My humble Reddit group "Design Founders" just reached 1,000+ members. Since the Summer I've been posting insights, inspiration, and trendspotting for creatives who are starting a business. You can find the group here: www.reddit.com/r/designfoun...

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

Post you from a different era. College student dreaming of being a magazine editor, 1980s. #journalism

this is an amazing photo

Members of the community yell towards Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino and federal officers while they conduct an immigration enforcement action Friday in Waukegan.

My Dad (age 93) asked, "What can I do to help Ukraine?" I started by gifting him a one-year subscription to Tim Mak's excellent reporting team, a small nonprofit based in Ukraine. (Subscribe here: www.counteroffensive.news?r=1mn19&utm_... Looking at other options now. #ukraine

"The federal government is working against the people of the United States, and breaching four of the ten amendments of the Bill of Rights." The new secret police (masked, incognito, overly forceful) have immunity for well-documented crimes against innocent people. What to do about it?

NEW: Judge Gettleman just ordered ICE to improve "serious conditions" inside its Broadview facility in Chicago. Yesterday, people testified in court that they were crammed into overcrowded and filthy cells for days, with little access to lawyers, and pressured into deportation.

It is outrageous ICE is behaving this way, traumatizing our kids and terrorizing families. They are violently grabbing parents in front of families. They deploy tear gas near schools and playgrounds and Halloween parades. Now storming into a daycare. This must stop.

I don’t know how many times I’ve watched this video. I don’t know how we’ve gotten to the point where men in full balaclavas can abduct daycare teachers while they’re watching children. But I do know that this isn’t sustainable. Abolish ICE. There is no way to reform this.

Brilliant satire of a deeply flawed opinion piece.

“U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is expected to order scheduled air traffic cut by 10% at 40 major airports starting Friday…”

It would be difficult to construct a worse healthcare system for a developed country than our current mess. We pay far more for healthcare than any other developed country, with some of the worst health outcomes, e.g., we pay twice as much as Australia, with a maternal mortality rate 5 times higher

Plotting my 11-day stay in NYC this week, fingers crossed that the flights in-out aren't cancelled due to the air traffic controller crisis. Happily, the visit coincides with lots of game design events. I'm setting up client/colleague meetings and small networking circles in the week.

They shut down the "Little Ray of Sun" preschool for the day, after toddlers and staff were traumatized. This moral outrage isn't on par with Russia bombing a theater-shelter full of kids and parents in Ukraine, but we have taken another wrong step down the dark, dangerous path of GOV v. innocents.

Rep. Kaohly Vang Her will be St. Paul’s first female and first Hmong mayor after besting her former boss, incumbent mayor Melvin Carter. Read more about her historic win: sahanjournal.com/democracy-po...

Took the cats out for a walk with my brother and accidentally created a 90s Britpop album cover

History: The City of Detroit just elected its first female mayor: Mary Sheffield.

Game job: NY Times seeks a mid-level game/puzzle designer! Whole lotta devs I know should jump on this. #gamejobs #Gamejob #nyc #gamedev job-boards.greenhouse.io/thenewyorkti...

Well done, Virginia! The state's first female governor.

In total, there are over 35 sworn declarations from immigrants and US citizens detained at the facility and from lawyers representing people detained here. They tell the story of a place where due process goes to die and the Constitution is ignored. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71832...

WOW. A federal judge says he's going to issue a Temporary Restraining Order requiring ICE to make changes at the Broadview facility in Chicago, a facility that until January was only for stays under 12 hours "absent exceptional circumstances," but has become, in Judge Gettleman's words, "a prison."

Starts TOMORROW, three days of THINKY CON (free, online), talks for people who love to make and play puzzle games. thinkygames.com/events/think... Follow @thinkygames.com for updates and coverage

Joy Williams on Gene Hackman: “He made sixty-six movies, sixty-seven if you count his uncredited voice of God in the forgettable Two of a Kind. (God had nothing meaningful to say.) He didn’t do death in most of them, but in the ones he did, his end was very awful.” harpers.org/archive/2025...

IT IS TIME FOR BLUESKY RECIPE POSTING do you have a cheap, healthy, low-cost recipe? post it here! or quote tweet this post. or dunk on me for something I don't care just post easy meals that people can make right now.

