kelly
@kmb.bsky.social
Doctor of videogames, herder of cats, collector of weird Furby art, Nic Cage superfan. She/her.
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This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
November 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
This is not the way, and @cnygren.bsky.social and I lay out in detail why it isn’t in this essay here. static1.squarespace.com/static/55577...
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A new paper at the top AI conference shows that all the big AI models — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, the whole gang — collapse our ideas into the same narrow middle lane. Different models. Same answers. That’s not “assistive.” That’s a hive mind. No, really: The paper is entitled “Artificial Hive Mind:
December 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
A new paper at the top AI conference shows that all the big AI models — ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, the whole gang — collapse our ideas into the same narrow middle lane. Different models. Same answers. That’s not “assistive.” That’s a hive mind. No, really: The paper is entitled “Artificial Hive Mind:
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I am so proud of what we've built with nogamesforgenocide.com.
I've been working on this project for over two years and we've had soooooo many conversations amongst ourselves, BDS, and people who might be interested to try to get this right.
I'd love for you all to take a look.
I've been working on this project for over two years and we've had soooooo many conversations amongst ourselves, BDS, and people who might be interested to try to get this right.
I'd love for you all to take a look.
No Games For Genocide
The games industry is complicit in genocide. It’s time to divest.
nogamesforgenocide.com
December 2, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I am so proud of what we've built with nogamesforgenocide.com.
I've been working on this project for over two years and we've had soooooo many conversations amongst ourselves, BDS, and people who might be interested to try to get this right.
I'd love for you all to take a look.
I've been working on this project for over two years and we've had soooooo many conversations amongst ourselves, BDS, and people who might be interested to try to get this right.
I'd love for you all to take a look.
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83% of academic scholarship is the careful, precise, disciplined maintenance of decades-long grudges.
“AI is clearly sticking around so you have to get used to it” wrong. I don’t have to get used to shit. I am a practiced hater and I can keep this going for decades if I am required to
December 2, 2025 at 1:01 AM
83% of academic scholarship is the careful, precise, disciplined maintenance of decades-long grudges.
Tonight's concert was at a theater in a casino and it was by far the weirdest venue I have ever been to. We were running late so we took a shortcut across the casino floor to get to the theater and that place was 100% cursed.
October 28, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Tonight's concert was at a theater in a casino and it was by far the weirdest venue I have ever been to. We were running late so we took a shortcut across the casino floor to get to the theater and that place was 100% cursed.
Back on my bullshit (dragging my husband to see Lorna Shore on a school night).
October 28, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Back on my bullshit (dragging my husband to see Lorna Shore on a school night).
If you were once a fan of true crime media but no longer read/watch/listen to it, I would like to interview you!
Send me a DM here or email me at [email protected] and I'll send you details about the research I am working on.
Send me a DM here or email me at [email protected] and I'll send you details about the research I am working on.
October 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
If you were once a fan of true crime media but no longer read/watch/listen to it, I would like to interview you!
Send me a DM here or email me at [email protected] and I'll send you details about the research I am working on.
Send me a DM here or email me at [email protected] and I'll send you details about the research I am working on.
I hate that the hostile government takeover song required a part 2 youtu.be/ElI8y_0-75Y?...
Hostile Government Takeover Part 2 (8 months later)
YouTube video by A Gift From Todd
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October 1, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I hate that the hostile government takeover song required a part 2 youtu.be/ElI8y_0-75Y?...
Happy first day of Spooky Lake Month youtube.com/shorts/C1fFw...
It’s TIIMMMEEEE!⏰👹 #spookylakemonth
YouTube video by Geo Rutherford
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October 1, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Happy first day of Spooky Lake Month youtube.com/shorts/C1fFw...
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they didn't realize it was the juggalo rapture
September 23, 2025 at 8:27 PM
they didn't realize it was the juggalo rapture
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This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
September 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.
Well... at least we got the new Lorna Shore album before the world finished shaking itself apart. youtu.be/2pScWD7ay1I?...
Lorna Shore - Glenwood (Official Video)
YouTube video by Lorna Shore
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September 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Well... at least we got the new Lorna Shore album before the world finished shaking itself apart. youtu.be/2pScWD7ay1I?...
I'm so in the weeds with this knife ghost guy.
August 20, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'm so in the weeds with this knife ghost guy.
I was served a non-skippable ad for the Jonas Brothers tour before the new Lorna Shore music video. I have thoughts about how this isn't just lol silly ad algorithm and there IS some audience overlap... maybe I'll add it to my sabbatical writing queue.
August 14, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I was served a non-skippable ad for the Jonas Brothers tour before the new Lorna Shore music video. I have thoughts about how this isn't just lol silly ad algorithm and there IS some audience overlap... maybe I'll add it to my sabbatical writing queue.
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Real discussion:
CNN: Hey Dave it's CNN. Could you come on to talk about the death of Hulk Hogan
Me: Hulk Hogan was a racist scab and a liar. He hated unions, Black people, and the truth and that's why he loved Donald Trump. What time do you want me?
CNN: Great! Well.... so we'll keep looking
CNN: Hey Dave it's CNN. Could you come on to talk about the death of Hulk Hogan
Me: Hulk Hogan was a racist scab and a liar. He hated unions, Black people, and the truth and that's why he loved Donald Trump. What time do you want me?
