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Eddie Clark

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Personal account so expect eclecticism. Law, politics, SFF books, anime, gaming, music. Queer stuff. Day job = Administrative law and public law theory.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · Oct 22

Really feels today like everything is happening so much, so forgive me a #booksky metathread of book rec threads from me in my year on bluesky.

Maybe you'll find something to dive into if you, too, are finding things just a bit much at the moment.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 18m

it's also pretty clearly a hades prototype structurally. Didn't quite get the looping gameplay down. It's still probably my favorite game of theirs. Not their best, but my favourite. And the one I'd love to see tie in fiction'd or TTRPG'd.

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1h

(pyre is not a perfect game; the magic netball gameplay loop is not Supergiant's best. But the character, art, and setting work imo *is* very close to their best. A game a lot of people skipped, unfortunately. Has real emotional resonance)

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1h

I mean, the opening theme song is not subtle about what's going on:

All are not the same
But three shall be as one
Freedom in the flame
The end has just begun
Strands may break alone
But twisted make a braid
Together on their own
The journey shall be made

etc etc

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1h

As we see another successful release in Hades 2 from Supergiant it strikes me their immediate pre hades game (developed largely during the 1st Trump term) was about collective action by outcasts to fight back against a proudly ignorant authoritarian regime lead by a self important celebrity: Pyre.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 5h

on one thing from one very consistent perspective which consistently favours one side of that issue.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 9h

o nooo

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 9h

wait what

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 10h

Watkins already giving herself cover to ignore that in an editorial today; turnout was low so it's not a real mandate. 👀👀👀

Like the non voters are more likely to be old and conservative. Sure, Tracy.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 10h

Tossup on whether soft right old money Vision for Wellington or vitriolic Better Wellington is the bigger loser in terms of reactionary lobby group this time round.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 10h

Just want to note that the local paper in Wellington spent an entire term of council proactively and in many cases irrationally campaigning against any urbanist initiatives whatsoever and the result has been a mayor perhaps slower on it but not opposed & a council table substantially more urbanist.

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Nikki Hessell @nikkihessell.bsky.social · 14h

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Faisal فيصل @faisalhamadah.bsky.social · 16h

Non-ironically my favorite genre of writing these days is a syntactically awkward student paper that is nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on

Sonja Drimmer @sonjadrimmer.bsky.social · 16h

The palpable relief of reading a syntactically awkward student paper nevertheless brimming with ideas they’re trying on after having to consume the stale cardboard generalities of a Chat GPT essay.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 22h

Congrats, Rebecca. Well deserved, you've been an excellent councillor both on policy & constituent stuff.

(now you're back in I'll email you about a crap resurfacing of our street next over the next little while. 😂)

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 22h

I was one of the folks on the other side of the table here; excellent game. Mid weight, lots of systems that interlock cleverly, minimise downtime & mean you always have something to do each turn. Gameplay nicely linked into the theme, too.

Keep an eye out for Shadow Moon Syndicates!

Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 1d

FINALLY got one of J's games to the table ❤️❤️❤️ @3mbg.bsky.social
Hey folks did you know my man is a bloody great game designer because it turns out...

Photo of a very bright cyberpunk board game set up on a table (Shadow Moon Syndicates, published by Arkus Games)

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

basically 2 to 1

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

Western looks reasonably close for 4th? Wouldn't put money on it but non zero chance he gets passed by Joy Gribben on specials.

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve...

(85% counted, so some close races might shift. Also *overwhelmingly* voted to keep the Maori ward; good work, Wellington)

2025 Wellington City elections – progress results

Andrew Little has convincingly won the Wellington mayoralty according to a progress result released this afternoon.

wellington.govt.nz

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

Looks like a slight shift to the left overall in numbers, if not intensity.

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

Other than the mayor, which seems a reasonably foregone conclusion, genuinely uncertain of the parameters of the Council Wellington is going to get.

Could be a slight shift to the left, drift to the centre, or an increase in the hard right bloc.

Still 2 1/2 hours to vote if you want a say!

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

may I ask for one final thing

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

yes!

Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

a close up of a person 's face with a red wall behind them

Alt: Fancy noble woman in a gown pulls on a cestus. Atmosphere of menace is apparent.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

Currently watching an anime where the premise is that the main character saves the world by giving into her compulsion to punch awful men in the face.

That's it. That's the show. All text, all the time and it is magnificent.

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

Get thee to the library/movie theatre/wherever the nearest orange wheely voting bin is stat!

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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 1d

Normal people who seem to by and large have backgrounds and/or expertise related to the public function they want to fulfil.

As you say, a bit alarming that that is quite surprising!

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David Mead @seethingmead.bsky.social · 1d

“Bringing facts to a vibes fight” deserves an entry into 2025 phrase of the year

Absolute genius

UK Constitutional Law Association @ukcla.bsky.social · 3d

Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/10/09/a...

Alan Greene: Bringing facts to a vibes fight: Kayfabe and debates on the UK and the ECHR

It is now 25 years since the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA) entered into force and far from this endurance cementing its legitimacy, the judicial protection of human rights in the UK finds itself in t…

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