Today we’re posting the prelaunch page for our next game: the second edition of An Infamous Traffic. There is so much to say about this game, and we’ll be talking about it quite a bit in the coming months, but I wanted to provide a little background here. 🧵 www.kickstarter.com/projects/col...
Coming soon: An Infamous Traffic: Second Edition
A new edition of the acclaimed game of cutthroat capitalism in the nineteenth century opium trade.
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I can’t wait for the second edition of An Infamous Traffic to become real; I’ve been waiting for this for years. buriedgiant.com/blog/announc...
"What’s driving me crazy, then, is not the idea that AI exists or that people are using AI. It’s that I have a finite time on this earth that I mostly want to spend interacting with other human beings." On why AI is breaking @jasonkoebler.bsky.social's brain: www.404media.co/your-ai-use-...
Your AI Use Is Breaking My Brain
AI writing is impossible to avoid, is making everything sound the same, and is driving us crazy.
404media.co
69% of users lose money while 1% capture 75% of the profits.
KGM testified that she became addicted to YouTube at age 6 and Instagram at 9... By age 10, she said, she had become depressed and was engaging in self-harm as a result… When she was 13, KGM’s therapist diagnosed her with body dysmorphic disorder and social phobia www.theguardian.com/media/2026/m...
Meta and YouTube designed addictive products that harmed young people, jury finds
Six-week trial including whistleblowers and top executives at Meta and YouTube was first of its kind to go to trial
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At the very moment meme-fied inanity threatens to overwhelm us, some threads of popular culture are moving in the opposite direction. … In a dangerous world, reading, quoting and learning are ways to signal seriousness and curiosity without inviting backlash. www.theguardian.com/fashion/2026...
We are living in a period of political anti-intellectualism. But in pop culture, clever is the new cool
At the very moment Trump’s rambling speeches and meme–fied inanity threaten to overwhelm us, fashion, music and film are moving in the opposite direction
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Children are going to die needlessly from measles. This is madness.
Columbia President with NEW details: 5 DHS agents entered a residency with no warrant. They said they were police looking for a missing kid. Security camera even captures them showing pictures of the "kid." A campus officer asked for a warrant & their boss. They ignored him & took the student.
Trump's DOJ lawsuit against UCLA is a clear-cut case of using fears of antisemitism as a cudgel against institutions of higher education. This fine would lead to massive cuts in research funding, student security, and other resources that would harm everyone, including Jewish students.
Justice Department Sues University of California Over Antisemitism
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A Fifth of American Adults Struggle to Read. Why Are We Failing to Teach Them? (Published Dec. 2022)
Why America Fails Adults Who Struggle to Read
The nation’s approach to adult education has so far neglected to connect the millions of people struggling to read with the programs set up to help them.
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“Until we build an all-powerful but distant God, the agency problem remains. AIs are not capable of directing themselves; most people aren’t either.” Sam Kriss reports from San Francisco on the next generation of AI technologists.
Child’s Play, by Sam Kriss
Tech’s new generation and the end of thinking
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I have watched more & more friends turn to Substack in the past few months. PLEASE DON'T DO THIS! #Substack has well-documented problems with platforming literal Nazis, as well as writers spreading Covid misinformation, anti-vaccine propaganda, & transphobia. Long post here: bit.ly/substacksux
what if we, you know, just tried to avoid using websites that coddle white supremacists for a buck
Substack Still Has A Nazi Problem (And Doesn't Care)
For several years Substack has been accused of coddling white supremacy and fascist ideology for cash. And despite several major scandals and a mass defection of ethical authors, there's little seriou...
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No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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We're in the home stretch - the last four days of our tenth annual sale. It's a small company so we greatly appreciate folks spreading the word. ♥️ If you have any favorites from our catalogue that you want to recommend, reply below.
Amabel Holland@amabel.bsky.social · 10mo agosale's on! hollandspiele.com
My friend @tacomental.bsky.social designed Bagged & Boarded, a great game about collecting comics, that’s currently on Kickstarter and being published by @octoraffegames.bsky.social. If you’re a fan of #boardgames or comics, check it out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/enj...
Bagged & Boarded
Build the most valuable comic collection in this thematic, rummy-inspired, economic worker-placement game
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