Troy Goodfellow
@troyg.bsky.social
PR Manager for Historical Strategy Games at Paradox Interactive. Former podcaster, former games critic.
Mostly happy, always worried.
Ontario, Canada
https://linktr.ee/troygoodfellow
Mostly happy, always worried.
Ontario, Canada
https://linktr.ee/troygoodfellow
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Power play goal for Edmonton!
Scored by Connor McDavid with 11:07 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl.
Edmonton: 1
Nashville: 0
#NSHvsEDM #LetsGoOilers #Smashville
Scored by Connor McDavid with 11:07 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl.
Edmonton: 1
Nashville: 0
#NSHvsEDM #LetsGoOilers #Smashville
January 7, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Power play goal for Edmonton!
Scored by Connor McDavid with 11:07 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl.
Edmonton: 1
Nashville: 0
#NSHvsEDM #LetsGoOilers #Smashville
Scored by Connor McDavid with 11:07 remaining in the 1st period.
Assisted by Evan Bouchard and Leon Draisaitl.
Edmonton: 1
Nashville: 0
#NSHvsEDM #LetsGoOilers #Smashville
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They always want to “save classics!” until they find that it’s only by heavily redacting Greco-Roman literature (e.g. cut out the gayness!) that they get what they call “western civ.” It’s all a ridiculous game of omission.
From an email to one of our faculty members....
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
Not even Plato can escape censorship at Texas A&M!
January 7, 2026 at 2:21 AM
They always want to “save classics!” until they find that it’s only by heavily redacting Greco-Roman literature (e.g. cut out the gayness!) that they get what they call “western civ.” It’s all a ridiculous game of omission.
Meanwhile, Leafs looking really good tonight.
January 7, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Meanwhile, Leafs looking really good tonight.
Reading about hockey great Angela James and I’m sure this was a very common issue for girls in hockey of her age.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_...
January 7, 2026 at 1:43 AM
Reading about hockey great Angela James and I’m sure this was a very common issue for girls in hockey of her age.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_...
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Rian Johnson: You storyboarded the end sequence of Wake Up, Dead Man yet?
Storyboard artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Rian Johnson: what
Storyboard artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Rian Johnson: what
January 6, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Rian Johnson: You storyboarded the end sequence of Wake Up, Dead Man yet?
Storyboard artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Rian Johnson: what
Storyboard artist: Sure did boss, real fuckin sexy just like you asked.
Rian Johnson: what
I appreciate the effort, but I am sure that Bo will have no trouble finding a steakhouse wherever he goes.
(Note, I have never been to Animl Steakhouse and I am not sure I could afford it. I can also not play second base.
animlsteakhouse.com/menus/)
(Note, I have never been to Animl Steakhouse and I am not sure I could afford it. I can also not play second base.
animlsteakhouse.com/menus/)
January 6, 2026 at 8:14 PM
I appreciate the effort, but I am sure that Bo will have no trouble finding a steakhouse wherever he goes.
(Note, I have never been to Animl Steakhouse and I am not sure I could afford it. I can also not play second base.
animlsteakhouse.com/menus/)
(Note, I have never been to Animl Steakhouse and I am not sure I could afford it. I can also not play second base.
animlsteakhouse.com/menus/)
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I just watched "Downey Wrote That," a documentary about the legendary comedy writer Jim Downey from SNL and Letterman. It talks about his love of the comedy of laboriously explaining things that don't require any explanation, as in this beautiful example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vooe...
Grayson Moorhead Securities: Investment Practices - Saturday Night Live
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
www.youtube.com
January 6, 2026 at 5:14 PM
I just watched "Downey Wrote That," a documentary about the legendary comedy writer Jim Downey from SNL and Letterman. It talks about his love of the comedy of laboriously explaining things that don't require any explanation, as in this beautiful example: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vooe...
Once I was taking the train from Montreal to Miramichi and was seated beside an old man who spent hours trying to convince me that the Pope ruled the world via a secret submarine base under the Vatican.
So, maybe?
So, maybe?
The only person who can stop Donald Trump now is Pope Leo
The only person who can stop Donald Trump now is Pope Leo
The only person who can stop Donald Trump now is Pope Leo
www.independent.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Once I was taking the train from Montreal to Miramichi and was seated beside an old man who spent hours trying to convince me that the Pope ruled the world via a secret submarine base under the Vatican.
So, maybe?
So, maybe?
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New year, new month, new week.
Back to my desk today, and it’s mostly organizing for the quarter.
I am already tired.
