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Mike Ferdinando

@mikeferdinando.bsky.social
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I'm an GenX IT manager in higher education, whose passion is tabletop role-playing games. I'm also a leftist and antifascist. I'll mostly be posting about gaming and politics. Twitter refugee. Games I've written: mikeferdinando.itch.io

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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 11h
I hear this take on PbtA games fairly frequently. It's disingenuous IMO. The example cited is almost certainly a fabrication based on a misread of rules. If it's from an actual experience of play then the GM in question was clearly not following rules as written for how to interpret a mixed success.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 13h
They're moving on from trans youth towards advocating banning care for trans adults, just like we said they would.
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Claire Willett @clairewillett.bsky.social · 19h
"with Claude, we will no longer need lightly stoned weirdos who work at record stores because they are neurodivergent as hell and some band you've never heard of but is about to change your life is their special interest" these tech bros really hate anyone who was cooler than them in high school
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 12h
Re: the Cornell 7 Rapists... I just read an excellent essay about Greek Life at colleges and universities and how they exemplify and perpetuate rape culture. besskalb.substack.com/p/abolish-fr...
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Abolish frat culture
On “The Good Guy With the Text” fallacy
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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 13/04/2026
I swear I will vote for any person who runs on revenge and court reform. That’s it. Those are the two planks of your campaign? You got my vote
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 15h
I live in Ithaca, I'm a Cornell alum and a CU staff member for 30+ years. Fraternities have NEVER been safe places for women. Rape culture is fundamentally baked into them. Misogyny is part of the whole point of a "boys-only" club. Banning frats permanently would be a step in the right direction.
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Candace the Magnificent 🔜 PAXU @thecandacemarie.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Shout out to my fellow survivors dealing with PTSD this week. Being assaulted on a college campus and watching your abuser get lauded and rewarded is beyond fucked. Fuck Cornell, those seven pieces of shit, and every other abuser who got away with it bc a school failed to believe the victim.
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Doing My Own Research @doingmyownresearch.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My ground floor home office looks onto the street. Since 2020 I've personally witnessed four neighborbood cats get killed by cars, five accidents caused by drivers swerving or skidding when trying to avoid hitting one, and two drivers sob when they realized they killed a cat. Keep your cat inside.
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Starry Knight Press @starryknightpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Monstrous and inhumane.
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My abject hatred for the Republican Party and for every single person who votes for it increases daily.
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Andrew Schreck @andrewschreck.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
i don't think cis guys realize how much power they can shift in a conversation just by casually telling their friends
"that's fucked up, man" when someone says something
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I have a non-coding IT job. It is almost entirely reactive problem-solving and requires creativity, subject-matter expertise, and lateral thinking: Things that genAI LLMs are simply incapable of doing. I have exactly one use-case for AI: Turning a Zoom transcript into meeting minutes.
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
You've been murdered. Who do you want on the case?
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Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc in Knives Out
Alt: Daniel Craig as Benoit Blanc in "Knives Out."
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19.
Cover art of the Indigo Girls' self-titled 1989 album.
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Mike Boylan-Kolchin @mbkplus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
It’s pretty funny because there’s actually no possible way to cancel her: she’s been wrong about everything possible and people repeatedly point that out but she still has a job writing the same warmed-over culture war tripe every week as a columnist at WaPo. She’s proof cancel culture isn’t real.
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
There's 47 ways to use a guillotine... youtu.be/EY0ph_DSt2g
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47 ways to use a guillotine
YouTube video by Luke Nickle
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The only reason I've heard about the song "Choosin' Texas" is because of the current discourse about it. Still never heard the song itself and have no inclination to do so. I really, really dislike mainstream "Nashville country" music. It all sounds like this to me: youtu.be/CORANvT8l9A
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What bro country sounds like to people who don't like bro country
YouTube video by There I Ruined It
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Dean Lamar the Revenger @deanlamarrevenger.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Beer, a lawn chair and one of those tarps people used at a Gallagher show.
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As time goes on my respect for my alma mater falls further and further. Kudos to the student journalists staying on this story.
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Jason Cordova @jasoncordova.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We have never needed a stock market crash more than we do now.
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Our country is staring into the abyss, and much of our national press corps lacks the fortitude that this moment demands www.nytimes.com/2026/09/26/b...
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TV Networks to Resume Trump Coverage, Even as White House Excludes CNN (Gift Article)
The White House TV pool went dark this past week amid a standoff between CNN and the president. Network leaders, however, believe an indefinite suspension may be untenable.
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Feminize a band name: The Dead Barbie-Dees
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Literally everyone I know who bought a new car in the past 3 years bought a hybrid or an EV manufactured by one of Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai, Nissan, or Rivian. Myself included: I bought a 2024 Honda Accord Hybrid Sport. I don't know anyone personally who bought a new car from a US manufacturer.
