Josh
@aosher.bsky.social
Not likely to be here all that much. He/they.
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A fringe frustration of being not-especially-socialist but also not-especially-antisocialist is: I have never, not one time, known to what a person was referring when they used the word 'capitalism'.
I know what the word means theoretically. But the rhetorical usage seems to have shifted massively.
I know what the word means theoretically. But the rhetorical usage seems to have shifted massively.
November 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
A fringe frustration of being not-especially-socialist but also not-especially-antisocialist is: I have never, not one time, known to what a person was referring when they used the word 'capitalism'.
I know what the word means theoretically. But the rhetorical usage seems to have shifted massively.
I know what the word means theoretically. But the rhetorical usage seems to have shifted massively.
If there is an AI bubble collapse coming, it is much more likely to resemble dot-com in 2000 than subprime in 08.
Subprime was a liquidity crisis driven by contagion when banks were insufficiently capitalised to cover to loses on bad investments. But AI is being largely funded by cash transactions!
Subprime was a liquidity crisis driven by contagion when banks were insufficiently capitalised to cover to loses on bad investments. But AI is being largely funded by cash transactions!
November 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If there is an AI bubble collapse coming, it is much more likely to resemble dot-com in 2000 than subprime in 08.
Subprime was a liquidity crisis driven by contagion when banks were insufficiently capitalised to cover to loses on bad investments. But AI is being largely funded by cash transactions!
Subprime was a liquidity crisis driven by contagion when banks were insufficiently capitalised to cover to loses on bad investments. But AI is being largely funded by cash transactions!
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When Elden Ring had been announced but not yet released, its subreddit started collectively pretending the game was already out.
I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research.
This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...
I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research.
This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...
Fictional Game Spectatorship: On Pretend-Play and Collective Imagination in Gaming Communities
Abstract. Fictional games are games that do not actually exist, but that are presented within works of fiction. They are thus not appreciated through play,
doi.org
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
When Elden Ring had been announced but not yet released, its subreddit started collectively pretending the game was already out.
I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research.
This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...
I spent far too many hours reading strategies to defeat the (completely made-up) Glaive Master Hodir. For research.
This is the result: doi.org/10.1093/aest...
My #over/under ended a few weeks ago, really, but my Internal Affairs team just commissioned a team portrait. Ours was a small story in the overall scheme of things, but it's a very nice reminder of a bit of the game that I really liked, and it's nice to have it commemorated in this way.
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 PM
My #over/under ended a few weeks ago, really, but my Internal Affairs team just commissioned a team portrait. Ours was a small story in the overall scheme of things, but it's a very nice reminder of a bit of the game that I really liked, and it's nice to have it commemorated in this way.
Congratulations to the Netherlands for having the new hottest currently serving head of government.
October 31, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Congratulations to the Netherlands for having the new hottest currently serving head of government.
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New Game: Egg terrycavanagh.itch.io/egg
Egg by Terry Cavanagh
why not be an egg
terrycavanagh.itch.io
October 29, 2025 at 5:44 PM
New Game: Egg terrycavanagh.itch.io/egg
Hitting a motivation slump in #over/under this morning, and reflecting on why.
A lot of the players approach the games as an RP experience. A small subset of the players get to engage with it as a wargame. I like an RPG, but I approach *this* game as a gamer. I came to strategise and to try to win.
A lot of the players approach the games as an RP experience. A small subset of the players get to engage with it as a wargame. I like an RPG, but I approach *this* game as a gamer. I came to strategise and to try to win.
October 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Hitting a motivation slump in #over/under this morning, and reflecting on why.
A lot of the players approach the games as an RP experience. A small subset of the players get to engage with it as a wargame. I like an RPG, but I approach *this* game as a gamer. I came to strategise and to try to win.
A lot of the players approach the games as an RP experience. A small subset of the players get to engage with it as a wargame. I like an RPG, but I approach *this* game as a gamer. I came to strategise and to try to win.
