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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 7h

We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.

My 11-year-old sitting with her pile of Halloween candy, sorting it into a bar graph

Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 11h

I’m also happy to report that the Skinballs legacy is preserved at The Strong National Museum of Play

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Andrew Borman @borman.bsky.social · 13h

Skinballs always makes me chuckle.

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 11h

Based on the response to this post, clearly the gamers yearn for skinballs 😂

Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 16h

On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.

Screenshot from SRIV, four spheres in different skin shades

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Kevin Shay @kshay.com · 14h

When I say “I resent that document” I don’t mean that I sent it again but that I harbor resentment toward it

the 's' in "spavel" stands for spooky @spavel.bsky.social · 16h

When I say "I have a conflict with this meeting" I do not mean that I have another meeting at the same time.

What I mean is, I take ubmrage against it. I have a feud with it on a historic scale.

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 15h

Long live Skinballs 🫡

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 16h

On Saints Row we had a debug npc named Skinballs (lol) that was literally just four spheres wrapped in different shades of skin texture so we could test lighting for different skin tones during development. But teams need to plan for that kind of testing with intentionality, and not enough do.

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 18h

#sotd: The Treat Keeper 🎃 from @bpal.bsky.social

*dried apples, sour apple mash, and molasses*

A Halloween scent, sticky sweet and warm

#fragsky #perfumesky #scentoftheday

A small amber perfume bottle with a yellow label reading The Treat Keeper

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Victoria Tran ✨ @victoriatran.bsky.social · 1d

Therapist: May I suggest you take a break?

Me: Sure! OK! So. I want to be optimally relaxed. I'd like to maximize how refreshed I feel in the shortest amount of time possible. What's the best tactic? How do I reach peak rest? How do I win resting? Can I min/max my leisure?

Therapist: Oh no.

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John Welfare @johnbp.bsky.social · 1d

Animal Crossing New Horizons? Recession indicator

Wario64 @wario64.bsky.social · 1d

Animal Crossing: New Horizons – Nintendo Switch 2 Edition & Free Update – Announcement Trailer www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nOD...

"Switch 2 Edition and a free update to the base game launch January 15, 2026. Only on the Nintendo Switch 2 and Nintendo Switch systems. Pre-orders are coming soon"

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 2d

When your entire job is building and directing a team and then they lay off your team… what does your job become? 🤔

I’ll report back if/when I find out.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 3d

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”

It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

Craig Harrington @craigipedia.bsky.social · 3d

America... boy, I dunno.

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 3d

Colin was a member of my team and an amazing games user research (in addition to just being an awesome person).

If you're looking for a kickass mid-to-senior level researcher with loads of experience herding cats to conduct great AAA GUR, hit him up!

Colin Wheelock @satchamobob.bsky.social · 3d

Hey folks. I was impacted by the layoffs at Amazon today. If you or someone you know is in need of a UX Researcher with multiple years of experience leading or supporting research initiatives, games or otherwise, please DM me or reach out to me on LinkedIIn. www.linkedin.com/in/cdwheelock

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Jason Schreier @jasonschreier.bsky.social · 3d

BREAKING: Amazon is making "significant" cuts to its video-game division, moving away from MMOs like New World, and gutting its Irvine and San Diego development studios www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Amazon Makes ‘Significant’ Cuts In Video-Game Division

Tech giant will reduce game development work

www.bloomberg.com

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 3d

I'm safe, but the majority of the team I manage has been impacted.

If you've got any openings for some amazingly talented games user researchers, please let me know! I have folks to recommend at most experience levels.

Game Developer @gamedeveloper.bsky.social · 3d

Report: Amazon cutting corporate roles across key departments including video games

Sources claim the layoffs could be announced this week and impact up to 30,000 people.

www.gamedeveloper.com

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Mike Cook @mtrc.bsky.social · 3d

I worked on the Torment Nexus for five years. Here’s why the project has lost its way. | New York Times (Gift Link)

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Stone Cold Jane Austen @grayathena.bsky.social · 4d

The US on December 7, 1941

Kate Dollarhyde @katedollarhyde.bsky.social · 4d

YAMAMOTO?????????????

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4d

🚨BIG changes happening -- ICE leadership is being purged tonight. The old guard, which prioritized targeted enforcement operations aimed at people with criminal records, is being replaced with Border Patrol and Gregory Bovino's "Midway Blitz" style.

Think things are bad now? It'll get worse.

Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
BREAKING: Per four senior DHS & Trump admin sources, a mass removal of ICE leadership around the country is underway, with up to 12 ICE field office chiefs being removed & reassigned in an effort to increase deportation numbers. I'm told the move is spearheaded by Corey Lewandowski, and a handful of the ICE Chiefs will likely be replaced by Border Patrol & CBP officials, some of whom will be hand-picked by aggressive & controversial Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino. I'm told some of the ICE leadership removed from their positions include the ICE Field Office Directors in:

- Los Angeles
- Phoenix
- Philadelphia
- Denver
- El Paso
- San Diego
- Seattle/Portland
- New Orleans

Border Patrol officials taking over ICE leadership positions would be extremely significant, as Border Patrol and ICE do different things, and I've done numerous ride-alongs/embeds with both.

