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Mary Kenney

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Writer/author raised on a steady diet of Nora Ephron and Dragonlance. Senior Writer on Cyberpunk 2. “The shiny Pokémon of games writers” -Aidan Moher

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · Oct 18

Hello! Since we’re doing intros again - and because I never really did this over here - a thread of things I’ve worked on in reverse chronological order. Non-exhaustive, but we’ll hit the highlights🎮
First up: Senior Writer on Project Orion at CD Projekt Red

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 2h

>:(

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sins and indignities

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 3h

where my butterscotch at

🎀 Pimpcess Spooky 🎀 @mick-ee.bsky.social · 12h

Since it’s pie season!

How many pies on the list have you tried?
What pie is the Thanksgiving Pie?
What pie is the Christmas Pie?
Whats your favorite pie?

A list of 25 pies with the caption “Pic 3 Pies”

Listed:
A- Apple
B- Key lime
C- Cherry
D- Lemon Meringue
E- Pumpkin
F- Pecan
G- French Silk
H- Custard
I- Peanut butter cup
J- Peach
K- Cookie Dough
L- Blueberry
M- Bavarian
N- Sweet Potato
O- Coconut Cream
P- Strawberry Cream
Q- Snickers
R- Rhubarb
S- S’mores
T- Dutch Apple
U- German Chocolate
V- Buttermilk
W- Pecan Fudge
X- Banana Cream
Y- Strawberry

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 3h

okay gritty is perfect

But in this house we love our green monster

Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 4h

I’m a Red Sox fan
My mom is a Yankees fan

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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 11h

Another impressive highlight from MIT’s response to the proposed “compact:”

“MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.”

Dear Madam Secretary,
I write in response to your letter of October 1, inviting MIT to review a "Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education." I acknowledge the vital importance of these matters.
I appreciated the chance to meet with you earlier this year to discuss the priorities we share for American higher education.
As we discussed, the Institute's mission of service to the nation directs us to advance knowledge, educate students and bring knowledge to bear on the world's great challenges.
We do that in line with a clear set of values, with excellence above all. Some practical examples:
• MIT prides itself on rewarding merit. Students, faculty and staff succeed here based on the strength of their talent, ideas and hard work. For instance, the Institute was the first to reinstate the SAT/ACT requirement after the pandemic. And MIT has never had legacy preferences in admissions.
• MIT opens its doors to the most talented students regardless of their family's finances. Admissions are need-blind. Incoming undergraduates whose families earn less than $200,000 a year pay no tuition. Nearly 88% of our last graduating class left MIT with no debt for their education. We make a wealth of free courses and low-cost certificates available to any American with an internet connection. Of the undergraduate degrees we award, 94% are in STEM fields. And in service to the nation, we cap enrollment of international undergraduates at roughly 10%.

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Kathleen Clark @kathleenclark.bsky.social · 11h

A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:

Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.

• We value free expression, as clearly described in the MIT Statement on Freedom of Expression and Academic Freedom. We must hear facts and opinions we don't like - and engage respectfully with those with whom we disagree.
These values and other MIT practices meet or exceed many standards outlined in the document you sent. We freely choose these values because they're right, and we live by them because they support our mission - work of immense value to the prosperity, competitiveness, health and security of the United States. And of course, MIT abides by the law.
The document also includes principles with which we disagree, including those that would restrict freedom of expression and our independence as an institution. And fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
In our view, America's leadership in science and innovation depends on independent thinking and open competition for excellence. In that free marketplace of ideas, the people of MIT gladly compete with the very best, without preferences. Therefore, with respect, we cannot support the proposed approach to addressing the issues facing higher education.
As you know, MIT's record of service to the nation is long and enduring. Eight decades ago, MIT leaders helped invent a scientific partnership between America's research universities and the U.S. government that has delivered extraordinary benefits for the American people. We continue to believe in the power of this partnership to serve the nation.
Sincerely,
Sally Kornbluth

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 10h

what the fuck hands don’t bend that way

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It’s true, it was adorable

Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 14h

Her name is Derek Eater

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If this is my last post, you’ll know she ate me (and I deserved it)

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 1d

I picked up a pitcher plant (in Salem, MA, so she’s probably haunted) to help with a fruit gnat problem in the kitchen and jfc this plant is so murdery

She’s murdered 4 flies and a spider in 4 days

Im proud and I fear her

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2d

“The girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa”

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 1d

looking forward to the day my kids decide my advice is bad because 20% of my brain is plastic

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stoffel, '"Der Trockenfutter Hasser >:( " @stoffeloni.bsky.social · 2d

the broad categories are 'something wrong with you (funny)', 'something wrong with you (annoying)' and 'something wrong with you (spiritually evil)'

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 2d

LOL nope you’re stuck with that heartbreaking act 3 twist sorry

Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 2d

a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

Alt: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair holding a cup and pointing

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Mary Kenney @marykgames.com · 2d

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

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Anna Megill @annamegill.com · 2d

The OTHER project at CDPR's Boston studio is hiring a Lead Writer. (FT, onsite preferred) Come work with a very chill and creative team on Project Sirius ✨️

jobs.smartrecruiters.com/CDPROJEKTRED...