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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 29/09/2026

Midwest is wild y'all.

Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 26/09/2026

See picture of news story on Instagram Tap profile pic to access ”link in bio” link Follow link in bio link Find story in link in bio page Tap story Not logged in in Instagram embedded browser; Open in external browser Logged out in external browser; must login 2FA into account Read story

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 22/09/2026

Apple makes a $550 headphone set that can’t be turned off unless it is stored in a special diaper.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 22/09/2026

The 2027 US News college rankings are out. College rankings are deeply cursed, but here's an uncommon complaint about them: Too many schools are ranked at the same rung in a "tie" that seems fake, as if designed to keep the schools hooked. If you're gonna rank colleges arbitrarily, do it.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 20/09/2026

Turns out you can just put an HDTV antenna in your attic and have television.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 19/09/2026

I thought this story would be what I was waiting for but it is profoundly not. Has anyone posted actual image comparisons of the variable aperture settings? Absolutely bananas that Apple didn’t show this but hey.

techradar.com

It took just one photo for me to realize the awesome power of the iPhone 18 Pro's variable aperture

Here is the tale of my first day with the iPhone 18 Pro Max's new variable aperture and why it's such a game-changer.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 19/09/2026

In this thread, Nathan Altice, a UC Santa Cruz teaching professor, describes his experience inside the research-teaching mismatch of the American research university. His account strikes me as paradigmatic.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 18/09/2026

I wrote about how American college, a bundle of competing and largely unrelated missions, became incompatible with itself. (Gift link)

theatlantic.com

College Is Coming Apart

Successive, overlapping crises reveal that American higher education makes no sense.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 18/09/2026

I wrote about how American college, a bundle of competing and largely unrelated missions, became incompatible with itself. (Gift link)

theatlantic.com

College Is Coming Apart

Successive, overlapping crises reveal that American higher education makes no sense.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 18/09/2026

This is SO Knowledge Navigator-coded in its diction. "Your wife, Nicki, sent you a message saying..." Surely this is intentional?

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 17/09/2026

I will be doing a live Q&A about this story at 1pm ET today. Just go to the article and it will tell you what to do! (Note that you need to be subscriber to The Atlantic to use our discussion features.)

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 17/09/2026

American college has faced three successive crises: COVID, the Trump research-funding chaos, and artificial intelligence. Together, the three have revealed that higher education is a bundle of incompatible missions. That tenuous marriage is unraveling—and has been for a long time.

theatlantic.com

College Is Coming Apart

Successive, overlapping crises reveal that American higher education makes no sense.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 16/09/2026

I can't do this anymore.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 16/09/2026

Basic cable cost ~$16/mo in 1989, and a premium channel like HBO cost ~$10 more. That's ~$70/mo in today's dollars. But you got all the channels and a lot of value from the premium ones. $15/mo for Apple TV is 60% of what HBO would have felt like in 1990. But it feels like nothing near that value.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 07/07/2026

Today is publication day for The Small Stuff: How to Lead a More Gratifying Life. Find USA, Canada, and UK ordering links here: smallstuffbook.com The book is about how you got disconnected from the physical world, why it's not your fault, and how to reclaim gratification in everyday life.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 01/07/2026

A delightful and rich review (that is also a lot more than a review) of my new book The Small Stuff, in The Guardian. The book is out NEXT WEEK? Did you know you can order it using commerce? US and UK links here: smallstuffbook.com

theguardian.com

Absolutely sensational! My week savouring life’s little pleasures – from drilling holes to licking trees

We are surrounded by sights, sounds, smells, tastes and textures – and most of it barely registers. Time to slow down and take it all in …

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

The perfect meal is Two Burgers. Most people will make one burger then supplement it with sides - big mistake! It's better to make a second burger, that way when you finish your first burger, you've got another burger right there

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 22/01/2025

[Žižek voice] And what is it the hippos were hungry for? The empty, white sphere of fantasy, onto which they—and the children who controlled them—could project their desire. Once captured, each hippo releases this desire, unconsumed, into a pen to contain it, before beginning the search for more.

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Ian Bogost @ibogost.com · 19/01/2025

Rigatoni reminds me of capybara.

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