It worked! I’m now writing the book!
@legalminimum.bsky.social
No longer head lawyer for Bungie. Kinda retired. Have entered my super villain era. Ex-Chief Legal Officer of Pokémon. Produced Detective Pikachu. Entertainment Law prof (University of Washington). Supporter of trans kids.
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Looks like another person got himself in immigration trouble, which makes me think it might be timely to give some guidance on ways to mitigate this particular risk. The story is cut off but you see at the bottom of the screenshot where it says he had arranged something with his employer 1/
Thanksgiving is a weird holiday when you’re taking Ozempic. I had a little bit of the things I wanted and that was it.
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Thanksgiving is a weird holiday when you’re taking Ozempic. I had a little bit of the things I wanted and that was it.
Today is Yanksgiving. If you're on good terms with your family and this holiday, I hope you're enjoying it. There's a lot of room for good times today; give some to yourself. If that doesn't describe you, then please remember that to the rest of the world today is just Thursday.
November 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today is Yanksgiving. If you're on good terms with your family and this holiday, I hope you're enjoying it. There's a lot of room for good times today; give some to yourself. If that doesn't describe you, then please remember that to the rest of the world today is just Thursday.
Kids in the Hall.
I think if Canada wants to have a strong cultural identity we need to go back to doing what we're best at, making the weirdest fucking TV shows you've ever seen
November 27, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Kids in the Hall.
Buy his game.
www.humblebundle.com/games/indie-...
You should buy this bundle and get every game! Yes, my game Adios is in it. It's $13 for the entire collection; it would mean the world to us if you picked it up. You have about two days to do it!
You should buy this bundle and get every game! Yes, my game Adios is in it. It's $13 for the entire collection; it would mean the world to us if you picked it up. You have about two days to do it!
Indie Fears Bundle
Expand your spooky season gaming library with the creepiest indie horror games! Each purchase at the price of your choice supports SpecialEffect charity!
www.humblebundle.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Buy his game.
I went most of my career with my mother never understanding what I did. The only time she even came close was when we launched Pokémon GO because she could tell people I was involved with "the Pokeyman Go game". I can only imagine what it's like for research scientists.
As I said in a reply to this, families are complicated and personal. Some people have no interest in learning what you do or why and are just kinda jerks. I'm sorry.
But some people really want to understand, and too few scientists learn how to talk to non-scientists. I can help with that!
But some people really want to understand, and too few scientists learn how to talk to non-scientists. I can help with that!
Every year around Thanksgiving, I see tons of grad students post heartbreaking messages on social media about how their loved ones don’t understand or support their decision to study what seems like something pointless or silly.
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
Perhaps my American Scientist essay can help!
🧪🌎🦑 #SciComm
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I went most of my career with my mother never understanding what I did. The only time she even came close was when we launched Pokémon GO because she could tell people I was involved with "the Pokeyman Go game". I can only imagine what it's like for research scientists.
For today's content seed: it's 2025. What's a "Side 1, Track 1"?
November 26, 2025 at 6:48 PM
For today's content seed: it's 2025. What's a "Side 1, Track 1"?
For those of you in the USA: are you getting ready to make your turkey? Awesome! I don’t really like turkey but if you do I hope you enjoy yours. Same with most of your Yanksgiving traditions. I hope you enjoy your day in your way. I’ll enjoy mine in mine.
Let’s all let people enjoy things.
Let’s all let people enjoy things.
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
For those of you in the USA: are you getting ready to make your turkey? Awesome! I don’t really like turkey but if you do I hope you enjoy yours. Same with most of your Yanksgiving traditions. I hope you enjoy your day in your way. I’ll enjoy mine in mine.
Let’s all let people enjoy things.
Let’s all let people enjoy things.
Imagine having *this* be the reason you don’t want Newsom to be President.
Following this period, during which public health officials and electeds did whatever they could to limit viral transmission, there were 77k Covid deaths in December. At the peak of the December/January wave, you could stand outside in northeast LA and it was ambulance sirens every 5-10 minutes.
November 26, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Imagine having *this* be the reason you don’t want Newsom to be President.
For dinner I made the most Seattle thing ever: wild-foraged chanterelles delivered by the milkman. How wild-foraged? When I opened the package I noticed they still had pine needles on them.
November 26, 2025 at 3:58 AM
For dinner I made the most Seattle thing ever: wild-foraged chanterelles delivered by the milkman. How wild-foraged? When I opened the package I noticed they still had pine needles on them.
Scientists say it's time to consider whether such people should have the ability to vote.
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Scientists say it's time to consider whether such people should have the ability to vote.
Apologies to everyone I follow that I often go off on digressions in your mentions. This was me talking about my favorite Springbok a few minutes ago in a thread about Hegseth and the Boy Scouts.
Well, I guess he’s my current favorite. His versatility follows on the heels of the great Pierre Spies.
Well, I guess he’s my current favorite. His versatility follows on the heels of the great Pierre Spies.
A proper forward! So you understand my love of Snyman then. Admittedly my favorite Springbok right now is André Esterhuyzen because he slots into either the back row forwards or the backs depending on need and I will always have a soft spot for someone who can work both sides of the game.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Apologies to everyone I follow that I often go off on digressions in your mentions. This was me talking about my favorite Springbok a few minutes ago in a thread about Hegseth and the Boy Scouts.
Well, I guess he’s my current favorite. His versatility follows on the heels of the great Pierre Spies.
Well, I guess he’s my current favorite. His versatility follows on the heels of the great Pierre Spies.
Crypto being used for international crime. What are the odds.
