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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · 2h

...Danielle Unéus, Dr Anja Venter, Sam Alfred, Jonathan Hau-Yoon, Hanna Wirman, Ossian Nordgren, Kristofer Vaske, Jennifer Estaris, Hexe Fey, Kara Stone, Ian Garrett, Ben Abraham... and even me!

Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · 2h

Ed by Patrick Prax, Clayton Whittle & Trevon York, with Aric McBay, Dr. eileen mary holowka, Thorsten Busch, Florence Chee, Tanja Sihvonen, Arnaud Fayolle, David Lumb, Valley Lopez, David Harold ten Cate, Vincenzo De Masi, Qinke Di, Siyi Li, Yuhan Song, Stefan Werning...

Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · 2h

“The Game Needs to Change - Towards Sustainable Game Design” is now available for pre-order (official release 17th of November)!:
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability.

The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design

This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability. Based on both industry practice and research, the chapters within t...

www.routledge.com

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · 29d

OR, come be a Canada Research Chair (emerging scholar tier): tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/ca...

Hiring Tier II, Canada Research Chair: Future of Design, Research Office - Faculty

View job details and apply now

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · 29d

Come co-teach Atelier 0 with me! A0 is a first-year introduction to speculative futures, with studio practice across a range of digital technologies. Particularly looking for folks who can introduce students to Touch Designer, or some kind of web scripting. tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/ca...

Hiring Sessional Instructor: Atelier 0, Faculty of Arts & Science, Fall/Winter 2025-26, Faculty of Arts & Science - Faculty

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Sep 13

She's a beaut.

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Aug 27

Honoured to have actively participated in this historic national event: www.blogto.com/sports_play/...

Toronto Blue Jays fans just broke a concerningly huge hot dog-eating record

Break out the antacids, because Toronto Blue Jays fans just broke their Loonie Dogs Night hot dog consumption record, gobbling enough glizzies to str…

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Aug 27

A local radio commercial just rhymed Toronto with "everything ya wanna," and I feel this is the official word on pronunciation.

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Aug 7

I guess I could double boycott it. Excited about this virtual shadow conference!

Benjamín Schultz-Figueroa @benjaminschultzfig.bsky.social · Aug 7

And there we have it. A call to boycott SCMS this year.

"BOYCOTI
SCMS 2026
FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, THE SCMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS HAS REFUSED TO PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE PALESTINE OR DECRY ANTI-PALESTINIAN RACISM AND THE ISRAELI GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE.
INSTEAD, THE SCMS BOARD HAS:
1) IGNORED THE WISHES OF OVER 700 OF ITS MEMBERS TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT
CONDEMNING THE ISRAELI SCHOLASTICIDE AND MEDIACIDE IN PALESTINE
2) ISSUED MASS MESSAGES TO DENY THE PERPETRATION OF RACISM AND HARASSMENT BY A PRO-ISRAEL AGITATOR AT THE 2025 CONFERENCE
3) DISABLED VITAL COMMUNICATION PLATFORMS FOR CAUCUSES AND SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
4) INSTITUTED AUTHORITARIAN CHANGES TO THE ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL ELECTION NOMINATION PROCESS WITHOUT RATIONALE OR EXPLANATION
SEND A MESSAGE TO THE BOARD.
BOYCOTT THE CONFERENCE.
Scholars of Cinema and Media
Studies in Solidarity with Palestine
(SCMSSP, formerly PSWG)"

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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Canadian boycott is standing up to gangster fascism. Now we need to take the boycott global. I met with elected representatives from across the Americas in Mexico City and delivered this message: we must work across borders to resist the threats of Donald Trump.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gb...

CHARLIE ANGUS CALLS FOR GLOBAL BOYCOTT OF USA

YouTube video by Charlie Angus

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jul 25

Just once or twice a year work the term "5 hole" into a conversation.

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Zeboyd Digital Entertainment @zeboydgames.bsky.social · Jul 24

Consume Me just got delisted in a wave of delistings on itchio. It's a semi-autographical game about disordered eating. It won the grand prize at the most recent IGF awards.

When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.

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Robert Yang @radiatoryang.bsky.social · Jul 24

I just wanted somewhere to post my weird gay video games. Why can’t they leave us alone

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jul 18

YES! I love this so much.

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Santa Ragione @santaragione.com · Jul 15

Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jul 16

I love the thembot sour!

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jul 8

Took the kayak up to Dad's to paddle around the ponds. Cloudy and tranquil.

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jul 5

I was thinking the same-- how local communities must come together in response is the real headline.

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jul 4

www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...

‘It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics

"We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jun 30

www.studioflorida.it/air-open-cal...

Florida AiR - September 2025

Imaginative Crossroads Art Residency at FLORÌDA September 2025. Florìda invites artists to apply for a residency during September 2025 in the fascinating cultural scene of Genoa, Italy, with the ai...

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jun 28

Someone has put up "Tearable Puns" around the neighborhood.

Hand holding strip of paper with text: My editor didn't like my citation formatting. He didn't like id et al.

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jun 26

OMG you should have heard the nostalgic feels folks suddenly had of the Stan Wadlow parking lot when the city wanted to build public housing there.

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jun 25

Doing a thing tomorrow: conference.virtualreality.to/events/cindy...

Capture Matters: How Volumetric Images Transform Documentary Media - VRTO Spatial Media World Conference & Expo

This talk explores how volumetric images– hologram-like immersive content– are creating new possibilities for empathy, understanding, and human connection in immersive media —while challenging us to r...

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Molleindustria - Wishlist FUTURE? NO THANKS! @molleindustria.org · Jun 25

Hey, you should apply to be my boss!

Job: Head of School of Art, Carnegie Mellon University
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Check us out on the 'gram
www.instagram.com/cmuschoolofa...

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Cindy Poremba @cloobot.bsky.social · Jun 18

Seems like a good time and place for a re-read.

Halls Island Residency. Solar panels. Tree pods.

Blue coffee cup. Dock with lake in background. Donna Haraways Staying with the Trouble (book).

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