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KennyPark

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Film, TV and video editor. Plays video games in between.

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Rockstar, the games company, has sacked staff from its Edinburgh offices for seeking union recognition to negotiate better terms & conditions of employment.

Once again, workers' right to act collectively is seen as illegitimate by employers. The firm of course itself is the result of collective action among investors!

Class war is alive & well in the games industry, and the Scottish Greens are right to be supporting these workers!

https://greens.scot/news/rockstar-greens-backs-workers-against-union-busting-game-developer

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@ChrisMayLA6 Saves me the reported £100 GTA VI's gonna cost.

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This long read in The Verge does a remarkable job of describing how Wikipedia's editing community works, the project's strengths and weaknesses, and the threats it faces.

https://www.theverge.com/cs/features/717322/wikipedia-attacks-neutrality-history-jimmy-wales

"In a time of misinformation, in a time of suppression, having this place where people can come and bring knowledge and share knowledge, that is a statement."

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I'm running a quick (3–5 minutes) reader feedback survey for my newsletter, Citation Needed. If you're a reader, I'd love to get your feedback!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeGxIVuDzWRNsmXs8JWodiJlet-_xTWlos_JQxaLN-QawwShQ/viewform?usp=pp_url&entry.1456607603=Social+media

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@molly0xfff Sorry to say I wasn't a subscriber, but I am now. I'll do the next survey, promise.

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Dear Fedi friends,

By now you might have seen the post announcing the release of my promotional video for the Fediverse. But in case you have boosts turned off, here we go: https://news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-video/

I posted about it this morning from my account because I have a 5000 character limit there. And I had so many people to thank for their help. It really takes a village.

Thank you for all the wonderful feedback so far ❤️

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@_elena Great piece of work.

@AnarchoNinaWrites@jorts.horse avatar AnarchoNinaWrites , to random

So I am being told that I can't call Stephen Miller "Fascist Gargamel" because antisemites ruin everything; and well, fair enough. Guess we're going back to my previous comparison - "rat-faced human thumb in a K-Mart suit."

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@AnarchoNinaWrites The number of times I realise a character or trope from my childhood is racist only when I hear the reference coming out of my own mouth, followed by swift apologies and, yeah, "Goddammit, 80s childhood!"

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I don’t lie about my shit. I‘m not a best selling author. I’m not even an Amazon best selling author. I don’t have a book deal. I don’t have representation. I don’t have an audience of millions. I’m not getting wealthy of a Substack. I don’t fucking have a Substack.

I’m an indie writer.

I have a community I love.

I say what I want, I speak from the heart, and I have my values. That’s enough. Why fake it?

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@Daojoan Just stuck your RSS into Reeder (atm it's just you and three other feeds).

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@transworld So it turns out the genitals you're assigned at birth don't count, and you just are what Rowling and Musk decide you are?

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@transworld Sometimes, when I hear transphobes mouth off, I just think, "You're old. I get it. You've lived a long time with a model of the world that's binary, one you inherited from authority figures you trust, and this seems like it's a new thing in opposition to that. So you resist it."

But the idea that "woke mind virus" is an easier concept to swallow… Jesus.

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A lot of people suffer from this.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Atelophobia is the fear of Atilla the Hun.
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@lowqualityfacts I knew there must be a name for my condition.

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That's crazy.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

A microwaved hotdog contains more radiation than Chernobyl.
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@lowqualityfacts That's often my instruction to the waiter.

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Wow, that's crazy.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

Smoking one joint of marijuana can make a person permanently forget how to ride a bike.
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@lowqualityfacts Actually, they just realise it's not worth the effort.
(ht Bill Hicks)