Rand. Still.
@yelmelnobrainer.bsky.social
Architecture for pay, board gaming for play. Professional PAX-er. Tall Tales dude. Bostonian by choice.
Justice and equity for all.
He/Him
Justice and equity for all.
He/Him
I don't need to type out a paean to FFT Ivalice Chronicles when Max has the subject covered pretty well already.
It's been so fun to revisit this game! The last time I played, I was far too young to understand either the storyline or joys of mechanical silliness/balance.
It's been so fun to revisit this game! The last time I played, I was far too young to understand either the storyline or joys of mechanical silliness/balance.
The chocobos are multiplying and useless so I want to get rid of them but the game pulls THIS SHIT xD
I guess I’ll just have 30 chocobo
I guess I’ll just have 30 chocobo
November 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I don't need to type out a paean to FFT Ivalice Chronicles when Max has the subject covered pretty well already.
It's been so fun to revisit this game! The last time I played, I was far too young to understand either the storyline or joys of mechanical silliness/balance.
It's been so fun to revisit this game! The last time I played, I was far too young to understand either the storyline or joys of mechanical silliness/balance.
seems bad.
this is bad, right?
this is bad, right?
The US is seeing the largest number of layoffs since 2020, with nearly 1 million people losing their jobs so far this year.
October 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
seems bad.
this is bad, right?
this is bad, right?
I bought two games this SPIEL. Both small bc I'm travelling for a while yet.
Flop is a 2p battler where the goal is self sabotage.
Oliva is a gorgeous "oh, we did the same thing so now it's stronger" collector.
Both card games, obviously.
Flop is a 2p battler where the goal is self sabotage.
Oliva is a gorgeous "oh, we did the same thing so now it's stronger" collector.
Both card games, obviously.
October 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I bought two games this SPIEL. Both small bc I'm travelling for a while yet.
Flop is a 2p battler where the goal is self sabotage.
Oliva is a gorgeous "oh, we did the same thing so now it's stronger" collector.
Both card games, obviously.
Flop is a 2p battler where the goal is self sabotage.
Oliva is a gorgeous "oh, we did the same thing so now it's stronger" collector.
Both card games, obviously.
So wonderful to see and chat with old friends in person after YEARS.
@ithayla.bsky.social @hellenus.bsky.social + @bluebombardier.bsky.social
@ithayla.bsky.social @hellenus.bsky.social + @bluebombardier.bsky.social
October 26, 2025 at 12:02 PM
So wonderful to see and chat with old friends in person after YEARS.
@ithayla.bsky.social @hellenus.bsky.social + @bluebombardier.bsky.social
@ithayla.bsky.social @hellenus.bsky.social + @bluebombardier.bsky.social
I have a few more copies of my first self-published game, Live Evil, with me.
Any friends want a copy?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
Any friends want a copy?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
Live Evil
Jam with friends to create the best bands.
boardgamegeek.com
October 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I have a few more copies of my first self-published game, Live Evil, with me.
Any friends want a copy?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
Any friends want a copy?
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/43...
A sculpture at the entrance to a building depicting me trying to teach the rules of a game but everyone just keeps interrupting
October 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
A sculpture at the entrance to a building depicting me trying to teach the rules of a game but everyone just keeps interrupting
Heading to No Kings. The Green Line is packed like a game day, except we're all on team democracy.
October 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Heading to No Kings. The Green Line is packed like a game day, except we're all on team democracy.
had a meeting tonight
October 15, 2025 at 12:41 AM
had a meeting tonight
Mental healthcare is healthcare and just as lifesaving
In 2023, a program connecting Utah farmers and ranchers to free therapy vouchers was so successful, the federal money ran out in four months.
“I want you to know,” the program director recalled one recipient telling him, “that this saved my life.”
(Published April with @sltrib.com)
“I want you to know,” the program director recalled one recipient telling him, “that this saved my life.”
(Published April with @sltrib.com)
Utah Farmers Signed Up for Federally Funded Therapy. Then the Money Stopped.
Farmers are dying by suicide at the third-highest rate by vocation in Utah. But after a federal program offering mental health support ran out of money, the state did not continue it.
www.propublica.org
October 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Mental healthcare is healthcare and just as lifesaving
One Battle After Another
70mm Vistavision was worth it for the straight hilly road car chase alone.
70mm Vistavision was worth it for the straight hilly road car chase alone.
October 14, 2025 at 3:17 AM
One Battle After Another
70mm Vistavision was worth it for the straight hilly road car chase alone.
70mm Vistavision was worth it for the straight hilly road car chase alone.
Excerpted from the new State of the Nation's Housing Report by @harvard-jchs.bsky.social, this article has an interactive graphic for home prices to income ratio around the country. You can hover to find your local chart, too.
Sobering. This is today's crisis.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
Sobering. This is today's crisis.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
October 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Excerpted from the new State of the Nation's Housing Report by @harvard-jchs.bsky.social, this article has an interactive graphic for home prices to income ratio around the country. You can hover to find your local chart, too.
Sobering. This is today's crisis.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
Sobering. This is today's crisis.
www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/home-pr...
The Architecture Lobby and DAARNA have released a joint letter pressuring the AIA to adopt the International Union of Architects Resolution on Palestine.
If you're in the industry, check out the statement here and consider becoming a cosignatory:
architecture-lobby.org/news/stateme...
If you're in the industry, check out the statement here and consider becoming a cosignatory:
architecture-lobby.org/news/stateme...
STATEMENT ON UIA RESOLUTION ON PALESTINE – The Architecture Lobby
architecture-lobby.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
The Architecture Lobby and DAARNA have released a joint letter pressuring the AIA to adopt the International Union of Architects Resolution on Palestine.
