Deirdre Coyle
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social
Writing, gaming, witchcraft, goth stuff. Columnist for @Unwinnable.com, editor for a fintech company. This is a Skyrim fan account.
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"We care about money!" is the most honest anyone has ever been on that stage
December 12, 2025 at 2:12 AM
"We care about money!" is the most honest anyone has ever been on that stage
South of Midnight is so good give it more awards
December 12, 2025 at 1:43 AM
South of Midnight is so good give it more awards
okay the target audience for COVEN OF THE CHICKEN FOOT is me specifically
December 12, 2025 at 1:39 AM
okay the target audience for COVEN OF THE CHICKEN FOOT is me specifically
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ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
November 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ℑ𝔫 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔊𝔯𝔦𝔪 𝔇𝔞𝔯𝔨𝔫𝔢𝔰𝔰 𝔬𝔣 𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔉𝔞𝔯 𝔉𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔢, 𝔱𝔥𝔢𝔯𝔢 𝔦𝔰 𝔒𝔫𝔩𝔶 𝔐𝔬𝔦
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Come by the Peacock terrace and get a leaflet, or digitally spread them around online!
December 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Come by the Peacock terrace and get a leaflet, or digitally spread them around online!
hello I’m here to hate-watch the game awards with you all
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 AM
hello I’m here to hate-watch the game awards with you all
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Are you an indie developer with a game that you’d like to promote during the Hard Drive Game Awards?(Dec 12, 7PM ET)
We’d love to talk to you!
The only requirement is a willingness to be silly. 🤪
Send us a DM if you’re interested.
Fundraising for www.pcrf.net
tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
We’d love to talk to you!
The only requirement is a willingness to be silly. 🤪
Send us a DM if you’re interested.
Fundraising for www.pcrf.net
tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
PCRF
The Palestine Children's Relief Fund was established in 1992 by concerned humanitarians in the USA to bring injured and sick children for free medical care they could not get locally
www.pcrf.net
December 3, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Are you an indie developer with a game that you’d like to promote during the Hard Drive Game Awards?(Dec 12, 7PM ET)
We’d love to talk to you!
The only requirement is a willingness to be silly. 🤪
Send us a DM if you’re interested.
Fundraising for www.pcrf.net
tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
We’d love to talk to you!
The only requirement is a willingness to be silly. 🤪
Send us a DM if you’re interested.
Fundraising for www.pcrf.net
tilt.fyi/qKf4ZQh2b0
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Thank you PW. bit.ly/PWSEEINGLIFE
The Stories We Envision: PW Talks with Rodger Kamenetz
The author best known for The Jew in the Lotus is back with a new book, Seeing into the Life of Things, about what it means to bring words to our visions and emotions.
bit.ly
November 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Thank you PW. bit.ly/PWSEEINGLIFE
"The writer is as old as the philosopher and therefore not 'new world' and in this new world of endless scrolling, conspiracy theories, and drooling remakes of franchise flicks, the act of 'thinking' or 'conjuring' is old world magic." open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
Tooth and Naily Fights and Plenty of Laughter
A Writer Couple Conversation about Art, Love and Selfishness
open.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"The writer is as old as the philosopher and therefore not 'new world' and in this new world of endless scrolling, conspiracy theories, and drooling remakes of franchise flicks, the act of 'thinking' or 'conjuring' is old world magic." open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
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I am mildly bemused by the number of people convinced that NYC is a crime-riddled hellscape who are now convinced that a Mamdani win means NYC will become…a crime-riddled hellscape.
(Yes, yes, I know, you don’t need to explain Eco’s rules for fascism, I’m just noting it.)
(Yes, yes, I know, you don’t need to explain Eco’s rules for fascism, I’m just noting it.)
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am mildly bemused by the number of people convinced that NYC is a crime-riddled hellscape who are now convinced that a Mamdani win means NYC will become…a crime-riddled hellscape.
(Yes, yes, I know, you don’t need to explain Eco’s rules for fascism, I’m just noting it.)
(Yes, yes, I know, you don’t need to explain Eco’s rules for fascism, I’m just noting it.)
Had a lovely talk with @rodkam.bsky.social for @publisherswkly.bsky.social about his latest, SEEING INTO THE LIFE OF THINGS. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
The Stories We Envision: PW Talks with Rodger Kamenetz
The author best known for The Jew in the Lotus is back with a new book, Seeing into the Life of Things, about what it means to bring words to our visions and emotions.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Had a lovely talk with @rodkam.bsky.social for @publisherswkly.bsky.social about his latest, SEEING INTO THE LIFE OF THINGS. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
"There’s more value in figuring out what, consciously or not, a game says about the time period it’s set within—and what that might mean for how we imagine our present-day reality." @reidmccarter.bsky.social kotaku.com/ghost-yotei-...
