So happy to be a part of this amazing open-access collection by @ladylark.bsky.social on design and fandom. I contributed the chapter Sustainable Design: Creating Responsible Products and Services With Fans with helpful tools. 💜 Loved being a part of this! #sustainability #design #fanstudies

Bridging Design and Fandom: Fan Studies and Design Research in Conversation

Fandom studies and design are both relatively young disciplines both of which are familiar with interdisciplinarity, and with co-production and participati

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The creative industries employ more than 2million people, contribute around £130bn annually to the UK economy, or over 5% of GDP, while growing at double the UK average, but sure let’s cut government funding for arts education, that’ll help our ailing economy I’m sure.

Arts Professional@artsprofessional.co.uk · last mo.

Performing and creative arts university courses will no longer receive funding from a government teaching grant as part of “difficult decisions” about spending priorities, Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson has said.

You haven't heard from me in a while because I was massively Pokopia-pilled. This is a cautious warning not to start this game in a busy period or you'll find yourself getting up at six to put in some hours. 🥲

Very interesting new sustainability book! (Open-access!)

Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society@carsoncenter.bsky.social · last mo.

New open-access book by RCC alumna Anna Antonova! Download it on our Environment & Society Profile. #envhum @asantonova.bsky.social

Threw some color over these X-Files drawings

they literally renamed the entire company after this

More Perfect Union@moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Meta is shutting down its VR metaverse on June 15th.

Two weeks left to submit Expressions of Interest if you'd like to join me in guest editing a special issue on Global Disney Fandom #FanStudies

Intellect Books@intellectbooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The International Journal of Disney Studies is planning two exciting special issues and we’re looking to expand our guest editor teams for them! Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/Ef0O50YcKxA

"I am sick to death of this — of the tech industry deciding it can do what it wants without consequences. Everything is a subscription, everything is harder to use and enshittified. Everything is built on something that was stolen or degraded." www.moryan.com/an-open-lett...

Alternative career for PhD ecologists. www.ign.com/articles/the... 🧪🌎🌳🤗

The Pokémon Company Is Actively Recruiting PhD Holders With Backgrounds in Ecology to Work in Tokyo - IGN

The Pokémon Company is actively recruiting PhD holders with backgrounds in ecology to work in Tokyo. This is perhaps the closest chance Pokémon fans have to channel their inner Professor Oak in real l...

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Fandom and events massively contributed to anime's visibility in the US, this article explains automaton-media.com/en/news/anim...

Anime’s massive success in US theaters has more to do with the power of fandoms than the medium itself becoming dominant, according to Japanese filmmaker and journalist - AUTOMATON WEST

Japanese filmmaker and journalist Mirai Konishi talks about anime's recent boom in popularity across US theaters.

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I loved this article, particularly this: "In highlighting the ways some fans endeavour to minimize or avoid contributing to harm, even as they continue to watch to the contest, I do not aim to let people off the hook for more complicit actions, but to show that complicity and resistance coexist"

Zoë Jay@zoecharlottejay.bsky.social · 6mo ago

my article on how #eurovision fans navigate complicity re israel’s participation in the contest is out now in @risjnl.bsky.social relevant if you’re interested in the politics of mega-events, fan consumer practices, and the politics of enjoyment. read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I can't wait to play this demo! Congrats to the team / @joostvervoort.bsky.social for creating such a vibrant, beautiful deckbuilding game! 🤩 #indiegames

vkalsen@kalsen.dk · 6mo ago

All Will Rise Another fun one. Really unique non-combat deckbuilding game, where you try to build a legal case for murder of the local river. Very flavorful and with a cool setting. Looks like it's still early in development, but very promising. 5/5 would wishlist

I know it’s difficult right now, but I insist that you seek and enjoy beautiful things, even if it seems frivolous or irresponsible in the face of overwhelming horror. I want you to feed yourself artistically, spiritually, and literally, because you can’t Do The Work when you’re starving.

