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garrett miller

@garrett.bsky.social

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boy from maryland, making art, games, apps and creative ephemera, big-time dad, in carrboro nc starfriends -- launching tomorrow!! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/brainfruitstudio/starfriends-card-game co-founder, @brainfruit.bsky.social

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 14h

oh wow, yes

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brainfruit! @brainfruit.bsky.social · 19h

we made a card-based party game that will bring you closer to your friends and frustrate your enemies. it's kinda like if letterboxd applied to everything and felt like apples to apples. campaign launches tomorrow, follow our page now to hype the algorithm!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...

Coming soon: Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks

A play-anywhere fusion of Wavelength, Letterboxd, and Apples to Apples, for friends and strangers alike.

www.kickstarter.com

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 19h

we're going live with starfriends on kickstarter tomorrow! there's no better time to get in the ground floor of the starfriends cinematic universe!!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...

three little starfriends, the first says "see you later!", the second says "if you buy a deck, that is", and the third says "totally no pressure!"

garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 23h

I had to draw him

doodle of a man looking perplexed, drawn with brush pen on an envelope

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brainfruit! @brainfruit.bsky.social · 4d

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 8d

wow everyone loves cum park plaza

Five star review: “Just moved to Burlington, was driving around to get to know the area and saw this absolute gem!
I was literally screaming with joy in my car.
Beautiful place and perfect for a family gathering or simply to bring the little ones grocery shopping. I'll be cumming every day...
Maybe even twice a day.”

Another five star review: “Great place to take someone for a first date, l took my sweetie here and after fifteen minutes we've been together 15 years, come back for the anniversary and park just like we used to. Bring a change of pants.”

Another five stars! “I've been cumming here a lot! I really like this plaza, the parking is really convenient and big so I can cum and go as I please. Only down side, is during the rush hour when everyone cums at the same time, makes it hard to pull out of the parking lot “

A person falling to their knees in front of cum park plaza sign. “Among the best experiences of my life. I'd rate six stars if I could.”

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Mr. Joshua @pantspants.bsky.social · 9d

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 10d

excuse me the what park plaza

a shopping center in North Carolina with the name “cum park plaza” and it’s important for screen readers to note the spelling is “cum” like what are we doing here people has anyone been online in 20 years here or what

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 12d

the thing about getting bumbled by a bumblebee is it’s embarrassing for both of you

garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 13d

I find it incredibly funny that Apple gave the watergate hotel its “distinguished building” treatment

a 3d view of the Kennedy center and watergate hotel in Apple Maps app. Both are rendered in a pseudo photorealistic illustrative way, standing out from neighboring flat-colored 3d buildings.

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sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 16d

our new game, in brief! friend 1 gets a card with say ★★ on it, friend 2 pulls a ★★★★ card. then you draw a topic, maybe “animal,” and pick one (1) animal you think friend 1 would rate ★★ and friend 2 would rate ★★★★. guess right and win their card(s)! on KS soon: www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...

Coming soon: Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks

A play-anywhere fusion of Wavelength, Letterboxd, and Apples to Apples, for friends and strangers alike.

www.kickstarter.com

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Mike Rugnetta @mikerugnetta.com · 21d

YESSSSSSSSS!!!!*

*the reaction of someone who is absolutely and 100% an impartial observer here; don’t scroll down on the kickstarter linked below

sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · 21d

on a scale of ★ to ★★★★★, what's a ★★ food? or ★★★★★ weather? do you and your friends even agree on what "★★★★" means? announcing STARFRIENDS, a new social card game that melds these questions into the best kind of loosely competitive experience. physical decks coming soon, follow our KS page today!

Coming soon: Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks

A play-anywhere fusion of Wavelength, Letterboxd, and Apples to Apples, for friends and strangers alike.

www.kickstarter.com

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 21d

exciting news! @robdubbin.bsky.social and I have created a card game together, soon to be made manifest in physical reality. Starfriends, by @brainfruit.bsky.social, coming to kickstarter next month!!! slap that launch notify button baby!

www.kickstarter.com/projects/bra...

Coming soon: Starfriends: The 5-Star Game About What Everyone Else Thinks

A play-anywhere fusion of Wavelength, Letterboxd, and Apples to Apples, for friends and strangers alike.

www.kickstarter.com

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · 26d

this really boils it down nicely.

