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They sent the baker home that I wanted to get sent home. Then they said something that broke my heart and I sobbed. Oof. Wasn’t expecting to love them.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 8h

Did the gym again. Just walking, but it’s something.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The best time to stop supporting the worst right wing “journalism” by no longer playing Wordle is yesterday. There are SO MANY ALTERNATIVES. Do a search. There are HUNDREDS. Stop giving NYT your eyeballs.

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Books on GIF @booksongif.com · 28/09/2026

It’s almost October, a month known at Books on GIF as ‘Iris Murdoch-tober.’ We’ll kick off our second-annual celebration of Iris Murdoch’s work with a novel that several BoG readers have recommended to me: ‘The Nice and the Good.’ Join us!

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spending my month doing Murdoch-tober, where I read Iris Murdoch novels. First up? The Nice and the Good.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Went to the gym this evening for the first time in aeons. Please clap.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

No matter how pretty Castles of Burgundy gets, it can’t escape its beige heritage. Final scores were 205, 200, 199, and 185. I was the 200. New players were first and third, which is great. I love a game where everyone feels competitive.

Hexagonal acrylic tokens featuring various buildings arranged on a beige board.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you’re getting a forearm tattoo, which way for the tattoo is up? Like, if I was getting a person, would the feet be close to my elbow or my wrist?

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Okay Trails Chapter 2, maybe you should think about editing the script to not talk about “The Epstein Foundation.”

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Had a lovely day today looking at a house in Woodstock, grabbing lunch at BratHaus, and taking a hike at a preserve near home.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Giving some more hours to Arydia. Mysteries abound! Don’t look too closely if you worry about spoilers like items and powers you might get.

Player boards for Arydia strewn with cubes.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Oh man. Bake Off is definitely quirky this year. There’s one contestant I will cheer when they leave. Otherwise everyone seems great.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Is it just me or does Nigella eat things on Bake Off like she’s never put food in her mouth before?

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pasta tonight. Louie’s Italian sausage, basil, port, mushroom, and carrot in the sauce. It tastes so fresh. Gonna let it simmer and eat it with some Aldi bronze cut rotini.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I needed that massage to be about two hours longer. Oh my gosh.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Well, we didn’t get to even put a bid in on the house we saw this weekend. Alas. We were going to do that today after work, but it’s under contract after an apparent 25 days with no interest. Typical. It’s getting hard to believe there are so many bullets that need dodging.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

“Collabs” might be the unsexiest word.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I think need to tell you all that maintenance on the town tornado siren has concluded. It’s super important or they wouldn’t have called me, texted me, and emailed me about it all at once.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Boss stop sending me AI garbage challenge. So far, so failed.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I’ve got a new blog up at Dicecovery today. I’m discussing the top 10 games I want to get off of my “Shelf of Opportunity” in the next bit of time. Check it out. Have you played any of these? What should I play first? dicecovery.com/2026/09/21/t...

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The List: 10 Games to Get Off the Shelf of Opportunity – dicecovery.com

A couple times a year I rank my board game collection using PubMeeple.com , a site that lets you import your BGG collection and rank your games using a very spe

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A side effect of gen ai I can’t stand is that EVERY FUCKING COMPANY has a REALLY SHITTY jingle now. NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS A FUCKING JINGLE.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

I just woke up because i had a dream someone came to my bedside, touched me on the shoulder, and said, “Edward Scissorhands passed away.”

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Shop at the stores that hate you. That’s fine. Then tell me there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism while you’re being lined up in front of a fucking firing squad. Do better. Stop letting them get away with this.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Happy Trails in the Sky Chapter 2 day! Gonna dive into that asap.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

He’d be thrilled! Married to a great man, making a living writing, and spending free time wandering in nature, playing board games and video games? Yeah, that would make his day.

