Dancing Viru

live again with a short stream after few days of break, back to running a #Marathon for big corpo, with a friend:

twitch.tv/dancingviru

Ig Nobels to move awards to Europe due to concern over US travel visas Scientific awards – which honor research that makes people laugh and then think – to move away from ‘unsafe’ US

The Ig Nobel awards (for science that makes you laugh and think at the same time) have traditionally been given in the US but this year they are moving because of concerns about safety of winners and journalists from Trumps regime

How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them.

"Mind blindness" sounds like more woo woo pseudoscience designed to create an out-group of people who do not fit society's accepted model of behavior, for the purpose of degrading them and excluding them from the social hierarchy.

Signed, an autistic person who learned very young how to read people

Responding to Psychologist Uta Frith: Autism Can’t Be Quantified Autism will never fit in the disease model because it is not a disease; it is part of the human condition. That is the beauty of the spectrum.

Uta Frith, a foundational autism researcher, recently said that the autism spectrum has "lost its meaning." She couldn't be more wrong. "The spectrum concept has helped to humanize autistic people," according to Anne Borden King's response, at TPGA:

thinkingautismguide.com/2026/03/resp... #autism

live with a short stream (since I'm sick) running more #Marathon for big corpo, with my friend:

twitch.tv/dancingviru

A headline that says "the recent tech layoffs have disproportionately affected women. Here's why"

Video game studios: "happy women's day to all our powerful women devs! 🙌❤️💖👩"

Also:

Ramon Marquez mug shot

Ramon Marquez in his CBP Honor Guard uniform

A thread of ICE and CBP sex offenders and credibly accused sex pasts. Content-warning descriptions of abuse

Yuma Sector CBP agent Ramon Marquez, 31, was arrested in May 2025 and has been charged with 15 felonies including 14 counts of sexual conduct with a 16-year-old between Dec 2024 and Apr 2025.

A graphic post lists the times and dates for the "Melting Hearts and Quenching Thirst" roundtables at GDC 2026. Day 1 focuses on Romance and is on March 11th at 1:50 PM; Day 2 focuses on Sex and is on March 12 at 4:30. Both sessions are in Room 306, South Hall.

*blows dust off of BlueSky* Ah yes, it's that time of year when events are in motion for which I, very grudgingly, wish to be perceived. 👀

By which I mean: it's GDC time again, and turns out I'll be hosting a two-day roundtable on romance and sex in games with the amazing @sousourocket.bsky.social!

This shows the sort of data that Proton Mail, which prides itself both on end-to-end encryption and that it's only governed by Swiss privacy law, can provide to third parties. In this case, the FBI. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Scoop by @josephcox.bsky.social: www.404media.co/proton-mail-...

bombshell from @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social: nintendo is suing the US government over tariffs it deems “unlawful”

Join Poppy for a live Q&A on March 7 at 12 PT, at twitch.tv/aspen

Tune in tomorrow for a live Q&A with Poppy, the vocalist and lyricist of Marathon's launch track "In Death We've Just Begun"!

Stream begins March 7, 12:00 PM PT at www.twitch.tv/aspen

Hey Patreon supporters! Get your early access to the latest episode of #DeejayCypherFitPod at the $5 and up tier!

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needed a cardio break, but I'm back live again, running a #Marathon with my friend, for Big Space Corpos:

twitch.tv/dancingviru

Ideally, I'd like a damn job again. My linked in is here if you have any opportunities for:

Writing (tabletop or video games)
Editing
Executive Summary
DEI Consulting
Community Management

www.linkedin.com/in/tanyacdep...

it can't be overstated what an absurd time it is to be in kind of intense therapy for sexual trauma. there is no amount of term blocking i can do to stop seeing constant discussion & JOKES about systemic practices of abuse. i'm tireddddd lol can everyone real quick remember survivors are everywhere

I'm live again, continuing with some #Marathon friendship time:

twitch.tv/dancingviru

Once again begging people to stop using the term CSAM to refer to content that does not include images of real children or their likenesses.

The whole reason we have that term is to identify content that features actual children so the appropriate steps can be taken.

The first-ever LGBTQ+ showcase in @SummerGameFest history is here. 🏳️‍🌈✨

The Gayming Pride Parade is turning the SGF stage into a virtual celebration of queer talent and creativity. Hosted by @MiladyConfetti.bsky.social 🎡🎮

Submit your game by clicking here: buff.ly/PIsY6Vz

#SGF2026 #QueerDevs

oh ffs

after a long break, I'm live, streaming the launch of @marathonthegame.bungie.net , playing it with my friend:

twitch.tv/dancingviru

With today's launch of Marathon, we just wanted to give you all a heads-up that our goal is first and foremost to preserve the experience and surprises for all of our players.

As such, we will be issuing takedowns for any datamined content that has not yet been revealed to players.

A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse.

Since receiving presidential pardons, dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into more legal trouble. In Florida, Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse. n.pr/4rUa1zD

We celebrate two pro-Palestine victories at the American Psychological Association @@apajournals.bsky.social and American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social!

People do realize that positioning any serious topic as a distraction from a different serious topic is you just saying you don't want other people talking about anything other than what you want to talk about, right.

A man asked me last night what publishing needs to do for literary fiction to begin appealing to men again. I said, as nicely as I could, that, with over 2,000 books published every Tuesday, of which many would appeal to men, it’s not a publishing problem, it’s a men problem.

I get what Bluesky is saying over this, but what's to stop people from maliciously adding this account to a block list that people are already subscribed to?

The account should be made an administrative one, not "public".

It also reeks a bit much of "must not have the moderators blocked" spaces.

"At one end, the glasses are marketed as an everyday assistant – a voice in the frame that tells you what you are seeing. At the other end, people in Nairobi sit annotating the most intimate moments the camera captures: open-plan offices, living rooms, bedrooms, bathrooms."

I'd be more inclined to believe that Graham Platner is merely a dumbass if he was making different kinds of "mistakes" instead of one very specific type of "mistake" over and over