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dieworkwear.bsky.social
Not true.

I see you're a luxury watch dealer. I'm also interested in watches. Let me show you how free and easy migration has allowed you to earn a living. 🧵
Corey Wiley on Twitter writes: "You don’t get it. Foundational immigration law is morally just and has been established over millennia. Disrespecting these rules and ideals is very offensive to folks who highly value civilized society"
June 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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awalkerinla.bsky.social
Everyone saw Grand Park's hot pink benches being stacked into a barricade on Sunday. What an exceptional statement from RIOS, the benches' designers instagram.com/rios.imagines

"These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect — and now protect"
Hot pink chairs and benches stacked up in a protest with protesters hiding behind them as law enforcement fires upon the barricades with rubber bullets and tear gas RIOS rios.imagines RIOS rios.imagines Images of the bright pink Civic furniture line that we designed for@grandpark_la "The Park for Everyone," being used by LA protesters stopped us in our tracks. These pieces were designed to move, adapt, welcome, connect - and now protect. We stand in solidarity with our city during moments of civic expression in support of unjust treatment, and we are reminded of why we design: for our community, diversity, and a sense of belonging. Photo by: David Ryder-AFP/Getty Images
June 11, 2025 at 4:36 AM
First solo play through of Daybreak. It’s a work of art and design genius. Love it!
May 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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alderaceg.bsky.social
We’ve been playing a lot of Love Letter lately and thinking about the micro games we’ve published over the years
If you’ve got a clever, small-box design you think we should see, we’d love to take a look Send a quick pitch video and sell sheet to: creative@alderac.com
🎲✂️ #BoardGameDesign #DingDing
May 6, 2025 at 11:22 AM
We cancelled our plans to visit Seattle this summer back in February, when the cutting of USAID put my job at risk and it was clear that cuts to ranger staff would put park visitors at risk. Not spending my money in US. Off to Tuscany instead
boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com Col. Boozy Badger @boozybadger.lawyersandliquor.com · Apr 14
Foreign Friends with Travel Plans to the U.S. for Conventions:

A bit back I said you should maybe reconsider those plans.

I would like to amend my prior statement.

Cancel them. Cancel them now. We cannot keep you safe from our own government. Take your holiday in Spain or something.
April 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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cardboardedison.com
What will high U.S. tariffs on China mean for the tabletop industry? What are publishers doing in response? And what will it all mean for board game designers? We reached out to U.S. publishers, and we've compiled their responses into a new industry report: cardboardedison.com/tariffs
The Cost of Cardboard: How Tariffs Will Impact Board Game Publishers and Designers A special report from Cardboard Edison, April 2025
April 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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oxblogger.bsky.social
Match wrap | Sheffield Wednesday 0 Oxford United 1

'Sam Long is the club; his injuries, our play-off defeat, stylish football team under Appleton, promotion under Des. Rowett's ruthless focus on results met the narrative that we're all so invested in.'

oxblogger.co.uk/2025/04/13/m...

#oufc
Match wrap | Sheffield Wednesday 0 Oxford United 1
Between the Sheffield United and QPR games I was in Spain at a conference. Having done this for many years, despite everyone assuring you that the pace of change is accelerating to the point where …
oxblogger.co.uk
April 13, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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lbc.co.uk
'Kemi Badenoch sided with a regime led by a man facing allegations of war crimes, against two of her parliamentary colleagues.'

@mrjamesob.bsky.social responds to the Tory leader defending Israel's deportation of two Labour MPs, as Israel changes its account of the paramedic killings.
April 7, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Wait… there was a man Empire Strikes Back conversion kit for it?! 😮
vcreedsabretooth.bsky.social Esoteric Collector @vcreedsabretooth.bsky.social · Apr 6
#StarWarsSunday
STAR WARS arcade Atari inc. 1983 is in my top ten best arcades ever even though it has it has simple vector graphics and basically repeats after a few minutes, its lots of fun. Destroy Death Star or at least take as many TIES with you. One of the earliest games to use voice samples.
April 7, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Steve Jackson Games posted this to their blog and the post is getting so many hits their site is effectively crashed but the point is worth repeating
" On April 5th, a 54% tariff goes into effect on a wide range of goods imported from China. For those of us who create boardgames, this is not just a policy change. It's a seismic shift. At Steve Jackson Games, we are actively assessing what this means for our products, our pricing, and our future plans. We do know that we can't absorb this kind of cost increase without raising prices. We've done our best over the past few years to shield players and retailers from the full brunt of rising freight costs and other increases, but this new tax changes the equation entirely. Here are the numbers: A product we might have manufactured in China for $3.00 last year could now cost $4.62 before we even ship it across the ocean. Add freight, warehousing, fulfillment, and distribution margins, and that once-$25 game quickly becomes a $40 product. That's not a luxury upcharge; it's survival math. Some people ask, "Why not manufacture in the U.S.?" I wish we could. But the infrastructure to support full-scale boardgame production – specialty dice making, die-cutting, custom plastic and wood components – doesn't meaningfully exist here yet. I've gotten quotes. I've talked to factories. Even when the willingness is there, the equipment, labor, and timelines simply aren't."
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
From last month...
www.computerweekly.com/news/3666194...
Warning over privacy of encrypted messages as Russia targets Signal Messenger | Computer Weekly
Russia-backed hacking groups have developed techniques to compromise encrypted messaging services, including Signal, WhatsApp and Telegram, placing journalists, politicians, and activists of interest ...
www.computerweekly.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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drjennings.bsky.social
Every political tribe in Britain hates Elon Musk, and increasingly so.

