this is what fascism is

Morning walk

I'll be one of the speakers for our union workshop at #QGCon tomorrow!!! :]

Assata Shakur has "died in Havana, Cuba, as a result of health conditions and her advanced age." She was 78.

i hope people see this recent microsoft news as proof of BDS' effectiveness; especially in regard to raising publicity and encouraging action from microsoft employees and it inspires more people to join in keeping the pressure on these unrepentantly imperialist tech companies

Microsoft will no longer allow Israel to use its cloud services to enable its mass surveillance of occupied Palestinians – "the first known case of a US technology company withdrawing services provided to the Israeli military since the beginning of its war on Gaza"

👀👀👀 www.readthemaple.com/unions-impro...

As a permalancer: if you are EVER verbally offered ANY kind of promise (a raise, a contract extension, full-time employment), IMMEDIATELY ask for it in writing and be low-key relentless about it. As someone who has been strung along too many times: they can't keep getting away with this.

Don’t reward corporations for doing the bare minimum. They’re not your husband 🥰

maoist wuxia ttrpg with a disco elysium-style skill system, this rules!!

(sound on) wind update from this weekend: now the simulation controls the wind sound, so you can hear other ships flying by!

HAPPENING NOW: Alphabet Workers Union members are outside of the Google offices in NYC speaking out against the Trump administration’s H-1B visa proclamation! Tune in: www.facebook.com/AlphabetWork...

Unions Improve Social Well-Being Even For Non-Members Greater unionization rates improve the environment, income equality and public health, according to a new CCPA report. #canpoli #unions #labour #qualityoflife #canada #economicsecurity www.readthemaple.com/unions-impro...

Find our members both Saturday and Sunday in arcade section as well, where you'll be able to chat with us and grab our very cool zines & pins 😎

QGCon is coming in just over a week! Come to our talk GAY PEOPLE UNIONIZE - WHY NOW, WHY YOU on Saturday 26th at 2pm in the auditorium to learn about why you (gay) should unionize, now! bsky.app/profile/qgco...

An important initiative 🔽 palestinian-voices-in-games.com

It's also fun when places hire people who are incredible at their work and then give them junior tier tasks which underutilise their skills, while the people above them bumble around creating problems that wouldn't have existed if you gave that task to the expert they just hired and wasted 🫠

got my first "games from the late 1900s" from a student 👴

something that I’ve been thinking about since DICE is that a lot of highly skilled devs are subject to management labelling them as ‘difficult’ and sidelining them simply because they point out and want to solve a problem, mismanagement which I think has contributed to a lot of failed projects

According to the Heritage Foundation, using any of the terms (but not limited to) "cis," "deadnaming," "misgendering," and "trans genocide" constitute classification as transgender ideology-inspired violent extremism (TIVE). This is what is feeding the FBI's classification of trans people.

China’s UN Envoy Accuses US of ‘Abusing’ Veto Power Over Gaza https://www.newsbeep.com/132674/ China slammed the US for blocking a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in…

I really should have included more about fascism in my latest essay about game worker unions and revolution. We should organize together not just to create better world(s), but also to halt fascism from actively making the one we have now dramatically worse.

today's middle class is organically fascist; it lives its life building up shame and resentment, waiting for one thing only which is to finally be given permission to release this pent-up hatred towards a sanctioned target

PANEL ANNOUNCEMENT📢 Giselle Francis Carolyn Jong Roland Quiros James F. Wright We’ll hear from labor organizers about their experiences making this industry do better by them and their fellow workers. We’ll explore what led them to organize, the victories, the defeats, the comebacks, and more.

Just a reminder that I wrote a whole PhD dissertation on the social and economic roots of Gamergate and the alt-right, in case you’re interested in understanding fascism and its connection to the games industry + academia from a materialist POV. spectrum.library.concordia.ca/id/eprint/98...

KIM KITSURAGI - "What is it, detective? Can you make it out?" BULLET - "if you read this you are gay lmao" 1. "It, um, doesn't say anything." 2. "Transgender ideology. My old foe." 3. [Espirit de Corps - Medium 10] "I think you should read it for yourself, Kim."

"my god, it seems like the institutions and infrastructure that undergird our entire capitalist society from snout to tail are falling in line behind fascists with absolutely zero pushback?! why is that??" i say as occam's razor stops being a principal and starts bisecting my windpipe

"All over the world, wherever there are capitalists, freedom of the press means freedom to buy up newspapers, to buy writers, to bribe, buy and fake 'public opinion' for the benefit of the bourgeoisie. This is a fact. No one will ever be able to refute it." - Lenin

charlie kirk has received infinitely more sympathy and support from liberals than every single trans person, immigrant, and palestinian combined

The reason all these elites are not just condemning violence but actively lionizing Kirk is because Charlie was in their class and this is just class solidarity. Any “political differences” are not more important than their class alignment 🤷🏻‍♀️

(I share these things bc I don’t see anyone talking about things like this here) From Amal Saad on x:

there is disco everywhere for those with ears to hear

More Kneecap posting because I can. The Recap.

why are all small business owners like this (rhetorical question)

A pretty good summary of the role of AI + automation in unemployment & the falling rate of profit. It's not machines that are driving unemployment, it's capitalism. The tech is just a means to an end: cheapening human labour and increasing profits (in the short term). www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoGL...

Every day I think about the Ruddy Man. Effing love the Ruddy Man. Geography makes him so special.

looking forward to all my scientist colleagues who take DOD money explaining that actually they’re taking money from the Department of War for peaceful reasons

canada is so cooked that we're still not getting a bourgeois revolution in 2025 we're just getting a pretender to the throne instead

"A boycott is in place until further notice." Utrecht University becomes first Western academic institution to announce an academic *boycott* of Israel. This is the result of strategic, ethical work by students & university staff.

Polish millionaire CEO snatched a hat from a child on live TV at the US Open: “Yes, I took it. Yes, I did it quickly. But as I’ve always said, life is first come, first serve. If you were faster, you would have it. I remind you that insulting a public figure is subject to legal liability..”

unfortunately "manifesting" does not work, but you know what does work? taking an action in the material world that achieves your desired outcome

End capitalism or face extinction

Living a lie and constantly running from cognitive dissonance will siphon away all the energy you could pour into your craft. You can waste your life constructing a facade. Choosing authenticity, especially when it's hard, is the only way anyone ever creates something true, something that matters

I don't know why this lad is building a subterranean city for cats, but I'm all for it.

SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IS GOING TO HAPPEN

Approximately every 3 months, I hear something from someone and need to tap the sign. medium.com/game-workers...

Bosses rely on fear and uncertainty to keep us divided, passive, and scared. How many more of these cycles are you going to take before they realize that this careless treatment of human lives is unsustainable?