Be careful about what you post on social media! Your first-ever quote in the New York Times might be the phrase "I'm bummed". www.nytimes.com/2026/10/09/a...
Jonah Ostroff
@ostroffj.bsky.social
Associate Teaching Professor at UW Seattle. Math, puzzles, & public transit.
I'm at a math conference at Great Wolf Lodge (don't ask me why a math conference is at a water park) and I'm devastated to report that the ranch milkshake is not bad.
I completely agree with everything Alan says here: the game seems very cool, but I'm bummed about who Jon Blow has become over the years, and it's unfortunate that he's the face of it.
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
don't think of this as the american experiment failing, think of it as confirmation of the american null hypothesis