When people talk about the excesses of MeToo, they have to lie, because the reality is that there was no massive social reckoning forcing people to believe survivors or hold perpetrators accountable. In fact, there has been a significant backsliding and new punishments in rejection of MeToo

accolades are important to marginalized folks. not being able to access even an archived post hosted by TGA website kinda sucks ass. not to mention how bad of a look it is to just destroy 5 years of "hey look at us we're uplifting 50 incredible devs" to "don't look don't look"

Excessive force. PERIOD! They called them “violent mobs,” but the violence came from the guys with badges and body armor. 📌 Keep sharing videos, everyone, because they’re evidence.

“I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to amass a fortune of hundreds of millions of dollars, while millions of men and women who work all the days of their lives secure barely enough for a wretched existence.” Eugene V. Debs

sharing this incredible resource created by a poster in r/boston: a map of local restaurants offering free or discounted meals to SNAP recipients link: mysnapmap.com

*sigh* Add it to the list of reasons Ross Douthat is an embarrassment to his colleagues, his publication and his profession. …Well, start a new volume if you have to!

The photo sent me, with the all the news that’s fit to print in the background. How embarrassing for all of them!

Hey kid… Wanna see a Rick Astley Annual from 1988?

This being said, I'm at the stage where I'm just cold emailing old coworkers and random local ad agencies that aren't even hiring, so if you are in need of any of the many things I have learned how to do over the years, holler at ya boi.

It is important to note that Jewish voters were Mamdani's second best demographic. They came out for him overwhelmingly. The Zionist propagandists are not nearly as dominant, prevalent, or representative as they're treated. They're just inordinately boosted individuals.

IWGB Game Workers is running a fundraiser to supper the workers unfairly laid off by Rockstar for trying to unionise: actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

TRANS RIGHTS ARE A WINNING POLITICAL ISSUE Every single centrist claiming we must all compromise our bodily autonomy for their personal comfort is a traitor to American democracy & rational human decency. They have no place in a modern Democratic Party, toss them out. Total liberation for all.

Softness is strength! Warmth is power! Protect your neighbour and do it with a smile! 🥰

just wanted to re-post this messaging that helped win an election

If you have 8 million to just *give away*, you can afford to pay more tax.

Rockstar union workers have set up a solidarity fund to help them survive and fight after 30 of them were fired in an attempt to destroy the union. Help them fight back! If you can, any little bit you can donate will massively help their efforts. actionnetwork.org/fundraising/...

Zohran's campaign was his determination to make New York a city everyone can afford to live in. Huge congratulations! His success will resonate throughout the world. A story where no one is left behind. It's time to write that story across England & Wales too.

Big day for people who care about other people

🌱 WE BUILD A HOME: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 We're looking for existing or new illustrations and short comics (max 3 pages) for a digital fundraiser zine to support East African LGBTQIA+ refugees build a home in South Sudan. More about the project here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I truly can't stress this enough: No one's art is good enough to justify them being miserable to work with. Almost everyone I've worked with has been wonderful, but the handful of folks that weren't brought the whole team down by being egotistical, sexist, condescending, etc.

I remember working adjacent to a toxic leader once, and so many of my colleagues would bend over backwards to ingratiate themselves cause ig they thought it would help them move up. and I was like...move up to what? to work with more people like that? nah I'm good

I have seen talented, hardworking people forced to leave projects because the entire team is too afraid to initiate conflict with a single volatile individual. It seeps into every aspect of the work - and nobody does their best work when they’re afraid.

Loving people very much is so good though. Like, a song you never liked is playing in another room and it’s the feeling of being home. You get a text about some weird little scheme and it’s like a sleepy head on your shoulder. You ever tried loving people very much? A real warm fuzzies multiplier.

