Grace Holdinghaus
@graceholdinghaus.bsky.social
(She/her)
A queer polyamorous board game designer and mother of gremlins.
A queer polyamorous board game designer and mother of gremlins.
Been finally getting back to rock climbing, a love I had to abandon while I lacked funds and a vehicle to support it (and then the pandemic and then the children...oy.)
It feels downright revolutionary to rediscover this. May all of you uncover lost loves and passions this year.
It feels downright revolutionary to rediscover this. May all of you uncover lost loves and passions this year.
November 25, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Been finally getting back to rock climbing, a love I had to abandon while I lacked funds and a vehicle to support it (and then the pandemic and then the children...oy.)
It feels downright revolutionary to rediscover this. May all of you uncover lost loves and passions this year.
It feels downright revolutionary to rediscover this. May all of you uncover lost loves and passions this year.
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Uh Oh! Local writer has literally 5 things they should be working on but instead they've become obsessed with the idea of a 6th
November 22, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Uh Oh! Local writer has literally 5 things they should be working on but instead they've become obsessed with the idea of a 6th
Hey social media, give me non-monogamous fantasy book recommendations. Not hard sci-fi, not love triangles, not something that is gonna make me depressed or have nightmares, just a frikken fiction where characters get to have relationships with more than ONE OTHER PERSON.
November 12, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Hey social media, give me non-monogamous fantasy book recommendations. Not hard sci-fi, not love triangles, not something that is gonna make me depressed or have nightmares, just a frikken fiction where characters get to have relationships with more than ONE OTHER PERSON.
I think a lot about invisible labor and how marginalized communities end up fighting doubly hard against the trend to enjoy the product and overlook the creator behind it.
November 11, 2025 at 6:45 PM
I think a lot about invisible labor and how marginalized communities end up fighting doubly hard against the trend to enjoy the product and overlook the creator behind it.
Tis the season for CRASHING THROUGH THE LEAVES
November 7, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Tis the season for CRASHING THROUGH THE LEAVES
Here I am, being spooky with my board game people! Come watch me play the best board game ever!
www.youtube.com/live/FIOiURA...
www.youtube.com/live/FIOiURA...
Week of Arkham Horror – Part 1
YouTube video by Fantasy Flight Games
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October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Here I am, being spooky with my board game people! Come watch me play the best board game ever!
www.youtube.com/live/FIOiURA...
www.youtube.com/live/FIOiURA...
Important natural entities deserve personhood and therefore legal rights. The Mississipi River should be able to sue corporate polluters and developers on the floodplains.
Do you have any extremely niche, but serious, ethical stances?
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Important natural entities deserve personhood and therefore legal rights. The Mississipi River should be able to sue corporate polluters and developers on the floodplains.
Ranma 1/2 and its views on gender, including its cultural context as written by an openly nonbinary author in a strictly gendered industry...
Wait no
Romance as a genre has a fundamental issue balancing the wish fulfillment of marginalized women with...
Hang on
Country music's sheer diversity...
Wait no
Romance as a genre has a fundamental issue balancing the wish fulfillment of marginalized women with...
Hang on
Country music's sheer diversity...
October 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Ranma 1/2 and its views on gender, including its cultural context as written by an openly nonbinary author in a strictly gendered industry...
Wait no
Romance as a genre has a fundamental issue balancing the wish fulfillment of marginalized women with...
Hang on
Country music's sheer diversity...
Wait no
Romance as a genre has a fundamental issue balancing the wish fulfillment of marginalized women with...
Hang on
Country music's sheer diversity...
Holy shit what a good talk. You know I love games and philosophy, and "are Buddhist monks actually psychopaths" is exactly the kind of unhinged bullshit I miss from college discussions.
The Trolley Problem! A hot philosophical debate.
Who gets spared? Where should you donate? What is "harm?" What would a monk do? W/ Dr. Josh Greene of @givingmultiplier.bsky.social.
Also: neurodivergence & moral decisions, religion + your new fave skeleton.
www.alieward.com/ologies/trol...
Who gets spared? Where should you donate? What is "harm?" What would a monk do? W/ Dr. Josh Greene of @givingmultiplier.bsky.social.
Also: neurodivergence & moral decisions, religion + your new fave skeleton.
www.alieward.com/ologies/trol...
Trolleyology (MORAL DILEMMAS + THE TROLLEY PROBLEM) with Dr. Joshua Greene — alie ward
Train tracks. Split decisions. And a philosophy humdinger worth debating. Dr. Joshua Greene is a Harvard Psychology professor, neuroscientist, and *actual* Trolleyologist. This thought experiment pop...
www.alieward.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Holy shit what a good talk. You know I love games and philosophy, and "are Buddhist monks actually psychopaths" is exactly the kind of unhinged bullshit I miss from college discussions.
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‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
October 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.
WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.
Something I believe really strongly is no one can outlaw or mandate internal experiences. Not only is it futile to try, it is also morally wrong.
September 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Something I believe really strongly is no one can outlaw or mandate internal experiences. Not only is it futile to try, it is also morally wrong.