Generally speaking, ICE typically conducts very targeted operations, largely going after criminal illegal aliens or those with deportation orders, but almost always knowing who they are targeting for arrest, often conducting surveillance to learn their schedules before and waiting hours before arresting them if needed.

Border Patrol, under Trump 2.0, while sometimes doing their own targeted operations, has been extremely aggressive and has been at the forefront of some of the most controversial immigration enforcement operations we've seen so far, carrying out roving patrols in Los Angeles, Chicago, etc, often at Home Depot, car washes, flea markets etc, leading to a handful of federal judges around the country issuing injunctions against them. A majority of the viral videos you see online are Border Patrol agents, including the use of a Trojan horse style Penske moving truck at a Los Angeles Home Depot, an operation organized by Bovino.

ICE often gets blamed for what Border Patrol does, as the media and activists often cannot tell the difference between federal agents, and everyone is called "ICE". I'm told there are growing concerns about the political and PR fallout associated with some of the roving patrols Border Patrol is conducting as lawsuits continue to stack up and mid-terms approach next year.

I'm told there is significant friction within different wings of DHS and the administration, with Border Czar Tom Homan & ICE Director Todd Lyons preferring to prioritize targeting criminal aliens & the "worst of the worst" or those with deportation orders, while DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, Corey Lewandowski, and BP Commander Bovino prefer to use aggressive tactics to arrest anyone in the US illegally, including but not limited to criminals, to ramp up deportation numbers and achieve President Trump's promises of mass deportations.

I am hearing from both sides of this friction.

One senior DHS official tells me:

"ICE started with the worst of the worst, knowing every target they are hitting, but since Border Patrol started in LA in June, we've (DHS) lost our focus, going too hard, too fast, with limited prioritization. It's getting numbers, but at what cost?".

Border Patrol agents I've talked to defend their tactics, with one telling me:

"What did everyone think mass deportations meant? Only the worst? Tom Homan has said it himself, anyone in the US illegally is on the table."

It's quite a situation, as both sides of this are on the same team, with the same end goals, but different perspectives on how to get there.

Another DHS official confirmed the personnel changes to me on deep background, adding that the moves are based on performance and doing what is needed to achieve the best results.

Official statement to
@FoxNews
via
@TriciaOhio
:

"While we have no personnel changes to announce at this time, the Trump Administration remains laser focused on delivering results and removing violent criminal illegal aliens from this country."
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 4d

Animals don't send emails.
Animals don't post rage bait on social media.

Vampire bats feed their friends.
Humpback whales make dinner together.

We can learn so much from animals.

Learn a new lesson from animals every month in the Love Notes from Nature 2026 calendar! Get one at squidfacts.net

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 4d

Illustration of a brown cat, text reads ‘it’s okay. I mean, no it’s not. But what the fuck can I do about it?’

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Skeleton in Waverly suit @waverlysm.bsky.social · 5d

hi! maybe you remember me from the menu i made for my cat, which hit surprisingly big a little while ago. i made some menus for other people's pets in exchange for donations to pro-trans organisations. now i'm doing it again, but for food banks.

please share! more info downthread!

a red and cream menu for Lenny's Diner and Pissery

a red-toned menu for Six Kitties Cafeteria

a green and purple menu for Lucky's Cat Food Cafeteria

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Mikki Kendall @karnythia.bsky.social · 5d

If you have it please donate cash to the food banks. $10 in their hands will feed more people than the $10 worth of canned goods you can buy for retail prices. Also check on your elders. Many of them will not admit they rely on these programs so grocery gift cards or a surprise bag of staples

Reuters @reuters.com · 6d

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month reut.rs/3WohHMk

US Department of Agriculture says no food aid benefits will be issued next month

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Saturday that food benefits under one of the country's biggest social assistance programs will not be issued next month amid the ongoing federal government shutdown.

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Fox Harper @foxharper.bsky.social · 8d

"Cozy" and "wholesome" continue to be my personal bugbear but this shit exhibits why: because it's become an AESTHETIC instead of a PHILOSOPHY.

The IDEA of "cozy games" is not, to me, troublesome. That makes sense to me.

But the trappings of the movement are now divorced from the THINKING.

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Elizabeth Zelle @kohizeri.bsky.social · 9d

Silly pet peeve - gamers who complain about games "playing a powerpoint" just because the FPS dropped below 60. Come back when you've had to experience single/teen digit frames and we'll talk about powerpoint 😅

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Davis Bickford @davis.social · Nov 11

Welcome to Bluesky 💙🦋

Venn Diagram of 3 circles:
BE KIND
BLOCK FAST
HAVE FUN

An arrow points to thee intersection of all 3 circles:
YOU CAN BE HERE

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 13d

Good evening. We estimate that between 4.2 and 7.6 million people turned out for the No Kings Day demonstrations held around the country on Saturday. This makes Oct 18 very likely the biggest single-day U.S. protest event since 1970. www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million participants

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

www.gelliottmorris.com

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