Ed Rodley
@erodley.bsky.social
(he/him/his) Museum person. Experienced cultural producer & educator. Digital skeptimist. Co-Founder & Principal, The Experience Alchemists. https://theexperiencealchemists.com
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My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
My public service announcement for today is that America’s Test Kitchen, which is infinitely better then NYTimes Cooking, has introduced a new gift link option that has no limit on how many you can share and each link lasts 30 days.
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"'Good luck with your blog,' she wrote at the end of her 2nd email, in a note dripping, like the 1st one, with derision.
I think I speak for many rdrs of Record during her editorship when I say: We’d be grateful if you brought some of that same spirit + fight to, you know, covering architecture" 😏
I think I speak for many rdrs of Record during her editorship when I say: We’d be grateful if you brought some of that same spirit + fight to, you know, covering architecture" 😏
Can a 50-year-old book on Paris help repair your attention span?
It might be worth a try! Plus: more gripes about “Sotheby’s at the Breuer,” the Louvre reconsiders its renovation, and Record’s EIC is big mad
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November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
"'Good luck with your blog,' she wrote at the end of her 2nd email, in a note dripping, like the 1st one, with derision.
I think I speak for many rdrs of Record during her editorship when I say: We’d be grateful if you brought some of that same spirit + fight to, you know, covering architecture" 😏
I think I speak for many rdrs of Record during her editorship when I say: We’d be grateful if you brought some of that same spirit + fight to, you know, covering architecture" 😏
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Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
Zork is now open source
Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)
Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.
blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
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People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
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Essay | How to Turn the Bureaucratic Grind of Life Into a Party
We all feel it: the growing stream of administrative tasks sapping our time, spirits and social lives. Admin Night represents a tiny, nerdy resistance.
www.wsj.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:54 PM
People are holding administrative burden parties to collectively take on tasks
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
www.wsj.com/lifestyle/re...
We truly live in a golden age of neologisms, and I think “fuckmuppetry“ will be one of my favorites. So perfectly descriptive!
People are asking ”well if the court dismisses the Comey indictment for various kinds of fuckmuppetry by the moronic and debased Trump Justice Department, the statute of limitations has run and so Comey is free, right?
It depends on the particular kind of fuckmuppetry.
/1
It depends on the particular kind of fuckmuppetry.
/1
November 20, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We truly live in a golden age of neologisms, and I think “fuckmuppetry“ will be one of my favorites. So perfectly descriptive!
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The @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social has been on fire lately, and this is oped is no exception. (And worth noting as an aside that no LLM could produce an article of this power and precision).
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
The Professor and the Pedophile | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson
Summers should choose the most straightforward path and resign. Should he refuse to, though, the University must cut ties with its former president to the greatest extent possible.
www.thecrimson.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The @theharvardcrimson.bsky.social has been on fire lately, and this is oped is no exception. (And worth noting as an aside that no LLM could produce an article of this power and precision).
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...
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If I were in Berkeley, I would go see this www.instagram.com/p/DRPvRRlkmtf/
Manual Cinema on Instagram: "Berkeley, we’re so excited to see you! 🤩🌙
Join us for an unforgettable night @cal_performances on Saturday, November 22 at 8:00pm as we bring our newest show, The 4th W...
The 4th Witch is a dark and cinematic retelling of Macbeth, featuring a young girl's journey from war-torn lands to her quest for vengeance against the warlord who destroyed her home. Explore the eeri...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 AM
If I were in Berkeley, I would go see this www.instagram.com/p/DRPvRRlkmtf/
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herein lies my account of a weekend getting over-involved with 24-hour-long Lovecraft-inspired immersive theatre show The Key of Dreams
www.timeout.com/uk/theatre/i...
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I went to a 24-hour, £450 immersive theatre horror experience in Wales, and I’d go back again
‘The Key of Dreams’ is as epic as it gets, an HP Lovecraft-inspired weekend away in an isolated ‘Traitors’-style manor house
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November 19, 2025 at 12:37 PM
herein lies my account of a weekend getting over-involved with 24-hour-long Lovecraft-inspired immersive theatre show The Key of Dreams
www.timeout.com/uk/theatre/i...
www.timeout.com/uk/theatre/i...
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Next semester’s syllabus practically writing itself…
Yikes. All kinds of financial nightmares at the Palm Springs Art Museum as trustees flee the scene.
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Commentary: Audit questions roil the Palm Springs Art Museum
Auditors have questioned the accounting practices at the Palm Springs Art Museum. Areas of concern include problems with reporting of endowment spending, improper recording of the market value of dona...
www.latimes.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Next semester’s syllabus practically writing itself…
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I finally wrote about the big Minecraft ARG that's been making the rounds!
If it was just a King in Yellow adaptation, I probably wouldn't have spent the weekend diving in. But I'm a sucker for a story that's a matryoshka doll of unreliable narrators, with an "ARG explainer" video as top layer.
If it was just a King in Yellow adaptation, I probably wouldn't have spent the weekend diving in. But I'm a sucker for a story that's a matryoshka doll of unreliable narrators, with an "ARG explainer" video as top layer.
