Today, the IGNCG sent this letter to our President of Ziff Davis Gaming & Entertainment to demand pay that reflects the rate of inflation in our contract. Please join us in asking @errorjustin.bsky.social, @peer-ign.bsky.social, @corradimus.bsky.social, and @yprough.bsky.social to pay us fairly.

It's been a ✨while✨ since we've posted, huh? That's because our Bargaining team has been DEEP in negotiations over our first contract for over a year now. But we're finally getting towards the end, and we're hopeful that we can come to a fair agreement! I mean how could you say no to these faces?

“We have lost all faith in your abilities to manage the company," said our @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social who overwhelmingly passed a vote of no confidence in company exec Kate Gutman. Read more here nyguild.org/post/ziff-da...

Today, we sent a supermajority vote of no confidence to Ziff Davis General Manager, Kate Gutman. Here’s why. (1/7)

On Jan. 14, our parent company Ziff Davis laid off 5 of our members, days after our successful CES showing as the CNET Group. This is the third round of layoffs since Ziff acquired CNET in 2024. We’re sick of our members being on the chopping block. Read our full statement below:

🧵In my expert opinion as a researcher of vehicle ramming attacks, what has been publicly described in the video evidence does not support the claim that Renee Nicole Good was attempting a deliberate ramming attack when she was shot in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026. 1/7

An Oregon lawmaker is warning of ICE agents posing as utility workers. NW Natural and Portland General Electric have published guidance in several languages on how to tell if a person is actually one of their employees.

or hospitals...

ICE must be abolished. The work of our time is to tear down the system that built it and remake it into one that embraces and designs systems that include all people from all places. This work will be done, because the alternative is unbearable.

My proposal for a masking, identification, and verification ordinance will, if passed and among other things, direct PPB to conduct preliminary investigations of potential impostors / impersonators of federal agents, which is common enough that even Donald Trump's FBI is warning cities about it.

BREAKING NEWS: We are opening a formal investigation into the shooting involving federal agents in Portland today. Our office will take every step necessary to ensure the rights and security of Oregonians are protected. #orpol #breakingnews

I was wondering why city council suddenly convened. This is not what I was hoping for.

NEW: After an ICE officer fatally shot a Minneapolis mother, the Trump administration jumped to portray her as a "left-wing radical" who committed "an attack on the American people.” The rhetoric marks its latest attempt to pin violence on its political foes to intensify its crackdown on dissent.

Every person on Bluesky should know: * Every post on Bluesky is PUBLIC forever * Every post on Bluesky is archived by ICE, NSA, and many other agencies * Even if you delete a post, it’s already been captured * Judges don’t care if you were “kidding” or being ironic www.404media.co/the-200-site...

reposting for "no reason in particular"

Who killed the game industry? Union workers make splash at Game Awards protest

About 26,875 residents across Washington state remain under an evacuation order or advisory due to flooding.

Sometimes you have to sit down and make a list that reminds you who tf you are even when your bank account is fighting for its life. Even if it means a dreaded LinkedIn cross post 😜 Let's work together! www.picketywitch.com/contact-me/

crimbo is happening at freddie’s in seattle

aww 🖤

Try Qobuz if you want music streaming - and podcasts can be found in a number of places, just pick one!

I’ve never donated to Wikipedia before but I set up a small monthly donation as a fuck you to the world’s richest psychopath.

The tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer.

🐸🐸🐸

In response to an investigation launched by the federal government into the Portland Police Bureau’s policing practices at the local ICE facility, the city attorney shot back, laying out a pattern of excessive force used on protesters, and favoritism toward conservative streamers by federal police.

I don’t want to hear anymore “Portland is dying” narrative or vague complaints about “ANTIFA” as the clarion call for action in the city. All of that led to Trump targeting us. Groups like People for Portland, associated right-wing media ecosystem, and political opportunists own this.

a government run by internet trolls, for internet trolls.

Ziff Davis and IGN routinely decide that work done by our laid off colleagues is not important. But inevitably, that crucial work falls onto those who remain. Not this time. Not anymore.

Reporter: On the National Guard, have you decided which city you'll go into next? Trump: I have. I'm not going to say it now, but yeah I have. [...] I will say this.... Portland.... Reporter: Are you going into Portland? Trump: Well, I'm gonna look at it now....

ZDCG demands accountability for continued attacks on media workers in Gaza:

NEW: 45 workers for Maine Trust for Local News, which owns the Portland Press Herald, the Lewiston Sun Journal, the Morning Sentinel, and Kennebec Journal are unionizing with @newsguild.org @cwaunion.bsky.social.

A photographer’s view of ICE’s relentless courthouse arrests

Amelia has been a fantastic editor to work with, truly the best, and anyone would be lucky to have her. Gutted she’s not at IGN anymore, but their loss could very well be your gain. Hire her immediately!

From Nintendo Power Hotline to now, human labor has always been the soul of video game guides aftermath.site/guides-writers

Constitution Sections on Due Process and Foreign Gifts Just Vanished from Congress' Website 🔗 www.404media.co/constitution...

“We are concerned that the sweeping policy changes and spending cuts coming out of the administration will only cause us to backslide on all the progress made.”

The people being laid off include registered nurses, CNAs, and researchers. Providence Oregon Chief Executive Jennifer Burrows said the layoffs involve small numbers of staff in many locations.

"Ziff Davis" sounds like a cartoon villain, and lately they're really living up to that energy. Solidarity with our fellow workers at IGN. The strip-mining of the entertainment industry by large corporations has to stop.

Ziff Davis just reported their "strongest quarterly revenue growth since 2021," up 9.8% to $352.2M, with gaming and entertainment up 7.5% YOY. So why were 8 of our members and 23 members of @zdcreatorsguild.bsky.social just laid off? bit.ly/3H0Osvb

Shared with permission: my incredible colleague, NVC producer Red Rigos, was impacted by IGN's layoffs yesterday. We're heartbroken: Red is kind, funny, talented, and dedicated and has been a huge part of NVC's growth and success. Please hire him: www.redrigos.com/ign

IGN lays off 8 staff, 12% of union aftermath.site/ign-layoffs-zi...

One of the impacted members. 🫡 My co-workers at IGN are incredible and every one of us who was let go and every one of those who is still there deserves so much better.

*Record Scratch* Freeze Frame. "You're probably wondering how I got here." I am one of the eight IGN members laid off. During my three years at IGN, I worked for some of the best creators and writers around. I will miss them all dearly.

I am, unfortunately, one of these eight members.

Hello! You may have seen it, but I am one of the employees that have been impacted by layoffs at IGN. It's been a great six years, but this now means I am looking to apply my talents to something new and exciting.

Acquire more and layoff the worker, the portfolio way.

A🧵on ICE and the permit: I promised to look into the process of evaluation and possible revocation of the ICE permit. Today, I have updates. To clarify, this is about COULD, not SHOULD, and I recognize there are both pro/con reasons to do it. However, Portlanders deserve to know the process. 1/7

NEW from me: after EPA announced it would officially do away with its scientific research arm Friday, officials at the Office of Research and Development had few answers for employees on a Monday call about how many of them will be reassigned to other offices—and how many will lose their jobs

An update: management has chosen not to recognize our Product, Engineering, and Humble Bundle colleagues as part of IGNCG, instead insisting on a time-consuming NLRB hearing, which took place last week. Help us spread the word: we will not be divided. We are IGN, and we will always stand together.