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Chloé Germaine

@illmare.bsky.social
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UK-based game-maker, writer, university researcher and Green Party member. manchestergamecentre.org Tabletop Games, LARP, TTRPG, Horror, Gothic, Weird, Fantastika, Environmental Philosophy. Find stuff at frankandalex.itch.io and over at academia.edu.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Infuriating. Packed with the denial that is leaving our planet to burn. The Committee on Climate Change have been clear no more aviation expansion - and demand reduction (frequent flyer levy) is the conversation we need to have. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Can flights hit net zero by 2025 and at what cost to passengers?
Governments don’t want to tell people they’re going to have to pay more, argues an expert.
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Nnedi Okorafor, PhD @nnedi.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
An interview in The Bookseller about DEATH OF THE AUTHOR "Part SFF, part literary fiction, part family saga and part diasporic tale, the novel defies labelling." Also, I explain the title a bit more (outside of the Barthes reference). Read it here: www.thebookseller.com/author-inter...
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Nnedi Okorafor | 'When something is really complicated, people want to simplify it so that it’s easier to digest and so that they can kind of control the narrative'
Death of the Author explores how life and art intersect in a genre-defying tale.
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
It’s that glorious time of year again, folks, where we can curl up on the sofa and read this amazing review of Love Actually. It’s never not funny. www.jezebel.com/i-rewatched-...
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I Rewatched Love Actually and Am Here to Ruin It for All of You
Since 2007, Jezebel has been the Internet's most treasured source for everything celebrities, sex, and politics...with teeth.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
🔴MoD Blocks National Audit Office Report Amid Calls for Transparency Over Defence Spending ‘This is a truly appalling decision from a department which for decades has been notorious for its careless and wasteful attitude towards taxpayers’ money’ bylinetimes.com/2024/11/26/m...
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MoD Blocks National Audit Office Report Amid Calls for Transparency Over Defence Spending
'This is a truly appalling decision from a department which for decades has been notorious for its careless and wasteful attitude towards taxpayers' money'
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Rowan Rook and Decard @rowanrookanddecard.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Only hours left of our BLACK FRIDAY SALE! Hurry to our website now to pay MORE for the SAME PRODUCTS YOU USUALLY GET! It's a deal unlike any other. buff.ly/4fMsTdP
Image: two workers in construction hats and high vis smile over a clipboard while another worker in the background breaks OSHA guidelines. Text: Nov 29th anti sale black friday - caption: these guys are really happy about urinating in bottles.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 28/11/2024
"It's not zealotry, it's science." Ellie Chowns calls out climate science denial on BBC Politics Live.
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Well, last night I was practicing my Blood Bowl vamp tactics with @jennycromwell.bsky.social and her Black Orcs. Lesson learned: always prepare for the deep field lob. This gobbo made the one turn touchdown after being thrown on a long pass! What a hero.
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The Centre of Excellence in Game Culture Studies @coegamecult.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Mark your calendar: Festival of Game Culture (29.–31.5.2025, Tampere) is a celebration of games, play and scholarship. This witty, playful, thought-provoking and fun event both summarizes some of the work conducted in the CoE GameCult in 2018-25 and explores the future prospectives for game culture.
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Don’t photograph Azathoth while he’s sleeping. They might wake up.
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Finally getting back to some writing today. My mission - deconstruct game studies’ cosy relationship with systems thinking to properly decolonize how we make, play and think about games. There’s better ways to do games - we don’t have to repeat imperialist dogma to understand how games work.
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ADHD Memes @adhdforreal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Post you from a different era…. Here’s two. 90s indie album cover and that time I was an elf.
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
I adore Indigenizing Philosophy through the Land - the book I’m reading right now. It has the absolute best takedown of the concept of identity I’ve read anywhere. “The most vacuous concept ever invented, at least in relation to something as concrete as a human person.” Suck it, Locke.
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Birthday so far: Ate too much cheesecake made by my boyf and his son and got cool presents, including a raven skull necklace. Will celebrate part 2 with my son tomorrow. Rumour has it that he’s got me the undead BB team. Being 42 doesn’t mean you stop getting toys and goth jewelry so it’s alright.
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
This is an old article but worth reading. We were caught up in the aftermath of the police pursuit that shut down the M62 yesterday. Luckily all we had to endure was four hours of being stuck in traffic - but someone else wasn’t so lucky and is now in hospital. amp.theguardian.com/news/2019/ju...
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Speed kills: are police chases out of control? | Police | The Guardian
<strong>The long read:</strong> The public expects cops to pursue the bad guys. But a shocking tally of deaths has exposed how often these chases put the public at risk
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Tonight we are making and eating vegan chilli and playing the newly arrived Death May Die! It’s got the makings of an excellent night in.
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Protect the Wild @protectthewild.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
A thread 🧵 on why we're not watching I'm a celeb 👇
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Chloé Germaine @illmare.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Hello Bluesky! I had checked out of a lot of social media but I’m cautiously optimistic about this platform. I’m an academic and writer. I’ve written about games and children’s books, gothic and fantastic fiction, climate change, participatory research and I make games. Nice to meet you!
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