The United Videogame Workers union (UVW-CWA) has created a hardship fund for industry workers affected by layoffs in the United States and Canada
https://www.gamesindustry.biz/union-launches-hardship-fund-for-laid-off-developers

I am very satisfied to report the 2013 game Michael Brough and I made, "BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS", has now been re-released on Itch with modern OS compatibility.

Originally made for the Ludum Dare game jam, GREAT ARTIST is an unhelpful art program, offering a large number of art production tools none of which work as you expect. Think of it as immersion training in glitch art, or a toy for babies producing colorful lights and sounds. Anyway, it's fun.

https://mermaidindustries.itch.io/become-a-great-artist-in-just-10-seconds

An update— the rerelease of BECOME A GREAT ARTIST IN JUST 10 SECONDS linked above was actually provoked by the Eggplant podcast doing an episode about ARTIST, its history, and the scene of strange second-order art that cropped up around it. The episode is now available:

https://secretlives.games/all-systems-brough-become-a-great-artist-in-just-10-seconds

Featured in the discussion are me ❤️💕 and Liz Ryerson, whose GREAT ARTIST art was used in the game's public exhibitions at Indiecade and elsewhere. Liz's art is collected here:

https://www.printedmatter.org/catalog/67484/

OMG this Philippine Airlines safety video is amazing

https://youtu.be/2UkTBuEx-ek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcxRUkGAM-w This is a beautiful speech, honestly. Acknowledging all our country's struggles and horrors and triumphs, it attempts to mark out what we can point to and say we're proud of, and what parts we are morally obligated to improve. I think that's the only way to be in a country, or a company, or a community. If you love something, you always want it to be better. You bring good faith, and work together on solutions. Anyone who refuses to do that needs to fix their heart.

RE: https://solarbird.net/blog/2026/07/01/today-tell-the-post-office-they-dont-get-to-throw-away-votes/

Tell the post office TODAY:

FUCK YOU, YOU DON'T THROW OUT OUR VOTES.

Which is the literal plan. They plan to refuse delivery of ballots unless states - which includes all Cascadian states - give Shitstain control of the voter list so he can edit it to win.

Even North Korea has elections. They even have three official political parties with representation.

They're just elections the Dear Leader can't lose.

Do this TODAY. Deadline's 2pm tomorrow our time, 5pm Eastern, and y'can't afford to forget. So do it _now_.

#uspol #uspolitics #politics #fascism #FuckTrump #FuckMAGA #FuckYouShitstain #Cascadia #CascadiaNow

You know this, I know this, it's still nice to have a comic about it.

#AI

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116829744502960586

That’s a cool image. Wonder if it was generated by that @retrospecs app?

What? It’s a dedicated macOS app from the same creator? I should find out more at @pixel_processor

🔔 cool link alert 🚨
foxglove
https://foxgloveapp.com
“Foxglove protects your art before you post it. It strips tracking metadata that platforms use to profile you, embeds a hidden ownership watermark into the pixel data, and applies adversarial perturbation that corrupts AI training.”
(( similar to other data poisoning options like https://nightshade.cs.uchicago.edu/userguide.html ))

Lichens illuminated with UV light at dusk on the Solway shore, South West Scotland. Seeing the world in a different light.. #lichensubscribe

🚨 cool useful tool alert 🔔
Puck's Seamlessifier
https://puszke.itch.io/pucks-texture-ripper
“All in one tool that lets you rip the textures out of photos from any perspective and make them seamless!”

Sad news: long-time tech journalist, blogger, and entrepreneur Om Malik passed away yesterday aged 59. https://om.co/2026/06/24/1966-2026

Oh wow some nerd put all their games and crap on sale!
https://itch.io/s/191307/summer-sale-2026

I had a good run, but nothing lasts forever. My time at Bungie has come to an end.

From jumping in on Halo: Reach through Destiny and the 30 major releases of Destiny 2, I got to work with some of the best in the world.

Pls boost for sample size thx

"Be not afraid, I am here to help." 👁
Item spotlight: Sticker Set Biblically Accurate Clippy!✨
Perfect for notebooks, laptops or your old computer!

Find it here: https://dinchenix.com/products/sticker-set-angel-clippy
#dinchenix #pixelart

I finished recreating & demaking ALL the #lemmings levels for consoles.

My port now has 300 playable levels!

https://sophiehoulden.com/ohno.html

RT: @leylahamed Mbappé’s girlfriend, Ester Expósito, recently said in an interview: “You can’t sit down and debate a Nazi. It just makes them think being a Nazi is a normal opinion.”

These are the idols the next generation actually needs.