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Troy Goodfellow
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PR Manager for Historical Strategy Games at Paradox Interactive. Former podcaster, former games critic.

Mostly happy, always worried.

Ontario, Canada

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stellaris.paradoxinteractive.com
The developers from Forgotten Empires join us on Stellaris Official to talk and share stories from the development of the Infernals Species Pack.

Watch here: youtu.be/b78GvUR4SD4
Stellaris: Infernals | Devs talk Infernals
YouTube video by Stellaris
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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catacalypto.bsky.social
A story Stoppard told several times, in several places:
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
troyg.bsky.social
Their uniforms are still just CITY NAME, but I think the Vancouver Goldeneyes have the best logo in the PWHL.
November 29, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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babsvan.bsky.social
One of the giants. I’d just reread Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead for roughly the hundredth time. The thing that struck me is his work is never diminished by familiarity, that on the hundredth read I’d still gasp, stop breathing at the wit and depth. www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/n...
Tom Stoppard, playwright of dazzling wit and playful erudition, dies aged 88
A theatrical sensation since the 1960s, whose dramas included Arcadia, The Real Thing and Leopoldstadt, Stoppard also had huge success as a screenwriter
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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lollardfish.bsky.social
This essay has already generated more hate mail than anything else I've written from the Star Tribune. Which is, I think, telling ... though I'm not sure of what.
November 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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annetheriault.bsky.social
Today in I’m Very Bad at Self-Promotion, this article that I wrote about the rise of contemplative practices in contemporary Christian contemplative practices just came out. This was really fun to research and write! I could write a whole giant essay about my dude St. Benedict and his Rule.
Why today’s spiritual seekers are reviving ancient practices | Broadview Magazine
Contemplative Christianity offers calm in tumultuous times
broadview.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:29 AM
troyg.bsky.social
It’s not great that Albertans elected a party with a base that advocates a political separation supported by _maybe_ a sixth of the province. At most.
lukelebrun.ca Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 18h
“prominent separatist supporter Jeff Rath received a standing ovation from the packed crowd when he asked how many of them support independence.

Smith, who countered by saying she supports a sovereign Alberta within a united Canada, was roundly booed by delegates still standing from the ovation”
November 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
troyg.bsky.social
Tired : I need more shelves for all my books.

Wired: I need for shelves for my Paradox platypus plushies.
November 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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anjakaradeglija.bsky.social
CPAC, the long-standing video service providing Canadians with direct coverage of political events, says a recent CRTC decision puts its operation at risk. CEO Christa Dickenson says CPAC’s service could at some point "go dark"

toronto.citynews.ca/2025/11/28/c...
CPAC says it's at ‘breaking point’ after CRTC postpones wholesale rate decision
OTTAWA — The long-standing video service providing Canadians with direct coverage of political events says a recent CRTC decision puts its operation at risk. CPAC says the move by the broadcast regula...
toronto.citynews.ca
November 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
troyg.bsky.social
The neighborhood is so quiet on Saturday mornings that I almost want to just stay in bed to maintain the stillness.

But I have a few things to do, and they’re best done early. Will also steal a couple of hours to make progress in reading my Thebes book.
November 29, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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marshdavies.bsky.social
While we are doing stoicism in the face of horrendous wartime dismemberment, I was struck by this line from Aristide du Petit-Thouars's wiki page.
Paragraph about the battle of Aboukir Bay, concluding with the highlighted sentence: "After having lost both legs and an arm, he continued to command from a bucket filled with wheat until he died."
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 AM
troyg.bsky.social
Too soon.
seung.bsky.social sick public transit, gloria @seung.bsky.social · 19h
the mac n cheese and the apple crumble in the fridge getting ready for a back-to-back performance tonight
November 29, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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astrokatie.com
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
troyg.bsky.social
Another wargame I will buy and find no time for.
Napoleonic Wars Announcement Trailer
YouTube video by Grand Tactician
youtu.be
November 29, 2025 at 1:03 AM
troyg.bsky.social
Was having a really great sleep, then woke up at 1:00, so now it’s time for my brain to play “Guess which three people think you suck!”
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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jameswsthomson.com
Never been so mad to publish something.

While I have a ton of time for Max's analysis, I think this is overlooking one major fact: Carney didn't need Alberta's approval to bring in an industrial carbon price. So he traded a litany of climate policies for nothing he didn't already have.
maxfawcett.bsky.social Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 1d
Mark Carney managed to trade a pipeline that will never get built for meaningful progress on industrial carbon pricing and electricity interties — both of which will get more wind and solar built.

Remember when people thought he wasn't good at politics? www.nationalobserver.com/2025/11/27/o...
The method to Mark Carney’s madness
The memorandum of understanding with Alberta might look like surrender. Look closer
www.nationalobserver.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
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rachelgilmore.bsky.social
Trudeau-era environment minister Steven Guilbeault has published a resignation letter detailing the reasons for his departure from Carney's cabinet.

