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Simon Abrams, King of the Witches @simonsaybrams.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Still waiting for the world to catch up with me (Ie still no takers for my imaginary spec script, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, DRACULA.)

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 23h

Pete’s made one of the smoothest flowing yet weirdest shedding games I’ve had the pleasure of playing. Highly recommend you pick it up when this launches.

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Greg Loring-Albright (he/him) @gregisonthego.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Reviewers and previewers who are all about indie productions, cats, grassroots community action, and/or solo games, take note! This is a game with 3D-printed cat cubes (they have cute lil ears!) about managing feral cat populations AND it will be at the Indie Games Night Market at PAXU!

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

Normally, I would say “you’re getting Infamous Traffic? I guess I don’t need it!” but at this point, I’m too caught up in having the whole Wehrlegig set that I’m gonna back it too.

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Pete @petewiss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

New @decisionspace.bsky.social is a chat with @colewehrle.bsky.social about economic games and An Infamous Traffic. Come for Cole's recs of hidden gems, stay for a surprising discussion about the emotional core of how these nasty games reflect humanity. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

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Cole Wehrle on His Love of Economic Games and How They Inspired An Infamous Traffic

Podcast Episode · Decision Space · October 7 · 1h 44m

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I don’t know Paul Simon is the greatest living songwriter, but the older I get, the more I’m sure he’s the one I feel most connected to. The Obvious Child is such a striking example; I don’t think I’ve heard another writer express my experience of realizing how easy I’ve had it as I get older.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Trying to cast as wide a net while still being actually representative of my day to day listening.

A grid of nine album covers
MY9ALBUMS
The sound that made me
Graceland-Paul Simon
Patterns in Repeat-Laura Marling
Tapestry-Carole King
Ridin’ High-Jerry Jeff Walker
We Shall All Be Healed-The Mountain Goats
Stankonia-OutKast
Southeastern-Jason Isbell
Transgender Dysphoria Blues-Against Me!
Bear Creek-Brandi Carlile

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Diana Krall should be up like four spots just for her version of Popsicle Toes.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Think of it as a promise, then.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

You’re gonna learn to love The Estates, I’m gonna make sure of it.

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

They were so young when they started, but they always knew how to add an element of movement to their songs. Every verse and chorus in a song has some sort of melodic or structural change, and bridges that create a dynamic shift. It makes for compelling songs, and they were doing it from the jump.

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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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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

It’s like they’re realizing the joke in slow motion.

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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 · 18/09/2026

This has been a big switch flipped for me too. I’ve always been allergic to the pitch process, so embracing a more indie, DIY spirit has made the design process feel a lot more fun.

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

This was my hunch after going through the rules, but I’m still disappointed to hear it.

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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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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think that may be just a linguistic quirk of its use in English. Punishing as an adjective is used more to indicate something is difficult or exhausting. It’s disconnected from its use as a verb.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I think it’s more of an emotional claim. All sorts of games register as punishing for all sorts of reasons (randomness from dice, difficulty of execution, what other players can do to your position), so I think it’s more about enjoying the experience of those negative emotions.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Twice as long and twice as good from my estimation.

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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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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Got in a game of Age of Steam! I bounced off the system on my first play of it like two years ago, but every time I’ve played it since, I’ve enjoyed it more and more. Lots of flexibility and possibility in there that people have done a great job exploring through design.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I just looked up pictures and there are new and exciting ways of organizing hands of cards I could have never dreamed of out there, it seems. I gotta up my game.

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

I’m unable to hold 31 cards, so it appears I must permanently lower my age to my early teens (which sounds like hell to me).

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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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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Oh man, this has sold me on it big time.

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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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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

EGM (I think it was technically under their 1UP online show, but that’s neither here nor there) did a video on that Balls of Fury game for the Wii and one of the characters says “have your grandma pull the car around” like fifteen times during their video. It’s still burned into my brain 15 years on

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Luke Williams @luke6080.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

What made you choose the OG over the SM? Just aesthetics?

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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 · 02/09/2026

Age of Rail South Africa is a bop, as the kids say. For me, it’s like if someone took a look at Chicago Express and said “how can I make this actually exciting?”

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