I'm continuing my slow walk through the alphabet, looking at a few faves for each letter. Next up is O.

We crossed out numbers to try for some mega combos in Super Mega Lucky box, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through. Check out this blog for my thoughts.

Happy #CephalopodWeek! If you were a cephalopod, you’d deserve a fancy name. Using your first initial, last initial, and favorite color, you can make one for yourself! 🐙 Share yours in the comments, and check out our cephalo-bration: buff.ly/mlzthqQ

I'm continuing my slow walk through the alphabet, looking at my game collection and choosing a few favorites for each letter. Next up is N.

Unwound after another stressful day (nothing new, just the constant chaos) with some familiar and comfortable games.

We sought out beautiful landscapes to paint in Sunset Over Water, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through.

I understand legal hesitation and "breech of contract" are real issues to be avoided, and have experienced circling the corporate fucking wagons myself. But you know... how about 10 cents (or more) out of every dollar goes here @czechgames.com www.thetrevorproject.org (or any relevant place)

Lots of games this weekend! The LOOP, Wingspan, Deep Regrets, Dominion, Lost Ruins of Arnak, and Wishland. Whew!

Squeaked out Employee of the Year in the L.A.S.E.R. Centrifuge scenario of The Loop tonight, even though we had two vortexes pop off on the third turn (!!)

Just a reminder to find the light when you can.

Hundreds of scientists are set to take part in the first performance of a new Scottish country dance inspired by the ripples in spacetime whose existence was first theorised by Albert Einstein. More: gla.ac/3ICip4Q #GR24Amaldi16 #GravitationalWaves #Glasgow @uofgravity.bsky.social

What do games like On Tour and Welcome to Dino World have to do with astronomy? I talk about it in my latest video! youtu.be/Ae8T1xK_pgU?...

This may come in handy in about 90 days....

"O! had I the ability, and could I reach the nation’s ear, I would, to-day, pour out a fiery stream of biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke. For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder." - Frederick Douglass July 5, 1852

CALL FOR ACTION! The presidential budget request cuts NASA next year by about 25%. Hardest hit is science, with a 50% cut. Along with other science cuts across the government, this is an extinction-event for science in America. More from the Planetary Society: www.planetary.org/save-nasa-sc...

Got in a little mid-week gaming tonight. It's a much needed break from...well, everything.

Yes every conservative social media site becomes a tropical rainforest of school shooters and Ponzi schemes but did you know that there is a left-wing social media site where people are rude to the nation’s center-right political pundits

If you’re feeling overwhelmed by it all, you’re not imagining things. This moment is heavy. But it is not calling for perfection or a hero. It’s asking us to do simply what we can, where we are, with what we have.  americansofconscience.com/everythings-falling-apart/

Sending love and strength to those for whom Mother's Day is difficult. 💐

Hey I've been busy grading, but that doesn't mean it's not #BlackHoleWeek! Have burning questions about black holes? Join me and some of my colleagues from @ehtelescope.bsky.social for a Reddit AMA, today from 3-5 PM ET (19-21 UTC)!

Celebrating #BlackHoleWeek, some of our scientists are working with the Science Ceilidh #SciComm team to create a binary black hole themed dance. This will be shared with participants at the upcoming #GR24Amaldi16 conference. 📷: @daniel-williams.co.uk @uofgravity.bsky.social

It's #BlackHoleWeek! You might not expect it, but NSF–DOE Rubin Observatory's observations in visible light will help us learn about these dark and mysterious cosmic entities. But how? 🧵 youtu.be/-S__WQO7dMw

Hi new followers! Sorry I don't post much these days, life has been a bit mad since I moved and started my postdoc! But it's still #BlackHoleWeek so here's an old painting:) 🔭🐡

Apparently it's #BlackHoleWeek! Here's a conceptual black hole and our very own Sagittarius A*.🥳 Did you know if you get to close to a black hole you'd be spaghettified?🤭 🧪📷🐡🔭

Did you know that it's #BlackHoleWeek?! 🕳️ In honor of these fascinating cosmic objects, let's do a recap of some #BlackHole news from the past year that you might have missed ⤵️ #ICYMI #ThrowbackThursday #Astronomy #RadioAstronomy

Could you accidentally turn a game box into a black hole? I looked into that a couple years ago for #BlackHoleWeek!

