why are there a million songs about some jerk breaking your heart but only one song about a sickass lobster who rules

🎶 computers are cool for girls 🎶 super excited to share what i’ve been working on for the past month — the story of how barbie fashion designer, the first mass market game for girls, was made. polygon.com/23776996/barbi…

A group of San Franciscans realized that they can disable Waymo and Cruise robotaxis by placing a traffic cone on the vehicle's hood. They're now encouraging others to do it: "Hell no, we do not consent to this."

THE ARE TOO MANY DANG APPS NOW this is my official declaration

ANOTHER union victory today?? It’s more likely than you think 😳 CONGRATULATIONS to the Starbucks at Berkshire Center in Danbury, CT on winning their union election!

“I found it quite difficult to contribute to video game history and walk up with a stack of Barbie CD-ROMs and say, ‘Hey, I’d like to add this to video game history.’” — Rachel Simone Weil, historian & founder of FEMICOM 🎀 Girls' game and toy preservation, on Barbie Fashion Designer polygon.com/23776996/barbi…

Here's how to support the strike: Every dollar donated to the ECF goes to a worker who's affected by the strike, which helps us hold out longer: give.actorsfund.org/site/Donation2…

When I was asked to pitch a Barbie story to Polygon my first and only idea was this ... Barbie Is a Drag Queen. Now, the piece is live, and I hope you'll read! So much thanks to Robyn Banks | Harlem’s Drag Princess and missy steak for being interviewed! polygon.com/23787480/barbi…

Having a thread about a stone age girl going viral and having a thread about the fashion industry going viral makes me want to do a thread connecting both of these subjects to talk about one of my favorite prehistoric articles of clothing: the Lendbreen Tunic.

Today we say goodbye to this great blue bird This logo was designed in 2012 by a team of three. Todd Waterbury, Angy Che and myself, The logo was designed to be simple, balanced, and legible at very small sizes, almost like a lowercase "e", a 🧵

Um, for no particular reason, seems like a good time to remind you on this platform that you can buy the entire Southern Reach trilogy in one beautiful hardcover edition from your favorite indie bookstore. In a 17th printing, I believe. #Annihilation #AreaX Farrar,Straus&Giroux MCD⨯FSG

Hey, if you're a Patreon creator and are confused as to why a bunch of your income vanished, it's because Patreon's system appears to have totally collapsed. They sent me an email saying my credit card blocked the payment as fraudulent, and CANCELLED ALL OF MY CREATOR SUPPORT. 1/

My big thread of stuff I'm selling to help pay for moving/medical bills. DM with offers if OBO, everything else has prices. PayPal/Venmo up front, might include shipping costs. Will ship on Monday 9/25 since I'm sick. If you just want to help me out: venmo.com/u/appleciderwi…

we got so tired of hearing everyone ask “why isn’t there a defector for games” that we decided to make our own. welcome to aftermath aftermath.site/welcome-to-aft…

Introducing Aftermath, a new website started by Luke Plunkett egirl tashi duncan Nathan Grayson chris person and me! We're worker-owned, reader-supported, and you can learn more about why we missed blogging so much that we started a media company here: tinyurl.com/5xuw8cdh