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Spring McparlinJones
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Front end developer, chair of @gameworkers.co.uk, project manager for Trans Pride Brighton
I'm 2/3rds of the way through Richard Linklater's Before trilogy. I have connected to these movies in a way that I have not with any other movie (save maybe I Saw the TV Glow) and I fear I may not survive Before Midnight.
November 24, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Work in the UK games industry? Join our union here:

iwgb.org.uk/en/join/game...
November 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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"All these workers have ever tried to do is discuss their pay and conditions to improve them, so they can make a game loved by millions."
EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".

PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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EXCLUSIVE: So far it's been unclear what proof Rockstar Games has to justify its firing of 34 union members, who it claims were leaking "confidential information in a public forum".

PMG has now seen some of the messages which contributed to this decision being made.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TvW...
The Messages Rockstar Saw Before Firing 34 Union Members
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Remember that striking Starbucks workers are asking you not to buy Starbucks right now
November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
There were very few goths at the Horrors show - a recession indicator imo
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"It’s not communism, it's Christmas"
November 23, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I'm engaging in a bold new plan to learn French quickly (watching Emily in Paris and Google translating any words i don't know)
November 23, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Every time I've played a boardgame has involved a moment where someone reads something from the rulebook and someone else says "THAT makes sense!"
November 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I have finished the last of my French cakes, I am officially past the post-trip period :(
November 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
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Our statement in solidarity with our fellow workers' ongoing protest against @rockstargames.com's gross union busting!
November 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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A statement from the Game Workers of the IWGB this Transgender Day of Remembrance. Please join us in marking this important day by remembering those we have lost due to trans violence and hate.

Further resources:

empower-up.com/topic/gender...
lgbthero.org.uk/tdor-vigils-2025
November 20, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Some assorted ramblings about Transgender Day of Remembrance

CW: A bit of a bummer
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Can't you see?
BBC Radio 6 Music
Chris Hawkins

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November 20, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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ok they deleted and reposted it for some reason but, reminder: this is a survey of GDC attendees only which self-selects for highly paid, senior devs and management

which is to say: this is most likely what a result skewed _against_ unionization looks like right now
November 19, 2025 at 5:56 PM
BlueSky is better for my mental health than Twitter because it's boring so i log off faster
November 19, 2025 at 6:37 PM
My favourite pictures that i took on the Paris trip. Photography is an interest of mine that only seems to flare up when my mental health is doing particularly badly. Being in such a beautiful city inspired me to take it seriously for the first time in a while.
November 17, 2025 at 8:41 AM
On my way back to Blighty from Paris. I've always been prone to melancholy, but even I've never had the post-holiday blues hit me this hard and this fast before. I met some fantastic people and had enjoyed conversations that I'll be thinking about for years.
November 16, 2025 at 8:03 PM
I think... I like the French
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I've just had to pay to use the bathroom for the first time in my life. All the positive feelings I had developed about Paris GONE in a second.
@emmanuelmacron.bsky.social was that really worth one Euro?
November 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This really captures a feeling I've had for a while that most of the time political groups use memes it ends up giving Pokemon Go to the polls.
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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This afternoon, IWGB Game Workers joined together with unions from all over Europe, including @stjv.fr and @csvi-cgt.bsky.social to protest against Rockstar's union busting in Paris - on est là!
Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
This is defo the coolest picture of me to ever be taken
Protests continued today outside Take Two's offices in London, but also in Paris, where Le Syndicat des Travailleureuses du Jeu Vidéo (@stjv.fr) came out to show their international solidarity with the fired Rockstar workers.
November 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Thinking about Brianna Ghey while reading this article on screen time and bullying. Labour are using her name to push for a crackdown on phone use among teens.

But this research indicates increased screen time does *not* correlate with increased bullying for trans kids - unlike their cis peers.
Developmental Effects of Screen Time on Gender Diverse Student’s Experiences of Bullying Victimization
We used a large state-wide sample of adolescent students in 8th, 10th, and 12th grades (N = 58,689) to examine the predictive value of screen time on bullying victimization, as well as its interact...
www.tandfonline.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM