Kurt Pankau🥞
@kurtpankau.com
Writer, computer-wrangler, musician, purveyor of mirth and silliness, lover of dad-jokes and board games. He/him. 🩷💛🩵
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Hey folks, quick blog post about my current obsession: The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game!
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Stray Thoughts: Trick-Taking and THE LORD OF THE RINGS
💍 "I told you he was tricksy..." Asmodee and Office Dog are in the process of releasing a complete trilogy of trick-taking games based on t...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Hey folks, quick blog post about my current obsession: The Lord of the Rings Trick-Taking Game!
www.kurtpankau.com/2025/11/stra...
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Big mood right now
Reflections on Big Tech
TL;DR: Big Tech isn’t inherently evil, but we’ve ceded too much control. It’s time to take it back.
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October 10, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Big mood right now
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Harriet Tubman was alive at the same time as Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan. (That's my all-time favorite.)
October 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Been some big backlashes this week. New Cracker Barrel logo. Taylor Swift's engagement photos.
It's wild how much people think their opinions should matter about this type of thing.
It's wild how much people think their opinions should matter about this type of thing.
August 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Been some big backlashes this week. New Cracker Barrel logo. Taylor Swift's engagement photos.
It's wild how much people think their opinions should matter about this type of thing.
It's wild how much people think their opinions should matter about this type of thing.
I read TLDR for tech news and I laughed out loud at one of today's mailers.
Topics included:
- AI for orchestration
- AI for conference planning
- AI for observability
- Hey, what if Terraform had a GUI?
Topics included:
- AI for orchestration
- AI for conference planning
- AI for observability
- Hey, what if Terraform had a GUI?
August 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
I read TLDR for tech news and I laughed out loud at one of today's mailers.
Topics included:
- AI for orchestration
- AI for conference planning
- AI for observability
- Hey, what if Terraform had a GUI?
Topics included:
- AI for orchestration
- AI for conference planning
- AI for observability
- Hey, what if Terraform had a GUI?
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fantastic lede from sam, and the rest of it ain’t too shabby either
August 23, 2025 at 12:38 AM
fantastic lede from sam, and the rest of it ain’t too shabby either
My youngest child—who is not a gracious loser—has decided to start playing CUPHEAD.
Pray for us.
Pray for us.
August 17, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My youngest child—who is not a gracious loser—has decided to start playing CUPHEAD.
Pray for us.
Pray for us.
Robert Reich has a new memoir called "Coming Up Short"
That's not even a joke
That's not even a joke
August 5, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Robert Reich has a new memoir called "Coming Up Short"
That's not even a joke
That's not even a joke
Never trust anyone whose favorite president is Andrew Jackson
Zuckerberg says superintelligence is in sight, and, when personal superintelligence comes, context-aware devices like glasses will become our primary computers (Mark Zuckerberg/Meta)
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Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
July 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Never trust anyone whose favorite president is Andrew Jackson
Happy National Whistleblower Day!
Does anyone have any thoughts or feelings they'd like to share?
Does anyone have any thoughts or feelings they'd like to share?
July 30, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy National Whistleblower Day!
Does anyone have any thoughts or feelings they'd like to share?
Does anyone have any thoughts or feelings they'd like to share?
Decades ago I started a band with some friends and we wrote a bunch of songs that we never got good recordings of. Today we're going back and revisiting them, now that we're older and wiser and actually know a thing or two about music production. Here's the first one we've finished.
Fault
Blind Satellite · Single · 2025 · 1 songs
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July 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Decades ago I started a band with some friends and we wrote a bunch of songs that we never got good recordings of. Today we're going back and revisiting them, now that we're older and wiser and actually know a thing or two about music production. Here's the first one we've finished.
I keep seeing artistic renderings of Ozzy in Heaven and I feel like maybe you misunderstood his whole aesthetic.
July 23, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I keep seeing artistic renderings of Ozzy in Heaven and I feel like maybe you misunderstood his whole aesthetic.
omg
July 20, 2025 at 3:59 PM
omg
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I was minding my business and suddenly JKR funded campaigns to end my existence.
July 18, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I was minding my business and suddenly JKR funded campaigns to end my existence.
Kids in the next room: "They're onions. And onions don't go to Hell."
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July 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Kids in the next room: "They're onions. And onions don't go to Hell."
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There's a new game from Stonemeier called VANTAGE, and I've played it! Here are my initial thoughts
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First Impressions: Vantage
🗺️ I Can See For Miles and Miles... A message from an entity known as "The Traveler" has lured you to an uncharted planet. While orbiting, ...
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July 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There's a new game from Stonemeier called VANTAGE, and I've played it! Here are my initial thoughts
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OMG this. Unexpected face-turn in a story about how he becomes a crime lord. What the actual
Boba Fett 1980: I do human trafficking for space Hitler.
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
Boba Fett 2021: I would like to begin by acknowledging that we are in dune sea, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Tusken People
July 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
OMG this. Unexpected face-turn in a story about how he becomes a crime lord. What the actual
Y'all. Y'ALL!!!
KPOP Demon Hunters
Y'all!!!
I just. So good.... Aaaaaugh!
KPOP Demon Hunters
Y'all!!!
I just. So good.... Aaaaaugh!
July 9, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Y'all. Y'ALL!!!
KPOP Demon Hunters
Y'all!!!
I just. So good.... Aaaaaugh!
KPOP Demon Hunters
Y'all!!!
I just. So good.... Aaaaaugh!
Unpopular opinion: I don't like dark mode. I can't tell any of my windows apart.
July 3, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Unpopular opinion: I don't like dark mode. I can't tell any of my windows apart.
Arnold is having a ball, and I do like Uma Thurman's Katherine Hepburn impression
June 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Arnold is having a ball, and I do like Uma Thurman's Katherine Hepburn impression
Shit, y'all. They're onto me.
June 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Shit, y'all. They're onto me.
"Modest Mouse" implies the exists of a tit-mouse.
May 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
"Modest Mouse" implies the exists of a tit-mouse.
Hey y'all. I really liked THUNDERBOLTS*. It's a super-hero movie about depression! Yay!
Stray Thoughts: Thunderbolts* and Depression
⛈️ Are You Telling This Story or Am I... [SPOILER ALERT] Over the holiday weekend we took the kids to see Thunderbolts* at the theater. It ...
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May 27, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Hey y'all. I really liked THUNDERBOLTS*. It's a super-hero movie about depression! Yay!