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Olivia Hill @machineiv.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Yes. They are a fundamentally anti-democratic force. Their entire purpose is to add another layer of aristocratic control between the people and meaningful self-determination.
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Just wanted to say that I got double-vaxxed today: Flu and COVID. Feeling absolutely fine so far! I rarely if ever get any kind of reaction to vaccines.
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Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This means eligible voters will be wrongly labeled non-citizens due to faulty and unreliable data and be purged from the rolls
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor. This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why. Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
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DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The challenges we face must be met by a bold progressive populist movement that strengthens democracy and shakes up the system. We can’t simply return to the path we were on before Trump. We cannot allow Big Money to dominate our politics and economy. And we cannot capitulate to the oligarchy.
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I'm getting mine tomorrow.
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The current iteration of generative AI is extremely good at one thing and one thing only— De-skilling the people who use it, making them increasingly reliant on the tech.
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Josh @joshmallow.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Taking brisket away from Texans might be what turns Texas blue
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Katelyn Burns @katelynburns.com · 24/09/2026
One thing that encourages me is that despite individual Democrats capitulating on trans rights, I think if the polling holds, we will elect the most pro-trans congress and senate in US history.
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Shawn Tomkin @shawntomkin.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is just an unfathomable level of shittiness.
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🗽LOLGOP🗽 @lolgop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Gavin Newsom is smart enough to know this would happen. And that's the biggest part of the problem. with him
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Rural communities are feeling the pinch from Trump's failed policies -- and remember, they're going to suffer much more starting in January when Medicaid work requirements go into effect. Also, Dems should stop catering to dumb GOP rhetoric on trans people. It's not what voters are worried about.
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Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
That's why when I read about an author using it or a director using it to storyboard or whatever, they're basically telling you "I have nothing new to offer you so I'll just copy and paste from my previous work" yes AI can recreate and rehash old shit. Not sure what that has to do with making art
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Yeah. I cancelled my subscription. The value for the money just isn't there.
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
There is something so unbelievably bleak about an article that calmly walks readers through how to navigate being laid off after 50, losing your health insurance, and somehow surviving the years until Medicare. What a broken country.
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Laid Off After 50, and No Health Insurance? Here’s What to Consider. (Gift Article)
At best, older workers will struggle to find health insurance that bridges the years before they qualify for Medicare at age 65.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess? Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress. These are major structural reforms that every midterm candidate should support.
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How to Rebuild America After Trump
How will we clean up Trump's unholy mess?Here are my 10 Commandments for Congress.These are major structural reforms tha
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Fuck Newsom. His brand is GOP-Lite®.
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Nick Field @nickfield.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The State AGs were on pace to kill the Paramount/Warner Bros by litigation and delay until Gavin Newsom stepped in and turned the tide. Now the Trump loyalist Ellisons will control CNN and HBO. Don't ever, ever forget that Newsom stabbed us in the back www.wsj.com/business/med...
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Exclusive | Newsom Expresses Concerns About State Antitrust Suit Against Paramount
The California governor has told people involved in the suit that blocking the $81 billion deal could harm Hollywood jobs.
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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This will be a catastrophe for both filmed entertainment and news, and it's a great shame that the California AG caved. Trump and his people will celebrate this news today. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/b...
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Paramount to Resolve Antitrust Lawsuit, Clearing the Way for Warner Bros. Acquisition (Gift Article)
The deal would remove the last significant hurdle the media mogul David Ellison faced to create a news and entertainment empire, home to movie studios, HBO, CBS and CNN.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The worst part of Bonta caving on the Paramount merger is that it's a big flashing signal to every other company that there is no antitrust enforcement in America and you can bully your way into getting whatever you want. It's a monumentally bad decision.
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Brandy @3dogz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
People hate Flock so much its employees are now demoralized and thinking of quitting Good. www.neowin.net/news/people-...
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People hate Flock so much its employees are now demoralized and thinking of quitting
If you've been criticizing Flock online, your comments may be hitting harder than you think. Some employees say the backlash is affecting morale, and some are now considering quitting.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026
newsom and bonta let paramount threatening to pull out of california torpedo the entire lawsuit and this is going to be an abject disaster for everyone - including california, where they'll gut jobs anyway what a fucking disgrace
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Happy Earth, Wind, and Fire day to all who celebrate!
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Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember)
Alt: Earth, Wind & Fire - September (Do You Remember)
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I just unsubscribed.
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Mike Ferdinando @mikeferdinando.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I will absolutely NOT be renewing my subscription to Disney+.
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Micah @rincewind.run · 21/09/2026
congratulations to everyone on reinventing Worse Cable
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