Happy World Otter Day

He hears the silent whispers from the spaces between. Whispers of madness. He has come to give you a warning.

Nothing resets me like a quiet morning with wildlife.

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.

Union says fuck it, takes lunch at 11:30am to show our solidarity ✊ Today, the IGNCG is celebrating May Day! We’re a bit early, but we’re just too excited about getting our first contract done. We’ve got pizza and pride in the work we’re doing to make IGN a better place for all of us. 💜

The House is preparing to vote on a bill that would strip down the protections offered by the Endangered Species Act and severely deplete our nation's hallmark piece of environmental legislation. Speak up and speak out such as through the link below. 🌎🧪 engage.nywolf.org/site/Advocac...

They will cut down old growth, ancient trees, with no public hearing. Thirty days to stop it. Act now

Still having a very hard time understanding how cameras are going to be the thing that stops what we all saw happen on camera from multiple angles

Literally half the country wants to abolish ICE and the Democrats are going to make them pinky swear not to deport U.S. citizens anymore

If you're reading this, I am sincerely asking you to bombard your senator's phone lines tomorrow to urge them to pursue the defunding and abolition of ICE. Nominal reforms will achieve nothing when DHS has shown an overt and gleeful willingness to ignore the law while brutalizing our neighbors.

Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.” Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity. So pathetic and weak.

I feel like these days it's within our power to stipulate congress keep a big public spreadsheet where every time they vote each member also has to write at least 50 words explaining what they think is gonna happen as a result of their vote and be judged accordingly

Any time it feels difficult to do the right thing, to do the moral thing, that's a moment when you can spiritually measure the toxicity of the society you're embedded in. A healthy society would and should make it painless to be good and to speak truth and to help others and live in peace.

Just found out my wife might be losing her job, so I'm desperately searching for work. Contract, full-time, freelance, whatever. Press, PR, consulting, anything. I have 16 years of editorial experience and have been writing about games for 13. Reviews, news, previews, guides, etc. RTs appreciated.

Sometimes I do portrait photography

"Did you see what Mark Cuban posted? Oh did you see the clapb—" You shake yourself awake in the cold North Atlantic water. You are not online. It is July of 1858. You are a baleen whale, and you have changed your mind. The future most not come to pass. The telegraph cable must break.

The best kind of tree topper. Happy Holidays.

this field biologist does a great job highlighting the insidiousness of AI editing these one-click AI edit buttons are incredibly appealing to many photographers, amateurs and professionals alike, and are framed as innocuous this is worth sharing and educating people about

one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.

A reminder that the crises routinely treated as separate—housing, food, climate, healthcare, electricity—are anything but. This moment in America makes it glaringly clear: each feeds the other, driven by the same rapacious, profit-maximizing forces.

My understanding is that Chuck Schumer and leadership aren’t caving but these senators are: call them!

That’ll be a no from me dawg. Call your local asshole and explain that this ain’t it

Mule deer with morning light.

I'm becoming increasingly, irrationally convinced that having more trees in my life would fix me.

Walking on water

I am back on the job hunt. Please let me know if you are looking for: Events Management Content Strategy Scouting / Biz Dev Producer for Live or Taped Segments Someone to talk about indie games for hours Please let me know and please share with others. Contact cthuloops at gmail.com. Thank you!

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

Thanks to @erikadams.bsky.social for the great editing on this review and every other review I've done this year. I was lucky to be on the same team with him, and whichever team gets him next will also be lucky to have him.