If you're in the industry, check out the statement here and consider becoming a cosignatory:
architecture-lobby.org/news/stateme...
If you're in the industry, check out the statement here and consider becoming a cosignatory:
architecture-lobby.org/news/stateme...
Reposted by Rand. Still.
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
Closing Central Madrid To Cars Resulted In 9.5% Boost To Retail Spending, Finds Bank Analysis
City of Madrid significantly boosted the takings of its shops and restaurants last Christmas by banning cars from the CBD, finds an analysis by Spain's second largest bank.
www.forbes.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Keep this in mind when people claim cars mean business — closing Central #Madrid to cars over holidays resulted in a 9.5% boost in retail spending on its main shopping street: STUDY.
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
There was also a 71% drop in air pollution.
Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com. #citymakingmath #citiesforpeople
I am ashamed to live in a world where civilian humanitarians are illegally intercepted in international waters. Their mission is to bring aid to a people undergoing genocide.
In solidarity with people across the globe demanding an end to this horror, I will be on strike on Friday.
In solidarity with people across the globe demanding an end to this horror, I will be on strike on Friday.
Italy's largest union, with over 5.5 million workers, has called a general strike for Friday in solidarity with the Global Sumud Flotilla.
And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.
And smaller Italian unions have said they will join CGIL's general strike.
October 1, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I am ashamed to live in a world where civilian humanitarians are illegally intercepted in international waters. Their mission is to bring aid to a people undergoing genocide.
In solidarity with people across the globe demanding an end to this horror, I will be on strike on Friday.
In solidarity with people across the globe demanding an end to this horror, I will be on strike on Friday.
Within hours of a nationwide general strike, the Italian government has sent a ship to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla from illegal attacks by Israel.
Earlier this week, MIT pulled out of a grant given by Israel's military after student protests.
Earlier this week, MIT pulled out of a grant given by Israel's military after student protests.
September 24, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Within hours of a nationwide general strike, the Italian government has sent a ship to protect the Global Sumud Flotilla from illegal attacks by Israel.
Earlier this week, MIT pulled out of a grant given by Israel's military after student protests.
Earlier this week, MIT pulled out of a grant given by Israel's military after student protests.
Le Haine (dir Matthieu Kassowitz, 1995)
In an increasingly xenophobic world (see recent UN address by US president 🙄), this film about the friction between gaps in social services, hatred of immigrants by the ruling class, and the tragedy of misunderstandings is ever more timely.
Also, guns suck.
In an increasingly xenophobic world (see recent UN address by US president 🙄), this film about the friction between gaps in social services, hatred of immigrants by the ruling class, and the tragedy of misunderstandings is ever more timely.
Also, guns suck.
September 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Le Haine (dir Matthieu Kassowitz, 1995)
In an increasingly xenophobic world (see recent UN address by US president 🙄), this film about the friction between gaps in social services, hatred of immigrants by the ruling class, and the tragedy of misunderstandings is ever more timely.
Also, guns suck.
In an increasingly xenophobic world (see recent UN address by US president 🙄), this film about the friction between gaps in social services, hatred of immigrants by the ruling class, and the tragedy of misunderstandings is ever more timely.
Also, guns suck.
Over ten years ago, I got a metal mechanical pencil. Along with a couple pens and a woodless graphite, that pencil was one of my main tools for sketching. Used heavily over dozens of sketchbooks.
I lost it recently and went looking for a replacement...
I lost it recently and went looking for a replacement...
September 20, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Over ten years ago, I got a metal mechanical pencil. Along with a couple pens and a woodless graphite, that pencil was one of my main tools for sketching. Used heavily over dozens of sketchbooks.
I lost it recently and went looking for a replacement...
I lost it recently and went looking for a replacement...
Cross Bronx Expressway coming.
Haven't been this pumped for a game in a looong time.
What is Cross Bronx Expressway? So glad you asked.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34...
Haven't been this pumped for a game in a looong time.
What is Cross Bronx Expressway? So glad you asked.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34...
Cross Bronx Expressway
Competitive socio-economic city builder with collective loss conditions.
boardgamegeek.com
September 15, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Cross Bronx Expressway coming.
Haven't been this pumped for a game in a looong time.
What is Cross Bronx Expressway? So glad you asked.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34...
Haven't been this pumped for a game in a looong time.
What is Cross Bronx Expressway? So glad you asked.
boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34...
Will you be at SPIEL Essen next month?
Or maybe just a European looking for Beychella or Live Evil?
Let me know if you'd like a copy and I'll stuff my luggage with one for you!
(I also have some handmade maple card racks I'd love to sell)
Cheers!
Or maybe just a European looking for Beychella or Live Evil?
Let me know if you'd like a copy and I'll stuff my luggage with one for you!
(I also have some handmade maple card racks I'd love to sell)
Cheers!
September 9, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Will you be at SPIEL Essen next month?
Or maybe just a European looking for Beychella or Live Evil?
Let me know if you'd like a copy and I'll stuff my luggage with one for you!
(I also have some handmade maple card racks I'd love to sell)
Cheers!
Or maybe just a European looking for Beychella or Live Evil?
Let me know if you'd like a copy and I'll stuff my luggage with one for you!
(I also have some handmade maple card racks I'd love to sell)
Cheers!
Labor Day, baby!
September 1, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Labor Day, baby!
Fourth time through and it's just getting going
(Kidding...it's all gold)
(Kidding...it's all gold)
August 30, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Fourth time through and it's just getting going
(Kidding...it's all gold)
(Kidding...it's all gold)