Trying to imagine explaining a scenario where a former Governor runs for Mayor, endorsed by former Mayors, a Republican President, local media, and still gets spanked by an inexperienced opponent who cannot get the national leaders of his party, who live in his city, to endorse him!

Video evidence from Oregon's Department of Justice. It's surveillance footage of the ICE facility in Portland from August through October. Look at Trump's thugs. This is the kind of footage you see in violent third-world countries, now America.

One of the four games to be featured at the Nov 22 No Quarter game exhibition at NYU Game Center. "despelote, is a slice-of-life adventure about childhood and the magical grip soccer held over the people of Quito in 2001." #NYMakesGames

RSVP for the NOV 5 NYC Indie Game Dev Social (first Wednesdays of the month) here: luma.com/tdiwdbdk Hosted by @jesshaskins.bsky.social for more than a decade, it's a casual gathering in Midtown, open to all, for the NYC indie game community. #NYMakesGames

Oooh! I'll be in town for that whole stretch. Already signed up for No Quarter. #nYMakesGames

NYC area game friends! Mark the date, Nov 5, so you don't miss the monthly Indie Games Social (first Wednesdays). RSVP and details here: luma.com/tdiwdbdk #NYMakesGames #nyc #events #indiegames #indiegamedev #gamedev #gamedevs

Nov 19: Pitch + Plate event @gumbonyc.bsky.social hosted by Women in Games NYC. Grab a bite, then pitch your game (2-8 min) to a welcoming, supportive group of #NYC #gamedevs. Games can be early, mid, or late stage. Limited spots. #NYMakesGames

You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time. All are considered acceptable so go off.

Nov 19: Pitch + Plate event @gumbonyc.bsky.social hosted by Women in Games NYC. Grab a bite, then pitch your game (2-8 min) to a welcoming, supportive group of #NYC #gamedevs. Games can be early, mid, or late stage. Limited spots. #NYMakesGames

I didn't know "Jericho walk." A search tells me it's a silent, peaceful action, a prayer walk. E.g. at one NYC immigration court, once a week on Thursdays, "faith leaders and others perform a symbolic walk 7 times around the building and stop in front to pray for those detained."

American friends, esp fellow freelancers, workers whose employers offer NO health insurance, entrepreneurs, small business owners. Yep, I've been ALL of those things. The BIGGEST obstacle to my career dreams has been health coverage. If you're on the ACA exchange, here's some practical help.

Yep, agree, this segment was cringy-embarrassing, fawning, advertorial, and not worthy of the 60 Minutes I grew up with. #journalism #news #reporting -- not

My two new kitties, Arlo and Woody, need no costume. They enjoy exactly one day of popularity out of 365 per year, so I am celebrating with them. #happyhalloween #goodluck #caturday #cats #blackcats

Happy Halloween!

Oooh! I'll be in town for that whole stretch. Already signed up for No Quarter. #nYMakesGames

Announcing the line-up for ThinkyCon 2025! 🎉 Tune in for 3 days of amazing talks from the makers of your favorite puzzly games! thinkygames.com/even...

I'm giving a talk at ThinkyCon 2025! thinkygames.com/events/think... Towers of Pen: puzzle experiences that zoom out and out Thursday, November 6th 4:00 - 4:30 pm (Eastern time) Free, streamed online.

People will drop their insurance, go to ER when preventable, treatable conditions get critical, and we will all pay more. Rinse, repeat, spiral out of control. Preventative care is the best path forward. Early detection.

Back in my day, AI used to stand for Adobe Illustrator! And we hated that, too!

NEW: The full Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has agreed to rehear arguments on whether to block President Trump from taking control of 200 Oregon National Guard troops. This is good news. Military troops have no place on our streets.

2,500 pantries supported across the state $80M in state funds fast-tracked for distribution 390 @calvolunteers.bsky.social — with hundreds more waiting in the wings And National Guard men and women deployed, proud to be the good guys We will not just let Californians in need go hungry.

If you're just catching up to how evil this is, here's a gift link. States, judges, local community leaders, please please step up. Now is your time. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

No Quarter is back! On Saturday November 22nd No Quarter will be returning for its 2025 edition! No Quarter is an annual playable exhibition where four newly commissioned works from outstanding artists working across games are debuted. Tickets here noquarter2025.eventbrite.com