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United Videogame Workers-CWA @videogameworkers.bsky.social · 17d

Please read our statement regarding the proposed Electronic Arts buyout. We refuse to let corporate greed decide the future of our industry.

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United Videogame Workers-CWA Statement on Proposed Electronic Arts Buyout
October 15, 2025
NATIONWIDE — The following statement is from United Videogame Workers-CWA Local 9433.

The recently proposed acquisition of Electronic Arts (EA) by the sovereign wealth fund of Saudi Arabia and private equity firms, including Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners, will further concentrate power and wealth into the hands of a few gatekeepers while doing nothing to address the concerns of players and workers.

EA is not a struggling company. With annual revenues reaching $7.5 billion and $1 billion in profit each year, EA is one of the largest video game developers and publishers in the world. EA’s success has been entirely driven by tens of thousands of EA workers whose creativity, skill, and innovation made EA worth buying in the first place. Yet we, the very people who will be jeopardized as a result of this deal, were not represented at all when this buyout was negotiated or discussed.

We are particularly worried about the future of our studios that are arbitrarily deemed ‘less profitable’ but whose contributions to the video game industry define EA’s reputation. Since 2022, an estimated 40,000 video game workers have already lost their jobs due to mass layoffs at AAA and indie studios alike. As reported in Game Developer, this deal will result in EA having to finance nearly $20 billion in debt—who will be spared, which corners will executives cut, and what studios will be sacrificed in order for that to happen?

If jobs are lost or studios are closed due to this deal, that would be a choice, not a necessity, made to pad investors’ pockets—not to strengthen the company.

Every time private equity or billionaire investors take a studio private, workers lose visibility, transparency, and power. Decisions that shape our jobs, our art, and our futures are made behind closed doors by executives who have never written a line of code, built worlds, or supported live services. We are…

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Nghi Vo @nghivo.bsky.social · Oct 2

1-866-952-4456 to tell Netflix that in no way do you want Elon fucking Musk determining what you watch.

I just called, got through in about 15 seconds, and told them that I strongly support queer inclusion in their programming and that I will cancel my subscription if they cave.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · Oct 2

1. Led by Elon Musk, the far-right has exploded in a campaign to get Netflix to remove shows with queer and trans characters.

If Netflix capitulates to their demands, an already strained market for LGBTQ+ animators might become even more dire.

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Elon Musk Leads Campaign To Force Netflix To Remove Shows With Trans Characters

Musk's posts have been seen by tens of millions of users, and many conservatives are now attempting to force Netflix into a removal of LGBTQ+ content.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Oct 1

STEPHANOPOULOS: The Democratic proposal is designed to prevent millions of Americans from losing their health insurance, losing Medicaid coverage, or paying higher healthcare premiums. Why are you against that?

MIKE JOHNSON: That's an absurd statement

STEPHANOPOULOS: It's a factual statement

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ShortBox Comics Fair @shortboxcomicsfair.bsky.social · Sep 23

A man chooses to remain in an abandoned and dangerous city with his son after a deadly global pandemic, despite the opportunity to move to a safer community.
'Marshie Mallody' is a new horror comic about guilt and redemption from @azamraharjo.bsky.social.

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𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙀𝙍 𝙠 @winterk.bsky.social · Sep 21

if you really want to stick it to Disney, and other corporate media giants, become fascinated by things they would never produce, so that they might fade into the background noise of life.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 19

AOC: We should be clear about who Charlie Kirk was. A man who believed that the civil rights act that granted black Americans the right to vote was a mistake… His rhetoric and beliefs were ignorant, uneducated, and sought to disenfranchise millions of Americans.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Sep 19

AOC: All in the name of Charlie Kirk, Trump and the FCC are now cynically threatening to shut down ABC and any outlets who give air time to the administration's political critics.

This is a disgusting attack on the American people and the very first amendment rights that define us as a country.

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Robbie Trevino @robbietrevino.bsky.social · Jul 3

More musings from the Deity series I’ve been noodling on. This one in particular took a minute as I’ve been chipping away at it in my spare time. Playing with the idea of a Deity that could multiply itself into various configurations.

Close ups in the comments.

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Robbie Trevino @robbietrevino.bsky.social · Sep 11

More musings from the Deity series. Always wanted to paint a sphinx of some sort but never have, they’ve always fascinated me. So why not make one for the series (or several actually). The anatomy was a fun design challenge, thanks for looking!

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Elliott @anxiouselliott.bsky.social · Sep 11

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image of a figure in front of abstract flames

Image of a woman’s head surrounded by abstract foliage

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pat | COMMISSIONS OPEN @patsux.bsky.social · Sep 11

I wanna do the thing too!

text "art at beginning of COVID" on blank white backdrop.

Design sheet / Digital painting of a horse with aquatic horse. It has gills and fins on its cheeks, spikes and dorsal fins on its head instead of main, and flowy tendrils as tail. It has blue skin and yellow markings. On the left side of the image are two color variants and on the right is a variant where its throat is expanded, while spitting high volume water.

text "Vs. Now!" on blank white backdrop.

Digital painting of Patsu.X's KaiJune entries. It's a layout showcasing all 11 creature designs of the series so far.

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☀Hyde Angelus☀ ➡️ GGC #134 @hydeangelus.bsky.social · Sep 7

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tom bloom (scrungled) @orbitaldropkick.bsky.social · Aug 28

KILL SIX BILLION DEMONS, WHEEL SMASHING LORD - ARIHORR, THE DEAD PILED UPON THE DEAD killsixbilliondemons.com

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Elliott @anxiouselliott.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Alicia @heyalicia.bsky.social · Aug 24

I never thought I would see this in my life, and that they’re making it immediately generic so it’s affordable is making me want to cry

Dante The K9 @dantethek9.bsky.social · Jul 27

Well, I'll be damned.

It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.

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The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global

An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

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Chiiri | COMMS OPEN @chiiri.bsky.social · Aug 22

'A NSFW ban won't negatively affect me, I don't draw or post porn!'

You sure? Here's how it went down when tumblr did it:

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Clay (he/she/they) @morningsaidthemoon.bsky.social · Aug 22

kabona ‼️ carry ‼️ #drawfee

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Elliott @anxiouselliott.bsky.social · Aug 21

“Galatea”

I wonder what she felt, in those first moments of life on the sculptors plinth. Fresh-kissed, the fading smell of sea foam on the evening breeze. How her lungs must have quaked with those first breaths, her ribs throbbing with the newborn beating of her heart.

digital illustration of a feminine figure, her face is covered by a sweep of brown. Her skin is tan and soft pink, and her hair pours down from her head in green and yellow waves. the image is somber and serene.

close up of the previous image, showing the detail of the small plants that rest in front of the woman and also serve as the background behind her. they are rendered in soft grey-greens

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Jessica Ellis @baddestmamajama.bsky.social · Aug 20

If the AI bubble really is bursting, please take this lesson from it:

Nothing marketed to you this relentlessly is ever worth it. If it was, they wouldn’t need to beg you.

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Elliott @anxiouselliott.bsky.social · Aug 21

thank you so much Dubs I really appreciate that ♥️

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