Phillip Russell

Black writer. Prev: Narrative on Thirsty Suitors @outerloopgames . @unwinnable columnist. Host of @originstory_. Writing all over the internet. MFA - UW.

[Phillip Russell @3DSisqo]

For @Kotaku I wrote about my time with FFXVI and how it’s superficial exploration of slavery does it’s narrative setup a disservice and left me cold. Thanks @carolynmichelle for editing this piece and @xpatriciah for giving it a place to live.
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[NZXT @NZXT]

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[Phillip Russell @3DSisqo]

Couple shots from Istanbul. Finally uploading some more photos from world trip https://t.co/koEFAfBR1X

[Brandon Stanton @humansofny]

“When I entered Gaza the Israeli military had a rule: I was only allowed to bring in three kilos of food. As I was weighing out protein bars, trying to get under the limit, I said to my husband: ‘How sinister is this?’ I’m a humanitarian aid worker. Why would there even be a limit on food? I’ve worked in many places with extreme hunger, but what’s so jarring in this context is how cruel it is, how deliberate. I was in Gaza for two months; there’s no way to describe the horror of what’s happening. And I say this as a pediatric ICU doctor who sees children die as part of my work. Among our own staff we have doctors and nurses who are trying to treat patients while hungry, exhausted. They’re living in tents. Some of them have lost fifteen, twenty members of their families. In the hospital there are kids maimed by airstrikes: missing arms, missing legs, third degree burns. Often there’s not enough pain medication. But the children are not screaming about the pain, they’re screaming: ‘I’m hungry! I’m hungry!” I hate to only focus on the kids, because nobody should be starving. But the kids, it just haunts you in a different way. When my two months were finished, I didn’t want to leave. It’s a feeling I haven’t experienced in nearly twenty years of humanitarian assignments. But I felt ashamed. Ashamed to leave my Palestinian colleagues, who were some of the most beautiful and compassionate people that I’ve ever met. I was ashamed as an American, as a human being, that we’ve been unable to stop something that is so clearly a genocide. I remember when our bus pulled out of the buffer zone. Out the window on one side I could see Rafah, which was nothing but rubble. On the other side was lush, green Israel. When we exited the gate, the first thing I saw was a group of Israeli soldiers, sitting at a table, eating lunch. I’ve never felt so nauseous seeing a table full of food.”

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Aqsa Durrani is a pediatric doctor and board member of Doctors Without Borders USA, with nearly twenty years of experience in humanitarian projects. During our interview Aqsa repeatedly expressed a desire to center the voices of her Palestinian colleagues. To this end I’ve spent the past week collecting stories from the Palestinian staff of Doctors Without Borders in Gaza. I will be sharing these stories over the next several days. I’m so grateful for the time that these people gave me; they were sleepless, hungry, traumatized, and often working 24-hour shifts. Because of the unreliable internet connection their images are sometimes grainy. Their words, however, will be crystal clear.

[Phillip Russell @3DSisqo]

@rombutans neeeeed this print asap

[🔻 @atlajala]

because landlords, insurance companies, & government officials they have in their pockets always see these situations as an opportunity, not a tragedy. we saw this on a smaller scale after the ghost ship fire (that's why i got evicted). this is the same "logic" on a large scale.

[Phillip Russell @3DSisqo]

@Ramon_N90 @djolder Wow see these available in prints

[sarah hagi @KindaHagi]

i’ll take your word for it

[APWOT @APWOTmag]

APWOT 5 is now LIVE on Kickstarter!!! Featuring our in depth cover story on Vanillaware's Unicorn Overlord with director Takafumi Noma and lead game designer Wataru Nakanishi, the creator of Seaman Yoot Saito, The Donkey Kong 64 team and so much more! Link and thread below!👇🧵🦄

[𝘾𝙤𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙤𝙨 & 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙨 @corridosybandas]

Tú y yo en Diciembre ♥️

[kendra @kendramorous]

lock tf in. get your ass in mutual aid groups. lend your time to meal services. care for people in the way a vote simply never could. advocate for community gardens and libraries. stop betraying community. you don’t get a sticker or gold star. lock in.

[Phillip Russell @3DSisqo]

Truly an unserious country.

[Gerrick Kennedy @GerrickKennedy]

4.5 million people voted to keep slavery legal in California.

[Phillip Russell @3DSisqo]

@madebyabra So excited to see the rest of the work for this piece! I had a lot of fun writing it. Amazing work 😍

[Rolling Stone @RollingStone]

Donald Trump — the twice impeached former president, Jan. 6 coup leader, convicted felon, adjudicated sexual abuser, and man who mismanaged the 2020 economic implosion and coronavirus disaster that killed more than 1 million people in this country — has convinced American voters to give him another term in the White House.

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[Phillip Russell @3DSisqo]

3rd impact hits different when you actually living it while also complicit in making it happen

[austin walker @austin_walker]

Regardless of the outcome at this point, I really hope this outcome ends the idea that Trump's first term was some sort of fluke, that we as a country are 'better than that.' Naive, see-no-evil ass position that self-sabotages the work of building an holsitic alternative vision.

[prance @bocxtop]

regardless of the election’s results it’s obvious this country has gotten way more rightwing especially amongst men and i think a lot of that is what is fed to us online, we have to figure out a way to stop every dude under 35 from turning into crypto hitler

[Addison @addison_l]

🚨HELP NEEDED ASAP🚨

tl;dr I had a last minute cancellation and need someone in the industry to donate an hour of time to talk to high schoolers with disabilities about video games. Ideally about getting into the industry despite challenges they may face. RT appreciated

[Phillip Russell @3DSisqo]

Signal Boost

[Dylan Byers @DylanByers]

Nevada’s secretary of state, seeing high number of rejected ballots in Clark and Washoe, says one of the biggest issues is that the signatures of younger voters don’t always match what’s on their driver’s licenses:

“It’s mostly the fact that young people don’t have signatures these days. And when they did register to vote through the automatic voter registration process, they signed a digital pad at D.M.V., and that became their license signature.”

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