@danthurot.bsky.social are you going to review the pocket wingspan?
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I love board games, philosophy, political theory and reading. Once did a PhD about Levinas & Derrida on sovereignty.
Really useful development of the Stuart hall episodes looking at emergence of black theory in the uk. Also loved that one of the male academics had to leave to pick up a kid near the end, feels like a real positive development, thanks @jemgilbert.bsky.social yet again: share.google/HavG0SAUriQl...
Black Theory in Britain
In this episode Jem is joined by Dhanveer Singh Brar and Ashwani Sharma to discuss their 2019 article ‘What is This ‘Black ‘in Black Studies? From Black British Cultural Studies to Blac…
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Yes, most specifically we're just sorting out working with Lewisham and Haringey councils to implement popular asset commissions through which councils facilitate the development of democratic planning infrastructures and public-common partnerships. www.in-abundance.org/reports/popu...
Popular Asset Commissions: Building a Green Democratic Haringey | Bertie Russell, Keir Milburn, Kai Heron
Mar 17, 2026
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@kaiheron.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social I was just wondering if youve had any inkling of a pick up in your public commons partnerships given the recent political changes and suggestions of a redirection...
What are we looking for? 🔹For our exhibition area, we are open to both digital and analogue games. 🔸For our festival programme, we are open to talks (up to 30 minutes, including Q&A) and interactive workshops (up to 2 hours).
We are bringing Hansa Teutonica back to the table tonight. Where does this one rank for y'all? 1900 EDT we go live w/the 5p play-through! Hope y'all join us then! youtube.com/watch?v=d_pDv3BOJvA @tallhousegames.bsky.social @martinfowler.com @shreyinspace.bsky.social @popcpropaganda.bsky.social
Hansa Teutonica (revisited) - 5p Overview, Play-through & Discussion by Heavy Cardboard
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In prep for @buriedgiantstudios.bsky.social sending john company i have been watching @heavycardboard.bsky.social and @colewehrle.bsky.social 's teach and play through. Great details and explanation... and now im 3/4 through there is drama and jeopardy aplenty www.youtube.com/live/mdLx3yn...
John Company 2nd Edition - 4p Teaching & Play-through by Heavy Cardboard
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@danthurot.bsky.social not sure if I've already asked you this... sorry if I have but I cant find it... feel like may have written a review of crossbows and catapults... is 6 a good age for it? Thinknig of getting it for a birthday... i feel like 6 may be the perfect age for it... thoughts?
@jemgilbert.bsky.social have you ever played John company the game? Or you @kmilb.bsky.social ? Something about your shock episode of acfm that I was listening to this morning made me wonder this... probably naomi klein related...
Just been reading an article about the smooth and striated deleuzian notions and how they intersect with play. Then started listening to this interview with @colewehrle.bsky.social from @decisionspace.bsky.social and its a real cross over in how his games really push at the boundaries of ...
@colewehrle.bsky.social just reading "The radical productivity of play" by Nash and Penning and this made me think of some of your writing:
A new #ACFM on Resilience. Nadia Idle, @jemgilbert.bsky.social, and I discuss the use of resilience in neoliberal management speak, the problems with using resilience and collapse as a framing for climate change, and ask if the sense you're part of a wider, ongoing movement can form left resilience.
Are You Resilient Enough to Face the Future?
Can humans and animals can flourish in the ruins of capitalism?
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@danthurot.bsky.social did i notice somewhere that you said you use something like a perspex screen to play some games with? Or have I imagined that?...
@colewehrle.bsky.social Just reading through the Oath: New Foundations combined rulebook and getting excited to play this version. One thing it has me wondering is what happened to the site overlay idea? I seem to remember that from a development post, with ideas like flooding sites (or unflooding..
BBC News - Can you refuse tom work or send your kids to school during a heatwave? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Can you refuse to work or send your kids to school during a heatwave?
As temperatures increase significantly over the next few days, these are your rights.
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Burnham campaign HQ, The moment the result was declared in the Ashton-in-Makerfield by-election, about 3:30 this morning. Podcast about it here (or search for Culture, Power, Politics on any app): culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/06/19/e...
An #ACFM episode reading Walter Benjamin's classic essay The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Giving @jemgilbert, @NotJustYouHere, and I an angle into modern debates around the nature of Fascism, LLMs, NFTs, and how we might democratise art. novaramedia.com/2026/06/07/w...
What Does Fascist Art Look Like? Reading Walter Benjamin
Join our close reading of a foundational text of 20th century media theory.
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In-depth discussion of the history of Black Cultural Studies in Britain and the more recent adoption of US 'Black Critical Thought' by younger scholars, through to the revival of Black Marxism in very recent years. culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/06/06/b...
Black Theory in Britain
In this episode Jem is joined by Dhanveer Singh Brar and Ashwani Sharma to discuss their 2019 article ‘What is This ‘Black ‘in Black Studies? From Black British Cultural Studies to Blac…
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spacebiff.com/2026/06/02/w... @danthurot.bsky.social I love this writing for so much more than board games... it makes me want to play the game, but more than that it goes down the road of showing the power of playing games, and of writing, of going beyond the moment of play and writing and...
A Crack in the World
I wouldn’t wish to inflict board game drama on anybody who wasn’t already saturated in the stuff, so I’ll keep the details sparse, but the past couple of weeks saw a minor authori…
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We produced a report last year looking at different models of localised social control over water services, but it would be perverse to maintain private ownership and rent extraction under these circumstances. www.in-abundance.org/reports/beyo...
Beyond the Public: Experiences in the Social Control of Water | Bertie Russell & Keir Milburn
Jun 26, 2025
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I’ve been working on a solitaire hex and counter war game for several years, and id like to get more outside feedback. The game exists as a rules-enforced html demo with a tutorial. I did all of the artwork by hand (no AI art). Message me if interested in taking a peek at it.
Great podcast on boredom from @jemgilbert.bsky.social @kmilb.bsky.social and nadia idle (is she on here?)... loving that my main experience of boredom is doing housework, which listening to podcasts such as this one whilst doing it totally alleviates that boredom: share.google/BHSATHlfnLwx...
ACFM Trip 58: Boredom
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Don't worry about the elections now - the results aren't even all in yet. Instead, sit back and listen to @profafinlayson.bsky.social and I discuss the relationship between politics and religion. Here, or search for Culture, Power, Politics in a podcast app: culturepowerpolitics.org/2026/05/08/r...
Exploring Religion and Politics in the 21st Century
Join Jeremy Gilbert and Alan Finlayson as they explore the complex relationship between religion and politics in the 21st century.
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Labour leadership saying people want ‘change faster’ is yet another manifestation of nanagerial ‘delivery’ mindset. No. What people want is a narrative that indicates an understanding of what has happened to Britain and a willingness to challenge powerful interests to fix it.
@bbornmueller.bsky.social hi Brian... is there a tts module for the fellowship trick taker? Or if not some other version?
The wonderful thing about this year is that you'll now begin to see our *previous years'* AGS issues populating the new site as we finish the process of adapting them. For example, here is last year's special issue on Queer Analog Game Studies, ready to read: escholarship.org/uc/analoggam...
Analog Game Studies
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@jemgilbert.bsky.social have you watched zack polanski's lecture a nef? feels like a big thing that a leader of a westminster party is explicitly proposing a significant break from thatcherism
Zack Polanski on the Economy | Green Party Vision | New Economics Foundation
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@bbornmueller.bsky.social Just a quick check in solo fellowshiptrick taker do you have to choose the starred characters first as nearest to frodo... or is it just by the end of setup they have to be chosen? I looked on bgg but couldn't find an answer