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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 6h

Going to drift into a delirious sleep watching Rhett and Link name as many cheeses as they can

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 6h

Told the kid I saw Alan Cumming and she started Besvis laughing

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Jody Avirgan @jodyavirgan.com · 9h

Kind of amazing that the photo Politico used of one of these folks -- the one who made a joke about gas chambers -- is from an event that Politico sponsored last summer.

Peter Giunta participates in a CNN-POLITICO Grill discussion at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, July 16, 2024. | Rod Lamkey Jr. for POLITICO

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 7h

That was definitely something I picked up on in I think the Beasts of War forums

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 7h

Anyway, this is where we'll see in five years!

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 7h

The tank for sure stood out to me. But again, and I'd have to peek back through the CH lawsuit (ugh), I don't think GW can claim "gun with lasgun bulb on the end"

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 7h

Sure, no doubt. I just mean that we've already had that particular argument and GW mostly lost. If they want to have another go in an EU court on the same basis, ok. It simply strikes me as strange that if that's the case there are others who seem more 1:1 GW style sculpts.

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 8h

Sure, but they've avoided that for 10 years because they took the replication argument to court in the US and (mostly) lost. And I'd say Ghamak's minis are less GW than Chapterhouse's.

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 8h

Got it and makes sense. I'm curious if because of that difference a successful case can be read in that maximal worst case reading. And, thinking out loud, if GW know that. It's not like they're going nuclear on another American studio eg.

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 8h

But what I do know is that GW's anxieties seem different from the outside than 15 years ago, which is of course representative of how different they are.

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 8h

I don't know! That's part of why it's so interesting, because it doesn't seem to be a copyright claim. I have to revisit what Ghamak is saying, but I believe the lead sculptor points out some subtlties to the cited law in his patreon post. This is also where I'm not a lawyer and need to shut up.

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 10h

Part 2: I gave my presentation (partly) on how I'm not sure Games Workshop cares about people making GW style miniatures. Then in real time they sued someone for doing just that.

Oops. But also maybe not oops. On analog games as platforms.

stuckness.ghost.io/when-your-ac...

When your academic presentation is maybe wrong, or Games Workshop sued someone again

My presentation at the Games Workshop Research Day last weekend was on the Chapterhouse case. Very, very briefly: Games Workshop lost (most of) a lawsuit against a small manufacturer of conversion "bi...

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morrowind.txt @morrowind-txt.bsky.social · 9h

Right.

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 9h

I'd have zero if I had my druthers

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kyleraiser III: kyle on Earth @kylebutoverhere.bsky.social · 9h

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 10h

whatever dymphy

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 10h

In an even more just world nobody would be suing anyone for inspiration!

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 10h

The Argument is the first instantiation of cross-branded corporate controlled mashup culture. It led to all of the ruin you see before you now. We are lost.

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 10h

It's your boy expoundin'

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 10h

Part 2: I gave my presentation (partly) on how I'm not sure Games Workshop cares about people making GW style miniatures. Then in real time they sued someone for doing just that.

Oops. But also maybe not oops. On analog games as platforms.

stuckness.ghost.io/when-your-ac...

When your academic presentation is maybe wrong, or Games Workshop sued someone again

My presentation at the Games Workshop Research Day last weekend was on the Chapterhouse case. Very, very briefly: Games Workshop lost (most of) a lawsuit against a small manufacturer of conversion "bi...

stuckness.ghost.io

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 1d

If you are applying for a faculty job in Texas, argue for a higher salary than you'd get at other institutions. The lack of real tenure protections is a de facto compensation cut and you should negotiate accordingly.

Texas search committees know that getting good candidates is an uphill battle.

Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 1d

If you make "controversial statements" outside of classroom, that the President of the university dislikes, you can be summarily fired even if you are tenured.

Julie Greene @greeneland.bsky.social · 1d

I just learned, Thomas Alter, tenured professor, has been terminated effective immediately. Shame on Texas State! We mst build support for Tom. spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-tex...

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 15h

Yep. And the seemingly less radical innovations in communication technology (newspapers, radio/TV) also coincided with periods of mass slaughter.

Let's rerun it baby!

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 15h

Da best carolina baby!

Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 15h

I think my high water mark was featured weekly columnist for VICE Sports for a bit.

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Ian @brocktoon.bsky.social · 16h

Banging that drum til I die

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