Reposted by Dr. Mike SellPé 🍺🧿 @forevernever.bsky.social · 4hIt's weird how the federal government is constantly being hacked after DOGE gutted the government's cybersecurity agencies. 541556606
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 4h“Imagine a religious theocracy with madmen at the helm threatening to destroy America.” 000
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellAbdul El-Sayed @abdulelsayed.bsky.social · 9hTomorrow, on October 1, the biggest transfer of wealth from the working class to the wealthy hits a critical milestone. Many of the provisions from the Big Ugly Bill will go into effect, harming hundreds of thousands of Michiganders in order to create tax cuts for the richest people in America. 12755842601
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellAlliance Against Gun Violence and Gun Violence Ticker. @gunviolenceticker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026 7538801499
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 21074752437
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026One of the things that online teaching has more or less destroyed is the pedagogical power of ripping a dreadful fart in front of one's students. 000
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Want an engineer to solve a problem? Threaten prison if they can't fix it. It's a longstanding legal principle. 110
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026But that's the rub, right? What do you and your player group enjoy. If this isn't what you like, don't play it? That said, I value what you've stated in terms of literalism vs. abstraction and the way that promotes different styles of play, whether narrative or tactical. 100
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellJack Hopkins-The Original @therealjackhopkins.bsky.social · 28/09/202637 more wounded troops. Added quietly. No explanation. Here's the No B.S. truth: when anyone (a vendor, a CEO, a government) revises the numbers without telling you why, the silence IS the message. 861 wounded. Their families deserve the full story. 20477263223
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellShannon Appelcline @shannonappelcline.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Given Wizards' abandonment of D&D fiction, it's great to see Hachette Partworks bringing back 100 classic D&D novels—even better, all in a gorgeous HARDCOVER format. If they were more easily available in the US, I suspect I'd be looking for shelving to fit 100 books. 🧵1dungeonsanddragonsfan.comUK Publisher Brings Back Over 100 Classic D&D NovelsUK-based publisher Hachette Partworks has just unveiled its new Dungeons & Dragons Novels Collection, which features over 100 classic books from D&D history. 55214
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellGef the Toking Mongoose @geftokingmongoose.bsky.social · 27/09/2026this is who you had to buy weed from before legalization 402026303
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes. 16892863055
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/09/2026They are playing in our faces 409125765953
Reposted by Dr. Mike Sellhana willow 🐯🔮🖤✨ @hanawillow.kim · 25/09/2026it’s no big deal they probably just said this for no reason and i definitely haven’t been thinking about it for seven years 391451280
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellHannah Alexander Artwork @hannahartwork.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Kiki's Delivery Service, No. 1 in Koriko since 1989 ✉️ 🎁 🍞 102855872
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellThe Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026A meatpacking plant in North Carolina introduced 167K lbs of raw meat with fake USDA inspection labels into our food supply.🤬 It's not China. Not Iran. Not Russia. It's the fucking losers in our country trying to be winners who are trying to kill us. 18353111
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 25/09/2026"RKF took money earmarked to provide health care for Black infants and spent it on his personal security detail" is a ludicrous headline. Comic book villainy.wsj.comExclusive | RFK Jr.’s Enhanced Security Was Funded With Money From Minority Health OfficeThe cost of the health secretary’s security grew from roughly $10 million in fiscal year 2025 to $17 million in fiscal year 2026. 27674883141
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026One of those days that, for reasons, I’m carrying a set of polyhedral dice in my pocket. Yes, those reasons—and I—are that cool. 010
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellAnna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 25/09/2026go go go "Union members are asking for AI protections, higher wages, and smaller class sizes, among other issues." abc7chicago.com/post/city-co...abc7chicago.comCity Colleges of Chicago faculty, staff vote to authorize strikeFaculty and staff at City Colleges of Chicago voted to authorize a strike. 2526
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellMegueyB 🔜Metatopia @megueyb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026More Seats at the Table has got you covered! They also have a spreadsheet of games made by women and other gender marginalized folk: www.patreon.com/c/moreseatsrpgpatreon.comMore Seats at the Table — creating an email newsletter about games by gender-marginalizedGet more from More Seats at the Table on Patreon. creating an email newsletter about games by gender-marginalized . Support More Seats at the Table and get exclusive access to their work. 02610
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellGreg Loring-Albright (he/him) @gregisonthego.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I've been remiss about posting links, but The Game Design Thread, the University-hosted podcast that @am0.bsky.social and I make, has a new episode out! We're talking about the dreaded HOMEWORK: open.spotify.com/episode/0mXA...open.spotify.comThe Game Design Thread - S2 E4IMPACT · Episode 021
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Let’s just say, it’s pretty great having a student walk up before class expressing that Ousmane Sembène’s ‘Black Girl’ is the most beautiful movie they’ve ever seen. 030
Reposted by Dr. Mike Selldr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved 12971081694
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellDr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. Spent hundreds of hours on that game. Still use character names to this day (Hi, Slippery Pete!). Will always remember my brother coming into my room at 3am crying because his party had so much loot, no more spells, and was lost. 012
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellPajiba @pajiba.com · 23/09/2026Jack Haven Reminds Us That The Majority of Actors Are Strugglingpajiba.comJack Haven Reminds Us That The Majority of Actors Are StrugglingYou might recognize Jack Haven from TV shows like Atypical or films like I Saw the TV Glow and Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. They're a young and acclaimed performer who has been acting since childhood and is... Read more... 310036
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellC. Robert Cargill @crobertcargill.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The vast majority of creatives are struggling. Writers are leaving LA in droves. Directors are driving Uber when they aren't lucky enough to get gigs directing dubs or subs for foreign films. Recognizable actors are finding jobs they won't be recognized in. The whole industry is shitty right now. 271097375
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 23/09/2026Paxton won’t agree to debate Talarico, and we all know why. He doesn’t want to answer these questions: “Why did you give an Epstein-style sweetheart deal to an admitted child predator? Why were you impeached… by your own party? Why do you own 15 homes on a government salary?” James Talarico 234113373685
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellDr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’ve curated my October Horror film watchlist! Some favorites, some new releases, a few been-a-whiles, some recent recommendations. Going to be a fun spooky season! boxd.it/XstR2/detailboxd.itOctober 26 Spooky Season To-Watch ListA list of 25 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Body Snatchers (1993), Carnival of Souls (1962), Demon Pond (1979), Detention (2019) and The Devils (1971). 001
Reposted by Dr. Mike Selljamelle @jamellebouie.net · 22/09/2026this is a genuinely crazy story 11955281178
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’ve curated my October Horror film watchlist! Some favorites, some new releases, a few been-a-whiles, some recent recommendations. Going to be a fun spooky season! boxd.it/XstR2/detailboxd.itOctober 26 Spooky Season To-Watch ListA list of 25 films compiled on Letterboxd, including Body Snatchers (1993), Carnival of Souls (1962), Demon Pond (1979), Detention (2019) and The Devils (1971). 001
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellScott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026NYT has now independently corroborated all the major allegations against Susan Collins in the ProPublica report, including that investigators were prepared to move against her and then Trump intervened to shut it down. This put Trump in a position of exceptional and extortionate leverage over her.nytimes.comF.B.I. Shut Down Inquiry Into Top Ally of Senator Susan CollinsThe inquiry was closed last year because senior bureau officials questioned the veracity of a campaign donor’s account, according to current and former officials. 24982223344
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Five corporations control 90% of the US media. Airlines have merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. 720160486055
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Every single one of these “observers” should be prosecuted. 000
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Every time an AI add-on is disabled, a career is born.static.klipy.comIts A Wonderful Life: James Stewart Christmas JoyALT: Its A Wonderful Life: James Stewart Christmas Joy 020
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026My team, the Digital Storytelling Project, is starting the second of a 2-year grant measuring the impact of integrating decision-making concepts, literary study, and Twine in standards-based 11th-grade English Language Arts courses. I can't share much but what we're doing is significant! 171
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Having taught film for the past couple of decades, it feels to me that the most significant framing I can provide my students is: Look and listen to this thing. Why did the filmmakers choose to do this thing? How did the filmmakers make this thing happen? 020
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellMark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Putting all my thoughts about this egregious Paramount/Warner settlement in this (growing) thread. (tl;dr: I am not a fan.) 210238
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When Elon Musk's groups spent $20M+ on Wisconsin's 2025 Supreme Court race, his involvement backfired and his candidate lost by 10 points. Now his super PAC has quietly spent $14M+ on key midterm races, including the Texas Senate race. Would be a shame if people found out.nbcnews.comElon Musk is flying under the radar in the Texas Senate race. Republicans want to keep it that way.One Republican involved in the Texas Senate contest called Musk’s in-your-face campaigning in Wisconsin last year “a mis 22960053730
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellAndrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 21/09/2026A couple went on a Fox News podcast and claimed the state of #Massachusetts took away their teen because they won't help the teen transition. But it's actually because the father was charged with beating and threatening to kill the teen and the mother was charged with witness intimidation.wbur.orgMass. parents' story about child's gender transition complicated by court recordsJoseph Kutzko was charged with assaulting the child in January 2025, not long before the child was removed from the family’s home. Mother Arlene Kutzko was charged with witness intimidation in connect... 10460341976
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hmm . . . in my graduate seminar on TTRPGs as literature, we're having a critical-play session focusing on Dungeons & Dragons. Realizing that I get the same species of butterflies before game-managing a TTRPG session as I do before teaching. 🤔 230
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellRyan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 21/09/2026He is not wrong. "There are reasonable grounds to believe that the reported 68 attacks that killed 223 people constituted crimes against humanity of murder under customary international law" - United Nations Special Rapporteur on U.S. Killing “Narco-Terrorists” at Sea www.ohchr.org/sites/defaul... 340127464649
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellEmily Nussbaum @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I truly don’t understand this “transplant” nonsense. The whole THING about NYC is that ppl come here from other places to mutate into New Yorkers! TO SEE IF THEY CAN BE KING OF THE HILL, TOP OF THE HEAP! Imho a rando who moved here a year ago is the MOST NY person. Welcome Ohio rando, have a bagel 1835848371
Reposted by Dr. Mike Sellex-Lethality Jane @lethalityjane.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Last year my kids' school lunches were covered by a grant to their elementary school. This year their lunches are not covered at their middle school. Lunch is $4.50 a meal. For the two of them, that's $45 a week, or about $180 a month. That is not insignificant, even for a middle class family. Sigh. 1071977266
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026An excellent example of the ambiguities of white privilege in a multicultural, food-forward society! 020
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord. Spent hundreds of hours on that game. Still use character names to this day (Hi, Slippery Pete!). Will always remember my brother coming into my room at 3am crying because his party had so much loot, no more spells, and was lost. 012
Reposted by Dr. Mike SellRetro Blast 💫 @retroblastpod.com · 19/09/2026What's your "origin" video game? Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you. I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer. So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨? 10441845118
Dr. Mike Sell @profmikesell.bsky.social · 20/09/2026A truly wonderful gift from a brilliant advisee. I haven’t had Shatila’s since I was in graduate school. Perfect baklava. 180