Deirdre Coyle
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social
Writing, gaming, witchcraft, goth stuff. Columnist for @Unwinnable.com, editor for a fintech company. This is a Skyrim fan account.
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Thank you PW. bit.ly/PWSEEINGLIFE
The Stories We Envision: PW Talks with Rodger Kamenetz
The author best known for The Jew in the Lotus is back with a new book, Seeing into the Life of Things, about what it means to bring words to our visions and emotions.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Thank you PW. bit.ly/PWSEEINGLIFE
"The writer is as old as the philosopher and therefore not 'new world' and in this new world of endless scrolling, conspiracy theories, and drooling remakes of franchise flicks, the act of 'thinking' or 'conjuring' is old world magic." open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
Tooth and Naily Fights and Plenty of Laughter
A Writer Couple Conversation about Art, Love and Selfishness
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November 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
"The writer is as old as the philosopher and therefore not 'new world' and in this new world of endless scrolling, conspiracy theories, and drooling remakes of franchise flicks, the act of 'thinking' or 'conjuring' is old world magic." open.substack.com/pub/zonamote...
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I am mildly bemused by the number of people convinced that NYC is a crime-riddled hellscape who are now convinced that a Mamdani win means NYC will become…a crime-riddled hellscape.
(Yes, yes, I know, you don’t need to explain Eco’s rules for fascism, I’m just noting it.)
(Yes, yes, I know, you don’t need to explain Eco’s rules for fascism, I’m just noting it.)
November 5, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I am mildly bemused by the number of people convinced that NYC is a crime-riddled hellscape who are now convinced that a Mamdani win means NYC will become…a crime-riddled hellscape.
(Yes, yes, I know, you don’t need to explain Eco’s rules for fascism, I’m just noting it.)
(Yes, yes, I know, you don’t need to explain Eco’s rules for fascism, I’m just noting it.)
Had a lovely talk with @rodkam.bsky.social for @publisherswkly.bsky.social about his latest, SEEING INTO THE LIFE OF THINGS. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
The Stories We Envision: PW Talks with Rodger Kamenetz
The author best known for The Jew in the Lotus is back with a new book, Seeing into the Life of Things, about what it means to bring words to our visions and emotions.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Had a lovely talk with @rodkam.bsky.social for @publisherswkly.bsky.social about his latest, SEEING INTO THE LIFE OF THINGS. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
"There’s more value in figuring out what, consciously or not, a game says about the time period it’s set within—and what that might mean for how we imagine our present-day reality." @reidmccarter.bsky.social kotaku.com/ghost-yotei-...
Ghost Of Yotei And Other Historical Games Are Rewriting Old Myths
Ghost of Yotei, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and Mafia: The Old Country each, to different degrees, complicate our vision of the past
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November 5, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"There’s more value in figuring out what, consciously or not, a game says about the time period it’s set within—and what that might mean for how we imagine our present-day reality." @reidmccarter.bsky.social kotaku.com/ghost-yotei-...
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The next Governor of Virginia! 🏳️⚧️
November 5, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The next Governor of Virginia! 🏳️⚧️
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Mamdani won, and also Cuomo lost
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November 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Mamdani won, and also Cuomo lost
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ICYMI: "[E]ven if Mildred isn’t a witch, she is wise."
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob's Barrow - Unwinnable
Meet Mildred Walker, better known as Mother Mildred, the local wise woman considered by many to be a witch.
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October 30, 2025 at 5:03 PM
ICYMI: "[E]ven if Mildred isn’t a witch, she is wise."
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
should I be goth pac-man for halloween
October 30, 2025 at 3:17 PM
should I be goth pac-man for halloween
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"[E]ven if Mildred isn’t a witch, she is wise."
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob's Barrow - Unwinnable
Meet Mildred Walker, better known as Mother Mildred, the local wise woman considered by many to be a witch.
unwinnable.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:00 PM
"[E]ven if Mildred isn’t a witch, she is wise."
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
@deirdrekoala.bsky.social digs into the historical context behind the witch hunt of Mildred Walker from The Excavation of Hob’s Barrow:
sometimes I feel nostalgic for the brief time when I was "good at the internet" and then remember that I'm actually nostalgic for being alive pre-2016
October 27, 2025 at 8:02 PM
sometimes I feel nostalgic for the brief time when I was "good at the internet" and then remember that I'm actually nostalgic for being alive pre-2016
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Same and there is no end to my disgust
First of all it is patently evil to refer to people as infectious diseaselike aliens
Secondly from a lore point the UNSC/Covenant *are the invaders.* They're the ones that showed up to a place they didn't belong and did some shit they weren't supposed to
First of all it is patently evil to refer to people as infectious diseaselike aliens
Secondly from a lore point the UNSC/Covenant *are the invaders.* They're the ones that showed up to a place they didn't belong and did some shit they weren't supposed to
I asked Microsoft PR about this—specially the DHS using Halo IP to recruit for ICE—and the company declined to comment.
