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Riley MacLeod
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Co-founder of Aftermath, a worker-owned site about video games, the internet, and everything that comes after. riley [at] aftermath [dot] site. Previously: Kotaku, Washington Post. Trans; he/him https://aftermath.site/
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Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy.bsky.social · 9h
Scoop: Olivia Nuzzi has written a book during her year in exile, in which she is set to in part address her relationship with RFK Jr. Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/olivia-nuz...
Have I Got Nuzzi For You
Olivia Nuzzi is set to address her relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a forthcoming book, galleys of which are circulating among a select group of readers, Status has learned.
www.status.news
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Rami Ismail (رامي) @ramiismail.com · 11h
Hey look, Israel broke the cease-fire, twice, in two different ways, within 24 hours - again.
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Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net · 17h
NEW: Israel informed the UN it will permit only 300 aid trucks into Gaza daily, not the 600 mandated by the ceasefire it just signed.
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 14h
OK bro
www.axios.com/2025/10/14/b...
Why it matters: A few years ago, Goldberg was focused on scaling his portfolio to take the company public or sell it. Now, he's leaning into BDG's niche brands to grow memberships around social influencers. "We are the next generation influence company," Goldberg says. Zoom in: Core to BDG Media's strategy has been investing in new revenue streams — notably memberships and events — while also cutting back significantly on costs. Roughly 240 people work at the company today. At its peak, it employed 400.
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 17h
oh no that DID freak me out
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 18h
yeah i'm worried it's gonna be bad for my already fucked up wrists and hands but that is a problem predicated on being able to do it at all, which i currently cannot, so!
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 18h
i was just so charmed by all these people telling me about their hobby, my problem is that people do things i don't know how to do and then i'm like "shit *I* want to know how to do that!" and that is how i am currently surrounded by badly-balled yarn and irish language books and a mandolin lol
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 18h
i am doing something wrong in the... transfer of the stitch from one needle to another, i think i am picking it up right but something in the transition is incorrect? i am excited that so many of you knit, i am excited to master this skill and then make lots of...square things i do not need
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 18h
I NEED SO MUCH HELP OH MY GOD i'm actually meeting someone in person today to see if THEY can help, i spent all sunday trying but even though i am doing exactly what the people in the youtube videos are doing, the thing that comes out is... not the right thing but I don't understand why not
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 18h
DO YOU BOTH KNOW HOW TO KNIT
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 18h
i think it's weird that i've seen all these pictures??
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Hugh Ryan @hughryan.bsky.social · 18h
As a memoir in essays, this is a big change. I'm telling my own stories..but also a broader story about changes in queer life around the Millennium: from private to public; disconnected to online; gay and lesbian to queer and trans; AIDS as death sentence to manageable condition (for some) etc.
My Bad
A powerful and hilarious personal history that tells the true story of the queer ’90s and how it transformed queer life in the decades that followed The 19...
www.hachettebookgroup.com
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 19h
The Killing Stone is a folk horror board game where everything is story
aftermath.site/killing-stone-...
The Killing Stone
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 21h
Ah congrats, I'm so pumped for this!
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Matt Leone @mattleone.bsky.social · 21h
Big day! Here's the thing I've been working on for the past few months.
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Design Room @designroom.bsky.social · 21h
🚨🚨🚨

We are live! Welcome to Design Room, a new independent games media site.

• We specialize in oral histories like the Final Fantasy 7 and Street Fighter 2 ones I (@mattleone.bsky.social) did at Polygon
• Our first big story is on Shadow of the Colossus: bit.ly/4hjwz8n
• See more: designroom.site
Design Room
Video game oral histories
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
lol CNN wants to do this too! aftermath.site/cnn-layoffs-...
Everything Old Is New Again - Aftermath
CNN is pivoting to video
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
this is facebook live era shit!
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
I love how "pivot to creators" is the new "pivot to video"
www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...
CNN Tests the Waters With a Creator-Driven Concept
A new team, based in Qatar, will focus on "news-adjacent topics" for a what sounds like a competition-themed weekly show and multiplatform content on "AI, tech, art, culture, sport, and social trends....
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Christopher Wiggins @cwnewser.bsky.social · 1d
Rest in power, Miss Major.

www.advocate.com/news/miss-ma...
Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, activist since Stonewall, has died
The LGBTQ+ community — and particularly the transgender community — has lost an iconic activist.
www.advocate.com
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
An, uh, unfortunate header on the page for this announcement
fenwayhealth.org/press/

(I got care here during grad school, and used to volunteer on their queer crisis line)
Between Expanding Health Care Services, Groundbreaking Research, and Fun and Informative Community Events, There is Always a Lot Going on at Fenway Health. Visit this space regularly to stay informed on the latest happenings at all our locations! You’ll also find our latest press releases and publications for learning and sharing what’s new at Fenway. Changes to Federal Requirements Around Gender-Affirming Care for Patients Under 19 Years of Age Due to a change in federal requirements that went into effect October 1, 2025, Fenway Health is unable to provide medical gender-affirming care (hormones and puberty blockers) for patients under the age of 19. All other care and services for patients of all ages and backgrounds will remain available and unchanged, at this time. This change in position is a response to a shifting federal landscape that requires us to adapt in order to remain compliant, sustainable, and able to provide healthcare, support, and services to all our patients and the community. Fenway Health is a federally qualified health center (FQHC), and we are required to maintain compliance with HRSA regulations. Being an FQHC allows us to continue delivering high-quality comprehensive care for more than 30,000 residents of New England and beyond. Losing this status would challenge our ability to meet the needs of all who rely on us. Our priority through this process, and always, is to center patients by focusing on the health, safety, and continuity of care of those impacted as well as our broader patient population as we navigate these new federal requirements.
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
I haven't found time to squeeze the climbing gym back into my routine and I miss how flexible I used to be, but if the leap I did over a moped that almost hit me while running just now is any indication, it's still in there somewhere

(We were both fine and were both very nice about it)
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
Aftermath is (finally) throwing a party! Come party with us!
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Aftermath @aftermath.site · 1d
We're throwing a party, and you're invited!
aftermath.site/aftermath-part...
The Aftermath Party October 28 TV Eye, 16-47 Weirfield St, Ridgewood Costumes encouraged $10 subscribers $12 non-subscribers Sounds by: Janus Rose, Alien D, Actuator
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
ok i would do that though
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
I have sympathy for typos but this has been up for days
Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming the NYC mayor, The Free Press reports The Free Press spoke to several New York City Police Department officers who are worried about Zohran Mamdani becoming mayor. Olivia Reingold joins CBS News with more. Oct 10, 2025
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
yeah it's pretty neat! I make a lot of things I wouldn't otherwise (like crackers lmao--who the fuck makes their own crackers) because I end up with too much discard (which can also be used to make a new "real" starter, if you want to join this horrible hobby where you have a weird fridge flour pet)
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Riley MacLeod @rcmacleod.bsky.social · 1d
haha no just... luddite shit lmao
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