𝔏𝔲𝔠𝔞𝔰 ℜ𝔦𝔷𝔬𝔩𝔦
@lucasrizoli.com
𝚅𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘 𝚐𝚊𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚐𝚊𝚐𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚜.
𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝙾𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘.
𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑, 𝙾𝚗𝚝𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚘.
"Notes Emily Cherkin, an advocate and fed-up parent: 'Imagine if all that money had gone into teachers instead.'"
Blistering piece on ed tech in @economist.com.
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
‘Although ed-tech companies tout huge learning gains, independent research has made clear that technology rarely boosts learning in schools—and often impairs it.’
economist.com/united-state...
Ed tech is profitable. It is also mostly useless
Independent research identifies few learning gains
economist.com
January 25, 2026 at 2:50 PM
"Notes Emily Cherkin, an advocate and fed-up parent: 'Imagine if all that money had gone into teachers instead.'"
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The irony of everyone fawning over how Mark Carney is 'standing up' for Canada is that he is simultaneously eroding the few institutions that actually distinguish the Canadian state from the US, and those which theoretically could be used to shield Canadians from the disaster area to the south.
Alarming news for Canadians: www.ctvnews.ca/ottawa/artic...
Health Canada the latest federal department to issue layoff notices
More than 2,000 employees at Health Canada and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada have been notified their jobs may be affected as federal departments continue to issue notices about possible layoffs in...
www.ctvnews.ca
January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
The irony of everyone fawning over how Mark Carney is 'standing up' for Canada is that he is simultaneously eroding the few institutions that actually distinguish the Canadian state from the US, and those which theoretically could be used to shield Canadians from the disaster area to the south.
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I'm facing a potential furlough in the next few weeks if we can't land new work quickly. So I'm starting a soft job hunt as a Plan B.
I'm a Producer & Team Lead with nearly 20 years in game dev, 15 years in leadership roles, 10 in production specifically.
www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcr...
I'm a Producer & Team Lead with nearly 20 years in game dev, 15 years in leadership roles, 10 in production specifically.
www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcr...
January 12, 2026 at 8:38 PM
I'm facing a potential furlough in the next few weeks if we can't land new work quickly. So I'm starting a soft job hunt as a Plan B.
I'm a Producer & Team Lead with nearly 20 years in game dev, 15 years in leadership roles, 10 in production specifically.
www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcr...
I'm a Producer & Team Lead with nearly 20 years in game dev, 15 years in leadership roles, 10 in production specifically.
www.linkedin.com/in/michaelcr...
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Tune in today for @ckunzelman.bsky.social discussing material from his new book on Assassin's Creed, coming up in 20 short minutes on @romchip.bsky.social's Twitch channel.
📢 TODAY ONLY - @ 2PM ET 📢
🗡️📜🕹️ Cameron Kunzelman talks Assassin’s Creed, history, and how the franchise explores freedom, control, and conspiracy across time.
📺 Head to www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal to join the talk! 📺
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
🗡️📜🕹️ Cameron Kunzelman talks Assassin’s Creed, history, and how the franchise explores freedom, control, and conspiracy across time.
📺 Head to www.twitch.tv/romchipjournal to join the talk! 📺
💸 Our talks are always FREE and PUBLIC. DONATE: buff.ly/3PQ2HDE
January 23, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Tune in today for @ckunzelman.bsky.social discussing material from his new book on Assassin's Creed, coming up in 20 short minutes on @romchip.bsky.social's Twitch channel.
Love the taste of my own foot. Mmm.
January 23, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Love the taste of my own foot. Mmm.
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IMO it’s way better to give someone a book they won’t read than any other object they won’t use, except say, art (great, but riskiest tho) so unless you really know what to get, book is strong default
Never ever ask about it afterwards. And if they regift, great! Your gift was saving them a gift.
Never ever ask about it afterwards. And if they regift, great! Your gift was saving them a gift.
January 23, 2026 at 3:29 PM
IMO it’s way better to give someone a book they won’t read than any other object they won’t use, except say, art (great, but riskiest tho) so unless you really know what to get, book is strong default
Never ever ask about it afterwards. And if they regift, great! Your gift was saving them a gift.
Never ever ask about it afterwards. And if they regift, great! Your gift was saving them a gift.
Detective 1: Ugh. They put the "bent" in "incumbent."
Detective 2: Whatta we got, doc?
Examiner: He's got bruising along every demographic and—here? That's a clean break, likely from holding onto the party line too long.
Detective 2: In… the caucus?
Examiner: [Nods] Those were some angry delegates.
Detective 2: Whatta we got, doc?
Examiner: He's got bruising along every demographic and—here? That's a clean break, likely from holding onto the party line too long.
