Had to explain who Hatsune Miku is to my family over Christmas

My husband thinks he hates musicals but he knows every word to Muppet Christmas Carol and sings along happily and was excited to put it on tonight so I think the problem is that he saw the greatest musical of all time and now he thinks all of them should be this good

i post this story every christmas, and will keep doing so until it stops making me cry merry christmas xx

When they ask me what radicalized me

Galaxy Quest, like Iron Giant , Fury Road and Tremors, is one of those rare movies without flaws. It's not just good, but miraculous.

Study Finds Link Between Red Wine, Letting Mother Know What You Really Think https://theonion.com/study-finds-link-between-red-wine-letting-mother-know-1819570397/

Beer Aisle Scanned For Something Asshole Friend Won’t Mock https://theonion.com/beer-aisle-scanned-for-something-asshole-friend-won-t-m-1823433792/

"Whistleblower accuses Rutherford County Library Board Chair of instructing her to secretly remove books, gather patrons’ personal data" www.wkrn.com/news/local-n... I learned about this from the Redditor who posted this picture. Banning books is such coward shit. Look at this hero.

The Virgin Mary and the Chad Joseph

I commissioned @radicalemprints.bsky.social to make this letterpress print for me. I think that it turned out beautifully. You should check out their other work: www.radicalemprints.com - this is my twist on a @ladyofsardines.bsky.social comrade card. A few folks are receiving a print.

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

we are the 6%

This isn't a criticism of the hunger strikers: it's a reflection of genuine fear that unless Labour has plans to add a 'Cat and Mouse Act' amendment to its Crime and Policing Bill, ministers are likely to let people die. We have to raise public awareness for the demand that the state blinks first.

"Together, workers can transform their jobs, their careers, and their lives for the better." Our statement of solidarity with 5 other game workers unions in Europe including @stjv.fr, @csvi-cgt.bsky.social & @gwuireland.bsky.social www.gameworkers.co.uk/one-industry...

Here we go

half-remembering a meme about how if you ignore the environment or assume it to be equal you'd come to the conclusion that most popes have been italian because of some genetic predisposition towards popery present in the people of italy. in isolation IQ tests are basically just that

Looking at the comments on a post about Zarah, I would say we have a lot of work to do in spreading class consciousness. A better world is possible. Don't give up hope. Renationalising the utilities isn't even an extreme position.

"All these workers have ever tried to do is discuss their pay and conditions to improve them, so they can make a game loved by millions."

Gonna be so honest: word processor UI peaked here for me

A statement from the Game Workers of the IWGB this Transgender Day of Remembrance. Please join us in marking this important day by remembering those we have lost due to trans violence and hate. Further resources: empower-up.com/topic/gender... lgbthero.org.uk/tdor-vigils-2025

Reading A People's History of the ANL and history is rhyming pretty hard rn...

Brianna Ghey was not killed by her phone, she was murdered because she was trans. Abusing her memory to justify heavy-handed acts of censorship that MPs have been desperate to impose for years is absolutely sickening

“Say sorry, be nice is a Rockstar slogan, it has been for many, many years. At least in this instance, it doesn’t seem like the company is interested in living by it.” Watch the video of our demonstration & interviews with dismissed workers at Rockstar North here!

you can make the 'a vote for labour is a vote for farage' argument in a vote splitting sense now the greens are doing so well if you like, but it is also true in the more immediate sense of them having the same fucking politics

i went to doll tree and they all said they miss and love u, and hope you're well

WGGB stands in solidarity with the @gamesworkers.co.uk members fired by @rockstargames.com

The Scottish Greens stand with the dozens of workers sacked by @rockstargames.com for exercising their right to organise with @gameworkers.co.uk @iwgbunion.bsky.social Reinstate them now, then get around the table & give your staff the pay & conditions they deserve for making you billions.

Fuck yeah! Amazing work everyone! <3 www.pcgamer.com/games/grand-...

As many have pointed out, Mamdani didn't stand apart from our trans brothers and sisters. He didn't play the "Gee, gosh, it sure is complicated," milquetoast moderate card. And he crushed. The way forward is together, not over the bodies of our own.

Across the world, game dev unions are standing with us. @rockstargames.com - reinstate our members, now!

Breaking: The Darkness Returns

The Independent Workers' Union of Great Britain (IWGB) has accused Rockstar of union busting after the studio reportedly dismissed 30 to 40 employees last Thursday (October 30) www.gamesindustry.biz/iwgb-accuses...

Dan Houser (co-founder and former Head Writer and VP of Creativity at Rockstar) acknowledges the critical role workers have had in the success of Rockstar’s titles, yet Rockstar is engaging in one of the most ruthless acts of union-busting in UK video game history. www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indus...

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.

KIM KITSURAGI - “You need to get your shit together.” YOU - “But I don't wanna get my shit together!” KIM KITSURAGI - “Then the world will turn away from you, and leave you behind.”

I don't think most people understand that the games industry is run by people who do not care about games or the people who make them. They care about money. They intentionally create many risky endeavors hoping one will hit large. The rest of the teams and people they don't care about.

Chatbots — LLMs — do not know facts and are not designed to be able to accurately answer factual questions. They are designed to find and mimic patterns of words, probabilistically. When they’re “right” it’s because correct things are often written down, so those patterns are frequent. That’s all.

If a trans woman is on the eurostar in the eurotunnel does what toilet she can use change halfway through or after the passport checkpoint? So then she can use the womens coming one way but not the other? Mysterious shit

We stand in solidarity with employees and ex-employees at Build a Rocket Boy as they file legal claims through our union and publish an open letter, condemning the way in which they’ve been mistreated and discarded by the studio’s millionaire executives. www.gameworkers.co.uk/barb-open-le...

This week I’m going to raise money for @medicalaidpal.bsky.social to help Palestinians in need. On Fri I'll start & finish Metal Gear Solid, MGS2 on Sat, Delta on Sun. It'll be 9 AM PT each day on www.twitch.tv/tamoorh. Fundraiser is live on my Twitch. Please share if you can!

oh its the thing everyone said was going to happen when this got brought in and it immediately happened

Bread and circuses except the bread costs $100 dollars and there are feds outside the circus waiting to kidnap you

It's bread in the form of soybeans we can't export and circuses in the form of groyper memes posted from official government accounts

Kein Mensch ist illegal, you fuckers

🙌The first recognised union for game devs in the UK! 🙌 Workers at ZAUM now have a say on their pay and conditions at work with the support of the @iwgbunion.bsky.social Work in games in the UK? Join our union today: iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...

I think the prohibition on torture is a good thing

Thank you comrade, very cool

We don't need to "crack down" on people working who don't have the right to work. Every adult should have the right to work.

We're all so alienated by capitalism it ain't even funny anymore