Back to my desk today, and it’s mostly organizing for the quarter.
I am already tired.
January 6, 2026 at 12:24 PM
New year, new month, new week.
Back to my desk today, and it’s mostly organizing for the quarter.
I am already tired.
Back to my desk today, and it’s mostly organizing for the quarter.
I am already tired.
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The reason I love this Reductress joke is that it gets to the essence of what "The Doomscroll" actually is.
It's not simply a parade of disinterestedly reported news stories with sober headlines about tragedies. It's everyone else's *commentary* about them.
It's not simply a parade of disinterestedly reported news stories with sober headlines about tragedies. It's everyone else's *commentary* about them.
January 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
The reason I love this Reductress joke is that it gets to the essence of what "The Doomscroll" actually is.
It's not simply a parade of disinterestedly reported news stories with sober headlines about tragedies. It's everyone else's *commentary* about them.
It's not simply a parade of disinterestedly reported news stories with sober headlines about tragedies. It's everyone else's *commentary* about them.
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i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
I'd be happy with big non politics accounts.
January 5, 2026 at 9:01 PM
i think this site really needs to figure out how to grow the non-politics verticals (the baseball moment was a good thing!) because i suspect a lot of the bad clusters come out of the political clusters driving 95% of ENG-lang posts
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Many, many people will nod along somberly to this skeet and then wake up tomorrow and say "okay, but this *specific* trans woman actually, totes for reals deserves it."
There's always going to be an exception to the rule that keeps the cycle going.
There's always going to be an exception to the rule that keeps the cycle going.
Every mob that has ever run a trans woman off of socials has had a "valid reason" why they deserved it. But it's still systemic and endemic.
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Many, many people will nod along somberly to this skeet and then wake up tomorrow and say "okay, but this *specific* trans woman actually, totes for reals deserves it."
There's always going to be an exception to the rule that keeps the cycle going.
There's always going to be an exception to the rule that keeps the cycle going.
Because mound charges peaked in the 80s, this entire series is “Remember Some Guys TV” for me.
I was 13 when Bell charged Kison, and I remember the moment but had no knowledge of a lot of Kison’s history.
I was 13 when Bell charged Kison, and I remember the moment but had no knowledge of a lot of Kison’s history.
now up:
THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND, EPISODE 3
this one’s about Bruce Kison, a guy i knew almost nothing about when i started this series but who ended up getting the longest episode so far
www.patreon.com/posts/histor...
THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND, EPISODE 3
this one’s about Bruce Kison, a guy i knew almost nothing about when i started this series but who ended up getting the longest episode so far
www.patreon.com/posts/histor...
THE HISTORY OF CHARGING THE MOUND, EPISODE 3: BRUCE KISON. | Secret Base
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January 5, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Because mound charges peaked in the 80s, this entire series is “Remember Some Guys TV” for me.
I was 13 when Bell charged Kison, and I remember the moment but had no knowledge of a lot of Kison’s history.
I was 13 when Bell charged Kison, and I remember the moment but had no knowledge of a lot of Kison’s history.
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“we are going to viciously Main Character people over innocuous shit” is maybe not the best way to get people to migrate away from the Generates CSAM At Will app
January 5, 2026 at 7:33 PM
“we are going to viciously Main Character people over innocuous shit” is maybe not the best way to get people to migrate away from the Generates CSAM At Will app
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Toronto ended 2025 with 44 homicides, which is a more than 20 year low.
January 5, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Toronto ended 2025 with 44 homicides, which is a more than 20 year low.
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Reminder as the new year begins that I head up GameSpot’s opinions section and would love to read your pitches! I’m always on the hunt for timely and thoughtful criticism and analysis on games and gaming/internet culture, so feel free to reach out to me at jhoward@fandom.com if interested ☺️✨
January 5, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Reminder as the new year begins that I head up GameSpot’s opinions section and would love to read your pitches! I’m always on the hunt for timely and thoughtful criticism and analysis on games and gaming/internet culture, so feel free to reach out to me at jhoward@fandom.com if interested ☺️✨
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As a teen in northern Ontario in the early 1990s, the excitement of the drive down to Toronto began somewhere around Orillia when you could pick up the CFNY signal on the car stereo and plug into a whole wider world of music that had not yet reached you in the sticks. Keen to see this!
In 1976, CFNY launched from a small suburban house just north of Toronto and went on to become one of the most influential punk, new wave, and alternative radio stations in the world.
"CFNY: The Spirit of Radio" premieres tomorrow at 9pm on TVO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFu0...
