What do you mean we have tornado weather

I was invited by @seattleu.edu to write something for Hispanic & Latin America History month that I would like to share with you.

Today is a great day to watch this beautiful PBS piece on the Taíno people youtu.be/kpX6dpC5MQg?...

Quick reminder that Christopher Columbus was considered a vile, repulsive, evil man even in his own time. His actions as governor of Spain's New World colonies landed him in prison for his cruelty and violence.

Upon meeting the Taíno, Columbus wrote: “They would make fine servants… With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.” Journal, Oct. 12, 1492 From the first encounter, he saw Indigenous people as labor, not equals.

1/6 Books to Read about #PuertoRico Because I’m feeling very Puerto Rican *Ts Madison Voice* here’s a list of books to read about the history of Puerto Rico. I enjoyed these books and felt a deeper connection to my roots, culture, and people after reading. Get them before they are banned:

#ColumbusDay As this has come up again thanks to Trump's attempts to rewrite history, let's address Christopher Columbus. Genoese, but with no particular loyalty to Italy, his mission was a profit-seeking one on behalf of Spain - he got a title and a 10 percent profit share of the lands he claimed.

Judge Columbus by the standards of his time? OK. His treatment of the native Taino people was so unspeakably cruel and evil, King Ferdinand had him dragged back to Spain in chains and flung him into prison on his return. Maybe teach that, bitches.

In 1511 my Taíno ancestors were taught that you rise 3 days after death as Jesus did, & while occupied by Spanish colonizers they caught and drowned one. They watched his body for 3 days and when he did not rise they rebelled knowing they were lied to. Happy Indigenous People's day.

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day, here's the statue in Puerto Rico depicting the drowning of conquistador Diego Salcedo by the indigenous Taíno people. According to legend, his death resulted in the outbreak of the Taíno rebellion of 1511 against the Spaniards.

It's just a great day as a Sicilian, Puerto Rican, Irish American with Taino ancestry to elevate the voices sharing tales of what happened when Columbus arrived in the new world so I'll be doing that.

I was feeling sad but then I remembered what happened to the person who did it afterwards and had a little chuckle

If you work in games, games discoursing on a Sunday counts as crunch

When they go low, we get high

Some day I want to talk about tech company block lists and how fucked up they are

Manifesting work by November so I don't have to move 🙏🕯️

Dishonored

Going to a text based career fair. Never heard of such a thing until today. Will provide notes lol

If I left game dev for a bit to recharge and explore new things would you still tolerate my jokes?

As part of the latin rig at Riot I got to work a teeny tiny bit on Arcane Jayce and Milio as characters and so I love to see them succeed 😂 Or whatever it is Jayce does that's not succeeding. Anyways I finally got to write a bit about it in a cover letter and now I'm down memory lane.

I should make a list of the silliest things I have seen in my rejection emails. So far it's the one that sent me to their monetized YouTube documentary do they could monetize my rejection. But the auto reject that tried to sell me a subscription course is close second.

Every game where you can die is a Soulslike

Sometimes I think about the fact that I'm trying to build a career with nerve damage in my hip, PCOS, stage 4 endometriosis, and hashimotos hypothyroidism. 🙃 And I'm still really really good at my job! I'm just so sleepy.

Stepping down in all of my meds as my main stress source is gone It's kinda like a little treat

Listen, @burgerbecky.bsky.social is one of the greats. If you can spare anything at all, and you have love for this medium, I can guarantee she's in some way part of the games you love. Please help our industry help her out. www.gofundme.com/f/help-rebec...

Starting this week's job hunt a little stresso and depresso but we must persist

Tonight I signed myself up to do a presentation to friends on Centralia, my spooky Appalachian town of choice. ☺️

I see you too have this cat

My first post to do any sort of numbers on this app would be a picture of Lilly Makes sense

ICE just blatantly violated the law and arrested sitting Chicago Alderperson Jessie Fuentes while seeking to illegally arrest a patient in a hospital. Fuck these fascists.

Chicago: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

ICE incident at Rico Fresh Logan Square, Chicago

Attn Black people, stop scrolling. This is not a drill: Chicago

ICE is absolutely out of control in Chicago.

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My thoughts on "women in video games discourse" are: Women are half the human population be fucking normal

Not sure what's more distressing, the refinery fire or this Taylor Swift album

It has been like twenty years since I wrote poetry, but I wrote one today.

Was agreeing to pursue multiple interview panels at once a mistake? Perhaps. 🤪 But the alternative is making a kanban board for my cats.

I just think I should start working in that I have a five star Poshmark sellers rating with over a hundred sales into my resume.

Genshin Impact did this in a side quest and it was devastating

I had a rash on my arm and today while I was at the doctor's I asked what it looked like and he said it was a sweat rash and I realized it was from leaning on my table to play Stardew Valley I have a Stardew Valley rash

Today is my last day at Blizzard! Working with the World of Warcraft team has been such a fun, positive experience. I can't wait for players to see what we made together. Now I'm looking for my next role in games, full time or contract, indie or AAA. You can check out my portfolio on my website! 🖤

finally some normal fucking people on reddit

Ohhh Andrea Gibson ;(