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Dr. Tanya Pobuda
@tpobuda.bsky.social
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PhD. Northerner. Settler. Snoop. Maker of lists. Best friend to genius type guy. Mother to fierce daughter. She/They. #BLM #COVIDisNotOver #MaskUP

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Dr. Tanya Pobuda @tpobuda.bsky.social · Jul 20
🎲📗My partner, I have been watching Coffee With Kilroy for a while now and so we were THRILLED to see this overview of #LockdownLudonaut's book, The Summer Job.

⛱️This accessible Choose-Your-Own Adventure style book is perfect for solo summer gaming. Perfect for the beach.

youtu.be/pAN98IkhX0k?...
Coffee with Kilroy - Summer Job (Schraner): First Look at Break System Gamebooks
YouTube video by KilroyWasHere
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resnikoff.bsky.social
FYI if you have a Spotify membership, Indivisible is asking people to cancel until they stop running ICE recruitment ads. Instructions on how to do it here: www.youtube.com/shorts/TKp7c...
Tutorial: How to cancel your Spotify subscription
YouTube video by Indivisible
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October 28, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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veryimportant.lawyer
working on a new unified theory of american reality i'm calling "everyone is twelve now"
September 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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lockdownludonaut.bsky.social
Down for some creepy chills in a #Halloween #heist set in #Canada?

You are in luck!

www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
October 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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lockdownludonaut.bsky.social
🎉☕We are thrilled to be covered by the wonderful #CoffeeWithKilroy.

Subscribe to their channel, they rock!

youtu.be/t0N7KjVP6w4?...
Coffee with Kilroy - The Fall Affair (Schraner)
YouTube video by KilroyWasHere
youtu.be
October 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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lockdownludonaut.bsky.social
Hey, #Canada! Ready for some homegrown frights and chills this #Halloween? Check out The Fall Affair...

The #heist in a #haunted #casino in ...#Ontario.

www.amazon.ca/Fall-Affair-...
October 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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elizhargrave.bsky.social
I think the best way to do it is to pick a sample of games and actually look the designers up. @tpobuda.bsky.social did this ~5 years ago and made this chart. Numbers would be different now (for ex @connievdc.bsky.social has had 2 games enter the top 400) but probably close.
Among all designers listed for the top 400 BGG-ranked games: 540 (92.6%) are white men 24 (4.1%) are BIPOC men 0.5% are white non-binary 2.7% are white women
July 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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georgetakei.bsky.social
Petty cheating at golf is a window into his rotted soul.
July 31, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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marialuisapaul.bsky.social
“Welcome to hell”

We spoke to 16 Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. This is the most complete view yet of the conditions they faced — which, some experts said, may violate conventions against torture.

www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
‘Welcome to hell’: Inside the mega prison where the U.S. deported migrants
Interviews with 16 former detainees of El Salvador’s Terrorism Confinement Center offer the most complete view yet of conditions inside the notorious prison.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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lockdownludonaut.bsky.social
Hey #Canada, are you feeling a little ...angry about the way a certain 🍊politician talks about us and our beautiful country?

Us too.

#Canada has the best people and #music in the world. We wrote a trilogy of #gamebooks designed to celebrate the glory that is #Canadian 80s, 90s and classic music.
July 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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pleasebegneiss.bsky.social
“keep politics out of kids movies”

disney in 1973:
death to tyrants! from disney’s animated robin hood
July 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
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altnps.bsky.social
The DOJ has digital tools to search 100,000 Epstein files in seconds, so why did 1,000 federal employees work 24-hour shifts to flag Trump’s name?

Because it’s not about finding the truth. It’s about controlling the narrative.

If there’s nothing to hide, release the files.
Durbin: FBI agents were told to ‘flag’ Epstein records that mentioned Trump
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, says he has received information that Attorney General Pam Bondi “pressured” about 1,000 FBI personnel to comb throu…
thehill.com
July 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
tpobuda.bsky.social
🎲📗My partner, I have been watching Coffee With Kilroy for a while now and so we were THRILLED to see this overview of #LockdownLudonaut's book, The Summer Job.

⛱️This accessible Choose-Your-Own Adventure style book is perfect for solo summer gaming. Perfect for the beach.

youtu.be/pAN98IkhX0k?...
Coffee with Kilroy - Summer Job (Schraner): First Look at Break System Gamebooks
YouTube video by KilroyWasHere
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 2:52 PM
tpobuda.bsky.social
🤯🎹🍁Okay... THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE, HUGE DEAL!!! One of #Canada's leading Canadian music luminaries, DJ, author and creator of the Ongoing History of New Music, Alan Cross, just gave #OperationCanCon a shout out!!!!