He directly cites today's MOU:
Statement by Steven Guilbeault This afternoon, it is with great sadness that I submitted my resignation to the Prime Minister as Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture and Minister responsible for Official Languages, Minister of Nature and Parks Canada, as well as his Lieutenant in Quebec. As you know, I chose to enter politics to champion the fight against climate change and the protection of the environment. Over the past ten years, our country has made historic progress in reducing climate pollution, protecting nature and the environment, while our economy continued to grow. I believe I have contributed to these advancements, and I remain deeply proud of the achievements I have helped bring forward: • Standing up to tech giants and major polluters • Implementing Canada's first emissions reduction plan, slowing their growth and placing them on a downward trajectory • Establishing the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation • Modernizing the Canadian Environmental Protection Act • Developing the country's first national climate adaptation strategy to protect our communities • Eliminating harmful single-use plastics • Implementing the most ambitious nature conservation plan in the country's history • Continuing the modernization of the Official Languages Act • Making historic investments in arts and culture, including during the COVID-19 crisis and in the most recent budget Changes in our relationship with the United States have led to profound disruptions affecting the global order, diplomatic relations, and the economy. I understand and share the Prime Minister's efforts to ensure our country First, there was no consultation with the Indigenous nations of the West Coast of British Columbia or with the provincial government, who would be greatly affected by this agreement. Furthermore, a pipeline to the West Coast would have major environmental impacts, particularly as it could cross the Great Bear Rainforest, contribute to a significant increase in climate pollution, and move Canada further away from its greenhouse gas reduction targets. Lifting the tanker ban on the West Coast would also significantly increase the risk of accidents in the region. This moratorium was established in 1972 following a unanimous vote in the House of Commons, notably because navigation in the Hecate Strait is highly dangerous. Its removal would also hinder the creation of a marine conservation area in the Great Bear Sea, a project our government has been actively developing with Indigenous partners and the government of British Columbia for several years, protecting more than 100,000 km of this ecologically sensitive region. We cannot hope to decarbonize our economy without decarbonizing the electricity sector. The proposal to exempt Alberta from the Clean Electricity Regulations in exchange for stricter industrial carbon pricing rules and the Pathways project is, in my view, a serious mistake. As shown in the analysis submitted to the House of Commons, without this regulation, the electricity sector-which has halved its pollution over the past 20 years-would return to an upward emissions trajectory. This regulation also saves lives by reducing air pollution, generates over $3 billion in healthcare savings, and ultimately reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 182 million tonnes. Finally, over the past few months, several elements of the climate action plan I worked on as Minister of the Environment have been, or are about to be, dismantled: the consumer carbon pricing, the Zero Emission Vehicle standard, the oil and gas sector emissions cap, the framework to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies, and the Clean Electricity Regulations. In my view, these measures remain essential to our climate action plan. I want to express my sincere gratitude to the citizens of Laurier-Sainte-Marie for the trust they have placed in me since 2019. I will continue to represent them as their Liberal Member of Parliament with dedication. I also thank the Prime Minister for the honor of serving in his cabinet and as his lieutenant in Quebec. When I entered politics, it was because I had a deep conviction that I could make a difference in fighting climate change and protecting our environment. My commitment to leaving a better world for the future of our children and our planet remains unchanged. Steven Guilbeault Member of Parliament for Laurier-Sainte-Marie
November 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
troyg.bsky.social
It is very hard to get out of bed this morning. I envy my American friends and their four day weekend.
November 27, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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rydog.bsky.social
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 27, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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lukeepplin.bsky.social
I've got a book coming out in February on Dr. J, Moses Malone and the 1983 76ers. Preorder through the publisher and we'll send you free custom-made basketball cards of Dr. J and Moses. www.hachettebookgroup.com/grand-centra...
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
troyg.bsky.social
Me: Why are they talking about Walter Cup favorites? The PWHL season isn’t even a week old.

TV People: Let’s look at the Fanduel odds…

Me: God damn it.
November 27, 2025 at 12:58 AM
troyg.bsky.social
Shohei Ohtani is the Spiders Georg of this list, and his inclusion is debatable.
tsnofficial.bsky.social TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 2d
Dylan Cease's contract with the Blue Jays makes him the 7th highest average paid SP in baseball, per @spotrac.
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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jeradwalker.bsky.social
i’m so happy for him
November 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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sarahjeong.bsky.social
you know, what if they aren't actually a commentary on journalism or the state of media. what if these people are just extremely weird
November 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
troyg.bsky.social
Cease has had some Cy Young calibre seasons, but a rough 2025. Still, potentially a good signing.
tsnofficial.bsky.social TSN @tsnofficial.bsky.social · 2d
Dylan Cease and the Toronto Blue Jays are in agreement on a seven-year, $210 million contract, per @JeffPassan.
November 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM