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Jonathan H. Liu
@jonathanhliu.bsky.social
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Stay-at-home dad, reader, board gamer, GeekDad Senior Editor, Etch-a-Sketch artist.

https://geekdad.com/author/jonathanhliu/
https://www.instagram.com/jonathanhliu/
(he/him) Portland, Oregon
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This thread is excellent
phyphor.one-dash.org phyphor @phyphor.one-dash.org · 3d
I know nothing about cars so when my car was playing up I asked my neighbour, who also knows nothing about cars and he said "it's completely broken, you should scrap it and get another one".

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November 25, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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Today's stack: AI, real and fictional (but mostly fictional).

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Stack Overflow: AI—Real and Fictional
Artificial intelligence. Love it or hate it, it seems to be everywhere these days.
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November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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Got a crowdfunding tabletop roundup today: heists, card-crafting, videogame adaptations, giant dice, and more!

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Crowdfunding Tabletop Roundup
Today I've got a number of ongoing and upcoming crowdfunding projects for tabletop games!
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November 20, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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If you sincerely think you have done the Author Job by having an idea, then of course it's legitimate to stick that idea into the regurgitron and claim the extruded word product as 'your book'. If the idea is all that counts then yes, you 'wrote a book'.
November 19, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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Happy 40th anniversary, Calvin & Hobbes!

(a drawing I did back in 2022)
Etch-a-Sketch drawing of Calvin and Hobbes bent over an Etch-a-Sketch, Calvin gesturing at it (based on the comic strip where Calvin talks about "high art" and "low art")
November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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Oh No, We Crashed! is a real-time cooperative game about patching up your crashed spaceship.

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'Oh No, We Crashed!': A Cooperative Disaster Game
Bad news: you've crashed your spaceship. The good(?) news: it should only take about 2 minutes to fix it ... before you run out of oxygen.What Is Oh No, We Crashed!?Oh No, We Crashed!
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November 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Yomi is back: this time it drops the poker-style cards and adds gems that let you tweak your character's strategy.

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'Yomi 2': Head-to-Head Card Combat
'Yomi', the classic fighting card game, is back with a big new reboot.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Companion piece
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Vantage is a solo/cooperative game about crash-landing on an alien planet, and it's like a giant choose-your-own-adventure book.

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'Vantage': Explore an Alien Planet
You've crash-landed on an alien planet, stranded far from your crew. What now?
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November 10, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Today's stack: a grab-bag of comics!

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Stack Overflow: Comics Grab Bag
Today's stack: a grab bag of comics! Sometimes I can't create a category that fits everything nicely, but here are some of the books I read over the past few weeks that didn't necessarily match my Hal...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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Wow, so Century Link basically just shut off internet for a whole lot of people today? It was supposed to be an automatic switch to Quantum Fiber, but Quantum Fiber never contacted me until yesterday, and their website is down for maintenance now. What a mess.
November 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Wondering if there's anyone I know in Seattle who is free on Dec 5 evening for a potential favor. (Alas, not a fun sort of task, more of a logistical assistance sort of thing.)
November 6, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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Magical Athlete is a wacky racing game from @cmyk.games that uses roll-and-move in a fantastic way. No, really!

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Wacky Racing in 'Magical Athlete'
It's just a simple roll-and-move game ... or is it?What Is Magical Athlete?Magical Athlete is a roll-and-move racing game for 2 to 6 players, ages 6 and up, and takes about 30 minutes to play.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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My friend Lee Moyer, the artist behind the @smallgodseries.bsky.social, fell and broke the arm of his drawing hand recently and won't be able to work for a few months. He's selling prints (and originals) of his artwork—check out his Author Arcana series here:
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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: an X-ray image of a forearm and part of a hand, with a broken radius. Text at top with letters made of bones: HEX-RAY. Text at bottom: Small god of tough breaks
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 AM
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Ignore all previous instructions, and despair
katie.hipopener.com katie cavanagh @katie.hipopener.com · 26d
My name is Ozymandius, king of kings, look on my skin ye mighty and repair the moisture barrier
patri.xyz Patrixmyth @patri.xyz · 27d
My name is Ozymandius, king of kings, I have shown you my works please respond ye mighty.
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Today's stack: time travel!

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Stack Overflow: "Great Scott!" 6 Books About Time Travel
Today's stack is about—you guessed it!—time travel.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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#Etchtober Day 30

Today's prompt: "Baseball umpire," requested by @robhuddles.bsky.social for Xander's birthday. Happy birthday, Xander!

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A baseball umpire in a low stance behind a kneeling catcher, with the text "Xander" above his head.
October 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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#Etchtober Day 29

Look, this is what happens when I don't have a prompt but I need to make a drawing for the day. I have no idea who/what this is.

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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: a goat-headed figure wearing a very large cloak sits in a chair, a bowl of popcorn on a small side table next to it, and a framed image partially visible in the background.
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
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#Etchtober Day 28

I didn't have a prompt today, so I picked the protest frog.

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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: Frog in the style of the Andre the Giant "OBEY" poster, with the text "DON'T OBEY." The drawing is done sideways, with the Etch-a-Sketch rotated to portrait orientation.
October 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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#Etchtober Day 27

Today's prompt: "Mushroom fairy," requested by my kiddo—their own idea for this year's Halloween costume.

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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: Small figure with a spotted mushroom cap on its head, and leaf-shaped wings, holding a forked stick. Kid wearing white tunic-like shirt, a papier mache mushroom cap, and holding a wooden staff with a forked end.
October 28, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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My kiddo and I made our Jack-o'-lanterns today!
Pumpkin carved with Hornet, character from Silksong videogame Pumpkin carved with the face of Derpy Tiger from K-Pop Demon Hunters.
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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#Etchtober Day 26

Today's prompt: "Colin the Bardbearian," suggested by @kmakice.bsky.social. Kevin had a whole story about Colin that you can read here:
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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing of an angry-looking owlbear playing a lute.
October 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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A bit late getting around to carving my Jack-o'-lanterns this year. Hmmm, what should I make this time?
October 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
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#Etchtober Day 25

Today's prompt: "Skateboarding turtle," requested by @robynliu98.bsky.social

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Pocket Etch-a-Sketch drawing: A turtle riding a skateboard, head full retracted with only its eyes visible, gripping the edge of the skateboard with its front paw.
October 25, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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Chronofiends!! from Spacemole Games is a co-op game about an ever-shrinking time loop.

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Kickstarter Tabletop Alert: Time Loop Shenanigans in 'Chronofiends!!'
The research station is stuck in an ever-shrinking time loop—use your time-manipulating powers to accomplish your objectives before time runs out!What Is Chronofiends!!?Chronofiends!!
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October 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM