Ghost Palm Technique
@ghostpalmtechnique.bsky.social
Board gaming; wordplay; opinions/observations offered for free and mostly left on the shelf anyway.
"You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it."
Have a much longer posting history under the same name on Tumblr
"You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it."
Have a much longer posting history under the same name on Tumblr
Trying to picture the ambivalence the natsec/former mil. liberal accounts on here must have about Stranger Things 5.4.
OOH, there is that moment when Hopper chews out his prisoner about [spoilers].
OTOH, there is a scene of what would be a literal circular firing squad if actual physics applied.
OOH, there is that moment when Hopper chews out his prisoner about [spoilers].
OTOH, there is a scene of what would be a literal circular firing squad if actual physics applied.
December 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Trying to picture the ambivalence the natsec/former mil. liberal accounts on here must have about Stranger Things 5.4.
OOH, there is that moment when Hopper chews out his prisoner about [spoilers].
OTOH, there is a scene of what would be a literal circular firing squad if actual physics applied.
OOH, there is that moment when Hopper chews out his prisoner about [spoilers].
OTOH, there is a scene of what would be a literal circular firing squad if actual physics applied.
More #boardgames navel gazing: I did a retrospective on my crowdfunding judgment.
boardgamegeek.com/blog/9664/bl...
boardgamegeek.com/blog/9664/bl...
Crowfunding choices reviewed, 12 years in | Cogito ergo ludo
boardgamegeek.com
December 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
More #boardgames navel gazing: I did a retrospective on my crowdfunding judgment.
boardgamegeek.com/blog/9664/bl...
boardgamegeek.com/blog/9664/bl...
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December 6, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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@bgstatsapp.bsky.social I have frequent errors with the app either inappropriately placing or failing to place the "new to me" icon next to a game play. Is there a way to manually switch this flag?
December 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@bgstatsapp.bsky.social I have frequent errors with the app either inappropriately placing or failing to place the "new to me" icon next to a game play. Is there a way to manually switch this flag?
It's not directly relevant to the scandal, but Olivia Nuzzi is ugly and the degree to which she is widely viewed as attractive, to the point where she's clearly been benefitting from the halo effect, is as mysterious as RFKjr's apparently broad appeal to the opposite sex.
December 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It's not directly relevant to the scandal, but Olivia Nuzzi is ugly and the degree to which she is widely viewed as attractive, to the point where she's clearly been benefitting from the halo effect, is as mysterious as RFKjr's apparently broad appeal to the opposite sex.
The agony of an expansion being released after you acquired a fancy organizer for the base game. #boardgames
December 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The agony of an expansion being released after you acquired a fancy organizer for the base game. #boardgames
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Two things can be true & I'm tired of pick-mes pretending otherwise
1: Israel is actually doing a lot of pretty awful things.
2: Those crimes get far more visibility than contemporaneous crimes elsewhere, largely because Jews are involved. If not for social media & disinfo, zoomers wouldn't care.
1: Israel is actually doing a lot of pretty awful things.
2: Those crimes get far more visibility than contemporaneous crimes elsewhere, largely because Jews are involved. If not for social media & disinfo, zoomers wouldn't care.
December 2, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Two things can be true & I'm tired of pick-mes pretending otherwise
1: Israel is actually doing a lot of pretty awful things.
2: Those crimes get far more visibility than contemporaneous crimes elsewhere, largely because Jews are involved. If not for social media & disinfo, zoomers wouldn't care.
1: Israel is actually doing a lot of pretty awful things.
2: Those crimes get far more visibility than contemporaneous crimes elsewhere, largely because Jews are involved. If not for social media & disinfo, zoomers wouldn't care.
Stress Botics and its expansion list 4 languages on the back of the box, but it turns out that if you order it from France (basically the only way to get a copy in the US), they only comes with the French rulebooks. There are PDFs of the English rules online, but the books are square.
#boardgames
#boardgames
December 2, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Stress Botics and its expansion list 4 languages on the back of the box, but it turns out that if you order it from France (basically the only way to get a copy in the US), they only comes with the French rulebooks. There are PDFs of the English rules online, but the books are square.
#boardgames
#boardgames
I (47) just described riding one of the last carousels to do the brass ring game as a child, and my wife (40) had no idea what I was talking about or where the idiom came from.
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I (47) just described riding one of the last carousels to do the brass ring game as a child, and my wife (40) had no idea what I was talking about or where the idiom came from.
Why is my Following feed suddenly showing me a)posts out of chronological order and b) posts from people I don't follow?!
November 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Why is my Following feed suddenly showing me a)posts out of chronological order and b) posts from people I don't follow?!
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There are a lot of public figures who have basically given up and accepted Trumpism, whether or not they personally like it, and it's extremely important that we make those people pay
November 26, 2025 at 3:09 AM
There are a lot of public figures who have basically given up and accepted Trumpism, whether or not they personally like it, and it's extremely important that we make those people pay
Turkey discourse is tired. I shall plant some other flags regarding the terribleness of Thanksgiving cuisine.
Mashed potatoes are inedible for reasons of texture.
Pumpkin and squash taste bad in any form.
Mashed potatoes are inedible for reasons of texture.
Pumpkin and squash taste bad in any form.
