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Erik Swedlund

@hipsmart.bsky.social
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PinballArtBot @backglass.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pabst Can Crusher, Stern 2016
Pabst Can Crusher Backglass Art, from the Open Pinball Database (opdb.org)
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
kiss me it’s my Golden Unread Email Count
Screenshot of the Microsoft Outlook app icon in my computer’s dock, displaying a badge indicating 1,973 unread emails
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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026
As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.
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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series
You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
South Slope Summer League concluded last night at Buttermilk Bar with a big win for our team, Snarfs! Special congrats to my co-captain, Jess, on her first pinball first place
Team Snarfs poses with the SSSL trophy, which will be displayed behind the bar at Buttermilk Scoresheet from the SSSL finals, under some of the 3rd/4th keychain trophies
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I got third place in the Dolly Parton charity side tournament this weekend #pinball
Azh, Dante, Chris, and Erik posed in front of a Dolly Parton pinball machine
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Pinball Map @pinballmap.com · 31/08/2026
OPDB has added a "machines that are missing photos" list. If you have very nice backglass imagery of any of these machines, please contribute. app.matchplay.events/opdb/missing...
app.matchplay.events
Match Play Events
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I have just had the statistically horrifying realization that Taskmaster UK series 22 will be the first to feature contestants who are all younger than me.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
We did a puzzle at Freak Bar. One piece was missing.
Puzzle of minuscule parts, assembled*
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Had some cheese bread
Cheese bread at the beach
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Lugged the chair and umbrella to Brighton Beach this time
A folding camp chair under an umbrella, with a green beach towel draped over it, sitting on a blue ground cover at the beach
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thank you specifically for this!
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Brighton Beach
Erik’s legs stretched out , looking at sand and the Atlantic Ocean
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NPR @npr.org · 20/08/2026
"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Tiny Desk with a couple parodies, a Weezer pastiche and the Emmy-losing closing-credits blues-rock jam to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story. n.pr/4xbnrK0
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'Weird Al' Yankovic: Tiny Desk Concert
"Weird Al" Yankovic returns to the Tiny Desk with a couple parodies, a Weezer pastiche and the Emmy-losing closing-credits blues-rock jam to Weird: The Al Yankovic Story.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We specifically named the team after the video mode. We’ll be Snarfin’ All Summer!
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Played a split-flipper game of Johnny on Monday, even! Video mode was funny
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
We come up with a new name every year for the super-casual South Slope Pinball Summer Team League; this year we are the Snarfs!
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Played in a pinball tournament last week at Volition Brewing in North Bend, WA, where they cleverly used their Stern Army banner as a sun shield. I qualified first of 14 in a best-game format, including setting the top score on SW:FOTE, but landed 5th after the amazing race finals.
A corner of Volition Brewing with a window blocked by a Stern Army banner and another window with a hours sign; a Stern D&D pinball machine sits next to the shaded window.Game over screen of Stern Star Wars: Fall of the Empire pinball machine displaying a score of 216,213,520
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
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What Monkey? (Confused Cat Meme)
Alt: What Monkey? (Confused Cat Meme)
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Drove through the Cascades last week on a family vacation, stopped for lunch at this picturesque shack
A line of people at a shack sitting in front of tall pine trees with signs reading, “BURGERS” and “TWIN PINES”
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
One is inbound to my main location and I am STOKED
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I can’t picture a Funhouse there, but it’s hard to say—it felt like that one was everywhere. I wasn’t as deep into pinball as I am now
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
(And Black Knight 2000 I played at the bowling alley in Naperville during high school, first pin I can remember playing by name)
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Wow! Maybe I’m forgetting it, or it changed in a few years. I played the heck out of the machines in the bowling alley… Indiana Jones, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, Theatre of Magic, and World Cup Soccer ‘94 at the time I recall.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
I showed up at U of Illinois in 1993. There were pinball machines in the bowling alley in the basement of the student union that I played often—might that be the same arcade you’re referring to??
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NANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller June 28,1961
P1- SLUGGO IS HAVING LUNCH AT NANCY’S,HE IS COMPLAINING TO NANCY ABOUT HIS MEAL
SLUGGO: NANCY - - - THIS IS A VERY PUNK MEAL

NANCY BRINGS SLUGGO A SERVING OF CUSTARD

P2-NANCY HAS A VERY DISPLEASED EXPRESSION AS SHE LISTENS TO SLUGGO’S CONTINUED COMPLAINTS
SLUGGO: THE SOUP WAS COLD AND THE CHOP WAS TOUGH