CNN: Great! Well.... so we'll keep looking
July 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Real discussion:
CNN: Hey Dave it's CNN. Could you come on to talk about the death of Hulk Hogan
Me: Hulk Hogan was a racist scab and a liar. He hated unions, Black people, and the truth and that's why he loved Donald Trump. What time do you want me?
CNN: Great! Well.... so we'll keep looking
CNN: Hey Dave it's CNN. Could you come on to talk about the death of Hulk Hogan
Me: Hulk Hogan was a racist scab and a liar. He hated unions, Black people, and the truth and that's why he loved Donald Trump. What time do you want me?
CNN: Great! Well.... so we'll keep looking
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Because of Jack & many, when I got my job, when I set up con dinners in advance, I invited X people & made reservations for X+1 (or more), with the collective understanding that invitees were agreeing to help find a newbie/junior to invite at the conference & pay their bill (& tell them upfront).
Paul Korshin used to say the only valuable function senior academics play in the ecosystem is paying for their juniors’ dinners.
July 23, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Because of Jack & many, when I got my job, when I set up con dinners in advance, I invited X people & made reservations for X+1 (or more), with the collective understanding that invitees were agreeing to help find a newbie/junior to invite at the conference & pay their bill (& tell them upfront).
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The West's collective inaction on decisively ending Israel's barbaric genocide of Palestinians – a slow, brutal slaughter our governments are perpetuating through arms sales to what must now be termed a terrorist state – is a bloody stain we will never be rid of. 💀
this is one of the worst crimes in human history and the entire global north and all of us in it share the responsibility
July 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
The West's collective inaction on decisively ending Israel's barbaric genocide of Palestinians – a slow, brutal slaughter our governments are perpetuating through arms sales to what must now be termed a terrorist state – is a bloody stain we will never be rid of. 💀
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I understand Bob's hesitation here about writing the negative book review, but if academics can't say that practices or work is bad in any way then what are we even doing here. Really appreciate the careful analytic work about why this stuff matters in this piece.
I wrote something new for History Respawned today. It's a review of a new book about Red Dead, but it's really about academic writing and historical game studies as a field. Please read, but also know, I really really really really REALLY didn't want to write this review.
Reviewer 2's Review of Red Dead's History — History Respawned
I promised myself I would never write a negative book review. I promised my PhD advisor I would never write a negative book review. I promised I would always find a silver lining in any piece of aca...
www.historyrespawned.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I understand Bob's hesitation here about writing the negative book review, but if academics can't say that practices or work is bad in any way then what are we even doing here. Really appreciate the careful analytic work about why this stuff matters in this piece.
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i sure do love those 30 seconds after waking up when i haven’t yet remembered about The Things
July 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
i sure do love those 30 seconds after waking up when i haven’t yet remembered about The Things
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The Toronto Circus Riot broke out on this day 170 years ago — sparked by a brawl between angry clowns and firefighters at a Victorian brothel.
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
July 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The Toronto Circus Riot broke out on this day 170 years ago — sparked by a brawl between angry clowns and firefighters at a Victorian brothel.
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
Here's my annual thread about one of the strangest stories in Canadian history...
Happy first day of sabbatical to me. I'm off to the shadows (aka fieldwork) for the next year.
a man in a black shirt is clapping his hands and smiling .
Alt: a man in a black shirt waves goodbye to someone off screen and then turns away to walk into the mist.
media.tenor.com
July 1, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Happy first day of sabbatical to me. I'm off to the shadows (aka fieldwork) for the next year.
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Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
A chilling reminder that American science denial does not just affect people in the US, it kills people globally.
June 26, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Difficult to overstate how much blood RFK and Trump will have on their hands in the coming years.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
Difficult to overstate how many innocent kids will die as a result of the people who cast votes for Trump last November.
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It's far past the time where we need regulation for AI. This will get people hurt, and volunteer SAR teams will take the brunt.
"AllTrails has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to 'shorten my route' or 'make this more scenic.'
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers say the feature is going to exacerbate an issue they’ve been warning about for years: hiking apps providing false information."
AllTrails launches AI route-making tool, worrying search-and-rescue members
One of the world’s most popular hiking apps has a new generative AI feature that can be asked to "shorten my route" or "make this more scenic." But the people in charge of searching for lost hikers sa...
www.nationalobserver.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:07 AM
It's far past the time where we need regulation for AI. This will get people hurt, and volunteer SAR teams will take the brunt.
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For anyone who thinks I'm joking here (and it's funny, but no) rumor is that the National Guard deployed in LA was sent under a 29 day order to avoid housing allowances, which means they have to fully pay for their own shelter. In LA. Zero notice. Durable fascisms don't shortchange the muscle.
Sad as it is to say, the greatest consoling thought I have as we march towards a fascism is how unlikely it is to last not because people are brave, or moral, or prepared to combat it... but because it's expensive to maintain, and the man driving us to it couldn't even keep a fucking casino afloat.
June 9, 2025 at 5:53 AM
For anyone who thinks I'm joking here (and it's funny, but no) rumor is that the National Guard deployed in LA was sent under a 29 day order to avoid housing allowances, which means they have to fully pay for their own shelter. In LA. Zero notice. Durable fascisms don't shortchange the muscle.