November 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Turkey discourse is tired. I shall plant some other flags regarding the terribleness of Thanksgiving cuisine.
Mashed potatoes are inedible for reasons of texture.
Pumpkin and squash taste bad in any form.
Mashed potatoes are inedible for reasons of texture.
Pumpkin and squash taste bad in any form.
The way I keep seeing large accounts talk about group DMs and chats on here makes clear that there is a huge cultural and psychological gap even between regular, active users of bsky and the people who literally never log off.
November 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
The way I keep seeing large accounts talk about group DMs and chats on here makes clear that there is a huge cultural and psychological gap even between regular, active users of bsky and the people who literally never log off.
It is my annual I Got Opinions About #Boardgames time.
2025 top 50 update
I wasn't sure I was going to a list this year, because it was a rough year for a number of reasons, and I only played about 33% as many games as I averaged over the past few. I'm also returning to th...
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November 23, 2025 at 7:50 PM
It is my annual I Got Opinions About #Boardgames time.
Fresh Fish (Un Dia en el Mercado) is available for 16 euros at a store in Spain right now, but thanks to Grampa Tariffs, they won't ship to the USA.
#boardgames
#boardgames
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Fresh Fish (Un Dia en el Mercado) is available for 16 euros at a store in Spain right now, but thanks to Grampa Tariffs, they won't ship to the USA.
#boardgames
#boardgames
Letting insurrectionist senators sue over their phone records is just going to create an opportunity to introduce evidence of their roles in discovery, no?
November 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Letting insurrectionist senators sue over their phone records is just going to create an opportunity to introduce evidence of their roles in discovery, no?
The other reason I am upset that the Democrats caved is that the shutdown would *not* have continued indefinitely otherwise. After a November of no Thanksgiving and widespread food insecurity, Republican officeholders would be living every day in fear of literal lynch mobs and would quickly fold.
November 11, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The other reason I am upset that the Democrats caved is that the shutdown would *not* have continued indefinitely otherwise. After a November of no Thanksgiving and widespread food insecurity, Republican officeholders would be living every day in fear of literal lynch mobs and would quickly fold.
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The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
November 10, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The Dem base wants the shutdown to continue because it’s the only time we’ve felt like our electeds were representing us: trying to squeeze the GOP instead of squeezing us to accept concessions; directing their anger at the Republicans instead of at their own voters for wanting them to resist
I can leave a voice message for @markwarner.bsky.social , but @kaine.senate.gov doesn't even let you do that after hours. What is the correct method to put their feet to the fire on a weekend?
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I can leave a voice message for @markwarner.bsky.social , but @kaine.senate.gov doesn't even let you do that after hours. What is the correct method to put their feet to the fire on a weekend?
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I am tireder, angrier, older, less trusting, more brittle.
2008 felt like magic. This feels like hard work and necessity and maybe finally hope.
2008 felt like magic. This feels like hard work and necessity and maybe finally hope.
November 5, 2025 at 4:52 AM
I am tireder, angrier, older, less trusting, more brittle.
2008 felt like magic. This feels like hard work and necessity and maybe finally hope.
2008 felt like magic. This feels like hard work and necessity and maybe finally hope.
A lot of "hot & spicy" versions of various processed foods are underwhelming. Noting for public benefit that Totinos "Hellfire" pizza rolls are legitimately hot.
November 5, 2025 at 12:55 AM
A lot of "hot & spicy" versions of various processed foods are underwhelming. Noting for public benefit that Totinos "Hellfire" pizza rolls are legitimately hot.
Looking at the specific image chosen to put in their search bar, I really don't think National Sandwich Day is what Google is commemorating today.
November 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Looking at the specific image chosen to put in their search bar, I really don't think National Sandwich Day is what Google is commemorating today.
I think the chances are nontrivial that stuff like the Gatsby-themed party were suggested by Vance because he and his fascist backers have concluded that grampa is bad for the cause, and they're trying to get him offed, which would also give them a pretext for further crackdown.
November 3, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I think the chances are nontrivial that stuff like the Gatsby-themed party were suggested by Vance because he and his fascist backers have concluded that grampa is bad for the cause, and they're trying to get him offed, which would also give them a pretext for further crackdown.
Both of these headlines are neutral and factual. The NYT and WaPo could run them if they saw their jobs as informing the country.
someone invited people magazine to the kitchen and they brought their own knives
November 2, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Both of these headlines are neutral and factual. The NYT and WaPo could run them if they saw their jobs as informing the country.
Isn't it fascinating how RFKjr will drum up panic about exposure to all of those unnatural chemicals except for the ones where there's actual evidence of harm.
An EPA report found that the forever chemical PFNA interferes with human development and likely causes damage to the liver and male reproductive systems.
The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
The agency has sat on the report for months. “Scientifically, it was done,” said one scientist.
Scientists Completed a Toxicity Report on This Forever Chemical. The EPA Hasn’t Released It.
Agency scientists found that PFNA could cause developmental, liver and reproductive harms. Their final report was ready in mid-April, according to an internal document reviewed by ProPublica, but the ...
www.propublica.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Isn't it fascinating how RFKjr will drum up panic about exposure to all of those unnatural chemicals except for the ones where there's actual evidence of harm.