What originally prompted me to spend months researching how Sega consoles and games were sold in Italy in the 80s/90s was the fact that I kept seeing people adopting "US memories", remembering things that never happened (like Sega vs. Nintendo ads). That's (also) why preservation is important.

The older I get, the more my politics mature from childish, naïve beliefs like "the world is complicated and leaders have to make hard decisions" to more serious, adult principles like "hurting people is bad and helping people is good."

gonna say something that probably only a handful of you will interact with but the root of a lot of anti asian racism--apart from the piece where some people just want us dead--is that at the core a lot of non-asian people who encounter the term don't actually believe anti asian racism exists.

Add to this that social media age checks in Australia are being outsourced to KWS, a US-based subsidiary of Epic Games -- created by startup SuperAwesome (youth-targeted ad strategies). "We may share your information with our Epic Games family of companies" www.kidswebservices.com/en-US/partne...

It’s barbarism that our country puts anyone, regardless of their talent, in this position. but @diplomatofnight.com in particular is a brilliant and humane thinker who deserves a nice sinecure from which to write. she’s contributed massively to the intellectual development of this site

SOMA is one of the best science fiction video game stories I've ever played AND you can turn off monster deaths if it's too scawwy (it was too scawwy for me I'm a big baby I did, in fact, turn off the monster deaths)

Urgent appeal! My heart is breaking. The storm swept away our tent, clothes, and blankets. We are now homeless and without blankets. Please help us with $150 before my kids and I freeze to death. Show your humanity and compassion. Urgently Verified @mommunism.bsky.social chuffed.org/project/1574...

Hopefully we can all now acknowledge the utter inadequacy of the "internationalism vs isolationism" paradigm, wherein Trump was cast as a man "wary of foreign entanglements". What we're dealing with here is a very American form of blood-and-soil imperialism. www.liberalcurrents.com/sovereignty-...

it's why left-YIMBYism is, imo, the correct position from a political economy point of view. the trade offs of rent control vs zoning + development reform really mean that the costs of the former are offset by the latter

I am dead serious when I say that if one of the most vulnerable people in the country can do this with the right allies, no fight in American politics is completely hopeless.

Socialists should take the law seriously, grapple with it, think of how to overhaul and reforge it.

LGBTQ+ people uniting with labor unions have defeated rising forms of fascism in Canada. It should be a model for the world. breachmedia.ca/trans-albert...

solomonskalozub.blogspot.com/2025/12/tran... I threw this together as an easier reference for people looking for *something* featuring transmasculinity. I will eventually get back to doing essays for each individual media I mention here, but I felt this may aid people in finding the story they need!

Persistently annoyed by liberal refusal to see the longstanding system of immigration, the one that effectively places undocumented workers outside of the protections of labor law and subjects them to racial terror, as a strategy of labor discipline that affects all workers.

i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.

Kudos for these women for standing up and doing the right thing but they're trying to ban trans women from e-sports now? Absolutely ridiculous.

I just want some of these fucking people to face real consequences

The most maddening trend of the last year is that everyone decided to pretend that Trump’s threats and continued belligerence against Canada were third party claims that could be disputed, rather than something that everyone in the country saw and heard multiple times. Literally this meme.

Always head-spinning how the venezuelan people (or whoever) are innocent victims of a reign of terror at home but if they try to flee and come here they become sinister illegal aliens. In this case the transformation happens within two sentences

I don’t use this app but I noticed some supportive messages popping up and I really appreciate that 🥹💞

We know everyone is asking for your money this month, but here's a twist: We're NOT asking you to donate in December, we're asking you to spread the word. Help the trans people and allies who don't know Assigned Media's reputation for excellence and originality in trans news find us!

I wrote (a lot) about the recording of Rubber Soul, my favorite album, for its 60th anniversary buttondown.com/kobcritic/ar...

This is how the people who downplay the political consequences of the student protest crackdowns also sound btw

Either you understand that there is an organized campaign to push trans people out of public life with the explicit end goal of "morally mandating us out of existence" that is backed by some of the wealthiest individuals to have ever lived, or you're simply not equipped to grasp what's happening.

Hi all, I'm going to need some help making sure I can make rent next month. My progress is still going slowly and my ability to work is still not great, so I'm concerned about making ends meet as winter approaches. We appreciate any and all help! Thank you all! #helpsky gofund.me/a0978348

The Argentinian claim to the Falklands is basically exactly the same stylistically as the Israeli claim to the Golan Heights: "lol i want it"

oh they gave me a blue check now I can say how I REALLY feel!!! trans rights free Palestine housing is a human right universal health care for all six hour day for eight hours pay mandatory minimum wage raises that track to rent & cost of living protect the oceans & the rivers and bring back Jujubes

"Don't follow illegal orders" would be more meaningful if Democrats had prosecuted literally any of the prominent war criminals of the last 30 years instead of, you know, fucking campaigning with them

hey everyone. maha's worst fears have been confirmed as the doctors diagnosed her baby hamoud with lung cancer. this young woman has been so brave and is so alone, please help and share. i know times are hard for everyone but if you have any extra, please don't forget about gaza ♥️

As the person who does most of the VM socials, let me tell you this: bluesky is absolutely the worst platform of the bunch for slapping random adult content warnings on innocent posts to bury them. Would super appreciate if you share the post below like hell, and donate a fiver!

I would recommend for my fellow Americans that instead of being angry at people angry at us for our colossal failures to support basic human dignity you instead channel that anger at the people and our government that have created this colossal failure in the first place.

"Epic CEO angry that customers want to be informed and will refuse to purchase products they feel were made unethically so wants to take that choice away". There, fixed it for you.

A student admitted to grad school at UNB is stranded in Gaza because the Canadian government won't issue a study permit without biometrics that in turn cannot be produced without a travel visa to leave Gaza. The Canadian government needs to issue the permit and UNB needs to intervene.

the invasion of Afghanistan is among the most horrific recent chapters of the long history of elite impunity in the US. this coda is grim but fitting - the govt practically explicitly affirming that it should only be Afghans who live with the consequences amid fading public memory of the atrocity

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/u...

I think a lot of nominally progressive people from big powerful countries just cannot really wrap their heads around the value of proper national independence for small countries. Sort of like chocolate sprinkles on a cappuccino, nice but no sense causing a fuss over.

ahhh @novaramedia.com & People Make Games crossover event about Rockstar's union busting. glad to see this news spread beyond the games industry. hopefully a warning to any future union busting efforts + a support to fired workers in their upcoming legal battle www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxuP...

a game being recognized for its artistic merit, and celebrated as art, does not protect it from storefront censorship. we should stop fooling ourselves into thinking that storefronts view games as art. games are products & services to them. as long as monopolies exist we’re held back as an artform.

Steam intentionally killing an old, respected, and beloved decade old indie game studio through bullshit policy is fucking wild

This is your sign btw that you should call Mastercard

Woah! Ontario passed a law starting Jan 2026 that it is illegal for companies to ghost you. If you have interviewed for a job they are legally required to inform you if they hire someone else or close the position. The law also requires salary transparency on listings and disclosing use of AI