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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 17/09/2026

find one thing today that isn’t awful and notice it’s not-awfulness i believe in you

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

My 2027 Hobonichi Techo planner cover shipped! I love that Earthbound and this planner company exist under the same Shigesato Itoi umbrella. Now I have to wait til November to get my A5 planner in English. I’ll just stare lovingly til then.

A dark olive fabric cover with some embroidery and some transfer decals on it. All are sprites from Earthbound. Also pictured: my desk mess, including 2026 Hobonichi planner, field notes book, and utensils.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

There are no rules for how you interact with me except be decent. Heart all the bullshit you want. Repost stuff if it resonates or if you think it would do well on your feed. I’m not sure why “how long ago I posted it” matters to people. If I didn’t want people to interact with it, I’d delete it.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I’d do that Pokémon trend but it would just be 17 pics of Trubbish.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

This weekend was really nice. The rolled ankle was awful, but it healed quickly. Felt worse than it actually was in the moment. Got to touch, see, hear and smell nature.

Brown hair mushroom protruding from mottled bark

A shitload of mushrooms growing from a trail side fallen tree. Golden oysters? I don’t know

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I thought the new Castlevania was coming out today and wondered why no one was talking about it. Whoops. I’m a month early. Tomorrow, though, is both Fire Emblem and Trails day! Woo!

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Why does the new version of Lords of Vegas look like that? It’s like Temu LoV by way of my-cousin-is-a-graphic-designer.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Sir, a second tart has hit the table:

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Hiked a new place with @doubleb25.bsky.social today, where we saw tons of mushrooms and a few hot dads. Rolled my ankle real bad coming down a hill. Limped the quarter mile back to the car. Stopped at a tiny orchard and bought pears. I found a tart recipe, and he made it. Y’all. So good.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Ugh. Shortcutting the theft-to-dollars pipeline? It’s all so gross.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Is anyone else wondering when we can move on, culturally, from today? Like, I get it. I was shocked and saddened too. It was horrific. But 25 years is a long time. It all seems so performative now. We’ve been saying the same thing for 25 years.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Saw Coyote vs Acme tonight. It was, in a word, dynamite. No notes. Wouldn’t change a thing. 💥

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

God damn. Not only are people all over bitching about the new Zelda, the rest of you are shitting on existing Zeldas. Starting to feel like a Star Wars discord around here.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Well this sucks. Guess I’ll be avoiding them from here on out.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Does anyone else find this Capstone game Royal Society of Architects SO distasteful? Like…I thought themes about cultural theft and British colonialism were out of favor. They could have chosen ANY other theme. And yet…here we are. I’ll think twice before supporting Capstone in the future.

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Toenail @flyingvee.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It's #torneko day, everybody post #torneko, god bless #torneko

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

And an open world Kirby? Fuck yeah!

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

New Metroid so soon?! Incredible!!!

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

You can always expect the “fans” to come out when anything Zelda is announced to talk about how awful everything is. I’m withholding judgment as of yet. Ocarina isn’t even close to my favorite game of the series, but I’m happy for everyone who hold it dear.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Mille Fiori is always a good time!

Colorful rhomboid tiles on a busy game board.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Played a 100 point game of Nertz. I ended with 5 points. Not my strong suit.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

@petersagal.bsky.social what the actual fuck Peter Sagal?! Check your goddamned facts. Rowling isn’t dead, and why are you promoting transphobic garbage people? Ew. Unfollowing forever.

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Jesse Thorn @jessethorn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

“Harry Potter is great, even if…” is not a message we are accepting at this time. Because the monster who wrote those books is very much alive and profiting from them and using that money and power specifically to target trans people.

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

So far we’ve had a game of Truffle Shuffle, which we thought was good, and a game of Wingspan Pocket, which was really fun despite us struggling with the symbols.

Cards in a row, some with food tokens printed on them and some with birds.

A brown tabby cat resting his head on his paw

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Justin @justindifazzio.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

It’s a games weekend! Bringing some favorites and some that I’ve never gotten to the table. Excited to see our friends again and get some time to relax.

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