Joshua Foust 🪖🎮
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Made the CommSky Starter Pack https://go.bsky.app/QkcgePD
Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military esports, video games, and gender theory. Happily 🏳️🌈.
Assistant Professor at Syracuse. I study public relations, military esports, video games, and gender theory. Happily 🏳️🌈.
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New Research: Masculinity as an Affect, and What It Means for Video Games
I contributed a chapter in a new volume, The Handbook on Gender and Digital Media, about how we can start to use affect theory to better understand how men behave the way they do with video games. …
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Recently had a chapter published in the Handbook of Gender and Digital Media, where I develop a theory of “affective masculinity” to try to better understand what masculine genders are doing in video games. It tries to answer the question: what work do feelings do for men who play games? 1/9
This is both correct and upsetting and much more generous than I usually have the energy to be On Here and I’m not entirely sure what to do with that
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 11, 2025 at 7:33 PM
This is both correct and upsetting and much more generous than I usually have the energy to be On Here and I’m not entirely sure what to do with that
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a year later a giant part of the US economy is built on this notion most people don't care to know how to do basic things, want to be lazy, unprepared and incapable, phoning it all in. part of my doubt about a future for mainstream AI is I reject that premise. most people really are better than that
Apple's brand marketing history, Our Users Are
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
-Revolutionary visionaries (80s)
-Like Picasso, Einstein "think different" (late 90s)
-Cool creatives (iMac/iPod)
-Successful, high status (iPhone to iWatch)
-Unprepared bad workers, office loser, can't read/write one line emails (Apple Intelligence/AI)
November 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
a year later a giant part of the US economy is built on this notion most people don't care to know how to do basic things, want to be lazy, unprepared and incapable, phoning it all in. part of my doubt about a future for mainstream AI is I reject that premise. most people really are better than that
Watching the centrist pundit establishment mobilize to defend Schumer’s coordinated surrender on this, imposing harm on millions of people for absolutely no reason whatsoever, even casting it as brave calculus, is just stupefying. It’s rare you see delusion run so deep outside of the antivaxxers.
UPDATE: The Senate votes 53-47 to shoot down the Baldwin amendment to extend ACA funds for 1 year. A party-line vote with every Republican rejecting it.
An important vote in this series: Tammy Baldwin’s proposal to extend ACA expiring funds for 1 year. It’s structured as a motion to table (i.e. scrap it from the amendment tree). But it’ll show the appetite (or lack thereof) in the Senate to address this issue.
November 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Watching the centrist pundit establishment mobilize to defend Schumer’s coordinated surrender on this, imposing harm on millions of people for absolutely no reason whatsoever, even casting it as brave calculus, is just stupefying. It’s rare you see delusion run so deep outside of the antivaxxers.
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literally me every time I learn something new about Roblox and I don't think it's an overreaction but just correct and if anything most people are under reacting
read this whole thread
read this whole thread
November 11, 2025 at 4:43 PM
literally me every time I learn something new about Roblox and I don't think it's an overreaction but just correct and if anything most people are under reacting
read this whole thread
read this whole thread
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The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Why Elon Musk Needs Dungeons and Dragons to Be Racist
The fantastical roots of “scientific racism”
www.theatlantic.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The far right is obsessed with Lord of the Rings and Musk keeps posting about "hobbits" because modern scientific racism owes more to fantasy worlds and gaming systems than genetic science, and they see both as effective mediums for right-wing propaganda www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Yes.
Signed, a former barista.
Signed, a former barista.
it's not that i ever doubted that being a barista was a skilled position, but my year-long effort to try to produce a half-decent latte at home has convinced me that a good barista is easily more skilled than virtually every c-suite executive on the planet
November 11, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Yes.
Signed, a former barista.
Signed, a former barista.
Say what you will about her, but Bari has an unshakeable persona brand (“what’s the point of standards?”) she relentlessly promotes in every forum she touches.
“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said.
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
www.independent.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Say what you will about her, but Bari has an unshakeable persona brand (“what’s the point of standards?”) she relentlessly promotes in every forum she touches.
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why is there AI in my terminal app? seriously, who asked for this?
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
why is there AI in my terminal app? seriously, who asked for this?
At least two major organizers are calling on Schumer to resign his leadership. I bet a few more are working on statements but are worried their rich patrons will cut them off if they do.
November 11, 2025 at 11:45 AM
At least two major organizers are calling on Schumer to resign his leadership. I bet a few more are working on statements but are worried their rich patrons will cut them off if they do.
Asking Josh Barro to defend Chuck Schumer is absolutely humiliating for both of them
Of course, the next morning, the #BrokenTimes editorial page would find someone to defend Chuck and the status quo.
Chuck Schumer Is a Convenient Punching Bag. There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Chuck Schumer Is a Convenient Punching Bag. There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...
Opinion | Chuck Schumer Is a Convenient Punching Bag. There Was No Happy Outcome for the Shutdown.
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Asking Josh Barro to defend Chuck Schumer is absolutely humiliating for both of them
A whole new body of scholarship is going to grow in relevance now
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
A whole new body of scholarship is going to grow in relevance now
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late to this but i feel like an underrated part of the musk meltdown over joyce carol oates accusing him of not reading is this musk reply that makes it clear he has never read anything by joyce carol oates
November 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
late to this but i feel like an underrated part of the musk meltdown over joyce carol oates accusing him of not reading is this musk reply that makes it clear he has never read anything by joyce carol oates
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QSRs reported earnings last week, including Cava and McDonald’s, while Chipotle reported the last week of October.
