@sparklebliss.bsky.social , @emmavphd.bsky.social , Alisha, and I were recently on the New Books Network podcast to talk about Historiographies of Game Studies! Check it out! And huge thanks to Rudolf Thomas Inderst for having us on! newbooksnetwork.com/historiograp...

the trans music archive has announced a residency for 2 trans bands/artists at their recording studio in NY, plus a $1000 stipend www.transmusicarchive.org/residency

just saw a tiktok from a disney adult reading from On Tyranny and asking their followers to cancel their d+ and disney trips omg

Exciting IP tip for these troubled times: If you are going to make a picture of a Disney character carrying a fascist symbol or something, Steamboat Willie is in the public domain.

No demographic loves bumper stickers as much as a Unitarian Universalists.

We're watching Blowout, and there's a scene where Sally's in the hospital and wants to leave and says, "I don't want to be observed" really plaintively, and like, same.

I told a colleague this, and he said, "My problem is finding an arcade."

A free and democratic society cannot silence comedians because the President doesn’t like what they say. This is an attack on free speech and cannot be allowed to stand. All elected officials need to speak up and push back on this undemocratic act.

For many this isn't our first rodeo, but ... the tactics are the tactics of previous rodeos, just now with a more sophisticated and institutionalized apparatus (which isn't too say it isn't more/worse, just ... also familiar).

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Little girls at Aldi decreed my Labubu a "church Labubu" because it has on a fancy dress and "church shoes." <3

If you know anyone who works in higher ed, none of us are ok right now. Like, it is taking 100% of my will power not to walk out of my office and go hide in an arcade for the next 6 hours.

One of my college professors once told us, "look, I am transparent about my politics, because everyone has politics. If I tried to hide them, what I said should still be political, but I would be pretending it wasn't. I think that would be dishonest." I think about that a lot.

I knew which churches teachers belonged to. I absolutely got taught a really warped version of U.S. history, especially with regards to the Civil War. Like ... the idea that teachers politics weren't transparent is silly. It was obvious even in math class.

Grade school principal at public school had us all sing "God Bless the USA" every morning for months. Some teachers would actively pressure us to attend public prayer events. Biology teacher told us some truly bonkers stuff about how condoms don't work (not factual).

ICE is the most disruptive presence in Chicago right now. My kid's public school had to cancel planned outdoor activities because ICE is scaring all the children so badly.

This is the translation. A foreign op is grifting emotional Americans while turning them against each other. That is what is happening.

I read Spanish language news to build my vocabulary and wow was this a hilarious was to learn "alma" heraldodemexico.com.mx/mundo/2025/9...

ICE killed one of our people, and lied about it.

If you are in #Chicago and like arcades, Clawit has a deal up on Groupon. Totally delightful claw machine arcade in Chinatown.

Sometimes someone says they'll pray for me, and I just want to say "No, thank you" because I'm pretty sure the deity they're advocating to isn't one I'd recognize.

*breathe in* I am not a dumpster fire. *breathe out* I am a dumpster phoenix.

The accessible seating at the Salt Shed is so nice. After getting here, I probably would have been ok without it (there are other places to sit, and I get around on but can't stand for extended periods), but I was nervous and this alleviates that. Also, this way I have a seat even if I arrive late.

Oh holy sweet Juno, this is amazing (On the left, click More and then Manage subscriptions.)

The Golden Cobras are live! Come write us a game: www.goldencobra.org?fbclid=IwdGR...

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The Simple Sabotage Field Manual might be a useful reading for Chicagoans ... chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://ia801309.us.archive.org/14/items/Simplesabotage/Simplesabotage.pdf

They are so angry about Chicagoans being decent to people.

I am organizing multiple workshops this week for Chicago activists and organizers as we prepare for a possible military occupation of our city. I am tired but moving fast.

Like, if you want advanced thinking with citations, find my books at your local library.

Wages stagnated in the 1970s and (this is still true!) when women enter professions, pay and working conditions get worse because women are so devalued as workers. This happened in secretarial work, education (including higher ed), medicine, and a number of other fields.

Lol

I am so tired.

In some ways, I think 9-5 highlights how bad "good jobs" (jobs with air conditioning and health insurance, in particular) had gotten by the '80s.

Just saw a KFC ad so weird I thought it was part of the Twisted Metal episode I'm watching.

I just ordered some dresses I've wanted for ages because the brand is shutting down shipping to the U.S. Available worldwide! (Not in America). It's totally fair, but I'm so sad about it. I really love fashion and follow a LOT of indie plus size brands.

I blame all of you for the fact I just felt a need to look up if Charlie Kirk is married. (He is.)

Brandon Johnson's approval ratings have been not great. Trump hates Chicago so much that he's basically creating an ideal situation for Johnson to pop up and tout his major successes OVER and OVER on a national stage, which is ... hilarious?

I feel abt "could AI suffering be real" the way I feel abt object-oriented ontology: Saying "maybe we should think about computers as entities" because you might have to engage with women and gender minorities and Black and brown people like people with independent thoughts and desires is nonsense.

I’ve lost count of the number of reasons people need to take humanities classes, but we can add “mistaking complex programming for humanity” to the pile.

What a beautiful way to do this. Thank you for posting it.

Imagine a Sonic, but pretentious, and with much worse food.

they’re just like us fr

HEY friends: recently seen heaps of "disclosures" from AI companies of the energy cost per question you type into chatbots (most recently from Google)? Presenting per-query 'efficiency' is part of big tech's efforts to hide its extremely real and happening-right-now climate impacts! NEW POST -->>>

Regarding Age verification laws, there's a whole lot of people ignoring the fight against them because a)it's porn and b)it's framed around protecting the children, but that's just the lube to slip it into the public easily. As these laws all pass, ALL sites will be subject to them, so if

It's finally here! archive.org/details/the-... The errata of The Ultimate History of Video Games by Steven Kent. Took me a few years (cough) but its many errors are now compiled for your perusal. I will update this, so let me know of any errors you spot.

My contribution to the "slavery was actually very bad" discourse is that George Washington's false teeth included teeth he had ripped out of the mouths of living people. Imagine the pure evil of that and how normalized that evil was that we don't talk about him like an absolute ghoul at all times.

this is why adult creators are really emphasizing that non-creators be the ones who contact paypal. Of all the paypros, PP is the most likely to act in a retaliatory manner towards individual accounts. If you dont make adult content or youre just a commissioner, you are able to help a LOT

I have lived in major cities since I was 18. Prior to that, I lived in a small town. The most danger I have been in from another human being was the absolute creep who was salutatorian the year above me trying to run me off the road on the highway when I was 16 or 17.