Ben Minarelli
@italianplastic.bsky.social
Freelance writer, GM, Walnut's dad
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RoadCraft review: Investing in big sand
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Fully forgot to post my most recent review for STACK! In which I managed to eventually get over my disappointment that this wasn't a sequel to Minecraft
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they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
December 22, 2025 at 12:29 AM
they didn't need AI to make Silksong, it just needed some deeply insane guys to have a blank check for living expenses until their next thing was done, I think we should try doing more of that instead
If y'all ain't watching this as it comes out you're missing out, a documentary about the pioneers of the telegraph wire and also about Home Improvement. I don't know what more you could want
December 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If y'all ain't watching this as it comes out you're missing out, a documentary about the pioneers of the telegraph wire and also about Home Improvement. I don't know what more you could want
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I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
December 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I heard there was a secret meat
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
With paprika, and spicy heat
But you don't really care for sausage
Nduja
...sorry, I can delete this. I've just seen a few posts in this format and I wanted in.
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i stand by this statement every year
December 12, 2025 at 1:27 AM
i stand by this statement every year
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SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going—
SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT
PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti—
SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE
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Jimmy Fallon: so this new product is called a shit sandwich? is it good?
Guest: Yes, Jimmy. It's great.
Jimmy Fallon: [taking out a photo of a shit sandwich pasted onto a black piece of poster board and showing it to the camera] wow. would you take a look at that?
Guest: Yes, Jimmy. It's great.
Jimmy Fallon: [taking out a photo of a shit sandwich pasted onto a black piece of poster board and showing it to the camera] wow. would you take a look at that?
December 9, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Jimmy Fallon: so this new product is called a shit sandwich? is it good?
Guest: Yes, Jimmy. It's great.
Jimmy Fallon: [taking out a photo of a shit sandwich pasted onto a black piece of poster board and showing it to the camera] wow. would you take a look at that?
Guest: Yes, Jimmy. It's great.
Jimmy Fallon: [taking out a photo of a shit sandwich pasted onto a black piece of poster board and showing it to the camera] wow. would you take a look at that?
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There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
A study by Dayforce shows 87% of executives use AI for work, compared to 57% of managers and just 27% of employees.
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
I think this explains the massive disconnect we see in how CEOs talk about AI versus everyone else. It also raises the question of how useful it truly is for frontline work?
Execs are embracing AI more than their employees are, new research suggests
Research from HR software company Dayforce suggests that executives are leaning into AI far more than their employees.
www.businessinsider.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
There is a direct correlation between how fake your job is and how much value you see in AI
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this is also another great onion newspaper ad
November 29, 2025 at 1:26 AM
this is also another great onion newspaper ad
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
November 23, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Brandy you're a fine girl
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
What a good wife you would be
But my life my love and my lady
Is the See
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Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
Congrats to Jennifer English for winning the Best Lead Performer award at the 2025 #GoldenJoystickAwards!
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
And her acceptance speech about queer joy was a love letter to @aliona.bsky.social 🥹🌈
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Jennifer English realizing she's a lesbian and falling in love with one of her mocap directors (Aliona Baranova) over the course of making BG3 and seeing all the queer folks embracing Shadowheart and the impact the game had is genuinely one of the best stories in game production in a long time
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When I arrive at the party
November 19, 2025 at 5:53 AM
When I arrive at the party
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Just a banger profile, devoured this one hunched over my phone like it was about an old friend
The Story John Darnielle Lived to Tell
When he was a teenager, the Mountain Goats founder never expected to live to 21. He has since become one of this century’s best songwriters. The lessons of his survival, life, and work feel endless.
www.gq.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Just a banger profile, devoured this one hunched over my phone like it was about an old friend
Read 'Matthew Flinders' Cat' at an age way too close to that of the child in it, who gets caught up in a trafficking ring.
My poor fam just knew I liked big books and handed it to me at random
My poor fam just knew I liked big books and handed it to me at random
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
tell me about a book that changed you
for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Read 'Matthew Flinders' Cat' at an age way too close to that of the child in it, who gets caught up in a trafficking ring.
My poor fam just knew I liked big books and handed it to me at random
My poor fam just knew I liked big books and handed it to me at random
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Thanks to @brianschirmer.bsky.social for spotting this one: a proper #WarHammer style relic!
do you guys know about the jawbone of St Anthony
November 12, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Thanks to @brianschirmer.bsky.social for spotting this one: a proper #WarHammer style relic!
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Much of the hand wringing, imo, is over a critic explicitly saying they are judging the moral fabric of a piece of art because of the tools used to create it and it’s making some folks feel uncomfortable and shamed. The people who feel that way should sit with that feeling.
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Much of the hand wringing, imo, is over a critic explicitly saying they are judging the moral fabric of a piece of art because of the tools used to create it and it’s making some folks feel uncomfortable and shamed. The people who feel that way should sit with that feeling.
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fellas is it (Ethical) to use chatgpt
(i'm losing my mind, as if putting 'ethical' in parenthesis makes it... fact??)
(i'm losing my mind, as if putting 'ethical' in parenthesis makes it... fact??)
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
fellas is it (Ethical) to use chatgpt
(i'm losing my mind, as if putting 'ethical' in parenthesis makes it... fact??)
(i'm losing my mind, as if putting 'ethical' in parenthesis makes it... fact??)
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Watching some videos on old paleoart and a familiar name showed up: John Sibbick.
I didn't realise that the guy I knew best from illustrating the cover of Rogue Trader was also a massively influential artist of prehistoric animals. That is a fact that makes me smile.
I didn't realise that the guy I knew best from illustrating the cover of Rogue Trader was also a massively influential artist of prehistoric animals. That is a fact that makes me smile.
October 25, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Watching some videos on old paleoart and a familiar name showed up: John Sibbick.
I didn't realise that the guy I knew best from illustrating the cover of Rogue Trader was also a massively influential artist of prehistoric animals. That is a fact that makes me smile.
I didn't realise that the guy I knew best from illustrating the cover of Rogue Trader was also a massively influential artist of prehistoric animals. That is a fact that makes me smile.
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waiter (cocking gun): we do things a little differently here
October 21, 2025 at 10:47 PM
waiter (cocking gun): we do things a little differently here