"CFNY: The Spirit of Radio" premieres tomorrow at 9pm on TVO.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFu0...
Trailer | CFNY: The Spirit of Radio | TVO Docs
YouTube video by TVO Docs
www.youtube.com
January 5, 2026 at 3:22 PM
As a teen in northern Ontario in the early 1990s, the excitement of the drive down to Toronto began somewhere around Orillia when you could pick up the CFNY signal on the car stereo and plug into a whole wider world of music that had not yet reached you in the sticks. Keen to see this!
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A reminder that as long as the US is in NATO, Article 5 cannot/will not be "invoked."
It takes consensus and any member, especially its biggest and most powerful, can block consensus.
But, yeah, the Danes are very, very concerned and rightly so.
It takes consensus and any member, especially its biggest and most powerful, can block consensus.
But, yeah, the Danes are very, very concerned and rightly so.
this is an incredibly crucial, terrifying point
Can we just stop and put this into perspective:
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
Our Scandinavian allies put out joint statements today condemning the United States, and Denmark went as far as explicitly threatening military action while hinting at a potential invocation of Article 5.
That’s genuinely fucking insane.
January 5, 2026 at 1:12 PM
A reminder that as long as the US is in NATO, Article 5 cannot/will not be "invoked."
It takes consensus and any member, especially its biggest and most powerful, can block consensus.
But, yeah, the Danes are very, very concerned and rightly so.
It takes consensus and any member, especially its biggest and most powerful, can block consensus.
But, yeah, the Danes are very, very concerned and rightly so.
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personally I think that simply ceding the point on people being selfish shitlords helps no one but the selfish shitlords
January 5, 2026 at 12:45 PM
personally I think that simply ceding the point on people being selfish shitlords helps no one but the selfish shitlords
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Our big look at why clickbait articles on accessibility at airports are ill-informed or wrong and, frankly, often tinged with racism.
The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.
The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.
This 2,500-word feature article — and all our writing on disability and accessibility in air travel — is open to all for free on @theupfront.media.
An enormous thank you to our subscribers for funding our work.
theupfront.media/disabled-pas...
An enormous thank you to our subscribers for funding our work.
theupfront.media/disabled-pas...
Disabled passengers, airport wheelchairs and the pernicious myth of “Jetway Jesus”
Clickbait hacks aside, perpetuating inaccuracies about disabled passengers and wheelchair users is wrong — and counterproductive for aviation
theupfront.media
January 5, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Our big look at why clickbait articles on accessibility at airports are ill-informed or wrong and, frankly, often tinged with racism.
The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.
The air industry has a duty to call this out, and admit it contributes to the perception by creating airport environments hostile to even minor mobility issues.
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I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
If there is one resolution I want for journalists this year: it is to get off S*bstack and use Ghost or any other indy publishing platform that does not fund literal nazis instead.
January 5, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I will reiterate that if you are an independent journo/hobbyist I will happily set up your ghost install and host it for a few quid above cost price.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
You set up your own stripe and mailgun accounts, and you get to keep ALL your revenue.
And post migration from wordpress/substack is pretty easy.
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we also really need to prevent the mindset that posting is a form of political action, short of actually going outside, because so many people think aggro'ing enemies online is the same as building a public, imo
tbc i’m not endorsing this model but it’s as Sharon says: the natural cost of short-form communication in a forum with immense reach.
the fact that this reach spans conflicting ideologies and different languages makes the problem worse, even without the pressure cooker of current events.
the fact that this reach spans conflicting ideologies and different languages makes the problem worse, even without the pressure cooker of current events.
i think it's just the dynamics of short-form microblogging in general tbh. people find it a lot easier to misread things on here or aggro people they wouldn't do on other platforms
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
we also really need to prevent the mindset that posting is a form of political action, short of actually going outside, because so many people think aggro'ing enemies online is the same as building a public, imo
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I know we all say “this is the stupidest timeline” a lot but seriously this is the stupidest timeline
WH sources say Venezuela's opposition leader committed the "ultimate sin": She accepted the Nobel Peace prize.
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
“If she had turned it down and said, ‘I can’t accept it because it’s Donald Trump’s,’ she’d be the president of Venezuela today,” one said.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
January 5, 2026 at 3:26 AM
I know we all say “this is the stupidest timeline” a lot but seriously this is the stupidest timeline
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We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 AM
We have published the following update to our article following an email response from the New York Times.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.
Trans News Network has a policy against platforming bigotry. As such, we have declined to publish the Times' statement which included blatant transphobia.