Detective 2: In… the caucus?
Examiner: [Nods] Those were some angry delegates.
Every time I see someone say that a US politician should be "primaried" my brain interprets that word as having a stronger and more radical definition.
January 23, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Detective 1: Ugh. They put the "bent" in "incumbent."
Detective 2: Whatta we got, doc?
Examiner: He's got bruising along every demographic and—here? That's a clean break, likely from holding onto the party line too long.
Detective 2: In… the caucus?
Examiner: [Nods] Those were some angry delegates.
Detective 2: Whatta we got, doc?
Examiner: He's got bruising along every demographic and—here? That's a clean break, likely from holding onto the party line too long.
Detective 2: In… the caucus?
Examiner: [Nods] Those were some angry delegates.
Any one know of a good overview of sf, fantasy, and adjacent genre imprints & publishers in English (UK, US, Canada)?
Tor announcing the Wildthorn imprint has made me realize that my understanding of imprints, what they're after, and what owns them is spotty.
Tor announcing the Wildthorn imprint has made me realize that my understanding of imprints, what they're after, and what owns them is spotty.
January 22, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Any one know of a good overview of sf, fantasy, and adjacent genre imprints & publishers in English (UK, US, Canada)?
Tor announcing the Wildthorn imprint has made me realize that my understanding of imprints, what they're after, and what owns them is spotty.
Tor announcing the Wildthorn imprint has made me realize that my understanding of imprints, what they're after, and what owns them is spotty.
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It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
Vancouver firm Hootsuite provides services to ICE
U.S. procurement records show that Vancouver tech firm Hootsuite is providing social media services to the Department of Homeland Security.
vancouver.citynews.ca
January 22, 2026 at 5:59 AM
It's a good day to stop using Hootsuite and tell them why.
If only fossil fuel companies could dismantle themselves as quickly.
Following yesterday's stock plunge, Ubisoft's market cap is now around half a billion euros. In 2018 it was around 10 billion euros. In eight years, the company has lost around 95% of its value
January 22, 2026 at 3:06 PM
If only fossil fuel companies could dismantle themselves as quickly.
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It really is so good.
Cracker of a headline, cracker of a feature here from @ricklane.bsky.social (credit to @radiatoryang.bsky.social for that quote)
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/games/2026/j...
‘It’s the underground Met Gala of concrete murderzone design’: welcome to the Quake Brutalist Game Jam
Quake Brutalist Jam began as a celebration of old-fashioned shooter level design, but its latest version is one step away from being a game in its own right
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 12:45 PM
It really is so good.
See also, work email.
Also loved and felt this bit keenly:
"Most of my students don’t like email. ... It turns out that by imposing Outlook with mandatory subscription to useless academic emails, we make sure that students hate email."
"Most of my students don’t like email. ... It turns out that by imposing Outlook with mandatory subscription to useless academic emails, we make sure that students hate email."
January 22, 2026 at 2:53 PM
See also, work email.
Good stuff. Congrats to all involved.
Wild success tonight at the native plant launch party!
65 people turned out and we packed up 5100 (!!!) packs of native seeds, made over 600 seed bombs, folded 100 ice alert zines, distributed over 150 whistles…
Damn. Good night.
Thank you to everyone who attended!
65 people turned out and we packed up 5100 (!!!) packs of native seeds, made over 600 seed bombs, folded 100 ice alert zines, distributed over 150 whistles…
Damn. Good night.
Thank you to everyone who attended!
January 22, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Good stuff. Congrats to all involved.
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I know everybody wants to feel optimistic about Carney, Macron, Merz et al talking about a new post-RBIO system, but remember that they’re only panicking now because the structural barbarism is banging on their own doors. They don’t want to remedy it; just sustain its redirection.
January 21, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I know everybody wants to feel optimistic about Carney, Macron, Merz et al talking about a new post-RBIO system, but remember that they’re only panicking now because the structural barbarism is banging on their own doors. They don’t want to remedy it; just sustain its redirection.
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Ranged Touch’s shows are all outstanding, but GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES has really helped me hone and mature the way I think about my craft. A fantastic listen for any creative professional.
Today is my birthday and all I’m asking for is for you to support and/or talk about your favorite Ranged Touch show or project!
Patreon.com/rangedtouch
Patreon.com/rangedtouch
January 21, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Ranged Touch’s shows are all outstanding, but GAME STUDIES STUDY BUDDIES has really helped me hone and mature the way I think about my craft. A fantastic listen for any creative professional.
