James Keith
@chumblespuzz.bsky.social
Board game enthusiast and film nerd.
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being addressed as "gumshoe" while rockapella lays down a sick track could fix me
February 4, 2026 at 11:32 PM
being addressed as "gumshoe" while rockapella lays down a sick track could fix me
Most of my favorite games are ones that are "durable" from a teaching perspective; Rules-light under-an-hour designs where, even if one of the many things Eric lists causes a snafu, you're just an easy reset or second play away from a better experience. 1/2
Most people learn games from half-remembered rules, in a fugue of distractions: kids, TV, phones, or just enjoying each other’s company
And most finely tuned hobby games need to be played perfectly and optimally or they’re … a rough experience
Recalibrate
And most finely tuned hobby games need to be played perfectly and optimally or they’re … a rough experience
Recalibrate
February 5, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Most of my favorite games are ones that are "durable" from a teaching perspective; Rules-light under-an-hour designs where, even if one of the many things Eric lists causes a snafu, you're just an easy reset or second play away from a better experience. 1/2
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We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
"By the end of the two-year period, 94% of participants reported they were housed."
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
A million pilot programs show the same thing: when people are given enough money to afford housing, homelessness ends.
Other supports matter, but housing comes first. Not policing. Not moralizing. Homes.
Homeless Oregon youth got $1,000 a month for two years. Most found housing after • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Oregon is the second of its kind in the nation to implement the direct cash transfer program after New York City.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 PM
We have enough evidence for UBI in general that this policy should be a given. But the difference is, to understand UBI works is to believe that people are fundamentally good. And a big chunk of society is built around the belief, *must maintain the belief* that people are fundamentally bad.
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*ſtarting up my ſtream* What's up gameſters
![cover of The Compleat Gamester; Or, Instructions how to Play at Billiards, Trucks, Bowls and Chess ... Cards ... Dice, To which is Added the Arts ... of Riding, Racing, Archery, and Cockfighting [by Charles Cotton]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bck7uabvjt4xu5uzn3exzhqj/bafkreib5zup23wroqdul55pd7ovaywykwpnjhmut6dxfrmp6wdvnmuijja@jpeg)
February 3, 2026 at 10:27 PM
*ſtarting up my ſtream* What's up gameſters
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Tim Burton’s films are generally beloved, but does nostalgia blind us to issues like representation? Read our newest article by @sharai.bsky.social and decide for yourself if maybe revisiting the past isn’t always a good thing. #horrorsky
Tim Burton, Representation, and the Problem With Nostalgia
Tim Burton was not always my nemesis. In the not-too-distant past, I was a child who just wanted to watch creepy things. I rewatched Beetlejuice countless times and thought he was a lot more involved ...
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February 3, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Tim Burton’s films are generally beloved, but does nostalgia blind us to issues like representation? Read our newest article by @sharai.bsky.social and decide for yourself if maybe revisiting the past isn’t always a good thing. #horrorsky
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Trump to Harvard: 2 billion $
NYT: Harvard to pay 2B$
Harvard: no
Trump: 1B
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations intensify
Trump: 200 million
NYT: Harvard-Trump reach deal
Harvard: no
Trump: 0$
Harvard: ok
NYT: Harvard not paying! Trump loses.
Trump: How about 1B$
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations resume!
NYT: Harvard to pay 2B$
Harvard: no
Trump: 1B
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations intensify
Trump: 200 million
NYT: Harvard-Trump reach deal
Harvard: no
Trump: 0$
Harvard: ok
NYT: Harvard not paying! Trump loses.
Trump: How about 1B$
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations resume!
February 3, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Trump to Harvard: 2 billion $
NYT: Harvard to pay 2B$
Harvard: no
Trump: 1B
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations intensify
Trump: 200 million
NYT: Harvard-Trump reach deal
Harvard: no
Trump: 0$
Harvard: ok
NYT: Harvard not paying! Trump loses.
Trump: How about 1B$
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations resume!
NYT: Harvard to pay 2B$
Harvard: no
Trump: 1B
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations intensify
Trump: 200 million
NYT: Harvard-Trump reach deal
Harvard: no
Trump: 0$
Harvard: ok
NYT: Harvard not paying! Trump loses.
Trump: How about 1B$
Harvard: no
NYT: Negotiations resume!
