Reposted by Erik SwedlundPinballArtBot @backglass.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Pabst Can Crusher, Stern 2016 061
Reposted by Erik SwedlundThe Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026As 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.theverge.comThere is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter seriesYou can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry. 367201459894
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026South 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 040
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I got third place in the Dolly Parton charity side tournament this weekend #pinball 0161
Reposted by Erik SwedlundPinball Map @pinballmap.com · 31/08/2026OPDB 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.eventsMatch Play Events 0113
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I 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. 010
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026We did a puzzle at Freak Bar. One piece was missing. 000
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Lugged the chair and umbrella to Brighton Beach this time 010
Reposted by Erik SwedlundNPR @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/4xbnrK0n.pr'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. 643578
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 18/07/2026We specifically named the team after the video mode. We’ll be Snarfin’ All Summer! 030
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Played a split-flipper game of Johnny on Monday, even! Video mode was funny 000
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We come up with a new name every year for the super-casual South Slope Pinball Summer Team League; this year we are the Snarfs! 330
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Played 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. 030
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026static.klipy.comWhat Monkey? (Confused Cat Meme)Alt: What Monkey? (Confused Cat Meme) 110
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Drove through the Cascades last week on a family vacation, stopped for lunch at this picturesque shack 150
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 10/07/2026One is inbound to my main location and I am STOKED 030
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I 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 000
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) 000
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Wow! 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. 200
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 02/07/2026I 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?? 100
Reposted by Erik SwedlundNANCY COMICS BY ERNIE BUSHMILLER @nancycomics.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller June 28,1961 1868460
Reposted by Erik SwedlundNeil Hughes @neilhughes.net · 13/06/2026Brooklyn Cyclones Pride night with @hipsmart.bsky.social 041
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 17/06/2026Local coverage of the pinball league I co-direct www.brooklynpaper.com/scrappleland...brooklynpaper.comKeeping the ball rolling: Scrappleland brings weekly pinball league back to Greenpoint • Brooklyn PaperIt’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 050
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Just 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...otdowntown.comLGBTQIA+ Pinball Tournament PinPride NYC Returns for Fifth YearIf 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... 051
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Lookin’ good, My First L Stop When I Moved to Chicago! 140
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 03/06/2026Audio-only advertisement in a subway station, preceded by familiar alert chimes: do not like. 010
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 01/06/2026Registration is open for NYC’s biggest, queerest pinball party!! Join us on June 20 at Barcade FiDi! 030
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 25/05/2026NYC 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...nycpinpod.wordpress.comEpisode 616: Foster ConnectionEpisode 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… 010
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 12/05/2026This 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. 111
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Benefiting 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. 111
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026PinPride 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 33818
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Pinball tournament last weekend, played so-so enough to money. The next morning I discovered a post-it note stuck to my skirt, ha 010
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 04/05/2026NYC 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...nycpinpod.wordpress.comEpisode 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… 000
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 27/04/2026NYC 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...nycpinpod.wordpress.comEpisode 612: Too Pissed Off to be Happy about the Third ChoiceEpisode 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… 110
Reposted by Erik Swedlundsam raimi's DRAG ME TOO KELL @kellygoround.bsky.social · 22/04/2026girls do u ever feel | 《 • ^ v-\ 55911
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 21/04/2026NYC 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...nycpinpod.wordpress.comEpisode 610: Hopefully I’ve Won by Then is postedEpisode 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… 000
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Years of pinball have left them stunted, pale, and nonverbal, scrounging for quarters from the coin return slots of dimly-lit arcades. Shudder. 110
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 14/04/2026Last 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 120
Erik Swedlund @hipsmart.bsky.social · 13/04/2026Shout out to Joe Ciaravino for coining TIMA, though I must still point out that it stands for “tongue in my ass” on urban dictionary 010