This is an epic goldmine of information. I love it. First known use of “Actual Play” as a term! History of smells! Slow cooked takes! I’m consistently in awe of the folks out there doing the good work. So inspiring.

Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · 7d ago

I am unbelievably touched that @dropout.tv titled my @dimension20.dropout.tv Adventuring Academy episode “A Duty of Care”

I’m overwhelmed today, but I want to circle back in a while to share the links to everyone & everything I cited. More soon.

I could (and probably will) write many essays on the intersection of gender, humor, expertise, and attention spans that come out of the reception of just this clip. (I am trolling, & it’s impressive how many folks missed that)

Dimension 20@dimension20.dropout.tv · 4d ago

Dr. Friedman's TTRPG hot take 🔥

Those of you who stopped by our booth at Gen Con might've caught a glimpse of the manufacturer prototype copy (MPC) of Dog Eat Dog last week -- and now we have the Princess with a Cursed Sword MPC as well! Check out our Discord server for more pictures of both! discord.gg/CyhV7kk6wG

New free, 32-page tutorial zine: "Rainbow Rolls: How to print with gradient inks!" 🍞🌈🎨 zinebakery.com/homemade/rainbowrolls (yes bread puns) Part of my "Letterpress for all!" series teaching friendly accessible printing craft (series: zinebakery.com/lp4all)

Amanda Wyatt! Visconti@literaturegeek.bsky.social · 2d ago

New free zine done! Will share link once I upload+update ZineBakery.com tomorrow. It's a tutorial for 🌈 "rainbow rolls"—printing gradient ink. Part of the "letterpress for all!" free tutorial zine series I've been publishing to contribute to letterpress accessibility (zinebakery.com/letterpress4...)

Now on NetGalley! #BookSky

Shreya Ila Anasuya - THE POISON PALACE@thresholdrose.bsky.social · 12h ago

Cover reveal for the @littlebrown.bsky.social edition of THE POISON PALACE, about Eka, a poison maiden who is sent to kill Alexander when he invades ancient India. Cover art by the brilliant @micaelaalcaino.bsky.social. Pre-orders: linktr.ee/shreyaila Out January 2027!

I don't actually see any evidence of this? As far as I can tell most academics response to the Wilson piece (those who have seen it at all) was "huh, fair enough - I liked the film tho". I'm guessing this isn't registering because low key calm responses aren't flashy or memorable.

Robert Borden Stan Account@bordenstan.bsky.social · yesterday

If the academy gets pulled into coming out swinging against the biggest adaptation of Homer in probably a couple generations off the back of one prominent scholar deciding to be Reviewer 2 to Nolan's work, it will say, IMO, pretty damning things about academia's ability to foster public engagement.

There is no greater gift a writer can receive than having a draft read generously, carefully, thoroughly, and ruthlessly. I didn’t always know this, didn’t always welcome the fractional laser, the scalpel. Boy do I now.

I don't love the language of "content" (I think it leans into an idealization of productivity that justifies the genAI applications being criticized here) BUT the three minutes or so from 2:55 should speak to anyone involved in creating things with their brains and hands, scholars very much included

Mike Bithell@mikebithell.bsky.social · 15h ago

The specific focus in this video on the way these tools get under your skin and train you to depend on them is an aspect I personally find existentially terrifying. youtu.be/TtvICev9sBE?...

When I was younger, I didn't understand that, but I do now. My recent poem about Fenrir was written while looking through the translations I have on the Poetic Edda and the Prose Edda and finding an interesting tidbit to work with. I had for some reason wanted to talk about Fenrir and Ragnarök.

Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · yesterday

Also becoming a major issue in Alabama, where Doug Jones has called for a moratorium and Tommy Tuberville is embracing data centers; calling concerns about them “bullcrap” and suggesting opponents are being swayed by China. Here’s @annabjournalist.bsky.social on Monday.

Data centers emerge as top Alabama election issue as community concerns grow | Alabama Reflector

Data centers have emerged as a top issue in Alabama’s midterm elections as concerns over public health impacts and a lack of transparency over the multibillion dollar facilities grow among communities...

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Tressie McMillan Cottom@tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 9h ago

I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

I’ve been screening our documentary with organizing communities in the South. So far, the organizers mention data centers first at every single event. From racial justice orgs to old school activists who don’t usually think about tech policy. This has legs.

So excited about this; I kept thinking Erin (and my own research) were wrong that there hadn't been a book on this before..?!

Erin Keane@erinkeane.bsky.social · 9h ago

Some professional news ... I've been spending some time in the archives and am looking forward to having cake at all the events for this book.

The Wisdom of the Universe, by Métis artist Christi Belcourt.

Replace CS with any number of Humanities disciplines here and now perhaps you understand the need for solidarity

Stop Telling Students Computer Science Is Dying (opinion)

The data says otherwise.

insidehighered.com

You will be surprised to learn that I do not believe there is a “moral imperative“ to teach educators about AI.

Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 10h ago

“Teaching educators about AI is a ‘moral imperative’, said Randi Weingarten, the AFT president.” “And without outside funding, it was a choice between taking big tech’s money or doing nothing, she said.”