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Same and there is no end to my disgust
First of all it is patently evil to refer to people as infectious diseaselike aliens
Secondly from a lore point the UNSC/Covenant *are the invaders.* They're the ones that showed up to a place they didn't belong and did some shit they weren't supposed to
First of all it is patently evil to refer to people as infectious diseaselike aliens
Secondly from a lore point the UNSC/Covenant *are the invaders.* They're the ones that showed up to a place they didn't belong and did some shit they weren't supposed to
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in honor of Outer Worlds 2, I present my second-ever Bluesky post
are these generic cyberpunk cityscapes, or is Starfield's Neon quite similar to The Outer Worlds' Groundbreaker?
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 AM
in honor of Outer Worlds 2, I present my second-ever Bluesky post
I genuinely don't understand how people have time to. do things?
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I genuinely don't understand how people have time to. do things?
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People who really care about videogames, value people working in the industry, and want a future where people get to have the enjoyment they had, should be looking for full on reform.
We shouldn't ask to trade the MBA robber barons for the fun robber barons we grew up with.
We shouldn't ask to trade the MBA robber barons for the fun robber barons we grew up with.
October 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
People who really care about videogames, value people working in the industry, and want a future where people get to have the enjoyment they had, should be looking for full on reform.
We shouldn't ask to trade the MBA robber barons for the fun robber barons we grew up with.
We shouldn't ask to trade the MBA robber barons for the fun robber barons we grew up with.
Time to delete my Spotify account. Alternate streaming service recs?
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
Spotify Says ICE Recruitment Ads Don’t Violate Company Policy
In the past few months, a number of artists have moved to take their music down from Spotify. The list includes Massive Attack, Sylvan Esso, and King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard, among many others. ...
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October 23, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Time to delete my Spotify account. Alternate streaming service recs?
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
www.stereogum.com/2327132/spot...
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Nintendo Reveals That Kirby Is Angry in American Releases Due to Cost of Insulin
Nintendo Reveals That Kirby Is Angry in American Releases Due to Cost of Insulin
Nintendo of America revealed this demeanor correctly reflects Kirby’s actual anger at the cost of insulin in the United States.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Nintendo Reveals That Kirby Is Angry in American Releases Due to Cost of Insulin
I wrote about British witchcraft laws and THE EXCAVATION OF HOB’S BARROW for @unwinnable.com’s spooky season issue
Find tricks and treats galore in this month's issue of Unwinnable Monthly, including @jhensliterature.bsky.social on myhouse.wad, @orringrey.com on Sepulchre, and our regular crew on all things spooky.
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October 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I wrote about British witchcraft laws and THE EXCAVATION OF HOB’S BARROW for @unwinnable.com’s spooky season issue
[*reaches for walker*] in my day we had to get blood on our OWN clothes for Bioshock halloween
October 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
[*reaches for walker*] in my day we had to get blood on our OWN clothes for Bioshock halloween
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Pitch me your weird (complimentary) video game shit!
We'd love to have more pitches for our Exploits mag! All sections are open for pitches. $25 for a ~500-word meta essay and $10 for a ~375-word section essay. More info here: unwinnable.com/submissions/
The Unwinnable Submission Guide - Unwinnable
You have stories to tell. We want to hear them. We are always searching for new voices to add to the conversation at Unwinnable and we firmly believe that personal experience is the foundation of a gr...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Pitch me your weird (complimentary) video game shit!
women don't like the vehicle
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 PM
women don't like the vehicle
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is...is this something people also ask?
October 14, 2025 at 11:26 PM
is...is this something people also ask?
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love a gaming website with opening lines like "The American Right, a squirming bundle of grievances held together by supposed reverence for free speech" @aftermath.site @nathangrayson.bsky.social aftermath.site/charlie-kirk...
The Right’s Charlie Kirk Cancellation Spree Has Emboldened Gaming’s Worst - Aftermath
The Charlie Kirk witch hunt has led to heaps of harassment, but only a small handful of firings, in the video game industry.
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September 26, 2025 at 8:29 PM
love a gaming website with opening lines like "The American Right, a squirming bundle of grievances held together by supposed reverence for free speech" @aftermath.site @nathangrayson.bsky.social aftermath.site/charlie-kirk...