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@heyitswhitney.bsky.social
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durham, nc. | public media. | big nerd for journalism, music, boardgames, genre fiction, videogames. | online MADC student @ UNC-CH, beware grad school brain worms
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This is a cute card and also 50$
The alt art magic the gathering card Badger ole Cub
November 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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👁️👄👁️
Magic the Gathering card "The Walls of Ba Sing Se," which is a legendary artifact creature - wall that costs 8 colorless mana and has 0/30 and makes other permanents you control indestructible
November 18, 2025 at 2:13 AM
heyitswhitney.bsky.social
I just really like opening packs y'all
An open display box of Magic the Gathering booster packs from the Avatar the Last Airbender set
November 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
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Set full of elemental benders and I got an Azula prerelease box and still built Jeskai Sokka
A stack of magic the gathering cards with a card on top that is a 3/3 blue, red, and white legendary creature called Sokka, Tenacious Tactician. He does cool stuff to allies.
November 16, 2025 at 4:21 AM
heyitswhitney.bsky.social
I have a book order on the way with a couple systems thinking books and "communities of practice" by etienne wenger, which seem like they would be right up your alley
Screenshot of a bookshop.org order consisting of "Thinking in Systems: International Bestseller" by Daniella H Meadows, "Systems Thinking for Social Change" by David Peter Stoh, and "Communities of Practice" by Etienne Wenger
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 PM
heyitswhitney.bsky.social
I did not do great, I couldn't get combo actions to pop off 😭
The score sheet filled out for boardgame Tend showing a final score of 76
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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Attempting to learn Tend while watching DS9
Several sheets of paper and a neoprene map with cards on it from the game Tend
November 4, 2025 at 12:28 AM
heyitswhitney.bsky.social
He is mad at me
A black and white cat laying down under a bench with his face in a corner, looking away from the camera
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 PM
heyitswhitney.bsky.social
And because the 'geam are first but I didn't post photos yesterday, my planta queen brunch:
Thousand layer crispy potato with vegan sour cream, chives, and vegan caviar A vegan Korean chicken sandwich with kimchi and a side Caesar salad A decadent brownie topped with vegan ice cream and a cherry and crumbled peanuts, with a small carafe of fudge sauce on the side
October 26, 2025 at 6:57 PM
heyitswhitney.bsky.social
Can't be traveling without buying more books I don't need
The spines of four books, from left to right: Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz, A Magical Girl Retires by Park Seolyeon, There There by Tommy Orange, and Enshittification by Cory Doctorow
October 26, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Was going to go to Cafe Deko downtown to do homework but they have a no screens policy on weekends which is dumb and pretentious, but that led me to Necessary & Good Coffee, which is much cooler and has much better vibes and had vegan pastries so I got an apple fritter
An apple fritter on a small plate
October 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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And right next door is vegan garbage food Fry Like an Eagle, double plus good
A display of retro looking CRT monitors that way Fry Like an Eagle; a sign under it says VEGAN DOGS A foil wrapped hamburger and fries An impressive looking vegan big Mac
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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They have an animatronic misfits cover band called the Biscuits, apparently salvaged from an old showtime pizza band
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Logan Arcade is great
A photo of a display of items behind a bar, including liquors and Halloween decorations and a collection of spooky dolls Several videogame cabinets along a brick wall and light up signs hung on the wall above them A dance dance revolution extreme machine in an arcade with a brick wall and wooden floor A big Japanese arcade cabinet for a game called DariusBurst EX Another chronicle
October 26, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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The exhibits were still really neat and interactive... Just sad I missed the game one. :( h/t to @cypheroftyr.bsky.social for mentioning it on bsky or I wouldn't have known the museum existed at all.
A sign that reads: story of the day: start a story and let someone else finish it Or add to one already begun. Complete a thought, post it on our wall, or take it home. Type away and have fun! A typewriter with a story started on it A wall of paper tags with handwritten notes, it says "share your family's immigration story" An Octavia butler quote and illustration on the wall: "you don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence it's just so easy to give up"
October 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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The sign for the American Writers Museum in Chicago An exhibit with a voidt kampff test from Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep An exhibit about the Black Press A customized bookmark exhibit
October 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Chris Thile is a little mandolin gremlin
A program that reads: "Symphony Center Presents AN EVENING WITH CHRIS THILE. Chris Thile mandolin and vocals. The program will be announced from the stage. There will be no intermission." A man in a blue suit with wild hair stands on stage and plays a mandolin A man onstage with a mandolin from further away, surrounded by the symphony dome, he is gesturing to the audience
October 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
heyitswhitney.bsky.social
Weeee
The ceiling of a symphony Hall, with the ellipsoidal lights hanging off the balcony A photo of a symphony dome stage from the middle of the audience A symphony program that basically says "Chris Thile will do his thing"
October 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
heyitswhitney.bsky.social
Okay listen
A strawberry and dragon fruit horchata in a transparent plastic cup, pink and kind of cloudy, with a straw in it Corn on the cob on a green and white plate, dressed as elote with mayo and cotija A chimichanga cut in half and stacked to show off all the yummy goodness
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Cross function with meeeeeee #npasummit
A title slide for a presentation labeled Data with Direction: building bridges and driving organizational strategy with loyalty data
October 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Yes, it's 7pm and I am in my jammies eating way too expensive doordashed vegan sushi and bang bang broccoli on my hotel bed watching ds9 on my laptop why do you ask
Basically a picture of what it says in the skeet
October 24, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Heck yeah #npasummit
Three people sit in front of a screen with a slide showing that reads "Developing a community-focused ethic of news technology"
October 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Hi free coffee, hi #NPASummit sorry I'm awkward
A photo of a plastic coffee lid
October 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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My timing is actually gonna be pretty good, like a fifty minute train ride downtown and free coffee at the end of it 🤘🏼
A picture of the blue line train in Chicago, the sign says O'Hare
October 23, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Let's go to Chicago ig
A white woman taking a picture in a bathroom mirror
October 23, 2025 at 7:28 AM