Data via @yougov.co.uk.
March 19, 2025 at 12:07 AM
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fesshole.bsky.social
Two years ago, I grew tired of comments about me driving a "Nazi" car, so I sold my VW Jetta and bought a Tesla.
March 1, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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adamjschwarz.bsky.social
UK Prime Minister Starmer hugs Zelensky as he welcomes him to 10 Downing Street.

This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.
March 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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mrjamesob.bsky.social
They are arguing, endlessly, that illegally inciting acts of terror online is ‘free speech’ while silencing dissent, targeting journalists & telling an invaded ally what he is & is not allowed to say during a live television broadcast are all fine.
March 1, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Home alone last night & not invited to a 4 player game of Brass, I finally got round to downloading @playbalatro.com

Goodbye life. Goodbye FIFA

It’s so good ANd AdDictIvE! 🃏
February 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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arghavansallesmd.medsky.social
Of the 4000 researchers at NIH, only 20% are tenured. They’re going to fire all the rest as their contracts come up for renewal, absolutely decimating research at the NIH. This is catastrophic, not just for Americans, but for the whole world.

www.science.org/content/arti...
NIH ban on renewing senior scientists adds to assaults on its in-house research
Policy follows firings of tenure-track scientists and suspension of training programs
www.science.org
February 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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US aid cuts have forced the UN children's agency UNICEF to suspend or scale back many programs in Lebanon, with more than half of children under the age of two experiencing severe food poverty in the country's east, a UNICEF official said reut.rs/4h1nuiW
US aid cuts force UNICEF to reduce Lebanon nutrition programmes, official says
U.S. aid cuts have forced the U.N. children's agency UNICEF to suspend or scale back many programmes in Lebanon, with more than half of children under the age of two experiencing severe food poverty in the country's east, a UNICEF official said on Friday.
reut.rs
February 28, 2025 at 1:37 PM
WTF #Oxford?!
The Angel and Greyhound pub on St Clements has been renamed - with a font that’s come off a crap PowerPoint presentation - to ORANGES AND LEMONS?!!!
February 25, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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tobyhadoke.bsky.social
Please can everyone listen to Geek Gods: Sir Ian Livingstone at 4pm and midnight please? Tell everyone about it too.
Radio 4 Extra : BBC Sounds thereafter.
February 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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fesshole.bsky.social
OK this is just someone's joke so won't post it as a proper fess but it slightly amused me this morning
February 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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anako.bsky.social
Tomb Raider is one of my most beloved series. It sparked my passion for archaeology and ancient civilizations.
Although TR4 was my fav, I decided to draw classic Lara Croft with a T-rex because it's such an iconic combination! 🏺🦖

Done in Procreate.

@tombraider.com #procreateart #tombraider
February 19, 2025 at 7:08 PM
The Glory Years has been a labour of love for my friend Oxblogger. It’s niche, but it’s received rave reviews. Available now in the club shop or via Amazon UK. Top soccer book of the year so far 💯
oxblogger.bsky.social Oxblogger @oxblogger.bsky.social · Feb 15
Malcolm Shotton and Gary Briggs
Paul Moody and John Byrne
Mark Creighton and Jake Wright
Liam Sercombe and John Lundstram
David Hunt and Tom Newey

Some things are just meant to be together. The Glory Years and Mad Dog should be available in the club shop today.

#oufc
February 15, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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laurakbuzz.bsky.social
We've got a cool announcement to make!

Myself and Cari Watterton have been working on a project together the past few months.

Introducing Abletop - A six part series of videos discussing boardgame and tabletop Accessibility.

Hour long episodes releasing weekly - Every Wednesday at 5pm UK.
A hexagon, inside which is a circle and a meeple, mimicing the accessibility stick figure in a circle. The word Abletop creates a table out of the top of the letter T. Text reads - Abletop: Exploring Tabletop Board Game Accessibility. Image on the right shows a game of Frosthaven in progress.
February 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM