Brazen thieves hit multiple Wallingford businesses | FOX 13 Seattle YouTube video by FOX 13 Seattle

The homophobia knows no limits... support #ChangesBar & #TheSockMonster & #Wallingford... www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tjp...

Analog Game Studies

@analoggamemuseum.bsky.social's Volume 12, Issues 1-4 (including the #QueerAnalogGameStudies special issue) are now available on AGS's @escholarship.bsky.social site, starting with Issue 1: escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... #analoggamestudies #gamestudies

Diminished Lives: an Assault on the Humanities More and more students are being indoctrinated into a cult of cold “efficiency,” where the training of workers for corporate employment are held to be the ultimate priorities.

Diminished Lives: An Assault on the Humanities: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Analog Game Studies

*NEW ISSUE* *NEW YEAR* *NEW PLATFORM*
@analoggamestudies.bsky.social Vol. XIII, No. 1 (Mar. 2026) is out! 2 essays & 2 book reviews! escholarship.org/uc/analoggam... -- now, housed on @ucirvine.bsky.social Libraries' @escholarship.bsky.social portal! #analoggamestudies #gamestudies #escholarship

So thrilled to be invited by Evan Torner & Celia Pearce to this... @indiecade.bsky.social #PlayableTheatre Symposium, March 23-24, 2026, In-person at the University of Cincinnati: www.indiecade.com/playablethea...

CCCC Affirms Right to Refuse AI in Writing Classrooms | Melanie Dusseau posted on the topic | LinkedIn CCCC just passed an important resolution at their annual conference. The right to AI refusal extends to teachers and students, and I applaud this spirited defense of both academic freedom and linguist...

@NCTE_CCCC just passed an important resolution at their annual conference: "BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED that we affirm the rights of students and teachers to refuse to sign up for, prompt, or otherwise use generative AI in the writing classroom." www.linkedin.com/posts/melani...

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI As AI has upended the way students learn, academics worry about the future of the humanities - and society at large

‘I wish I could push ChatGPT off a cliff’: professors scramble to save critical thinking in an age of AI www.theguardian.com/technology/n...

The mysterious life of the woman who designed the world’s most famous tarot deck If you’ve ever turned to tarot cards to tell your future, it’s likely you were looking at the iconic illustrations of the Rider-Waite deck. But their creator has been largely forgotten. Here, novelist...

Inside the mysterious life of the woman who designed the world’s most famous tarot deck www.the-independent.com/arts-enterta...

@4sweb.bsky.social welcomes & hosts @litsciarts.org at #4S2026 in Toronto, October 8-10: www.4sonline.org/slsa_2026__t... -- scholars & artists are invited to submit abstracts to one of four SLSA Streams: 1) Technology; 2) Ecologies; 3) Play; 4) Arts & Literature. The deadline is April 30, 2026.

TODAY: I am thrilled to welcome @alisonstine.bsky.social back to @ohiouniversity.bsky.social to visit with my #ENG2320 #SpeculativeAppalachia class & to hold a public discussion of her writing...Thanks to @ohioenglish.bsky.social, English HTC, OHIO Honors, and WGSS for co-sponsoring the event!

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

/FACEPALM: U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus open.substack.com/pub/jonathan...

Ping Institute to feature presentation by Edmond Chang on March 3 The Charles J. Ping Institute for the Teaching of the Humanities at Ohio University will feature a presentation by Ohio University Associate Professor Edmond Chang on Tuesday, March 3.

Ping Institute to feature presentation by Edmond Chang on March 3: www.ohio.edu/news/2026/02... @ohiouniversity.bsky.social @ohioenglish.bsky.social

#GenerationAnalog2026 "GREEN" CFP EXTENSION to Sunday, March 8, 2026, by end of day! analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #gameinlab #analoggamestudies

Last day (though tomorrow sometime is fine, too) to submit an abstract for #GenerationAnalog2026! This year's theme is "GREEN." analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #gameinlab #analoggamestudies #analoggames #greengames

Scientists Found AI’s Fatal Flaw—The Most Advanced Models Are Failing Basic Logic Tests Identifying vulnerabilities is good for public safety, industry, and the scientists making these models.

Scientists Found AI’s Fatal Flaw—The Most Advanced Models Are Failing Basic Logic Tests
Identifying vulnerabilities is good for public safety, industry, and the scientists making these models.
www.popularmechanics.com/science/a703...

Ohio Equal Rights campaigns two amendments for November ballot Grassroots organization, Ohio Equal Rights, is collecting signatures for two proposed amendments to appear on the state ballot in November. The amendments would enshrine equal rights and same sex marr...

Love seeing how a half hour interview get boiled down: Ohio Equal Rights Campaigns Two Amendments for November Ballot: www.thepostathens.com/article/2026...

Jeff Bezos’s Destruction of “The Washington Post” Is a Disgraceful Plutocratic Crime It turns out that democracy doesn’t die in darkness at all—it succumbs to repeated group muggings at the hands of the moneyed power elite.

Jeff Bezos’s Destruction of The Washington Post Is a Disgraceful Plutocratic Crime www.thenation.com/article/soci...

What did the groundhog see? Punxsutawney Phil’s winter prediction is in | CNN Punxsutawney Phil, the groundhog weather icon, made his prediction on Monday morning. Was it six more weeks of winter or an early spring?

No, Punxsutawney, no.... www.cnn.com/2026/02/02/w...

Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71

SADNESSES: Catherine O’Hara, ‘Home Alone’ and ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Actress, Dies at 71 www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/a...

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? | Lady Gaga Original YouTube video by Rocket

I don't like this is for a commercial... but I do like it because it warms my melancholic soul... www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o5... #ladygaga #misterrogers #wontyoubemyneighbor

When two years of academic work vanished with a single click After turning off ChatGPT’s ‘data consent’ option, Marcel Bucher lost the work behind grant applications, teaching materials and publication drafts. Here’s what happened next.

When two years of academic work vanished with a single click www.nature.com/articles/d41...

KULA Vol. 9 No. 1 (2026): Special Issue: Citational Politics and Justice: kula.uvic.ca/index.php/ku... #citationaljustice #academia

Yay, happy to start seeing them in the wild. Routledge has been slow to get them delivered. Hope you enjoy! (Also, happy to do a book talk up there, happy to visit!)

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says A new report warns that AI poses a serious threat to children's cognitive development and emotional well-being.

The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...

A new year reminder to submit to #GenerationAnalog 2026! Deadline is two months away on March 1: analoggamestudies.org/generation-a... @analoggamestudies.bsky.social #analoggamestudies #gamestudies #greengames #green

CFP: Special issue: New Perspectives on Men and Masculinity in Gaming: septentrio.uit.no/index.php/el...

CFP: The Palgrave Handbook of Virtual Reality Literature: call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/01/...

World reacts to US bombing of Venezuela, ‘capture’ of Maduro Donald Trump says the US has carried out a 'large scale strike' against Venezuela and captured its president.

World reacts to US bombing of Venezuela, ‘capture’ of Maduro www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/1/...

A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental costs

A.I. Is on the Rise, and So Is the Environmental Impact of the Data Centers That Drive It: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...

I didn't look at the report... but I did notice my own feeds attempting to swing my sentiment IN REAL TIME... I was like, WTF?