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Kyle Ackerman

@kyleackerman.bsky.social
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Consultant, analyst, archaeologist, producer, designer, and faculty at USC.

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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
And for a brief moment, it was...
A street sign identifying "Kyle Place"
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Yes... yes it does.
Image of Capri Moon
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Clash of Cultures in the final moments
The late game-atate of the board in Clash of Cultures
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Love me some little prep bowls
Photo of sweet breakfast omelette in process: green apples are cooking and eggs are scrambled nearby in a small prep bowl
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Not enough farms on the moon...
A game of Shackleton Base, entering the final turns.
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Late-game state from trying out "Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock"
Late-game board state of Orloj: The Prague Astronomical Clock (lots of meeple and fiddly-bits scattered across a complex-looking board)
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Post insane, barely remembered book covers from your childhood
The cover of the collection of stories entitled "Earthman's Burden" featuring some very teddy-bear looking aliens in various costumes
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Got in a first (learning) game of World Order, and had an excellent experience with international politics ca. 2010
The board state of World Order by Hegemonic Project Games after an only slightly flawed learning game
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Are these all over the country, or just on the regular Paramount+ billboards?
Billboard advertisement promoting the President's birthday party UFC fight
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
I just got my kids out of the Valley:
Picture of the cover of Harry Turtledove's book, "The Valley-Westside War"
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Post a game you remember playing that no one else remembers:
A screenshot from Galactic Gladiators for the Apple II
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
A Tamarian saying "Cincinnati when the Turkeys Dropped" while laughing
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Hard rock band "The Lone Rangers" from the film "Airheads"
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Went with the extended family yesterday to sit in Mickey Cohen's booth before Coles French Dip closes.
Sign over the entrance to Coles French Dip Sandwiches, a storied LA bar and restaurant Photo of Los Angeles gangster Mickey Cohen
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Home-made Feetloaf!
Meatloaf in the shape of feet: Feetloaf
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
Skyrim NPC saying "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee."
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
A Tamarian from Star Trek saying, "Cincinnati, when the turkeys dropped!"
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Hmm... not sure how this is going to work out.
Barry and Levon in front of their pudding
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The Yankee Doodle lunchcounter
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
KITT from Knight Rider. The image is silently playing the Knight Rider theme in your head.
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Cecilia Giménez's 2012 attempted restoration of the fresco of Christ, from Wikipedia
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
Sunlight peaking through towering Redwoods during a brief respite of the rain, with hikers for scale
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Windswept trees on the Pacifix Ocean
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
A somewhat sinister looking photo of the warden's house and lighthouse on Alcatraz island
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 30/12/2024
How did your friends know you did the deed? Like this:
Image depicting mosquito bites on a person naked in a swamp... or a plane showing survivorship bias
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
There are AT LEAST three Fascist policies enacted, and it looks like someone has been elected as chancellor.
An image from BoardGameGeek of the tabletop board game "Secret Hitler"
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
The Ironclad and The Silent battle the Hexaghost
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Poster for Soviet 5-year plan
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Uhh.... Ok?
Spotify Wrapped saying that "May was your Victorian Parody Dark Cabaret season"
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Another close-up of appropriately festive holiday tree decorations
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Close-up of appropriately festive holiday tree decorations
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Near the end of the second round of a learning game of Thunder:Road Vendetta
Near the end of the second round of a learning game of Thunder:Road Vendetta
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Older men describing the hardship of their youth
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
Playing a game of Hegemony and, not surprisingly, the working class player is lobbying to restrict immigration.
Image of the boardgame Hegemony, in which the working class player is proposing bills for free health-care, higher wages, and to restrict immigration.
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 06/11/2024
This poor robot got stuck on my corner - it's come all the way from Vault 33 in Santa Monica!
A robot fleeing Vault 33 in Santa Monica
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 02/11/2024
Playing the latest Call of Duty (mostly to avoid election doomscrolling), and having flashbacks to Call of Duty (2003). I'm always impressed at how far these games have come.
Image from the opening of the Soviet campaign of Call of Duty (2003)
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 25/10/2024
Had a weird realization last night that The Dead Milkmen prepared me for the mental state of today's electorate better than any analyst.
The album cover of Beelzebubba from The Dead Milkmen, featuring a man in overalls next to a tractor
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 18/10/2024
I'd been away for a while, and when I returned discovered I have to play rogue-likes on this Palm Pilot.
Palm Pilot with stylus
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 20/09/2024
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 18/08/2024
I'm embarrassingly excited to have built these puns:
A spinning ride named "Jurassic Whirled" and a food stand called the "Clever Grill"
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 24/12/2023
That's tremendous!
Ned, playing the organ on the holiday tree.
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 23/12/2023
Legacy of Yu, just prior to winning after completing the canal
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Kyle Ackerman @kyleackerman.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
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