GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

Happy New Year, friends!! We're getting ready to start season three of GAF, and we're kicking it off with our second draft of what we're looking forward to! Want to get involved? Tell us what art and media you're looking forward to engaging with this year!

It's Hayao Miyazaki's birthday! Celebrate by running very fast in the countryside after learning something weird has happened to your parents.

Rereading this extraordinary piece, like watching the perfect film, is becoming an annual tradition.

If you’re going to read a holiday story about a magical independent bookstore (which I personally recommend), then it only seems fitting that you buy it from an independent bookstore such as @quailridgebooks.bsky.social that feels quite magical in its own way. quailridgebooks.com/book/9781088...

Started reading Katabasis by @rfkuang.bsky.social and am already hooked two chapters in! Loved her inventive system of magic in Babel and loving it here. app.thestorygraph.com/books/f6d869...

It's November, which means it’s officially Christmas season, so I am legally allowed to share my holiday novella Marley’s Christmas. It tells the story of a bookstore owner who receives a set of A Christmas Carol copies that reveal the past, present, and future of anyone who touches one. Links below

I can think of no better way to spend Halloween than to binge @patrickmchale.bsky.social ‘s autumnal classic and then listen to @jduren9.bsky.social and I gush about it

every single extra inning feels like this

Good news for those who start their Christmas shopping in October: I have a new novella out about a set of magical copies of A Christmas Carol that reveal the past, present, & future of those who come in contact with them. I promise that if you pickup a copy, it won't reveal your secrets to others

Dude the Trade Deadline is wild

I feel you should know that Gorman Thomas had an absurd number of baseball cards in which he was photographed staring contemplatively into the middle distance. 🧵

Beautiful encapsulation of a beautiful show

The Bear and Ironheart purport to be set in Chicago, but I haven't seen a single character wince through a shot of Malört, so I'm skeptical.

This morning in The Bandwagon, I wrote about Clayton Kershaw's pointed rebuke of Pride night, and Josh Hader, who seems to have learned, empathized and changed after his teenage tweets came to light. bandwagon.substack.com/p/36-do-coac...

Loving the Switch 2 so far, but there is one glaring issue that should have received a Day One Patch: No outfits for Cow in #mariokartworld?!?

Just finished the Murderbot Diaries (first 4 novellas) by @marthawells.com and cannot recommend them more. For one thing, they're just immensely imaginative and engaging sci-fi. But also, it was such a refreshing representation of autism, particularly compared to how this is often portrayed in media

For this month’s The Good Art Friends episode, @jduren9.bsky.social & I discussed The River Has Roots by @amalelmohtar.com. Such a lovely and lyrical spin on an old ballad. 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7lex... YouTube: youtu.be/wkw6m5kUwNg?...

This is the face of a guy who just struck out on 3 pitches

You are undoubtedly wondering: What is the Jojo Siwa-Elliott Smith Scale & where does Daredevil fall on it? @jduren9.bsky.social & I discuss just that in our latest episode! 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3KjI... YouTube: youtu.be/QTeEv-lvYTg?...

Yesterday I let the only news I consumed be about the Kristian Campbell extension and the Switch 2 reveal. It was a lovely day. But it did leave me feeling like Troy walking in with pizza when I got caught up today.

New episode of The Good Art Friends is up where I debate with @jduren9.bsky.social, @tgk.bsky.social, and Tyler-who-is-not-on-Bluesky-presumably-because-he-likes-fascism about the best baseball uniforms of all time. Links below.

This season White Lotus has a character choosing between Duke (where his father attended) and UNC (where his mom went). Both parents are awful, so the only logical resolution has to be NC State #GoPack

Listeners: Give us the Princess Bride podcast. The Good Art Friends: We have no Princess Bride podcast. Listeners: Fezzik, tear their arms off. The Good Art Friends: Oh, you mean *this* Princess Bride podcast... Was a pleasure recording this episode with @jduren9.bsky.social

Didn’t realize when I started A Heart that Works by @robdelaney.bsky.social and The Life Impossible by @matthaig.bsky.social that there would be a common theme (and one challenging to process as a parent), but both are heart achingly beautiful so far.

Was thrilled to see the snow! But now I'm ready for Spring and don't want to see another day under 50 until there's Christmas music on the radio again.

Drafted art coming out in 2025 in the latest episode of The Good Art Friends. Movies! Music! Shows! And a surprising amount of dinosaur-related media from @jduren9.bsky.social 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0Vcr... YouTube: youtu.be/jivyKtjbn4E?...

It’s time for the most prestigious award ceremony of the year: The Garts! @jduren9.bsky.social and I share our favorite art of the year in our last episode of the year. 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4um2... YouTube: youtu.be/ma-VegMhRUM?...

New The Good Art Friends episode is up: The Phantom of the Opera! Was a pleasure, as always, talking about good art with my good friend, @jduren9.bsky.social #musicals 🎧 Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/1i6Y... YouTube: youtu.be/oykZ_1kk-rs?...

Gotta recommend (as always) the latest issues of Avengers Academy by @meakoopa.bsky.social. Moving storylines with invigorating action and beautiful art. share.marvel.com/sharing/seri... #marvel

Call me Cumulonimbus, cause I'm now on Bluesky!