I’m not much of a horror movie fan, yet I completely enjoyed ACT’s #ParanormalActivity. Kudos to the production team—the practical effects were well done and the acting was top notch. #theaterbayarea
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🎲 Board game enthusiast 📖 Dungeon master 🤝 Community leader 🌳 Founder Oaklandish Board Gamers 🎭 Performing arts culture vulture
My first #dicetowerwest was an amazing time! I got to game with The Brothers Murph, support indie designers at the Vegas Game Market hosted by tricktaking master Taylor Reiner, and play lots of game with new friends including Punchboard Cathedral and Rolling Reggie.
Breaking: Leah Nanako Winkler's "Thirty-Six," which Shotgun Players produced, has won the 2025 Will Glickman Award for best play to premiere in the Bay Area! CONGRATS to all involved! www.sfchronicle.com/entertainmen...
Leah Nanako Winkler’s ‘Thirty-Six’ wins Will Glickman Award for best new play in Bay Area
The romantic dramedy, which Shotgun Players premiered, gets its title from a 2015 New York Times article headlined “The 36 questions that lead to love.”
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Enough is enough. A new $8.6B Exxon petrochemical plant in Calhoun County would poison air, water & communities already fighting Formosa Plastics’ pollution. My friend Diane Wilson & her neighbors deserve better. grist.org/accountabili...
Exxon is quietly planning a new $8.6 billion plastics plant in Texas
Exxon's proposal for a plastics factory on the Gulf Coast raises alarms for a community already dealing with pollution.
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The #oaklandboardgamers recently hosted a “Spice Must Flow: Dune All Ways, All Day” game day. One table played Dune (the OG one), Dune Imperium base, and then experienced players played 3v3 Dune Uprising x Bloodlines. Which table would you have been at? #boardgames #duneimperium #boardgamer
As habitats and species are lost to climate change, their voices disappear. A new documentary by Masha Karpoukhina tells the story of this loss through firsthand stories and a deep archive of recordings.
“The Last of the Nightingales” Tells the Story of How Soundscapes Change After a Fire
Masha Karpoukhina’s documentary follows a soundscape ecologist who lost everything in a California wildfire.
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Protect this law at all costs ! www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
This obscure law is one reason Trump's agenda keeps losing in court
Lawsuits challenging Trump policies raise big constitutional questions, but they also rely on a law that requires the government to follow the correct procedures when changing course.
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Words of advice from Asli Aydintasbas, a Turkish journalist who “lived through the slow and steady march of state capture during Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s Turkey.” via @robertreichel.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/robertre...
Trump will overplay his hand. Be ready for when he does.
Friends,
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Scenes from the Desert Botanical Garden: it’s my 3rd time here and I always feel invigorated and inspired by the spectacular sunsets and fauna. Also sighted a #spacex rocket streak across the sky. 😑 #phoenix #desertlife
I’m gutted that federally funded programs like this are threatened with the upending of our federal system. I hope conservation work like this finds a way to survive. #nature #conservation @pbs.org youtu.be/EPeT3LMU_BQ?...
Why Crocodiles Are Thriving in the Shadow of A Nuclear Plant
YouTube video by PBS Terra
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I had front row seats to see “The Thing About Jellyfish,” a poignant, dark comedy about a 12-yr old grappling with the recent death of her BFF. The set was amazing—immersive with digital projections, plus aerial work. Check it out at #BerkeleyRep if you can! #theaterbayarea #livetheater
Last night I played: 🗿 Bora Bora by #stefanfeld ⛵️ River of Gold @officedoggames.bsky.social 🐙 Cthulu: Death May Die 💥 Marvel Dice Throne X-Men: Missions @roxley.bsky.social Which would you play? All or just one of these? 😊 #boardgames #boardgameaddict #boardgamenight #boardgamegeek
Marvel Dice Throne X-Men Missions arrived! We played mission 1 - Deadpool, Gambit, Rogue and Psylocke vs Doctor Octopus 🐙 Deadpool had the coolest goodies! #boardgames #boardgamenight @roxley.bsky.social
Have you played SETI yet? @czechgamesedition.bsky.social has succeeded in publishing a highly thematic and strategic game. Love it! #boardgames #boardgamer
This show looks bonkers and I’m here for it. Who else is going? #theaterbayarea #sfbatco #livetheater #worldpremiere
Have you played the new Map 2 pack for Ark Nova? I really enjoyed Caves and upgrading ALL of my action cards. Still lost by 20 points but had a ton of fun! #boardgames @capstone-games.bsky.social
Interesting and timely discussion about the impact of tariffs on the boardgaming hobby. boardgamegeek.com/thread/34531... #boardgames #tariffs
What will be the effect of US tariffs on US and European publishers ? | BGG
I'm not a publisher, and I therefore don't have the figures, but I'm curious at what boardgame publishers think will be the impact of the US 10% tariffs on import from China. I'm also very surprised ...
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My year in board gaming is off to a strong start. What was your most played?
Opening night of Exotic Deadly: Or the MSG Play at the @sfplayhouse.org. Wow! What a crazy, LOL-fun sho. While set in 1999, its themes are so relevant for today’s current political climate with regard to racism, fear, and identity.
Wow, so thrilled for my friend Brendon whose game, We Need to Talk, was reviewed by @danthurot.bsky.social spacebiff.com/2025/01/29/w...
Eternal Sunshine of the Trick-Taking Mind
Once, in high school, I embarrassed myself in front of a crush. Emerging from the school play’s pit orchestra, I was accosted by a friend with a cup of hot cocoa. He grabbed me by the front o…
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