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“Carney is right that the old order is not coming back…where his remarks fall short is in their insistence on answering the crises of our time through the lens of neoliberalism…Carney diagnoses a rupture in the global order while leaving intact the economic framework that helped produce it” #cdnpoli
The danger is not that neoliberalism is ending, but that it is being replaced by something worse: a world of militarized competition, eco-fascism, and technocratic management of permanent crisis. Acknowledging the collapse of the old order is not the same as building a democratic alternative to it.
What Mark Carney gets wrong about the end of the rules-based order
To re-establish power, defend sovereignty, and strengthen democratic values, Canada and its allies must do more than challenge the American state. We must also confront the influence of US corporate p...
canadiandimension.com
January 21, 2026 at 2:54 PM
“Carney is right that the old order is not coming back…where his remarks fall short is in their insistence on answering the crises of our time through the lens of neoliberalism…Carney diagnoses a rupture in the global order while leaving intact the economic framework that helped produce it” #cdnpoli
Pension money meant to provide for the future, while investing in a future that's ugly and dangerous.
Grok, the gas-powered deepfake-generating "anti-woke" chatbot that used to refer to itself as "MechaHitler," attracted a substantial investment from Canadians' pensions.
Canada's pension plan invested $416 million in Musk's deepfake porn-generating AI
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) ploughed about $416 million last year into xAI, Elon Musk's AI company. The money helped fund the billionaire's push to build three of the world's larg...
www.nationalobserver.com
January 20, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Pension money meant to provide for the future, while investing in a future that's ugly and dangerous.
Reading "Pre-History of the Cloud" (direct.mit.edu/books/monogr...) right after William Gibson's "Virtual Light" and noting how they're describing similar aspects of global capital, but in different ways—twenty years apart.
January 19, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Reading "Pre-History of the Cloud" (direct.mit.edu/books/monogr...) right after William Gibson's "Virtual Light" and noting how they're describing similar aspects of global capital, but in different ways—twenty years apart.
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Canada’s AI Minister “has been accused of naively embracing AI rather than working to mitigate its harms, and of listening mostly to voices from the tech sector—those who stand to benefit most from rapid AI adoption.”
Good article on the issues with Evan Solomon’s approach to tech and AI.
Good article on the issues with Evan Solomon’s approach to tech and AI.
Evan Solomon Wants Canada to Trust AI. Can We Trust Evan Solomon? | The Walrus
The journalist-turned-minister says the tech will make us richer and regulation should be “light”
thewalrus.ca
January 16, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Canada’s AI Minister “has been accused of naively embracing AI rather than working to mitigate its harms, and of listening mostly to voices from the tech sector—those who stand to benefit most from rapid AI adoption.”
Good article on the issues with Evan Solomon’s approach to tech and AI.
Good article on the issues with Evan Solomon’s approach to tech and AI.
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“Canon building is Empire building. Canon defense is national defense. Canon debate, whatever the terrain, nature and range…is the clash of cultures. And *all* of the interests are vested.”
— Toni Morrison, “Unspeakable Things Unspoken”
— Toni Morrison, “Unspeakable Things Unspoken”
January 16, 2026 at 4:25 PM
“Canon building is Empire building. Canon defense is national defense. Canon debate, whatever the terrain, nature and range…is the clash of cultures. And *all* of the interests are vested.”
— Toni Morrison, “Unspeakable Things Unspoken”
— Toni Morrison, “Unspeakable Things Unspoken”
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NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
NVidia chief creep says resistance and scorn for AI have done a lot of harm. Good. Nice confirmation it's working. Keep it up. Although the main thing is this stuff is harmful crap so the mind and body tend to revolt against it automatically.
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Reposting. This time, with proper spelling in our website's link!
It's a cold snowy day!
Stay home, shop online, and get 10% off your order! Discount will apply automatically at check out.
www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com
It's a cold snowy day!
Stay home, shop online, and get 10% off your order! Discount will apply automatically at check out.
www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com
a cartoon of a person reading a book with the website debbiechi.com written on the bottom
Alt: a cartoon of a person reading a book with the website debbiechi.com written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Reposting. This time, with proper spelling in our website's link!
It's a cold snowy day!
Stay home, shop online, and get 10% off your order! Discount will apply automatically at check out.
www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com
It's a cold snowy day!
Stay home, shop online, and get 10% off your order! Discount will apply automatically at check out.
www.bakkaphoenixbooks.com
lofi beats to chill/study to
January 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM
lofi beats to chill/study to
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They're already in the wild and they're not specialists in anything except punching holes in drywall when they lose at Call of Duty and following 13 year old girls around the mall.
It’s worth considering that an overnight dismantling of ICE in 2029 would release into the wild a whole herd of specialists in violence with scant other marketable skills.
January 15, 2026 at 10:41 AM
They're already in the wild and they're not specialists in anything except punching holes in drywall when they lose at Call of Duty and following 13 year old girls around the mall.