Ghost Of Yotei And Other Historical Games Are Rewriting Old Myths
Ghost of Yotei, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Mafia: The Old Country each, to different degrees, complicate our vision of the past
kotaku.com
November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"There’s more value in figuring out what, consciously or not, a game says about the time period it’s set within—and what that might mean for how we imagine our present-day reality." @reidmccarter.bsky.social kotaku.com/ghost-yotei-...
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The next Governor of Virginia! 🏳️⚧️
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The next Governor of Virginia! 🏳️⚧️
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Mamdani won, and also Cuomo lost
aftermath.site/mamdani-cuomo-...
aftermath.site/mamdani-cuomo-...
November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mamdani won, and also Cuomo lost
aftermath.site/mamdani-cuomo-...
aftermath.site/mamdani-cuomo-...
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ICYMI: "[E]ven if Mildred isn’t a witch, she is wise."
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob's Barrow - Unwinnable
Meet Mildred Walker, better known as Mother Mildred, the local wise woman considered by many to be a witch.
unwinnable.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ICYMI: "[E]ven if Mildred isn’t a witch, she is wise."
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
should I be goth pac-man for halloween
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
should I be goth pac-man for halloween
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"[E]ven if Mildred isn’t a witch, she is wise."
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob's Barrow - Unwinnable
Meet Mildred Walker, better known as Mother Mildred, the local wise woman considered by many to be a witch.
unwinnable.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"[E]ven if Mildred isn’t a witch, she is wise."
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
sometimes I feel nostalgic for the brief time when I was "good at the internet" and then remember that I'm actually nostalgic for being alive pre-2016
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
sometimes I feel nostalgic for the brief time when I was "good at the internet" and then remember that I'm actually nostalgic for being alive pre-2016
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Same and there is no end to my disgust
First of all it is patently evil to refer to people as infectious diseaselike aliens
Secondly from a lore point the UNSC/Covenant *are the invaders.* They're the ones that showed up to a place they didn't belong and did some shit they weren't supposed to
First of all it is patently evil to refer to people as infectious diseaselike aliens
Secondly from a lore point the UNSC/Covenant *are the invaders.* They're the ones that showed up to a place they didn't belong and did some shit they weren't supposed to
I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Same and there is no end to my disgust
First of all it is patently evil to refer to people as infectious diseaselike aliens
Secondly from a lore point the UNSC/Covenant *are the invaders.* They're the ones that showed up to a place they didn't belong and did some shit they weren't supposed to
First of all it is patently evil to refer to people as infectious diseaselike aliens
Secondly from a lore point the UNSC/Covenant *are the invaders.* They're the ones that showed up to a place they didn't belong and did some shit they weren't supposed to
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in honor of Outer Worlds 2, I present my second-ever Bluesky post
are these generic cyberpunk cityscapes, or is Starfield's Neon quite similar to The Outer Worlds' Groundbreaker?
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 AM
in honor of Outer Worlds 2, I present my second-ever Bluesky post
I genuinely don't understand how people have time to. do things?
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I genuinely don't understand how people have time to. do things?
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People who really care about videogames, value people working in the industry, and want a future where people get to have the enjoyment they had, should be looking for full on reform.
We shouldn't ask to trade the MBA robber barons for the fun robber barons we grew up with.
We shouldn't ask to trade the MBA robber barons for the fun robber barons we grew up with.
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
People who really care about videogames, value people working in the industry, and want a future where people get to have the enjoyment they had, should be looking for full on reform.
We shouldn't ask to trade the MBA robber barons for the fun robber barons we grew up with.
We shouldn't ask to trade the MBA robber barons for the fun robber barons we grew up with.
Time to delete my Spotify account. Alternate streaming service recs?
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
Spotify Says ICE Recruitment Ads Don’t Violate Company Policy
In the past few months, a number of artists have moved to take their music down from Spotify. The list includes Massive Attack, Sylvan Esso, and King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, among many others. ...
www.stereogum.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Time to delete my Spotify account. Alternate streaming service recs?
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
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Nintendo Reveals That Kirby Is Angry in American Releases Due to Cost of Insulin
Nintendo Reveals That Kirby Is Angry in American Releases Due to Cost of Insulin
Nintendo of America revealed this demeanor correctly reflects Kirby’s actual anger at the cost of insulin in the United States.
hard-drive.net
October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Nintendo Reveals That Kirby Is Angry in American Releases Due to Cost of Insulin