brian david gilbert

brian david gilbert

@briamgilbert.bsky.social

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Fourteen Thousand. The long campaign to dehumanize Palestinians is, fundamentally, about this. To provide cover for the annihilation of a people and their culture, from the youngest to the oldest, to shrugs from the most powerful nations in the world.

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Woke up in a lovely bed and breakfast today on a lovely vacation to find out a place I've loved to work for just over a decade has been dismembered in minutes. Just wanted to join the chorus to say that I've been let go from Vox Media on May Day, along with a great team doing great stuff.

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I am among the MANY folks who got laid off today. Don't have anything good or thoughtful to say on it atm. gutted, sad, feel completely fucked. Fuck vox media management forever. they did this shit on may day. vox media union forever.

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By now you've probably heard the news: Polygon has been sold to Valnet and I, along with most of my wonderful colleagues, have been laid off. That said, I'm now open to new opportunities! If you've enjoyed my work and would like to work together in any capacity, please feel to hit me up via my DMs!

Julia will never say this so I’ll say it for her: when I worked for Polygon, she was responsible for not just the biggest Polygon article, but the NUMBER 1 MOST CLICKED ARTICLE ON ALL OF VOX MEDIA. She was single-handedly paying all of our salaries. Hire Julia.

julia@hardykiwi.bsky.social

crawling back to bsky to pasta this from my twitter: just like my coworkers, i've been laid off from polygon after it got sold (and now gutted i guess) obvs if you need a guides writer who loves organization, spreadsheets, and comes with all her own equipment, let me know! also hire my coworkers

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Anyway, I need to go around saving some of my clips and also I would like an ego boost because I frankly feel shitty SO if you have a favorite story of mine, please thread it here so the process of going through and picking some to download isn't so overwhelming/lonely ahaha

I know this says something about the state of games media, but Polygon had a superb entertainment desk too!! We were tiny but mighty and we did some stories that I am super proud of and it's been an honor to work alongside them and apparently i cant tag them all bc im running out of characters but

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I'm getting more sad about getting laid off. My work means so much to me. I'm a really good reporter. I've been getting scoops every single week lately, while also doing in-depth, award-winning reporting. I have good ideas! New email: nicolecarpenterwrites@gmail.com www.polygon.com/23776996/bar...

polygon.comThe untold history of Barbie Fashion Designer, the first mass-market ‘game for girls’How Digital Domain and Mattel Media built Barbie’s wardrobe

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Mamma Mia! (2008) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again (2018) Execs, you should be devoting 80-90% of your time right now on Mamma Mia! How Can I Resist You? pitch meetings in order to hit that highly marketable 2028 release. As it happens, I’ve got a four-quadrant, necromancy-focused pitch ready whenev

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ugh I hope nobody leaks one of these to a reporter! especially not one with Signal, such as meganfarokhmanesh.76, at a publication with great policies for protecting sources, like WIRED

Aidan Moher@aidanmoher.com

The coolest part about games media layoffs is how all the severance packages now include an NDA requiring laid off employees to stay silent about the layoff, further suppressing reporting on the same corporate behaviours those outlets likely cover when it’s dame devs/publishers.

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out of nowhere my kid laughed and said "I'm having a great time with you people" which might be the funniest thing you can say in a room containing only your parents

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Replying to @akuparagames.bsky.social

🍷Cabernet is out now on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, + Xbox! This title is a labor of love by Party for Introverts and fully voice acted by talent including @samanthabeart.bsky.social , Dylan Marquis Meyers, @briamgilbert.bsky.social + more. Steam: bit.ly/CabernetSteam All platforms: buff.ly/3CH4lEF

bit.lySave 10% on Cabernet on SteamCabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you reta...

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likely needless to say, but: i loved MICKEY 17. it's beautiful, funny, strange, and really touching — i don't know how else to put it, but: it may be an american blockbuster, but at the same time, it doesn't feel any less korean.

rewatching sleeping beauty– these fairies go 16 years without using magic to hide aurora, fumble the bag on the last day, and go “we’re gonna make the WHOLE CITY go to sleep so they don’t realize we fucked up soooooo bad” and i gotta respect that

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Brian brings a longtime silent character to glorious (creepy?) life!! Hopefully a little jolt of joy amid a dark few weeks 🐌

Nature Talks to Itself@naturetalks.bsky.social

NEW SPECIAL EPISODE! Tony and Atiny are back with their longtime acquaintance… er… pal… THE SNAILMAN! aka @briamgilbert.bsky.social Listen + Subscribe 🍁🐌🪨 Apple: apple.co/3iPkhav Spotify: spoti.fi/3iTnMfT

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Every day it breaks my heart to know that this level of misery is being inflicted on people, and that it's being done with American tax dollars that could be providing care for sick instead of slaughtering them.

Shantini@shantini.bsky.social

Israel has burned northern Gaza’s last remaining hospital. And kicked out its patients, including neonatal and ICU patients. I picked a western news source since y’all seem more likely to believe those. I don’t know how else to get people to care. www.nbcnews.com/news/world/h...