I still remember the exact meeting I scrambled to in a busy common area when I looked up and quietly realized with my colleagues that we had NO MEN around the table. No men were on the game in any role. It wasn't intentional. It has never happened since.
Update to this chart that I share a lot. Not breaking news: Game design teams are still OVERWHELMINGLY all men. About 7% of the top 500 games have a woman or non-binary person credited as a designer. A 🧵of related charts: (1/6)
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September 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
I still remember the exact meeting I scrambled to in a busy common area when I looked up and quietly realized with my colleagues that we had NO MEN around the table. No men were on the game in any role. It wasn't intentional. It has never happened since.
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happy labor day
September 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
happy labor day
Back on my liberal arts education BS!
🧵 Inspired by Ted Chiang comparing university education to athletic training.
🧵 Inspired by Ted Chiang comparing university education to athletic training.
August 14, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Back on my liberal arts education BS!
🧵 Inspired by Ted Chiang comparing university education to athletic training.
🧵 Inspired by Ted Chiang comparing university education to athletic training.
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Aaaaaaaand it's on the syllabus. I'm still a bit hung up on calling data programmed into an NES cartridge a "material limit" - I think I agree with Jay's point about it, but I do wonder whether there's more to be pulled out of that code being the manifestation of culturally-embedded human decisions.
i wrote an article about that stupid little question i asked a couple weeks ago, why i asked it, and how the answer to the question can be tremendously beneficial for ttrpg designers
possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...
possumcreek.medium.com/does-super-m...
Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules?
Yes! No? Maybe? Why do you care? Why does it matter?
possumcreek.medium.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Aaaaaaaand it's on the syllabus. I'm still a bit hung up on calling data programmed into an NES cartridge a "material limit" - I think I agree with Jay's point about it, but I do wonder whether there's more to be pulled out of that code being the manifestation of culturally-embedded human decisions.
My turn to read to 4-year-olds, and these kids are gonna learn some life lessons!
August 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My turn to read to 4-year-olds, and these kids are gonna learn some life lessons!
Me to me: Wow, I am getting so little done each day. Where do other people get all their productivity?
Hm, well, let's think. Is everyone else doing two loads of laundry and three loads of dishes every day? Is everyone else up at 5 with two toddlers?
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Hm, well, let's think. Is everyone else doing two loads of laundry and three loads of dishes every day? Is everyone else up at 5 with two toddlers?
🤔
July 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Me to me: Wow, I am getting so little done each day. Where do other people get all their productivity?
Hm, well, let's think. Is everyone else doing two loads of laundry and three loads of dishes every day? Is everyone else up at 5 with two toddlers?
🤔
Hm, well, let's think. Is everyone else doing two loads of laundry and three loads of dishes every day? Is everyone else up at 5 with two toddlers?
🤔
Self-medication is a lot like knowing how to hold the door and wiggle the key Just Right to unlock a door because changing the locks is just too much hassle.
July 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Self-medication is a lot like knowing how to hold the door and wiggle the key Just Right to unlock a door because changing the locks is just too much hassle.
Thinking a lot about digital financial transactions, representational currency, and the velocity of money. My hot take (that I'm still in the rabbit hole of fully thinking through) is that velocity of money isn't an argument in favor of cash, but an argument against corporate banking.
July 15, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thinking a lot about digital financial transactions, representational currency, and the velocity of money. My hot take (that I'm still in the rabbit hole of fully thinking through) is that velocity of money isn't an argument in favor of cash, but an argument against corporate banking.
I think part of parenthood is developing strong opinions on the media your children watch - kind of an obsession by proxy - and I'm tipsy enough to share my hot takes on Scooby Doo. 1/
June 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I think part of parenthood is developing strong opinions on the media your children watch - kind of an obsession by proxy - and I'm tipsy enough to share my hot takes on Scooby Doo. 1/
Rainbow fam pool party!
June 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Rainbow fam pool party!
When you hear your spouse calling for the 4-year-old in the backyard, increasing in volume with no response...
But you finally had a chance to sit down with your ice coffee.
But you finally had a chance to sit down with your ice coffee.
ernie from sesame street is wearing a striped shirt and a hat and says `` dude i can t hear you '' .
ALT: ernie from sesame street is wearing a striped shirt and a hat and says `` dude i can t hear you '' .
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June 21, 2025 at 1:09 PM
When you hear your spouse calling for the 4-year-old in the backyard, increasing in volume with no response...
But you finally had a chance to sit down with your ice coffee.
But you finally had a chance to sit down with your ice coffee.
"The average adult eats more sugar than protein, they're neglecting their health, they treat disorders by piling on meds, it's disgusting!"
Uh, how do you think the human body works??
Uh, how do you think the human body works??
May 29, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"The average adult eats more sugar than protein, they're neglecting their health, they treat disorders by piling on meds, it's disgusting!"
Uh, how do you think the human body works??
Uh, how do you think the human body works??
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"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
May 22, 2025 at 9:32 PM
"Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty."
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism