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@gameranthro

Anthropology PhD, game scholar, designer, gamer - since my work is play, I play by fixing and restoring old stuff.

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Agreed - like the cover and can’t wait to read it. Grats!

07.02.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Glad you found me! I miss what Twitter used be for networking and friends and even just following what’s happening at conferences

03.02.2026 15:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for saying this! I was wondering if I was the only one that noticed how men get away with claiming originality by ignoring precedence in academia.

03.02.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never had this problem, my friends are all pyros.

03.02.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

She is quite wary lol - though interestingly when one popped - she didn’t care - so I guess one sting so fine but having these animals around is a step too far

11.01.2026 21:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Close up of a pile of balloon animals.

Close up of a pile of balloon animals.

Someone sent my cat a book on how to make balloon animals.

I’ve been practicing to relax after work.

10.01.2026 22:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Temple Bar dressed for Christmas

Temple Bar dressed for Christmas

A Christmas tree in the courtyard of Dublin Castle.

A Christmas tree in the courtyard of Dublin Castle.

Statues inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Statues inside St. Patrick’s Cathedral

A waterfall

A waterfall

Happy New Year - here’s more pics from my recent trip to Ireland

31.12.2025 15:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In just 1 day, driving from Bundoran to Carrowmore, I saw more rainbows than I have in the rest of my life combined.

07.12.2025 03:35 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I discovered I like mushy peas.

(aka - unpopular American opinions)

06.12.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ya, TIL this

03.11.2025 16:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agreed. For me at least, my first reaction the the word β€œfamine” is natural disaster

03.11.2025 16:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Pics or knit didn’t happen

18.10.2025 02:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A digitally altered image showing a ruined, post-apocalyptic version of Times Square with crumbling, fire-damaged skyscrapers and damaged advertisements, including a torn Nike β€œJust Do It” billboard. In the foreground, an anime-style girl with long brown hair, wearing a pink off-the-shoulder sweater and a knitted beanie, looks to the side with a neutral or sad expression. Overlaid text reads, β€œI feel so bad. Must be a chemical imbalance.”

A digitally altered image showing a ruined, post-apocalyptic version of Times Square with crumbling, fire-damaged skyscrapers and damaged advertisements, including a torn Nike β€œJust Do It” billboard. In the foreground, an anime-style girl with long brown hair, wearing a pink off-the-shoulder sweater and a knitted beanie, looks to the side with a neutral or sad expression. Overlaid text reads, β€œI feel so bad. Must be a chemical imbalance.”

Remember kids, anxiety and depression are not by default a mental illness! Some shit just sucks

06.07.2025 18:37 πŸ‘ 424 πŸ” 92 πŸ’¬ 17 πŸ“Œ 3

Wisconsin please!

26.09.2025 01:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"Who would have predicted this?"

- Black women did.
- Trans people did.
- The *entire* disability community did.
- The anarchists did.
- Post-Evangelicals did.

"Well why didn't I hear them."

You did. But you disregarded us as "extremists" and "alarmists". And you are still calling us that.

25.09.2025 23:28 πŸ‘ 2599 πŸ” 963 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 41

I started reading the list of Bucknell English dept faculty. I don't think I know any irl or on here but every single bio lists a current book project or a/many published book/s--expected, presumably, for tenure. Will Bucknell--upon closing Bucknell UP--stop expecting their own fac to publish books?

03.09.2025 14:46 πŸ‘ 88 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 4
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Oh thank goodness this got updated @usedgov.bsky.social and @mohelaofficial.bsky.social , now I have a year to figure out how to make a monthly payment that is more than my yearly take home pay

14.08.2025 17:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'll say it a thousand times -- any account of the past that only celebrates the good parts of a nation without reckoning with the bad is not what we call "history"

It is propaganda, pure and simple.

12.08.2025 22:29 πŸ‘ 9874 πŸ” 2697 πŸ’¬ 210 πŸ“Œ 71

Oh dang, I forgot to tag some people um... @mohelaofficial.bsky.social
β€ͺ@usedgov.bsky.social
who else should see this?

03.08.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Clip from a student loan letter saying the next monthly payment of $89,906.30 will be due 10/22/25

Clip from a student loan letter saying the next monthly payment of $89,906.30 will be due 10/22/25

This is so far from even remotely being correct that I have no emotional reaction. I am just in shock.
What happens now? They going to garnish my check for this amount?

03.08.2025 19:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Today I learned that it’s not β€œspecial treatment” but β€œ basic kindness” that students are asking for when they want me to break the rules for them at the expense of other students.

31.07.2025 17:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

FWIW, I’ve got an archive of self-created, self-hosted, open-source, non-extractive, non-surveillant class websites going back 22 years! wordsinspace.net/classes/

23.07.2025 21:18 πŸ‘ 199 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 4

wtf? The current AI my uni licensed isn’t even that good and Canvas expects me to blindly believe a discussion summary?
When we lean on AI that is making mistakes our students are going to lose trust in us (ironically I doubt that will correlate with losing trust in the AI they use …)

23.07.2025 22:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I didn’t bring my bike - too inexperienced with gravel to get to the cabin on it and I don’t have a means to tow it (yet).

21.07.2025 01:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pics from my weekend in the North Woods

2 of these pictures have turtles in them :)

21.07.2025 01:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Corner in a building with a vintage pencil sharpener and a public phone.

Corner in a building with a vintage pencil sharpener and a public phone.

Feel the nostalgia

14.07.2025 17:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Achievement unlocked:
Motorcycle grocery shopping.

09.07.2025 22:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Politsplaining

09.07.2025 22:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Save The Wheel of Time - Sign the Petition #SaveWOT Join fans from around the world working to find a new home for The Wheel of Time. Help us show Sony and streamers the story deserves to continue. #SaveWOT

savewot.com/take-action/...

02.07.2025 01:47 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wondering if I need a new helmet or new pads - fit is good around cheeks but my forehead feels squeezed and I can’t ride more than an hour without it irritating me

29.06.2025 15:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0