Seth Johnson
@inkslinger.bsky.social
Writer. Game designer. In need of a nap. Dumb jokes, but never hurtful ones. He/him.
More of and about me here: https://linktr.ee/sjink
More of and about me here: https://linktr.ee/sjink
Most of my posts here are dashed off in a few moments. This time I'm spending three days doing research. Coming Monday: 12 Days, 12 Games.
December 6, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Most of my posts here are dashed off in a few moments. This time I'm spending three days doing research. Coming Monday: 12 Days, 12 Games.
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Being unable to tolerate frustration + chasing social media clout gotta be a big reason why ppl jumped on the gen ai machine to churn out slop
December 6, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Being unable to tolerate frustration + chasing social media clout gotta be a big reason why ppl jumped on the gen ai machine to churn out slop
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I do think I've observed in basically all creative fields that celebrity is dangerous, because really good craft takes time, and you just can't do it if you're doing nonstop interviews and articles and things. Like a lot of authors' second or third works feel generic/under-researched.
Put another way: at some point comedians go from laugh lines to applause lines. Problem is applause lines are easy and boring. Laugh lines are very hard. To my mind an ideal life as a writer or researcher is you do that sort of hard when you're young and a different (sustained) sort of hard later.
December 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I do think I've observed in basically all creative fields that celebrity is dangerous, because really good craft takes time, and you just can't do it if you're doing nonstop interviews and articles and things. Like a lot of authors' second or third works feel generic/under-researched.
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"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
December 5, 2025 at 4:35 PM
"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.
I know Huckleberry Finn is a classic, but every time I read it I’m still disappointed he isn’t part fish.
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I know Huckleberry Finn is a classic, but every time I read it I’m still disappointed he isn’t part fish.
Nothing ruins a podcast faster than a host who has become deaf to the thundering sound of their mechanical keyboard.
December 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Nothing ruins a podcast faster than a host who has become deaf to the thundering sound of their mechanical keyboard.
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The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
November 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The most precious commodity you have is your attention. You don’t have to waste it on poor-faith debates or arguments with strangers if you don’t think they’ll be productive. You can prioritize the things that matter to you and make your life richer.
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I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
November 30, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
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We belong in a museum
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 3:53 AM
We belong in a museum
No better balm than getting together with a friend after too long apart and picking things up like no time has passed at all.
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 AM
No better balm than getting together with a friend after too long apart and picking things up like no time has passed at all.
I'm so tired of people thinking all I talk about is selection bias.
November 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'm so tired of people thinking all I talk about is selection bias.
Just a reminder that Mark Watney managed to survive thanks to Thanksgiving food, so that makes The Martian arguably a Thanksgiving movie, and you should watch it this week. Yes, again. With the family.
November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Just a reminder that Mark Watney managed to survive thanks to Thanksgiving food, so that makes The Martian arguably a Thanksgiving movie, and you should watch it this week. Yes, again. With the family.
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Filming title card for “The Wizard of Oz” 1939
November 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Filming title card for “The Wizard of Oz” 1939
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March 14th in Olympia, WA. I’m helping put on a Tabletop Games Summit with the @tga.bsky.social.
tabletopgamesalliance.org
This will be a 1 day industry focused conference for a few hundred folks with a small expo hall, and 4 breakout rooms for seminars, panels, and talks
mark you calendar!
tabletopgamesalliance.org
This will be a 1 day industry focused conference for a few hundred folks with a small expo hall, and 4 breakout rooms for seminars, panels, and talks
mark you calendar!
tabletopgamesalliance.org
November 23, 2025 at 4:37 AM
March 14th in Olympia, WA. I’m helping put on a Tabletop Games Summit with the @tga.bsky.social.
tabletopgamesalliance.org
This will be a 1 day industry focused conference for a few hundred folks with a small expo hall, and 4 breakout rooms for seminars, panels, and talks
mark you calendar!
tabletopgamesalliance.org
This will be a 1 day industry focused conference for a few hundred folks with a small expo hall, and 4 breakout rooms for seminars, panels, and talks
mark you calendar!
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I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
November 23, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I found a big sign at the thrift shop with some live/laugh/love stuff on it, so I painted over that with my to-do list. Feel free to make it yours, too.
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Thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. Still wondering if inequality is out of control?
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I feel like the pope being an American cinephile is God finally rewarding Scorsese for a lifetime of devotion
November 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
I feel like the pope being an American cinephile is God finally rewarding Scorsese for a lifetime of devotion
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As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
November 13, 2025 at 11:33 AM
As of this morning, Starbucks workers across the country are officially ON STRIKE. And we're prepared for this to become the biggest and longest ULP strike in Starbucks history.
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
Say #NoContractNoCoffee with us: DON'T BUY STARBUCKS for the duration of our open-ended ULP strike! $SBUX
As a huge Silver fan, I love imagining the days when he played shows 10 minutes from my front door.
“The piano maestro cooking with a white-hot quintet lighting up the Jet City nightclub with personality and precision. ‘Silver In Seattle: Live At The Penthouse’ is pristine in its sound and clarity…”—DownBeat ★★★★
Out now on LP/ CD & digital: horacesilver.lnk.to/SilverInSeat...
Out now on LP/ CD & digital: horacesilver.lnk.to/SilverInSeat...
November 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
As a huge Silver fan, I love imagining the days when he played shows 10 minutes from my front door.
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Here's next week's cover of the New Yorker
November 5, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Here's next week's cover of the New Yorker
It’s probably a typo and I was supposed to set out a minefield. But mines are horribly inhumane and none of the mimes said a word as I buried them.
November 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
It’s probably a typo and I was supposed to set out a minefield. But mines are horribly inhumane and none of the mimes said a word as I buried them.
I’ve got a bone to pick, and it’s the tibia.
November 2, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I’ve got a bone to pick, and it’s the tibia.
The torches are lit, the ceremonial garb has been donned, and the offerings have been prepared. Darkness falls. Let the demons come. We are ready.
October 31, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The torches are lit, the ceremonial garb has been donned, and the offerings have been prepared. Darkness falls. Let the demons come. We are ready.
We know so much about Shakespeare, and so little about the Marion who created the first marionette.
October 31, 2025 at 6:31 PM
We know so much about Shakespeare, and so little about the Marion who created the first marionette.