One of the reasons I think this won't take is that all of this nonsense has shown that this stuff is true not for the feverish, hairbrained insane reasons conspiracists believe, but for far, far more dumb quotidian reasons. Broken-clock-ism isn't a reason to embrace conspiratorial thinking!
one funny consequence of educational polarization is that dems become the party of sober experts and GOP the party of wacky cranks. this has been electorally bad for democrats but crucially i think it's also substantively politically bad. many experts are wrong! many conspiracies are in fact true!
I'm convinced one of the reasons epstein was able to coast for so long is that for many sensible people including and especially educated liberals, viewing the world through a conspiratorial lens was always seen as vaguely distasteful and rube-coded
February 3, 2026 at 9:05 PM
One of the reasons I think this won't take is that all of this nonsense has shown that this stuff is true not for the feverish, hairbrained insane reasons conspiracists believe, but for far, far more dumb quotidian reasons. Broken-clock-ism isn't a reason to embrace conspiratorial thinking!
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I took four years of Latin in college and mused a Classics degree just to be able to read Tacitus, Virgil and especially Ovid in their native tongue. I translated the Aeneid. I don't have anything to say about fucking Christopher fucking Nolan's goddamn fucking THE ODYSSEY are you fucking kidding?
February 3, 2026 at 4:09 PM
I took four years of Latin in college and mused a Classics degree just to be able to read Tacitus, Virgil and especially Ovid in their native tongue. I translated the Aeneid. I don't have anything to say about fucking Christopher fucking Nolan's goddamn fucking THE ODYSSEY are you fucking kidding?
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If they redeem themselves, they wouldn’t care if they got their status back and they might not even want it; that’s how redemption works; that’s what redemption is. What they want is exoneration for free, with a side order of vindication.
In the event that say Gaiman or Rowling or Orson Scott Card or [insert name] magically redeemed themselves, we still wouldn't owe them our time, money or attention nor would they deserve the status they once had. There have always been other people to read.
February 3, 2026 at 2:30 AM
If they redeem themselves, they wouldn’t care if they got their status back and they might not even want it; that’s how redemption works; that’s what redemption is. What they want is exoneration for free, with a side order of vindication.
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I wrote about Minneapolis, James Baldwin, “this moment,” and what to do in a world governed by your internet trolls
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How Much Longer Can The Politics Of Grievance Sustain Itself? | Defector
I started reading James Baldwin in college, as a politically curious renegade-in-training. What appealed to me was his deeply philosophical outlook on race in America, the beauty of his prose, and how...
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February 2, 2026 at 4:22 PM
I wrote about Minneapolis, James Baldwin, “this moment,” and what to do in a world governed by your internet trolls
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Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
February 1, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Take me down to the Parallax city where the far moves slow and the near moves quickly
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TUCOWS dot com (1998)
February 1, 2026 at 5:09 PM
TUCOWS dot com (1998)
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"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
January 29, 2026 at 5:55 PM
"Not only don't people work less when they are guaranteed an income, they might actually put in more effort at work. And the fact that they have more money to spend leads to the creation of more jobs."
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
Nobel Prize–winning economists Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo
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“Rambo stripped down, raw, and real” is FIRST BLOOD
Production is underway on JOHN RAMBO from director Jalmari Helander (Rare Exports, Sisu), a prequel starring Noah Centineo.
John Rambo takes audiences back, years before First Blood, diving deep into the experiences that forged one of the big screen’s most enduring characters.
John Rambo takes audiences back, years before First Blood, diving deep into the experiences that forged one of the big screen’s most enduring characters.
January 29, 2026 at 11:24 PM
“Rambo stripped down, raw, and real” is FIRST BLOOD
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Every streaming and DVD copy of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION should start like 45 minutes into the movie, like you just came across it on cable
January 29, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Every streaming and DVD copy of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION should start like 45 minutes into the movie, like you just came across it on cable
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January 28, 2026 at 11:27 PM
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this implies that young people were “in love” (gross) with liberalism or any political ideology to begin with. kids only have eloquent political opinions in those annoying tweets from munchausen moms
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
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January 28, 2026 at 7:50 PM
this implies that young people were “in love” (gross) with liberalism or any political ideology to begin with. kids only have eloquent political opinions in those annoying tweets from munchausen moms
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I love watching dvds... bc the little commercials beforehand will be like "coming to you spring 2008!" like man. I can't wait for 2008
January 27, 2026 at 2:17 PM
I love watching dvds... bc the little commercials beforehand will be like "coming to you spring 2008!" like man. I can't wait for 2008
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Increasingly this feels like a foundational text of the 21st century.
January 27, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Increasingly this feels like a foundational text of the 21st century.