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Building Kineticist and This Week in Pinball. Boston sports fan, music nerd, film lover, writer, entrepreneur, pinball player, marketer by trade. Kineticist: https://bsky.app/profile/kineticist.com Web: https://www.kineticist.com/

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fair - I still donโ€™t really know how to code and if I waited to start till I did I never would have started.

but yes, if you have the skill already or have the time/aptitude to learn it quickly agreed, advantage.

finding a partner who can code while you do journalism stuff is the ultimate IMO

06.11.2025 13:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We did it, Zo Read to the end for a good post

www.garbageday.email/p/we-did-it-zo

06.11.2025 13:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Zohran Mamdaniโ€™s Campaign Figured Out How to Channel Fandom Much of the content about Mamdani online hasnโ€™t come from his campaign or the dozens of political influencers invited to cover it. It has also come from fans.

www.wired.com/story/zohran...

06.11.2025 13:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

not sure, comfortable with tech and knowing how to code arenโ€™t the same. you can get pretty far with no code solutions

06.11.2025 13:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

congrats!

04.11.2025 00:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This was a good line โ€œJersey Jack, the 14-year-old company behind much of pinballโ€™s recent tech innovations, brought several units of its acclaimed but ethically stained Harry Potter machineโ€

23.10.2025 23:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I could prob give you a dump from my db, not as exhaustive but higher res images for the most part. OPDB has some images too

23.10.2025 22:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Over Ten Years in the Making, Scorbit is on the Verge of a Breakoutย  | Kineticist A conversation with Jay Adelson and Ron Richards of Scorbit on the latest iteration of their connected pinball platform.

Over Ten Years in the Making, Scorbit is on the Verge of a Breakout.

Enjoyed an extensive conversation with Jay Adelson and Ron Richards of Scorbit ahead of their big reveal.

www.kineticist.com/post/scorbit...

16.10.2025 17:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Coup - "The Guillotine"
YouTube video by ANTI- Records The Coup - "The Guillotine"

pairs well with youtu.be/acT_PSAZ7BQ?...

10.10.2025 12:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

would love to see it get a remaster

10.10.2025 11:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

had a convo with an elder in my space recently that more or less confirms this take

09.10.2025 11:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

not in the northeast

05.10.2025 12:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

haha - it was apparently too hot to handle for franchi, jack g. and yeti

03.10.2025 02:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Speaking of LLMs, I had originally declined to speak at Pinball Expo this year but had an opportunity to join this panel on the rise of AI in pinball art and I couldn't say no

03.10.2025 01:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What exactly are LLMs good for again?

02.10.2025 13:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How To Make a Living as a Multipotentialite | Puttylike We want to do everything! But can that really lead to a lucrative and fulfilling career? Here's my overview of the four ways multipotentialites commonly structure their work.

Iโ€™m a between a group hug and a phoenix puttylike.com/how-do-you-m...

01.10.2025 11:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

whoa

30.09.2025 14:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Musician, writer, and filmmaker Rachel Brown on having a life outside of your creative world โ€“ The Creative Independent Musician, writer and filmmaker Rachel Brown discusses how important it is to balance a life outside of artmaking, what it means to work with the right kind of collaborators and how seeking perfection ...

thecreativeindependent.com/people/music...

29.09.2025 23:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This stuff legit works. Incredible resource.

27.09.2025 16:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The pointlessness of censoring Jimmy Kimmel A power struggle over the final days of the public square.

mattdpearce.substack.com/p/the-pointl...

25.09.2025 12:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

itโ€™s from what Iโ€™ve seen basically the first pinball AMA

25.09.2025 03:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

this moment has been on my list to write about, but I want to talk with the people involved first. think we can set something up?

25.09.2025 03:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

the first admin certainly had some of this, but this time around, itโ€™s just this fucking whiny crybaby bitch shit from every member of the cabinet all goddamned day long. fucking loser ass presidency.

24.09.2025 23:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2354    ๐Ÿ” 411    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 85    ๐Ÿ“Œ 18
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Substack is full of shit โ€” Andy Dehnart What will it take for people to understand how full of shit Substack actually is, and why they shouldnโ€™t make their brand synonymous with such steaming stool?

savage

www.andydehnart.com/blog/substac...

23.09.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

20.09.2025 16:12 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13913    ๐Ÿ” 2800    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 384    ๐Ÿ“Œ 318

WP is massive garbage. I took twip off it as soon as I could. ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

20.09.2025 04:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

ehhh it is possible to cite yourself ๐Ÿ˜…

20.09.2025 02:27 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Back Indie Media Drive from Project C โ€” Project C Invest in indie media with 34 creator journalists to follow and support. The Back Indie Media Drive runs September 1-30, 2025 and features journalists in comedy, culture, politics, climate, housing, h...

If youโ€™re looking for indie media to amplify and back with your cash, we have 34 publishers participating in the Back Indie Media Drive who could use your money to stay in business

projectc.biz/backindiemedia

19.09.2025 15:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As far as I know they werenโ€™t doing them at all until wick. Used to drive me bonkers coming from the PR space. It was part of the reason for starting the media mixers! Actually now that I think of it, a lot of the people they started sending invites to came from the mixer invite list I shared ๐Ÿ˜‰

19.09.2025 18:45 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

they are pretty liberal with the invites but from my experiences the people who go are established or growing an audience. not a lot of randos

19.09.2025 18:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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