Housemate made sourdough. Tomorrow we will roast a whole chicken. It's hobbit fall time.

Steve Silberman is not here to shout it — so it’s up to all of us. Vaccines don’t cause autism. Neither does Tylenol. (I mean seriously WTF?!?!) The “epidemic” of autism is the result of increased testing, broader definitions, and raised awareness. LOUDER.

I'M DEMOCRATIZING FITNESS i holler as i hit the gas on the forklift, instantly putting a huge hole through the drywall

It's Talk Like a Pirate Day and we were the only ones who made an effort for the @burkebrewing.bsky.social special. Where is your whimsy, Seattle? We did get to pet a bunch of dogs though. My housemate keeps telling me I should do a Smarty Pints... hmm. (Also, Greenwood Cider's Hibiscus Lime = 😋)

Goodnight, friends. It's been an extra hard couple of weeks. Tomorrow, you can start fresh, but tonight? Cut yourself a break. Have a cookie if you want one. Get some rest. Play a game. Read a comic. Laugh with friends. Watch a movie. Knit something. Whatever. I love you.

This bright, airy hallway runs northwards from the living room to the apartment door. Tall, arched entrances lead east and west, and the bath is down a few steps to the southwest.

Anyone want to plan a TTRPG/gaming meet-up with me for #CHI2026? (They suggest at least two co-leads/authors from different organizations.) chi2026.acm.org/authors/meet...

Now that we're past the #CHI2026 deadline, if you've ever been interested in having a session with KidsTeam UW (www.kidsteam.ischool.uw.edu), we still have some open spots for collaborations in the fall. Get in touch with me and we can discuss requirements and parameters.

Well, it's submitted. Will it get in? Who knows, but at least it's done. Fingers crossed exhausted Caroline anonymized correctly and doesn't get desk rejected. (On three this year, leading one that was kicked down the road a bit because I had to rotate the argument in my brain a while.) #CHI2026

Here’s how to disable video autoplay on social media platforms like X, Facebook, and YouTube. Others, like Instagram and TikTok, aren’t as easy.

I took a break to look at the socials and... Well, uhhhh back to #CHI2026 writing.

I got to see so many friends at PAX West while boothing for @foundry10.org! (for those who liked my earrings, they are from www.instagram.com/charlies_cha...) I also got to see the @dispeldice.bsky.social + @mayakern.com collab stuff and I want it so bad (I wore my crystal sword skirt).

hello to everyone else who had no idea how you were supposed to pronounce “foyer” or “hors d'oeuvres” to the point that you heard both of them in real life and didn’t connect them to the words you read in books for years

DYK? You can request for a flat $5 microbatch fee: 🍵 +/- or sub an ingredient in a blend (great for allergies/preferences/mixing things up) 🍵 Change a label to your own name for a tea (great for custom gifts/events) 🍵 Put your tea in pyramid teabags (not teas with common allergens/glitter)

Places I will be in August: - On vacation - Around (but probably not in) WorldCon in Seattle - Play Make Learn Conference - PAX West (probably, need to confirm) Places I will not be: - Gen Con

We got a visit from @seattletimes.com on Monday at KidsTeam. You can try Aayushi Dangol's AI Puzzlers for yourself! @hcde.uw.edu @ischool.uw.edu @juliekientz.bsky.social @jasoncyip.bsky.social

UW researchers Aayushi Dangol and Julie Kientz (HCDE) and Jason Yip (iSchool) created AI Puzzlers—a game to show kids where AI systems still typically and blatantly fail: solving certain reasoning puzzles. www.washington.edu/news/2025/07...

Children often see AI as "magical," but a game developed by UW researchers is hoping to highlight its pitfalls.

Y’all. They used dental floss on mice.... for vaccine delivery!!! Not kidding. This is the type of research that keeps me so excited about science and innovation and why we should not be defunding science. www.science.org/content/arti...

Oh hey @thatsrickperry.bsky.social.

Word problem: If Caroline buys 10 lbs of clementines and 6 lbs of apples, and Jason buys a large amount of other snacks, how soon will Caroline have to go back to the store if there are 18 children at KidsTeam camp, about half of whom descend upon clementines like a horde of locusts?

btw did you know you can subscribe to PBS for only like $5/mo or a $60 one-time for a year donation, and get access to their Passport streaming service? They mail you a little live programming guide and everything, too. The 40-something seasons of NOVA alone are worth it.

Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.

Any friends/mutuals going to the D20 show Sunday? Debating if I want to head down early. (I have something on Monday so no late night hangs for me, alas.)

The gleeful doxing of someone cheating in public is bad even if they are a CEO and even if they are a Coldplay fan. It's bad because this kind of thing is happening to random people on TikTok for such crimes as "sitting silently on a plane" or "being attractive" www.404media.co/the-astronom...

Presenting the BRAND-NEW season - @dimension20.bsky.social On a Bus! 🚌 DM'd by Katie Marovitch, and as players: Aabria Iyengar, Brennan Lee Mulligan, Jasmine Bhullar, and Mark Mercer!

I want a whole episode of @dimension20.bsky.social on a bus. Nay, a 4-episode arc. Please, @gamechangershow.bsky.social. #gamechanger

No kings in this country! ...except a few of the nice people we found walking along the Venice Beach Boardwalk 👑

"Be kind to yourself and hard on the system."

paradox, you say

No streaming. No bingewatching. No social media. If I didn't want to be alone with my thoughts I just read SO MUCH. ... honestly I should get back to that.

I don't know if my housemate finds this as funny as I do but... CC: @gamechangershow.bsky.social @dropout.tv (Luckily most of my work meetings aren't on Mondays so I can be a little flexible.)

Multiple ladies at the art show told me that they liked my outfit (sunhat, long flowy blue dress, blue and white striped linen shirt, matching earrings). "Getting a good grade in [art show outfit], something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve."

When you are feeling weary or despairing, remember that there are people in every corner of the world taking life affirming action in the direction of more justice. The fact that you can't see it all is a comfort because it means there is an excess of positive actions happening all at once. #onwards

there's a really important playtesting phase that a lot of ttrpg designers are scared to wallow in, which is the "this game is 100% unplayable without the designer present" phase

Part of my work that is mine to do is to write about all the things that didn’t work on the road to the stuff that blew up “out of nowhere”

Not modern! Rotisserie chicken is one of the great ancient conveniences! Romans had them! Courtiers at Versailles ordered them!

Every creative activity involves you having to solve problems, learn from solving those problems, and use this experience to solve new problems they encounter. "This reminds me of something I have done before" is how you get better at literally everything.

PRESS RELEASE: A team of scientists from the SETI Institute and the University of California at Davis documented, for the first time, humpback whales producing large bubble rings, like a human smoker blowing smoke rings, during friendly interactions with humans. 🧪

I love the pageantry and warmth of a PhD defense (viva) in the Netherlands, with family, friends and supervisors all participating, robes and hats and shiny necklaces and staff-thumping, a laudatio, etc. A UK viva is a dry piece of bread by comparison.

Hassler urges designers to break out of the “ivory tower” & learn from fields like architecture, journalism, & craft. To move beyond traditional design thinking & collaborate across disciplines to tackle complex, real-world challenges. #DesignThinking #Interdisciplinary #HCID2025 #ChristophHassler

I love how you can tell exactly where someone is in their manuscript from their confrontation with the latest Chicago Manual of Style.

Heading to the @acm-idc.bsky.social‬ IDC Conference next week? Check out the "Innovating Digital Play" panel featuring Executive Director Michael Preston as well as colleagues from LEGO, UNICEF, and The Scratch Foundation on 6/26 at 9:00 GMT. joanganzcooneycenter.org/event/panel-... #IDC2025

Brilliant opening keynote from Yasmin Kafai bringing much needed hope and inspiration #IDC2025

What if we just had the children develop the @acm-idc.bsky.social bylaws? @michael-horn.bsky.social is discussing how children developed community norms in a physics simulation platform (and discussing the challenge of creating IDC bylaws). #IDC2025 #ACMIDC2025

I should be around for the whole conference, but I will definitely be at the Wednesday poster session for #IDC2025! Come say hi and play game prototypes!

Hi there conference goers! The full detailed program for #IDC2025 is out! Go and download your copy, make a list of your must see sessions. You definitely do not want to miss the social program this year! Read more here: idc.acm.org/2025/detaile...

I'm willing to help folks pro bono move from Substack to Buttondown (used them for years). cal.com/jackyalcine/... to schedule time (starting in March)