Taken together, they paint a portrait of a cash-strapped consumer, particularly on the lower end of the earnings spectrum, as job growth weakens.
www.cfobrew.com/stories/2025...
Taken together, they paint a portrait of a cash-strapped consumer, particularly on the lower end of the earnings spectrum, as job growth weakens.
www.cfobrew.com/stories/2025...
What burgers and burrito bowls tell us about the economy right now
McDonald’s, Cava, and Chipotle all reported earnings recently, and a similar story emerged.
www.cfobrew.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
QSRs reported earnings last week, including Cava and McDonald’s, while Chipotle reported the last week of October.
Taken together, they paint a portrait of a cash-strapped consumer, particularly on the lower end of the earnings spectrum, as job growth weakens.
www.cfobrew.com/stories/2025...
Taken together, they paint a portrait of a cash-strapped consumer, particularly on the lower end of the earnings spectrum, as job growth weakens.
www.cfobrew.com/stories/2025...
Every progressive organizer that inked a win this year is furious at Schumer’s coordinated betrayal and seems to be devoting energy now to primarying party elders.
Good. Clean house.
Good. Clean house.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Every progressive organizer that inked a win this year is furious at Schumer’s coordinated betrayal and seems to be devoting energy now to primarying party elders.
Good. Clean house.
Good. Clean house.
This is the political equivalent of a health insurance executive refusing to cover a disease cure because treating it as a chronic condition that immiserates the patient is more profitable, which they do all the time and which is why everyone hates health insurance executives. Maybe a lesson there.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is the political equivalent of a health insurance executive refusing to cover a disease cure because treating it as a chronic condition that immiserates the patient is more profitable, which they do all the time and which is why everyone hates health insurance executives. Maybe a lesson there.
I think it’s neat that they did this right after the Senate Democrats caved on the shut down.
It’s always weird when these government officials do something that makes sense.
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www.wsj.com/business/air...
FAA Limits Private Aircraft Flights at Major Airports
The restrictions will affect private jet flights at a dozen airports, including Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, and Chicago’s O’Hare, according to the National Business Aviation Association trade ...
www.wsj.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I think it’s neat that they did this right after the Senate Democrats caved on the shut down.
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This is why Schumer caved.
People on SNAP are starving and people on ACA who cannot afford insurance will suffer and die but what keeps coming up on Morning Joe? Air travel. First-world problems always trump -- pun intended -- poor people's problems.
November 10, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is why Schumer caved.
Normally we this much Gender happens on the right, but now there’s sissy shaming from the party liberals, too, who not only misstate the issue (CRs and reconciliation votes have different thresholds!), but are condemning us for ever expecting resistance from the “Trump will end democracy” party.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Normally we this much Gender happens on the right, but now there’s sissy shaming from the party liberals, too, who not only misstate the issue (CRs and reconciliation votes have different thresholds!), but are condemning us for ever expecting resistance from the “Trump will end democracy” party.
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I don’t think this is chess. I think this is as straight forward as it looks.
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I don’t think this is chess. I think this is as straight forward as it looks.
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The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
so currently defectors are:
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
Kaine (2030)
Shaheen (Retiring)
Hasan (2028)
Fetterman (2028)
Durbin (Retiring)
CCM (2028)
Rosen (2030)
King (2030)
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The caucus meeting was just to orchestrate who would fall on the sword but not be up for a vote in 2026.
I’m still mad about this. We just voted six days ago to elect candidates who won primaries on the promise to fight. Immediately knocking out our knees while demanding we just do it again next year is insulting and demeaning. The whole party leadership has to go. They’re disasters. They failed.
Everyone responding to this with “vote harder” is missing the issue while making my point and it’s such an exhausting tedious ritual I really don’t want to participate. Either say something useful or leave me alone in peace.
November 10, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I’m still mad about this. We just voted six days ago to elect candidates who won primaries on the promise to fight. Immediately knocking out our knees while demanding we just do it again next year is insulting and demeaning. The whole party leadership has to go. They’re disasters. They failed.
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They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
November 10, 2025 at 2:44 AM
They caved in March so they could get a better deal now. They’re caving now so they can get a better deal in some indeterminate future. The better deal is always just beyond their reach, but continuing to cave will get them there. And if you don’t agree with that, you don’t understand Politics,
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If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.
These 8 Senators sold us out to Trump:
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
Hassan
King
Cortez-Masto
Shaheen
Kaine
Fetterman
Durbin
Rosen
Understand This Fact: Chuck Schumer is behind this. None of these 8 are up for reelection in 2026. Schumer asked them vote yes—they agreed. He's such a coward that he folded and won't even own it.
November 10, 2025 at 3:43 AM
If the rest don’t oust Schumer immediately, then the entire U.S. Senate sold us out. They think we’re stupid. It’s insulting.
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Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
November 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Since the Democrats worked extra hard to hide who actually supported this, I think the No Kings/Resistance position should be to primary every Democrat unless they publicly call for Schumer's ouster this week
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will
Either they go into total rebellion mode, which they won't, or the people will