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@TheQuinnspiracy …and is approaching synonymity with gynophobia. 2/2

@TheQuinnspiracy I posit that the term “gamer” has passed the point of referring to people who play games. 1/2

RT @hollyrpeete: PLEASE please RT!! Praying for the safe return of Tallon McCrary missing non verbal #autism LA area help us find him! http…

@ellenspertus Sorry wrong email - just use my twitter name at google mail or DM

@ellenspertus I’d be interested whatever part of your story you’d like to share. DM or email (ez2230 - at - google mail)

“The dif­fer­ence is, now we can’t not see it.”

RT “@timbray: In which I consider #gamergate […]: https://t.co/R1V20g2SBo”

I actually like the new “DVD menu” style startup screens in recently purchased movies from iTunes.

@bitprophet yeah next is electrician, if I can get him to answer the phone.

My project this weekend — framing out a new room for my daughter. http://t.co/InWtg2yH8M

RT @cantfakethefunk: Boston Globe journalist gets told he's not seeing the "real" GamerGate, goes to KiA, eviscerates them. http://t.co/DuR…

RT @TheQuinnspiracy: He talks about how his goofy entertaining work is considered "not art" by folks. Games about feelings are considered "…

RT @anildash: And to the few misguided but decent young GGs who tried to be "nice", read this & see how you're being manipulated: https://t…

RT @anildash: Aside from the many women whose harassment we hear about, nearly every woman with a profile on the Internet faces abuse. We c…

She has experienced the typical belittling of female gamers, and wants to start speaking out. Proud of her #StopGamerGate2014

We talked about #gamergate, harassment of women in gaming and more. Eye opening and she wants to talk more #themoreyouknow

Had a great chat with a female gamer at the church picnic today. Knew about @femfreq and @TheQuinnspiracy , but had not followed #gamergate

> So I think I'll try doing the same thing here. In the early days of Waxy.org, before I launched the linkblog, I used to blog short posts constantly. Multiple times a day. Twitter and Waxy Links cannibalized all the smaller posts, and as my reach grew, I started reserving blogging for more "serious" stuff - mostly longer-form research and investigative writing.

> ...I miss the casual spontaneity of it all, and since I'm pretty sure hardly anybody's reading my site again after the death of Google Reader, the pressure's off.

Andy Baio, Middling

RT @AstroKatie: .@sethzenz @seanmcarroll No one says “You don’t love music if you aren’t into scales & dissecting music theory & practicing…

@freebsdgirl LOGICAL FALLACY ALERT: “too much bacon”. PLEASE CORRECT.

If your favorite game treats a whole gender as second (or third, or worse) class, you should be the one pushing for change #gamequality