The open call for Game Poems Magazine Issue 2 is now live! Game Poems is a *playable* magazine dedicated to exploring the artistic and poetic potential of short-form videogames. If you make small, experimental games, we'd love to see what you create. Learn more at www.gamepoems.com/submit

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'The poorest among us, owning no factories, private jets, or oil rigs, are hardly a glimmer in the rearview mirror of the ultrarich as they race toward emission rates previously unseen by humankind.' futurism.com/scientists-w...

Do you have game tracks that you can listen to for hours? I have a huge list, but this is my fav one if I'm really deep diving into something haha. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkin...

"Dick Gumshoe" - It´s Detective Gumshoe - Ace Attorney OST

YouTube video by Shazam

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Highly recommend scrolling through Entertainment Weekly’s piece on The Bride! for the animated ‘Bride or Die’ cover and accompanying photo shoot 🖤

'The Bride!' stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale dissect Maggie Gyllenhaal's dark love story

'The Bride!' stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale take us inside the making of writer-director Maggie Gyllenhaal's revamped classic in EW's exclusive cover story: 'It's a great, kick-ass, bold, ori...

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GOD a good piece about fic in a mainstream(ish) pub???? "How might we discuss fanfiction's influence on published fiction in a way that acknowledges that we get something out of fanfiction, and its related forms? Can we reach a healthier vision of the relationship between fiction and desire?"

Fanfiction’s Total Cultural Victory | Defector

In 2012, a self-published author of erotic Twilight fanfiction, whose books had gained a large fan base online, was offered a seven-figure contract by a major American publisher. E. L. James’s Fifty S...

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Very sad that this brilliant, funny woman passed away. Forever an icon and inspiration. May she rest in peace 😟

Cult MTL@cultmtl.com · 7mo ago

😞 RIP Catherine O'Hara ♥️

Do you ever wonder about game fandom and different types of fans? I was reflecting a lot on gatekeeping and different play styles lately, thanks to Silksong. I thought I'd bundle my ideas in a blog, and made a typology to go along with it! (Shaw!) #gamestudies nicollelamerichs.com/2026/01/28/s...

Silksong and Difficult Games: A Typology of Game Fandom

Difficult games, such as Dark Souls, Elden Ring, or Silksong, do not always have a good reputation. For a long time, I dared not touch these games myself. They simply seemed to challenging. By the …

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The Hiveworks Artist Guild has released a public statement alleging years of labor abuses, financial mismanagement, and misconduct at Hiveworks at the hands of Xellette “Xel” Velamist and Isabelle “Isa” Melançon. Read their full statement at: cartoonist.coop/hiveworks-gu...

Please take a seat and rest here, weary doomscroller. You've seen enough for today

I hope all the AI boosters understand that they’re training their kids that only chumps do things the hard way—by working diligently and going through the discomfort and hassle of learning and acquiring skills. And also teaching them that a 30% error rate is good enough.

I truly believe that despite the seemingly bottomless evil in our fascist enemies, they are few compared to those who love their community and their neighbors. Most people want peace, want equality and fairness. Most people want to make the world better. And I think we will.

Interesting interview with the hosts of The Greatest Generation podcast. I assume a lot of Trekkies here listen to it already, but if you haven’t, it’s the best and so funny! arstechnica.com/culture/2026...

A decade of Star Trek-themed fart jokes: The Greatest Generation podcast turns 10

How two podcasters turned a Star Trek side project into a full-time career.

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Thinking about that time the My Little Pony comics, of all things, absolutely bodied Scott Adams.

I am here for this!!

Design Room@designroom.site · 7mo ago

Our next big project is live! @lewisgordon.bsky.social spent the past few months tracking down nine people who worked on DICE's innovative 2008 parkour runner.

I thought it was an AI-generated joke at first, but "autism Barbie" hits the shelves soon. And she comes with noise-cancelling headphones (!) I am all in favor of representation, but there is no telltale sign for autism. No, not even that fidget toy you included, Mattel! www.bbc.com/news/article...

'My daughter helped shape new autistic Barbie doll'

An autism advocacy group describes the new toy as a "milestone" in representation.

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Today I reviewed abstracts for a conference that I can't attend, but deeply love. I'm so happy that I said yes and made time for this, when it could have been so easy to decline. It was so inspiring to read the submissions and an honor to review the solid work being done in my field! 💜 #academicsky