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Mark Hines
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PhD student at the University of Kentucky
Fulbright Taiwan
Race and representation in fantasy games, toxic fan studies, popular culture
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Also had a great exhibit on World of Warcraft and fantasy gaming culture!
July 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Bloomberg using AI to summarize an article--the article that I'm currently reading and generates ad revenue for the site. What are we doing here?
The picture shows an AI generated summary of an article. The summary is positioned directly above the article itself.
June 11, 2025 at 3:07 PM
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Revisiting Netflix's Bright, and man...
A still from the movie, Bright. A graffit image of an Orc blasting several police officers with a spell. The text "Curse the police!" is written above the image.
May 8, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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@ Bitcoin
A tweet from dril with the text, "my friend the only crypto currency you wanna get your hands on is this: bird seed. There is a lot of birds and they all gotta eat"
April 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Good morning #scms25! Looking forward to yapping about 4X games and fantasy races. Hope to see you all at 11!
April 5, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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A God of War meme asking author R.F. Kuang for an early copy of her forthcoming novel, Katabasis.
April 1, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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We're welcoming submissions for the 2nd "Leveling Up the Classroom" Conference! We're hoping to hear some thoughts on incorporating games in the classroom--this year's theme is "Uncovering New Artifacts."

The deadline for abstract submissions is March 22nd. Let me know if you have questions!
An academic "call for papers" with instructions on submitting an abstract for consideration. This call for papers concerns the use of games in the classroom. Bluesky's alt text feature does not allow for me to input the full text of this announcement, but please reach out if you have questions!
February 16, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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He has quite the expressive face! i think he's mostly happy to have a feline friend. He's been curious about them!
A dog sticking its tongue out
January 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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Woke up to a new alliance between one of the cats and the dog.
A cat and a dog relaxing together in a bed.
January 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Just sitting
A cat with its front legs dangling over an edge
December 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM