Xyzzy

moron | 23 | lucio otp and caster for @BPL_OW | #ShockTheWorld | he/they | BLM ACAB FREE PALESTINE

[Xyzzy @xyzzy_ow]

the "death" of Overwatch and the recent ejection of key Disco Elysium devs from ZA/UM got me in a writing mood, so here's some loosely organized thoughts on my time with OW, what it means to me, and why I worry about the future of OW2 and games at large #SeeYouOnTheOtherSide

[Xyzzy @xyzzy_ow]

is anyone still here

[Ali A Olomi @aaolomi]

it’s so surreal Ukraine and Gaza are happening at the same time because we get to witness right before our eyes which children’s lives actually matter and which don’t

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has overturned Chevron, a crucial case that made courts defer to the experts in federal agencies about how to apply their own regulations.

In her dissent Kagan writes: "It gives courts the power to make all manner of policy calls"

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has just ruled 6-3 that it is legal to criminalize homelessness.

The Court sided with an Oregon town that made it illegal to camp in public, overturning a decades long precedent that says criminalizing homelessness is cruel and unusual punishment.

[Prison Policy Initiative @PrisonPolicy]

🚨NEW report: The US has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on earth — worse, every single state incarcerates more people per capita than most nations.

How did the ‘land of the free’ get here? 🧵
https://t.co/eueX0I8snY

[Peter Dynes @PGDynes]

Karachi is one giant oven. It's near 50C temperatures stretch the limits of human survivability daily. The ambulance service delivers 30 to 40 bodies to the #Karachi city morgue daily. In the last six days, they have collected 568 bodies, including 141 on Tuesday alone. #Climate

[BreakThrough News @BTnewsroom]

BREAKING: Pro-coup Bolivian troops are chased out of La Paz's central plaza by protesters. It is reported that they've also withdrawn from the presidential palace.

[Ill Will @illwilleditions]

The lesson is clear: rioting, arson, and burning barricades is how you must talk to power today, if you expect to be heard and taken seriously.

This is not an ideological or even normative claim. It is a statement of fact.

[PACBI - BDS movement @PACBI]

BREAKING: After well over 100 artists boycotted @sxsw over its complicity in Israel's genocide and underlying settler-colonial apartheid regime, the major industry showcase festival has dropped its partnerships with the US military and arms companies.

https://t.co/LFeuLhsAFb

[rax ‘levon honkers’ king @RaxKingIsDead]

hahahahaha this sucks man

[AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC]

Columbia University will now mandate that all new students and faculty go through an orientation that states anti-Zionism is antisemitism.

The plan, which was not announced in any direct communications by Columbia, was revealed by an Israeli newspaper article. - @theintercept

[Will 🦥 Menaker @willmenaker]

I've never seen these guys posing with a Qassam sniper rifle or RPG, all the "trophies" IDF soldiers keep displaying to show off their victories are like wheelchairs, children's toys, and women's underwear. That should tell you something.

[Xyzzy @xyzzy_ow]

@applevelvets WOOOOOOOOOO

[BDS movement @BDSmovement]

#BDS pressure works! Tech giant @Intel has halted construction of a new $25 billion factory in Israel, according to Israeli financial media sources.

Intel still remains deeply complicit in feeding Israel’s genocidal war chest, so let’s escalate our #BoycottIntel campaign!

[Infield Fly Girl @infieldflygrl]

Linda Tirado was shot in the eye with "nonlethal ammunition" while working as a journalist during the Floyd protests. The resulting traumatic brain injury to her left frontal lobe has caused her body to forget how to operate her organs. She's dying, and that cop killed her.

[grace @grace_eliz1]

in denver, $500k could pay for:

- yearly salary for 8 rec center employees
- a new sidewalk for up to ~15-20 blocks
- ~2.5k bike racks
- ~260 ADA compliant ramps
- ~18 raised high-vis crosswalks

bloated police budgets make our streets unequivocally less safe. and yet but still