@adamruch.bsky.social
Lecturer and writer in games and interactive media.
Perth, WA.
Perth, WA.
There still aren't *quite* enough people living in the streets on the margins of San Francisco and San Jose I guess.
Read this sentence slowly:
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
“Gov. Gavin Newsom, crypto executives and business leaders are ramping up efforts this week to stop the proposed wealth tax...”
gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/u...
As Bernie Sanders Comes to California, Wealth Tax Opponents Intensify Efforts
www.nytimes.com
February 18, 2026 at 4:27 AM
There still aren't *quite* enough people living in the streets on the margins of San Francisco and San Jose I guess.
Need someone to review this because I want to read it...
We are looking for 3 reviewers for an article on the Cities: Skylines II modding community. See the attached image for the abstract. Please contact Mark at mhi267@uky.edu if you are interested!
🌟Please note that all reviewers for Press Start must be current students or within 1 year of graduation
🌟Please note that all reviewers for Press Start must be current students or within 1 year of graduation
February 17, 2026 at 4:50 AM
Need someone to review this because I want to read it...
This guy is so high on his own shit I can't even comprehend it.
February 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM
This guy is so high on his own shit I can't even comprehend it.
Semester one, day one of the in-person semester today.
a close up of a demon with horns and green eyes in a dark room .
Alt: Scary Illidan Stormrage who says "YOU ARE NOT PREPARED" a lot.
media.tenor.com
February 16, 2026 at 2:53 AM
Semester one, day one of the in-person semester today.
The thing about this stuff leading to the AI crash is that pretty big chunks of society already rest on false conclusions based on dubious evidence. Policy and business decisions are vibes already.
February 15, 2026 at 2:25 AM
The thing about this stuff leading to the AI crash is that pretty big chunks of society already rest on false conclusions based on dubious evidence. Policy and business decisions are vibes already.
Mc economics: all this is cheaper than one large quarter pounder meal. (I know it's garbage food don't @ me)
February 12, 2026 at 4:11 AM
Mc economics: all this is cheaper than one large quarter pounder meal. (I know it's garbage food don't @ me)
Big chunks of my high school years leaving us this past week. Hard to overstate how big 3 Doors Down and Dawson's Creek were. Very sad.
February 11, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Big chunks of my high school years leaving us this past week. Hard to overstate how big 3 Doors Down and Dawson's Creek were. Very sad.
Aussie writers, who dropped "intimadatory" into the lexicon today? Terrible word. Barbarous as Orwell might say.
February 10, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Aussie writers, who dropped "intimadatory" into the lexicon today? Terrible word. Barbarous as Orwell might say.
Surreal experience of running into some kind of "end of the road" in any given academic field, content area, whatever. This is maybe the only full study on model-making ever written, and its essentially inaccessible except for this Google Books preview. www.google.com.au/books/editio...
Remaking the World
Modeling - building, operating, collecting models of all kinds - involves people from many walks of life. From "folk" to highly trained professionals, from skilled artisans to dreamers, modeling is an...
www.google.com.au
February 10, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Surreal experience of running into some kind of "end of the road" in any given academic field, content area, whatever. This is maybe the only full study on model-making ever written, and its essentially inaccessible except for this Google Books preview. www.google.com.au/books/editio...
Am I making a huge mistake with search terms, or is this all there is on Google Scholar about "toy" model trains & adult recreation?
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 AM
Am I making a huge mistake with search terms, or is this all there is on Google Scholar about "toy" model trains & adult recreation?
I was thinking along similar lines the other day. People are saying "performative" when they mean "communicative (derogatory)". Same family tree as virtue signaling, politically correct etc. Always imputes deception to the speaker.
“Performative” doesn’t mean fake or superficial or meaningless. It means the opposite.
February 10, 2026 at 3:01 AM
I was thinking along similar lines the other day. People are saying "performative" when they mean "communicative (derogatory)". Same family tree as virtue signaling, politically correct etc. Always imputes deception to the speaker.
Got a real, strong coffee from the cafe today and I think I might be able to reconfigure the subatomic structure of my desk if I get too close. #vibes
February 10, 2026 at 2:56 AM
Got a real, strong coffee from the cafe today and I think I might be able to reconfigure the subatomic structure of my desk if I get too close. #vibes
Disappointing, unsurprising scenes in Sydney last night.
If only we weren't constitutionally bound to host a clearly controversial, genocidal foreign leader visiting the city...
*touches earpiece*
If only we weren't constitutionally bound to host a clearly controversial, genocidal foreign leader visiting the city...
*touches earpiece*
February 9, 2026 at 11:46 PM
Disappointing, unsurprising scenes in Sydney last night.
If only we weren't constitutionally bound to host a clearly controversial, genocidal foreign leader visiting the city...
*touches earpiece*
If only we weren't constitutionally bound to host a clearly controversial, genocidal foreign leader visiting the city...