#Gamebook #InteractiveFiction #ChooseYouOwnAdventure #ElbowsUp
With Cancon in the news these days, there’s a new book on the subject. June 10, 2025 Alan Cross The Canadian Government and the CRTC are finally looking at the definition of Canadian content for the digital age. The last time anyone seriously talked about this was in 2005 (when nothing was done) and before that, 1996 (before the internet took hold). Add in the debates over Bill C-11 (which would require streamers to chip in for Canadian content development and news coverage), Cancon is going to be in the news a lot for the balance of the year. Derek Schraner has a new book on the subject which is part of a trilogy of books on Cancon–but it’s not a stuffy academic book. Instead, it gamifies things in an interesting way. Here’s Derek talking about Operation CanCon: Canadian Classics Music Shopping Gamebook.
June 10, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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lockdownludonaut.bsky.social
🧵Just heard about the death of #JuliettePowell.

Stunned...

I was just messaging someone how she was a major influence on our musical tastes in the #1990s, not only expanding the reach of dance music with #ElectricCircus, but giving more exposure to Francophone music through #FrenchKiss...
Juliette Powell reading a magazine in MuchMusic studios.
June 10, 2025 at 1:20 PM
tpobuda.bsky.social
🎎📚This gamebook was created after YEARS of studying #ChooseYourOwnAdventure and #interativeFiction, and determining what works and what doesn't.

🗾The result was one of the best Choose Your Own Adventure narratives I've ever read. 👍🏼

youtu.be/QoEG66QAasA?...
Reveal of The Summer Job, a Kyoto heist adventure!
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
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June 8, 2025 at 10:29 PM
tpobuda.bsky.social
🍁📚Looking for a gift this #CanadaDay or a fun activity out of the heat...?

Check out #OperationCanCon the physical media, #Canadian #music #shopping simulator.

#Gamebook #InteractiveFiction #HowToPlay

youtu.be/ReOzN3XMO0U?...
Operation CanCon: How to Play
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
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June 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
tpobuda.bsky.social
🍁🎞️📀Here's the brand new how-to video on #OperationCanCon

#80s #90s #GENX physical media #shopping game.

#Gamebook #InteractiveFiction #HowToPlay

youtu.be/ReOzN3XMO0U?...
Operation CanCon: How to Play
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
youtu.be
June 3, 2025 at 6:39 PM
tpobuda.bsky.social
🍁This series is my favourite because ...I AM CANADIAN!
🍺🦫

This #gamebook is a direct response to the threats to #Canadian sovereignty and is pure, distilled #timetravel into #GenX #Toronto nostalgia.

Walk down the #YongeStreet strip shopping for #Canadian music.

youtu.be/h-DTnyRzH1k?...
Canadian Eighties Music Shopping Gamebook Reveal
YouTube video by Lockdown Ludonaut
youtu.be
May 29, 2025 at 11:57 PM
tpobuda.bsky.social
🎲🍁You guys... My partner has written six (6!!) #interactivefiction #gamebooks (and created an entire game system) in less than eight months.

This is my partner's store on #Amazon. I'm in awe of their productivity and genius. These games are really, really good.

www.amazon.ca/stores/autho...
Derek Schraner: books, biography, latest update
Follow Derek Schraner and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Derek Schraner Author Page.
www.amazon.ca
May 29, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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eizebasa.baby
I Can’t Buy Any New Games Until I Play The Ones I Already Own But I’m Near The Game Store So Let Swing In And Just Look At What They Have

A Memoir
May 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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palecur.bsky.social
i remain an absolute sucker for a cool oracle deck, look at this friggin thing
helveticablanc.bsky.social Helvetica Blanc @helveticablanc.bsky.social · May 12
The Auroch
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🖼️ Prints
www.inprnt.com/gallery/helv...

🃏 The Wormsong Oracle Deck
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A massive, emaciated, human-faced bull is attended upon and worshipped by ghost-like saints.
May 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
tpobuda.bsky.social
🧂🗣️🎉Okay. COOLEST THING EVER! The LEGENDARY #MandiHutchinston has given a shoutout to #Operation CanCon by Derek Schraner the 1980s Music Shopping Simulator Gamebook.

🎉🎉🎉Check out this AWESOME #lunchtime live from ‪@SaltandSassGames‬ !!!!

#ElbowsUp #Canada

youtube.com/post/UgkxteW...
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🧂🗣️🎉Okay. COOLEST THING EVER. The LEGENDARY #MandiHutchinston has given a shoutout to #Operation CanCon by Derek Schraner. 🎉🎉🎉Check out this AWESOME #lunchti...
youtube.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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ithayla.bsky.social
I feel like this is a statement about our society where the powerful evil people get to operate purely on vibes with no basis in reality (read a new york times headline recently)

and the rest of us in the real world are so overwhelmed by the pace of the atrocities we sometimes fight each other
May 2, 2025 at 4:56 PM