Happy #BlackHoleWeek! To celebrate, we’re releasing the highest-resolution ray-traced still from one of our simulations to date. This skeet has a low res preview. To zoom into the full 43,200 × 21,600 pixel rendering, head to www.black-holes.org/2025/05/07/B... 🧪⚛️🔭

We had to pull out Planet Unknown with the black hole board for #BlackHoleWeek. HAD to!

Roger Penrose proved that black holes could and should form in the universe. The topological picture he used in that proof has become foundational to general relativity. doi.org/10.1063/PT.3... #BlackHoleWeek #Astronomy #Physics #NobelPrize

A couple years ago for #BlackHoleWeek, I looked at the black hole cards in Stellar and found some results they reminded me of.

What is a #BlackHole? 🧐 They are some of the most extreme objects in the universe! 😎 Celebrate #BlackHoleWeek with me. And I have plenty of time to answer black hole questions while I wait for my manicure to dry 💅 📹 NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (IPAC) 📹 NASA, ESA, K. Jackson (NASA-GSFC)

"Black holes are certainly the most mysterious objects in the Universe" What happens when you fall into a black hole? Bartoz Fornal is our guide to crossing the event horizon with illustrations by Nutsinee Kijbunchoo in the latest @ligomagazine.bsky.social ligo.org/wp-content/u... #BlackHoleWeek

@drbecky.bsky.social aims to shrink the gender imbalance in the viewership of her astronomy videos. doi.org/10.1063/pt.w... #BlackHoleWeek ⚛️🔭

How cool is this???

To kick off #BlackHoleWeek, here's a little video I did last year counting down my three fave black holes! youtu.be/BWDc8b_dkrM?...

It was so refreshing to get out and enjoy spring tonight. We checked out the Spring Illuminations at the Maryland Zoo, and it was magical, especially after sunset.

We built up thriving suburban boroughs in Suburbia, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through.

Episode 39: The Let Them Theory The self-help craze sweeping the nation tells you to “let them.” If someone cuts you off in traffic, let them. If your friends are ignoring you, let them. If a popular self-help author plagiarizes your idea and turns it into a book, LET THEM.

A few favorite “M” games Next up in my slow walk through favorite games that start with different letters of the alphabet is "M."

Enjoyed an afternoon of games with my honey this afternoon!

We connected up trade routes to our network in La Strada, the next game in our A-Z game shelf play-through.

One thing everyone should understand is that DOGE has created the least efficient conditions for government I've ever seen. *The working conditions are chaotic. *No clear sense of who works there. *Routine processes have been stopped. *No planning can take place. *People are incredibly demoralized.

Turn anger into action! My Democratic Senators voted "no" on the spending bill. I'm writing to thank them for standing up for America, but also to ask that they demand @schumer.senate.gov's resignation as Senate Minority Leader. We need leaders who have the will and stamina for the fight ahead.

And there it is. Accommodation and acquiescence. Learned helplessness and preemptive surrender. Retreat and complicity. In the midst of an unprecedented assault on the constitutional order, the nominal opposition party fails to use the one key tool in its arsenal to push back. What a disaster.

I had the board-gamer equivalent of the not-studying-for-a-test dream last night. Dreamed that I showed up to do a mass teach of a game, but I couldn't remember the rules, so I set everyone to shuffling their cards while I went off to frantically review them.

Monday cat break.

I'm continuing my alphabetical look at my game shelves with a few favorite games that start with "L" in my collection.

This Sunday, the whole country needs to spring forward from 1939.