It's been so great to see how exciting it is for people to work with a graphic designer for the first time: to realize that they can shape the composition of elements on a page, that they can envision form as a critical rhetorical dimension, that they can make their ideas *beautiful* 🥹

Staying in touch! I love that I can reach in my pocket and send words and pictures to friends whenever I'm thinking of them, instead of paying per minute to use a device attached to my wall and hope they're near their wall when I do it. (Mailing things is still fun though!)

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 20h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

When I met Antonio in Germany he gave me, Adrian & @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social snacks I took to with me to my LA field work in AP. Unexpected kindness. I was diligently NOT taking photos when meeting people, so as it turns out this is almost the only photo on my phone from the day I met Brennan.

Antonio Roda Martínez@antonioroda.bsky.social · 19h ago

I spent SUCH a good day with @czamboni.bsky.social ! I am anxious to know more about RPG Roots. And our farewell was amazing. She gave me her game of #MakingHistory of #NicolasProctor when we realized I didn’t ordered to Spain, and she bought another one for her. It was such an act of generosity.

Today is the day the story There Will Come Soft Rain is set. An amazing and heartbreaking work of fiction for our modern age. Read it here:

a wooly man without a face@jojororo.bsky.social · yesterday

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I am still in “opening to training montage” return to lifting. But less delayed onset muscle soreness!

Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · last wk.

What a week to be going back to training after travel and illness. And with bosu ball squats for that additional level of… groundedness in my fragile, laughable humanity. (Some touch grass. I kneel in artificial turf)

This is right.

ACLU@aclu.org · yesterday

BREAKING: We’re suing Texas A&M University’s Board of Regents to challenge their censorship policy that restricts instruction on race, sexual orientation, and gender. Public universities can't ban ideas they don't like.

Like all technology: [a printing-office, loom, tool is] human choice whether evil or good. Critical tech prints, tshirts, stickers should you please: store.wolfproofpress.com/category/luddites-critical-tech

1/ For the last few years, I've been working with Liz Gorinski & folks at @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social as a co-editor on ANDROID IN THE ARCHIVES! We paired 8 authors with faculty at the college to create new stories that @lightspeedmagazine.com will be publishing over the next year.

Android in the Archives Archives - Lightspeed Magazine

The Dartmouth Speculative Fiction Project paired eight faculty-members at Dartmouth College with eight veteran speculative fiction authors. Through design activities, panels, symposia and a mountain l...

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You can/should read Emily Wilson's latest take on the Odyssey, but I'm logging on to convey my hairdresser's reaction. She was AGHAST that Nolan, with his million $ budget, gave Matt Damon ONLY 6 hair extensions. As a result, his hair did not blow around properly, & that ruined the film for her.

What do you mean an expert in their field has to preemptively note a baseline of knowledge? Oh right. Expert is a woman. I have an essay on how I’ve been treated as a female GM. Maybe I’ll dust that off.

Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · yesterday

I continue to document this odd moment of my existence. MOST people ask about the Japanese replay tradition & Records of Lodoss War because of genuine curiosity. I explain scope (I’m telling the history of circulation of audio/visual recordings online) & it’s all good. Others are trying a gotcha.

I continue to document this odd moment of my existence. MOST people ask about the Japanese replay tradition & Records of Lodoss War because of genuine curiosity. I explain scope (I’m telling the history of circulation of audio/visual recordings online) & it’s all good. Others are trying a gotcha.

Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · 4d ago

Late last night I had to update part of my website:

I cited my friend @travisclau.bsky.social on Adventuring Academy as someone who influenced my decision to choose tenderness over kindness (in Austen-tattoo form), and it’s fitting that it’s now the anniversary of his full-length book of poetry, What’s Left is Tender.

Travis Chi Wing Lau (劉志頴)@travisclau.bsky.social · yesterday

My book of poems, What's Left Is Tender, is just over a year old now. Over this year, I've really come to believe in this work and the project of tenderness it attempts to pursue. This pantoum, after many failed drafts, finally arrived, and I realized it was the soul of the collection:

🚨 JOB 🚨 The Department of English and Creative Writing at Hollins University seeks a colleague with specialization in Black studies to teach introductory and advanced literature courses. www.hollins.edu/about-hollin...

Faculty Positions - Hollins University

Invitation to Apply from Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D., Hollins University’s 13th President  In 2020, Hollins University embarked on a bold and necessary plan to ensure all of our students are heard, seen, ...

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The first journal number from #QueerBibliography 2025 is available online, guest edited with the utterly brilliant @ewatson.bsky.social. Thanks to @jilld17.bsky.social and Nadine Kozak for making space so quickly, to anonymous reviewers, our authors, and for Fran Affleck's meticulous copy editing.

System fluency is critical, as @friede.bsky.social notes, not just in ttrpg design, but something we apply to how to design video games and other narrative systems. Great insights:

Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · yesterday

To be clear: If “TTRPGs” in your scholarship, teaching, & outreach start & end with D&D — or even GMed games — that’s a skill issue you need to reconsider. You’re gonna get left behind.