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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · 5d

I'm heading to @gamerepublic.bsky.social New Horizons on Wednesday, for my first games event since Covid. My nerves about hitting the circuit again led me to realise that the most important networking conversations we ever have are the ones we have with ourselves. Check out my blog for more. <3

Game Republic @gamerepublic.bsky.social · 5d

"No-one is a perfect networker.... But taking some control over our own self-talk is the most powerful networking skill you’ll ever learn."
A must read on networking from @identityspark.bsky.social

gamerepublic.net/features/tak...

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · 7d

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Sep 16

Omg yes! Such an underrated movie. Hubby and I have been doing a linked-movie marathon since middle of Aug and I’ve just spent 15 mins looking for a link from last night’s (The Player) to Sneakers so we can watch tonight and keep the streak going. (David Strathairn & Mary McDonnell btw.)

Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Sep 16

Awesome stuff! I discovered this series last month (after loving some of your standalone stuff in the past, esp Redshirts) – I’ve been inhaling them since.m! Currently on Zoë’s Tale so give me a couple of weeks…! Good luck with the launch – ordering now to help your 1st week numbers. :-)

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Sep 11

Proud to have joined @gamerepublic.bsky.social! Still inspired by founder @seffers007.bsky.social, GR’s such an important presence in the North of England. 💪

Look forward to seeing folks at GR’s New Horizons event next month too – LMK if you want to meet there. (Coaching discounts for GR members!)

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Sep 6

Delighted to have earned a Merit in my Life Coaching Diploma this week, 9 months to the day since I started the course. If you’re a games, tech or creative pro and interested in compassionate, empowering coaching from someone who truly understands your sector and its challenges then do get in touch.

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Jul 7

Ha! Would play!

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SpecialEffect @specialeffect.org.uk · Jul 7

It costs on average £2,000,000 a year to run SpecialEffect, providing free support and access to tech for physically disabled people all over the world.

Sign up to become a regular giver, and you’ll help support people like Shaz for the rest of his life! www.specialeffect.org.uk/news/your-re...

Two people smiling and embracing while posing for a photograph, one using a wheelchair, at a sunny outdoor event.

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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · Apr 7

Ever notice how anti-DEI folks lift up some of the least qualified people, proving why DEI matters?

Obama went to Harvard and taught constitutional law at U Chicago; now we get a guy who can’t grasp high school economics. Yet we hear nonstop about diversity hires.

Seen in a Toronto Star headline.

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Apr 8

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Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · Apr 7

THEY ARE DOING SANCTUARY MOON

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Jenny Hamilton @readingtheend.bsky.social · Apr 7

"The show-within-a-show stars John Cho, Jack McBrayer, Clark Gregg, and DeWanda Wise, sporting outrageous hairstyles and costumes that make the stylings of A Flock of Seagulls look like business casual." oh my God they're doing Sanctuary Moon, say thank you Apple TV+

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Apr 5

“You can’t have your cake and eat it too” is such a damn stupid phrase…I don’t want to own a cake for, like, display purposes. Is that a thing people want?? A /liability/??

No, I want to put it in my god damned mouth.

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Derek Fox @partialobserver.bsky.social · Apr 2

Nothing - absolutely nothing - prevented news organizations from running this headline before the election, when it was equally true as now and could have made a difference.

voiceofobrien.bsky.social @voiceofobrien.bsky.social · Apr 2

Bait and Switch.

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Mar 17

Excited to announce my new business – Identity Spark Coaching. After 35+yrs in games (and surviving burnout), I'm prioritising my wellbeing and using my strengths to help lift up others. Limited free coaching sessions now available to help me build my practice hours: app.delenta.com/ta/@Identity...

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Mar 8

*messages Black Mirror producers* psst... James has noticed... We need a new approach...

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Hank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · Mar 6

I'm sorry for raining on this parade, but the "transgender mice" talking point is bullshit, but not because someone mistook "transgenic" for "transgender."

The blog post that kicked it off (from a partisan bullshit website) listed a number of papers testing the effects of sex hormones on animals.

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Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · Mar 2

America, just in case you thought Friday went well here’s how the London Times saw it …..

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Feb 22

100%. It's landed way more starkly for me this time too.

Have you watched the new De Niro Netflix miniseries Zero Day? Delves into not dissimilar concepts of actual truth and preferred truth, and who gets to decide which matters more. V different to DoT but left me with similar chill.

Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Feb 21

Thanks for the Department of Truth tip-off on the pod @nndroid.bsky.social!
I'd totally missed the new volume. Now enjoying a rainy Friday with a mug of Earl Grey and an internal anxiety attack about what's fact and what's fiction. I mean, that's how most political issues are best processed, right?

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Tracey "Tam" McGarrigan @ansiblecomms.com · Feb 18

Starting a new studio or biz & need tech or marketing advice?
Or stuck in a rut & need some fresh perspective / a sympathetic ear / coffee / cocktail?
Ansible is heading out to these events soon, or ping me a line - I'd love to hear what you're up to & help if I can 👐

The image represents a variety of events Ansible Comms will be attending soon, with an open invitation to connect with folks seeking fresh marketing strategy, technical advice, or leadership guidance:
Viva! Marketing 27th Feb
Games Growth Summit 28th Feb
Mobile World Congress 3rd - 5th March
GDC 17th - 21st March
London Games Fest - throughout April

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Feb 14

I mean, it already felt pretty damn bad but seeing it all presented in this way is pretty stark…

Prof Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · Feb 13

🧵"So this is how liberty dies..."

Trump’s first 3 weeks have been a relentless flood of actions. It's incredibly hard to keep up.

I’ve gone through 69 actions & mapped out the pattern - showing how they fall within 5 broad domains consistent with authoritarian states 1/9

This is a venn diagram showing how 69 Trump actions map onto domains covering: undermining democratic institutions; suppressing dissent and media; dismantling social protections; attacking science and education; destabilising the global order. A table version is available here https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LZN7QnbSyFfUZJG8Sn1MWpK0VnfBtb0OSyZ1jxP3xBk/edit?usp=sharing

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Feb 14

Keeper

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Feb 14

Are you sure it’s not just a really maudlin flash mob getting ready for its big moment?

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Jerry Chen @jcsalterego.bsky.social · Feb 13

no no we don't say "empty carbs" anymore. the preferred term is "emotional support carbs"

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Dorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · Feb 14

I don’t understand those on the left who respond to someone agreeing with them with “What took you so long?” Take the win. Welcome the convert. Grow the coalition.

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Natalie @ Identity Spark 🔜 GR New Hoirzons @identityspark.bsky.social · Jan 28

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