Billionaire Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, pardoned by Donald Trump, has been accused of facilitating millions of dollars’ worth of payments to Hamas in the wake of its attack on Israel on October 7 2023. Zhao also financed the Trump family's entrance into the cryptocurrency market.
Binance founder Changpeng Zhao accused of facilitating payments to Hamas
Crypto tycoon pardoned by Donald Trump faces US court complaint from families of victims of October 7 attack
www.ft.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Crypto being used for international crime. What are the odds.
Spotify (yes, I know) just served me up some Mylène Farmer. I feel young again!
November 25, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Spotify (yes, I know) just served me up some Mylène Farmer. I feel young again!
Looks like Elon got to him.
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Looks like Elon got to him.
Rogue One is one of the only movies I didn't finish, and I say this as a person who finished WW84 (which was so bad I nearly walked out of the theater in protest and I watched it at home).
rogue one is bad folks. i have believed this since i saw it in theaters and no subsequent rewatch has changed my mind. basically a chop job until the final sequence, which is good (for star wars)
November 25, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Rogue One is one of the only movies I didn't finish, and I say this as a person who finished WW84 (which was so bad I nearly walked out of the theater in protest and I watched it at home).
I continue to believe that what’s in the files is irrelevant, because he knows what should be in them. Backup possibility: he has been blackmailing people by telling them there’s stuff about them in there, and it’ll come out that there isn’t, and then they will be weapons free.
Man, whatever's in those files, it must be pretty horrible
Really looks like the United States is about to launch a regime change war against Venezuela with:
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
-No casus belli
-No authorization from Congress
-No allies or international support
-No plan for a post-Maduro Venezuela
-No preparation for any sort of stabilization or containment of the fallout
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I continue to believe that what’s in the files is irrelevant, because he knows what should be in them. Backup possibility: he has been blackmailing people by telling them there’s stuff about them in there, and it’ll come out that there isn’t, and then they will be weapons free.
In 2006, at the first GDC I ever attended, Ron Moore gave the keynote and talked about adapting IP. Echoes of that speech guided me in working with the Pokémon IP on Detective Pikachu.
a few years back, I went through an archive of Ron Moore's AOL chats with STAR TREK fans and put together a document that had anything that resonated with me as a TV writer, as someone dealing with fandom, as a member of fandom, etc. It was a good way to see how little had changed in almost 30 years
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 AM
In 2006, at the first GDC I ever attended, Ron Moore gave the keynote and talked about adapting IP. Echoes of that speech guided me in working with the Pokémon IP on Detective Pikachu.
You have hoes, Charlie Brown.
What good is a phone call when you are unable to speak, Charlie Brown?
They're made of meat, Charlie Brown
November 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
You have hoes, Charlie Brown.
Watching the Seahawks game we’re experiencing the magic of the season: Toyotathon *and* Happy Honda Days!
This is why we usually start watching the games 20 minutes after they start: skip the commercials.
This is why we usually start watching the games 20 minutes after they start: skip the commercials.
November 23, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Watching the Seahawks game we’re experiencing the magic of the season: Toyotathon *and* Happy Honda Days!
This is why we usually start watching the games 20 minutes after they start: skip the commercials.
This is why we usually start watching the games 20 minutes after they start: skip the commercials.
This is possibly the biggest news of 2025. The capitol of one of the oldest cultures on the planet. If nothing else, we can expect some serious regional instability from this.
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:51 PM
This is possibly the biggest news of 2025. The capitol of one of the oldest cultures on the planet. If nothing else, we can expect some serious regional instability from this.
Seeing all the “happy 20th birthday Xbox 360!”skeets is fun for me, whose entry into the video games industry was as the lawyer who got the Xbox 360 out the door. My expanded focus in the book allows me to tell a bunch of those stories.
Happy 20th anniversary to one of my favorite video game consoles, the Xbox 360! This era changed my career, introduced me to amazing people through Xbox Live, and let me experience some amazing games.
I'm so happy to have been there from the start of the Xbox 360.
I'm so happy to have been there from the start of the Xbox 360.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Seeing all the “happy 20th birthday Xbox 360!”skeets is fun for me, whose entry into the video games industry was as the lawyer who got the Xbox 360 out the door. My expanded focus in the book allows me to tell a bunch of those stories.
Respect for not playing along.
Dril you don’t have to hand it to them tweet.
Dril you don’t have to hand it to them tweet.
CNN: In the last couple of weeks or so, she's become kind of an ally on some issues. What do you make of this?
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
Auchincloss: No, John, she hasn't.
November 22, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Respect for not playing along.
Dril you don’t have to hand it to them tweet.
Dril you don’t have to hand it to them tweet.
#AmWriting Literally just wrote this: "The video game industry is plagued with constant Discourse about whether a job is or isn’t being a “game developer”. My 2c is that I was never a “game developer” because I didn’t write the code, but I understand the concept as a lot broader than that." 1/
November 22, 2025 at 12:15 AM
#AmWriting Literally just wrote this: "The video game industry is plagued with constant Discourse about whether a job is or isn’t being a “game developer”. My 2c is that I was never a “game developer” because I didn’t write the code, but I understand the concept as a lot broader than that." 1/
Seeing the sides that each of Ireland and RSA have selected for tomorrow’s test match, I feel weird being a Boks fan and going in with them being the best in the world. It’s unusual to expect your side to just murder a top-5 side, but after watching RSA consume France and Italy with only 14…
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Seeing the sides that each of Ireland and RSA have selected for tomorrow’s test match, I feel weird being a Boks fan and going in with them being the best in the world. It’s unusual to expect your side to just murder a top-5 side, but after watching RSA consume France and Italy with only 14…