If you do gender-based violence prevention work in Edmonton, Sexual Assault Voices of Edmonton will be running our Shifting Perspectives training on anti-carceral approaches to violence prevention in partnership with CIAFV next week - there are still spaces open! www.eventbrite.ca/e/shifting-p...

I hate watching a whole country fail its Constitution saving throw

I have an upcoming guest lecture at UDelaware on my usual schtick - violence prevention in games both commercial and serious. Come hang out if you want to hear me on my soapbox! (do I need more than one headshot plz say no) 🫥 events.udel.edu/event/games-...

Dear #AdultGame devs:

For the upcoming episode of our podcast "Random Encounters", we're looking for developers who'd like to share their perspectives on depictions of sexualised violence in interactive fiction.

We'd need your answers, either in writing or as voice recordings, until October 31.

George Orwell’s Animal Crossing

Israeli forces are attacking the Global Sumud Flotilla with water cannons, attempting to terrorize activists en route to Gaza.

They're using Skunk water. This water is combined with multiple chemicals that produce highly unpleasent smell that sometimes takes WEEKS to get rid of (from experience)

🔥🔥🔥 every academic should be appalled and speaking up against the spread of this kind of academic intimidation

Can't explain it but some tasks can't be done in certain chrome profiles just because the vibes are wrong

@aoir.bsky.social is there an anticipated date for the schedule being shared? 🫶

If you have an interest in making an ambitious rhythm game with me, with a DIY attitude, radical liberation worn on it's sleeve, queer focused subject matter, and colorful characters, I am seeking to build a team ahead of grant applications this coming March.
Interested in contributing?

Happy to see this piece I wrote with @professorashley.bsky.social , Carl Therrien and @kenzitronic.bsky.social out now! Lots to be said, but for me the key point is that framing sex as risky & lacking expressive value & deplatforming sex is an insidious problem.
theconversation.com/censoring-vi...

If you're a nsfw creator whose work was delisted on itchio, steam or wherever else and are interested being added to a database to support creators who were impacted please fill out the form below! Screw censorship!

Likes, shares, rts are appreciated 💕

Form and mailing list / anon questions below⏬️

Today in our sexual violence prevention games project, I am hurriedly downloading all of the games in our corpus off itch.io just in case they get caught up in the NSFW net. Thanks Collective Shout for your amazing work *checks notes* destabilizing the game industry AND violence prevention!

*~* FuCk hOcKeY cUlTuRe 4eVeR ~*~

Our petition to the Minister of Immigration about the Safe Third Country agreement still has a few weeks to collect signatures - I've decreasing faith that the Liberals would follow-up given their increasingly MAGA attitude towards the border, but speak up! www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Science has spoken and y'all's pets are roommates??? But are they all your children?? This has shaken me to my core

It is unconscionable that Canada is refusing to process the immigration applications of students in Gaza accepted to Canadian schools.

Two have already died while waiting.

This is an atrocity and universities should be intervening.

www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Important research question: If you have multiple spayed/neutered pets, what is their relationship canon in your household? 🐈🐕

1️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/RRNpkI/1" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Siblings
2️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/RRNpkI/2" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Partners
3️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/RRNpkI/3" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Roommates
4️⃣ <a href="https://poll.blue/p/RRNpkI/4" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">Other

📊 Show results

If you can help support Lubna and her family, please do - she has been sending daily updates from Gaza and the situation there is absolutely horrendous
www.gofundme.com/f/help-muham...

HELP FUND QGCON 2025!

This has been a terrible year for fundraising around the world. We are facing a budget shortfall, & we need YOUR help to keep QGCon affordable and free!

www.zeffy.com/en-CA/donati...

Our research project at UdeM is now collecting testimonials on experiences of chest/breastfeeding to support our forthcoming game on the topic! If you have experience chest or breastfeeding an infant, consider sharing your experience with us here: limesurvey.umontreal.ca/543659?lang=en

Remember when Carney met with Trump and everyone was amazed at his capacity as a Trump whisperer?

Guess we should have considered whether the whisper was "I agree" 🫠

Canada reaffirms Israel's right to defend itself from Tehran's Children's Hospital, Carney says

A thorough takedown of Carney’s Trumpian deportation and surveillance bill from @wickdchiq.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...