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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 8h

Literal spit take and I couldn’t be more pleased about it

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Take This @takethis.org · 10h

Today is #WorldMentalHealthDay. Your support matters more than ever.

Make your World Mental Health Day gift now by giving a one-time donation or by joining the Pixel Patrons, our monthly giving community dedicated to sustaining mental health in gaming.

More info & donate➡️takethis.org/donate

Three Take This staff members, all in grey Take This jackets and wearing convention badges on orange Take This lanyards, are standing in front of an AFK Quiet Room vertical sign with information and rules for the AFK Room.

A hand drawn sign. Written text reads "AFK Lounge. You are safe here." Artist signature SB is at the bottom of the text. A rabbit and a cat are below, heads leaned together in a cozy pose.

Two take this volunteers wearing blue volunteer shirts stand between three pokemon standees (from left to right: chikorita, tepig, and totodile) at the Pokemon North America International Championships.

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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 1d

Apparently I’m verbose and don’t like to edit when I’m angry, so here.

Probably end up deleting this one later too 🙄

A screen shot of a bsky post draft that’s significantly over the character limit. The text reads: I'm just really angry today. AEA shouldn't have to sit there and let politicians lump them in with producers who refuse to pay for basic quality of life benefits for employees by saying
"everyone needs to bargain in good faith," even if that's "just how these things are done." Utter nonsense. Also, if you cheat at bar trivia, you're a shitty person. Full stop. And you know, everything else going on. I'm just really angry today.

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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 1d

I realize this is FAR from the biggest issue we're having with Bluesky these days, but seriously, my kingdom for this platform to stop counting every single character of a username tag against my limit. How am I supposed to tag more than 2 accounts and actually say anything?!?!?

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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 2d

I am not ashamed (okay maybe a little ashamed) to admit that I’ve been on a real emotional roller coaster win this Dolly’s health scare thing the last 24 hours.

And no, I didn’t tear up watching her “I’m okay, I’m not done yet,” video today. Nope. Not at all.

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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 2d

Well if this isn’t an intersection of two of my primary interests these days…

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 2d

TONIGHT (and especially for followers outside of NYC who want to get involved):

Join @brennanleemulligan.bsky.social on a special phonebank at 6pm!

Sign up: volunteer.zohranfornyc.com/phonebank-fo...

A graphic with a photo of Brennan Lee Mulligan that says "Phone Bank with Zohran, Wednesday, October 8th at 6pm."

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Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.bsky.social · 3d

Saturday at 11:00am I am on the How to Avoid Creating a Non-Melanated Game Group Revisited with
@cypheroftyr.bsky.social @urbanbohemian.com @critbard.com @quincystavern.bsky.social and @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social !

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A panel announcement for How to Avoid Creating a Non-Melanated Game Group Revisited at PAX Unplugged on Saturday November 22, 2025 at 11 AM. The background is a sunny desert landscape.
Panelists are Tanya Depass, Brian Gray, Quincy, Eugenio Vargas, Omega Jones, and Lamia

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Nico Mara-McKay 🦇 (they/iel) @nicomaramckay.com · 4d

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where users could feel safer, but inconsistent moderation quickly eroded trust.

When systemically marginalized users pushed back, Bluesky’s leadership minimized concerns and began to target them for bans.

Bluesky’s CEO meltdown: How leadership continues to fail its most marginalized users

tl;dr: Bluesky began with genuine promise: a new social media platform where systemically marginalized users could feel safer, but…

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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 5d

One of my ESO toons is a little Aracanist twink named Steve and he’s just living his best dungeon-delving, antiquity-plundering life, mooching off his two crafter dads when he needs something (don’t worry, they mooch off him too).

It’s not that I want to be Steve, it’s just that…well…

a close up of a man 's face with a woman behind him .

Alt: a close up of Jim the office staring into the middle distance

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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 5d

This is an Uno™️ Reverse kind of moment.

Always a good day when I get to hang out with Lucas and have him excuse my bad behavior (i.e. only writing words in our shared project 90 minutes before the meeting we've had on the books for 3 weeks).

