Was just at a session where we were discussing the line between advocacy and journalism and then two local journalist/founders spoke with passion about the crises in their communities. And the debate is not “advocacy/journalism” but “helping/not.”
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durham, nc. | public media. | big nerd for journalism, music, boardgames, genre fiction, videogames. | online MADC student @ UNC-CH, beware grad school brain worms
Dabbling consistently in a thing with no pretense of achieving actual mastery is such a great grownup joy. Cannot recommend it enough. This thread is “objectively correct” levels of good advice.
Gretchen McCulloch@gretchenmcculloch.com · 7h agoOne of the great joys of my adult life has been realizing that I can just pick up a new skill every so often, take a fun little class in it weekly for a year or two, and simply enjoy meeting people and getting medium proficient and not attempting to become professional in it at all!
taking a moment to say @bradneely.bsky.social is a genius and his work has always been so incredible. i was very excited to learn theres finally a collection of his comics for buckaroos to enjoy. www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808224...
Creased Comics by Brad Neely: 9798896230540 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Hungry bridge trolls, limousine werewolves, and other absurd characters populate these delightfully irreverent gag cartoons from the golden days of webcomics. Beginning at the dawn of the new millenn...
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“I asked ChatGPT, I asked Grok” Yeah well I asked a Halo 3 lobby and they all said you’re a dumb bitch
Yes just me posting even more @chicagoreader.com content chicagoreader.com/city-life/an...
Chicago’s new indie print publications want to highlight today's cultural scene - Chicago Reader
New publications like Gab, Write That Down!, the pub, The Issue, and more are invoking the long history of creating outside mainstream media.
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hypermobility is a stupid condition, you could just be dealing with constant low grade pain and discomfort basically all the time and then you ask a doctor about it and they’re like “huh yeah could be that I guess!”
Been thinking about this all day, so thread for brain dump: I was matched with a thesis committee chair at the end of 2025; the nature of my program is a bit wacky, as it's a part-time remote degree that I just happen to be local to, composed of a cohort of professionals from different contexts...
I am way too powerfully adhd, there's not enough time for all the things I am deeply curious about
This is such a good conversation!
Dr. Emily Friedman@friede.bsky.social · last wk.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.
Play is intrinsically connected to hope, community, and identity. Games are a function of that play that we need in times of darkness. Games ARE political, and have been used as tools of propaganda by colonizers for nearly our entire modern understanding.
BoardGameWire@boardgamewire.bsky.social · 2d agoThe Ukrainian publisher of board games including Catan and Exploding Kittens is fighting for its existence after a Russian missile strike destroyed its warehouse, wiping out its entire stock of about 200,000 games: boardgamewire.com/index.php/20...
There are two Worfs inside of you. Another horrific transporter accident, and yet the technology is still unregulated by Starfleet.
New from Tow: One org requested all syllabuses for 74 courses at UNC Chapel Hill with terms related to DEI. Their mission to “expose and root out corruption in government..." They claim to have filed more than 100,000 FOIA requests and nearly 100 lawsuits since 2022 By @mirandagreen.bsky.social
How a network of pink-slime sites and conservative activists went after campus DEI.
Using FOIA requests and hidden-camera videos, the groups targeted universities, leading to the firing of faculty and staff.
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Guess who has used her walking pad two days in a row ✌🏼 tryna make this a daily thing and also slowly working up/working in other stuff. Maybe eventually I'll get my ass to the Y again on a regular basis
Seeing people's posts about Gencon is reflexively making me mourn that SHUX doesn't happen anymore. I only got to go once, but it felt like the absolute perfect size for me. PAXU was fun but a bit large (and even tho I was masked the whole time, it was the only time I got Covid. In 2023.)
Got this in the mail today. Need to set up a game day for Entropy + Jisogi
I also have the new @cheekface.bsky.social album coming today but I think their distributor uses Amazon for logistics and I hate that we have to privatize mail to not have shit just blatantly disrespected Hope my record comes unscathed
Man, @plusoneexp.bsky.social wrapped these Stonetop books nice and tight and special and the USPS took at as a personal fuckin challenge
Just watched In the Pale Moonlight for the first time and damn ds9 is good Hard to know which direction to go after I finish this - back to TNG, which I caught bits of as a kid, or to Voyager?
Sisko Cheers with a Drink
Alt: Sisko Cheers with a Drink
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one of my favorite covers is the swell season doing Two-Headed Boy, just really explodes a lovely song into a whole universe youtu.be/-EPZQunlky0?...
The Swell Season covers Neutral Milk Hotel
YouTube video by The A.V. Club
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Oh, my God. Nicest guy. Was on the Pogues bill at Carnegie with him. His love of music was palpable, infectious, radiant. I’ve seldom seen a musician as connected to the moment of the song as he was that night, in deep communion with the song & the people playing it. So many felt it. Hard loss.
Stereogum@stereogum.com · last wk.Glen Hansard has died in a motorcycle crash at age 56
HAPPY FLYTRAP TUESDAY! This week, @sesmith.lol writes about the trend of special editions in the publishing industry, book influencers, and why that leaves diverse books out of the market. www.theflytrapmedia.com/a-forest-of-...
A Forest of Special Editions and Influencers
What happens when books become aesthetic objects?
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Welcome to Hater Week, a week of stories examining what it means to be a hater (and a lover), where we'll vent about some of our biggest pet peeves in games and life, and give others space to do the same. aftermath.site/aftermath-site...