*touches earpiece*
Just spent a very fulfilling 90 minutes moving some letters and numbers from one PDF into several others while ensuring to change the 1% of those values that actually matter.
February 9, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Just spent a very fulfilling 90 minutes moving some letters and numbers from one PDF into several others while ensuring to change the 1% of those values that actually matter.
I'm increasingly convinced that he played a part in things, but wasn't the "trigger" as much as he was deliberately putting his fingers in many pies. There are likely dozens of connections to things that did not eventuate into any meaningful social change. That said: why so many fingers?
jeffrey epstein being the first domino for the financial crash, video game micro transactions, and Gamergate is making me lose my mind
what the fuck man
February 6, 2026 at 5:28 AM
I'm increasingly convinced that he played a part in things, but wasn't the "trigger" as much as he was deliberately putting his fingers in many pies. There are likely dozens of connections to things that did not eventuate into any meaningful social change. That said: why so many fingers?
Or an emu who has *not* forgotten it's a dinosaur.
‘HOPE IS THE THING WITH FEATHERS,’ EMILY DICKINSON
famously wrote, and that often leads to pictures of doves sitting quietly and looking sweet, but what if hope is an albatross that can soar for years without stopping, or an osprey that can haul a thrashing salmon out of rough waters?
famously wrote, and that often leads to pictures of doves sitting quietly and looking sweet, but what if hope is an albatross that can soar for years without stopping, or an osprey that can haul a thrashing salmon out of rough waters?
February 5, 2026 at 1:51 PM
Or an emu who has *not* forgotten it's a dinosaur.
Good read. In detail: damning, disheartening, disappointing.
In general: unsurprising and consistent. These dudes see *everything* as a vector for gathering personal power at the explicit expense of anyone outside their little circle.
In general: unsurprising and consistent. These dudes see *everything* as a vector for gathering personal power at the explicit expense of anyone outside their little circle.
The Epstein files reveal what powerful people see in video games: profit, coercion, and control
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
aftermath.site/jeffrey-epstei...
February 4, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Good read. In detail: damning, disheartening, disappointing.
In general: unsurprising and consistent. These dudes see *everything* as a vector for gathering personal power at the explicit expense of anyone outside their little circle.
In general: unsurprising and consistent. These dudes see *everything* as a vector for gathering personal power at the explicit expense of anyone outside their little circle.
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Hello World
I wanted to share an update on my project, supported by the AXA Research Fund axa-research.org postdoctoral fellowship. The project aims to identify the optimal characteristics of decentralised social media platforms that foster prosocial digital spaces (promote safe communication)
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I wanted to share an update on my project, supported by the AXA Research Fund axa-research.org postdoctoral fellowship. The project aims to identify the optimal characteristics of decentralised social media platforms that foster prosocial digital spaces (promote safe communication)
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AXA Research Fund
<div>Supporting Scientific Research to Protect What Matters</div>
axa-research.org
February 2, 2026 at 5:14 AM
Hello World
I wanted to share an update on my project, supported by the AXA Research Fund axa-research.org postdoctoral fellowship. The project aims to identify the optimal characteristics of decentralised social media platforms that foster prosocial digital spaces (promote safe communication)
1/8
I wanted to share an update on my project, supported by the AXA Research Fund axa-research.org postdoctoral fellowship. The project aims to identify the optimal characteristics of decentralised social media platforms that foster prosocial digital spaces (promote safe communication)
1/8
February 3, 2026 at 1:49 AM
Lovely, meaningful order. Can only assume it will be ignored along with all the other laws and orders.
BREAKING: Judge Ana Reyes, in DC, issues a stay of DHS Sec. Noem’s decision to end Haiti’s temporary protected status (TPS) designation, a decision that was to go into effect on Tuesday and could have ended legal status for up to 350,000 people overnight. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
February 3, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Lovely, meaningful order. Can only assume it will be ignored along with all the other laws and orders.
At this point I may just have to clear the last three weeks of my internet studies units and just read the news with my students.
February 1, 2026 at 4:25 AM
At this point I may just have to clear the last three weeks of my internet studies units and just read the news with my students.
You know, I've been reading some of the news, and I think that the way we've oragnised our society may have some flaws we could iron out.
January 31, 2026 at 1:15 PM
You know, I've been reading some of the news, and I think that the way we've oragnised our society may have some flaws we could iron out.
Hey guys I drove my family down to the beach for the day, what'd I miss??
:D !!
:D !!
January 31, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Hey guys I drove my family down to the beach for the day, what'd I miss??
:D !!
:D !!
Seems familiar.
January 29, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Seems familiar.
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your reminder that it's been a very long time since this was a car company. it's been an investment scam for years now.
January 29, 2026 at 5:09 AM
your reminder that it's been a very long time since this was a car company. it's been an investment scam for years now.