Reposted by BrianFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.” “Why?” asked Frog. “I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad. 8517104
Reposted by BrianRebekah Valentine @duckvalentine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026reported on something that was really difficult for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons in a lot of different ways. 651762538
Reposted by BrianDave Dustin @dustin.nz · 07/10/2026"YOU’RE LISTENING TO SISYPHUS FM, THE HOME OF NON-STOP ROCK" 9878852125
Reposted by BrianAsh Poprik 🗡️ @ashleypoprik.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Interested in game writing or narrative design? I put together my favorite narrative-focused resources FOR FREE for your viewing pleasure. You'll find gems from legends including Mary Kenney, Anna Megill, Emily Short, Susan O'Connor, and Toiya Kristen Finley. Enjoy! drive.google.com/file/d/1xIvw...drive.google.comashleyPoprik_NarrativeResources.pdf 6236110
Reposted by BrianTremendous Kielbasa @rsaltasaurus.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is incomplete reprint designed to provoke. The bill had voter ID attached to it in order to get it killed, making it so Republicans could run this exact headline. 8885274
Reposted by BrianDaniel Dockery @dandock.bsky.social · 29/09/2026It's been a month since the release of my latest book, which means that my promotion will be slowing down. That said, I want to do one more thread. Because this book isn't just about BTAS, but about how valuable animation is as a creative medium. Here are my seven favorite pieces of animation: 44420
Reposted by BrianMary Kenney @marykgames.com · 03/04/2026What’s your low-stress, low-prio pet peeve in video games? Ex: For my old boss, it was nonsensical titles on books in the background. Mine is plants placed where plants could definitely not live. She needs a window or a grow light!! She needs to eat!!!! 17860333
Reposted by BrianAlex Zalben @azalben.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Here's the official announcement of Parton's passing from her reps, along with the request that in lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library at www.imaginationlibrary.com 69135048674
Reposted by BrianSteve Vladeck @stevevladeck.bsky.social · 24/08/2026And as soon as tomorrow, Judge Talwani may also issue a TRO against the new rule the USPS issued Friday night to implement the EO. In other words, this is a small win for the Trump administration, but *not* a ruling that fully clears the way for Trump to mess with mail-in ballots come November. 502210720
Reposted by BrianDavid M. Perry @lollardfish.bsky.social · 17/08/2026 “I realized I’m in the middle of a pedophile operation that has been run out of the N.I.H. by a Nobel laureate for thirty years.” Aviv has made a lot of choices in how she frames this story, and I'm not criticizing it (I am thinking about it), but burying this in the middle is one. 141052247
Reposted by BrianKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/08/202614 hours later and my mentions are still full of angry treatises about badly behaved cyclists. Bike lanes are not a reward for good cyclist behavior! They are infrastructure proven to make cities safer for ALL ROAD USERS. Whatever way cyclists have wronged you is irrelevant to the discussion! 302109181842
Reposted by BrianFlying Mezerkis @bananapantz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Gifting this article Iran literally blew up the supply base in Bahrain that was meant to supply the aircraft carrier group Lincoln. Everything about this war has been a lie since day one. Was this made clear earlier? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...nytimes.comNavy and USS Lincoln’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War (Gift Article)Diego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain. 27453271
Reposted by Brianunboxed cereal @unboxedcereal.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The concept of games predates the video games and tabletop games you normally think of, which means the latter are actually [game+additive] and therefore you can like them without actually liking games. That's not a bad thing, but it does affect the validity of commentary in shared spaces. 051
Reposted by BrianJake Berman @lostsubways.com · 03/08/2026this is not true. there was no conspiracy. it didn't matter whether the streetcars were publicly owned (seattle, detroit) or private (los angeles, atlanta). a thread (because i wrote a whole-ass book on this): 1/? 852850986
Reposted by Brianlauren @lauren.rotatingsandwiches.com · 01/08/2026yeah we gotta just ban the short form video platforms if they exist to blenderize loosely understood concepts from sociology and history into conspiracy-brained rants about how starbucks exists to neuter the revolutionary class 711652143
Reposted by BrianTamzin @tamz.in · 30/07/2026Your #Wikipedia donations at work. The #WikimediaFoundation asks for your money to keep the lights on, & then spends it on notorious union-busting law firm Jones Day so its board members can recite generic anti-union rhetoric to justify ignoring supermajority […] [Original post on wikis.world] 065
Reposted by BrianClaire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 27/07/2026you'll be unsurprised to hear it does not work in reverse! we actually did try to weaponize "parents have some concerns" for good instead of evil back when I was working with Portland Catholic schools opposing the archbishop's transphobic new student policies, and they couldn't even get a meeting 💀 6815136
Reposted by BrianCara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Controversial videogame dislike: I hate when games have ‘dice rolls’ involved. If I wanted to be totally out of control of my own life I would not have opted for the designers’ hand for a tenner 2711611
Reposted by BrianErin Fogg says Free Link @criminalerin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026I hate this fuckin country what a terrorist shithole of a nation 311594347
Reposted by Brianmtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · 16/07/2026Yes the frustrating thing about "rural subsidies" discourse is that we're usually actually talking about subsidies to people who choose to live like a 60 minute drive from downtown in an area with one acre minimum lot sizes 1661663
Reposted by BrianNothings Monstered @nothingsmonstrd.bsky.social · 24/06/2026To Be Possessed — Deborah Poynton Oil on canvas 190 x 230 cm deborahpoynton.com/to-be-posses... 0244
Reposted by BrianCara Ellison @caraellison.bsky.social · 07/07/2026game devs: what are the myths that a lot of players of games think are true about making games that are completely untrue? If you could snap your fingers and they suddenly all knew the truth about it what would it be? 10450890
Reposted by Brianjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 07/07/2026there is a cohort of men who resent the responsibilities and obligations of adulthood — of the fact that you owe things to other people. it is a fundamentally childish impulse that they have reconfigured as the height of masculinity, and i think it informs the parasocial attraction to platner. 249137032813
Reposted by BrianTahar 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇺🇳 🇪🇺 @rochaa.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Jazz is the greatest, most genuine, & uniquely American invention. It’s literally impossible for Jazz to have been born in another than the American context If America spoke, it would’ve spoken the tunes written by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Monk, Miles, Trane, Armstrong, Bird, Dizzy, etc, etc 923139
Reposted by Brianjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/06/2026you know, when someone says something like "these are the things that need to be done to avert disaster" and your response is "you think democrats will do that?!?" all you're telling me is that you think politics is a spectator sport 854625673
Reposted by BrianPhilip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 29/06/2026Checking in on MAHA day at the American State Fair. Managed to get pretty close to the stage 62978671546
Reposted by Brianmerr-itt came from outer space @merrittk.com · 29/06/2026hey so if you hate how Fandom wikis are bloated resource hogs i just learned you can go to "antifandom.com/whatever" and it loads a clean, ad and video-free proxy of the page 151281316
Reposted by BrianLite @litetheironman.bsky.social · 28/06/2026you ought to include the followup post which points out that touhou has been doing this the whole time 2530751299
Reposted by BrianAsheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 25/06/2026Like extremely well-paid - this is where all that money that is supposed to be used to hire actual humanities scholars at public universities to do actual peer-reviewed research and teach courses that aren't geared toward ideological indoctrination is going careers.historians.org/jobs/rss/223... 37620
Reposted by BrianFluoroantimonic Acid @moralconstraints.bsky.social · 24/06/2026The plays own title is “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet” and these smarmy signs are the perfect example of people criticising something on the basis they feel too superior to engage with the work in the first place. The entire point is they can’t be silly teenagers bc they inherit a blood feud. 718242
Reposted by BrianAlexa Ray Corriea @alexaray.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Every fandom would play the hell out of a dating sim in their chosen world and I know I am correct. I KNOW I AM CORRECT. 1421135
Reposted by Briani’m just ken @shepardcdr.bsky.social · 22/06/2026Pokémon people: Do you have a favorite Pokémon who is absolute dogshit? A little weakling who gets OHKO’d by a gentle breeze or can’t put a dent in an enemy’s armor? Do you want to tell me why you love them for a Kotaku story? Reach out here or email me at kshepard@kotaku.com RTs appreciated! 3912431
Reposted by BrianJoshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 21/06/2026an ellipse without grass, a drained reflecting pool, the east wing in shambles, construction on the mall: shaping up for a can’t miss 4th of July metaphor 121135245
Reposted by BrianBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Every history book about this government will have a subtitle that's some variation of They Should've Just Left That Alone 645075848
Reposted by Brianthe abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 17/06/2026"An Entire Civilization Will Die Tonight" is going to be eagerly memoryholed by Trump's enablers in the media and hawks in the Democratic party and I propose: not letting them do that. 173253723
Reposted by BrianBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 19/05/2025I don't know if there's ever been a culture more in love with charlatans than ours. "Success" defined entirely by how good you are at tricking people into giving you money. An entire country of aspiring slop merchants 207173343305
Reposted by BrianPopehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Is there a word for government of, for, and by 12-year-old boys 1941624221
Reposted by Brianjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 05/06/2026another day, another insane arrogation of authority 482388600
Reposted by BrianMax Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 04/06/2026No joke, it would be cheaper to pay every coal miner $5m every year to not mine coal. There are only 40,000 coal miners, while the coal industry produces >$500 billion in external costs every year, including by routinely burning coal just to burn it despite it costing more ("uneconomic dispatch"). 441726639
Reposted by BrianVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 03/06/2026This is excellent from @jamellebouie.net. The Trump administration is not conservative in any meaningful sense of the word. They are revolutionaries undermining the constitutional order. Any competent response from Democrats needs to face this reality squarely.nytimes.comOpinion | America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance 601847550
Reposted by BrianEmma the Sewer Socialist @mayorseidel.bsky.social · 17/05/2026When we talk about the Civil War, we talk about it as "the North" versus "The South," but that is a bad habit we get from propaganda rehabilitating the enslavers in the name of "national unity." There were units fighting for the Union from every single Southern state. The reverse is not true.en.wikipedia.orgList of American Civil War units by state - Wikipedia 312648