P3- SLUGGO: NOW A FLY
JUST LANDED IN MY CUSTARD

P4- NANCY HAS HEARD ENOUGH, SHE ANGRILY SWATS THE FLY IN THE BOWL OF CUSTARD, COMPLETELY SPLATTERING SLUGGO IN THE PROCESS
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The heated rivalry one!
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Neil Hughes @neilhughes.net · 13/06/2026
Brooklyn Cyclones Pride night with @hipsmart.bsky.social
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Local coverage of the pinball league I co-direct www.brooklynpaper.com/scrappleland...
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Keeping the ball rolling: Scrappleland brings weekly pinball league back to Greenpoint • Brooklyn Paper
It’s a little past 8 p.m. on a Wednesday at Greenpoint’s arcade bar Scrappleland, and the air carries an unusual sense of urgency. In the front section, a sea
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Pride night at the Brooklyn Cyclones
Baseball field with roller coasters in the background
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Just over a week until PinPride NYC, and we’re making news! Join us for our big gay pinball party on June 20 www.otdowntown.com/news/lgbtqia...
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LGBTQIA+ Pinball Tournament PinPride NYC Returns for Fifth Year
If you asked the city’s avid pinball players how they would describe the game’s community, the first word many of them would use is “welcome.” So, when two of t...
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Lookin’ good, My First L Stop When I Moved to Chicago!
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Audio-only advertisement in a subway station, preceded by familiar alert chimes: do not like.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Registration is open for NYC’s biggest, queerest pinball party!! Join us on June 20 at Barcade FiDi!
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Way to persevere!
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
NYC Pin Pod episode 616: Foster Connection SDY, PUG, and FPZ join the panel to talk about Flipperz, their queer pinball club Plus the usual stuff Last ep of the season! Farewell to BCF nycpinpod.wordpress.com/2026/05/24/e...
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Episode 616: Foster Connection
Episode 616: Foster Connection is posted to all your favorite podcatchers and here. This week… Ball 1: Local competition results including pinball NYC championship matches Ball 2: Venue updat…
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Joe Alonzo @joe.radjunk.com · 17/05/2026
Yes.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is a fantastic piece about being a writer and a sibling and a sibling of an outsized writer. I knew David for a few years, and I’m glad to hear from Amy here.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
me, thanks a lot dammit
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Benefiting the Ali Forney Center and the Transgender Law Center We're excited to return to Barcade FiDi after raising $6,405 at Valentine’s Gay 2026 and more than $35,000 to date! Open to all skill levels and new players welcome but all participants and spectators must be 21+. IFPA sanctioned.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
PinPride returns on June 20, 2026! This charity matchplay tournament for LGBTQIA+ pinball players and allies will feature six rounds of qualifying for up to 100 players and finals for top 16. Registration will open at 12pm Eastern on June 1 at matchplay.live/pinpride2026
PinPride NYC
LGBTQIA+ AND ALLIES CHARITY PINBALL TOURNAMENT
BENEFITING THE ALI FORNEY CENTER AND TRANSGENDER LAW CENTER
$10 ENTRY
100 PLAYER LIMIT
20 JUNE 2026
1PM
Barcade FiDi
10 Cortlandt St
New York, NY
REGISTRATION OPENS JUNE 1 AT NOON
MATCHPLAY.LIVE/PINPRIDE2026
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Pinball tournament last weekend, played so-so enough to money. The next morning I discovered a post-it note stuck to my skirt, ha
Mirror selfie of Erik in navy Barcade sweatshirt with pink Japanese text, black skirt, white cable-knit knee-high socks, and platform white Pride-themed Chucks.Envelope that reads, “Fourth place B Division $15”Black skirt with an arrow-shaped post-it that reads, “CREDITS.” The post-it had been attached to the coin door of Countdown and I must have leaned against it.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
NYC Pin Pod episode 613: Is There a Doctor in the Pinbar? The panel talks local competition results, the upcoming calendar, venue updates, and our pinball bullet journals. nycpinpod.wordpress.com/2026/05/03/e...
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Episode 613: Is There a Doctor in the Pinbar?
Episode 613: Is There a Doctor in the Pinbar? in which a panel (BCF, HIP) talks location pinball in NYC is posted here and to all your favorite podcatchers. This week… Ball 1: Local competiti…
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
NYC Pin Pod episode 612: Too Pissed Off to Be Happy about the Third Choice The panel discusses how we welcome civilians on league night Also: competition results, the week ahead calendar, venue updates, and our pinball bullet journals nycpinpod.wordpress.com/2026/04/26/e...
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Episode 612: Too Pissed Off to be Happy about the Third Choice
Episode 612: Too Pissed Off to be Happy about the Third Choice (in which a panel talks location pinball in NYC and nearby surrounding areas) is posted here and to all your favorite podcatchers. Thi…
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sam raimi's DRAG ME TOO KELL @kellygoround.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
girls do u ever feel | 《 • ^ v-\
the second row of 16-segment LEDs on the bride of pin•bot pinball backglass readout is glitched so it says "MAKE ME FEEL | 《  • ^ v-\"
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
NYC Pin Pod episode 610: Hopefully I’ve Won by Then GSP joins to talk ScrappleLeague, Pinburgh Satellite, FiDi Monthly, and more upcoming events Plus local competition results, next week’s calendar, venue updates, and our pinball bullet journals nycpinpod.wordpress.com/2026/04/19/e...
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Episode 610: Hopefully I’ve Won by Then is posted
Episode 610: Hopefully I’ve Won by Then, in which a panel (BCF, HIP, GSP) talk location pinball in NYC (and nearby surrounding areas) is posted to all your favorite podcatchers and here. This…
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Wait me too! What was yours??
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Omg. Sorry, kiddies
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Years of pinball have left them stunted, pale, and nonverbal, scrounging for quarters from the coin return slots of dimly-lit arcades. Shudder.
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Last night, our New York City Flipper Sport Association hosted The Mutants at our home bar, At the Wallace, and picked up an 11-5 win over our perennial rivals. Many of us enjoyed the Monday-only hot dog menu. #pinball
Team pinball action upstairs at At the Wallace. Filip mugs for the camera while others play pinball, spectate, and chat.Pinball NYC scoresheet showing our 11-5 victory
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Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Shout out to Joe Ciaravino for coining TIMA, though I must still point out that it stands for “tongue in my ass” on urban dictionary
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