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ending all my conversations from here on out with "GOODNIGHT SOCIALISTS"
(tagline maintains his gainful employment for yet another day in #over/under !! sorry to millie, angel, and joyce for his dodging of any and all major character growth :P)
(tagline maintains his gainful employment for yet another day in #over/under !! sorry to millie, angel, and joyce for his dodging of any and all major character growth :P)
October 21, 2025 at 11:28 AM
ending all my conversations from here on out with "GOODNIGHT SOCIALISTS"
(tagline maintains his gainful employment for yet another day in #over/under !! sorry to millie, angel, and joyce for his dodging of any and all major character growth :P)
(tagline maintains his gainful employment for yet another day in #over/under !! sorry to millie, angel, and joyce for his dodging of any and all major character growth :P)
#over/under is:
* Very good
* Taking up a lot of my time
* More TTRPG than I expected, and less wargame
* A bit reminiscent of MUDs, and a bit reminiscent of very early blognomic
* Extremely ready to be adapted into a LARP
* Maybe the best game I've played this year so far
* Very good
* Taking up a lot of my time
* More TTRPG than I expected, and less wargame
* A bit reminiscent of MUDs, and a bit reminiscent of very early blognomic
* Extremely ready to be adapted into a LARP
* Maybe the best game I've played this year so far
October 21, 2025 at 11:36 AM
#over/under is:
* Very good
* Taking up a lot of my time
* More TTRPG than I expected, and less wargame
* A bit reminiscent of MUDs, and a bit reminiscent of very early blognomic
* Extremely ready to be adapted into a LARP
* Maybe the best game I've played this year so far
* Very good
* Taking up a lot of my time
* More TTRPG than I expected, and less wargame
* A bit reminiscent of MUDs, and a bit reminiscent of very early blognomic
* Extremely ready to be adapted into a LARP
* Maybe the best game I've played this year so far
Seeing the after-action reports of the big Bratva ball in #over/under is making me temporarily sad that I joined the widely-reviled Stratemeyer!
But then I remember that I'm rich and it's all okay.
But then I remember that I'm rich and it's all okay.
October 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Seeing the after-action reports of the big Bratva ball in #over/under is making me temporarily sad that I joined the widely-reviled Stratemeyer!
But then I remember that I'm rich and it's all okay.
But then I remember that I'm rich and it's all okay.
In my lifetime, there has only been one Labour Prime Minister who did not at some point have to sack Peter Mandelson.
September 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
In my lifetime, there has only been one Labour Prime Minister who did not at some point have to sack Peter Mandelson.
If one were being slightly snippy one might observe that a turnout of 38% is very low for a leadership election.
Labour 2020: 63%
Tories 2024: 73%
Lib Dems 2020: 57%
And all of those were sharply down, by 10-15%, from their immediate precursors.
Labour 2020: 63%
Tories 2024: 73%
Lib Dems 2020: 57%
And all of those were sharply down, by 10-15%, from their immediate precursors.
September 2, 2025 at 11:19 AM
If one were being slightly snippy one might observe that a turnout of 38% is very low for a leadership election.
Labour 2020: 63%
Tories 2024: 73%
Lib Dems 2020: 57%
And all of those were sharply down, by 10-15%, from their immediate precursors.
Labour 2020: 63%
Tories 2024: 73%
Lib Dems 2020: 57%
And all of those were sharply down, by 10-15%, from their immediate precursors.
Two months in and my game of Cataphracts is going strong. 15 Commanders, a lot of really dumb shit, but signs that players are starting to get it and are making big long-term strategic moves.
What we are struggling with is players. Vacancies keep cropping up and I have drained my pool. #cataphracts
What we are struggling with is players. Vacancies keep cropping up and I have drained my pool. #cataphracts
September 1, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Two months in and my game of Cataphracts is going strong. 15 Commanders, a lot of really dumb shit, but signs that players are starting to get it and are making big long-term strategic moves.
What we are struggling with is players. Vacancies keep cropping up and I have drained my pool. #cataphracts
What we are struggling with is players. Vacancies keep cropping up and I have drained my pool. #cataphracts
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God bless and keep the Women's Institute.
August 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
God bless and keep the Women's Institute.
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DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
August 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
DuckDuckGo has added a feature to filter out AI images from search results.
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I’m getting out of the going into town on business business & into the going out of town on business business—in fact the further out of town the business is, the more I want in. That’s the kind of far-out business I’m way into
July 25, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I’m getting out of the going into town on business business & into the going out of town on business business—in fact the further out of town the business is, the more I want in. That’s the kind of far-out business I’m way into
They're coming for games today; it'll be films tomorrow. Industry bodies should be stepping up on this.
