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24 Sep 2023
I watched the movie "Amadeus" (1984) and wrote a bit about it. fogknife.com/2023-09-23-i-wa…
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1. Jack Kirby was born 106 years ago today. I often think about this photo from World War II, where he's on furlough from military training, standing next to his wife Roz (Rosalind Goldstein). He had a certain grim satisfaction at the job ahead.
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5 Aug 2023
New Fogknife post about "Unnatural Ends", the latest mystery novel from my old #InteractiveFiction pal Christopher Huang (@misericordius).
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24 Jul 2023
🦣 jmac@masto.nyc - I use this every day and enjoy it quite a bit
🧵jmacdotorg - Not actively reading or posting there at this time, but that's me anyway
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Jason McIntosh retweeted
23 Jul 2023
There is much, much more to do, but from what I can tell it is not widely understood that US per-capita CO₂ emissions have fallen below WWI levels: ourworldindata.org/grapher/c…
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12 Jul 2023
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9 Jul 2023
Join @DougOrleans and I, Monday July 10 at 8 PM Eastern, as we play "The Little Match Girl, by Hans Christian Andersen”, a 2021 text adventure game by @rcveeder
We'll be on YouTube: youtube.com/watch?v=kxcIBsth…
#InteractiveFiction #Streaming #Videogames
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4 Jul 2023
The life of the Internet is one of things coming and going, and Twitter was one of those things. Twitter was always difficult to use in a healthy way, but as Chris Hitchens or Winston Churchill or some other wit said about alcohol: "I got more out of it than it got out of me."
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On Independence Day treat yourself to this lovely profile of one of a true miracle of American culture, Samuel Delany.
3 Jul 2023
I profiled Samuel R. Delany—sci-fi pioneer, gay radical, literary genius—for @NewYorker’s fiction issue newyorker.com/magazine/2023/…
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4 Jul 2023
New Fogknife post about “Black Narcissus" (1947). I liked it! Among other things, was struck by how much it reminded me of the FMV video game "Immortality" (2022). fogknife.com/2023-07-04-blac…
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This is where I’m at. While it’s funny to laugh at the place falling apart, Twitter has been a critical part of my job and my life for a long time. I’ve met people I love on here, work contacts, grown a newsletter, and yeah it’s got me through shit which is embarrassing to admit
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24 Jun 2023
I have over 400 hours of experience playing Civilization V. Vladimir Putin should have known that when his national happiness fell below -20 he would start spawning random insurgents. Here’s what he should do next: 🧵(1/?)
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2 Mar 2022
My sources tell me that Putin has asked his generals abt the possibility of restoring the save game from just before the invasion. His generals have advised him that his last save was an autosave from 2019
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Happy #SummerSolstice! Installing a spray cap on a hydrant is STILL a fun way to cool off on a hot summer day in #NYC. If you ask your local @FDNY Firehouse, they'll install a spray cap for free. If you see an open hydrant without a spray cap, please report it to @nyc311!
21 Jun 2023
New Yorkers have been using fire hydrants to cool off for more than a century. 💦
During a deadly heatwave in 1896, the fire dept opened hydrants to spray down the streets. Parents brought their children to enjoy this makeshift waterpark, and the rest is history! #SummerSolstice
ALT A child kisses the top of a spraying fire hydrant.
ALT Two children play in an open fire hydrant. One is kicking a leg in the water. Another is smiling and looking right at the camera.
ALT Another photograph of the two children playing in the hydrant. One of them catches water from the fire hydrant in her shirt.
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15 Jun 2023
this season of Black Mirror joins The Boys on the list of shows that make you think, is the argument of this show that i should cancel the streaming service it's on?
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Amazing letter reflecting on massive institutional failure.
13 Jun 2023
Great letter in The Times. I’d also include Cameron in the list. What a tremendous amount of damage this institution has done to our country.
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14 Jun 2023
Renowned 'legend' of interactive fiction writing and creative director of @failbettergames, Emily Short, shares her legendary career journey in the game development industry.
Read more on our latest Boss Level here:
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Jason McIntosh retweeted
14 Jun 2023
Witch's cat, 16th-century woodcut.
Featured in Jon Crabb's essay "Woodcuts and Witches" about the witch craze of early modern Europe, and how the mass-produced woodcut helped forge the archetype of the broom-riding crone so familiar today: buff.ly/32N2LMt
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