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Trans people: Hey please don’t buy this game.

Cis people: What if I bought it, but also donated some money to charity?

Trans people: No thanks. Please just don’t buy it.

Cis people:

“More and more I’m starting realize that many people see “charity” as a store where you buy goodwill from strangers. Like “being a good person” is something you can purchase with money”

Funky weird sci-fi story idea that I'm now in the beginning process of writing but haven't gotten very far in: Post-apocalypse, former cyberpunk dystopia The wilderness is uninhabitable due to radiation storms or whatever climate disaster we've caused, refugees and survivors camp out in abandoned buildings and the remains of a civilization that has crumbled beneath it's own excess. A little ways outside of a ruined city there is a small homestead/solar farm. Living in that homestead is a woman who shortly before the disaster went through with a full-body cyborg/android conversion. Human mind, robot body. This homestead would be uninhabitable for anyone else (anyone made of flesh) because of the radiation storms/weather/environmental factors. At the edge of the ruined city there is a group of refugees which have created a small community in what once had been a mall. The mall is liveable because it is receiving power from the solar farm that the cyborg woman lives in and operates, and that community thrives because of what she is doing. However, because she is doing what she does she must stay at the solar farm and her connection to the community she makes possible is limited. Anyway, I thought it would be like a funky character drama thing exploring community and loneliness through the lense of a full-conversion cyborg

All these development about the Luigi and Briana conundrum made me remember this tweet and it applies to the current situation so much

The people are finally asking why the fuck the orphan crushing machine exists

So I've been getting into doing art and I thought it would be fun to do fanart of Kiryu as a catboy. Anyway, his little patch-beard made me think of Frylock so now here's my WIP Masterpiece Behold Kazama "Frylock" Kiryu!

🔊🔊 END STAGE DISCOURSE!! END STAGE DISCOURSE!! WE HAVE ARRIVED AT "FICTIONAL SEX IS COERCIVE BECAUSE CHARACTERS ARE BEING FORCED TO DO THINGS BY THE AUTHOR"!!!! 🔊🔊

Doctors should snark at each other more, be a bit mean. Not for no reason, mind you. But if five doctors blow me off about symptoms and doctor number six FINALLY runs actual tests and gets a diagnosis, I think it should be Doctor Six's right to call up the other five and tell them they're lazy pieces of shit. That should be socially encouraged. Those first five doctors clearly can't listen to patients, but maybe another doctor might finally get to them.

SAG-AFTRA IS STRIKING AGAIN

This time, for video games.

Some key information:

They are striking so all performers will have protection against AI

The struck companies are those signed to the Interactive Media Agreement

The listed companies by SAG-AFTRA include Activision Productions Inc, Blindlight LLC, Disney Character Voices Inc, Electronic Arts Productions Inc, Formosa Interactive LLC, Insomniac Games Inc, Llama Productions LLC, Take 2 Productions Inc, VoiceWorks Productions Inc and WB Games Inc. Though this may not be everyone.

Important things from the FAQ:

Some games from struck companies are non-struck (due to the Collective Bargaining Agreement still being in effect)

Localisations will be affected if covered under the Interactive Localization Agreement

Actors who are part of SAG-AFTRA cannot work for non-union or independent/low-budged productions during the strike unless they are signed to an Interim Interactive Media Agreement, Interim Interactive Localization Agreement or a Tiered-Budget Independent Interactive Media Agreement

Similarly to the previous strike, struck work cannot be promoted. This includes accepting awards for performances in struck games. This does NOT include hosting/performing a skit at an awards show and San Diego Comic Con (the latter due to the close proximity to the calling of the strike)

As implied by the point above, SAG-AFTRA performers cannot partake in panels related to struck games or companies, including finished games produced by struck companies

The best way to check if a game is struck is to use the search tool provided by SAG-AFTRA

Most importantly: You are NOT being asked to stop playing video games, as highlighted in the FAQ for creators and streamers. This does NOT cross the picket line. Though please do talk about the strike and show your solidarity

I expect to see the same amount of support from y'all that we saw in the last strike. Just because it's video games doesn't mean performers deserve any less support and protection.

Also please reblog with any additions (with sources - we are NOT here to spread misinformation)! And please correct me if anything listed here is incorrect.

SOURCES:

Video Game Strike FAQs | SAG-AFTRA (sagaftra.org)

SAG-AFTRA Members Who Work on Video Games Go on Strike | SAG-AFTRA (sagaftra.org)

i already have a job and it's called keeping myself alive. why do i have to be employed on top of that