Brenden

No longer here, get out while you can.
Might be found in other skies

[Alan MacLeod @AlanRMacLeod]

In years to come, students in university departments around the world will be studying the propaganda embedded in this headline.

As someone who regularly lectures in sociology, journalism and media studies, I could teach an entire lesson on the title alone.

For example:

1. Treating the 4 Israeli soldiers as more important than the 23 Palestinian children (by leading the story with their deaths and just chucking in the others at the end) implies their lives are of higher value.

2. Infantilizing active duty soldiers as "teenagers" while not emphasizing the age of the schoolkids, despite many of them being demonstrably younger.

3. The classic use of the passive voice: Israelis are "killed" while Palestinians merely "die".

4. Putting scare quotes around "23 die" subtly undermines the credibility of that claim. Maybe no one died, and the Palestinians are just lying?

5. Using the word "attack" for Hezbollah actions, but choosing a more neutral, clinical word like "strike" for Israeli aggression.

6. Allowing Israeli sources to dictate the framing of the story ("Israel names teenage soldiers") etc.

7. Actually naming the Israeli soldiers, but not doing the same for the far greater number of Palestinians, again sends the message to the reader that Palestinian lives don't matter nearly as much, if at all.

It's truly incredible how much propaganda has been packed into 16 words. We are swimming in an ocean of propaganda. That's why it is crucial to deconstruct it and critically assess everything you read, see and hear.

[Brenden @BrendenCameron]

@cdaviduik Congrats!! Just grabbed a copy

[Brenden @BrendenCameron]

@indigodoyle Hey congrats!

[Raj Patel @Rajio]

In case you're wondering how you can organize "lunch" with your coworkers, its actually a LOT easier than you may think. You can do it now in fact. Especially if you find yourself with fewer to invite out to "lunch".

Others who have gone for "lunch" are VERY happy to advise you

[hube³ @hubecube_]

Hello friends! If we haven't caught up or bumped into each other yet I'll be showing @AstronomicsGame at the @OntarioCreates booth (GDC Play) 12:00 today. Come say hi if you're nearby.

[Down with US Empire... Yankee Go Home @jaybeware]

This is genocide too. I don't know how much starker the contradictions between the forces fighting for justice and the forces fighting for absolute evil could be in these days, but they're pretty fucking stark right now

[Brenden @BrendenCameron]

@Sererena Heh, oh I let her do her thing for a good while; started a new game in another window while she just kept leaning closer

[Brenden @BrendenCameron]

@Sererena f r o g

[Astronomics @AstronomicsGame]

The Astronomics Demo is LIVE as part of Steam's Capitalism & Economy Fest!

This is your chance to explore exciting career opportunities in space exploration and asteroid mining automation. Join the deep space gig economy today!

DEMO 🤖 https://t.co/nRcfTKIhC4

[Astronomics @AstronomicsGame]

Just picked up this urgent contract at the North Pole.

Here's a small announcement gift from us:
🎁The Astronomics Demo will be coming to Steam in January! More on that soon.

Happy Holidays!

[mike cook @mtrc]

It's not too late to sign this and make it count this week. 2600 signatures, almost half the Future Class co-signed. Put your name down and call for change.

[Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières @MSF_canada]

You've seen our call on your feeds and it continues: we need the Canadian government to do everything in it's power to call for an immediate ceasefire in #Gaza.

Stand with us and read our full statement here: https://t.co/EetHBXcH7N

[Brenden @BrendenCameron]

@bombsfall

[Brenden @BrendenCameron]

@VividFoundry Congrats on the launch Tanya!!
I still remember playing the original prototype for this (back when it was first-person perspective), excited to see how it's turned out after all this time!

[Tanya @ vividfoundry.bsky.social @VividFoundry]

Unite the people and ignite the revolution. Hundreds of choices are in your hands.

Your personal is political. Here, we don't leave anyone behind. We cannot.

Solace State is now available on Steam & Xbox.

[Brenden @BrendenCameron]

@BootdiskRev Saaaaaame. My blocklist has grown to a thing of beauty, I feel like losing that might be my last straw here

[Happy @misterbigpants]

Bust our your finest corduroys ...
ENDLIGHT HAS RELEASED!
I repeat ...
ENDLIGHT HAS RELEASED!
(pretend that's a larger font)

I've gone blind and can no longer walk.
My family has disowned me.
So I got off easy.

BUY!
https://t.co/cXh0fkrkjq

Our Trailer (NOT AI generated... yet)