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Employees at The Elder Scrolls maker ZeniMax explain how Microsoft's latest round of colossal layoffs unfolded and what they mean for the studio and its developers.

 

A new law allows trans Cubans to update their identification cards by request without providing proof of genital surgery.

 

Two articles by writer Ana Valens were removed at the demand of Vice owner Savage Ventures, the latest in multiple deletions at the site

Archived: https://archive.is/KFMWp

 

The organization behind Steam's latest payment processor censorship, Collective Shout, appears to tell some misleading tales.

The original was taken down (see below), archived version: https://archive.is/x5cGQ

Edit: As per Ana Valens, writer of the article, it was taken down by the current owners of Vice.com for transparently bogus reasons. The archived version is now the only one available.

 

Investors in the publisher had a long list of grievances

 

Fanfic community craves familiarity much more than novelty—but reports greater enjoyment from novelty.

 

Valve have added a new rule to the Onboarding guide for game developers, noting that payment processors get a say in what stays on Steam.

 

“Walkpilled cardiomaxxer” isn’t so funny anymore.

Archived version without paywall: https://archive.is/g39Co

 

Summer Games Done Quick 2025 has closed, raising $2,436,614 - £1.8m - for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontiè…

 

Your heroics don't need to be limited to the virtual.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 27 points 1 month ago

It's quite amazing how these people show their asses on LinkedIn and think it makes them look smart, instead of proving that they completely lost touch with reality. It fits the picture that one the very same day they laid of thousands, Microsoft also send out an invitation to hear them pitch genAI at GamesCom. That's corpo brain on late stage capitalism.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 46 points 1 month ago

I was once a fan of Nina Paley, because of her activism against copyright and even bought some of her merch. Then I found out that she is a capital-letters TERF.

You can find a "TERFy Archive" with all her transphobic writing on her website, she hosts a transphobic podcast with the subtitle "A TERF and a t-slur walk into a podcast studio" which she uses to promote the "autogynephilia" conspiracy theory, among so, so much more transphobia.

Paley would consider this comment of mine to be "censorship". As usual with her type she wants to dish out, but doesn't want to be criticized for it.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

Fair point. I remember seeing some tweet or similar with said something in the vein of: "ChatGPT sounds like a middle manager on LinkedIn. No wonder, middle managers think that ChatGPT is intelligent."

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago

Your submission in "Sharks need no Air" was removed for Hello!

I removed this submission. Yes, we love Blahaj around here, but nonetheless Blahaj isn't really specific to Femcel Memes. It'd make more sense over on Trans Memes

Thanks for your understanding!.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I could not agree more in regards to "Haven". It is such a fantastic game in how it depicts the central relationship and I am always disappointed how rare it is to see two loving partners carry a story together.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, the non-disclosure is most telling IMO. 11bit is an experienced development studio, it is not credible for them to not know about Steam's AI disclosure requirement.

Thus, to me, there are three possible explanations: They either decided to hide the use of genAI because they were aware that disclosing its use would hurt their reputation. Or they decided that it was "no big deal" and were willing to risk gambling with their reputation and their relationship with Valve. Or they will blame this on outsourcing and freelance contractors, which they then failed to supervise and/or instruct properly.

Either option makes them look bad and extremely sloppy at best.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I am sorry, I can only squeak.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Short for "sovereign citizen", a group of people who believe they do not have to adhere to any laws because they reject the notion they are citizens of a nation and justify it with conspiracy nonsense.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 1 month ago

Lowering workers' wages is exactly why he got a pay bump. Capitalism working as intended.

[–] squirrel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

How gender dysphoria manifests differs from individual to individual, people experience it in different way, particularly in regards to what someone struggles with: Someone may feel more dysphoric in regards to their face; others in regards to their chest;... And yeah, yearning for different genitals is definitely something that meets the criteria for gender dysphoria.

Does that make you trans, nonbinary, something else? That's something nobody can tell you, because we do not know how strong your feelings are, how much they define you and what you make out of them. That's why the trans community usually avoids telling other people if they are trans or not - or deny anyone that label who claims it.

If you wish to be trans nonbinary, then you are. If you think, these terms do not fit you, then you are not.

Personally I struggled with similar feelings when I was younger. Fast forward and I am now fully transitioning, because I realized it was "not just that." I wanted it all. But that's my way to deal with my feelings. You may chose whatever path suits you and on that path you can try out what this thing or that and cast them off again if they do not feel right. It's a journey of self-discovery and - for better or worse - it's all up to you to discover.

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