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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 13d

For folks engaging with the autism vs Tylenol discussion - please take a step back and consider the assumption that preventing autism is inherently an obvious good.

TBH, it's very hard seeing folks ignoring & skipping past the "You shouldn't exist" eugenics part when defending the science.

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 17d

F's in the chat.

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August J. Pollak @augustjpollak.bsky.social · 17d

To be clear: this entire “we’ve got to run more pro-lifers” insanity is because literally a week ago polling showed that Democrats would prefer politicians like AOC and Mamdani over Jefferies and Schumer by, let me emphasize this, a 20 point fucking margin.

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Poll: Capitalism is out … and socialism is in

The movement is gaining popularity among Democrats, a left-leaning group found.

www.politico.com

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 17d

If folks are lucky, the aliens will get them before ICE does?

😣

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 17d

Like, holy **** - create conditions so bad folks would rather *die*, and then claim they're a threat to *others*.

FFS that is monstrous.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17d

So cool they discovered the cause of autism on basically day they guessed they would. I’m also glad they are withholding this information for a few days to prep for a WrestleMania-style announcement. This is how science works.

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 17d

+1 to the "Who the heck thought this was a good idea" crowd

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Mia Ives-Rublee @seemiaroll.bsky.social · 17d

If you're more fearful of your child being autistic than them and their friends dying of a preventable disease, you're telling on yourself.

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Coach Gowron @coachgowron.com · 21d

Those without honor are almost always hypocrites, but do not think that exposing their hypocrisy will thwart them. Double standards are their weapons, wielded gleefully against those who attempt to maintain honor and fair play. Do not abandon your own principles, but know when your enemy has none.

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Morgan Baker @momoxmia.bsky.social · 24d

Do people still do job updates like this? Anyway, I’m an Accessibility Development Director for EA now! Fancier title, same person trying to help make gaming software more accessible at EA ♿️✨

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 24d

Friggin' awesome!

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meghna jayanth @meghna.bsky.social · 24d

if I were reporting on the current political moment I’d be looking back at women in games’ reporting, analyses & theorising during gamergate and I’d be asking for their insights

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 24d

Seriously. GG was such an early look at so much of this awful garbage :(

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 25d

Including some oldies..

Hilda, Virgin River, Nobody Wants This, Community, Firefly, Sense8, Supernatural, She-Ra, Archer, SW: Clone Wars / Rebels, What We Do In The Shadows, Loki, Glee, Orville, Red Dwarf, Alf, Fraggle Rock, Animaniacs, Wonder Years, 3rd Rock FTS, Scrubs, Brooklyn 99, Dirk Gently

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 27d

Holy ****.

This is one of the most unhinged things I've ever seen spoken aloud.

He's directly excusing anti-immigrant murder, because of the lunatic take of it being "anti-crime", and hey, let's just lump trans folks in as legit targets too. Genuinely monstrous.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27d

EARHARDT: We have radicals on the right as well. How do we fix this country?

TRUMP: I'll tell you something that's gonna get me in trouble but I couldn't care less. The radicals on the right oftentimes are radical because they don't want to see crime. The radicals on the left are the problem.

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 27d

+1

It's *very* pretty minesweeper, tbf

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 27d

100%

I've enjoyed every one of their games, just masterful craftsmanship through and through.

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Take This @takethis.org · 27d

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Proceeds from this Bundle go to Take This.

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 27d

*internet fist-bump* That's a damn good milestone, well done!

Survived several years of that particular bit of awful myself many years ago. 0/10, do not recommend.

James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 27d

(Rephrasing) Kirk was an awful person - a literal fascist - but violence to achieve political ends is blegh. That was his playbook, and shouldn't be anyone else's.

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🔞Keesh 🍁🏳️‍🌈 @rakeeshsorrel.bsky.social · 28d

The official Canadian Petition to reign in payment processor censorship has stalled out just under 10k signatures.

This is a reminder for Canadians, this is an OFFICIAL petition that will be responded to. Show your support in protecting our free speech!

www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

e-6695 (Consumer protection)

Keywords
Censorship Credit cards Internet Pornography

E-petition
Initiated by Carmen Tam from Waterloo, Ontario

Original language of petition: English
Petition details
Petition to the House of Commons
Whereas:

Mastercard, Visa, and other payment platforms have been leveraging their power over consumer ability to purchase legal content;
In 2021, Mastercard changed its policies to regulate adult entertainment by preventing the use of its payment platform on numerous adult entertainment sites;
As of July 2025, video game distribution service Steam now cites rule 15, that “adult only” content is not permitted on the platform if it goes against payment processor’s policies. Steam does not describe what content is defined as “adult only”;
As of July 2025, video game distribution website Itch.io has “deindexed” all adult NSFW content from browse and search pages. Users that previously purchased legitimate video games cannot access games that have been removed; and
This has set an unsettling precedent of corporate censorship, causing concern in video game development teams, including developers, voice actors, and artists in other creative fields as their livelihoods are in limbo.

We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons to
1. Stop financial discrimination by payment platforms against legal goods and services;
2. Ensure transparency to consumers about content restrictions and the rationale behind them; and
3. Protect creators' rights to make legal adult content and ensure a fair appeals process for any penalized media.

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 28d

No game since Pong has been finished, it's just been allowed to escape 😅

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James Berg @jamesbergcanada.bsky.social · 28d

No no no, your "Self-Catapult" upgrade is going great!

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Alex @dirtbagboyfriend.bsky.social · Apr 16

Sorry for being gauche but if you want to get invested in media about witches that isn’t racist garbage that enables a transphobe, check out a game made by a majority of trans people including yours truly. Bonus it helps fund my hopeful escape from this hell.

Play Spirit Swap!✨ @softnotweak.bsky.social · Feb 3

Spirit Swap: Lofi Beats to Match-3 to is OUT NOW!
GO GO GO!
✨ store.steampowered.com/app/1592170/... ✨

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Chris Kluwe @chriswarcraft.bsky.social · 29d

It is possible to hold both of these things true at the same time:

1) political violence is never an appropriate choice in a civilized society

2) Charlie Kirk’s dream is to create exactly the kind of society he currently lives in, as spoken from his own mouth

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