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Steve Wilcox
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Associate Professor of Critical Game Design @ WLU | Prosocial Game Designer | I research how to mobilize knowledge through play https://www.helloworlds.ca/projects
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The No ICE in Minnesota Charity Bundle has officially LAUNCHED!

There are 1,439 games to discover for a $10+ donation to Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota!

Purchase the bundle here: itch.io/b/3484/no-ic...
graphic that says no ice in Minnesota itch.io charity bundle
February 9, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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stevewilcox.bsky.social
Some quotes from the first peer review for my upcoming book—Designing a Feel for the Game: A Guide to Making Play Meaningful:

“Erudite, witty, passionately ethical, & deeply practical in all the best ways.”

“A critical intervention into how we think, talk, & feel about games in society.”
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
stevewilcox.bsky.social
Some quotes from the first peer review for my upcoming book—Designing a Feel for the Game: A Guide to Making Play Meaningful:

“Erudite, witty, passionately ethical, & deeply practical in all the best ways.”

“A critical intervention into how we think, talk, & feel about games in society.”
February 6, 2026 at 4:57 PM
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emma-briant.co.uk
Oh. My. God. Chomsky talking about the 'hysteria' that has developed about the abuse of women and giving Epstein advice on how to handle the media. In 2019. The Media studies discipline and much of the left should reflect on the power given to this one flawed man to shape generations of thought.
emily.gorcen.ski Emily Gorcenski @emily.gorcen.ski · 9d
Cool thoughts from Noam Chomsky
From: Matthew Hiltzik < To: J <jeevacation@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Thoughts from Chomsky Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2019 23:34:06 +0000 I think that is wise Sent from my iPhone On Feb 23, 2019, at 4:19 PM, J < jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote: Ive watched the horrible way you are being treated in the press and public. It's painful to say, but I think the best way to proceed is to ignore it. I've had plenty of experience, though of course not on this scale. A google search will bring up tons of hysterical accusations of all sorts, even groups devoted to vilifying me. I pay no attention, unless I'm approached for a comment on a specific matter. It's a nuisance, but it's the best way. The same conclusions from experiences of others, in some cases close friends. What the vultures dearly want is a public response, which then provides a public opening for an onslaught of venomous attacks, many from just publicity seekers or cranks of all sorts -- which are impossible to answer (how do you prove that you are not a neo-Nazi who wants to kill the Jews, or a rapist, or whatever charge comes along?). That's particularly true now with the hysteria that has developed about abuse of women, which has reached the point that even questioning a charge is a crime worse than murder. For virtually everyone who sees any of this, the reaction will be "where there's smoke there's fire, maybe raging fire" (whatever the facts, which few will even think of investigating). In general, it's best I think not to react unless directly questioned, particularly in the current mood -- which, I presume, will fade away, even if not in time to prevent much torture and distress.
January 31, 2026 at 12:45 PM
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mollyjongfast.bsky.social
Name them
shame them
February 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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canadianpaintings.bsky.social
Untitled - Saskatchewan Winter
Robert Newton Hurley
1969
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM
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stevoisiak.bsky.social
I made a filterlist for uBlock Origin to remove Generative AI features on websites. Includes blocks for
* Google AI Summaries
* YouTube Ask button & chat summaries
* GitHub Copilot
* Facebook AI chat
* X's Grok buttons
* Deviantart DreamUp
* Booru AI images
* And more

github.com/Stevoisiak/S...
Google with AI buttons Google without AI buttons
February 3, 2026 at 12:30 AM
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geauxgabrielle.bsky.social
Hollywood producer Barry Josephson to Jeffrey Epstein:

“I've been thinking a lot about that question that you asked bill gates 'how do we get rid of poor people as a whole'"
This convo between Epstein and Hollywood producer Barry Josephson is particularly disturbing. On top of the creepy messages about a minor, there's this: "I've been thinking a lot about that question that you asked bill gates 'how do we get rid of poor people as a whole'"
February 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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ramiismail.com
Vibe coding is working as expected: it'll kill the open-source, secure, and ideologically maintained alternatives to make sure you have to pay the oligarchs to do anything at all, and they can control what you're allowed to make.

