Not having work-life balance can literally kill you or disable you. The grind absolutely is not worth it.

The CDC tried to remove remote work as an accommodation for disabled people. Working from home is a game changer when you’re chronically ill. It allows people to remain in the workforce who otherwise wouldn’t be able to. Big thanks to the unions who fought this, the CDC caved from the pressure

Nobody, and I emphasize, nobody should go to the US. If you're games industry, I promise you that there are better events everywhere else.

This is how they ensure political opponents can't escape when they start rounding them up. If you're in a position to leave, you should do so now before they close the door. theintercept.com/2025/09/13/m...

If you're an indie developer, you should hang this screenshot on your wall and use it as inspiration to never give up

To celebrate Labor Day, #GameDevs—consider joining our union! uvw-cwa.org

I know this is a ridiculous ask but if anyone has any leads on contract or in-house work as a writer, narrative designer, game designer, or generalist starting after November, please let me know.

It is mind blowing to hear Democratic politicians talking about the president sending the military into American cities as a “distraction.” Actually you are all now one degree away from being violently removed from power. The fact that this may not happen does not erase the fact that it may happen.

We just added two design roles and a UI/UX role here at Gravity Well. Give it a peek if you're looking/curious.

"Deranged president increasingly threatening American citizens with deportation and denaturalization" sounds like a front page story to me

ICE killed a farm worker who was just doing their job. Murdered.

I saw an infographic a couple years ago about how to remove source identifiers from links and why it's important, but I can't find it again and too many people I know are sending me links with them so here's an infographic straight from the oven

🌛 I am looking for work 🌜

An argument I've seen against unionization is that workers demanding better from employers will only incentivize bosses to replace them with AI. There is nothing you can give to or give-up for a growth-obsessed CEO that would discourage them from trying this regardless. Fight for what's yours now.

If you're currently looking for a new home in gaming: @cdprojektred.com is currently hiring for 90 positions across numerous disciplines - both in the US and in Europe (with a few additional global, remote options too). Fingers crossed for your job hunt❤️ ▶️ cdprojektred.com/en/jobs

Riot has 141 open roles at the moment- including some 77 in LA and some 24 in Mercer Island. It feels like a drop in the bucket these days, but please take a look if you need it. www.riotgames.com/en/work-with...

Looking forward to the day when our industry isn't just a fucking meat grinder. We all deserve better.

I’m as tired of saying it as you are of hearing it, but this is unambiguously Nazi shit

The singularity is awesome

they should be asking the deployed Marines how they feel about a father of 3 marines being beat to shit by ICE and stuffed in an unmarked car, all on camera

Secret police tend to meet 5 criteria: -target political opponents & dissidents -the identity of members / operations are secret -surveillance operations -arbitrary searches, arrests, interrogations, detentions, disappearances & torture. 👉 answer directly to dictator 👈 the StasICE, GestapICE, etc.

SEEM LIKE GOOD TIME TA REMIND EVREEONE ABOUT DIS FAN-ORGANIZED EVENT DIRECTLY BENEFITTING DA TREVOR PROJECT.

Trump posted this deranged message ordering every federal agency, including the pentagon, to do mass deportations in major cities because of trans people. I wish I was joking.

Liberals need to sustain the energy and opposition they have for things like ICE or funding forever wars in the Middle East for when their politicians are coming back into power or nothing will ever change. Recognize that ICE and Israel funding increased under Biden and make it a non starter

Apparently this person was asked to provide medical documents that proved she needed to mask. This is why “health exceptions” to masks bans don’t work.

if the democrats were running on "the other guy is bad" & winning every election in a landslide, even if they did jack shit of any worth while in power you could be like well they suck but at least their electoral tactic is keeping the worse guy out. but they don't! they run on that and lose lol

“They took my cousin. He informed them he is a US citizen and his passport was in his pocket. We don’t know where they took him.” This isn’t about deporting undocumented immigrants this is about going after people who are not white!

PSA for everyone going to protests

BREAKING: Reuters has published video images of Marines carrying out the first known detention of civilian in Los Angeles

Know your rights.

god I barely even remember the first bad thing that happened today

I felt weird about quoting the original graphic without sticking a "PLEASE DON'T" on it, so… To Marcus' point, people will just keep attacking you if you sit. Also: if you've never read up on the mechanics of crowd crush, please do. This approach is a fantastic (read: horrific) way to get trampled.

Apropos of nothing: linktr.ee/jslosangeles

ICE is staying in the marriot next to spectrum center in Irvine, please tell your neighbors / friends in the area and be safe

wow I wonder if the cops who lied about the sitting senator even though everything they did was on tape are also being less than honest about the presence of violent agitators at the protests in los angeles. they might even not have told the entire truth about other protests

BREAKING: A few minutes ago, a vehicle of three people was rammed by a truck belonging to federal immigration authorities in Boyle Heights, CA. According to security footage shown to me, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are US citizens according to the wife.

Clergy and Laity United for Economic Justice is a group of interfaith leaders and community members that support local workers. They have created a bond fund for detained immigrants and their families in Los Angeles. secure.qgiv.com/for/2025immi...

trying to switch off the AI bloatware that has been pinned to the top of every single menu in every single app

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

If someone raising their voice to call out bigotry makes you feel less safe than the bigotry itself, you need to be real honest with yourself about what that means.

I'm super excited to finally share our union for the games industry that you can join RIGHT NOW!! As a freelancer, the idea of unions felt out of reach for us - but now we have a union that any worker in the entire industry can join!

Today, we are announcing the formation of United Videogame Workers-CWA, an industry-wide union formed by @codecwa.bsky.social and @cwaunion.bsky.social 💪🎮 We're launching at #GDC2025 this morning to build a video game industry that works for us. We're done playing.

Hi, are you working in the video game industry in a chiefly creative capacity (artist, writer, designer, etc)? Is your boss/company trying to foist AI on you against you or your team's wishes? If so I'd love to chat. lukeATaftermathDOTsite, or a DM here if you prefer, thanks!

I'm assuming the Marvel Rivals layoffs is because NetEase is pulling back from US investments in general, and has nothing to do with the game. IOW, this might be about political instability, and there's just nothing a game studio can do about that. My heart goes out to the devs. You did great.

Truly devastated... Mania helped to make the game a lot better and fun for all of us with WoW-Petopia and Warcraft Mounts and will always have a very special place in my heart. Thanks a lot for everything Mania, you will be missed... forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?p=637908

Thank goodness for the American Medical Association. Here is their YouTube page. Please share far and wide. Right now bird flu is spreading throughout our country and most people have no clue. Please stay updated and bookmark this page for your health and well-being. www.youtube.com/@americanmed...

It has come to my attention that many North Americans are not as well versed in all the various flavors of coup as some the rest of the world, so take a look and see if any of this sounds familiar???

The men carrying out Musk's coup are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran. Make them famous. And, eventually, when possible, arrest them and charge them with multiple felonies. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

I truly believe the only chance we have is through protests at hospitals that are complying with executive orders in advance. These hospitals are attempting to detransition patients or deny transition to new ones because they are scared of Trump.