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Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 18d

i made a helpful reference

$top right: a fractured black rectangle where one half is labeled "autism is bad" and the other side is labeled "FACT CHECK: autistic people are productive members of society". top left: WRONG -negating their frame reinforces it -starts with what it isn't instead of what it is - your argument is shaped like their argument bottom right: large image of Kirby, a pink blob inhaling and the "autism is bad" fragment, labeled THEY'RE DOING EUGENICS bottom left: RIGHT - you eat their frame -starts with what's actually happening -contains and explains what they're doing -your argument is shaped like kirby$

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Jeff Stormer @jeffstormer.gobirds.online · 15d

I am writing and publishing a TTRPG explicitly about nonsensical pop culture crossover lore and this shit makes me legit tempted to shelve the entire game.

Elliot Raff @raffsputin.bsky.social · 16d

hahahaha

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Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · 15d

Go ahead, cite your sources.

Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · 19d

I've decided that Dying is Your Latest Fashion is better than like, anything by brand new, despite Ronnie Radke being a complete tool that album is so lively compared to the dead-fishiness that I get from Jesse Lacey.

Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Sep 4

If you're a game designer come early if you want donations send me your digital payment QR bring a cup or something :)

Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hello gamers! Come play tabletop games @wonderville.nyc with some local game designers. It's gonna be cool and really fun and I bet you will meet your new best friend or something.

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Mallory Moore @sexabolition.blog · Sep 1

Hey you know when I pointed out that there are a lot of toxic online spaces where vulnerable people mix with evil people and some of those vulnerable people are largely being groomed and exploited by the evil people, but everyone outside those online spaces assumes they're the same group?

The Dual Pathways Hypothesis of Incel Harm: A Model of Harmful Attitudes and Beliefs Among Involuntary Celibates - Archives of Sexual Behavior

Incels (involuntary celibates) are an online subculture of men who form their identity around a perceived inability to form sexual or romantic relationships. This community operates almost exclusively...

link.springer.com

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Tristan Grayford @tristangrayford.scot · Sep 1

You'd have thought it would be of journalistic interest that this was his page on the Sex Matters website until very recently... and today that same page is a "not found".

It might also be interesting to note its the one trustee position missing from his LinkedIn.

That sounds like a story.

Tim Allan
Trustee

Tim Allan’s career has spanned working as a senior advisor in 10 Downing Street for Tony Blair, running corporate communications for BSkyB and founding a communications consultancy, Portland, which grew into one of the most highly regarded global reputation-management consultancies. Since selling Portland, he has become an investor in the communications consultancy sector.

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JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · Aug 28

"I hear you and I accept that you're dying" will unfortunately be bouncing around the walls of my cavernous noggin like a DVD VIDEO screensaver for several months

Kath Barbadoro @kathbarbadoro.bsky.social · Aug 27

It's so valid that you're dying queen

“But I’m dying,” she said, her eyes filling with tears. “You can’t abandon someone who’s dying.”

“I hear you,” I replied. “And I accept that you’re dying.

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Andrew @swandre3000.bsky.social · Aug 26

a lack of empathy for children is baked into the American culture and psyche and it is incredibly horrifying.

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Talia "AFAB" Bhatt ♀︎♀︎ @taliabhatt.itch.io · Aug 26

shaw

Hornet plushie from Hollow Knight wearing sneakers

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NightlingBug @nightlingbug.bsky.social · Aug 16

"fascism consumed the west because not enough people understood girldick" sounds like a shitpost but is demonstrable political fact

even the mildest inoculation against propaganda about transfeminine bodies would have denied the nazis their last 10 years of smokescreen

NightlingBug @nightlingbug.bsky.social · Aug 16

if basic sex ed / human health classes had had even a single unit that just said "here's the signs of dysphoria, chromosomes are weird sometimes, secondary sex characteristics including breasts and genitals and bone density are shaped by hormones," democracy would not have collapsed

Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · Aug 16

First it was bathrooms. Then sports. Now classrooms. The school in question bent over backwards to accommodate the parents of other children, going as far as making the class optional but that still wasn’t enough. My heart breaks for the girl at the center of this. Imagine how isolating it must be.

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sylvia @sylvibullet.bsky.social · Aug 13

i have a secret... i see... i see...

I see you! Listening to this podcast and having a wonderful time :)

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jam @socialistboat.dad · Aug 12

Ken Burns lining up his sniper rifle scope and slowly, carefully zooming in

Richard Lawson @rilaws.bsky.social · Aug 5

I haven’t gotten a PBS Alert this urgent since they canceled that Jeremy Piven show about Selfridge’s

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Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Aug 10

As a friend with a lot of musicians this concerns me greatly, especially as streaming services take money away from artists.

Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Aug 10

My concern is that in speeding up tasks/doing work for us it reduces our ability to really learn by doing.

Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Aug 10

Not feeling to good about the harm that AI potentially serves to do the the way that we learn skills and work as people in the near future, hoping gen Y does not lose the love of doing. Very hard to feel optimistic about any of it, at least we have good video games (for now) #Media180summer25

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jay Dragon has firmware updates @jdragsky.bsky.social · Aug 4

my mom taught me there's two kinds of businesses: hot dog stands and art galleries

- hot dog stands protect territory and keep competition off their turf
- art galleries benefit from more adjacent art galleries, cluster together to amplify reach/support

youre an art gallery, not a hot dog stand

Evan Torner @guyintheblackhat.bsky.social · Aug 4

Play and discuss as if you were friends trying to get to know each other better, rather than as if you were rival squawking merchants trying to sell competing goods in a marketplace. The world is full of friends and potential friends, and it's much lonelier and more frightening when it isn't.

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LuUuUuUuke Knox 👻 @lukeknox.me · Aug 3

the ending of this explainer might surprise you

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Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Aug 3

I pretty much agree, Sabrina is high up on the pop charts right now and especially with the mind 20 year olds who will probably be prepared to get this. I wonder of Chappell will ever receive the same treatment 🤔

Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Aug 3

I love these because every other subway AD I see now is borderline classist, like those 'Don't you wanna feel rich' ads by companies like facetune are genuinely upsetting. In comparison the CUNY ads are borderline reassuring.

Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Aug 3

Astonishing how even after YEARS Hero Wars ads continue to be effective, to the tune of 1.7 Billion. All it takes is enlisting the classics: 'get kicked around by a giant anime lady'; 'It wouldn't have gone like this if it was me (basic math edition)'; and lie about the game #media180summer25

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · Jul 26

New video essay! This time I'm joined by special guests @colewehrle.bsky.social , @xoe.gay , @jdragsky.bsky.social , Erin Escobedo, and @beyondsolitaire.bsky.social as I explore the impact of player counts & scaling on the types of experiences games create.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-s2...

Player Counts: Scaling in Board Games

YouTube video by Hollandspiele

www.youtube.com

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Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Jul 26

*Ahem* Quite despicable... Lol I guess I still need to learn how to proofread

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Wally :3 @mechanicaltrousers.bsky.social · Jul 26

I still refuse to use or look at the AI search suggestions, I mean they might be (mostly) accurate, but it takes all the fun out of reading 4 articles every time I need to find a single reliable statistic