Trying to rebuild your life during this time in American history is truly a waking nightmare. I just had a remote follow-up with my psych who had a patient ask her this week, "Are they really going to put me in a camp?"

Hi Bluesky, my house was one of those that was destroyed in the Eaton fire in Altadena, CA this last week. I need your help rebuilding my life. Please read and consider donating or sharing my GoFundMe. GoFundMe: gofund.me/e69c2676 Story in thread 🧵 #eaton #losangeles

Altadena 💔 Aftermath of Eaton Canyon fire. Altadena, CA. January 8, 2025 Photos taken by me

Hey Bsky, we're giving away a Quest 3S headset for every new 1,000 followers we gain during the holidays. 🎁🎄 To enter: 1️⃣ Follow us! 2️⃣ Repost this post! 3️⃣ Tag 3 friends who you think deserve a headset this holiday! We'll announce the winners in January!! #games #indiegame 🎮 #vr #gaming

What sound engineering wizardry goes into making the NPR Tiny Desk concerts sound so good? Seriously. So crisp and clear. I can pick out individual instruments and voices. It's magical. #soundengineering #sound #music #NPRTinyDesk

Animating games be like... 🎮🥴 #GameDev #Animation

@ozone.birb.house Hi Trezy! Would you be able to toss a Game Dev label on me? Thank you so much!

Good on Swen Vincke for the ceasefire pin

Look bringing back polio sounds bad. But it’s a small price to pay to get rid of pronouns in email signatures and black women in star wars.

Morning! If you missed The Game Awards last night, yer man gathered all the big announcements in one handy list. www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-gam...

I feel like games have reached their Disney phase. Trying to recapture the magic of the original releases by dropping "OG" patches as game modes without recognition that the real magic in those moments was the community, players, and sense of discovery.

I still think about him… wondering what stories we could’ve had.

the corvette is the woke man's cybertruck.

This whole thread is insane. Absolutely incredible.

Does anyone know if there are ways to schedule BlueSky posts natively? I'm moving our studio comms over and we don't use one of the platforms that currently supports scheduling (Buffer, etc).

Others have noted it but I will too: The big reason Bluesky is so hot right now is that the people who add value to social media - the frequent posters in specific fields - are here now, talking to each other and creating the "spectator value" that draws users and attention.

Been thinking a lot lately about that episode of Parks and Rec where Leslie and Tom have to rebrand fluoride in the water as TDazzle in order to get the public to support it.

With the Dr Oz pickup, our govt is just gonna be “As Seen on TV” 😂💀

me in my Ecco chamber

Four games I’ve worked on.

I’m stressed and anxious about moving. How are y’all today? How’s your Tuesday going?

Netflix needs to stop asking if I’m still watching and start asking if I moved the laundry to the dryer

Seeing old Twitter friends join Bluesky

@winwin.bsky.social WINWINNNN YOURE HEREEEEE 💜💜💜💜

@kanaratron.bsky.social Hiii! Could you add my studio @polyarcgames.bsky.social to your indie game dev list? We're a small VR studio that just recently joined bluesky! :)

@rafikidev.bsky.social Would you be able to add my studio, @polyarcgames.bsky.social, to this pack?

If only Embracer Group hadn’t canceled 29 games, laid off 1,500 developers, and closed seven studios. If only.

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive

what a deeply embarrassing country

Has anyone else been a useless rag of anxiety this week due to the impending election or just me? Like barely sleeping, struggling to eat, floating between A-okay and dissociative panic? It has been, in fact, Very Bad.

Every time I send out newsletter blasts, I need anti-anxiety medication.

Feeling incredibly sad following the Firewalk news. I don't think we talk enough about how traumatizing it can be to be fired. Even when you know the bet is risky, it almost always takes you off guard and sends you into a spiral of guilt, shame, and grief that hangs with you for years to come.

I joined eons ago but it looks like things are taking off! Reintroductions are in order: I'm Kristen... Ask me about... 📚 My books 🪴 My plants 🎮 FFXIV 🌍 History, especially labor About... ✨ Community manager in games since 2011 💀 Way too online 🏳️‍🌈 Ace 🧠 Neurodivergent

@murderveggie.bsky.social Hi Nat, couuulddd you add me to the CM list? :X bsky.app/starter-pack... I'm the CM of @polyarcgames.bsky.social! Trying to learn more BlueSky goodness. :)

@ozone.birb.house Could I get a game dev label, por favor? I'm a CM in the industry. :)

It will never cease to infuriate me how the country that advertises itself as "the freest nation in the world," that simply cannot shut the fuck up about "democracy," still forces people to register to vote. If you pay taxes, you should be able to vote, full stop.

This years DNC has really revealed how tired we all are of living under the fear of the most bothersome, hateful, sour people we've ever seen.

I've never watched the roll call in my life but this year was boppin'. I started dancing in my chair when Lil Jon's iconic "YEAAAAHHHH!!!" came on.

The RNC was like the Two Minutes Hate vs the DNC which... is a fucking dance party. Holy shit. I've never been glued to the DNC like I am this year.

* No candidate may climb the chain link enclosure for any purpose. * Each candidate can ask moderators for up to three hints to get them through some of the really hard questions. * Pull the trigger once, then pass the revolver.

After a particularly gnarly few days, I've decided to start the process for an ADHD screening.

vgbees.com/the-industry... #gamedev

Mental illness is just a bundle of fun. Over the past two years, I've been going through the never-ending exploration of, "Why do I feel so different?"

The past few weeks I've been pushing my social batteries to their absolute max every day and I still am missing conversations. I miss being a hermit.

the word cloud from my nightly writing sesh about sums it up.

Derry Girls is A+ TV

really not enjoying this whole "you purchased something from us, please tell us how we did" email thing whenever I buy anything nowadays. I just wanted some socks, I'm not gonna do fuckin homework about them

the game industry is amazing because every other story is either "this developer just laid off 80% of its staff after making them work 95 hour weeks for the last 6 months" or "this developer just lit a truck full of $100 bills on fire to promote KANE AND LYNCH 6"

wow babe you’re really good at staying up incredibly late and barely sleeping every night

This floated through my feed on Reddit and I had some thoughts. This distillation is everywhere and it’s exhausting. I know the term enshittification is usually used to describe social media and technology in general, but I see it everywhere now. 🧵