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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I went to go see The Format last night in concert. I’ve been a big fan for 20+ years (and they’ve been on hiatus for about that long!), and I realized a huge part of what set them apart from a lot of their contemporaries is they really know how to structure a song.

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User with this avatar just got blocked @avijustgotblocked.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

An account with this avatar was just blocked.

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 24/09/2026

The Why Cheap Art? Manifesto, Bread & Puppet Theater, 1984

the WHY CHEAP ART? manifesto
PEOPLE have been THINKING too long that
ART is a PRIVILEGE of the MUSEMS & the
RICH. ART IS NOT BUSINESS !
It does not belong to banks & fancy investors
ART IS FOOD . You cant EAT it BUT it FEEDS
you. ART has to be CHEAP & available to
EVERYBODY. It needs to be EVERYWHERE
because it is INSIDE of the WORLD.
ART SOOTHES PAIN !
Art wakes up sleepers !
ART FIGHTS AGAINST WAR & STUPDITY !
ART SINGS HALLELUJA!
ART IS FOR KITCHENS!
ART IS LIKE GOOD BREAD!
Art is like green trees!
Art is like white clouds in blue sky!
ART IS CHEAP!
HURRAH!
Bread & Puppet Glover, Vermont, 1984

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Tim Price @timprice.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

You joined "grand vizier chat (secret)" You: dark rumors from aboard You: abroad* fuck Sssnakecharmer: mf said aboard WhispersintheChapel: ahoy matey lol PonderMyOrb changed the group name to "rumors from aboard"

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Ryan North @ryannorth.ca · 23/09/2026

Pompeii is a UNESCO world heritage site not because it was remarkable in its prime, but because it survived to our era untouched: one moment, preserved for all time. But future generations won't know what OUR world was like unless we do the same. This is why we MUST bury Toronto with a volcano

Picture of the streets of Pompeii, from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pompei_-_panoramio_(26).jpg. Taken by Tanya Dedyukhina, used under CC

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Watched Picnic at Hanging Rock for the first time after years of meaning to. So supremely up my alley. I love works that deal with how folks handle unresolved mystery and the grief it causes, and this has quickly placed itself right up there with John Darnielle’s Universal Harvester in that space.

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Greg Greene (he/him/his) @greene.haus · 22/09/2026

There’s really nothing to say in comment on Bret’s latest that Toni Morrison didn’t say perfectly 51 years ago.

It's important, therefore, to know who the real enemy is, and to know the function, the very serious function of racism, which is distraction. It keeps you from doing your work. It keeps you explaining over and over again, your reason for being. Somebody says you have no language and so you spend 20 years proving that you do. Somebody says your head isn't shaped properly so you have scientists working on the fact that it is. Somebody says that you have no art so you dredge that up. Somebody says that you have no kingdoms and so you dredge that up. None of that is necessary. There will always be one more thing.

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Hourly Peanuts Comics @esnupi.me · 19/09/2026

Sunday Peanuts by Schulz: Sunday, August 2, 1964

A Peanuts comic strip, drawn by Charles M. Schulz, originally released Sunday, August 2, 1964

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Z @dxdydz.northsky.social · 18/09/2026

I’m just really excited about making physical copies of some of my games. I’m so glad the flip switched in my brain from “gotta convince a publisher to make these” to “I have some money, I can just print a handful of them myself”. Hugely liberating.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

20 year old me would probably be a little disappointed that I haven’t wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling. But, hey, he’d probably be psyched that I’m getting a board game published. So ups and downs I guess.

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Gillian (Jill) @youdontknowjill.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Oh this is spot fucking on, especially this part:

When Obama said he supported civil unions in the run-up to the 2008 and 2012 elections, he was offering gay people a slower pace of progress. When Democrats today triangulate on transgender rights, they are offering us a slower pace of decline.

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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I wrote this story for Slate 3 years ago. It's an as-told-to perspective from the mom of a trans boy who accessed top surgery in Texas at 14 years old. This is the kind of Texas family who Talarico wants to ban from seeking healthcare. slate.com/technology/2...

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We’ve Been in Texas for Generations. Our Trans Kid Is Being Treated Here. It’s Getting Dark.

His doctors agree that this care is right for him.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Why is every politician a coward on trans rights? Do you just lose a backbone on easy shit the moment you get close to winning?

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Mike X. Nichols @mikexnichols.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thinking about this exchange today

A YouTube video for the Water Temple in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. The comments section has an exchange as detailed below. “@TheMrdangles16 • 11y ago:
i hate the water temple... too confusing :(“ “@KeithHalsell • 2y ago:
it's been 9 years, i hope you are doing great in life now.” “@TheMrdangles16 • 2y ago: it couldn't be going worse Keith.”

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

My first experience with Age of Steam left me pretty cold, but every time I play it, I like it more. It’s a more flexible system than I thought on first blush and can do some really weird stuff with the design tools it provides. Guess I gotta go to Age of Steam Con in November to see what’s what.

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Off-Board Podcast @off-boardpod.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Off the Board again! Just can’t wait to be Off the Board again! This time, I’m joined by Kathleen Mercury! We talked about comedy and two excellent women comics, Paul Reubens and Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, and Salt-n-Pepa!

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Kathleen Mercury Goes Off-Board

Podcast Episode · Off-Board Podcast · September 3 · 53m

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Dan Thurot @danthurot.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

We're back with the fourth and penultimate chapter in my series on The Guerrilla Generation! Today we travel to El Salvador, where the murder of Archbishop Óscar Romero is about to precipitate a major challenge to the government. Read it here: spacebiff.com/2026/09/01/g...