www.404media.co/vibe-coding-...
Vibe Coding Is Killing Open Source Software, Researchers Argue
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
www.404media.co
February 5, 2026 at 5:16 PM
stevewilcox.bsky.social
This talk came about through a recent article of mine "Hello, Worlds: A Ludic Theory of Cognition" which is online and open-access if you're curious: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
February 5, 2026 at 6:01 PM
stevewilcox.bsky.social
The fine folks at Berkeley's Embodied Design Research Lab invited me to talk about my research on ludic cognition. It was a fun, lively discussion and you can watch here ✌️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE_w...
Embodied Underground with Steve Wilcox
YouTube video by EDRL at UC Berkeley
www.youtube.com
February 4, 2026 at 1:21 PM
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drinfosec.bsky.social
Very interesting🧵by @stevewilcox.bsky.social on the benefit that gamification can bring to help people better understand diseases and the need to adapt their behaviors when risks are high. 🎯👇
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Thread by @stevemwilcox on Thread Reader App
@stevemwilcox: I was just describing this phenomenon to a journalist yesterday. For me, we've focused too much on trying to get ppl information abt COVID when it's clear that many struggle w how to ma...
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February 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
stevewilcox.bsky.social
Juno turned 13 this past week and despite all that time she still sees me off every day with the saddest look imaginable 😅 (bonus Pixel content here; he comes out for scritches whenever I sit down to put my boots on).
A photo of the greatest dog in the world
February 12, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.

This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.

Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
For the past decade we were told canceling events at colleges over private protests was the harbinger of totalitarianism but now a right wing government is doing it so it’s fine bsky.app/profile/adam...
adamhsays.com Adam Harris @adamhsays.com · Jan 24
An HBCU conference at Rutgers was cancelled following Trump's EO:

“Unfortunately, due to President Trump’s Executive Orders … we have been asked to cease all work under the auspices of the DEIA HUB at Jobs for the Future, which the U.S. Dept. of Labor funds” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
Rutgers cancels HBCU event to align with Trump DEI orders
The Rutgers University Center for Minority Serving Institutions announced Thursday that it has canceled an upcoming virtual conference about registered apprenticeship programs as a result of President...
www.insidehighered.com
January 24, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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botherer.bsky.social
This is a splendid piece of writing by @edwinet.bsky.social. He really is one of the best at this.

www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-gamergat...
The Gamergator rhetoric of historical accuracy has come back to bite Kingdom Come on the arse
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 isn't out until next month, but some would-be players are already mad about its apparent representation of history.
www.rockpapershotgun.com
January 24, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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apihtawikosisan.bsky.social
This is also why we have been fighting against the notion that STEM is rational, objective, and truth-based. Technology exists within the same constellation of structural forces as everything else. It has and can be wielded to oppress and destroy.
January 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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adamserwer.bsky.social
Krugman says the editors at the Times editorial page were increasingly trying to water down his columns and arguments www.cjr.org/analysis/pau...
Paul Krugman on Leaving the New York Times
The paper wanted to take away his newsletter or make him write less frequently, he says.
www.cjr.org
January 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
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lovetheants.bsky.social
Collaborating with @rin-krichilsky.bsky.social and Kanako Shimizu, we put together what's basically a top-ten list of ways to help foster trans inclusivity and awareness within our scientific and academic communities and would love if you could help share the guide!
How to Support Trans Colleagues Create a Gender-Inclusive Environment Research institutional, governmental, local, and other bureaucratic procedures and policies that recognize and support gender transition. Support training and advocacy for colleagues’ personal/professional safety (ex. in fieldwork, lab work, conferences, institution visits, affinity groups). Establish and/or identify gender-neutral bathrooms throughout your building. Implement trans-inclusive recruitment and hiring procedures. Acknowledge intersectionality and the unique needs and barriers that someone with multiple marginalized identities may face. Consider the importance of representation in your field. Advocate for Name Changes Research institutional, governmental, local, and other bureaucratic procedures and policy to recognize and support an individual’s name change. Identify journals in your field that allow authors to change their names post- publication. Improve Information Accessibility Publicly share information on inclusive practices throughout your departments and institution. (Ensure the content centers and is created by trans people.) Consider Daily Language & Use Decrease use of gendered terms to avoid exclusionary language. Ask for personal pronouns. List on all public-facing directories, and consider including them in email signatures and on professional websites. Practice discretion. Don’t out your colleagues without their consent.
January 16, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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ibogost.com
That time when I wrote this seven and one half years ago
Cryptocurrency Might be a Path to Authoritarianism
Extreme libertarians built blockchain to decentralize government and corporate power. It could consolidate their control instead.
www.theatlantic.com
January 23, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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vladadraws.bsky.social
Hey! #PortfolioDay

I'm a freelance artist working in video games and tabletop! I'd love to illustrate your characters, creatures, or items, and make bespoke iconography for your game. My commission queue is clearing up soon!

💌v.monakhova@gmail.com

#uiart #ui #gamedev #illustration #gameart #ttrpg
January 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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annabookwriter.bsky.social
Something disability justice activists have been screaming about for the last five years and some of you may just now be realizing: eugenicists believe disease is good. They believe themselves part of the “superior” race and that disease clears out the poor and unworthy. 1/
January 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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moudhy.bsky.social
May as well dive right in.

Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?

According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”

Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...
A round, light brown tablet made of clay with three lines of cuneiform scripts. Two rulings, or traced straight lines, enclose the writing. The photo also shows the sides of the tablet, including a few damaged parts.
November 13, 2024 at 11:20 AM