Yichao
@michaelyichao.com
Professional nerd making games & theater. Cofounded Jam & Tea Studios. Previously: Riot Games, Wizards of the Coast, ArenaNet, Imagineering. Most often found in Seattle. http://bio.site/michaelyichao
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Yichao
@michaelyichao.com
· Sep 24
very amused that to some folks this meme is my greatest contribution to game design
Grateful I can now have a drafts graveyard filled with lukewarm takes, deep cut puns, and posts I’ll publish at 3am only to delete at 8, as God intended
February 11, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Grateful I can now have a drafts graveyard filled with lukewarm takes, deep cut puns, and posts I’ll publish at 3am only to delete at 8, as God intended
Ah yes, three items of equal value
February 8, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Ah yes, three items of equal value
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ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
February 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
ICE told nurses this Minneapolis man “purposefully ran headfirst into a brick wall.”
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
What actually happened is that they pulled him from a car, beat him so viciously with a steel baton that he had 8 skull fractures, 5 life-threatening brain hemorrhages, and couldn’t remember he had a daughter.
Perhaps the most reassuring thing about logging into Bluesky is not having any idea or context on what people are talking about, a sign that I’ve finally touched enough grass to temporarily push back the internet poison and brainrot
February 7, 2026 at 2:07 AM
Perhaps the most reassuring thing about logging into Bluesky is not having any idea or context on what people are talking about, a sign that I’ve finally touched enough grass to temporarily push back the internet poison and brainrot
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go off jack white
February 6, 2026 at 7:24 PM
go off jack white
TIL and I am grateful for learning
The Winter Olympics opening ceremonies are going to start in the next few hours so in honor of that, here is my favorite Winter Olympics moment ever, the 1000m short track speed skating final in the 2002 Salt Lake City games.
Steven Bradbury's shocking, historic, hilarious short track gold in Salt Lake City | NBC Sports
YouTube video by NBC Sports
youtu.be
February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM
TIL and I am grateful for learning
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👀Now that ICE/DHS are planning to buy ‘mega’ warehouse detention centers across the US to house human beings you might want to listen to this gentleman’s history lesson that he delivered at a city council meeting in AZ. Congress needs to have hearings on this like yesterday.
February 5, 2026 at 3:49 PM
👀Now that ICE/DHS are planning to buy ‘mega’ warehouse detention centers across the US to house human beings you might want to listen to this gentleman’s history lesson that he delivered at a city council meeting in AZ. Congress needs to have hearings on this like yesterday.
There are two wolves inside every Magic player
One wants every card to be cheaper so they can buy more cards
The other one wants every card to be more expensive so they can justify buying more cards
One wants every card to be cheaper so they can buy more cards
The other one wants every card to be more expensive so they can justify buying more cards
February 5, 2026 at 3:51 PM
There are two wolves inside every Magic player
One wants every card to be cheaper so they can buy more cards
The other one wants every card to be more expensive so they can justify buying more cards
One wants every card to be cheaper so they can buy more cards
The other one wants every card to be more expensive so they can justify buying more cards
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Upset how accurate these prices are in 2026
February 3, 2026 at 8:05 AM
Upset how accurate these prices are in 2026
"Babe are you alright you haven't even touched your [unplayed games in your library]"
February 1, 2026 at 7:47 PM
"Babe are you alright you haven't even touched your [unplayed games in your library]"
“The crime rate of CBP agents and officers was higher per capita than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants”
Some jawdropping CBP crime statistics here...
February 1, 2026 at 7:42 PM
“The crime rate of CBP agents and officers was higher per capita than the crime rate of undocumented immigrants”
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What do you MEAN the president audibly SHIT himself live on camera and they immediately cancelled the press conference and rushed everyone out of the room like it's a fire drill, and it happened two days ago, and I'm just hearing about it NOW?
February 1, 2026 at 4:00 PM
What do you MEAN the president audibly SHIT himself live on camera and they immediately cancelled the press conference and rushed everyone out of the room like it's a fire drill, and it happened two days ago, and I'm just hearing about it NOW?
I feel this person deeply and also what an actually apocalyptic to be alive
January 31, 2026 at 6:49 PM
I feel this person deeply and also what an actually apocalyptic to be alive
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This piece is… scary: www.forbes.com/sites/amirhu...
An Agent Revolt: Moltbook Is Not A Good Idea
OpenClaw is a breakthrough AI assistant. Moltbook, its new social network for agents, is a security catastrophe waiting to happen. Here's why you should avoid it.
www.forbes.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:43 AM
This piece is… scary: www.forbes.com/sites/amirhu...
Spot on. Grindcore manosphere behavior doesn't actually improve productivity or yourself; it's about performative loyalty and chasing a desperate facsimile of community with other men, driven by the loneliness created by these very actions and which adherents ironically decry as feminine and weak.
January 29, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Spot on. Grindcore manosphere behavior doesn't actually improve productivity or yourself; it's about performative loyalty and chasing a desperate facsimile of community with other men, driven by the loneliness created by these very actions and which adherents ironically decry as feminine and weak.
Hello please pause your scrolling and pet this puppy with me
January 28, 2026 at 5:27 PM
Hello please pause your scrolling and pet this puppy with me
…you know you’re in trouble when the sound that breaks your focus on your late night project is the sound of morning birdsong
January 28, 2026 at 1:10 AM
…you know you’re in trouble when the sound that breaks your focus on your late night project is the sound of morning birdsong
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"2026 is going to be my year," I whisper, clicking refresh on fifteen different social media apps to make sure I'm not going to be drafted into the Canada-US-Greenland Critical Minerals War tomorrow
January 27, 2026 at 2:08 AM
"2026 is going to be my year," I whisper, clicking refresh on fifteen different social media apps to make sure I'm not going to be drafted into the Canada-US-Greenland Critical Minerals War tomorrow
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A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
January 25, 2026 at 12:28 PM
A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.
What I hear when you say “let’s go camping”
January 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
What I hear when you say “let’s go camping”
…we need more trains in this country
I just woke up from a nap and somehow while I was asleep, everyone on the bus has figured out we are not going to the right place
January 20, 2026 at 1:30 PM
…we need more trains in this country
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As you already well know by now, it's all lies.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
January 16, 2026 at 9:30 PM
As you already well know by now, it's all lies.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
Every single thing anyone in this entire administration says is a lie.
All of it.
Every time.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:36 AM