Amanda C 🥄
@amandaesque.bsky.social
Bureaucromancer. I enjoy filling out forms because it feels like taking a test where I know all the answers. MSP, she/her.
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Narrative design is seen as "expendable" because it's not "top-level game design", says BAFTA Breakthrough participant Cara Ellison. But narrative is "the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up."
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
BAFTA Breakthrough profile: Cara Ellison
"Your game's story or narrative, even if it's not a traditional narrative, is the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up"
www.gamesindustry.biz
November 26, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Narrative design is seen as "expendable" because it's not "top-level game design", says BAFTA Breakthrough participant Cara Ellison. But narrative is "the thing that actually keeps people picking the controller back up."
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
www.gamesindustry.biz/bafta-breakt...
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If any of your relatives is defending DOGE at the dinner table this weekend, take out your phone and read every portion of this thread.
Being among the first interrogated and ultimately fired by DOGE, I certainly felt we were facing the business end of a right-wing conspiracy theory 🧵
DOGE was not a money-saving effort. It was an effort to chase down and prove right-wing conspiracy theories. They went after USAID to prove conspiracy theories about foreign aid. Then they went after SSA to, again, pursue conspiracy theories about Dems paying "illegals" to vote. 1/2
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
If any of your relatives is defending DOGE at the dinner table this weekend, take out your phone and read every portion of this thread.
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Another good reason to avoid being on X is that Isaac Chotiner could start asking you questions there at any time
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Another good reason to avoid being on X is that Isaac Chotiner could start asking you questions there at any time
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National Design Studio
November 25, 2025 at 2:50 AM
National Design Studio
They're absolutely still there, just burrowed in, decentralized, and even more insidious.
Some outlets are reporting that DOGE "doesn't exist" anymore. But the fine print on that overturns the whole story: DOGE is just dropping its tarnished brand, not the chainsaw. 🧵
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
They're absolutely still there, just burrowed in, decentralized, and even more insidious.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
IT IS TIME
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A lot of the senior MAGA are not deeply motivated by their job, but by the connection to power, being able to fly on a jet, have a public profile, and make connections they can monetize later.
They are the ITYSL character who does not want to leave the dating show b/c he likes the water slide.
They are the ITYSL character who does not want to leave the dating show b/c he likes the water slide.
a group of people are jumping into a swimming pool in front of a house
ALT: a group of people are jumping into a swimming pool in front of a house
media.tenor.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A lot of the senior MAGA are not deeply motivated by their job, but by the connection to power, being able to fly on a jet, have a public profile, and make connections they can monetize later.
They are the ITYSL character who does not want to leave the dating show b/c he likes the water slide.
They are the ITYSL character who does not want to leave the dating show b/c he likes the water slide.
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This piece is good, but omits a big source of Musk’s remaining influence in government: namely people given key appointments during the transition who were never officially part of DOGE and who are still in those positions doing DOGE-aligned work—people like my old boss at GSA who came from Tesla.
"Guys, seriously, get your own lawyer if you need it. Elon’s great, but you need to watch your own back.”
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
What happened to DOGE after Musk left.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Inside the DOGE Succession Drama Elon Musk Left Behind
What really happened when he logged out of Washington.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
This piece is good, but omits a big source of Musk’s remaining influence in government: namely people given key appointments during the transition who were never officially part of DOGE and who are still in those positions doing DOGE-aligned work—people like my old boss at GSA who came from Tesla.
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So long and farewell to you, Rep. Marjorie The Gathering.
November 22, 2025 at 1:43 AM
So long and farewell to you, Rep. Marjorie The Gathering.
Hot rockin' Friday night with a pizza and the new Ken Burns documentary YEAAAHHHHHH
November 21, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Hot rockin' Friday night with a pizza and the new Ken Burns documentary YEAAAHHHHHH
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I want Mamdani to come out of that meeting, look straight into the cameras and say: “That man is crazier than a bedbug.”
November 21, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I want Mamdani to come out of that meeting, look straight into the cameras and say: “That man is crazier than a bedbug.”
Men will literally revive nearly-eradicated diseases rather than go to therapy.
Can’t believe the whole country has to suffer through the return of Dickensian childhood diseases because the worst, most ignorant attention-demanders decided other people’s expertise makes them feel bad
November 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Men will literally revive nearly-eradicated diseases rather than go to therapy.
The sun coming out will also trigger this in me.
Me: Not sure I can keep going times are tough for real
*eats lunch*
Me: Being alive is its own reward, drawing breath such a beautiful privilege
*eats lunch*
Me: Being alive is its own reward, drawing breath such a beautiful privilege
November 20, 2025 at 3:39 AM
The sun coming out will also trigger this in me.
Duolingo has been unable to load new lessons for weeks now. I’ve tried logging in and out, deleting and redownloading, making sure app and phone are all up to date, and have filed 5 support tickets. Any other ideas? Really don’t want to lose my 1800+ day streak!
November 20, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Duolingo has been unable to load new lessons for weeks now. I’ve tried logging in and out, deleting and redownloading, making sure app and phone are all up to date, and have filed 5 support tickets. Any other ideas? Really don’t want to lose my 1800+ day streak!
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Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
November 19, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today is the day to repost this meme about International Men's Day, one of the most unironically wholesome memes that has ever been made.
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
Shoutout to all my fellow champs, chiefs, and kings. ✊
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just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
What Tom Holland’s historic lip-sync showcase taught us about stormwater management
Grab your umbrella and your tights.
neorsd.medium.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:22 AM
just learned we won an award for our blog post about Tom Holland and stormwater management.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
remember, when you see an article about stormwater management, you repost it. i don’t make the rules.
I feel it's my calling as a practicing bureaucromancer to host these semi-regularly at my house. Stay tuned, locals. #AdminParty
props to WSJ for once on a useful notion, ADMIN PARTY for everybody
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I feel it's my calling as a practicing bureaucromancer to host these semi-regularly at my house. Stay tuned, locals. #AdminParty
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1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 AM
1. Great, let's do this
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
2. Here's some useful info (from my agent). You have until March 23, 2026 and it now includes illustrators
3. Here is the Works Lookup link: secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/lookup/
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another thing I hate about the time change making it pitch black at 5pm
November 18, 2025 at 2:06 AM
another thing I hate about the time change making it pitch black at 5pm
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[read in the voice of MF Doom]
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
[read in the voice of MF Doom]
One of my top takeaways from @realgdt.bsky.social's "Frankenstein," which I'm SURE was the director's primary intent, was that we (collectively) need more bombastic and allegorically-decorated municipal infrastructure.
I am very fun at parties.
I am very fun at parties.
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
One of my top takeaways from @realgdt.bsky.social's "Frankenstein," which I'm SURE was the director's primary intent, was that we (collectively) need more bombastic and allegorically-decorated municipal infrastructure.
I am very fun at parties.
I am very fun at parties.
It’s been a while, but we’re back at the Top-Aligned Text Urgent Care! One of my favorite “the abyss stares back” instances.
November 16, 2025 at 4:39 PM
It’s been a while, but we’re back at the Top-Aligned Text Urgent Care! One of my favorite “the abyss stares back” instances.
I NEED to know if any other lit nerds made an out-loud reaction at seeing a Lord Byron quote pop up on the screen during “Frankenstein.”
November 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I NEED to know if any other lit nerds made an out-loud reaction at seeing a Lord Byron quote pop up on the screen during “Frankenstein.”