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Atlantic Canadian game critic and demiwoman cryptid. (She/They) Words at Unwinnable, Endless Mode (previously Paste Games), and more Co-Editor of @tier-review.com https://muckrack.com/phoenix-simms [email protected] Avi by realrollsweat

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Phoenix @phoenixsimms.bsky.social · 26d

Writing this one made me realize I don’t think a lot of typical features of Wholesome or Cozy games are made for individuals like me. I don’t really associate fishing, buying & managing property and being a vendor cozy, for instance.

Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 27d

"[T]his preoccupation with individual agency over interdependent, communal agency is pervasive in a popular genre of games that often claims to center the latter: Wholesome or Cozy games."

@phoenixsimms.bsky.social muses on communal care in videogames:

Co-opting Co-op - Unwinnable

The narratives of care that feel the most impactful are happening in game genres that aren’t explicitly labelling themselves as being “wholesome."

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 1d

A little more info here: blog.lauramichet.com/ive-been-lai...

I've been laid off from Heart Machine!

After 2.5 years with Heart Machine, I learned yesterday that I am part of a layoff at that studio. I've still got work that will launch in the future - I wro...

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Laura Michet @lmichet.bsky.social · 1d

Learned that I am being laid off from Heart Machine, and will be leaving the studio later this month.

Do you need a contractor? I've got a track record of leading scope-friendly script revisions late in dev. I have also done a lot of consulting on new IPs and pitches/demos. Feel free to DM me!

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

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Dave Jamieson @jamieson.bsky.social · Feb 5

Anti-DOGE rally getting underway now outside the U.S. Department of Labor, where DOGE was reportedly scheduled to have a meeting today.

Big turnout from AFGE, one of the federal unions in Trump’s crosshairs.

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

muting now to keep my notifications navegable. but support federal workers:

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Feb 4

Two massive unions have sued the Treasury Department for granting Musk's “Department of Government Efficiency” access to federal government payment systems.

SEIU and AFGE, with nearly 3 million combined members, are fighting DOGE's illegal activity.

www.huffpost.com/entry/unions...

Unions Sue Treasury Department Over Giving Musk's 'DOGE' Access To Payment System

Giving Elon Musk's team access to Treasury's payment systems amounts to a "massive and unprecedented" privacy intrusion, the complaint states.

www.huffpost.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

that said: I think the "it's not fascism unless they're good at it" brand of analysis probably isn't the move

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

like these guys might just have more dollars than sense. that's never stopped anyone from bringing ruin to other people but it's also the rare kind of thing that can bring ruin to the powerful

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Feb 5

just saying: it's possible that "I'm gonna dramatically constrict my state capacity while plotting dramatic imperial expansion, and expanding my set of internal enemies while alienating most of my foreign allies" is the beginning of a world-historical masterstroke. but also possible that it isn't

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Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social · 1d

“It is the return of the sun,
Of my exiled ones
And for her sake, and his
I swear
I shall not compromise
And to the last pulse in my veins
I shall resist,
Resist—and resist.”

From Sameeh Al-Qassem’s “Enemy of the Sun”. A handwritten copy of the poem found was found in George Jackson’s cell.

A Palestinian flag hanging in a bookshop full of books.

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alix e. harrow @alixeharrow.bsky.social · 2d

reminder that you can be the gentlest, kindest person--you can dedicate your life to protecting the planet!--and still keep a little list of people you fucking hate. it's okay to be angry! anger is a symptom of giving a shit!

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 3d

Earlier this year, Dr. Jane Goodall sat down for an interview for Brad Falchuk’s new Netflix series, Famous Last Words.

The premise of the series is to interview people on the condition that the interview not air until the subject has passed away.

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Juno Rylee Schultz @junoryleejournalism.com · 2d

My internet is getting shut off soon. So is my electric.

I’ve been begging for more time for a while and I’m all out of “ please can I have more time “

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Phoenix @phoenixsimms.bsky.social · 2d

Really psyched about the alt metal feature in this! Along with everything else. ✨

Unwinnable @unwinnable.com · 7d

If you're cold, they're cold. Let your witch in this October with the newest Exploits, featuring writing on El Vampiro, alt metal, Timeguessr and more.

Buy: buff.ly/cfuSfmb

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Read John Goodrich's essay on El Vampiro: buff.ly/3qqIhSX

The cover for the October 2025 issue of Exploits, featuring vintage art of a witch looking into a house where children are apple bobbing. Text at the bottom indicates that this issue covers The Mystery of Mammoth Mansion, Interview with the Vampire, El Vampiro, love, alt metal, and Timeguessr.

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Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 3d

𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞
I've designed this educational resource to help people better understand ICE's ethnic cleansing campaign in Chicago.

If you find it useful, please consider sharing it with your network of family, friends, colleagues, and peers. Thank you!

Harms Committed @harmscommitted.com · 4d

𝐈𝐂𝐄 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐨
I've been filing independent journalism about ICE in Chicago under #Illinois. 80+ articles added over the past month. Daily updates.