"Jimmy Kimmel would have had to piss off 20 owners to end up with a suspension before, now, it's one"

Reddit comment by user kylehatesyou.
Nexstar's CEO is a right wing goon that gives a platform to the shittiest people you remember like Bill O'Reilly and Chris Cuomo on their Newsnation cable news network. They have a clear bias and will be looking for any reason to express it and silence voices in this moment of chaos.
This isn't really about Jimmy Kimmel. We have been failed by our government for decades. The institution that failed us this time was the FCC. Under Reagan and Clinton (and likely now Trump who, Sook, the CEO of Nexstar, hopes will allow him to own even more stations) which removed limits on how many stations an individual entity could own means that Nexstar and their 197 stations nationwide (more than 20 times the amount of over the air (OTA) stations you could own before ownership limits were weakened/ repealed) have a lot more power than they would have 30 to 40 years ago. Jimmy Kimmel would have had to piss off 20 owners to end up with a suspension before, now, it's one.
There is still a limit on the number of OTA stations you can own, but it basically leaves room for three major players to control the narrative. Sook is hoping that the current limit that you can only own stations that reach less than 40% of the country, will be repealed completely by Trump, so he can work towards a media monopoly, and end up with even less diversity of thought allowed on our televisions.

When you ask yourself why things don't seem to be as good as they used to be, or why the institutions are failing, how we can end up with someone like Trump leading the country, well there you go. That rule just applies to OTA broadcast media, now multiply it across every corporate sector, and the weakened regulations, the failure to enforce antitrust laws through the rubber stamp of every merger and acquisition, the only big laws getting passed giving tax breaks or handouts to already giant corporations so they can acquire more and more while killing good paying jobs through consolidation and offshoring and you see the reason everything fucking sucks. It's not just Kimmel they'll come after.
They want to own everything, and they got their guy in office that will let them do that and are doing everything they can to keep that power.

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · Sep 10

Liberal politicians if you are so disturbed just pretend Charlie Kirk was a Palestinian child and you’ll get over it in no time

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · Sep 7

lol same

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Casey Kolderup @maincharacter.today · Sep 4

it’s funny they still have the ability to call the franchise “Tomb Raider” in 2025. “Grave Desecrator”

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · Sep 1

me: “hey can I have a hug?”
daughter: “hmm…. no. I’m gonna keep my love”

garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · Aug 29

come join!!! there are already some extremely cool, universally chill humans hanging about

sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · Aug 29

ahhh, one week of co-owning a smoothie bar with
@garrett.bsky.social! a.k.a the official
@brainfruit.bsky.social discord, where you can follow our work and play some stuff in progress. (especially relevant if you like trick-taking card games) the vibes are great, get in here! discord.gg/YPNKtnTQ4g

a cartoon brain and apple cavort next to a banner image for "smoothie bar: a brainfruit place" with a link to join smoothie bar, the official brainfruit studio discord. there is also a happy blender in the background with a mysterious puree inside whose color is a suspicious blend of the brain's and apple's colors

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · Aug 27

you must love all of your children equally

its a little blender, full of smoothie, dancing

a cartoon apple and wouldn't you know it, he's got some boogie in him

garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · Aug 25

here’s a thing that simultaneously delighted and melted my brain

youtu.be/YGLNyHd2w10?...

Adventures in State Space

YouTube video by 2swap

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · Aug 21

heyyy we're sending out the first @brainfruit.bsky.social newsletter tomorrow! brainfruit.studio has a hole to toss in your email address :)

sincerely, rob dubbin @robdubbin.bsky.social · Aug 19

if you're curious what @garrett.bsky.social and i have been up to at @brainfruit.bsky.social (or if you're just now learning our studio exists due to the porous, yawning void of social media) now is a *fantastic* time to sign up for our newsletter (brainfruit.studio) because we're sending one friday

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · Aug 19

this was really lovely! nice work

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garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · Jul 29

pretty epic fight playing out on the window sill tonight

a toy plastic dinosaur and a sumo cat silhouetted by a setting sun and a dusty window

garrett miller @garrett.bsky.social · Jul 29

kid got smote outside the preschool

pavement with two child-sized shoe soles silhouetted by a splash of water, not actual smiting of course of course

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