.edu/event/games-...

Dear #AdultGame devs: For the upcoming episode of our podcast "Random Encounters", we're looking for developers who'd like to share their perspectives on depictions of sexualised violence in interactive fiction. We'd need your answers, either in writing or as voice recordings, until October 31.

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Israeli forces are attacking the Global Sumud Flotilla with water cannons, attempting to terrorize activists en route to Gaza. They're using Skunk water. This water is combined with multiple chemicals that produce highly unpleasent smell that sometimes takes WEEKS to get rid of (from experience)

🔥🔥🔥 every academic should be appalled and speaking up against the spread of this kind of academic intimidation

Can't explain it but some tasks can't be done in certain chrome profiles just because the vibes are wrong

@aoir.bsky.social is there an anticipated date for the schedule being shared? 🫶

If you have an interest in making an ambitious rhythm game with me, with a DIY attitude, radical liberation worn on it's sleeve, queer focused subject matter, and colorful characters, I am seeking to build a team ahead of grant applications this coming March. Interested in contributing?

Happy to see this piece I wrote with @professorashley.bsky.social , Carl Therrien and @kenzitronic.bsky.social out now! Lots to be said, but for me the key point is that framing sex as risky & lacking expressive value & deplatforming sex is an insidious problem. theconversation.com/censoring-vi...

If you're a nsfw creator whose work was delisted on itchio, steam or wherever else and are interested being added to a database to support creators who were impacted please fill out the form below! Screw censorship! Likes, shares, rts are appreciated 💕 Form and mailing list / anon questions below⏬️

Today in our sexual violence prevention games project, I am hurriedly downloading all of the games in our corpus off itch.io just in case they get caught up in the NSFW net. Thanks Collective Shout for your amazing work *checks notes* destabilizing the game industry AND violence prevention!

*~* FuCk hOcKeY cUlTuRe 4eVeR ~*~

Our petition to the Minister of Immigration about the Safe Third Country agreement still has a few weeks to collect signatures - I've decreasing faith that the Liberals would follow-up given their increasingly MAGA attitude towards the border, but speak up! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Science has spoken and y'all's pets are roommates??? But are they all your children?? This has shaken me to my core

It is unconscionable that Canada is refusing to process the immigration applications of students in Gaza accepted to Canadian schools. Two have already died while waiting. This is an atrocity and universities should be intervening. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Important research question: If you have multiple spayed/neutered pets, what is their relationship canon in your household? 🐈🐕 1️⃣ Siblings 2️⃣ Partners 3️⃣ Roommates 4️⃣ Other 📊 Show results

If you can help support Lubna and her family, please do - she has been sending daily updates from Gaza and the situation there is absolutely horrendous www.gofundme.com/f/help-muham...

HELP FUND QGCON 2025! This has been a terrible year for fundraising around the world. We are facing a budget shortfall, & we need YOUR help to keep QGCon affordable and free! www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...

Our research project at UdeM is now collecting testimonials on experiences of chest/breastfeeding to support our forthcoming game on the topic! If you have experience chest or breastfeeding an infant, consider sharing your experience with us here: limesurvey.umontreal.ca/543659?lang=en

Remember when Carney met with Trump and everyone was amazed at his capacity as a Trump whisperer? Guess we should have considered whether the whisper was "I agree" 🫠

Canada reaffirms Israel's right to defend itself from Tehran's Children's Hospital, Carney says

A thorough takedown of Carney’s Trumpian deportation and surveillance bill from @wickdchiq.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

It's midnight on Day One of CGSA, do you know where your game scholars are? (we're artfully inserting pictures of Engels into game gifs obviously, this is ~*pRaXis~*)

NEW: There's no sugarcoating it. The Liberals' proposed Strong Borders Act represents a total betrayal of voters who elected Carney to stand up to Trump. www.readtheorchard.org/p/carney-ben...

This is some bullshit and does the opposite of what we should be doing right now, which is revoking the Safe Third Country agreement and recognizing the US as a dangerous place for migrants and asylum seekers. Sign and share the petition to revoke STC now! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Canadians, please take a minute to ask the Minister for Immigration to examine and revoke the Safe Third Country Agreement, which is blocking many asylum seekers from fleeing ICE and the Trump administration to Canada! Sign and share 🙏 www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Today in UCP authoritarian creep, they're planning on book banning "sexually explicit" (aka LGBTQ) content from school libraries, a strategy fascists use to edge queer people out of society. Please scream into the void of their poorly constructed survey!! #abpoli @abresistance.bsky.social

They are literally forcing all of Gazans into a concentration camp in what used to be Rafah in southern Gaza, after destroying it. They are now planning on annihilating Khan Younis. There’s never been a genocide so thoroughly documented as it was live-streamed straight to our phones.

🎮 CLTRS is out now on Steam! 🌸🌿 We just released CLTRS, a feminist research-creation game exploring female pleasure and joyful resistance. 🌷✨ ➡️ Play it now on Steam buff.ly/7buvQTi Or live at the SAT Montreal buff.ly/RrHczJK #CLTRS #feminist #indiegame #gamestudies #gamedev #steam #art #UE5 🌺🌼

Congrats @laurelinemhc.bsky.social and her team at UQAC on today's release of CLTRS! It turned out absolutely beautiful and fun to play (what's not to love in a game that ends with a giant clitoral orgasm in the sky??). Check it out, free to play! store.steampowered.com/app/3509860/...

A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope

brb just gonna listen to the Sinners soundtrack non-stop for the next 8 days

You wouldn't know it from the news, but someone (🧐) bombed a humanitarian aid ship bound to break the Israeli blockade of Palestine over the weekend. People should be talking about this!! www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...

great overview of the investor situation. it's so sad to think about how badly funding has catered. it's so bad for most developers right now, but even worse for marginalized developers: www.polygon.com/24058266/vid...

Toronto people always talking about the 'knife sharpening truck' as though every city just has roving knife people driving around? Is this a thing anywhere else?? And what other businesses should be operating on the ice cream truck model?

Baby Ghosts, an amazing peer accelerator program for small Canadian game studios looking to transition to a co-op model (with $$ support!) is now accepting applications for their upcoming June cohort program. Please spread the word widely - it's specifically targeted for marginalized devs 😍

If you are a game designer with a marginalized identity, please apply for our diversity sponsorship! We provide cash grants and mentorships to marginalized designers to support their growth the industry. You can apply using the form below. #ttrpgcommunity #ttrpgfamily docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

The extent to which LLM chatbots are being marketed to struggling students-to make them dependent upon them such that when they're in the work force the companies can jack up the prices-sure is evil!

What I want ppl to expect *of* me: She's amazing, can do it all, so inspiring What I want people to expect *from* me: Nothing she's probably busy we'll take care of it ourselves

URGENT EMERGENCY!!! Buddy needs to get into the vet ASAP!!! His eye is red, watery and swollen and I don't wanna lose him. please please please please please help ASAP urgent this is extremely important. vet needs $200 for exam and treatment. ca venmo PayPal stephaniebri22 please 🥺🙏🥺

Teen Warned Not To Accept Group Chat Invites From National Security Advisors She Doesn’t Know

L’Université de Montréal exposera HFTGOOM du 24 mars au 1er avril 2025 dans le cadre de la Triennale de l’UdeM de la recherche-création. Si vous êtes à Montréal, veuillez envisager d’y assister. Plus d’infos : linktr.ee/jves.udem (google translate)

Hey folks, Squinky, Ty and I have a talk at 3PM! Would love to see some of you there! schedule.gdconf.com/session/inde... #gdc2025