𝐓𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐞𝐝
1. Desktop: Click on #Illinois. Mobile: Click and Hold.
2. Click 'See # posts by user.'
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This image shows your options when you click #Illinois on one of my posts. The image is divided into three lines

The first line includes hashtags: '#Illinois #USA.'

The following two lines show the available options after clicking on #Illinois. These options are 'See #Illinois posts' and 'See #Illinois posts by user.'

This image displays a feed of independent journalism archived by Harms Committed under #Illinois.

The top of the image includes a back button, a share button, and '#illinois From @harmscommitted.bsky.social.'

There are two tabs to sort the archived articles, 'Top' and 'Latest.' The 'Top' tab is highlighted, having been selected.

Below these tabs is a representative post, featuring 3 quotes from the article and relevant hashtags.

The article's title is "Veterans Speak Out Against ICE's 'Mob Tactics' In Broadview: 'Our Democracy Is Being Crushed.'"

Description of photo: "Federal agents detain two people during a protest near the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility at 1930 Beach St. in Broadview, Ill. on Sept. 26, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle."

The post's text reads as follows:
"ICE has no regard for any human life."

"I've seen ICE agents with fingers on their trigger, using real M16s and M9s, pointing them at people."

"They're just trigger happy, and there is no trigger discipline."
#Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

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Phoenix @phoenixsimms.bsky.social · 3d

Actually going to start on it sometime either today or this coming week!

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Christie Golden @christiegolden.bsky.social · 4d

This. It’s not empowering creativity and original thought. It’s constricting and eroding it.

MiMi Aye @meemalee.bsky.social · 4d

Author and filmmaker Justine Bateman on generative AI

"They're trying to convince people they can't do the things they've been doing easily for years - to write emails, to write a presentation. Your daughter wants you to make up a bedtime story about puppies - to write that for you." We will get to the point, she says with a grim laugh, "that you will essentially become just a skin bag of organs and bones, nothing else. You won't know anything and you will be told repeatedly that you can't do it, which is the opposite of what life has to offer. Capitulating all kinds of decisions like where to go on vacation, what to wear today, who to date, what to eat.
People are already doing this. You won't have to process grief, because you'll have uploaded photos and voice messages from your mother who just died, and then she can talk to you via AI video call every day. One of the ways it's going to destroy humans, long before there's a nuclear disaster, is going to be the emotional hollowing-out of people." - author and filmmaker Justine Bateman from a piece by Emine Saner for the Guardian

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undead girlfriend @hausofholes.bsky.social · 5d

what if we all went goblin mode

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Molly Shah @mommunism.bsky.social · 5d

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Help Mohammed and Heba @mohammedandheba68.bsky.social · 5d

I write this with tears in my eyes، I can't take it anymore. I'm completely exhausted. I suffer in silence.😭

All that matters to me is keeping my family safe, Please help me buy healthy food And evacuation costs.

If you’re scrolling, PLEASE leave a dot . If can't donate.
gofund.me/b03ba0367

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Ashley Schofield🐉 @ashlikeadragon.bsky.social · 5d

A scene from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse. Gwen Stacy (Ghost Spider) argues with her dad over hiding her true self from him.

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shel kahn @portablecity.bsky.social · 8d

I took my ribcage grinder mermaid design for a run in this watercolour painting.

a watercolour painting of stingray mermaids swimming in murky water, the nearest one's white underbelly showing off its gills and the large mouth where a human's ribcage would be.

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Eren Angiolini @erenangiolini.com · 8d

Finished is better than perfect. Finished is better than perfect. Finished is better than perfect. Finished is better than perfect. Finished is better than perfect. Finished is better than perfect. Finished is better than perfect. Finished is better than perfect. Finished is betterTHANAAAAAAAAAAAAG

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Kayfae the Orc-Goblin-Grrl @kayfae-orc-grrl.bsky.social · Jul 1

Former public school/higher ed peon

Discouraged, disillusioned & disenfranchised by the education apparatus

Still an educator/scholar at heart

Cat Sword & Sorcery

Hopeful Scifi

SUMMER TO WINTER webcomic-

ComicFury: summer2winter.thecomicseries.com/comics/
GC: globalcomix.com/c/summer-to-...

Summer to Winter

Summer to Winter the Webcomic

carmen2create.com

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Ty ᓚᘏᗢ 🏳️‍🌈 @tytonidart.bsky.social · 9d

It's officially Autumn!!! 🍂🍁🧣
Quote repost with your Autumn themed art
#illustration #pottery

A small watercolor painting of different types of acorns tumbled in front of four dried, brown oak leaves

A little ceramic pumpkin dish with a crying mouth… candy corn is spilling out onto the table

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Andrew 太郎 Kiya @kiyandrew.bsky.social · 8d

so uhhh are switch controllers supposed to look like this? im like 90% sure the battery is swollen on the pink joycon…

not sure what to do here. do I send it back to nintendo? official website says I need to pay for battery replacement

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