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Erik Swedlund
@hipsmart.bsky.social
Pinball he/they
Brooklyn PinPride. APAB. NYC Pin Pod. ScrappleLeague. NYCFSA cap, Butter Baller.
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We're building a thing and it keeps getting bigger #queer #pinball
Just had my best night of league ever. Wow this week #streak #pinball
December 11, 2025 at 5:05 AM
My Tuesday teammate, Sonny, is also a captain of a Monday team that also won their division, so we did a Winning Captains photo shoot, hee hee!
December 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
My Tuesday team, Butter Ballers, are champions of Pinball NYC’s Right Inlane division for season 29!! Last night we played the Trolls (in their first ever championship match) to an 8-8 tie, then took the win on a 1-2-3 game of Jurassic Park.

That’s three straight seasons for we Butter Ballers!
December 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Look, no hands!

Here's me playing pinball for the first time in 40 yrs, thanks to @projectpinball.bsky.social & #HexaPinball

Read about the world of accessible pinball, & those making #pinballforall

A fun day at the office, for sure!
#NewMobility #disability #MultipleSclerosis #InclusiveGameWerks
Flipping Accessible: The People and Devices Tilting Pinball Toward Access
When I was an arcade rat in the 1980s, my idea of heaven looked just like what I discovered when I attended the 41st Annual Pinball Expo this October in Schaumburg, Illinois, outside of Chicago: a…
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December 9, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Our New York City Flipper Sport Association has won Pinball NYC’s Season 29 championship in the Left Orbit division—for the third season in a row! Last night we defeated The Mutants (for the third season in a row!) at Scrappleland, 10-6. Love this team!
December 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
NYC Pin Pod episode 513: The iPad Sherpa

Local competition results including Pinball NYC semi-finals, location updates and bullet journals, more OBX fallout plus controversy in Pinball NYC’s finals venues selection

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Episode 513: The iPad Sherpa
Episode 513: The iPad Sherpa is posted to all your favorite podcatchers and here in which a panel talks location pinball in NYC (and nearby surrounding areas). This week… Ball 1: Local compet…
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December 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
One of the great perks of attending the monthly South Slope Strikes is that tournament director Jess always makes cookies or treats #pinball
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My Tuesday night #pinball team also won our semi-finals match; the venue was At the Wallace, my Monday night team’s home bar, heh. We Butter Ballers defeated Everybody Loves the Sunshine 11-5. I played great on these familiar machines, including a personal best on Deadpool (with a 5x Mechsuit).
December 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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NYC #pinball peeps, here’s your reminder to come play for the kids this Sunday.

@projectpinball.bsky.social fundraiser at SingleCut in Astoria. 3pm
December 4, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Last night at Rullo’s Bar, in Pinball NYC’s Left Orbit semifinals, our New York City Flipper Sport Association defeated Lionpersons! by a score of 11-1. I personally got one of those points with a pitiful ball 3 walk-off win on 007 with a score of 15M (I played it out to something like 125M).
December 2, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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Society is a construct. You can just ask someone to do a ska cover of Faith of the Heart and they'll say "$300 please" and you give it to them and then you have it.

Everyone, give
@skatunenetwork.bsky.social
your money. They deserve it.
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I won’t play this machine, personally, but I dig this from those who do
when you get the high score on harry potter you gotta 🏳️‍⚧️
#pinball #transrights
November 26, 2025 at 2:32 PM
NYC Pin Pod episode 512: Another Week to Contemplate Their Fate #pinball

Ball 1: Local competition results and calendar
Ball 2: Location Update plus pinball bullet journals
Ball 3: Further OBX fallout

@pinballmap.com
@kineticist.com

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Episode 512: Another Week to Contemplate Their Fate
…is posted to all your favorite podcatchers and here, in which a panel (BCF, HIP) talk location pinball in NYC. This week… Ball 1: Local competition results including Pinball NYC and th…
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November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
11:30pm drawbridge lift contributes to 90-minute subway trip home from pinball league and author’s yawning this morning
November 20, 2025 at 3:52 PM
We Butter Ballers were the virtual home team at Barcade FiDi tonight as we took out Pinister Six in the first round of Pinball NYC’s Right Inlane playoffs, 10-6. I had a meh game of Congo and a good game of Rush, both in doubles rounds and both in our favor
November 19, 2025 at 4:28 AM
I can recommend a visit to the Red Hook Pinball Museum!
Join ART for a tour of the Red Hook Pinball Museum! We'll be led on a tour by the museum's co-founders before the space is open to the general public, to get an in-depth look at the pinball machines, many of which are from the 1960s and 1970s. Register: nycarchivists.org/event-6443225
November 18, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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docs.google.com/document/d/1...

This statement from 65 players in the San Francisco scene makes statements about their own recent issues and solidarity for the OBX Fall Flippers situation.

The IFPA deleted it in their own Discord, citing "discussion on the IFPA's response to [their OBX decision]."
Queers Against Hate in SF Pinball
Queers Against Hate in SF Pinball November 15, 2025 We are writing as members of the San Francisco pinball community. We’ve played in the same leagues and tournaments as you. We’ve organized some of ...
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November 17, 2025 at 4:54 PM
NYC Pin Pod has stickers now! Squee! #pinball
November 17, 2025 at 11:22 PM
NYC Pin Pod episode 511: Clinging to a Plank #pinball

Ball 1: Local competition results including The Harvest and Pinball NYC.
Ball 2: Venue updates with HIP courtesy of @pinballmap.com and its users plus our weekly bullet journals
Ball 3: OBX :(

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Episode 511: Clinging to a Plank
…in which a panel (BCF, HIP) discuss location pinball in NYC, has been posted to all your favorite podcatchers and here. This week Ball 1: Local competition results including The Harvest and …
nycpinpod.wordpress.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Guess who won #pinball
November 17, 2025 at 11:11 PM
In the lost & found box at work: coin purse full of tokens
November 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Last shift #pinball
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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No quarter for hate. The International Flipper Pinball Association needs to do better.
November 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM