I've created a TSUNAMI of games, stories, jazzy content. My passion arrow tells me to make my pro XP points count. Let's float all boats. Earth is the OG boat.
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NYC area friends & colleagues: I'll be in town on a work-play stint Oct 29-Nov 9!
As always, I'll set up meetings and a creative salon table or two while scouting for projects that need a seasoned freelancer.
Games, media, publishing, education #stem
linkedin.com/in/hoppingfuncr…
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 HELLO NYC retweeted
Criminals must be rejoicing as our law enforcment resources shift from protecting communities from dangerous and greedy individuals to locking up immigrants, kids included.
$2b in 2026 of taxpayer money, "spent without transparency or oversight."
fwd.us/news/287g-task-force-…
WHOA!
Why: "Public officials go around into cities and states and all around the country, and they seek to hide who they are. Very frequently using masks, wearing plain clothes. And they do universally unspeakable things to these communities."
npr.org/2026/10/28/nx-s1-602…
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 HELLO NYC retweeted
I’m sending a sledgehammer message to shipping companies whose tankers are transporting illegal Russian diesel to our ports. Reverse course while there’s still time.
First, read this excellent personal story of a small town cop who helped detain one-tenth of his neighbords to make $$ from ICE, splitting up young families and driving small businesses into the ground.
Then, study a recent report about this program. 1/2
nytimes.com/2026/10/25/magaz…
Criminals must be rejoicing as our law enforcment resources shift from protecting communities from dangerous and greedy individuals to locking up immigrants, kids included.
$2b in 2026 of taxpayer money, "spent without transparency or oversight."
fwd.us/news/287g-task-force-…
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 HELLO NYC retweeted
The murder of an innocent US citizen by a federal government agent—multiple guns shots to the back as he lay prone and restrained on the ground—deserves immediate justice.
What is Todd Blanche hiding? And why is he hiding it from the state of Minnesota?
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 HELLO NYC retweeted
OUR 44th president. Let's finish what he started and guarantee healthcare for every American. 🇺🇸
Nov 4 (Wed): NYC Indie Games social at
@wondervillenyc in Brooklyn.
I'll be there! Join us?
Open to all but limited spaces, RSVP here: luma.com/woda09qx #NYC #gamedev #indiegames
Interview with Mark Kleback, co-owner of Wonderville, about his path to small business ownership in Brooklyn, which started with Death By Audio Arcade, a traveling suite of arcade machines.
gameplayarts.org/mark-klebac…
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 HELLO NYC retweeted
individual, republican-aligned donors spending double that of democrat-aligned donors in us midterms
(polls not reflecting this)
ALT This infographic illustrates the funding sources for the 2026 US midterm elections. It presents a pie chart divided into three segments: $832 million from Democratic-aligned top donors, $1.67 billion from Republican-aligned top donors, and $264 million from special interest or bipartisan top donors. Notable individuals and organizations are depicted with their contributions. Key figures include George Soros, Charles Koch, and Elon Musk. The chart also notes a total contribution of $2.77 billion from the top 50 donors.
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 HELLO NYC retweeted
NYC area friends & colleagues: I'll be in town on a work-play stint Oct 29-Nov 9!
As always, I'll set up meetings and a creative salon table or two while scouting for projects that need a seasoned freelancer.
Games, media, publishing, education #stem
linkedin.com/in/hoppingfuncr…
Nov 5 (5:30 ET): NYU Game Center's Thursday double header, a game playtest open to the public followed by a high-quality craft lecture, also open to the public.
Attend one, or both. For free. I'll be there!
RSVP required to get through security: gamecenter.nyu.edu/event/pla…
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 HELLO NYC retweeted
Oh come on. Can we protect Michiganders instead??
“If he invited me to a public hanging, I’d be on the front row." —Cindy Hyde-Smith, Republican candidate for US Senate from Mississippi.
A state with a "notorious history of lynching."
@BorowitzReport (free to read)
open.substack.com/pub/borowi…
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 HELLO NYC retweeted
Alex Pretti's father: Our son was shot and killed by the government, federal immigration agents, on January 24th, 2026. We learned about his death from the media as we saw him being shot repeatedly in the back after helping a woman from his community. This was not a protest that Alex was at. His hands were in the air, and his face was on the ground when he was executed by ICE agents. We know exactly what our eyes saw. No one from the federal government called us on that day. But they did go on TV to tell lies about Alex. No one has called us since. No one has recanted those lies.
The murder of an innocent US citizen by a federal government agent—multiple guns shots to the back as he lay prone and restrained on the ground—deserves immediate justice.
What is Todd Blanche hiding? And why is he hiding it from the state of Minnesota?
Oh WOW, 20 years of "brain pickings," THIS FRIDAY a livestream I really, really want to see. One of my favorite follows on the interwebs.
(From Saratoga, NY, if you are in the vicinity, link to IRL tickets below)
The Marginalian turns 20 (!) on Friday. I am constellating some of my favorite humans to read some of my favorite passages from books that have most helped me learn how to live. Join us live from Saratoga Springs – details and free livestream at the link: themarginalian.org/live/
So, I re-upped my temp Apple+ for a month and devoured Silo, abandoned Severance S2 (sadly), Ted Lasso forever, and found a new binge: Constellation.
Whoa. Halfway thru S1. Astronauts out of time-space sync, to start (a real thing), great hook.
On board for Slow Horses S6.
Lorri Hopping ✍🏼 🕹️ 🎲 HELLO NYC retweeted
50 stand-out video games created by the #NYC #indiegames community who made our Game-A-Palooza event sparkle, beep, bop, and glow!
An info-packed spreadsheet everyone can embrace:
docs.google.com/spreadsheets…
#NYMakesGames
