So glad you liked my incredibly niche joke that belongs twenty years in the past

Hey hey!

The greatest trick Dave Matthews ever pulled was convincing bros to like smooth jazz.

I’m sorry if this was a #spoiler for you

Was also bummed that the audience cheered so loudly. I wonder how many of them know this background? It's a very queer audience. I appreciate they are probably just cheering for Sam and his latest costume.

Barry Humphries: Top comedy prize renamed after transgender row Melbourne's comedy festival distances its top award from controversy-hit comedian Barry Humphries.

The comedian that created and performed Dame Edna, Barry Humphries, was outspoken in his beliefs against gender diverse people. Melbourne International Comedy Festival had the good sense to take his name off their top prize in 2019. www.bbc.com/news/world-a...

Kinda bummed about the Dame Edna tribute by @samriegel.bsky.social‬ at the #CriticalRole Melbourne live show last night. Maybe there's room to reclaim the character, but that needs some awareness of Humphries's beliefs–e.g. an on-stage nod to the work of reclaiming. I'll put context in a comment.

@despair.bsky.social followed you entirely to tell you I liked your Vernor Vinge joke from your 2012 GDC talk

In the game of doing tasks, the key resource is usually focus, not time. Sometimes I take time to improve my focus. Eg, tidy up a folder structure, or layers in a design file. It’s a mini brain break but also smooths my workflow, generating future focus. I do this more when learning a new process.

Hottest trans woman youve ever seen lighting a cigarette on the ruins of the empire that tore itself apart: “you’re welcome“

Most happening of all, however, was Vaginal Davis, the black transvestite who played host. Wearing outrageous drag, singing in an enchanting bellow and covering contempt for the privileged with sugarcoated repartee, Ms. Davis followed the Fluxus dictum of invading the complacent world. At one point, she grabbed Ms. Paltrow and kissed her on the lips. ''You are a beautiful white woman!'' Ms. Davis squealed repeatedly, causing the blond actress to laugh hysterically. By cheerfully embarrassing a mass-media icon, Vaginal Davis accomplished one goal of all happenings: the elevation (and reduction) of everyone to the same level of authority.

In 1998, there was a gallery opening in NYC for an exhibition of art by Beck and his grandfather, Al Hansen. It had an opening show, coordinated by Beck and hosted by Black trans performance artist Vaginal Davis. Gwyneth Paltrow attended, and this happened, God bless:

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Things I think folks can learn to say, get comfortable saying, and show others are okay to say, that would genuinely improve the state of the world:

"I didn't know that"
"I was wrong"
"What does that word mean?"
"Can you explain this?"
"I don't think I understand"
"I don't know"
"I'm confused"

This is right where my mind went. It scores him points now with his base who believe his warped narrative, and sets up this later gambit. Honestly the scariest move I’ve seen yet.

hey the world is trash and everything's shit but i am here to say that if you are a trans game designer TELL ME BELOW about your latest project and i will at the very least say cool things about it and repost it, and maybe vibe check it on my blog.

TRANS DESIGNERS ONLY Y'ALL.

Fictional world-threatening event interrupted by non-fictional world-threatening event

Flag of California.

Electron microscope graphic of bird flu.

California becomes the first state to declare state of emergency over bird flu.

CDC Confirms First Severe Case of H5N1 Bird Flu in the United States — in Louisiana

Severely ill patient in Louisiana was exposed to sick and dead birds in backyard flocks.

In total, 61 human cases of bird flu have been reported in the United States.

Infected birds shed bird flu viruses in…

“Card Bargain” was meant to be a pun on “Hard Bargain” but it’s not obvious without context. “You drive a card bargain”

The Adaptation Game (TAG) wins National Resilience Award A local Melbourne developed board game first developed for the City of Merri-bek has won the 2024 Resilient Australia Local Government National Award. The Adaptation Game (TAG) is a board game that…

A local #Merribek developed board game - TAG The Adaptation Game - has just won the Local Government section of the Resilient Australia Awards 2024. Congratulations to the game developers @haileycoop.bsky.social & others
climateactionmerribek.org/2024/11/24/t...

It’s about Faeries and there’s a lot of non-combat interaction. Maybe “Hard Bargain” or “Fae Bargain” or “Card Bargain”

Waking up in Australia, it’s heartening to see the only poll drama so far was a woman who hit a building with her car after a dispute about an absentee ballot, and a judge of elections with his hand stock in a coffee machine.

I love you all very much but there is a non-zero chance that I will mute everyone but @taniel.bsky.social tonight. Keep your Kornackis, this is a Taniel household.

Daniel Craig as James Bond standing on the left with Judy Dench as M standing on the right outside of Skyfall - James Bond’s family home.

The whole purpose of the postmenopausal female is to try and control James Bond.

If Contemporary Fiction Was Written Like Science Fiction Just a heads up: there's a sequence with flashing lights in this video between 0:29 - 0:39.#books #scifiI started out writing this video thinking it would be...

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Banana Prices xkcd.com/2892

Logan’s games will make you feel things

New Study In The Journal Of Pediatrics Says Maybe It’s Not Social Media, But Helicopter Parenting ... We’ve been covering, at great length, the moral panic around the claims that social media is what’s making kids depressed. The problem with this narrative is that there’s basically no real evide...

In other news, the Journal of Pediatrics recently had a fascinating study looking at tons of other research on increasing mental health challenges with kids and found that... a huge factor is probably THE LACK OF SPACES FOR KIDS TO BE KIDS. www.techdirt.com/2023/10/26/n...

We are filming but not live-streaming so hopefully we get good footage :)

Player 1: Cienan Muir

Player 2: Samuel Austin

Player 3: Lee Constable

Player 4: Josh Pyke

Who else is at SXSW Sydney?

We’re doing a live play of TAG: The Adaptation Game, with special guests.

TAG is a tabletop role-playing game that creates a place based experience of climate change in your city or town.

You play as yourself, not president for a day.

www.tagclimatedrill.org

The Adaptation Game - Prepare for climate crisis in your town See TAG live at SXSW Sydney! with special guest players 4pm on 18th Oct 2023 at Alienware Arena, Fortress Sydney

When does it happen?

Btw I’m blatantly trying to get people to our event. We are live playing The Adaptation Game on Wed 4pm at Fortress. Please come if you can!

www.tagclimatedrill.org