chilton 👁
@chiltonm.bsky.social
Former boy adventurer, now Unwinnable columnist. Also found at PC Gamer, Kill Screen, Bullet Points, Heterotopias. chiltonm.bearblog.dev
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chilton 👁
@chiltonm.bsky.social
· Sep 7
"This is what fixes the world. It’s never that pretty."
@chiltonm.bsky.social explains what makes Promise Mascot Agency the ultimate anti-cozy game:
@chiltonm.bsky.social explains what makes Promise Mascot Agency the ultimate anti-cozy game:
Money Makes Kaso-Machi Go Round - Unwinnable
The most important thing to take from this is that the question of the relationship between cozy games and capitalism is 1) interesting and 2) unresolved.
unwinnable.com
Now up on the site!
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Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026.
📷: WCCO-TV
📷: WCCO-TV
January 30, 2026 at 11:39 PM
Minnesotans on Lake Bde Maka Ska (formerly Lake Calhoun) in Minneapolis. Jan. 30, 2026.
📷: WCCO-TV
📷: WCCO-TV
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LETS GOOOOO
Honestly some of these are straight fire and I'll probably buy some extras for the rest of the year.
Also if we get a bunch more subs I can hire a bunch more writers.
Honestly some of these are straight fire and I'll probably buy some extras for the rest of the year.
Also if we get a bunch more subs I can hire a bunch more writers.
We know you've been waiting for this -- the pitch form for our Final Fantasy x politics issue is finally here! Pay is $0.05/word and pitching deadline is February 6th.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:40 PM
LETS GOOOOO
Honestly some of these are straight fire and I'll probably buy some extras for the rest of the year.
Also if we get a bunch more subs I can hire a bunch more writers.
Honestly some of these are straight fire and I'll probably buy some extras for the rest of the year.
Also if we get a bunch more subs I can hire a bunch more writers.
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Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
January 30, 2026 at 9:42 PM
Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
📷️: Aaron Lavinsky
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Last chance to take advantage of the Unwinnable year-end special subscription offer: sign up for $5, get all 24 issues from 2025. Ends tonight!
Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
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Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:57 PM
Last chance to take advantage of the Unwinnable year-end special subscription offer: sign up for $5, get all 24 issues from 2025. Ends tonight!
Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
@unwinnable.com
Easily one whole day of distraction from doomscrolling.
unwinnable.com/subscribe/
@unwinnable.com
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Here's @charles01.bsky.social's summary in the @liberalcurrents.com Discord, which I found nice and succinct:
January 29, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Here's @charles01.bsky.social's summary in the @liberalcurrents.com Discord, which I found nice and succinct:
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Middle aged white men (and I’m 49, so I’m in the demographic) absolutely need ridiculous Dad Hobbies or they get squirrely. I think if you’re can’t prove you have a preexisting Dad Hobby or 2 by age 45, you get entered into a national hobby draft and get assigned one. It would solve so many things.
every time i see a white guy in their fifties radicalized by the twitter algorithm into racism and extremism i think about how it's a total failure of the youtube algorithm to instead radicalize him into home brewing, elaborate A/V setups, or DIY solar
January 28, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Middle aged white men (and I’m 49, so I’m in the demographic) absolutely need ridiculous Dad Hobbies or they get squirrely. I think if you’re can’t prove you have a preexisting Dad Hobby or 2 by age 45, you get entered into a national hobby draft and get assigned one. It would solve so many things.
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I think what gets under my skin about all the discourse-about-highguard-discourse is that it reveals how these guys care about what reactionary ragebait thumbnail bs other guys say on their yt video podcast, and we're all on the sidelines with blogs and opeds and indie pubs catching all the flak
January 28, 2026 at 4:27 AM
I think what gets under my skin about all the discourse-about-highguard-discourse is that it reveals how these guys care about what reactionary ragebait thumbnail bs other guys say on their yt video podcast, and we're all on the sidelines with blogs and opeds and indie pubs catching all the flak
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SHIVERS - I NEED YOU. YOU CAN KEEP ME ON THIS EARTH. BE VIGILANT. I LOVE YOU.
January 27, 2026 at 3:30 AM
SHIVERS - I NEED YOU. YOU CAN KEEP ME ON THIS EARTH. BE VIGILANT. I LOVE YOU.
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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Naufrage - digital artbook about shipwrecks now available on
🌊 tannenbaumpress.itch.io/naufrage 🌊
🌊 tannenbaumpress.itch.io/naufrage 🌊
January 17, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Naufrage - digital artbook about shipwrecks now available on
🌊 tannenbaumpress.itch.io/naufrage 🌊
🌊 tannenbaumpress.itch.io/naufrage 🌊
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January 26, 2026 at 8:16 PM
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Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
January 26, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Alex Pretti’s coworkers take a moment of silence this morning
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The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live!
