Last call to jump into the March Xmas (the holiday-song-themed tourney running THIS DECEMBER) lottery for this year's @marchxness.bsky.social. We will begin drawing #s tomorrow: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

March XMAS (December 2026) lottery entry form

Hey there, writers! March Xness is happy to announce the next year's tournament theme which is...a bit of a twist. Welcome to March XMAS, the tournament of Xmas and other winter seasonal songs (yes,...

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This is a historic moment for the Video Game Soda Machine Project. Across 37 years and 50+ games, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles battled through sewers and streets without encountering a single soda machine. Until now. Feast your eyes on the Pond Cola machine from TMNT: Shredder's Revenge.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge

This is a historic moment for The Video Game Soda Machine Project, folks. Across 37 years and 50+ games, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have battled through sewers, streets, and even the space-time ...

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Not only does this entry make history, but it's also the 3,400th soda machine archived at the Video Game Soda Machine Project. Believe it or not, the site will celebrate its tenth anniversary next month.

The Video Game Soda Machine Project

Obsessively Cataloging Video Game "Pop" Culture

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Hmmm ok made another, this one's for the OG Tucsonans only: tucsonessayclub.org/product/tucs...

Join us 8/1 5-7pm at Slow Body Brewing to celebrate our first birthday! No need to RSVP but if you want a reminder, please do. There will be cake also. www.eventbrite.com/e/tucson-ess...

microsoft is in full damage control mode following last week's layoffs. its main strategy so far? namedrop sequels to popular series at every turn. but despite what execs like asha sharma might want you to think, those series were made by people, and now they'll never be the same

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Fallout didn't make itself aftermath.site/fallout-5-beth...

Care to contribute to Essay Daily's L*STS project (lists, lasts, losts, lusts, etc.)? Details: www.essaydaily.org/p/lsts-essay...

Sending out congrats to @zoebossiere.bsky.social on taking over from the legendary @dintywmoore.bsky.social as EIC of Brevity. Good work by both of these writers/editors, and I have full confidence in the future of the oldest still-publishing online journal: brevity.wordpress.com/2026/07/01/b...

Dinty W. Moore Steps Down as Editor for Brevity Magazine

To our readers & contributors, After 29 years as Brevity magazine’s lead editor, I am stepping down to devote more time to painting, tai chi, and tending to my garden. Starting today, our manag…

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in england, they don't say i'll kick your ass, they say i'll see you on the

Tonight at Tucson Small Business Center (600 S. Meyer, a few blocks from 5 points) at 7pm it's WORK TALKS 3 featuring Maya Bernstein-Schalet, Simmons Buntin, Christian Moher, and Athena Monson talking about Glofish, The Sphere, Logan's Run, and Outer Wilds. Come and join us!

Just published an essay and conversation with @simmonsbuntin.bsky.social of @terrainorg.bsky.social for @tucsonessayclub.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/tucsones...

Many times are but this one is not, I agree

There are only 2 remaining objects / essays / poems for sale as part of the Significant Objects 2026 Season One: Conductor's Baton by Dorian Rolston and Magnifying Glass. Check them out here before they're sold (2 days or so left on each): www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?i...

Catching up on the Bricks & Minifigs insanity. This is probably the craziest story of its kind since the mess with Honey. kotaku.com/youtuber-sta...

YouTuber Raided By Police In Attempt To Rescue LEGO Collection

YouTuber Reckless Ben is hoping to recover $200,000 worth of Star Wars LEGO sets allegedly stolen by a toy chain in a consignment deal gone wrong

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Found a mix from 2010

Next up in Tucson Essay Movie Club it's 1996's THE BIRDCAGE as selected and introduced by @raquefella.bsky.social. Join us Sunday 5/24 social @ 7, essay & a movie @ 8

Let's go it's Matthew Morris's Plush Carrot Keychain, one of our last in this season of Significant Objects 2026: www.ebay.com/itm/26766394...