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Liberation Ludology, Part Four: El Salvador

At long last, we’re nearing the end. After Uruguay, Peru, and Nicaragua, El Salvador is the fourth and final scenario in Stephen Rangazas’s The Guerrilla Generation. We’ve seen ur…

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Wendell Berry reignited my love for rural communities and the natural world in my early 20’s. I don’t think I’d be the same person I am without his writing. He expressed the power and beauty to be found in caring for your neighbors and the land you live on. God bless him and his family.

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BayBayFriend @baybayfriend.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Just a quick tutorial. Watch in full screen landscape so you don’t miss any tips! ❌⭕️❌⭕️

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

In 1990, an elementary school teacher won $16,500 on a game show, and used her winnings to publish a board game about the Exxon Valdez oil spill. This is her story. youtu.be/r1g7C0o9Oqc

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Tracia Newman's Board Game: Oil Spill & Amateur Art

YouTube video by Hollandspiele

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I love that the first big review of Crits & Tricks emphasizes that it's a WEIRD game that not all will enjoy. I can't imagine designing a game that everyone is supposed to like. I want to put more esoteric shit out there. Glad that they had a good time with it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=30lS...

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Crits & Tricks Review: Critical Thinking Required

YouTube video by The Dice Tower

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Every year that passes, I’m more and more shocked that I haven’t seen this album get the critical reappraisal it deserves.

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Don't Change Your Plans

YouTube video by Ben Folds Five - Topic

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Timmy Jackpots, The $13,250 Diamond Dazzler @tbone.malware-virus.biz · 26/08/2026

my wife has a friend who sent Dolly Parton a painting she made & a letter explaining how much Dolly's music meant to her while she was transitioning. Dolly responded to it personally & paid for her top surgery. Sounds like an urban legend but it's real. I think we're going to more stories like this.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Nobody combined their showmanship, marketability, and artistry as quite as well as she did for so long. God bless Dolly Parton.

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Two Doors Down

YouTube video by Dolly Parton - Topic

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is a great listen. Love what @luke6080.bsky.social is doing with this very niche podcast. It is narrowly aimed at me as a target audience.

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Off-Board Podcast @off-boardpod.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Off-Board unplanned brand synergy! This time, I was joined by @amabel.bsky.social , who is in the midst of celebrating Hollandspiel’s 10th anniversary! We talked about a wide range of topics, from videos made for cats, to adversarial comedy game shows, to fandom’s affect on media and its consumption

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Amabel Holland Goes Off-Board

Podcast Episode · Off-Board Podcast · August 20 · 59m

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Nicaea is a blast. As someone who can’t help but still identify as religious but is allergic to hierarchy and structures of power, the thesis and humor in it resonates with me. Christianity has and is always going to be influenced by the political reality it exists in, and it sure was at Nicaea.

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

The Brewers are up 22-0 over Seattle, and one of those runs came because Julio Rodríguez caught the second out and threw it into the stands thinking it was the third.

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Amabel Holland @amabel.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This highlights a striking difference between film, video game, tv, and book criticism versus board games: however thin it's gotten, there is institutional support for professional critics in basically any other form, while for board games this is incredibly rare (1/4)

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

(This has been sitting in my drafts for four months. I have no memory of what my original intention was.)

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The Blue Jean Committee - SNL

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I understand the upsides of BGG as a database and resource, but I do worry that we’ve put far too much importance on it as a hobby in a bunch of ways. This highlights just one of them.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

7 years ago today, David Berman passed away. I always find time to listen to Purple Mountains around this time of year.

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Purple Mountains "Darkness and Cold" (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by Drag City

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Greg Loring-Albright (he/him) @gregisonthego.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Mountain Goats just dropped a new album, "Days," today. That album is a spiritual successor to "Goths," which @luke6080.bsky.social and I discussed for ninety minutes on this podcast episode (we took a short detour into John Darnielle's connection to tabletop gaming).

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Off-Board Podcast @off-boardpod.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Off-Board, this time with feeling! I was joined by board game designer and academic @gregisonthego.bsky.social on this format busting episode where we spend the whole hour plus talking about @themountaingoats.bsky.social ‘s album Goths! Take a listen to hear two fans go track by track on a classic.

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Greg Loring-Albright Goes Off-Board

Podcast Episode · Off-Board Podcast · August 6 · 1h 15m

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Every time I think about Challengers (the movie, not the board game, but both are great), I think about how Mike Faist had, by far, the most challenging role of the three leads and put in the most impressive performance of the three leads. It’s a shame he doesn’t get his flowers for it.

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Off-Board Podcast @off-boardpod.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Off-Board once again! This time, @dnlnwmn.bsky.social came by to talk about Gundam and mecha stories, yokai and Japanese folklore, and the links between comedy and horror. Check it out wherever you get your delicious, locally sourced podcasts.

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Daniel Newman Goes Off-Board

Podcast Episode · Off-Board Podcast · July 23 · 53m

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

One time I had an order delivered to a hotel and it arrived at a different building entirely that was across the street and around the corner. I was not thrilled but I zooooomed out and came to the conclusion “It’s okay if whitey has a bad day sometimes”

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Paul F. Tompkins @pftompkins.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My room temp and correct take on tipping is that if you make a comfortable living you tip servers always and you tip them well because who the fuck do you think you are

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Jeff Probst, long time host of Survivor and board game designer (?) doesn’t have a picture on his BGG designer page. But y’know who does? This guy.

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