The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
The Quiet Year (box set)
The Quiet Year is a map game. You define the struggles of a community living after the collapse of civilization, and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every a...
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:43 PM
The Quiet Year is now back in stock no matter where you live!
The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
The Quiet Year is an award-winning map-making game about building community after the collapse. It comes in a little box with everything you need to play. And it's back in stock in the US!
store.buriedwithoutceremony.com/products/the...
Local dipshit thought she’d play something cozy during the snow day and instead is now crying on the couch in the middle of the afternoon
January 26, 2026 at 8:01 PM
Local dipshit thought she’d play something cozy during the snow day and instead is now crying on the couch in the middle of the afternoon
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This latest ref pack is a love letter to all my hard surface artist friends
It contains 400+ (3.1GB) photos from the CAF SoCal airplane museum, including 100+ shots of tiny details from the cockpit of a MiG-21MF
Use them for anything, just make sure to credit me!
drive.google.com/file/d/1nsib...
It contains 400+ (3.1GB) photos from the CAF SoCal airplane museum, including 100+ shots of tiny details from the cockpit of a MiG-21MF
Use them for anything, just make sure to credit me!
drive.google.com/file/d/1nsib...
January 25, 2026 at 11:20 PM
This latest ref pack is a love letter to all my hard surface artist friends
It contains 400+ (3.1GB) photos from the CAF SoCal airplane museum, including 100+ shots of tiny details from the cockpit of a MiG-21MF
Use them for anything, just make sure to credit me!
drive.google.com/file/d/1nsib...
It contains 400+ (3.1GB) photos from the CAF SoCal airplane museum, including 100+ shots of tiny details from the cockpit of a MiG-21MF
Use them for anything, just make sure to credit me!
drive.google.com/file/d/1nsib...
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I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
Tho I will say, in his defense, he's not the first person to be confused by how quickly the romance authors & readers can whip up finely tuned logistics out of nothing. 😂
I mostly just stay off Twitter altogether but after double checking that the Walter Hudson post was still up I ran across this and just had to share so the Romancelandians who bought hand warmers could hear about the PROFESSIONAL GRADE LOGISTICS.
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 AM
I think @sarahjeong.bsky.social said it's because they devalue women's labor and a LOT of this Scary Logistics stuff comes from people who don't understand that basically all of the civic life they enjoy is created with the help of free labor, largely by women.
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pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
January 26, 2026 at 2:14 PM
pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor:
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
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The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
Completely insane. AltNPS claimed to know the name of Alex Pretti's killer, refused to say it because "the truth always comes out," and then just deleted the post.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
A man was executed on the street in my hometown, and AltNPS is using that as an excuse to vaguepost for attention.
January 25, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The altnps account is the 13th most followed account on Bluesky and has more followers than every single news outlet other than the NYT, NPR and Meidas Touch on here. They actively spread misinformation and exploit gullible old people for cash. Accounts this unethical do not deserve to exist.
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talking with someone about this today, and their whole expression sharpened suddenly as they asked "is that why ICE is angry people have video from multiple angles?"
AI is the enemy of documentation--which is a way of saying, it's the enemy of accountability.
AI is the enemy of documentation--which is a way of saying, it's the enemy of accountability.
a reminder that AI isn't just cringe; it's part of this administration's toolkit.
January 25, 2026 at 9:36 PM
talking with someone about this today, and their whole expression sharpened suddenly as they asked "is that why ICE is angry people have video from multiple angles?"
AI is the enemy of documentation--which is a way of saying, it's the enemy of accountability.
AI is the enemy of documentation--which is a way of saying, it's the enemy of accountability.
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Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
January 25, 2026 at 8:55 PM
Minnesota National Guard members have arrived at a federal building and were directed to distribute donuts, coffee, and hot chocolate to anti-ICE protesters. Guard members were issued reflective vests so they would not be mistaken for federal agents.
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The crowd is so big there are mini-rallies taking place inside it.
This group, dancing with puppets and an antifascist action flag, chants "general strike, shut it down!"
This group, dancing with puppets and an antifascist action flag, chants "general strike, shut it down!"
January 25, 2026 at 8:02 PM
The crowd is so big there are mini-rallies taking place inside it.
This group, dancing with puppets and an antifascist action flag, chants "general strike, shut it down!"
This group, dancing with puppets and an antifascist action flag, chants "general strike, shut it down!"