Plush Carrot Keychain (Significant Objects 2026) by Matthew Morris | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Plush Carrot Keychain (Significant Objects 2026) by Matthew Morris at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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45 minutes left to bid for this fantastic Mrs Claus Troll Doll + story by Megan Culhane Galbraith: www.ebay.com/itm/26765634...

This website shows you what your browser is leaking about you. sinceyouarrived.world/taken

taken.

A web page that tells you what your browser gave away the moment you arrived. No login, no form, no permission. Most pages do this. None of them tell you.

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Let's go it's Matthew Morris's Plush Carrot Keychain, one of our last in this season of Significant Objects 2026: www.ebay.com/itm/26766394...

Plush Carrot Keychain (Significant Objects 2026) by Matthew Morris | eBay

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Plush Carrot Keychain (Significant Objects 2026) by Matthew Morris at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

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OK. It's now up to $125 for a Post-It with a doodle on it. Will it be a GLORIOUS doodle? yes! Will it be worth $125 of this anonymous person's money? idk! probably not! we can call it a day. please stop bidding. (the market value of a single post it is $0.001) new.biddingowl.com/item/persona...

Personalized post-it note portrait from author Juan Martinez

Bid on this exclusive donation from author and StoryStudio Core faculty member Juan Martinez! The winner of this auction will receive a personalized

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Juan Martinez@fulmerford.com · 3mo ago

Storyball is tonight! And the auction ends tonight! It's at $75--a lot, for a Post-it! But could we get it to go... over $100? It's for a good cause, and I promise you I will draw you with so many eyeballs (and/or a beak and a hat). new.biddingowl.com/item/persona...

One more Significant Object 2026, Magnifying Glass by Valyntina Grenier: www.ebay.com/itm/26766220...

Only a couple more objects + stories to go in Season One of Significant Objects 2026. This one's Conductor's Baton by Dorian Rolston: www.ebay.com/itm/26766162...

I contacted Judy Polumbaum, the daughter of photographer Ted, about this Significant Object 2026, and she offered some more context for the photo in the broken frame, which you can find and read about and bid on here: www.ebay.com/itm/26765634...

And this might be my favorite Significant Object 2026 so far: Bust/Mask of Bear Bryant by Katie Jean Shinkle (roll tide): www.ebay.com/itm/26765633...

Well well well we collected the first 45 objects + stories in the Significant Objects 2026 project into a book that will release in a week and a half. 240pp, full color, 45 objects and the stories of their lives. If you want to grab one, it's $30 shipped media mail: thediagram.com/merch/produc...

A super interesting Significant Object: Photograph of Jackie Kennedy in a Broken Frame by Avery Gregurich (this photo is a reproduction of an original photo by Ted Polumbaum printed by his daughter for a posthumous collection of his photos): www.ebay.com/itm/26765634...

Photograph of Jackie Kennedy (Significant Objects 2026) by Avery Gregurich | eBay

Avery Gregurich lives and writes in eastern Iowa, and organizes The Out Of Towners Reading Series. This is part of the Significant Objects 2026 project, which you can read more abouton the Significant Objects 2026 website.

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WILD ARMS - Sealed Library 🗺️ everyone has a moment when they need to reference worldbuilding lore from the PS1 JRPG wild arms. but who wants to spend 15 minutes starting a new game and getting Cecila to the sealed library? few. WITH THIS MAP, you still will have to, but peep this book catalog! (1/2)

Okay so I realized it would be a good idea to have a separate substack to follow the Significant Objects 2026 project, so if you'd like to receive news of new objects + stories etc, here you go (bonus photo of Guy Diamond, adopted from the Hermitage Cat Shelter): open.substack.com/pub/signific...

New Objects This Week

Objects + Stories by Aidan Murray, Christian and Eliza Moher, Timothy Dyke, Caitlin Horrocks, Megan Culhane Galbraith, Avery Gregurich, and Katie Jean Shinkle

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