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Sam Ellis @samellis.bsky.social · 5d

Self-tape auditions are a pain in the ass, but sometimes they give you an excuse to shout “DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?” at your boyfriend and that is a 10/10 experience that I cannot recommend enough.

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 8d

The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.

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Maddy Myers 🏳️‍🌈 @midimyers.com · 7d

it is better to not say anything at all than to do this. especially if you're going to either make fun of your users (e.g. waffle jokes) or make incorrect generalizations (like this one -- not true, in both "good" and "bad" situations. e.g., multiple women quit covering games after gamergate).

Jay 🦋 @jay.bsky.team · 7d

Harassing the mods into banning someone has never worked. And harassing people in general has never changed their mind.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 7d

As the mod who tamed a big news site's notoriously annoying comment section that serially harassed many of the site's authors, it's 100 percent obvious that the problem here is the same problem I solved back then.

A moderation team can't earn buy in from a community they're openly contemptuous of.

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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 8d

Snug your puppers extra tight for me tonight, will ya? Thanks.

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Cassie aka Lamia @intersectionscch.bsky.social · 9d

GOOD NEWS! the PAX Together Demo Days Program has found funding and is returning to PAX Unplugged 2025!

Are you a BIPOC Indie Game Dev (analog) with a game kickstarting or coming out? Would you like space and support to demo and market your game on the expo floor?
Apply tinyurl.com/PAXDemoDays25

PAX Unplugged 2025 :: Leap Conventions

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Take This @takethis.org · 10d

Introducing the Accelerate Season 2 Fellows! Today, we welcome...

Andrea Torres!

A research psychologist at the University of Puerto Rico, Andrea works to foster inclusive, prosocial spaces in Puerto Rico's esports community.

For more info about our fellows, go to takethis.org/accelerate

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 10d

If any other president in all of history said the military should use American cities as a training ground he would be removed from office that same day. The hardest thing to tolerate in all this is how relatively silent elected democrats are. It’s ridiculous.

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Take This @takethis.org · 11d

Introducing the Accelerate Season 2 Fellows! Today, we welcome...

Meagan Couture!

Coming to us from Phantastica Game Studios, Meagan works to destigmatize mental health & support creatives however she can.

For more information about all of our Accelerate fellows, head to takethis.org/accelerate

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Fergus Murray @fergus.oolong.co.uk · 13d

People WILL refuse to vote for a party that persecutes trans people, cuts social security, scapegoats immigrants and supports genocide.

If your response to that is 'nooo, they're voting wrong, they'll let the REAL bad guys win' rather than 'let's make sure they don't have to', YOU are the problem.

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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 14d

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Alt: a cartoon of two spidermans pointing at each other in surprise

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Eugenio Vargas @dmjazzyhands.bsky.social · 14d

Excuse me?

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Lauren Rankin @laurenarankin.bsky.social · 15d

Just a reminder that mifepristone is incredibly safe and has been approved by the FDA for a quarter of a century. You can purchase medication abortion (mifepristone and misoprostol) online and have it shipped to your home through @aidaccess.bsky.social. Mifepristone has a shelf life of 5 years.

Bloomberg News @bloomberg.com · 15d

HHS Secretary RFK Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the anti-abortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.

RFK Jr. Opens Investigation Into the Safety of the Abortion Pill

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. opened an investigation into the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone, as the antiabortion movement continues to push the administration to restrict access through lawsuits and policy.

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Bex K. (they/them) @thinlyveiledtruth.bsky.social · 16d

Hey white people! All that smoke you had for Disney and ABC and shit?

Send that same smoke to the Black folks who lost their jobs for the same damn reason.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 16d

Karen Attiah, a Washington Post opinion writer fired this month for her social media posts about the assassination of Charlie Kirk, has filed a grievance arguing that she should have been allowed to share her views on news events under the company’s labor agreement and social media policy.

Karen Attiah Says Firing by Washington Post Violated Labor Agreement

The company fired Karen Attiah this month for her social media posts related to Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

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Graham Platner for Senate @grahamformaine.bsky.social · 15d

When someone shows you who they are, believe them.

Chuck Schumer has showed us time and time again that he is wholly incapable of understanding and meeting the dangerous moment we are in.

It’s time for new (and better) Democratic leadership.

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