The King in Yellow as Found Footage Minecraft ARG | ARGNet: Alternate Reality Gaming Network
Searching For A World That Doesn't Exist is a recent Minecraft ARG loosely based on the King in Yellow mythos, in which a YouTuber pieces together found footage from a Minecraft playthrough
www.argn.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I finally wrote about the big Minecraft ARG that's been making the rounds!
If it was just a King in Yellow adaptation, I probably wouldn't have spent the weekend diving in. But I'm a sucker for a story that's a matryoshka doll of unreliable narrators, with an "ARG explainer" video as top layer.
If it was just a King in Yellow adaptation, I probably wouldn't have spent the weekend diving in. But I'm a sucker for a story that's a matryoshka doll of unreliable narrators, with an "ARG explainer" video as top layer.
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
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"Well guys, you're gonna have to learn his f*cking name now."
I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.
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I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:54 PM
"Well guys, you're gonna have to learn his f*cking name now."
I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.
Watch/share/subscribe to Zeteo: zeteo.com/subscribe
I went on a rant at the Zohran Mamdani event last night, against billionaires who spent millions to try and stop a guy whose name they refuse to correctly pronounce.
Watch/share/subscribe to Zeteo: zeteo.com/subscribe
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The first feature of the evening was the French film La Belle Époque (2019, dir. Nicolas Bedos). Now, usually we don’t watch films that are actually good at this club. It is even rarer to watch films that are great. Le Belle Époque is genuinely awesome.
November 3, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The first feature of the evening was the French film La Belle Époque (2019, dir. Nicolas Bedos). Now, usually we don’t watch films that are actually good at this club. It is even rarer to watch films that are great. Le Belle Époque is genuinely awesome.
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Hey Lewis, a new post touring career opportunity!!!
Grumpy Museum Tour Guide!
you're welcome...
@thelewisblack.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Grumpy Museum Tour Guide!
you're welcome...
@thelewisblack.bsky.social
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‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit
Performance artist’s aggressive art historian shouts at visitors and insults curators – and his tours are sold out
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Hey Lewis, a new post touring career opportunity!!!
Grumpy Museum Tour Guide!
you're welcome...
@thelewisblack.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Grumpy Museum Tour Guide!
you're welcome...
@thelewisblack.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:00 PM
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
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Call for papers: Mapping the Borders of Larp Research -The Academic seminar of the Nordic Larp Research Network.
Larp Research – Nordic Larp Research Seminar
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October 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Call for papers: Mapping the Borders of Larp Research -The Academic seminar of the Nordic Larp Research Network.
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Feeling very proud of my Wikipedian-in-Residence colleagues who tackled an armed suicidal man. Andrew Lih, Wikimedia Laureate 2022, prised a loaded gun from his hand. Richard and Andrew are bookish computer guys who work in libraries. That takes some guts.
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
By Andy Newman
At Civic Hall in Union Square, a man with a gun walked onto the stage at a Wikipedia conference.
Richard Knipel, CUNY's Wikimedian-in-Residence, jumped the gunman and, with others' help, saved the day. Gift link
By Andy Newman
At Civic Hall in Union Square, a man with a gun walked onto the stage at a Wikipedia conference.
Richard Knipel, CUNY's Wikimedian-in-Residence, jumped the gunman and, with others' help, saved the day. Gift link
Wikipedia Volunteers Avert Tragedy by Taking Down Gunman at Conference
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Feeling very proud of my Wikipedian-in-Residence colleagues who tackled an armed suicidal man. Andrew Lih, Wikimedia Laureate 2022, prised a loaded gun from his hand. Richard and Andrew are bookish computer guys who work in libraries. That takes some guts.
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George Wallace on the 1963 civil rights March on Washington: It’s all a bunch of communists trying to destroy America.
Mike Johnson on the 2025 No Kings rally: It’s all a bunch of marxists/socialists/Antifa trying to destroy America.
The GOP playbook: Same as it ever was
Mike Johnson on the 2025 No Kings rally: It’s all a bunch of marxists/socialists/Antifa trying to destroy America.
The GOP playbook: Same as it ever was
October 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
George Wallace on the 1963 civil rights March on Washington: It’s all a bunch of communists trying to destroy America.
Mike Johnson on the 2025 No Kings rally: It’s all a bunch of marxists/socialists/Antifa trying to destroy America.
The GOP playbook: Same as it ever was
Mike Johnson on the 2025 No Kings rally: It’s all a bunch of marxists/socialists/Antifa trying to destroy America.
The GOP playbook: Same as it ever was
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I love how the big news on Trump’s tariff announcement is how moments before he made it a bunch of people made insanely profitable shorts on crypto, a thing that Bitcoin Bros are all astounded to see happening in a completely unregulated market of a fake currency primarily used by criminals.
October 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I love how the big news on Trump’s tariff announcement is how moments before he made it a bunch of people made insanely profitable shorts on crypto, a thing that Bitcoin Bros are all astounded to see happening in a completely unregulated market of a fake currency primarily used by criminals.
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A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.