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Cindy Poremba

@cloobot.bsky.social

Experimental gamemaker, captured media superfan, wanderer in forests. OCAD University/kokoromi (she/them)

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Thank you for this. I've been doing similar internal tracking and using it to create reserved calendar blocks, and it has made all the difference for making informed decisions about my time. I truly don't get the intense resistance against tracking your paid work. Mostly, it helps me find time!

11.01.2026 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Academic Work Tracker Template v2.3 (2026)

The Academic Work Tracker spreadsheet is now updated with 2026 dates! If you don't already, 2026 is a great time to start treating your academic work like the wage job where you are paid to work a certain amount of hours that it actually is: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

31.12.2025 02:24 β€” πŸ‘ 94    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 6

So, three things 1) Meagan's work and committment is brilliant, 2) fuck the Globe & Mail for closing comments after accepting and promoting a slew of hateful and ignorant responses, and finally, 3) remember this nonesense? I know we are buried with hateful crap but also, this crap still here...

21.12.2025 23:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Indigenous video games are gaining traction, and this independent studio is at the forefront Hamilton-based Achimostawinan Games is winning fans – and awards – thanks to its specific viewpoint and compelling gameplay

Indigenous video games are gaining traction, and this independent studio is at the forefront

From The Globe and Mail feat. @achimogames.bsky.social

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/sma...

21.12.2025 13:47 β€” πŸ‘ 38    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

While ambivalent about The Beatles legacy, also, thank the fuck god yes yes.

21.12.2025 23:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Please note the following itinerary for Dec 11th:
1) Begin at the DF OPEN Show
2) Proceed by streetcar up Queen St to the Interaccess holiday show
3) ???
4) Put in sad appearance at work Friday

21.11.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Endless Winters by Michael Iantorno A lo-fi ambient hack of EarthBound

Inspired by lo-fi study beats and driven by my desire for peaceful winter ambience, Endless Winters is a simple hack of EarthBound that perpetually pans over a snowy landscape.

Designed for original hardware, it functions as a installation piece that can be quickly installed using a SNES and a CRT.

20.11.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 79    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 5
Open Show 2025 DIGITAL FUTURES OPEN SHOW 2025Β is happening… on Thursday, December 11th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM (TBC) at 205 Richmond Street West inΒ the Graduate Gallery, Experimental Media Space, and rooms 115, 118, 12...

This year the Digital Futures OPEN Show will take place on December 11, 5-8pm at 205 Richmond Street West, Toronto, Canada, as well as online via the website df.show Members of the DF Community (students, faculty, alumni) can submit work here! forms.office.com/r/Q0giqeFVHR

12.11.2025 01:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Moreso, catastrophe is sufficiently profitable.

10.11.2025 23:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

But... I want them!

10.11.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

...Danielle UnΓ©us, Dr Anja Venter, Sam Alfred, Jonathan Hau-Yoon, Hanna Wirman, Ossian Nordgren, Kristofer Vaske, Jennifer Estaris, Hexe Fey, Kara Stone, Ian Garrett, Ben Abraham... and even me!

27.10.2025 16:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Ed by Patrick Prax, Clayton Whittle & Trevon York, with Aric McBay, Dr. eileen mary holowka, Thorsten Busch, Florence Chee, Tanja Sihvonen, Arnaud Fayolle, David Lumb, Valley Lopez, David Harold ten Cate, Vincenzo De Masi, Qinke Di, Siyi Li, Yuhan Song, Stefan Werning...

27.10.2025 16:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Game Needs to Change: Towards Sustainable Game Design This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability. Based on both industry practice and research, the chapters within t...

β€œThe Game Needs to Change - Towards Sustainable Game Design” is now available for pre-order (official release 17th of November)!:
www.routledge.com/The-Game-Nee...
This book shows how games can play their part in addressing climate change and how we can sustainably make games for sustainability.

27.10.2025 16:03 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Hiring Tier II, Canada Research Chair: Future of Design, Research Office - Faculty View job details and apply now

OR, come be a Canada Research Chair (emerging scholar tier): tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/ca...

27.09.2025 21:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Hiring Sessional Instructor: Atelier 0, Faculty of Arts & Science, Fall/Winter 2025-26, Faculty of Arts & Science - Faculty View job details and apply now

Come co-teach Atelier 0 with me! A0 is a first-year introduction to speculative futures, with studio practice across a range of digital technologies. Particularly looking for folks who can introduce students to Touch Designer, or some kind of web scripting. tre.tbe.taleo.net/tre01/ats/ca...

27.09.2025 21:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

She's a beaut.

13.09.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Toronto Blue Jays fans just broke a concerningly huge hot dog-eating record Break out the antacids, because Toronto Blue Jays fans just broke their Loonie Dogs Night hot dog consumption record, gobbling enough glizzies to str…

Honoured to have actively participated in this historic national event: www.blogto.com/sports_play/...

27.08.2025 22:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A local radio commercial just rhymed Toronto with "everything ya wanna," and I feel this is the official word on pronunciation.

27.08.2025 22:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I guess I could double boycott it. Excited about this virtual shadow conference!

07.08.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
CHARLIE ANGUS CALLS FOR GLOBAL BOYCOTT OF USA
YouTube video by Charlie Angus CHARLIE ANGUS CALLS FOR GLOBAL BOYCOTT OF USA

The Canadian boycott is standing up to gangster fascism. Now we need to take the boycott global. I met with elected representatives from across the Americas in Mexico City and delivered this message: we must work across borders to resist the threats of Donald Trump.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7gb...

05.08.2025 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 736    πŸ” 236    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 31

Just once or twice a year work the term "5 hole" into a conversation.

25.07.2025 21:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Consume Me just got delisted in a wave of delistings on itchio. It's a semi-autographical game about disordered eating. It won the grand prize at the most recent IGF awards.

When storefronts start mass bannings, everything is threatened.

24.07.2025 03:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1330    πŸ” 544    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 13

I just wanted somewhere to post my weird gay video games. Why can’t they leave us alone

24.07.2025 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1167    πŸ” 235    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4

YES! I love this so much.

18.07.2025 00:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Apple is delisting Wheels of Aurelia from the App Store, because it's... "obsolete". Our statement:

15.07.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1665    πŸ” 815    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 99

I love the thembot sour!

16.07.2025 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Teal kayak on still lake, cloudy day

Teal kayak on still lake, cloudy day

Took the kayak up to Dad's to paddle around the ponds. Cloudy and tranquil.

08.07.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was thinking the same-- how local communities must come together in response is the real headline.

05.07.2025 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜It’s too late’: David Suzuki says the fight against climate change is lost - iPolitics "We have failed to shift the narrative and we are still caught up in the same legal, economic and political systems," said David Suzuki in an exclusive interview with iPolitics. "For me, what we've go...

www.ipolitics.ca/2025/07/02/i...

04.07.2025 23:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Florida AiR - September 2025 Imaginative Crossroads Art Residency at FLORÌDA September 2025. Florìda invites artists to apply for a residency during September 2025 in the fascinating cultural scene of Genoa, Italy, with the ai...

www.studioflorida.it/air-open-cal...

30.06.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0