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@bewarethesiren

Award-winning Game Writer and Narrative Designer πŸ‡΅πŸ‡· she/her gisellemakesgames.com

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The idea that blank slate characters are more relatable because people project themselves onto them is one of those just-so stories that refuses to die. It's the opposite! People relate to specificity!

06.03.2026 08:40 πŸ‘ 146 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 6
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KIDS Act Passes Energy and Commerce along Partisan Lines, COPPA 2.0 Postponed Additional bills on kids online safety and cybersecurity passed with bipartisan support

The package of censorship and surveillance bills brought up in todays markup has been advanced

Continue to contact your representatives and demand this legislation be opposed. Tell your family and friends, explain how these bills are not what they appear, and ask them to join us in opposition!

06.03.2026 01:02 πŸ‘ 2362 πŸ” 2563 πŸ’¬ 24 πŸ“Œ 54
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I've been running gdcparties.com for a few years now. Some shitty company BlueberryAI decided they'd just take all the source code for the work I've done and reskin it, advertising it as their own. Jokes on them...it was still linked to my events spreadsheet, and now their website looks like this πŸ˜‰

06.03.2026 21:43 πŸ‘ 3467 πŸ” 838 πŸ’¬ 54 πŸ“Œ 34
An orange tabby kitten getting real flat to hide under a trash can.

An orange tabby kitten getting real flat to hide under a trash can.

An orange tabby kitten standing on his hind legs and peeking through a slot in a table.

An orange tabby kitten standing on his hind legs and peeking through a slot in a table.

Le scoundrel.

04.03.2026 23:14 πŸ‘ 154 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 0

Strongly recommend calling your US senators today to tell them:

1. Publicly call for Sheehy to be expelled from the Senate for assaulting a protestor.

2. DO NOT vote to confirm Mullin for DHS.

Find your senators at reps.fyi

06.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 564 πŸ” 316 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 6

SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26

NO - 41%
YES - 38%
UNSURE - 21%

06.03.2026 19:09 πŸ‘ 12476 πŸ” 2684 πŸ’¬ 305 πŸ“Œ 171
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Cartoon by
Jeff Stahler
🎯🎯🎯

05.03.2026 13:38 πŸ‘ 2956 πŸ” 1048 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 31
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Hey #TeaseYaGame!

Help Tashia unravel the mystery of Bredda Anansi's murder and (more importantly) find her cell phone!

πŸ”Gather Clues
πŸ‘»Meet the Suspects
πŸ‘οΈSolve the mystery of the Halfway Market

store.steampowered.com/app/1958800/...

06.03.2026 15:21 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

You can use this tool to contact your lawmakers: badinternetbills.com

05.03.2026 22:14 πŸ‘ 874 πŸ” 950 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 0

There are so many others I could have included here, but 1000XResist will prob always be my GOAT

06.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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AIPAC sure got their money’s worth from these 4 Dems today

06.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 1667 πŸ” 798 πŸ’¬ 133 πŸ“Œ 98

Our β€œwe’re not grifters btw” post has many people asking questions answered by our β€œwe’re not grifters btw” post

05.03.2026 13:09 πŸ‘ 2059 πŸ” 426 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 13
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drawing good boys and girls

10.11.2025 17:45 πŸ‘ 225 πŸ” 55 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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MAGA senator slammed for describing β€˜smell of war’ when he’s never served Oklahoma Republican provokes uproar by presuming to speak for soldiers: β€˜He probably thinks war smells like Mountain Dew, couch cushions, and control sweat’

Just to be clear, this is Mullin:

So it's not over. But it's still a victory the optics became so bad that Trump sacked her.

If you remember the first administration, the more chaos with constant reshuffling, the less they're able to carry some of their plans. Keep the pressure up.

05.03.2026 19:50 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump Taps Senator Markwayne Mullin to Replace Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary | National Review President Trump announced Thursday that Senator Markwayne Mullin (R., Okla.) will replace Kristi Noem as Homeland Security Secretary. β€œI am pleased to announce that the Highly Respected Unite…

Kristi Noem's out:

05.03.2026 19:18 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

kill the imposter syndrome in you head because not only is there someone out there doing it worse than you, they're also using chat gpt to do it

Anyways.

05.03.2026 11:54 πŸ‘ 23502 πŸ” 8993 πŸ’¬ 68 πŸ“Œ 192
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I dont know if primary voting turnout means anything but this is still jarring. last two midterms saw a ~14 point shift left from the primary to general too

05.03.2026 17:02 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

House hearing on fake "kids safety" censorship bills happening right now. Call your lawmakers!!!!

badinternetbills.com

05.03.2026 17:04 πŸ‘ 216 πŸ” 214 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2
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Duppy Detective Tashia Demo on Steam Play the first day in Tashia's investigation into the Mystery of the Halfway Market!

The Demo for Duppy Detective Tashia is live!
Help Tashia unravel the mystery of Bredda Anansi's murder and (more importantly) find her cell phone!

πŸ”Gather Clues
πŸ‘»Meet the Suspects
πŸ‘οΈExperience the first day of Tashia's investigation

store.steampowered.com/app/4222200/...