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

They got all 105 subs, but you should STILL GO AND SUB

Thank you for this wonderful thread, @diveamydive.bsky.social!

dissatisfied by the New York Times coverage of Zohran Mamdani? great news! I talked to the guy Thursday about his campaign’s success at bringing community together beyond this election, and contextualized how it’s potentially shifted youth engagement with politics by simply listening @teenvogue.com

Anyone who will lie unapologetically about mass violent attacks to push their own profile and political cause is beneath contempt. There’s no need to book such people, to platform them, or to listen to them. That’s not because of their politics, or their views: it’s because of their dishonesty.

Amy-Leigh knows her stuff. Listen to Amy-Leigh 👇🏿

Got an appointment at 9:05? Great, so the passage of time is offering you: 9:01 9:01 9:01 9:02 9:02 9:02 9:02 9:02 9:07!!! 9:09– no, wait, somehow 9:12

I was at a talk last week, and I gave an example of a quick & dirty narrative rule for keeping an audience onboard for repeated outings of existing characters. People seemed to appreciate it, so I thought I’d share it here, too. It’s not *my* rule, I learned it during my masters! But it’s v. handy!

My husband @mjowen174.bsky.social is very down. He’s struggling to find any work at the moment. He’s a brilliant writer and has written for Dangermouse, Private Eye and many more… If you need a writer have a look at his website and please repost. www.mathew-owen.co.uk Thank you

It’s almost like kowtowing to online weirdos just makes the situation worse and only escalates their behavior!

This is the most ruthless act of union busting in the history of the UK games industry. Yesterday, @rockstargames.com unfairly fired over 30 employees for union activity. We won't back down, and we're not scared - we will fight for every member to be reinstated.

BREAKING: Yesterday Grand Theft Auto VI maker Rockstar Games fired dozens of people, all of whom were involved in union efforts. A British union calls it "blatant and ruthless" union-busting. Take-Two Interactive says it was due to misconduct. Here's the scoop: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It’s the perfect time of year to show off the @beehivebooks.bsky.social edition of Carmilla - it arrived a few months ago and I’ve been in love with it ever since. Illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, and well, I mean, just look at it 😍

A Japanese organisation representing Square Enix, Bandai Namco, Studio Ghibli, and more has demanded OpenAI to halt unauthorised use of their IP. (Read more: Automaton)

After breaking that big White House news this week, I've officially rebranded and updated my Patreon! Welcome to inverted, an internet culture, games, & politics website straight from the upside down. Please consider joining for just $5/month! www.patreon.com/cw/Invertedb...

Can't believe I'm saying this again so soon, but I've been laid off from Heart Machine. Please check out Possessor(s) on Nov 11th, I'm incredibly excited for you all to experience what I've been working so hard on the past year. Gonna just keep on moving forward and makin art mattgraczykart.com

Judge rules George R.R. Martin and other authors can sue OpenAI for copyright infringement • Said ChatGPT generated 'Game of Thrones' content similar enough to infringe copyright • OpenAI’s motion to dismiss was denied

wanted to boost this again since, unsurprisingly, nothing has panned out (remember this isn't normal!) open to contract and full time work, games-adjacent or no

Please donate. The people of Jamaica, Cuba, and the Bahamas need you.

I’m going to win, in the courtroom and on Election Day. But I need your help to do it: katforillinois.com/legal

Hello! Are you a marginalized Sims content creator? Do you have feelings about what's going on in your community right now? Please get in touch!

Yeah Sweet Baby rocks bc your favorite studio is like “hey, we did some pretty great work, what do you folks think?” and then y’all are like “yeah, this shit rules and here are some ideas to make it even better” and then the games are insanely good 🤘🏼

There’s a sudden influx of people asking what Sweet Baby Inc *do*. So here I am, a Sweet Baby Inc employee, to tell you: we are writers & narrative designers! We write and help create stories, all with the enthusiastic consent of the studios who hire us! Great thread about that here! \/\/

Script consulting and script doctors have been a thing in the film industry for a century. They can do wonders by bringing in an outside perspective. Everyone that I've met from SBI has been incredibly smart, witty, and kind. Exactly the kind of people you'd want to work with on a project.