adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There's technological determinism, and then there's: 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I'm really not sure we needed to grant Labubu pseudo-sentience. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Having a fun time with an online grading system failing to save feedback today. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026And honestly given the diabolical choices Microsoft have made around SharePoint OneDrive and Teams, my work life might actually be simpler even with additional setup overheads! 100
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Feeling like I need to take a month off work and rebuild my entire digital life like this. Become an open source Linux sicko or something. 120
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026You know that saying "to a man with a hammer, all the world's a nail"? Every interaction becomes a hit when you've successfully dedicated yourself to becoming the most attractive punching bag in the history of the universe. 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Cricket is even more like this, and explicitly so. 010
Reposted by @adamruch.bsky.socialRussell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Such a sad decline from his Sherlock/Doctor Strange heyday www.glasgowlive.co.uk/news/glasgow...glasgowlive.co.ukBurst Cumbernauld sewage pipe leaves smelly 'Pringles tube sized keech' on pathThe issue is said to have been reported to Scottish Water after a pipe burst, spewing raw sewage onto the path behind Drumpellier Gardens. 14934213
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Folks are losing their actual minds about this and I haven't seen anyone make the obvious point that this is simply a cure for Odysseus' "Dad!" 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Right, the just out of frame car crash is pretty essential to the meaning of that meme. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Gestures emphatically yet non-incriminatingly. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I support your radical journey of self-actualisation, dude. 011
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 18/09/2026One step closer to being a ninja turtle I see. 110
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026It's been a long couple of years to get back here and settled, but things are starting to line up. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I'm in the Digital and Social Media group in the big Media/Creative arts school. I teach 3 classes: Web Comms/Culture, Writing, and a Games unit at the main Perth campus. Happy to be back in touch :) I went and got an M.Ed. while in the USA so if you wanna chat games/edu... 110
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026That's great, I'm glad you've found such a good spot. I'm at Curtin Uni, full time lecturer here since Feb last year. Very glad to be back in the Aus public system :) 100
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Update: Five consecutive hours of teaching is still a lot. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Gearing up for a banger back to back in my writing class later this month... 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Me: Patiently waiting for publication of my chapter about WoW's complicated relationship with it's own history / lore. Blizzard: 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026static.klipy.comKronk: Oh Yeah, It's All Coming TogetherALT: Kronk: Oh Yeah, It's All Coming Together 030
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026David Jones is closing location, even in big central malls. I think Perth is an outlier as both stores here in the big centre are usually pretty busy. 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026static.klipy.comIs This Real Life?ALT: Is This Real Life? 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026And I mean, since we've gone this far we may as well order 10 of the 4 packs... 100
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I had exactly this thought. Stay outta my brain! 110
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026What do you MEAN that *I* have to actually decide which word goes here? FFFfffttttt does anyone know about this?? MODS??? 001
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Having one of those afternoons where writing even broad abstracts of work is like bamboo under my fingernails. 100
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I'm entirely right-handed except for when I pick up a sports-bat type thing. Baseball, cricket, golf etc I do left-handed. Weird! I even play guitar right handed, which is 'kinda' similar to a bat? Sorta? ... ok they're made of wood most of the time 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026lol what the hell she doesn't even take a set dribble... 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 10/09/2026It's a new day. Got some work done. Time to marinate my brain in the panic-doom-snark sauce website. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Anyone more plugged into his than me: are Aussies required to verify age on Roblox at this point? 100
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026So Steam has rolled out age verification in Australia now. Really cool to see what Aus is regulating and what they're not. (There really is a lot of objectionable material on steam it isn't shy about recommending...) 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026OMG I'm cringing myself inside out here. There's just no limit to the depths of the grift. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026All I have to say about the Ocarina of Time remake: 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Bit of a theme going on in my Steam page lately. 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Another great example of academia's depressing new role simply "fact checking corporate marketing" 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Quick click request: It's analytics week in my writing class. If a few of you would click this link to show that Bluesky is a referrer, that'd be GREAT! Even better if you'd open a story or two. Just want to show some stats to students! wotw.netstudies.orgwotw.netstudies.orgcultureBYTE – Writing on the Web: Tech, Arts, (Pop) Culture, Sport 001
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Hmm, who am I to deprive us all of some primate shit-flinging though? Do I have that power?? Maybe I WANT to see you drag Mike to the top of that one tower in Melbourne. 020
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I need to be a little strategic here, because I know this will cosume my brain and prevent me thinking about anything else for a bit. 100
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I just... Like I... I can't keep up.static.klipy.comSebastian's Shocked Jaw Drop with ScuttleALT: Sebastian's Shocked Jaw Drop with Scuttle 000
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026That's much less surprising. I find even empty noise about social responsibility of corporations to be unusual. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Australian govt suggesting that social media companies have a "digital duty of care" over it's (younger) users. How does this square against the neoliberal shareholder theory everything else operates on? Even more contradictory than usual. 121
Reposted by @adamruch.bsky.socialPress Start Journal @psjournal.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Open Call for Papers 2026🥰📢 Press Start is currently seeking full-length game studies papers from current grad students/recent grads. Submit by Dec 4, 2026, for a potential spot in our 2027 issue! More details below in this thread👇 #CallForPapers #GameStudies 279
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026No small part is how much I now also want to read "Cyberselfish" by Paulina Borsook, written TWENTY years ago, right after. 010
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 05/09/2026I'm pretty excited to read the new book The Nerd Reich by Gil Duran. But I know once I get started it's going to consume my brain for an extended period. 120
adamruch.bsky.social @adamruch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Attn: @chrisdeleon.bsky.social can't believe this wasn't you that made it appear in my feed! 000
