Gretchen Leigh
@gretchenleigh.zone
middleaged multimedia queer | various video game history + preservation + archaeology projects | software engineer @archive.org | ⬅️🪽 | she/her 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
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Gretchen Leigh
@gretchenleigh.zone
· Nov 12
Welcome new followers! I’m Gretchen, a Bay Area trans woman working as a software engineer at Internet Archive.
This account posts about:
👾 weird video games
📚 libraries, archives, and digital preservation
👩💻computers and programming
🏳️⚧️ trans rights
This account posts about:
👾 weird video games
📚 libraries, archives, and digital preservation
👩💻computers and programming
🏳️⚧️ trans rights
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We have been blessed with high resolution Robbit.
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
We have been blessed with high resolution Robbit.
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The Legend of Xanadu
Source: PC Engine Fan 4.2 (February 1993)
Scan Source: NEC Retro
#retrogaming #pcengine
Source: PC Engine Fan 4.2 (February 1993)
Scan Source: NEC Retro
#retrogaming #pcengine
November 11, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The Legend of Xanadu
Source: PC Engine Fan 4.2 (February 1993)
Scan Source: NEC Retro
#retrogaming #pcengine
Source: PC Engine Fan 4.2 (February 1993)
Scan Source: NEC Retro
#retrogaming #pcengine
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Chords:
- SEGA CD Snatcher-inspired adventure
- Energy-filled OST by @superjetspade.bsky.social
- Gorgeous pixel art by @108stars-pixelart.bsky.social
- A storyline with more twists than SEGA OutRun
- A @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp indie love letter
#MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev
- SEGA CD Snatcher-inspired adventure
- Energy-filled OST by @superjetspade.bsky.social
- Gorgeous pixel art by @108stars-pixelart.bsky.social
- A storyline with more twists than SEGA OutRun
- A @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp indie love letter
#MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev
November 5, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Chords:
- SEGA CD Snatcher-inspired adventure
- Energy-filled OST by @superjetspade.bsky.social
- Gorgeous pixel art by @108stars-pixelart.bsky.social
- A storyline with more twists than SEGA OutRun
- A @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp indie love letter
#MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev
- SEGA CD Snatcher-inspired adventure
- Energy-filled OST by @superjetspade.bsky.social
- Gorgeous pixel art by @108stars-pixelart.bsky.social
- A storyline with more twists than SEGA OutRun
- A @hideokojimaen.bsky.kojimaproductions.jp indie love letter
#MegaDrive #SegaGenesis #IndieDev
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I've been offline all day. Is everything still incredibly stupid
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I've been offline all day. Is everything still incredibly stupid
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In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
November 10, 2025 at 3:18 AM
In a normal democracy, a total collapse of party leadership would result in an no-confidence vote and immediate snap elections to find leaders who can lead
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i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
November 10, 2025 at 12:51 AM
i’m ready for something different than whatever the fuck this is
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Do you think that Chuck Schumer is aware of the Nazi bar analogy
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Do you think that Chuck Schumer is aware of the Nazi bar analogy
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remember tuesday? that was 86 years ago
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 AM
remember tuesday? that was 86 years ago
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The difference between kindness and niceness is that niceness is grounded in cowardice and comfort-seeking while kindness is grounded in justice and embraces discomfort as growth
Pick the right one
Pick the right one
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The difference between kindness and niceness is that niceness is grounded in cowardice and comfort-seeking while kindness is grounded in justice and embraces discomfort as growth
Pick the right one
Pick the right one
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evergreen post
Vibes among House Democrats and activists, "The Senate is the enemy"
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 AM
evergreen post
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Deeply unserious political party
November 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Deeply unserious political party
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Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
Major concession from Democrats here is enhanced ACA funds aren’t extended. Preserving them was Dems’ central demand in this fight. They secured a promise of a vote (which Thune has been offering for weeks), but that could still fail. Even if it passes, Johnson has made no promise of a House vote.
Tentative Senate deal to end shutdown, multiple sources tell me & @frankthorp.bsky.social:
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
—CR through Jan 30
—Approps minibus
—Fully funds SNAP
—Reverses Trump’s shutdown RIFs
—Promise of Senate vote on ACA subsidies by Dec second week (details/outcome uncertain)
—Led by King/Shaheen/Hassan
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Yeah, I'm sorry, but you do not keep the government shut for more than a month and then NOT get a deal on the main item you have been messaging on without completely shifting the blame dynamic.
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Starting tomorrow I'm reviewing the entirety of Twin Peaks — Season 1, Season 2, Fire Walk With Me, The Missing Pieces, The Return — for @popheist.com, a worker-owned site for algorithm-free pop-culture criticism. Subscribe for $7/mo or $70/y & enter a place both wonderful and strange popheist.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Starting tomorrow I'm reviewing the entirety of Twin Peaks — Season 1, Season 2, Fire Walk With Me, The Missing Pieces, The Return — for @popheist.com, a worker-owned site for algorithm-free pop-culture criticism. Subscribe for $7/mo or $70/y & enter a place both wonderful and strange popheist.com
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I now have a scanner again, so here, have an actual scan of the front cover of the Kiki Kaikai arcade manual rather than the photo I used in the blog post (nicole.express/2025/pocky-b...)
November 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
I now have a scanner again, so here, have an actual scan of the front cover of the Kiki Kaikai arcade manual rather than the photo I used in the blog post (nicole.express/2025/pocky-b...)
Do you think that Chuck Schumer is aware of the Nazi bar analogy
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Do you think that Chuck Schumer is aware of the Nazi bar analogy
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November 9, 2025 at 7:01 PM
East Bay is offensively hot today for November.
November 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
East Bay is offensively hot today for November.
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King's Field, but it's in the Backrooms
November 9, 2025 at 5:47 AM
King's Field, but it's in the Backrooms
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Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hard to believe it's already been ten years that Gaming Alexandria has been around. Here's a (late) article about our history, as well as special thanks and small blurbs from others of what Gaming Alexandria has meant to them. Here's to another ten years! www.gamingalexandria.com/wp/2025/11/g...