I've looked & I could have missed it, maybe its saved in their drafts but @ukieofficial.bsky.social TIGA, BFI, that new video game council. Which UK body representing games is stepping up to publicly speak about the mass censorship of the cultural form they represent?
www.polygon.com/news/615910/...
www.polygon.com/news/615910/...
Adult games are forcing the game industry into a spiritual crisis
Itchio joins Steam in pulling games due to pressure from extreme groups with an ongoing campaign aimed at payment processors
www.polygon.com
July 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
They're coming for games today; it'll be films tomorrow. Industry bodies should be stepping up on this.
My game of Cataphracts is now a bit over two weeks old. There are currently fifteen active Commanders any my action log is well over a hundred lines long. I don't know where this ends. #noactionableintelligence
July 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
My game of Cataphracts is now a bit over two weeks old. There are currently fifteen active Commanders any my action log is well over a hundred lines long. I don't know where this ends. #noactionableintelligence
I think there's a really interesting distinction between those who have run as far-right populists but governed by essentially conventional right-wing doctrine (Meloni, Milei) and those who ran as far-right populists and governed in a way that drastically altered norms (Orban, Trump)
July 15, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I think there's a really interesting distinction between those who have run as far-right populists but governed by essentially conventional right-wing doctrine (Meloni, Milei) and those who ran as far-right populists and governed in a way that drastically altered norms (Orban, Trump)
I saw @samsorensen.bsky.social's post about Cataphracts, a years-long real-time information asymmetry and logistics management strategy game and shared it with my friends, and now they have bullied me into having some INSANE spreadsheets on the go
July 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
I saw @samsorensen.bsky.social's post about Cataphracts, a years-long real-time information asymmetry and logistics management strategy game and shared it with my friends, and now they have bullied me into having some INSANE spreadsheets on the go
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A while ago, in a blissful moment of procrastination I dared ask
"Why did Van Gogh become the poster child for immersive experiences in the 2010s?"
Well, in order to answer this question we first need to go back 50 million years to when France was underwater
www.goodafternoon.uk/news/immersi...
"Why did Van Gogh become the poster child for immersive experiences in the 2010s?"
Well, in order to answer this question we first need to go back 50 million years to when France was underwater
www.goodafternoon.uk/news/immersi...
Immersive Quarries. — Good Afternoon
The 50 million year long story about why the world was inundated with indistinguishable Immersive Van Gogh exhibitions in the 2010s.
www.goodafternoon.uk
June 9, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A while ago, in a blissful moment of procrastination I dared ask
"Why did Van Gogh become the poster child for immersive experiences in the 2010s?"
Well, in order to answer this question we first need to go back 50 million years to when France was underwater
www.goodafternoon.uk/news/immersi...
"Why did Van Gogh become the poster child for immersive experiences in the 2010s?"
Well, in order to answer this question we first need to go back 50 million years to when France was underwater
www.goodafternoon.uk/news/immersi...
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk Hi! I was a PPC at the last election, was the chair of my local party for three years, and have been a Lib Dem activist for much of the last 20. I'm afraid to say that this is a resigning issue for me...
"We accept entirely the court's ruling, and it brought greater clarity to the equality act which many people had been confused about for some time."
"I think the law's right to make that distinction [between identified gender and birth sex]"
"I think the law's right to make that distinction [between identified gender and birth sex]"
May 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk Hi! I was a PPC at the last election, was the chair of my local party for three years, and have been a Lib Dem activist for much of the last 20. I'm afraid to say that this is a resigning issue for me...
The first rule of politics
May 6, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The first rule of politics
I don't have a politics community right now, for a variety of reasons, which often leads to me looked at a Bluesky post window in a slightly vexed way before thinking 'no, I shouldn't' and closing it again. But I hope that we all feel like we can enjoy this, a little.
April 29, 2025 at 7:06 AM
I don't have a politics community right now, for a variety of reasons, which often leads to me looked at a Bluesky post window in a slightly vexed way before thinking 'no, I shouldn't' and closing it again. But I hope that we all feel like we can enjoy this, a little.