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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · Nov 12

Welcome new followers! I’m Gretchen, a Bay Area trans woman working as a software engineer at Internet Archive.

This account posts about:
👾 weird video games
📚 libraries, archives, and digital preservation
👩‍💻computers and programming
🏳️‍⚧️ trans rights

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 5h

The world's most popular transgender ChoroQ influencer

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Corel Gallery Clipart @clipart.bsky.social · 7h

SHSHOPER.BMF

A stylish fashionista out shopping, rocking an 80s glam outfit. She was 24 when this picture was taken, and she thought she owned the world. By age 28, however, it was clear her modeling career was going nowhere. She was temping at a law firm and sharing a flat with five roommates. At 30 she met a guy, to her mother’s relief. He was cute and sweet, and an addict. Two years later he OD’d, and she was a widow at age 32. Seven long years went by. She worked at the firm in the day and bartended at night. She swore off guys. She saved her money, squirreling away every penny to buy a little place of her own. In the country. Maybe with a tidy garden and an orange tabby that batted around a ball of yarn while she read the morning news. She was working the bar one Saturday night when a man in a hoodie came in. Without a word he pulled out an assault rifle and began firing. Thirteen people died that night, including the fashionista. She was 39.

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Max (VGCartography) @vgcartography.bsky.social · Jan 3

MEGA MAN LEGENDS - Underground Ruins labyrinth. www.deviantart.com/vgcartograph...

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 11h

LRP: I would have a larger-than-life Time Gal advertisement in my living room if I could.

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Kenny Lauderdale @kennylauderdale.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if any of Taito's Time Gal advertisements still exist. She was pretty big for a few years.

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X ΘΔ @xkeeper.net · 13h

this is good! this is exactly what you'd want to see out of this. the full post has more details, but this snippet covers the policy change.

[a quote from the linked post, with custom styling to make the text brighter, and to make bold and italicized text stand out; emphasis is not included in the following alt text]

Hate speech does not belong on RetroAchievements.
Even when disguised as a joke, it normalises real-world hate and harms our community. There is a difference between juvenile humor and outright hate speech. What Pokémon Clover calls humor is hate speech. RetroAchievements will not legitimize bigotry by hosting an achievement set for it.

Content Policy for Achievement Sets
RetroAchievements will no longer approve achievement sets for games that contain:
* Illegal content. Content that is illegal to own or distribute in major jurisdictions.
* Glorified hate speech. Content that intentionally targets individuals or groups based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or other protected characteristics.
* Sexual exploitation. Glorification of sexual assault, non-consensual acts, or child sexual abuse material.
* Extreme or abhorrent content. Content that violates community standards in a way that undermines RetroAchievements’ values.

Games that have been rated by official ratings boards (ESRB, PEGI, or similar organizations) are considered acceptable, as these games have undergone professional content review. The only exception is if a game contains content that is illegal to own or distribute, regardless of its rating status.

Hacks, homebrew, and unlicensed games do not undergo ratings board review and will receive additional scrutiny to ensure compliance with this new policy.

This policy provides guidance, but is not exhaustive. The RA team reserves the right to evaluate games on a case-by-case basis and make determinations in the best interest of maintaining a safe, legal, welcoming, and inclusive community.

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 13h

Hiiiiiiiiii welcome back!!!!!!!! We've missed you.

Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 14h

Oh hell yes oh fuck yes

Old School Deep House Mix (1993-2005)

YouTube video by Chris Sedayao

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Gretchen Felker-Martin 🍉 @scumbelievable.bsky.social · 15h

I don't like him personally, but David Simon on AI is the final word on the subject.

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 16h

I am so so so exhausted

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 20h

Trans rights protect EVERY GENDER. Just like the rights black people fought for protect EVERY RACE. Including white people! Y'all are enjoying the spoils of someone else's hard work every damn day.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 20h

If a company can fire Lisa at will because of who she is, then it can fire me. And I suppose that doesn't register to people who don't have random-ass bigots with a truckload of power deciding they just don't like that you exist, but I need you all to figure it out before the country falls apart.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 20h

I don't know how to convince people that trans rights aren't some unique and special thing. It's literally just about healthcare, security, and identity. If America decides it can deny medication to Lisa because of who she is, then it can deny care to anyone.

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Cheryl Lynn Eaton @cheryllynneaton.bsky.social · 20h

Trans rights are civil rights. If you aren't willing to die on the hill of trans rights, then you aren't willing to die on the hill of Black rights. Of Jewish rights. Of disabled rights. Of gay rights. Of anyone's rights. Human rights.

the tallest stone @talleststone.bsky.social · 21h

I hate to say it but the majority of the country is not going to die on the hill of trans rights. We can’t protect ANY groups if we can’t win a national election, so purity tests only serve to make specific groups feel triumphant. That’s not “erasing” them; it’s long-horizon strategy.

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dial “m” for marlo @marlo.ooo · 18h

i think saying this about a trans woman is fucked up honestly, regardless of the beef you have decided to have with her

Jojo she/her @jojofe24.bsky.social · 18h

Seriously, the egos of cishet white men the lot of them

And thats, pretty much the worst insult imo

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 18h

Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country

YouTube video by Soul of Music

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Romhack.ing @romhack.ing · 1d

News Added: Tales of Rebirth - English Translation - Release

Tales of Rebirth - English Translation - Release - News

Life Bottle Production's English translation of Tales of Rebirth has just reached version 1.0 status. Go check out their project on GitHub and report any bugs you find in their Discord server.

romhack.ing

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 1d

I really need to rewatch Inland Empire

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 1d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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piper! @captyns.bsky.social · 1d

SCENE KIDS RISE UP!!!

A gray and white fox girl done up in a scene style. She has black hair with pink bangs and stripes, and is winking at the viewer, with a blue-purple color scheme throughout the piece.

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 1d

Tessio

YouTube video by Luomo - Topic

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Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 1d

Many factors involved, but it's definitely an option I'm seriously considering!

Gretchen Leigh @gretchenleigh.zone · 1d

Somehow amongst all this I have been accepted into Northeastern's computer science master's program on their Vancouver campus

Dear Gretchen,

Congratulations! It is our pleasure to offer you admission to the Master of Science Computer Science program in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences. We are excited for you to begin your studies in the Fall 2026 term.

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Zombie Allison Parker @itszoeallison.bsky.social · 1d

Newsom is a preview of what most democrats are going to do to protect trans people: Nothing, or bad things.

At this point why should we believe democrats will protect us from what Trump is doing when they are demonstrably declining to actually protect us right now when they’re able to?

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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Rust Momster @cambrianera.radical.town · 1d

He very much does not want his name to be associated with the basic trans protections offered by the other bills, which include privacy protections to keep Trump's goons from coming after us and ensuring we can get a year's supply of hormones.

LGBTQ Nation @lgbtqnation.com · 1d

Gavin Newsom vetoes gender education bill, declines to sign other trans protections - buff.ly/MTUAV85

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