12.01.2026 13:58 πŸ‘ 205 πŸ” 108 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 16
600 backers on Kickstarter

600 backers on Kickstarter

πŸ’« CELEBRATING 600 BACKERS! πŸ’«

With each backer on our #Kickstarter, we get closer to our next stretch goal: adding romantic missions to All Will Rise! Let’s get a little love shared around Muziris πŸ₯°

Under 5K to go!

πŸ”—: www.kickstarter.com/projects/spe...

#IndieGame #GameDev #IndieDev

05.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Home Page - Kat for Illinois Kat Abughazaleh is running for Congress in Illinois’ 9th District to fight fascism, take on billionaires, and actually deliver for working people.

12 DAYS TIL ELECTION DAY!! HELP US WIN!!!

DONATE: katforillinois.com

VOLUNTEER: katforillinois.com/events

05.03.2026 15:14 πŸ‘ 1996 πŸ” 499 πŸ’¬ 36 πŸ“Œ 16
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More wok i did for Where the Water Tastes like Wine. 2015-2018

05.03.2026 17:37 πŸ‘ 325 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
YOU CAN FIGHT ICE
BY ANNOYING THEM
- MESS UP THEIR FOOD/DRINK ORDERS
- LOSE THEIR TICKETS/RESERVATIONS
- OVERTIGHTEN LUG NUTS, STRIP SPARK PLUGS
- GIVE THEM INCORRECT BUT REAL-SOUNDING
INFORMATION
- RECORD THEM WITH YOUR PHONES
- DISRUPT THEM WITH LOUD NOISES (CAR ALARMS, MUSIC, BANGING METAL) AND BRIGHT LIGHTS (FLASHLIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS)
- SHAME THEM
Fuck yeah
THE FASCISTS WANT COMPLACENCY.
DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM.
Fuck them White supremacist
IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO MAKE Β«MISTAKES"

YOU CAN FIGHT ICE BY ANNOYING THEM - MESS UP THEIR FOOD/DRINK ORDERS - LOSE THEIR TICKETS/RESERVATIONS - OVERTIGHTEN LUG NUTS, STRIP SPARK PLUGS - GIVE THEM INCORRECT BUT REAL-SOUNDING INFORMATION - RECORD THEM WITH YOUR PHONES - DISRUPT THEM WITH LOUD NOISES (CAR ALARMS, MUSIC, BANGING METAL) AND BRIGHT LIGHTS (FLASHLIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS) - SHAME THEM Fuck yeah THE FASCISTS WANT COMPLACENCY. DO NOT GIVE IT TO THEM. Fuck them White supremacist IT IS YOUR RIGHT TO MAKE Β«MISTAKES"

Monkey wrenching is such an under appreciated form of protest

03.03.2026 21:20 πŸ‘ 4011 πŸ” 1666 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 18
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I didn't want to make this post but unfortunately my hand has been forced. Sentona Games told me this week, after ignoring me for two months, that they will not be paying me the $24,000 deferred…... I didn't want to make this post but unfortunately my hand has been forced. Sentona Games told me this week, after ignoring me for two months, that they will not be paying me the $24,000 deferred paym...

If you're in the game industry and use LinkedIn, please do me a favor and share my post about Sentona Games screwing me out of money I'm owed. Thank you

05.03.2026 00:41 πŸ‘ 1993 πŸ” 895 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 15
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Find Your Representative Find your representatives. Learn how to find and connect with them. Stay informed about their bills, committees, and contributions.

I just called my US senators and told them to publicly call for Tim Sheehy to be expelled from the Senate for assaulting and apparently breaking the hand of a Marine today.

You can call your Senators, too.

Find them here: reps.fyi

04.03.2026 23:26 πŸ‘ 1103 πŸ” 445 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 14

FYI for fellow narrative designers/game writers: the studio in question is Sentona Games and it’s my understanding they are currently interviewing to replace me. Be very careful with them. They were very nice to me and easy to work with right up until I needed the money I was promised.

26.02.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 3966 πŸ” 1818 πŸ’¬ 45 πŸ“Œ 29

Attention people who think Stella is funny and cool (that’s you, reading this) β€” With Stella’s blessing I am organizing a fundraiser event (probably a livestream) to try and raise as much money as we can to replace the $24k that was stolen from her! Please DM me if you’d like to be involved!

03.03.2026 13:45 πŸ‘ 997 πŸ” 484 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 5

There's been a lot of debate within the Democratic establishment about what rhetoric to use via ICE.

Well, an incumbent doesn't lose by 48 percentage points very oftenβ€”and her vote on collaborating with ICE was the defining issue here.

04.03.2026 04:49 πŸ‘ 8316 πŸ” 2490 πŸ’¬ 98 πŸ“Œ 107
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House GOP leadership allegedly worried Reps Hunt and Crenshaw just stop showing up to vote after their loses tonight

04.03.2026 05:21 πŸ‘ 1576 πŸ” 312 πŸ’¬ 82 πŸ“Œ 0

What we know, final editionβ€”in 2 parts.

1. Progressives oust 3 Dems who were helping GOP in NC.
2. Dems flip legislative seat in AR.
3. Al Green + Dan Crenshaw down big.
4. #TXSen? Talarico up. GOP runoff.
5. Right holds supreme court seat in AR, but no blowout.
6. TX far-right generally strong.

04.03.2026 05:15 πŸ‘ 619 πŸ” 161 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 6